Factors Influencing Early Diagnosis and Poor Prognosis of Dysphagia After Senile Ischemic Stroke.

Dysphagia is often a long-term problem after ischemic stroke, which are often accompanied by complications and results in poor outcome. This study aimed to investigate the influencing factors associated with the prognosis of dysphagia after senile ischemic stroke and evaluate the diagnostic performance of crucial factors. A total of 192 elderly ischemic stroke patients (96 patients without dysphagia with average age of 69.

Effectiveness of smart health-based rehabilitation on patients with poststroke dysphagia: A brief research report.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of smart health-based rehabilitation on patients with poststroke dysphagia (PSD).

Methods: We recruited 60 PSD patients and randomly allocated them to the intervention ( = 30) and control ( = 30) groups. The former received the smart health-based rehabilitation for 12 weeks, whereas the latter received routine rehabilitation.

Effect of the Mendelsohn maneuver and swallowing training in patients with senile vascular dementia complicated with dysphagia.

Objective: We investigated the effect of the Mendelsohn maneuver and swallowing training in patients with senile vascular dementia complicated with dysphagia.

Methods: We randomly classified 214 patients with senile vascular dementia and swallowing dysfunction into a control group (CG, n = 106) and observation group (OG, n = 108). Both groups underwent health education, psychological intervention, and training of the oral muscle group.

Complete chloroplast genome sequence of the rose apple, (Myrtaceae).

Plants in the genus have been widely used as traditional medicine, fruit crops, and ornamental trees. In this study, we reported the complete chloroplast genome of (L.) Alston which was known as rose apple.

Genetic variant rs3750625 in the 3'UTR of ADRA2A affects the sleep quality of patients in the ICU by promoting miR‑34a binding to ADRA2A.

Poor sleep is very common in patients in the ICU and hence, sleep quality is considered an important aspect of intensive care; however, the underlying mechanisms of poor sleep in patients in the ICU remain unknown. In this study, we aimed to explore the role of rs3750625, which is located in the 3'UTR of adrenoceptor alpha 2A (ADRA2A), in sleep quality. For this purpose, luciferase assay was conducted to investigate the association between miR‑34a and ADRA2A, and the effect of rs3750625 on the binding affinity between miR‑34a and ADRA2A was examined.

Retromer Is Essential for Autophagy-Dependent Plant Infection by the Rice Blast Fungus.

The retromer mediates protein trafficking through recycling cargo from endosomes to the trans-Golgi network in eukaryotes. However, the role of such trafficking events during pathogen-host interaction remains unclear. Here, we report that the cargo-recognition complex (MoVps35, MoVps26 and MoVps29) of the retromer is essential for appressorium-mediated host penetration by Magnaporthe oryzae, the causal pathogen of the blast disease in rice.

A conserved homeobox transcription factor Htf1 is required for phialide development and conidiogenesis in Fusarium species.

Conidia are primary means of asexual reproduction and dispersal in a variety of pathogenic fungi, and it is widely recognized that they play a critical role in animal and plant disease epidemics. However, genetic mechanisms associated with conidiogenesis are complex and remain largely undefined in numerous pathogenic fungi. We previously showed that Htf1, a homeobox transcription factor, is required for conidiogenesis in the rice pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae.