Impacts of renal denervation on blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Background: Sympathetic nerve activation followed by obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) accounts for blood pressure elevation. The effectiveness of renal denervation (RDN) in controlling blood pressure in patients with OSA remains controversial. In this systematic review, we tried to pool currently available data to assess the effects of RDN therapy on blood pressure in OSA patients.

First report of Brown blotch disease caused by Diaporthe ueckeri on Hyophorbe lagenicaulis in China.

Bottle palm (Hyophorbe lagenicaulis) is a picturesque evergreen plant in the family Aceraceae, ubiquitously cultivated as an ornamental tree throughout the tropics and subtropics due its attractive shape and small stature. During 2016-2022, brown spots were observed on the leaves of bottle palm on both sides of a campus road in Mazhang, Zhanjiang, Guangdong province (N21°8' 59.9" E110°17' 51.

Leaf Spots on bodhi tree (Ficus religiosa) caused by Diaporthe tulliensis.

Ficus religiosa L., known as bodhi tree, is an ornamental tree and widely planted as an avenue and roadside tree due to ovate-rounded leaves with narrow, elongated tips. During 2018-2021, circular to oval-shaped leaf spots with pale white centers and brown-black edges surrounded by a chlorotic halo were observed on the leaves of more than 200 bodhi trees all year round in a park in Zhanjiang, Guangdong (N 21°15'22.

Patients' Perception and Satisfaction on Neck and Shoulder Imbalance in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.

Study Design: Cross-sectional.

Objectives: To evaluate the perception and satisfaction among adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients on Neck Tilt with Medial Shoulder Imbalance and Lateral Shoulder Imbalance.

Methods: Lenke 1 and 2 AIS patients were stratified into 6 groups of preoperative/ postoperative and Patients were interviewed using Modified Neck and Shoulder Appearance and SRS-22r questionnaires.

Saikosaponin A protects chickens against pullorum disease via modulation of cholesterol.

The worsening problem of antibiotic resistance prompts the need for alternative strategies that do not directly target bacteria. Virulent Salmonella pullorum strains can invade macrophages and lead to a systemic infection. Saikosaponin A (SSa), a bioactive saponin isolated from Radix bupleuri, has been demonstrated to exhibit anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, and cholesterol regulatory activity.

Subinhibitory concentrations of phloretin repress the virulence of Salmonella typhimurium and protect against Salmonella typhimurium infection.

Phloretin, a natural component of many fruits, exhibits anti-virulence effects and provides a new alternative to counter bacterial infection. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of subinhibitory concentrations of phloretin on the virulence of Salmonella typhimurium. At concentrations where growth of Salmonella was not inhibited, phloretin significantly inhibited bacteria biofilm formation and motility.

Clinical outcome of fresh and vitrified-warmed blastocyst and cleavage-stage embryo transfers in ethnic Chinese ART patients.

Objectives: This study sought to evaluate the outcome of fresh and vitrified-warmed cleavage-stage and blastocyst-stage embryo transfers in patients undergoing ART treatment within an ethnic Chinese population.

Study Design: We compared the clinical results of embryo transfer on the 3rd (cleavage stage) or 5th (blastocyst stage) day after oocyte retrieval, including clinical pregnancy rates, implantation rates and multiple pregnancy rates.

Results: Our data showed that blastocyst transfer on day 5 did not significantly increase clinical pregnancy rate (41.

Effect of cryotop vitrification on preimplantation developmental competence of murine morula and blastocyst stage embryos.

Vitrification is an effective method for the cryopreservation of mammalian embryos. Nevertheless, it is unclear which embryonic developmental stage is the most suited for vitrification and would ensure maximal developmental competence upon subsequent warming. This study, therefore, compared the effects of cryotop vitrification on the developmental competence of murine morula and blastocyst stage embryos.

The effect of acupuncture in chronic intractable epilepsy.

We examined the effect of acupuncture on epileptic seizures in humans in a controlled clinical setting. Treatment was administered by two Chinese professors of acupuncture. Effect was measured by change in seizure frequency.