The dynamic effects of nutritional status on chemotherapy-related toxicity in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Background/objectives: Understanding the dynamic changes in nutritional status of patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) during chemotherapy is crucial, as it significantly impacts chemotherapy-related toxicity and survival outcomes.

Subjects/methods: This multi-center study included newly diagnosed NHL patients. Nutritional status and chemotherapy-related toxic effects were assessed over the first five chemotherapy sessions, with follow-ups conducted every 3 months.

A comprehensive overview of acupuncture therapy over the past 20 years: Machine learning-based bibliometric analysis.

Background: Acupuncture, a therapy created by the ancient Chinese, has been gaining increasing popularity and acceptance worldwid. The surge in the number of publications on acupuncture therapy has posed significant challenges for researchers in effectively managing the vast amount of information. This study aimed to analyze the themes and topics of the scientific publications related to acupuncture therapy in the past two decades by machine learning.

Soil methane emissions from plain poplar (Populus spp.) plantations with contrasting soil textures.

The forest soil methane (CH) flux exhibits high spatiotemporal variability. Understanding these variations and their driving factors is crucial for accurately assessing the forest CH budget. In this study, we monitored the diurnal and seasonal variations in soil CH fluxes in two poplar (Populus spp.

Acupuncture as Add-on Therapy to SSRIs Can Improve Outcomes of Treatment for Anxious Depression: Subgroup Analysis of the AcuSDep Trial.

Purpose: Anxious depression (AD) is a common, distinct depression subtype. This exploratory subgroup analysis aimed to explore the effects of acupuncture as an add-on therapy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for patients with AD or non-anxious depression (NAD).

Patients And Methods: Four hundred and sixty-five patients with moderate-to-severe depression from the AcuSDep pragmatic trial were included in analysis.

Extraction, purification, structural features, modifications, bioactivities, structure-activity relationships, and applications of polysaccharides from garlic: A review.

Garlic is a common vegetable and spice in people's daily diets, in which garlic polysaccharide (GP) is one of the most important active components with a variety of benefits, such as antioxidant, immune-enhancing, anti-inflammatory, liver-protective and bowel-regulating properties. >20 types of GPs, mainly crude polysaccharides, have been identified. However, the exact chemical composition of GPs or the mechanism underlying their pharmacological activity is still not fully understood.

Effect of acupuncture on arthritic pathological injury in rats with type Ⅱ collagen-induced rheumatoid arthritis.

Objectives: To observe the effect of acupuncture stimulation of "Yanglingquan"(GB34), "Zusanli"(ST36) and "Xuanzhong" (GB39) on arthritis index (AI), joint synovial membrane pathology, serum-related immunoinflammatory factors, and expressions of tumor suppressor gene mt-p53, nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) in knee joint synovial tissue of rats with type Ⅱ collagen-induced arthritis (CIA), so as to explore its possible mechanisms underlying improvement of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods: Male SD rats were used in the present study. The CIA model was established by subcutaneous injection of collagen emulsion (200 μL/rat) in the tail root region on the first day and repeat (100 μL/rat) once on the 9 day.

Nitrogen addition promotes terrestrial plants to allocate more biomass to aboveground organs: A global meta-analysis.

A significant increase in reactive nitrogen (N) added to terrestrial ecosystems through agricultural fertilization or atmospheric deposition is considered to be one of the most widespread drivers of global change. Modifying biomass allocation is one primary strategy for maximizing plant growth rate, survival, and adaptability to various biotic and abiotic stresses. However, there is much uncertainty as to whether and how plant biomass allocation strategies change in response to increased N inputs in terrestrial ecosystems.

Allicin ameliorates imiquimod-induced psoriasis-like skin inflammation via disturbing the interaction of keratinocytes with IL-17A.

Background And Purpose: Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease of chronic recurrence mediated by the interaction between IL-17 and keratinocytes, which sustains a vicious circle of inflammation. Safe and effective natural medicine is a potential strategy for the clinical treatment of psoriasis. Given its prominent anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory properties, we investigated the actions of allicin in improving psoriasis.

Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of stem methane flux from two poplar forests with different soil textures.

In forest ecosystems, the majority of methane (CH4) research focuses on soils, whereas tree stem CH4 flux and driving factors remain poorly understood. We measured the in situ stem CH4 flux using the static chamber-gas chromatography method at different heights in two poplar (Populus spp.) forests with separate soil textures.

Methane emissions may be driven by hydrogenotrophic methanogens inhabiting the stem tissues of poplar.

Living trees in forests emit methane (CH ) from their stems. However, the magnitudes, patterns, drivers, origins, and biogeochemical pathways of these emissions remain poorly understood. We measured in situ CH fluxes in poplar stems and soils using static chambers and investigated the microbial communities of heartwood and sapwood by sequencing bacterial 16S, archaeal 16S, and fungal ITS rRNA genes.

Implication of O dynamics for both NO and CH emissions from soil during biological soil disinfestation.

Soil O dynamics have significant influences on greenhouse gas emissions during soil management practice. In this study, we deployed O-specific planar optodes to visualize spatiotemporal distribution of O in soils treated with biological soil disinfestation (BSD). This study aimed to reveal the role of anoxia development on emissions of NO and CH from soil amended with crop residues during BSD period.

Development of Rifapentine-Loaded PLGA-Based Nanoparticles: In vitro Characterisation and in vivo Study in Mice.

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death amongst infectious diseases. The poor response to antitubercular agents necessitates the long-term use of high drug doses, resulting in low patient compliance, which is the main reason for chemotherapy failure and contributes to the development of multidrug-resistant TB. Patient non-compliance has been a major obstacle in the successful management of TB.

Factor analysis of electroacupuncture and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for major depressive disorder: an 8-week controlled clinical trial.

Background: There is evidence supporting electroacupuncture (EA) for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD), but its characteristics have not been well investigated.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness and characteristics of EA in MDD.

Methods: 60 subjects were enrolled-35 in the EA group and 25 in the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) group based on their preferences-in an 8-week non-randomised controlled clinical trial.

Can acupuncture combined with SSRIs improve clinical symptoms and quality of life in patients with depression? Secondary outcomes of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To explore the effects of acupuncture (manual acupuncture or electroacupuncture) combined with SSRIs for moderate to severe depression improving major clinical symptoms and life quality of the patients on secondary outcomes.

Design: Pragmatic, parallel, randomized controlled trial.

Setting: 6 hospitals in China.

Manual or electroacupuncture as an add-on therapy to SSRIs for depression: A randomized controlled trial.

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are first-line antidepressants, however, only around 60% of patients could benefit from them. Acupuncture is supported by insufficient evidence to help with symptom relieving and SSRIs tolerance. This pragmatic randomized controlled trial compared SSRIs alone versus SSRIs together with manual acupuncture (MA) or electroacupuncture (EA) in moderate to severe depressed patients.

[Impacts of acupoint catgut embedding therapy on postpartum weight retention].

Objective: To observe the impacts of acupoint catgut embedding therapy on postpartum weight retention.

Methods: Seventy-one women of postpartum weight retention were divided into an observation group (35 cases) and a control group (36 cases) according to their own wishes when re-examination in 42 days after delivery. In the control group, the nutrition consultation was provided and the calories intake was controlled continuously for 20 weeks.

Evidence for transmission disequilibrium at the DAOA gene locus in a schizophrenia family sample.

Recently, the DAOA gene locus on chromosome 13q32-q34 has been implicated in the etiology of schizophrenia. We genotyped three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs: rs778294, rs779293 and rs3918342) in this region in 126 Chinese family trios. In this study, we have identified statistically significant transmission disequilibrium in two markers rs778293 (P=0.

[Foraging behavior of various tree species in heterogeneous nutrient environment related to light condition].

A factorial combination pot experiment was designed to study the growth response and foraging behavior of three South China forestation species Pinus massoniana, Schima superba and Liriodendron chinense under heterogenous nutrient envionment and different light conditions. The results demonstrated that under full light, the plant height and biomass of P. massoniana and S.