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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yoo Min Han, Jeong Hee Yoon, Seokha Yoo, Su Jin Chung, Jeong Min Lee, Ji Min Choi, Eun Hyo Jin, Ji Yeon Seo
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Visceral obesity is a risk factor for reflux esophagitis (RE). We investigated the risk of RE according to visceral adipose tissue (VAT) measured by deep neural network architecture using computed tomography and evaluated the longitudinal association between abdominal adipose tissue changes and the disease course of RE. METHODS: Individuals receiving health checkups who underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and abdominal computed tomography (CT) at Seoul National University Healthcare System Gangnam Center between 2015 and 2016 were included...
April 18, 2024: American Journal of Gastroenterology
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Jonas Ghouse, Gardar Sveinbjörnsson, Marijana Vujkovic, Anne-Sofie Seidelin, Helene Gellert-Kristensen, Gustav Ahlberg, Vinicius Tragante, Søren A Rand, Joseph Brancale, Silvia Vilarinho, Pia Rengtved Lundegaard, Erik Sørensen, Christian Erikstrup, Mie Topholm Bruun, Bitten Aagaard Jensen, Søren Brunak, Karina Banasik, Henrik Ullum, Niek Verweij, Luca Lotta, Aris Baras, Tooraj Mirshahi, David J Carey, David E Kaplan, Julie Lynch, Timothy Morgan, Tae-Hwi Schwantes-An, Daniel R Dochtermann, Saiju Pyarajan, Philip S Tsao, Triin Laisk, Reedik Mägi, Julia Kozlitina, Anne Tybjærg-Hansen, David Jones, Kirk U Knowlton, Lincoln Nadauld, Egil Ferkingstad, Einar S Björnsson, Magnus O Ulfarsson, Árni Sturluson, Patrick Sulem, Ole B Pedersen, Sisse R Ostrowski, Daniel F Gudbjartsson, Kari Stefansson, Morten Salling Olesen, Kyong-Mi Chang, Hilma Holm, Henning Bundgaard, Stefan Stender
We report a multi-ancestry genome-wide association study on liver cirrhosis and its associated endophenotypes, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and γ-glutamyl transferase. Using data from 12 cohorts, including 18,265 cases with cirrhosis, 1,782,047 controls, up to 1 million individuals with liver function tests and a validation cohort of 21,689 cases and 617,729 controls, we identify and validate 14 risk associations for cirrhosis. Many variants are located near genes involved in hepatic lipid metabolism...
April 17, 2024: Nature Genetics
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Emanuel Shapera, Sharona Ross, Tara Pattilachan, Maria Christodoulou, Iswanto Sucandy
BACKGROUND: Hepatic artery infusion pump (HAIP) with floxuridine/dexamethasone and systemic chemotherapy is an established treatment regimen, which had been reported about converting 47% of patients with stage 4 colorectal liver metastasis from unresectable to resectable.1,2 To this effect, HAIP chemotherapy contributes to prolonged survival of many patients, which otherwise may not have other treatment options. Biliary sclerosis, however, is a known complication of the HAIP treatment, which occurs in approximately 5...
April 17, 2024: Annals of Surgical Oncology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kwazi Gabuza, Thendo I Mabuda, Oelfah Patel, Noxolo Khuboni, Ruzayda van Aarde, Sylvia Riedel, Nonhlakanipho F Sangweni, Shantal Windvogel, Rabia Johnson, Christo J F Muller
BACKGROUND: Currently, it is acknowledged that vitamin E, insulin sensitizers and anti-diabetic drugs are used to manage non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), however, these therapeutic interventions harbour adverse side effects. Pioglitazone, an anti-diabetic drug, is currently the most effective therapy to manage NAFLD. The use of natural medicines is widely embraced due to the lack of evidence of their negative side effects. Rooibos has been previously shown to decrease inflammation and oxidative stress in experimental models of diabetes, however, this is yet to be explored in a setting of NAFLD...
2024: PloS One
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M Chianelli, L Busetto, R Vettor, B Annibale, A Paoletta, E Papini, A Albanese, M Carabotti, D Casarotto, G De Pergola, O E Disoteo, I Grandone, G Medea, E Nisoli, M Raffaelli, S Schiff, F Vignati, M Cinquini, M Gonzalez-Lorenzo, V A Fittipaldo, S Minozzi, M Monteforte, A C Tralongo, R Novizio, A Persichetti, I Samperi, A Scoppola, G Borretta, M Carruba, M G Carbonelli, M De Luca, S Frontoni, S G Corradini, F Muratori, R Attanasio
AIM: This guideline (GL) is aimed at providing a clinical practice reference for the management of adult patients with overweight or obesity associated with metabolic complications who are resistant to lifestyle modification. METHODS: Surgeons, endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, psychologists, pharmacologists, a general practitioner, a nutritionist, a nurse and a patients' representative acted as multi-disciplinary panel. This GL has been developed following the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach...
