Novel opportunity of treatment for psycho-cardiologic disease by gut microbiome.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients combined with depression, anxiety, and other psychiatric disorders are becoming a common occurrence. There are many comorbid mechanisms, and CVD patients with psychiatric disorders have poor prognosis. Several studies have shown that dysbiosis and metabolite alterations in the gut were major risk factors for CVD and psychosomatic disorders.

Nanoplastic PS and cadmium co-exposure accelerates ferroptosis mediated by HIF-1α-related signaling in spermatogonium.

Microplastics (MPs) in the real environment media often adsorbed toxic substances such as heavy metals and this co-exposure may exert various negative effects on human reproduction. In particular, the adsorption capacity of nanoplastics (NPs) is stronger. However, there are few studies focused on the combined toxicity of NPs and heavy metal co-exposure to germ cells.

Novel compound heterozygous mutation in causes complex congenital heart disease.

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect, affecting 2‑8% of newborns, with a marked impact on neonatal health. In the present study, the parents of a fetus diagnosed with CHD were recruited to investigate the genetic causes of this condition. Whole exome sequencing was conducted on tissue obtained from the fetus.

Case report of severe coronary artery disease complicated by malignant arrhythmia due to inherited thrombophilia.

The principal clinical manifestation of thrombophilia is venous thromboembolism, which is also markedly linked to arterial thrombosis, including myocardial infarction. Nevertheless, patients presenting with an early-onset myocardial infarction are seldom screened for thrombophilic genes, resulting in delayed diagnosis and an unfavourable prognosis. This report presents the case of a young man who suffered an acute myocardial infarction as a result of thrombophilia.

Cardiovascular diseases and depression: A meta-analysis and Mendelian randomization analysis.

Depression is a common psychiatric symptom among patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), adversely affecting their health. Despite the identification of various contributing factors, the precise mechanisms linking CVD and depression remain elusive. This study conducted a meta-analysis to investigate the association between CVD and depression.

Redefining outcomes of ventricular arrhythmia for SGLT2 inhibitor medication in heart failure patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have been shown to lower the risk of re-hospitalization and cardiovascular mortality among heart failure (HF) patients. Nevertheless, the impact of these agents on ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) has not been thoroughly investigated. To assess the beneficial impact of SGLT2 inhibitors on VAs in patients at various stages of HF, a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials involving SGLT2 inhibitors in this patient population was performed.

Endothelin 3/EDNRB signaling induces thermogenic differentiation of white adipose tissue.

Thermogenic adipose tissue, consisting of brown and beige fat, regulates nutrient utilization and energy metabolism. Human brown fat is relatively scarce and decreases with obesity and aging. Hence, inducing thermogenic differentiation of white fat offers an attractive way to enhance whole-body metabolic capacity.

Cross-Priming-Linked Hierarchical Isothermal Amplification Programming Progressive Activating Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/Cas12a in miRNA Signaling.

Cascade isothermal nucleic acid amplification, which integrates several different amplification protocols to enhance the assay performance, is widely utilized in biosensing, particularly for detecting microRNAs (miRNAs), crucial biomarkers associated with tumor initiation and progression. However, striking a balance between a high amplification efficiency and simplicity in design remains a challenge. Therefore, methods achieving high amplification efficiency without significantly increasing complexity are highly favored.

Dominant mechanism in spinal cord injury-induced immunodeficiency syndrome (SCI-IDS): sympathetic hyperreflexia.

Clinical studies have shown that individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) are particularly susceptible to infectious diseases, resulting in a syndrome called SCI-induced immunodeficiency syndrome (SCI-IDS), which is the leading cause of death after SCI. It is believed that SCI-IDS is associated with exaggerated activation of sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPNs). After SCI, disruption of bulbospinal projections from the medulla oblongata C1 neurons to the SPNs results in the loss of sympathetic inhibitory modulation from the brain and brainstem and the occurrence of abnormally high levels of spinal sympathetic reflexes (SSR), named sympathetic hyperreflexia.

PS-MPs or their co-exposure with cadmium impair male reproductive function through the miR-199a-5p/HIF-1α-mediated ferroptosis pathway.

Microplastics (MPs) and cadmium (Cd) exist extensively in ambient environments and probably influence negatively on human health. However, the potential reproductive toxicity of MPs or MPs + Cd remains unknown. This study was aimed to observe the reproductive changes of male mice treated orally for 35 days with PS-MPs (100 mg/kg), CdCl (5 mg/kg) and PS-MPs plus CdCl mixture.

Brown Fat and Nutrition: Implications for Nutritional Interventions.

Brown and beige adipocytes are renowned for their unique ability to generate heat through a mechanism known as thermogenesis. This process can be induced by exposure to cold, hormonal signals, drugs, and dietary factors. The activation of these thermogenic adipocytes holds promise for improving glucose metabolism, reducing fat accumulation, and enhancing insulin sensitivity.

