Kinect-based objective assessment for early frailty identification in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Background: Frailty is common in Parkinson's disease (PD) and increases vulnerability to adverse outcomes. Early detection of this syndrome aids in early intervention.

Aims: To objectively identify frailty at an early stage during routine motor tasks in PD patients using a Kinect-based system.

Unwavering excellence: How to be a competent cardiovascular doctor in "panvascular medicine +".

It is essential to create a sustainable and all-encompassing panvascular ecosystem that integrates medical care, industry-academia research, prevention, and management, necessitating the in-depth participation of every cardiovascular doctor on their journey of unwavering excellence. "From doctors, by researchers/engineers, for patients" is the foundation of sustainable development in the "panvascular medicine +" ecosystem. Medical education can make knowledge tangible and serve as a conduit for inheritance and innovation.

Berberine interacts with gut microbiota and its potential therapy for polycystic ovary syndrome.

Berberine (BBR) is an isoquinoline alkaloid extracted from Chinese medicinal plants showing a tight correlation with gut microbiota. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a prevalent reproductive and endocrine disorder syndrome among women of childbearing age. Dysbiosis, the imbalance of intestinal microorganisms, is a potential factor that takes part in the pathogenesis of PCOS.

SIRT6 deficiency in endothelial cells exacerbates oxidative stress by enhancing HIF1α accumulation and H3K9 acetylation at the Ero1α promoter.

Background: SIRT6, an important NAD -dependent protein, protects endothelial cells from inflammatory and oxidative stress injuries. However, the role of SIRT6 in cardiac microvascular endothelial cells (CMECs) under ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) remains unclear.

Methods: The HUVECs model of oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion (OGD/R) was established to simulate the endothelial IRI in vitro.

Pancreatic cancer incidence and mortality trends in urban Shanghai, China from 1973 to 2017: a joinpoint regression and age-period-cohort analysis.

Background And Purpose: To provide a comprehensive overview of epidemiological features and temporal trends of pancreatic cancer in urban Shanghai from 1973 to 2017.

Methods: Data on pancreatic cancer in urban Shanghai were obtained through the Shanghai Cancer Registry and the Vital Statistics System. Joinpoint analysis was used to describe the temporal trends and annual percent changes (APCs) and age-period-cohort analysis were used to estimate the effects of age, period, and birth cohort on pancreatic cancer.

Unveiling a rare case: Cardiac rupture secondary to acute occlusion of the distal left circumflex artery detected by contrast-enhanced spiral CT.

A 79-year-old female patient was admitted to the hospital due to intense chest pain. Emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) revealed an occlusion in the distal portion of the left circumflex artery (LCx). The patient suffered from cardiac rupture, an uncommon yet extremely perilous condition, within 30 minutes following the procedure.

Selective Treatment Deintensification by Reducing Radiation Dose and Omitting Concurrent Chemotherapy Based on Response to Induction Chemotherapy in Human Papillomavirus-Associated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Single-Arm, Phase 2 Trial (IChoice-01).

Purpose: To demonstrate the feasibility of deintensification regimen in the light of the response to induction chemotherapy (IC) in human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC).

Methods And Materials: Patients with p16+ OPSCC, T1-2/N1-3M0 (excluding T1N1M0 with single and ≤3 cm lymph node) or T3-4N0-3M0 were enrolled between January 2019 and July 2021. All patients received 2 cycles of IC with docetaxel 75 mg/m dL and cisplatin 75 mg/m dL every 3 weeks.

Prognostic value and clinical usefulness of PIANO score in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Background: In our previous study, the PIANO score was constructed to predict the occurrence of no-reflow phenomenon in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). In the current analysis, we sought to evaluate the prognostic value and clinical usefulness of the PIANO score in this population.

Methods: Patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) undergoing primary PCI were consecutively enrolled and followed up in this register.

A simple method to import CAD mesh format models in FLUKA.

Background: Monte Carlo (MC) code FLUKA possesses widespread usage and accuracy in the simulation of particle beam radiotherapy. However, the conversion from computer-aided design (CAD) mesh format models to FLUKA readable geometries could not be implemented directly and conveniently. A simple method was required to be developed.

A three-step approach to close refractory persistent macular holes: a releasing-closing-tapping approach.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of a novel releasing-closing-tapping approach in the treatment of persistent macular holes (PMHs) after initial surgery with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients with PMHs after initial surgery with ILM peeling who were treated with a novel releasing-closing-tapping approach. After repeated pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), the surgeon effectively released the adhesion between the edges and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) by gently scraping the retinal neuroepithelium.

Nomograms containing body dose parameters for predicting survival in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Purpose: To assess the impact of body dose on survival outcomes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients and to create novel nomograms incorporating body dose parameters for predicting survival.

