Publications by authors named "R J Xiu"

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  • * Mice were injected with D-Galactose to induce aging, and various tests evaluated aging indicators, oxidative stress, inflammation, and changes in microvascular structure and blood flow.
  • * Results showed that aging mice had increased oxidative stress, changes in microvascular structure, reduced blood flow, and overall signs of endothelial dysfunction, indicating that D-Galactose contributes to microcirculatory aging.
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Background And Aims: The escalating prevalence of IBD within specific age cohorts, 10-24 and 50-69 years, necessitates a refined understanding of its epidemiological patterns. Prior investigations have often been constrained by their limited scope, particularly in employing age-specific analyses and utilizing advanced statistical methods such as joinpoint regression. Our research examines these demographic segments to elucidate the epidemiological trajectory of IBD.

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The androgen receptor AR antagonists, such as enzalutamide and apalutamide, are efficient therapeutics for the treatment of prostate cancer (PCa). Even though they are effective at first, resistance to both drugs occurs frequently. Resistance is mainly driven by aberrations of the AR signaling pathway including AR gene amplification and the expression of AR splice variants (e.

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Background: Sepsis and its associated heart failure are among the leading causes of death. Gramine, a natural indole alkaloid, can be extracted from a wide variety of raw plants, and it exhibits therapeutic potential in pathological cardiac hypertrophy. However, the effect of gramine on inflammatory cardiomyopathy, particularly sepsis-induced myocardial injury, remains an unexplored area.

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Loss of function mutations in the gene cause chloride-losing diarrhea in mice and humans. Although systemic adaptive changes have been documented in these patients and in the corresponding knockout mice, how colonic enterocytes adapt to loss of this highly expressed and highly regulated luminal membrane anion exchanger remains unclear. To address this question, was deleted in the self-differentiating Caco2BBe colonic cell line by the CRISPR/Cas9 technique.

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