Use the keywords feature with a free QxMD account.
Use Read by QxMD to access full text via your institution or open access sources.
Read also provides personalized recommendations to keep you up to date in your field.
Existing User
Sign InNew to Read
Sign Up#1
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Samrat Ray, Catherine Parmentier, Masataka Kawamura, Sujani Ganesh, Emmanuel Nogueira, Francisco Calderon Novoa, Christian Hobeika, Tunpang Chu, Sangeetha N Kalimuthu, Markus Selzner, Trevor W Reichman
BACKGROUND: Pancreas transplant volumes are limited because of poor utilization of "extended criteria grafts." Prolonged cold ischemia is a risk factor associated with poor allograft survival. We aimed to establish the feasibility of transplantation using grafts subjected to prolonged cold ischemia and determine whether these grafts could be optimized using normothermic ex vivo perfusion (NEVP) in a porcine model. METHODS: The study population consisted of 35 to 40 kg male Yorkshire pigs in an allotransplantation model with a 3-d survival plan for recipients...
May 2024: Transplantation Direct
#2
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Huayu Gao, Jing Li, Nanyan Shen, Liang Liu, Ying Yang, Peng Hu, Wei Lu
Pancreas is one of the most challenging organs for CT image automatic segmentation due to its complex shapes and fuzzy edges. It is simple and universal to use the traditional segmentation method as a post-processor of deep learning method for segmentation accuracy improvement. As the most suitable traditional segmentation method for pancreatic segmentation, the active contour model(ACM), still suffers from the problems of weak boundary leakage and slow contour evolution speed. Therefore, a convenient post-processor for any deep learning methods using superpixel-based active contour model(SbACM) is proposed to improve the segmentation accuracy...
April 12, 2024: Physics in Medicine and Biology
#3
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zilin Yang, Yuming Tang, Xuejiao Wu, Jiancheng Wang, Weiyan Yao
There has been interested in the microRNAs' roles in pancreatic cancer (PC) cell biology, particularly in regulating pathways related to tumorigenesis. The study aimed to explore the hub miRNAs in PC and underlying mechanisms by bioinformatics and fundamental experiments. RNA datasets collected from the Gene Expression Omnibus were analysed to find out differentially expressed RNAs (DERNAs). The miRNA-mRNA and protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks were built. The clinicopathological features and expressions of hub miRNAs and hub mRNAs were explored...
April 12, 2024: Biochemical Genetics
#4
JOURNAL ARTICLE
M Giaccherini, M Rende, M Gentiluomo, C Corradi, L Archibugi, S Ermini, E Maiello, L Morelli, C H J van Eijck, G M Cavestro, M Schneider, A Mickevicius, K Adamonis, D Basso, V Hlavac, D Gioffreda, R Talar-Wojnarowska, B Schöttker, M Lovecek, G Vanella, M Gazouli, M Uno, E Malecka-Wojciesko, P Vodicka, M Goetz, M F Bijlsma, M C Petrone, F Bazzocchi, M Kiudelis, A Szentesi, S Carrara, G Nappo, H Brenner, A C Milanetto, P Soucek, V Katzke, G Peduzzi, C Rizzato, C Pasquali, X Chen, G Capurso, T Hackert, B Bueno-de-Mesquita, F G G Uzunoglu, P Hegyi, W Greenhalf, G E E Theodoropoulos, C Sperti, F Perri, M Oliverius, A Mambrini, F Tavano, R Farinella, P G Arcidiacono, M Lucchesi, S Bunduc, J Kupcinskas, G Di Franco, S Stocker, J P Neoptolemos, F Bambi, K Jamroziak, S G G Testoni, M N Aoki, B Mohelnikova-Duchonova, J R Izbicki, R Pezzilli, R T Lawlor, E F Kauffmann, E López de Maturana, N Malats, F Canzian, D Campa
Pleiotropic variants (i.e., genetic polymorphisms influencing more than one phenotype) are often associated with cancer risk. A scan of pleiotropic variants was successfully conducted ten years ago in relation to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma susceptibility. However, in the last decade, genetic association studies performed on several human traits have greatly increased the number of known pleiotropic variants. Based on the hypothesis that variants already associated with a least one trait have a higher probability of association with other traits, 61,052 variants reported to be associated by at least one genome wide association study (GWAS) with at least one human trait were tested in the present study consisting of two phases (discovery and validation), comprising a total of 16,055 pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cases and 212,149 controls...
