Long-term cardiometabolic outcomes of primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia.

Purpose: This study investigated long-term alterations in cardiometabolic comorbidities among patients with primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (PBMAH) who received surgical or conservative treatments.

Methods: A single-center, retrospective study analyzed 132 patients with PBMAH, divided into a surgery group (n = 68) and a control group (n = 64) based on treatment modalities. The main outcomes included changes in blood pressure (BP), blood glucose, lipids, and body weight.

Correlation of serum trace elements with clinical features and gut microbiota in patients with Crohn's disease.

Changes of several trace elements have been reported to contribute to the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease (CD), which is associated with gut microbiota imbalance. This study aimed to investigate changes in trace elements in Chinese CD patients, and explore the correlation of trace element status with clinical features and gut microbiota. Eighty CD patients and 45 healthy volunteers were enrolled between July 2022 and November 2022.

BGPSeg: Boundary-Guided Primitive Instance Segmentation of Point Clouds.

Point cloud primitive instance segmentation is critical for understanding the geometric shapes of man-made objects. Existing learning-based methods mainly focus on learning high-dimensional feature representations of points and further perform clustering or region growing to obtain corresponding primitive instances. However, these features generally cannot accurately represent the discriminability between instances, especially near the boundaries or in regions with small differences in geometric properties.

Colonoscopic administration of probiotics to treat irritable bowel syndrome with predominant diarrhea: a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Background: To investigate the effects of colonoscopic administration of probiotics on patients with irritable bowel syndrome with predominant diarrhea (IBS-D) by a single-center, randomized-controlled trial.

Methods: Consecutive outpatients at the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University who met the Rome IV diagnostic criteria for IBS-D (n = 22) and healthy subjects (n = 10) from January 2017 to January 2018 were enrolled. IBS-D patients were randomly divided into either the probiotics or the placebo group.

Class A1 scavenger receptor antibody improves murine colitis by influencing macrophage and gut microbiota.

This study aimed to investigate whether class A1 scavenger receptor (SR-A1) regulated macrophage polarization and gut microbial alteration during intestinal inflammation of colitis. A murine colitis model was established by feeding with dextran sulfate sodium (DSS), and treatment groups were injected intravenously with SR-A1 antibody. Results showed a preventive effect on colitis symptoms and fewer inflammatory cell infiltrates in treatment groups.

Green Extraction of Forsythoside A, Phillyrin and Phillygenol from Leaves Using a β-Cyclodextrin-Assisted Method.

In this study, a green process of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD)-assisted extraction of active ingredients from leaves was developed. Firstly, the optimal process of extraction was as follows: the ratio between leaves and β-CD was 3.61:5, the solid-liquid ratio was 1:36.

Novel deep learning-based computer-aided diagnosis system for predicting inflammatory activity in ulcerative colitis.

Background And Aims: Endoscopy is increasingly performed for evaluating patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). However, its diagnostic accuracy is largely affected by the subjectivity of endoscopists' experience and scoring methods, and scoring of selected endoscopic images cannot reflect the inflammation of the entire intestine. We aimed to develop an automatic scoring system using deep-learning technology for consistent and objective scoring of endoscopic images and full-length endoscopic videos of patients with UC.

LINC00893 inhibits the progression of prostate cancer through miR-3173-5p/SOCS3/JAK2/STAT3 pathway.

Background: Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common malignant tumors in the male urinary system. In recent years, the morbidity and mortality of PCa have been increasing due to the limited effects of existing treatment strategies. Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) LINC00893 was reported to inhibit the proliferation and metastasis of papillary thyroid cancer cells, but its role in PCa has not been reported.

Decreased serum iron concentration and total iron binding capacity are associated with serious Crohn's disease.

This study aimed to investigate whether serum indicators related to iron stores in the body are associated with clinical and endoscopic disease severity. Eighty-four patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and twenty-four healthy volunteers were included. The indicators related to iron stores were detected within one week after endoscopic and CT enterography examinations.

Three-Dimensional Model of the Moon with Semantic Information of Craters Based on Chang'e Data.

China's Chang'e lunar exploration project obtains digital orthophoto image (DOM) and digital elevation model (DEM) data covering the whole Moon, which are critical to lunar research. The DOM data have three resolutions (i.e.

Class A1 scavenger receptors mediated macrophages in impaired intestinal barrier of inflammatory bowel disease.

Background: This study was to investigate the cytokines and phenotype of macrophages pre-treated with class A1 scavenger receptor (SR-A1) antibody in vitro and the influence on apoptotic pathway of colonic epithelial cells, and to explore the role of SR-A1 mediated macrophages in impaired intestinal barrier of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs).

Methods: Mouse macrophage RAW264.7 was pre-treated with SR-A1 antibody in the presence of lipopolysaccharide (LPS).

Effectiveness and safety of calcineurin inhibitor withdrawal in kidney transplantation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: The purpose was to compare the effectiveness and safety of calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) withdrawal and continued therapies in kidney transplant recipients.

Methods: We searched the PubMed, MEDLINE, Springer, Elsevier Science Direct, Cochrane Library and Google Scholar up to May 2014. Risk ratio (RR) or weighted mean difference (WMD) and their 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated in fixed-effects model or random-effects model when appropriate.

The association between fish consumption and risk of renal cancer: a meta-analysis of observational studies.

Background: Several case-control studies and cohort studies have investigated the association between fish intake and renal cancer risk, however, they yielded conflicting results. To our knowledge, a comprehensive assessment of the association between fish consumption and risk of renal cancer has not been reported. Hence, we conducted a systematic literature search and meta-analysis to quantify the association between fish consumption and renal cancer.

Complete genome sequence of the obligate piezophilic hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus yayanosii CH1.

Pyrococcus yayanosii CH1 is the first obligate piezophilic hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from the deep-sea hydrothermal site Ashadze on the mid-Atlantic ridge at a depth of 4,100 m. This organism grows within a temperature range of 80 to 108°C and a hydrostatic pressure range of 20 to 120 MPa, with optima at 98°C and 52 MPa, respectively. Here, we report the complete genome sequence (1,716,817 bp, with a G+C content of 51.