Real-Life Indications of Interleukin-1 Blocking Agents in Hereditary Recurrent Fevers: Data From the JIRcohort and a Literature Review
Front Immunol. 2021 Nov 11;12:744780. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.744780. eCollection 2021. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Interleukin (IL)-1 inhibitors represent the main treatment in patients with colchicine-resistant/intolerant familial Mediterranean fever...
Hypermethylation of the Promoter of miR-338-5p Mediates Aberrant Expression of ETS-1 and Is Correlated With Disease Severity Of Astrocytoma Patients
Front Oncol. 2021 Nov 11;11:773644. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.773644. eCollection 2021. ABSTRACT The pro-oncogene ETS-1 (E26 transformation-specific sequence 1) is a key regulator of the proliferation and...
Case Report: Neonatal Cholestasis as Early Manifestation of Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Front Pediatr. 2021 Nov 11;9:767858. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.767858. eCollection 2021. ABSTRACT Neonatal cholestasis (NC) may be due to multiple surgical and non-surgical causes, some of which...
Metabolic syndrome and male lower urinary tract symptoms
Panminerva Med. 2021 Dec 3. doi: 10.23736/S0031-0808.21.04496-7. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Historically, urologists regarded prostate enlargement as the sole cause for male bladder problems....
The factors associated with carpal tunnel syndrome severity
Turk Neurosurg. 2021 Jun 19. doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.34519-21.2. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT AIM: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common peripheral entrapment neuropathy. Several...
Anemia and its predictors among adult non-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients at Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Curr Med Res Opin. 2021 Dec 3:1-22. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2021.2012965. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Anemia is an adverse outcome and common complication in chronic...
Serum copper, ceruloplasmin, and their relations to metabolic factors in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a cross-sectional study
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Dec 3. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000002325. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) characterized by excessive intrahepatic fat...
Anemia in Pregnancy: Screening and Clinical Management Strategies
MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2022 Jan-Feb 01;47(1):25-32. doi: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000787. ABSTRACT Screening recommendations for anemia during pregnancy, etiologies of inherited and noninherited forms of...
Downregulating expression of OPTN elevates neuroinflammation via AIM2 inflammasome- and RIPK1-activating mechanisms in APP/PS1 transgenic mice
J Neuroinflammation. 2021 Dec 3;18(1):281. doi: 10.1186/s12974-021-02327-4. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Neuroinflammation is thought to be a cause of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which is partly caused by...
Kynurenic acid in neurodegenerative disorders-unique neuroprotection or double-edged sword?
CNS Neurosci Ther. 2021 Dec 3. doi: 10.1111/cns.13768. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT AIMS: The family of kynurenine pathway (KP) metabolites includes compounds produced along...
Studies on tea and health
Wei Sheng Yan Jiu. 2011 Nov;40(6):802-5. ABSTRACT Many studies, both national and international, have shown that tea has protective effects on many chronic diseases and...
Epigallocatechin gallate reduces vascular inflammation in db/db mice possibly through an NF-κB-mediated mechanism
Mol Nutr Food Res. 2012 Sep;56(9):1424-32. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201200040. Epub 2012 Jul 2. ABSTRACT SCOPE: Hyperglycemia-induced vascular inflammation resulting in the adhesion of monocytes to endothelium...
Catechin averts experimental diabetes mellitus-induced vascular endothelial structural and functional abnormalities
Cardiovasc Toxicol. 2014 Mar;14(1):41-51. doi: 10.1007/s12012-013-9226-y. ABSTRACT Diabetes mellitus is associated with an induction of vascular endothelial dysfunction (VED), an initial event that could lead...
Tea, flavonoids, and cardiovascular health: endothelial protection
Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Dec;98(6 Suppl):1660S-1666S. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.058313. Epub 2013 Oct 30. ABSTRACT Several studies have suggested that tea consumption might protect against the...
Practical strategies for modulating foam cell formation and behavior
World J Clin Cases. 2014 Oct 16;2(10):497-506. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v2.i10.497. ABSTRACT Although high density lipoprotein (HDL)-mediated reverse cholesterol transport is crucial to the prevention and reversal...