April 12, 2024: Mutagenesis
#5
REVIEW
Charalampos Milionis, Ioannis Ilias, Anastasia Lekkou, Evangelia Venaki, Eftychia Koukkou
Gestational diabetes is typically diagnosed in the late second or third trimester of pregnancy. It is one of the most common metabolic disorders among expectant mothers, with potential serious short- and long-term complications for both maternal and offspring health. C-peptide is secreted from pancreatic beta-cells into circulation in equimolar amounts with insulin. It is a useful biomarker to estimate the beta-cell function because it undergoes negligible hepatic clearance and consequently it has a longer half-life compared to insulin...
March 20, 2024: World Journal of Experimental Medicine
#6
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Chun Zhang, Feng Lin, Deng-Fang Guo, Qing-Lin Wang, De-Xian Xiao, Jian-Yuan Lin, Shi Chen
A correlation has been reported to exist between exposure factors (e.g. liver function) and acute pancreatitis. However, the specific causal relationship remains unclear. This study aimed to infer the causal relationship between liver function and acute pancreatitis using the Mendelian randomisation method. We employed summary data from a genome-wide association study involving individuals of European ancestry from the UK Biobank and FinnGen. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SCNPs), closely associated with liver function, served as instrumental variables...
2024: PloS One
#7
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Huili Zhu, Jaihee Choi, Naishu Kui, Tianzhong Yang, Peng Wei, Donghui Li, Ryan Sun
PURPOSE: Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a deadly disease most often diagnosed in late stages. Identification of high-risk subjects could both contribute to preventative measures and help diagnose the disease at earlier timepoints. However, known risk factors, assessed independently, are currently insufficient for accurately stratifying patients. We use large-scale data from the UK Biobank (UKB) to identify genetic variant-smoking interaction effects and show their importance in risk assessment...
March 2024: JCO Precision Oncology
#8
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yuepeng Hu, Jian-Min Chen, Han Zuo, Na Pu, Guofu Zhang, Yichen Duan, Gang Li, Zhihui Tong, Weiqin Li, Baiqiang Li, Qi Yang
BACKGROUND: Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) plays a crucial role in triglyceride hydrolysis. Rare biallelic variants in the LPL gene leading to complete or near-complete loss of function cause autosomal recessive familial chylomicronemia syndrome. However, rare biallelic LPL variants resulting in significant but partial loss of function are rarely documented. This study reports a novel occurrence of such rare biallelic LPL variants in a Chinese patient with hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis (HTG-AP) during pregnancy and provides an in-depth functional characterization...
April 1, 2024: Lipids in Health and Disease
#9
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Masashi Iida, Atsushi Asano
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is an incretin released into the gastrointestinal tract after food ingestion, and stimulates insulin secretion from the beta cells of the pancreatic islets. Incretins have recently been reported to have extrapancreatic actions, and they are anticipated to have potential efficacy for conditions such as male infertility as well as diabetes. However, the effects of incretins on male reproductive function remain unclear. In this study, GLP-1 receptor expression and the effects of GLP-1 on spermatogenesis-associated genes were investigated using mouse testes and testis-derived cultured cell lines...
April 1, 2024: Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
#10
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Shan Zhang, Yueying Zhang, Zhige Wen, Yupeng Chen, Tianjie Bu, Yanan Yang, Qing Ni
BACKGROUND: Abnormalities in glucose metabolism may be the underlying cause of β-cell dysfunction and identity impairment resulting from high glucose exposure. In China, Coptis deltoidea C. Y. Cheng et Hsiao (YL) has demonstrated remarkable hypoglycemic effects. HYPOTHESIS/PURPOSE: To investigate the hypoglycemic effect of YL and determine the mechanism of YL in treating diabetes. METHODS: A type 2 diabetes mouse model was used to investigate the pharmacodynamics of YL...