Methods: 594 of non-metastasis NPC patients (training group, 396; validation group, 198) received intensity-modulated radiation therapy at our institution from January 2012 to December 2016. Patient characteristics, body dose parameters in dose-volume histogram (DVH) and hematology profiles were collected for predicting overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS).

Hypoxia and panvascular diseases: exploring the role of hypoxia-inducible factors in vascular smooth muscle cells under panvascular pathologies.

As an emerging discipline, panvascular diseases are a set of vascular diseases with atherosclerosis as the common pathogenic hallmark, which mostly affect vital organs like the heart, brain, kidney, and limbs. As the major responser to the most common stressor in the vasculature (hypoxia)-hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs), and the primary regulator of pressure and oxygen delivery in the vasculature-vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), their own multifaceted nature and their interactions with each other are fascinating. Abnormally active VSMCs (e.

Real-world evidence for the use of subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in China: A single-center experience.

Background: Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (S-ICDs) have been shown to be non-inferior to transvenous ICDs in the prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD), but there is still a lack of evidence from clinical trials in China. We investigated whether S‑ICD implantation in the Chinese population is safe and feasible and should be promoted in the future.

Methods: Consecutive patients undergoing S‑ICD implantation at our center were enrolled in this retrospective study.

Using Artificial Intelligence to Diagnose Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures on Plain Radiographs.

Osteoporotic vertebral fracture (OVF) is a risk factor for morbidity and mortality in elderly population, and accurate diagnosis is important for improving treatment outcomes. OVF diagnosis suffers from high misdiagnosis and underdiagnosis rates, as well as high workload. Deep learning methods applied to plain radiographs, a simple, fast, and inexpensive examination, might solve this problem.

Barriers to sexual health-seeking behaviors for Chinese women.

Purpose: Cognitive barriers to Chinese women's sexual health-seeking behaviours remained unclear. Therefore, we conducted this study to investigate the characteristics of the sexual health beliefs of Chinese women to clarify why they were reluctant to seek help for sexual issues.

Methods: An online survey was undertaken from April to July 2020.

Mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier AGC1 regulates cardiac function via Drp1-mediated mitochondrial fission in doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy.

Mitochondrial fission has been noted in the pathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), but the underlying specific regulatory mechanism, especially in the development of doxorubicin (DOX)-induced cardiomyopathy remains unclear. In the present study, we explore whether the aspartate-glutamate carrier1 (AGC1) interacts with the fission protein dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1) and reveal the functional and molecular mechanisms contributing to DOX-induced cardiomyopathy. Results of co-immunoprecipitation mass spectrometry (CO-IP MS) analysis based on heart tissue of DCM patients revealed that AGC1 expression was significantly upregulated in DCM-induced injury and AGC1 level was closely correlated with mitochondrial morphogenesis and function.

Factors that influence family-focused practice in Chinese mental health workers: A cross-sectional survey.

Introduction: Family-focused practice has become an emerging paradigm in mental health services. However, little is known about family-focused practice and associated factors in Chinese mental health workers.

Aim: To examine family-focused practice and associated factors in Chinese mental health workers.

Favorable prognosis of breast cancer brain metastases patients with limited intracranial and extracranial metastatic lesions.

Background: Breast cancer brain metastases (BCBM) are highly heterogenous with widely differing survival. The prognosis of the oligometastatic breast cancer (BC) patients with brain metastases (BM) has not been well studied. We aimed to investigate the prognosis of BCBM patients with limited intracranial and extracranial metastatic lesions.

Combined Aurora Kinase A and CHK1 Inhibition Enhances Radiosensitivity of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Through Induction of Apoptosis and Mitotic Catastrophe Associated With Excessive DNA Damage.

Purpose: There is an urgent need for biomarkers and new actionable targets to improve radiosensitivity of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) tumors. We characterized the radiosensitizing effects and underlying mechanisms of combined Aurora kinase A (AURKA) and CHK1 inhibition in TNBC.

Methods And Materials: Different TNBC cell lines were treated with AURKA inhibitor (AURKAi, MLN8237) and CHK1 inhibitor (CHK1i, MK8776).

Protein separation by sequential selective complex coacervation.

In food manufacturing and particular biomedical products selected proteins are often required. Obtaining the desired proteins in a pure form from natural resources is therefore important, but often very challenging. Herein, we design a sequential coacervation process that allows to efficiently isolate and purify proteins with different isoelectric points (pIs) from a mixed solution, namely Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA, pI = 4.

Attenuation of Microglial Activation and Pyroptosis by Inhibition of P2X7 Pathway Promotes Photoreceptor Survival in Experimental Retinal Detachment.

Purpose: Photoreceptor (PR) death is the ultimate cause of irreversible vision loss in retinal detachment (RD). Although microglial infiltration in the subretinal space (SRS) was observed after RD, the molecular mechanism underlying microglial activation and the outcomes of infiltrating microglia remain unclear. We aimed to uncover the mechanism of initiation of microglial activation to help explore potential therapy to promote PR survival.