April 17, 2024: Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
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Xiaoyu Liang, Bradley E Aouizerat, Kaku So-Armah, Mardge H Cohen, Vincent C Marconi, Ke Xu, Amy C Justice
Telomere length (TL) is an important indicator of cellular aging. Shorter TL is associated with several age-related diseases including coronary heart disease, heart failure, diabetes, osteoporosis, and cancer. Recently, a DNA methylation-based TL (DNAmTL) estimator has been developed as an alternative method for directly measuring TL. In this study, we examined the association of DNAmTL with cancer prevalence and mortality risk among people with and without HIV in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study Biomarker Cohort (VACS, N = 1917) and Women's Interagency HIV Study Cohort (WIHS, N = 481)...
April 17, 2024: Aging Cell
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Alexander T Phan, Luke Buxton, Mohammad Waqas Choudhery, Henrik Ghantarchyan, Curtis Converse
Introduction . Strongyloides stercoralis causes a helminthic infection that occurs via penetration of the skin with migration to the bloodstream, tracheobronchial tree, and gastrointestinal system. Pulmonary manifestations are rare and are typically seen in immunosuppressed patients who have Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome. Eosinophilic pleural effusions are rare in strongyloidiasis and only cited in a few case reports. Case Presentation . A 45-year-old male with a past medical history of diabetes mellitus, alcoholic cirrhosis, and end-stage renal disease presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain and dyspnea...
2024: Case Reports in Pulmonology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zhiwei Wang, Lingshun Sun, Weixing Wang, Zheng Wang, Ge Shi, Honglian Dai, Aixi Yu
Diabetic wounds are a difficult medical challenge. Excessive secretion of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in diabetic wounds further degrades the extracellular matrix and growth factors and causes severe vascular damage, which seriously hinders diabetic wound healing. To solve these issues, a double-network porous hydrogel composed of poly (methyl methacrylate-co-acrylamide) (p(MMA-co-AM)) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) was constructed by the high internal phase emulsion (HIPE) technique for the delivery of potassium sucrose octasulfate (PSO), a drug that can inhibit MMPs, increase angiogenesis and improve microcirculation...
2024: Regenerative Biomaterials
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Norberto Carlos Chavez-Tapia, Beatriz A Sanchez-Jimenez, Desiree Vidaña-Perez, Beatriz Corrales-Rosas, Brenda Balderas-Garces, Diana Vera-Izaguirre, Fermin Jurado Santa Cruz, Cesar Maldonado-Garcia, Eva Juarez-Hernandez, Misael Uribe
Psoriasis has been related to metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and, liver fibrosis. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of liver fibrosis in psoriasis and identify predictors for fibrosis. This is a cross-sectional study conducted from December 2012 to June 2016 assessing psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis patients attended at four centers in Mexico City. Data regarding history of the skin disease, previous and current medication, and previously diagnosed liver disease was collected...
2024: PloS One
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Marc Gurun, Paul Brennan, Sava Handjiev, Aseil Khatib, Damien Leith, John F Dillon, Christopher J Byrne
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) increases the risk of incident chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the relative risk of CKD associated with increasing hepatic fibrosis, and consequent mortality risk, remains underexplored in real-world cohorts. In this study, we sought to establish whether hepatic fibrosis is associated with increased CKD risk and explore differences in mortality risk in a cohort of people living with MASLD, contingent on liver fibrosis and CKD status...
2024: PloS One
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jia-Yue Duan, Rui-Xuan You, Yong Zhou, Feng Xu, Xiao Lin, Su-Kang Shan, Ming-Hui Zheng, Li-Min Lei, Fu-Xing-Zi Li, Bei Guo, Yun-Yun Wu, Xi Chen, Ke-Xin Tang, Ye-Chi Cao, Yan-Lin Wu, Si-Yang He, Rong Xiao, Ling-Qing Yuan
BACKGROUND: The relationship between socio-economic status and bone-related diseases is attracting increasing attention. Therefore, a bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was performed in this study. METHODS: Genetic data on factors associated with socio-economic status (average total household income before tax, years of schooling completed and Townsend Deprivation Index at recruitment), femoral neck bone mineral density (FN-BMD), heel bone mineral density (eBMD), osteoporosis, and five different sites of fracture (spine, femur, lower leg-ankle, foot, and wrist-hand fractures) were derived from genome-wide association summary statistics of European ancestry...
April 16, 2024: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
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Mark R Nelson, Emily Banks, Alex Brown, Clara K Chow, David P Peiris, Nigel P Stocks, Rebecca Davies Ao, Natalie Raffoul, Lisa Kalman, Emily Bradburn, Garry Jennings
INTRODUCTION: The 2023 Australian guideline for assessing and managing cardiovascular disease risk provides updated evidence-based recommendations for the clinical assessment and management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk for primary prevention. It includes the new Australian CVD risk calculator (Aus CVD Risk Calculator), based on an equation developed from a large New Zealand cohort study, customised and recalibrated for the Australian population. The new guideline replaces the 2012 guideline that recommended CVD risk assessment using the Framingham risk equation...
