Oncology may be the most rapidly expanding field in medicine, with several innovative diagnostic and therapeutic procedures appearing daily. Advances in oncology have improved the survival rate for patients with cancer and promoting quality of life is now one of the goals in the care of these patients. Patients face a variety of disease- and treatment-related side effects, including anorexia, nausea, vomiting, recurring infections, and sleep difficulties. Cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) is an overlooked clinical condition found in oncologic practice, particularly in patients with breast cancer. Although several potential mechanisms for CRCI have been hypothesized, to our knowledge, the exact mechanism is still unknown. Alterations in the tryptophan kynurenine pathway have been shown to impair cognitive skills in several mental illnesses. However, its possible function in CRCI has yet to be investigated. The aim of this was to examine the possible interactions between tryptophan catabolism and CRCI.
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Int J Food Microbiol
December 2024
Higiene y Seguridad Alimentaria, Instituto de Investigación de Carne y Productos Cárnicos (IProCar), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda. de las Ciencias s/n, 10003 Cáceres, Spain.
Dry-cured ham is a highly appreciated meat product. During the ripening, moulds grow on its surface such as Penicillium nordicum and Aspergillus westerdijkiae producers of ochratoxin A (OTA). This mycotoxin poses a risk to consumers that must be controlled.
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December 2024
Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Purpose Of Review: The canonical pathogenesis of spondyloarthritis (SpA) involves inflammation driven by HLA-B27, type 3 immunity, and gut microbial dysregulation. This review based on information presented at the SPARTAN meeting highlights studies on the pathogenesis of SpA from the past year, focusing on emerging mechanisms such as the roles of microbe-derived metabolites, microRNAs (miRNAs) and cytokines in plasma exosomes, specific T cell subsets, and neutrophils.
Recent Findings: The induction of arthritis in a preclinical model through microbiota-driven alterations in tryptophan catabolism provides new insights as to how intestinal dysbiosis may activate disease via the gut-joint axis.
Virulence
December 2025
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Amino acid metabolism provides significant insight into the development and prevention of many viral diseases. Therefore, the present study aimed to compare the amino acid profiles of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) patients with those of healthy individuals and to further reveal the molecular mechanisms of HFMD severity. Using UPLC-MS/MS, we determined the plasma amino acid expression profiles of pediatric patients with HFMD (mild, = 42; severe, = 43) and healthy controls ( = 25).
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December 2024
Department of Nutrition, Center for Big Data and Population Health of IHM, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Background: Although emerging evidence suggests that indole derivatives, microbial metabolites of tryptophan, may improve cardiometabolic health, the effective metabolites remain unclear. Also, the gut microbiota that involved in producing indole derivatives are less studied. We identified microbial taxa that can predict serum concentrations of the key indole metabolite indole-3-propionic acid (IPA) at population level and investigated the associations of indole derivatives and IPA-predicting microbial genera with cardiometabolic risk markers.
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December 2024
Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Pain is a frequent and disturbing symptom among hemodialysis patients. Protein-bound uremic toxins (PBUTs) are related to cardiovascular and overall mortality, and they are difficult to remove with current hemodialysis treatments. The PBUT displacers, such as furosemide, tryptophan, or ibuprofen, may be promising new strategies for improving their clearance.
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