January 28, 2024: Phytomedicine
#11
REVIEW
Alberto Nicoletti, Federica Vitale, Mattia Paratore, Giuseppe Quero, Marcantonio Negri, Enrico Celestino Nista, Sergio Alfieri, Antonio Gasbarrini, Lorenzo Zileri Dal Verme
The intricate network of the pancreatic nervous system plays a fundamental role in physiologic functions of the endocrine and exocrine pancreas. Several pancreatic diseases affect the normal functionality of the pancreatic nervous system. This chronic derangement leads to anatomical alterations, such as neural hypertrophy and increased nerve density. Perineural invasion is a prominent feature of pancreatic cancer, contributing to cancer progression and metastasis. Despite the fact that these pathogenic mechanisms are still incompletely studied and understood, the constant occurrence of these alterations highlights their importance in the pathophysiology of the pancreatic diseases...
February 23, 2024: Life
#12
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jaclyn R Stonebraker, Rhonda G Pace, Paul J Gallins, Hong Dang, Melis A Aksit, Anna V Faino, William W Gordon, Sonya MacParland, Michael J Bamshad, Ronald L Gibson, Garry R Cutting, Peter R Durie, Fred A Wright, Yi-Hui Zhou, Scott M Blackman, Wanda K O'Neal, Simon C Ling, Michael R Knowles
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: It is not known why severe cystic fibrosis (CF) liver disease (CFLD) with portal hypertension occurs in only ~7% of people with CF (pwCF). We aimed to identify genetic modifiers for severe CFLD to improve understanding of disease mechanisms. APPROACH AND RESULTS: Whole genome sequencing was available in 4,082 pwCF with pancreatic insufficiency (n=516 with severe CFLD; n=3,566 without CFLD). We tested ~15.9 million SNPs for association with severe CFLD versus no-CFLD, using pre-modulator clinical phenotypes including: 1) genetic variant (SERPINA1; Z-allele) previously associated with severe CFLD; 2) candidate SNPs (n=205) associated with non-CF liver diseases; 3) genome-wide association study (GWAS) of common/rare SNPs; 4) transcriptome-wide association (TWAS); and 5) gene-level and pathway analyses...
March 27, 2024: Hepatology: Official Journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
#13
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Travis Nemkov, Francesca Cendali, Monika Dzieciatkowska, Daniel Stephenson, Kirk C Hansen, Catherine M Jankowski, Angelo D'Alessandro, Ryan J Marker
To molecularly characterize the impact of exercise on mitigating neoadjuvant treatment (NAT)-induced physical decline in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients, a multi-omics approach was employed for the analysis of plasma samples before and after a personalized exercise intervention. Consisting of personalized aerobic and resistance exercises, this intervention was associated with significant molecular changes that correlated with improvements in lean mass, appendicular skeletal muscle index (ASMI), and performance in the 400-m walk test (MWT) and sit-to-stand test...
March 20, 2024: Pathophysiology: the Official Journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology
#14
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Julia Freckelton, Ashray Rajagopalan, Gregory T Moore, Daniel Croagh
OBJECTIVES: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a common cancer with a poor prognosis and is associated with a high prevalence of cachexia, a metabolic syndrome of muscle wasting due to complex mechanisms. In addition to loss of muscle mass, cancer patients also experience functional deterioration. The aim of this study is to determine whether there is an association between muscle mass and function and clinical outcomes, particularly survival. METHODS: We performed a prospective cohort study including all patients with PDAC at Monash Health from March 2016 to December 2017...
