Fatigue and Its Contributing Factors in Chinese Patients with Primary Pituitary Adenomas.

Background: Pituitary adenomas (PAs) refers to a group of benign tumors that develop in the pituitary gland and are often characterized by fatigue. However, fatigue has not been documented in any Chinese research involving people with primary PA. The study sought to examine the prevalence, predictors, and correlation of fatigue with the quality of life (QoL) among PA patients in China.

Variables Associated With Body Image Concerns in Acromegaly Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Objective: Acromegaly is often characterized by altered physical (including facial) appearance. However, there is little medical or psychological research on body image concerns in patients with acromegaly. The aim of this study was to identify factors influencing the body image distress in patients with acromegaly and to explore the possible effects of stigma on body image concerns.

Olfaction disorders in patients with pituitary adenoma after endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery: a qualitative study.

Background: The olfactory function decline of patients with postoperative pituitary adenoma is a common phenomenon. In order to establish a surgical access to the skull base, the upper turbinate, posterior ethmoid chamber and sphenoid sinus need to be operated. We can objectively understand the patient's nasal situation through the scale during the hospital stay, but we know little about the patient's actual feelings and troubles in the home rehabilitation phase.

Different polymorphisms in HIF-1α may exhibit different effects on cancer risk in Asians: evidence from nearly forty thousand participants.

The effect of different SNPs in and cancer susceptibility remain indistinct. Here, we evaluated the association between all identified SNPs (rs11549465, rs11549467 and rs2057482) in and the overall risk of cancer in all case-control studies published before April 2020. A total of 54 articles including 56 case-control studies were included in this analysis.

Determination of Arsenic Species in from Major Habitats in China by HPLC-ICP-MS and the Edible Hazard Assessment.

This study sought to determine the concentration and distribution of arsenic (As) species in (), and to assess its edible hazard for long term consumption. The total arsenic concentrations, measured through inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), ranged from 4.00 mg/kg to 5.

Effects of histone deacetylase inhibition on the survival, proliferation and migration of Schwann cells, as well as on the expression of neurotrophic factors and genes associated with myelination.

Trichostatin A (TSA), a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, has been shown to have neuroprotective, neurotrophic and anti-inflammatory properties in both animal and cellular models of neurodegenerative disorders. In a previous study of ours, we demonstrated that TSA inhibited the proliferation and increased the differentiation of neuronal precursor cells (NPCs). However, the effects of TSA on Schwann cells (SCs) have not yet been fully elucidated.