Neural correlates of central pain sensitization in chronic low back pain: a resting-state fMRI study.

Purpose: The objective of this study is to explore the neural correlates of pain sensitization in patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP). While the association between cLBP and pain sensitization has been widely reported, the underlying brain mechanism responsible for this relationship requires further investigation.

Methods: Our study included 56 cLBP patients and 56 healthy controls (HC).

Therapeutic effect of autologous fascia urethral suspension on female stress urinary incontinence and analysis of risk factors affecting the efficacy.

Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of autologous fascial urethral suspension on female stress urinary incontinence and analyze the risk factors affecting the therapeutic effect.

Method: The clinical data of 89 female patients with stress urinary incontinence treated in our hospital from February 2018 to February 2020 were retrospectively analyzed (training group). Another cohort of 45 patients treated in Xi'an Gaoxin Hospital from March 2020 to March 2021 were retrospectively enrolled as the validation group.

Dynamic and Static Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuation Is a Potential Biomarker for Predicting Prognosis of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Patients: A Preliminary Resting-State fMRI Study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the clinical value of the static amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (sALFF) and dynamic amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (dALFF) in the identification of brain functional alterations in degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) patients.

Methods: Voxel-wise sALFF and dALFF of 47 DCM patients and 44 healthy controls were calculated using resting-state fMRI data, and an intergroup comparison was performed. The mean of sALFF or dALFF data were extracted within the resultant clusters and the correlation analysis of these data with the clinical measures was performed.

Ivabradine abrogates TNF-α-induced degradation of articular cartilage matrix.

Ivabradine is most commonly used for the treatment of worsening cardiac failure in patients who cannot tolerate the maximum dose of β-blockers or in whom treatment with β-blockers is contraindicated. While ivabradine is regarded as a highly selective "funny current" (I) inhibitor, the molecular mechanism behind the effect of this drug remains poorly understood. In the present study, we applied ivabradine in the context of osteoarthritis by treating primary human chondrocytes with tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and measuring degradation of the articular cartilage matrix as well as the expression of various enzymes and pro-inflammatory cytokines.

Upregulation of the long non-coding RNA SPRY4-IT1 indicates a poor prognosis and promotes tumorigenesis in ovarian cancer.

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been identified to be critical mediators in various tumors associated with cancer progression. LncRNA SPRY4-IT1 serves as a novel prognostic biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the biological role and clinical significance of lncRNA SPRY4-IT1 in human ovarian cancer (OC) need to be completely elucidated.