Arterial stiffness, high fasting glucose, and fatty liver as risk factors for visceral obesity in middle-aged Chinese individuals: a cross-sectional study.

The prevalence of obesity is increasing rapidly worldwide, particularly in Asia. Visceral obesity, characterized by intra-abdominal fat accumulation, is a precursor to metabolic syndrome, encompassing hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, which elevate the risk of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. A visceral fat area (VFA) of ≥100 cm is a recognized threshold for diagnosing obesity-related metabolic syndrome.

Intraoperative sentinel lymph node mapping guides laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrectomy for distal gastric cancer.

Aims: The aim of this retrospective study is to explore the effects of sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping guided laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) for distal gastric cancer.

Methods: Two hundred patients were enrolled in this study. One hundred and one patients undergoing SLN guided LADG were designated as the SLN group.

Protein expression of eIF4E and integrin αvβ6 in colon cancer can predict clinical significance, reveal their correlation and imply possible mechanism of interaction.

Background: Both eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) and integrin αvβ6 play an important role in the development and progression of cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of eIF4E and Integrin αvβ6, their clinical significance as well as the two proteins' correlation in colonic carcinoma tissues.

Results: The expression levels of eIF4E and integrin αvβ6 were analyzed in colon cancerous and paraneoplastic tissues of 138 cases via tissue microarray (TMA)- immunohistochemistry.