Novel XIAP mutation with early-onset Crohn's disease complicated with acute heart failure: a case report.

Background: The X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) protein is encoded by the XIAP gene and is critical for multiple cell responses and plays a role in preventing cell death. XIAP mutations are associated with several diseases, primarily including hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We report the clinical features and results associated with hemizygous mutation of the XIAP gene in a young male with Crohn's disease complicated with acute heart failure.

U0126 Compound Triggers Thermogenic Differentiation in Preadipocytes via ERK-AMPK Signaling Axis.

In recent years, thermogenic differentiation and activation in brown and white adipose tissues have been regarded as one of the major innovative and promising strategies for the treatment and amelioration of obesity. However, the pharmacological approach towards this process has had limited and insufficient commitments, which presents a greater challenge for obesity treatment. This research evaluates the effects of U0126 compound on the activation of thermogenic differentiation during adipogenesis.

A Bibliometric Analysis of Research Articles on Midwifery Based on the Web of Science.

Objective: This study aimed to bibliometrically analyse the main features of the 100 top-cited articles on the midwifery index on the Web of Science.

Methods: Academic articles on midwifery' research published from 1985 to 2020 were included. VOSviewer 1.

The Effects of a Computer Game (Healthy Rat King) on Preschool Children's Nutritional Knowledge and Junk Food Intake Behavior: Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Playing computer-aided games could enhance children's interest in learning about nutritional knowledge and eventually promote healthy dietary intake behavior.

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a computer game (Healthy Rat King) in improving the knowledge on nutrition and junk food intake among preschool children in Taiwan.

Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study that utilized the computer game Healthy Rat King as the nutrition education tool.

Forkhead box C2 is associated with insulin resistance in gestational diabetes mellitus.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate serum levels of adiponectin, and the mRNA expression of forkhead box C2 (FOXC2) and glucose transporter-4 (GLUT4) in visceral adipose tissue obtained from patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and healthy pregnant women.

Methods: Venous blood samples were obtained from 60 pregnant women with gestational normal glucose tolerance (GNGT) and 21 patients with GDM. Visceral adipose tissues were obtained from 11 women with GDM and 30 with GNGT.

Meta-Analysis on the Application Value of Collaborative Nursing in Postcolostomy Nursing of Patients with Colorectal Cancer.

Objective: To systematically evaluate the effect of collaborative nursing on self-care ability of postcolostomy patients with colorectal cancer (CRC).

Methods: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Wanfang databases were searched to collect relevant literatures on randomized controlled trials of postcolostomy patients with CRC. The search period was started from 2010 to 2021.

Preparation, characterization, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of acid-soluble pectin from okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.).

Currently, there are few studies on acid-soluble pectin from okra, especially in biological activity for antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. In this study, the antioxidant properties of acid-soluble okra pectin components and their anti-inflammatory were explored. Firstly, two acid-soluble okra pectic fractions, namely crude acid-soluble okra pectin (CAOP) and acid-soluble okra pectin (AOP), were obtained and exhibited structural and compositional variation.

Okra pectin relieves inflammatory response and protects damaged intestinal barrier in caerulein-induced acute pancreatic model.

Background: Protecting the intestinal mucosa from being destroyed helps reduce the inflammation caused by acute pancreatitis (AP). In this study, whether okra pectin (OP) could attenuate the inflammation of AP through protecting the intestinal barrier was investigated.

Results: OP was obtained from crude okra pectin (COP) through the purification by DEAE cellulose 52 column.

Hemostatic Enhancement via Chitosan Is Independent of Classical Clotting Pathways-A Quantitative Study.

Hemostasis is a process causing bleeding to stop, and it is known from the literature that hemostasis can be enhanced using chitosan on wound gauzes. We proposed here a continuous flow-through device, with the test blood flowing through the gauze sample at a constant flow rate and the pressure drop across the gauze measured, for assessing the hemostatic performance of the gauze. Experiments were performed using the device with both whole blood and washed blood (with clotting factors and platelets removed from the whole blood), and their results agree with each other within 10% discrepancy, indicating quantitatively that hemostatic enhancement via chitosan is essentially independent of classical clotting pathways, which was demonstrated qualitatively through animal tests in the literature.

Computer simulation aided preparation of molecularly imprinted polymers for separation of bilobalide.

In this study, the preparation of molecularly imprinted polymers for bilobalide (BBMIPs) was successfully achieved by bulk polymerization with methacrylamide (MAM), trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA), and acetonitrile (ACN) as functional monomer, cross-linker, and solvent, respectively. After Gaussian software simulation and single factor experiments, the prepared MIPs with a molar ratio of 1:4:15 for BB-MAM-TMPTA were systematically characterized. The hydrogen bonding interaction between BB and MAM was confirmed by a combination of FTIR and NMR analysis.