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PLoS One
December 2024
Institute of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Setting up the correct diagnosis of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS), a chronic inflammatory disease of the bladder, is a challenge, as there are neither diagnostic criteria nor reliable and non-invasive disease biomarkers available. The aim of the present study was to simultaneously determine matched serum- and urine-derived biomarkers of IC/BPS, which would provide additional insights into disease mechanisms and set the basis for further biomarker validation. Our study included 12 female patients with IC/BPS and 12 healthy controls.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Vet Intern Med
December 2024
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Small Animals, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Background: Although gut-derived uremic toxins are increased in azotemic chronic kidney disease (CKD) in cats and implicated in disease progression, it remains unclear if augmented formation or retention of these toxins is associated with the development of renal azotemia.
Objectives: Assess the association between gut-derived toxins (ie, indoxyl-sulfate, p-cresyl-sulfate, and trimethylamine-N-oxide [TMAO]) and the onset of azotemic CKD in cats.
Animals: Forty-eight client-owned cats.
Neurol Sci
December 2024
Neuroimmunology Unit, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Avda. Fernando Abril Martorell, 106, 46026, Valencia, Spain.
J Neurovirol
December 2024
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Science, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Effective neuropsychological assessment of people with HIV (PWH) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is hampered by the unavailability of adequate test norms. We aimed to: (1) develop demographically-corrected (regression-based) South African (SA) normative data for an HIV appropriate neuropsychological test battery for Xhosa home-language speakers; (2) compare the utility of those norms to that of (i) internal standardization norms and (ii) US test publisher norms; and (3) determine the criterion validity of the newly-developed norms. 114 controls and 102 demographically comparable Xhosa home-language people living with HIV completed a well-establised, standard HIV neuropsychological test battery assessing seven cognitive domains.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSci Rep
December 2024
INRAE, CNRS, Université de Tours, PRC, Nouzilly, 37380, France.
Ovaries are of paramount importance in reproduction as they produce female gametes through a complex developmental process known as folliculogenesis. In the prospect of better understanding the mechanisms of folliculogenesis and of developing novel pharmacological approaches to control it, it is important to accurately and quantitatively assess the later stages of ovarian folliculogenesis (i.e.
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