March 21, 2024: Pancreas
#15
REVIEW
Cho Naing, Han Ni, Htar Htar Aung, Chavdar S Pavlov
BACKGROUND: The sphincter of Oddi comprises a muscular complex encircling the distal part of the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct regulating the outflow from these ducts. Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction refers to the abnormal opening and closing of the muscular valve, which impairs the circulation of bile and pancreatic juices. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the benefits and harms of any type of endoscopic sphincterotomy compared with a placebo drug, sham operation, or any pharmaceutical treatment, administered orally or endoscopically, alone or in combination, or a different type of endoscopic sphincterotomy in adults with biliary sphincter of Oddi dysfunction...
March 22, 2024: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
#16
Anushri R Patil, Lajwanti Lalwani
Necrotizing pancreatitis represents a severe variant of acute pancreatitis characterized by the death of pancreatic tissue (necrosis). This condition commonly stems from inflammation and damage to the pancreas, leading to the development of areas of dead tissue within the organ. Pleural effusion, on the other hand, involves the accumulation of fluid within the pleural cavity. Typically, these effusions are of mild to moderate severity and tend to occur on the left side. In the following case report, we present a 25-year-old male who was diagnosed with necrotizing pancreatitis and bilateral pleural effusion...
February 2024: Curēus
#17
JOURNAL ARTICLE
N J Simmonds, K W Southern, E De Wachter, K De Boeck, F Bodewes, J G Mainz, P G Middleton, C Schwarz, V Vloeberghs, M Wilschanski, E Bourrat, J D Chalmers, C Y Ooi, D Debray, D G Downey, P Eschenhagen, E Girodon, G Hickman, A Koitschev, D Nazareth, J A Nick, D Peckham, D VanDevanter, C Raynal, I Scheers, M D Waller, I Sermet-Gaudelus, C Castellani
This is the third paper in the series providing updated information and recommendations for people with cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-related disorder (CFTR-RD). This paper covers the individual disorders, including the established conditions - congenital absence of the vas deferens (CAVD), diffuse bronchiectasis and chronic or acute recurrent pancreatitis - and also other conditions which might be considered a CFTR-RD, including allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, chronic rhinosinusitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis and aquagenic wrinkling...
March 19, 2024: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis: Official Journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society
#18
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Fei Li, Ying-Pei Ling, Pan Wang, Shi-Sheng Gu, Hao Jiang, Jie Zhu
This study aimed to elucidate the role of microRNA-503 (miR-503) in pancreatic cancer (PC) progression and the underlying regulatory mechanisms. We acquired miR-503-3p and miR-503-5p expression data along with survival times of PC and normal samples from the UCSC Xena database. Using the t-test, we compared the expression of miR-503-3p and miR-503-5p between PC and normal samples, and evaluated their prognostic significance via Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. The expression of miR-503-5p in PC cells was detected by quantitative PCR...
2024: Critical Reviews in Immunology
#19
REVIEW
Reza V Milano, Kayla Morneault-Gill, Hebat Y Kamal, Jodie A Barkin, Christina Baldwin Chadwick
Patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) are at increased risk of acute (AP) and chronic (CP) pancreatitis, and their complications. The extent of remaining healthy pancreatic parenchyma determines the risk of developing future episodes of pancreatitis, as well as pancreatic exocrine or endocrine insufficiency. Pancreatitis may be the presenting symptom of CF, and genetic testing is especially important in pediatrics. AP and recurrent AP are managed with intravenous fluid hydration and pain control, in addition to early refeeding and treatment of complications...
March 19, 2024: Pediatric Pulmonology
#20
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wen Liu, Min Zhu, Jingyi Liu, Shan Su, Xin Zeng, Fudong Fu, Yanrong Lu, Zhiyong Rao, Younan Chen
BACKGROUND: Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have been reported to combat saturated fatty acid (SFA)-induced cellular damage, however, their clinical effects on patients with metabolic diseases such as diabetes and hyperlipidemia are still controversial. Since comparative studies of the effects of these two types of unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs) are still limited. In this study, we aimed to compare the protective effects of various UFAs on pancreatic islets under the stress of SFA-induced metabolic disorder and lipotoxicity...
2024: Frontiers in Endocrinology
Make the most of Read.
Download the mobile app.
Download the mobile app.
Fetching more papers... 
