A new notable compression source of left renal vein entrapment: right renal artery.

Purpose: To estimate the incidences of left renal vein (LRV) entrapment by right renal artery (RRA), a phenomenon primarily reported as case reports.

Methods: The cross-sectional study consecutively screened renal vessel CT data of 38 (Renal) patients with nephropathy and 305 (Non-renal) patients with peripheral arterial diseases in a teaching hospital in northeast China between November 2018 and March 2023. The LRV compression by adjacent anatomical structures, including but not limited to RRA and multiple compression-related parameters, were investigated through multiplanar analysis of the CT data.

Fabrication of Ag/ZnO@N-Carbon Core@Shell Photocatalyst for Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Rhodamine B.

Photocatalytic degradation method has been recognized as an effective way to eliminate the contamination of environment. However, developing photocatalysts with excellent photocatalytic properties are still a big challenge. In this paper, Ag doped ZnO coating with a layer of N doped porous carbon (Ag/ZnO@N-carbon) was successfully synthesized by using polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) modified ZIF-8 as precursor adsorption, hydrothermal treatment, growth and carbonization processes.

IRF-1 contributes to the pathological phenotype of VSMCs during atherogenesis by increasing CCL19 transcription.

Atherosclerosis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly involves the large and middle arteries, but the specific mechanism is not precise. Chemokine ligand 19 (CCL19) has been reported highly expressed in peripheral blood of patients with atherosclerosis, but its role lacks explicit data. By ELISA assay and immunohistochemical (IHC) analysis, we found that the CCL19 was significantly up-regulated in AS.

Aloin suppresses lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury by inhibiting NLRP3/NF-κB via activation of SIRT1 in mice.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the protective effects and potential mechanisms of aloin on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury (ALI).

Methods: Mice were pretreatment with aloin 1 h before LPS administration. The number of inflammatory cells and the levels of TNF-α and IL-1β was detected.

Esculin prevents Lipopolysaccharide/D-Galactosamine-induced acute liver injury in mice.

Liver injury is an important cause of serious liver disease and is characterized by inflammatory and oxidative responses. Esculin, a coumarinic derivative found in Aesculus hippocastanum L., has been shown to exhibit anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative effects.

Geniposide attenuates Staphylococcus aureus-induced pneumonia in mice by inhibiting NF-κB activation.

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a major cause of pneumonia that often affects young and immunocompetent patients. Inflammation plays an important role in the development of S.

Protective effects of tenuigenin on Staphylococcus aureus-induced pneumonia in mice.

Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in infants and young children. Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus) is one of the most important bacteria that leads to pneumonia.

Oroxylin A attenuates cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation by activating Nrf2.

Oroxylin A, a natural flavonoid isolated from the medicinal herb Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, has been reported to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. However, the effect of oroxylin A on cigarette smoke (CS)-induced lung inflammation remains unclear. In this study, the ability of oroxylin A to protect against CS-induced lung inflammation was detected in vivo and in vitro.

Citral inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury by activating PPAR-γ.

Citral, a component of lemongrass oil, has been reported to have many pharmacological activities such as anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. However, the effects of citral on acute lung injury (ALI) and the molecular mechanisms have not been reported. The aim of this study was to detect the effects of citral on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury and investigate the molecular mechanisms.

Shikonin exerts anti-inflammatory effects in a murine model of lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury by inhibiting the nuclear factor-kappaB signaling pathway.

Shikonin, an analog of naphthoquinone pigments isolated from the root of Lithospermum erythrorhyzon, was recently reported to exert beneficial anti-inflammatory effects both in vivo and in vitro. The present study aimed to investigate the potential therapeutic effect of shikonin in a murine model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury (ALI). Dexamethasone was used as a positive control to evaluate the anti-inflammatory effect of shikonin in the study.