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Arq Gastroenterol
January 2025
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.
Objective: To investigate the ability of the estimated plasma gene-expression levels of microRNA (miR)-21 and 126 to define patients suspected to have hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) among patients with complicated hepatitis-C virus (HCV) infection.
Methods: Patients with uncomplicated (U-HCV) or complicated HCV underwent clinical and ultrasonographic (US) evaluations and assessment for the computerized hepatorenal index, hepatic steatosis index and fibrosis indices. Blood samples were obtained for estimation of serum levels of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and plasma expression levels of miR-21 and miR-126 using the quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).
Tech Coloproctol
January 2025
Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, No. 305 East Zhongshan Rd, Nanjing, 210002, People's Republic of China.
Background: Trends of stoma creation at index surgery for Crohn's disease (CD) in the biologics era has not been thoroughly investigated. This study aimed to assess the impact of increasing biologics use on stoma rates at index surgery of CD, as well as identifying risk factors for the creation and nonreversal of CD-related stoma.
Methods: In this single-center retrospective analysis, consecutive CD patients who underwent index bowel surgery from 2007 to 2021 were reviewed.
Equine Vet J
January 2025
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Taastrup, Denmark.
Background: MicroRNAs, a class of small noncoding RNAs, serve as post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression and are present in a stable and quantifiable form in biological fluids. MicroRNAs may influence intra-articular responses and the course of disease, but very little is known about their temporal changes in osteoarthritis.
Objectives: To identify miRNAs and characterise the temporal changes in their abundance in SF from horses with experimentally induced osteoarthritis.
Cell Biochem Biophys
January 2025
Department of Pain Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology Affiliated Puren Hospital, Wuhan, China.
Icariside II exerts protective effects against various diseases; however, its specific effects on osteoarthritis (OA) remain unclear. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of icariside II in an in vitro model of OA and analyze its action mechanisms. We established an in vitro OA model by treating a human chondrocyte cell line (CHON-001) with interleukin (IL)-1β, followed by treatment with different concentrations of icariside II.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPathogens
December 2024
Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Infectious bursal disease (IBD) continues to threaten poultry production globally, with highly virulent strains circulating in many parts of Africa. In this study, molecular characterization was performed on a circulating infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) strain from an outbreak in a layer flock in Ghana. Layer chicks presented for necropsy had markedly enlarged and hemorrhagic bursae of Fabricius, with necrotic foci and catarrhal exudate on the serosal surface.
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