Establishment of reference intervals for bone turnover markers in healthy Chinese older adults.

Background: Reference ranges for bone turnover markers (BTMs) are still lacking in the healthy Chinese population.

Aim: To establish reference intervals for BTMs and to investigate the correlations between BTMs and bone mineral density (BMD) in Chinese older adults.

Subjects And Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 2511 Chinese subjects aged over 50 yrs residing in Zhenjiang, Southeast China.

The effect of a body shape index (ABSI) and its interaction with low estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) on osteoporosis in elderly Chinese.

Background: Both obesity and chronic kidney disease (CKD) contribute to osteoporosis risk, but the effect of a newly developed index (e.g., a body shape index, ABSI) of central obesity and its interaction with low estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) on osteoporosis remains unknown.

Body surface area is a potential obesity index: Its genetic determination and its causality for later-life diseases.

Objective: This study aimed to identify novel genetic factors that contribute to body surface area (BSA) and explore its relationship with complex traits and diseases.

Methods: Based on more than 330,000 European individuals in the UK Biobank, the first large-scale genome-wide association study for BSA was performed. Comprehensive genetic analysis and enrichment analysis were then performed to explore the biological function of the identified loci.

The immune factors have complex causal regulation effects on bone mineral density.

Recent evidence has gradually recognized that the immune and skeletal systems are two closely correlated systems, but the specific immune factors on bone mineral density (BMD) are largely unknown. Based on the summary-level data of genome-wide association studies (GWASs), we performed a series of analyses including two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to test potential causal links between 731 immune traits [including median fluorescence intensities (MFIs), absolute cell (AC) counts, relative cell (RC) counts, and morphological parameters (MP)] and BMD. After false discovery rate (FDR) correction, 9 MFI-BMD, 16 AC-BMD, 22 RC-BMD, and 5 MP-BMD pairs reached the level of significance (FDR-adjusted < 0.

A novel long non-coding RNA, lnc-RNU12, influences the T-cell cycle via c-JUN and CCNL2 in rheumatoid arthritis.

Objectives: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in RA pathogenesis. However, specific lncRNAs that regulate gene expression in RA pathogenesis are poorly known. This study was undertaken to characterize a novel lncRNA (lnc-RNU12) that has a lower-than-normal expression level in RA patients.

Systematic evaluation for the causal effects of blood metabolites on osteoporosis: Genetic risk score and Mendelian randomization.

Purpose: Osteoporosis is associated with metabolic alterations, but the causal roles of serum metabolites on osteoporosis have not been identified.

Methods: Based on the large individual-level datasets from UK Biobank as well as GWAS summary datasets, we first constructed genetic risk scores (GRSs) for 308 of 486 human serum metabolites and evaluated the effect of each GRS on 2 major osteoporosis phenotypes, i.e.

Systematic Evaluation of Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk by Integrating Lifestyle Factors and Genetic Risk Scores.

Background: Effective identification of high-risk rheumatoid arthritis (RA) individuals is still a challenge. Whether the combined effects of multiple previously reported genetic loci together with lifestyle factors can improve the prediction of RA risk remains unclear.

Methods: Based on previously reported results and a large-scale Biobank dataset, we constructed a polygenic risk score (PRS) for RA to evaluate the combined effects of the previously identified genetic loci in both case-control and prospective cohorts.

Identification of Potential Pleiotropic Genes for Immune and Skeletal Diseases Using Multivariate MetaCCA Analysis.

Background: Immune and skeletal systems physiologically and pathologically interact with each other. Immune and skeletal diseases may share potential pleiotropic genetics factors, but the shared specific genes are largely unknown.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the overlapping genetic factors between multiple diseases (including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriasis, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, sarcopenia, and fracture).

Body Surface Area (BSA) is a Better Osteoporosis Associated Anthropometric Parameter Than Other Anthropometric Parameters in Elderly Population.

Body surface area (BSA) is widely used for adjusting drug dose, while few studies have yet systematically evaluated its association with osteoporosis and compared its advantage with other anthropometric parameters in osteoporotic risk prediction. A total of 10,021 Chinese individuals aged over 65 years were enrolled in our study. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured, and demographic information was also collected.

