Abstract Background Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the nucleus basalis of Meynert (NBM) has shown potential for the treatment of mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, there is little evidence of whether NBM-DBS can improve cognitive functioning in patients with advanced AD. In addition, the mechanisms underlying the modulation of brain networks remain unclear. This study was aimed to assess the cognitive function and the resting-state connectivity following NBM-DBS in patients with advanced AD. Methods Eight...

Abstract Background Accumulating evidence supports the implication of circular RNAs (circRNAs) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, little is known about the detailed mechanisms and roles of circRNAs in the pathogenesis of SLE. Methods Quantitative real-time PCR was used to determine the levels of circLOC101928570 and miR-150-5p in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of SLE. Overexpression and knockdown experiments were conducted to assess the effects of circLOC101928570. Fluorescence in situ hybridization, RNA immunoprecipitation, luciferase reporter assays,...

Additional file 2: Table S2. ESBL AMPC farm metadata.

Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-taj-10.1177_20406223221127237 for Risk factors of aortic regurgitation progression in Chinese patients with Takayasu’s arteritis: a prospective cohort study by Yujiao Wang, Lili Ma, Ying Sun, Wensu Yu, Sifan Wu, Huiyong Chen, Xiaomin Dai, Lingying Ma and Lindi Jiang in Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease

Abstract Background Oxidative stress plays an important role in the progression of various types of tumors. However, its role in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) has seldom been explored. This study aimed to discover prognostic markers associated with oxidative stress in ESCC to improve the prediction of prognosis and help in the selection of effective immunotherapy for patients. Results A consensus cluster was constructed using 14 prognostic differentially expressed oxidative stress-related genes (DEOSGs) that were...

Additional file 3: Figure S1. (A, D, G) The heat map of 10 prognostic DEOSG expressions in the train (A), testing (D), and entire sets (G), respectively. (B, E, H) The comparison of 10 prognostic DEOSG expressions between high- and low-risk groups in the training (B), testing (E), and entire sets (H), respectively. (C, F, I) The correlations among 10 prognostic DEOSG between high- and low-risk groups in the training (C), testing (F), and entire...

Additional file 4: Table S3. The results of univariate Cox proportional hazards regression analyses between clinical features and risk score in the training, testing, and entire sets.

Additional file 5: Table S4. The results of univariate Cox proportional hazards regression analyses between clinical features and risk score in the training, testing, and entire sets.

Self-reported sex problems among women diagnosed with reproductive and nonreproductive cancers before the age of 40 are not fully understood. This study aimed to determine sexual dysfunction in young women following a cancer diagnosis in relation to women of the general population. Furthermore, to identify factors associated with sexual dysfunction in women diagnosed with cancer. A population-based cross-sectional study with 694 young women was conducted 1.5 years after being diagnosed with cancer (response rate 72%)....

Abstract Background Patients who need a live donor kidney transplant (LDKT) must often ask potential donors (PLDs) themselves. This is a difficult task and healthcare could unburden them by making this first contact, ensuring also that PLDs receive correct information. We investigated how PLDs experience receiving a letter from healthcare about LDKT, live kidney donation, and inviting them to meet with professionals to get more information. Methods The letter (LD-letter) was sent to a cohort...

Supplemental Material for UUrine Galectin-3 binding protein reflects nephritis activity in systemic lupus erythematosus by Francesca Faustini, Helena Idborg, Enrico Fuzzi, Anders Larsson, Wen-Rong Lie, Sven Pötzsch, Shinji L Okitsu, Elisabet Svenungsson and Iva Gunnarsson in Lupus

BackgroundLupus nephritis (LN) is a major and severe organ involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), whose diagnosis and treatment necessitate to perform kidney biopsy, which is an invasive procedure. Non-invasive urine biomarkers are an active area of investigation to support LN diagnosis and management.ObjectiveTo investigate the role of urinary galectin-3 binding protein (u-Gal-3BP) as a candidate biomarker of renal disease in biopsy proven LN.Patients and methodsLevels of u-Gal-3BP were investigated in a cross-sectional fashion by...

Liposome surface coating has been studied to avoid the immunological responses caused by the complement system, and alternative materials to poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) have been explored recently since the production of anti-PEG IgM antibodies has been found in humans. We previously reported a liposome coating with poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine) (poly(MPC))-conjugated lipids (PMPC-lipids) and demonstrated its protective effect on blood protein interactions. Here, we attempted to modify the liposome surface by exogenously adding PMPC-lipids, which were spontaneously...

