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BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
December 2024
Department of Public Health, Department of Anesthesiology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Background: Maternal hemoglobin (Hb) is related to nutritional status, and it widely fluctuates during pregnancy. However, the relationship between Hb and blood pressure (BP) during pregnancy is unclear. This study aimed to estimate the associations between maternal Hb in various trimesters and its changes with BP during pregnancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Pediatr Urol
December 2024
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Muğla, Turkey.
Introduction: Cryptorchidism impairs sperm development and increases the risk of infertility and testicular cancer. Estrogen signalling is critical for proper descent of the testicles, and hormonal imbalances play a role in cryptorchidism. CYP19, also known as aromatase, encodes an enzyme that converts testosterone, a male sex hormone, into estradiol, the main form of estrogen.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc
December 2024
Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University, Abbottabad 22060, KPK, Pakistan.
The ruthenium compounds have been known to have the wide range of potential applications as anticancer, antibacterial and anti-diabetic etc. The ligand substitutions play a vital role in enhancing the pharmacological and biological activities. In the present study, three ruthenium-metal based complexes, designated as (I-III), were synthesized and characterized employing element analysis, FTIR and HNMR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiochem Pharmacol
December 2024
Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Science, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan; Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan; Chinese Medicine Research Center, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital, Hsinchu 30205, Taiwan. Electronic address:
Chondrosarcoma is a type of bone cancer that originates from cartilage cells. In clinical practice, surgical resection is the primary treatment for chondrosarcoma, but chemotherapy becomes essential for patients with metastasis or tumors in surgically inaccessible sites. However, drug resistance often leads to treatment failure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Nutr
December 2024
Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Background: Plant-based foods have reduced protein digestibility and frequently display unbalanced amino acid profiles. Plant-based foods are therefore considered inferior to animal-based foods in their anabolic potential. No study has assessed the anabolic potential of a vegan diet that provides a large variety of plant-based protein sources in older adults.
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