April 16, 2024: Medical Journal of Australia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Min Zhou, Liu Li, Jun-Ju Zou, Xiu Liu, Yong-Jun Wu, Qin Xiang, Rong Yu
This study aims to explore the effect of Zuogui Jiangtang Qinggan Formula(ZGJTQGF) on the lipid metabolism in the db/db mouse model of type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM) complicated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD) via the insulin receptor(INSR)/adenosine 5'-monophosphate(AMP)-activated protein kinase(AMPK)/sterol-regulatory element-binding protein 2(SREBP-2) signaling pathway. Twenty-four db/db mice were randomized into positive drug(metformin, 0.067 g·kg~(-1)) and low-(7.5 g·kg~(-1)) and high-dose(15 g·kg~(-1)) ZGJTQGF groups...
March 2024: Zhongguo Zhong Yao za Zhi, Zhongguo Zhongyao Zazhi, China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
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Maria Luiza Lima-Silva, Karen Cecília Lima Torres, Juliana Vaz de Melo Mambrini, Nathalia Coimbra de Brot, Sara de Oliveira Santos, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho, Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa, Sérgio Viana Peixoto
Immunosenescence is a phenomenon caused by changes in the immune system, and part of these changes involves an increase in circulating immunological biomarkers, a process known as "Inflammaging." Inflammaging can be associated with many diseases related to older people. As the older population continues to grow, understanding changes in the immune system becomes essential. While prior studies assessing these alterations have been conducted in countries with Caucasian populations, this investigation marks a pioneering effort...
April 13, 2024: Experimental Gerontology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kallisse R Dent, Grace M Brennan, Lara Khalifeh, Leah S Richmond-Rakerd
BACKGROUND: Rising midlife mortality in the United States is largely attributable to 'deaths of despair' (deaths from suicide, drug poisonings, and alcohol-related diseases) and deaths from cardiometabolic conditions. Although despair- and cardiometabolic-related mortality are increasing concurrently, it is unclear whether they share common developmental origins. We tested adolescent psychopathology as a potential common origin of midlife diseases of despair and cardiometabolic risk. METHODS: Participants ( N = 4578) were from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, a nationally representative cohort followed from adolescence to early midlife...
April 15, 2024: Psychological Medicine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Esra Colak, Burak Acar, Ozgur Cakir, Umut Celikyurt, Ozgur Baris, Akın Torun, Mustafa Eren Tosun, Aysen Agir, Tayfun Sahin, Ercument Ciftci
INTRODUCTION: The correlation between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and cardiovascular disease is well established. AIM: The objective of this study was to assess the short-term associations of the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease fibrosis score (NFS) with various outcomes, including mortality, severe coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, and the need for coronary angiography, among patients who underwent coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA)...
March 2024: Postępy W Kardiologii Interwencyjnej, Advances in Interventional Cardiology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Xiaofeng Sun, Hao Song, Xiaoran Sun, Chunhua Liao, Guoqiang Wang, Yu Xu, Leo Li, Yusheng Han, Chunwei Xu, Wenxian Wang, Shangli Cai, Hua Liang, Hao Yu
Chronic inflammation promotes the development of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and PDAC-related inflammatory tumor microenvironment facilitates tumor growth and metastasis. Thus, we aimed to study the association between inflammatory response and prognosis in patients with PDAC. We conducted the whole transcriptomic sequencing using tissue samples collected from patients diagnosed with PDAC (n = 106) recruited from Shandong Cancer Hospital. We first constructed a prognostic signature using 15 inflammation-related genes in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) cohort (n = 177) and further validated it in an independent International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) cohort (n = 90) and our in-house cohort...
April 14, 2024: Cancer Investigation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Khem Bahadur Karki, Bhupendra Kumar Shah, Sushan Man Shrestha
BACKGROUND: Sexual dysfunctions including erectile dysfunction among men, a widespread sexual health issue, pose challenges to sexual satisfaction. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the prevalence and determinants of sexual dysfunctions in both diabetic and non-diabetic individuals aged 30-70. METHODS: A study at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, surveyed 350 participants (176 men, 174 women), aged 30-70, with 52.6% having diabetes...
March 22, 2024: Journal of Nepal Health Research Council
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Nisha George, Sohini Chakraborty, N L Mary, L Suguna
Developing novel antimicrobial wound dressings that have the potential to address the challenges associated with chronic wounds is highly imperative in providing effective infection control and wound healing support. Biocompatible electrospun nanofibers with their high porosity and surface area enabling efficient drug loading and delivery have been investigated in this regard as viable candidates for chronic wound care. Here, we design Casein/Polyvinyl alcohol (CAN/PVA) nanofibers reinforced with silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) by the electrospinning technique to develop diabetic wound healing scaffolds...
April 11, 2024: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
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Jae Kyung Lee, Thi Minh Chau Tran, Euna Choi, Jinkyung Baek, Hae-Rim Kim, Heeyon Kim, Bo Hyon Yun, Seok Kyo Seo
We aimed to evaluate the association between daily dietary calcium intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in postmenopausal women using data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). This cross-sectional study included 12,348 women aged 45-70 years who had reached natural menopause. They were classified into three groups according to daily dietary calcium intake: <400 mg, 400-800 mg, and >800 mg. The risks of CVD, stroke, angina, and myocardial infarction were assessed in each group...
April 3, 2024: Nutrients
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