Association between sulfur microbial diet and the risk of dementia: a large-scale prospective cohort study.

Background: The sulfur microbial diet (SMD), a dietary pattern linked to sulfur-metabolizing gut bacteria, has been associated with metabolic disorders. However, its role in dementia risk remains unclear.

Methods: This prospective cohort study investigated the association between SMD and dementia risk and examined potential mechanisms.

Maternal sleep and psychological status in the postpartum period are associated with functional protein alterations in breast milk:a mother-infant cohort study.

Background & Aims: Postpartum sleep disorder and mental disorders are common unpleasant conditions faced by women after delivery, and they have many adverse effects on both mothers and infants. It is unclear whether breast milk composition is affected by maternal sleep, psychological state, diet and gut microbiome. This study aims to explore the effects of these key factors on the functional protein components of breast milk.

The Health Effects of Dietary Nitrate on Sarcopenia Development: Prospective Evidence from the UK Biobank.

Nitrate is abundant in natural foods, especially plant-based foods, having the potential to enhance muscle function. However, its relationship with sarcopenia in the context of daily diet remains unexplored. This cohort study investigated the associations between dietary nitrate intake and sarcopenia, as well as related symptoms, using data including 28,229 participants with a mean follow-up of 9.

Functional proteins in breast milk and their correlation with the development of the infant gut microbiota: a study of mother-infant pairs.

Introduction: Proteins in breast milk play an important role in the growth and development of infants. This study aims to explore the correlation between functional proteins in breast milk and the infant gut microbiota.

Methods: Twenty-three mothers and their infants were enrolled and breast milk samples and infant fecal samples were collected.

The Association between Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Male Pattern Hair Loss in Young Men.

We performed this study to investigate the association between sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption and male pattern hair loss (MPHL) in young men. We conducted this cross-sectional study from January to April 2022 in mainland China. Young people aged 18-45 years ( = 1951) were recruited from 31 provinces in China.

A magnetic protein biocompass.

The notion that animals can detect the Earth's magnetic field was once ridiculed, but is now well established. Yet the biological nature of such magnetosensing phenomenon remains unknown. Here, we report a putative magnetic receptor (Drosophila CG8198, here named MagR) and a multimeric magnetosensing rod-like protein complex, identified by theoretical postulation and genome-wide screening, and validated with cellular, biochemical, structural and biophysical methods.

MicroRNA-373 is upregulated and targets TNFAIP1 in human gastric cancer, contributing to tumorigenesis.

The role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in regulating gene expression is currently an area of intense interest. Previous studies have shown that miRNA-372 plays crucial roles in gastric tumorigenesis by targeting the mRNA of tumor necrosis factor, α-induced protein 1 (TNFAIP1). The present study showed that miR-373 is upregulated in gastric adenocarcinoma tissue and gastric carcinoma cell lines when compared to normal gastric tissues.

Caudatin induces cell apoptosis in gastric cancer cells through modulation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling.

Caudatin has been reported to trigger apoptosis in several types of cancer cell lines. In the present study, we investigated whether caudatin has therapeutic value in gastric cancer and examined the effects of caudatin on the expression of β-catenin in human gastric carcinoma cell lines. Here, we showed that caudatin treatment resulted in a dose- and time‑dependent inhibition of proliferation of the gastric carcinoma cell lines.

microRNA-372 maintains oncogene characteristics by targeting TNFAIP1 and affects NFκB signaling in human gastric carcinoma cells.

Aberrant microRNA (miRNA) expression has been investigated in gastric cancer, which is one of the most common malignancies. However, the roles of miRNAs in gastric cancer remain largely unknown. In the present study, we found that microRNA-372 (miR-372) directly targets tumor necrosis factor, α-induced protein 1 (TNFAIP1), and is involved in the regulation of the NFκB signaling pathway.