Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that involves multiple systems in the body. Numerous recent studies have revealed bidirectional crosstalk between the brain and bone, but the interaction between bone and brain in AD remains unclear. In this review, we summarize human studies of the association between bone and brain and provide an overview of their interactions and the underlying mechanisms in AD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease affecting the neuromuscular junction. No cohort study has investigated the efficacy of inactivated vaccines in patients with MG.
Materials And Methods: This prospective observational cohort study included healthy controls (HCs) and patients with MG with or without immunosuppressive treatment.
Astragaloside IV (AS-IV) has been shown to provide renal protection in various kidney injury models. However, the metabolic profile variation of AS-IV in pathological models is not well established. This study aims to explore the metabolic pathway of AS-IV in the classical puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN)-induced kidney injury in a rat model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, a ligand fishing method was developed to screen potential indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) inhibitors from coffee extracts by immobilization of IDO1 enzyme on amino-modified magnetic nanoparticles combined with UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS analysis. Parameters including enzyme concentration, immobilization time, the pH of glutaraldehyde and the amount of magnetic nanoparticles were optimized. The results indicated that immobilized IDO1 could be reused 5 times and was stable during storage for 7 days.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe pathogenesis and progression of myasthenia gravis (MG), an autoimmune disease, involve abnormal function and composition of several immune cell populations. However, details of this dysregulation remain unclear. We performed a cross-section analysis using cytometry time-of-flight on blood samples from 12 generalized MG without glucocorticoid or other immunosuppressant treatment, and 10 sex- and age-matched healthy controls.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Facial-onset sensory and motor neuronopathy (FOSMN) syndrome is a rare clinical syndrome in which the etiopathogenesis and disease-causing genes remain unknown. In addition, clinical and molecular pathological studies have rarely been evaluated in a large case series.
Methods: In this study, we present the clinical features and electrodiagnostic findings of the largest cohort of six patients with FOSMN in East Asia to date.
In this study, a multi-component analytical method for the detection of pesticide residues in chilli and Sichuan pepper by high performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry (LC-Q-TOF/MS) was developed and validated. The sample preparation is based on an extraction step with acetonitrile followed by a cleanup step using primary secondary amine, C, graphitized carbon black and anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Values of matrix effects ranged from -55.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 60-year-old man presented to our emergency room with severe chest pain. Based on the electrocardiogram and elevated serum troponin T levels, acute coronary syndrome was suspected. Coronary angiography revealed total occlusion of the middle of the left anterior descending coronary artery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) has been shown to play an important role in the immune escape process of tumors, and therefore is considered as a promising target for tumor immunotherapy. In this study, off-line and on-line capillary electrophoresis methods were developed for IDO1 inhibitors screening from natural product extracts. The optimized separation conditions of CE were achieved with 32 mM sodium tetraborate (pH 9.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs an ancient Chinese herbal medicine, C.A. Meyer () has been used both as food and medicine for nutrient supplements and treatment of human diseases in China for years.
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