Two new nor-triterpenoids ganodrenol A (1), B (2), and a new natural product ganodrenol C (3), along with three known nor-triterpenoids (4–6) were isolated from the fruiting bodies of Ganoderma lucidum. The chemical structures of these isolates were determined by 1 D and 2 D NMR, HRESIMS, and X-ray crystallography analysis. The inhibitory effects of isolated triterpenoids (1–6) against FAAH were evaluated by an in vitro assay, and compound 4 showed an inhibition rate of...

COVID-19 has affected more or less every nation across the world and affected the economy very badly. Infection of this virus in human took the life of millions. We have already faced the first and the second waves of COVID-19 and recently, the nations or humanity is afraid of new strain, that is, OMICRON. Considered to highly infectious than the previous strains. Therefore, the researchers are working to find a promising molecule with no or...

Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-cpj-10.1177_00099228221134441 for Electrocardiographic QTc as a Surrogate Measure of Cardiac Risk in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Eating Disorders by Perry B. Dinardo, Ellen S. Rome, Ira B. Taub, Wei Liu, Kenneth Zahka and Peter F. Aziz in Clinical Pediatrics

To describe how managers of employees on sick-leave, due to chronic pain conditions, experience participating in a three-party meeting using the Demand and Ability Protocol (DAP) in the return-to-work process. This study is based on individual semi-structured interviews with 17 managers of employees with chronic pain. Interviews were conducted after participating in a three-party meeting including the employee, manager, and a representative from the rehabilitation team. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis with an...

Abstract Background Motor neuron disease (MND) is a rapidly progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disease that predominantly affects motor neurons from the motor cortex to the spinal cord and causes progressive wasting and weakening of bulbar, limb, abdominal and thoracic muscles. Prognosis is poor and median survival is 2–3 years following symptom onset. Psychological distress is relatively common in people living with MND. However, formal psychotherapy is not routinely part of standard care within MND Care Centres/clinics...

Additional file 1. The tables of the filtering parameters setting using Prinseq-lite software, primers and probes used to detect co-infection respiratory viruses, type analysis of common virus-related sequence viral in MP positive and MP negative (TTV has been removed). Table S1: The filtering parameters setting using Prinseq-lite software. Table S2: Primers and probes used to detect co-infection respiratory viruses. Table S3: Type analysis of common virus-related sequence viral in MP positive and MP negative (TTV...

Abstract Background Among hospitalized children suffering from community-acquired pneumonia, Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) is one of the most common pathogens. MP often exists as a co-infection with bacteria or viruses, which can exacerbate the clinical symptoms. We investigated the pathogen spectrum in MP-positive and MP-negative samples from hospitalized children with respiratory tract infections in Beijing, China. Method This study included 1038 samples of nasopharyngeal aspirates obtained between April, 2017 and March, 2018 from hospitalized children under...

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Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) causes Chikungunya fever (CHIKF) and till date no effective medicine for its cure is available in market. Different research groups find various possible interactions between small molecules and non-structural proteins, viz. nsP3, one of the most important viral elements in CHIKV. In this work, authors have studied the interactions of nsP3 of CHIKV with pyranooxazoles. Initially, a one-pot three-component reaction was designed using oxazolidine-2,4-dione, benzaldehyde and cyanoethylacetate to get a proposed biological...

Abstract Background The clinical significance of group B streptococcus (GBS) was different among different clonal complexes (CCs), accurate strain typing of GBS would facilitate clinical prognostic evaluation, epidemiological investigation and infection control. The aim of this study was to construct a practical and facile CCs prediction model for S. agalactiae. Methods A total of 325 non-duplicated GBS strains were collected from clinical samples in Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai, China. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) method was used...

The temporal chirp of single femtosecond pulses will affect the laser-induced ionization process. By comparing the ripples induced by negatively and positively chirped pulses, the growth rate showed a significant difference, resulting in a depth inhomogeneity of up to 144%. A carrier density model tailored with temporal characteristics showed that negatively chirped pulses could excite higher peak carrier density, contributing to a highly efficient generation of surface plasmon polariton and overall advancement of the ionization...