Objectives: This paper describes migration toward the UK, sex work involvement, use of health services, and health issues.
Methods: This qualitative study interviewed twenty-five men. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis.
Results: Five main themes emerged: emigration, migration routes, sex work entrance, use of health services, and main health outcomes.
Conclusions: Discrimination and social exclusion were identified before and during migration. Participants had used the NHS system and told positive experiences. They reported STI-HIV, recreational drugs and mental health issues. Findings suggest the influence of migration and sex work on their vulnerabilities and health outcomes.
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Foods
January 2025
Laboratory of Chemistry of Foods and Bioactives, Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 320001, Israel.
Consumer sex influences phenotypic differences in digestive functions that may underlie variations in food disintegration. This study used an in vitro digestion model to test the hypothesis that emulsions follow distinct digestive pathways in men and women. Model emulsions were prepared using medium-chain triglycerides stabilized by beta-lactoglobulin, alpha-lactalbumin, or lactoferrin, and by three non-protein emulsifiers: Tween 80, lecithin, and sucrose esters.
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December 2024
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology B and Immunology Department, University of Murcia (UMU), 30120 Murcia, Spain.
Glioblastoma (GB) is one of the most aggressive and treatment-resistant cancers due to its complex tumor microenvironment (TME). We previously showed that GB progression is dependent on the aberrant induction of chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) in pericytes (PCs), which promotes TME immunosuppression through the PC secretome. The secretion of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins with anti-tumor (Lumican) and pro-tumoral (Osteopontin, OPN) properties was shown to be dependent on the regulation of GB-induced CMA in PCs.
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December 2024
Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
The prevalence of cardiovascular disease varies with sex, and the impact of intrinsic sex-based differences on vasculature is not well understood. Animal models can provide important insights into some aspects of human biology; however, not all discoveries in animal systems translate well to humans. To explore the impact of chromosomal sex on proteomic phenotypes, we used iPSC-derived vascular smooth muscle cells from healthy donors of both sexes to identify sex-based proteomic differences and their possible effects on cardiovascular pathophysiology.
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December 2024
Instituto de Investigaciones Sobre los Recursos Naturales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia 58330, Michoacán, Mexico.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
December 2024
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate sex-based differences in outcomes following ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair, focusing on mortality, morbidity, and postoperative complications.
Design: Retrospective cohort study SETTING: Multi-institutional data from the Vascular Quality Initiative national database, covering a period from January 2003 to December 2022.
Participants: We included 7,548 patients undergoing open or endovascular repair for ruptured AAA: 5,829 men (77.
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