Effect of oral simethicone on the quality of colonoscopy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Objective: In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we aimed to investigate the effect of oral simethicone (SIM), an antifoaming agent, on the quality of colonoscopy in terms of bowel preparation quality, adenoma or polyp detection rate (ADR/PDR) and cecal intubation rate (CIR).

Methods: All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the use of SIM during bowel preparation for colonoscopy published up to 17 March 2021 were identified from the PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane Library databases. Bowel preparation quality, ADR/PDR/CIR, cecal intubation time (CIT), withdrawal time (WT), patients' tolerability, acceptability and volume of foam and bubbles were compared between the SIM and non-SIM groups.

ITGA2 protein is associated with rheumatoid arthritis in Chinese and affects cellular function of T cells.

Background: We identified proteins significant for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), and to clarify mechanisms mediated by underlying proteins that may involve in the pathogenesis of RA.

Methods: Proteome-wide protein expressions were profiled by employing label-free quantitative proteomics methodology (Easy-nLC1000 and Q-exactive). The t-test was applied to identify differentially expressed proteins (DEP, p ≤ 0.

Identification of causal metabolites related to multiple autoimmune diseases.

Observational studies provide evidence that metabolites may be involved in the development of autoimmune diseases (ADs), but whether it is causal is still unknown. Based on the large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) summary statistics, we performed two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) to evaluate the causal associations between human blood metabolites and multiple ADs, which were inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), ulcerative colitis (UC), crohns disease (CD), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), type 1 diabetes (T1D), multiple sclerosis (MS), primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). After Bonferroni adjustment, we identified 6 causal features of metabolites, i.

Novel microbiota-related gene set enrichment analysis identified osteoporosis associated gut microbiota from autoimmune diseases.

Introduction: Gut microbiota is now considered to be a hidden organ that interacts bidirectionally with cellular responses in numerous organs belonged to the immune, bone, and nervous systems. Here, we aimed to investigate the relationships between gut microbiota and complex diseases by utilizing multiple publicly available genome-wide association.

Materials And Methods: We applied a novel microbiota-related gene set enrichment analysis approach to detect the associations between gut microbiota and complex diseases by processing genome-wide association studies (GWASs) data sets of six autoimmune diseases (including celiac disease (CeD), inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), multiple sclerosis (MS), primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), type 1 diabetes (T1D) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)) and osteoporosis (OP).

Global Public Interests and Dynamic Trends in Osteoporosis From 2004 to 2019: Infodemiology Study.

Background: With the prolonging of human life expectancy and subsequent population aging, osteoporosis (OP) has become an important public health issue.

Objective: This study aimed to understand the global public search interests and dynamic trends in "osteoporosis" using the data derived from Google Trends.

Methods: An online search was performed using the term "osteoporosis" in Google Trends from January 1, 2004, to December 31, 2019, under the category "Health.

Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis: shared genetic effect, pleiotropy and causality.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with increased localized and generalized bone loss, but the complex genetic mechanism between them is still unknown. By leveraging large-scale genome-wide association studies summary statistics and individual-level datasets (i.e.

A Biomass-Derived Carbon-Based Electrocatalyst for Efficient N Fixation to NH under Ambient Conditions.

Currently, NH production primarily depends on the Haber-Bosch process, which operates at elevated temperatures and pressures and leads to serious CO emissions. Electrocatalytic N reduction offers an environmentally benign approach for the sustainable synthesis of NH under ambient conditions. This work reports the development of biomass-derived amorphous oxygen-doped carbon nanosheet (O-CN) using tannin as the precursor.

[Regulation effects of intracellular and extracellular Ca2+ on biosynthesis of rosmarinic acid induced by salicylic acid in young seedlings of Salvia miltiorrhiza].

Objective: To investigate the effect of intracellular and extracellular Ca2+ on the biosynthesis of rosmarinic acid (RA) induced by salicylic acid in young seedlings of Salvia miltiorrhiza.

Method: Young seedlings of S. miltiorrhiza were used to select an optimal concentration of salicylic acid (SA), and then use the optimal concentration of SA to investigate the effects of extracellular Ca2+ channel inhibitors Verapamil, LaCl3, intracelluar calmodulin antagonist TFP and intracelluar Ca2+ channel inhibitors LiCl on the biosynthesis of RA and related enzymes.