anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
BACKGROUND: New targeted drugs about angiogenesis could develop the treatment of glioma. We aimed to explore the role of phosducin like 3 (PDCL3) in angiogenesis of glioma.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: RNA sequencing data and matched clinical data were downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Chinese Glioma Genome Atlas (CGGA) databases. To screen for the reliable genes with the filtering analyses, survival, multivariate Cox, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve filtration, and clinical correlation analyses were performed. The PDCL3 gene was validated by immunohistochemistry as a reliable gene for further analysis. Then we used the combined data of TCGA and Genotype-Tissue Expression from UCSC to detect the differential gene expression of PDCL3. Related signal pathways in glioma were explored by the gene set enrichment analysis and co-expression analysis. Lastly, we performed in vitro experiments to verify the gene functions and related mechanisms.
RESULTS: The three filtering analyses and immunostaining indicated that the expression of PDCL3 in glioma tissues was higher than the normal tissues. Gene function analysis showed that PDCL3 activated the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signal pathway, and its mechanism was related to pathways in cancer, like NOD like receptor signaling pathway, the RIG-I like receptor signaling pathway and the P53 signaling pathway by MAPK/AKT in gliomas. This suggested that the proliferation, migration and invasion of glioma cells might be inhibited by the downregulation of PDCL3 in vitro, which may be related to the activation of VEGF signaling pathway.
CONCLUSION: We demonstrated that PDCL3 could function as an independent adverse prognostic marker in glioma. Its pro-oncogenic mechanism may be related to the VEGF signaling pathway.
Obstructive tract infection caused by urease-producing bacteria can lead to hyperammonemia. We herein report a 73-year-old woman with diabetes and compensated liver cirrhosis who developed obstructive pyelonephritis. Her consciousness level declined on day 3 of hospitalization. Blood tests revealed an elevated ammonia level of 140 μg/dL. Urine and blood cultures identified Proteus mirabilis as a urease-producing bacterium. The treatment included double J (WJ) catheter insertion and administration of antimicrobial agents. On day 7 of hospitalization, the ammonia level gradually decreased, and the patient's consciousness improved. However, despite these interventions, perinephric overflow of urine persisted, necessitating nephrectomy.
Basi-parallel anatomic scanning has been widely used for assessing the vascular morphology of vertebral basilar arteries. Previous studies have demonstrated its efficacy in evaluating the morphology of the MCA, which we refer to as MCA parallel anatomic scanning MR imaging (MCPAS). In this study, we present our experience with the application of MCPAS in patients with MCA occlusion. Endovascular treatment was performed on the patients with intact MCA morphology visible in on MCPAS, with no intracranial hemorrhage, occlusion, or other complications observed. No severe stenosis or re-occlusion was observed at the 12-month postoperative follow-up. In conclusion, MCPAS is an effective method for assessing the outer contour of an occlusive MCA. Endovascular treatment can be considered a safe and efficient option for patients who show a favorable MCA through MCPAS assessment.
Formal cardiac ECG studies demonstrated shortening of the QT interval (mean=20 msec, for doses ≥2400 mg twice daily) with rufinamide. In a placebo-controlled study of the QT interval, a higher percentage of rufinamide-treated subjects (46% at 2400 mg, 46% at 3200 mg, and 65% at 4800 mg) had a QT shortening of greater than 20 msec at Tmax compared to placebo (5 to 10%).

Reductions of the QT interval below 300 msec were not observed in the formal QT studies with doses up to 7200 mg per day. Moreover, there was no signal for drug-induced sudden death or ventricular arrhythmias.

The degree of QT shortening induced by rufinamide is without any known clinical risk. Familial Short QT syndrome is associated with an increased risk of sudden death and ventricular arrhythmias, particularly ventricular fibrillation. Such events in this syndrome are believed to occur primarily when the corrected QT interval falls below 300 msec. Non-clinical data also indicate that QT shortening is associated with ventricular fibrillation.

Patients with Familial Short QT syndrome should not be treated with rufinamide. Caution should be used when administering rufinamide with other drugs that shorten the QT interval [see Contraindications (4)].
Apparatus and methods remove a voltage offset from an electrical signal, specifically a biomedical signal. A signal is received at a first operational amplifier and is amplified by a gain. An amplitude of the signal is monitored, by a first pair of diode stages coupled to an output of the first operational amplifier, for the voltage offset. The amplitude of the signal is then attenuated by the first pair of diode stages and a plurality of timing banks. The attenuating includes limiting charging, by the first pair of diode stages, of the plurality of timing banks and setting a time constant based on the charging. The attenuating removes the voltage offset persisting at a threshold for a duration of at least the time constant. Saturation of the signal is limited to a saturation recovery time while the saturated signal is gradually pulled into monitoring range over the saturation recovery time.
INTRODUCTION: Both Holmium:yttrium-aluminium-garnet (Ho:YAG) laser and Thulium Fiber Laser (TFL) can effectively treat all urinary stone types. This in vitro study evaluated the ablation volume per pulse (AVP) and required energy needed to ablate 1mm3 (RE, J/mm3) of various stone types at different laser settings with TFL.
METHODS: 272-µm core-diameter laser fibers (Boston Scientific©) were connected to a 50 Watts TFL generator (IPG®). An experimental setup immerged human stones of calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM), uric acid (UA), and cystine (CYS) with a single pulse lasing emission (0.5/0.8/1 J), in contact mode. Stones were dried out before three-dimensional scanning to measure AVP and deduce from the pulse energy (PE) and AVP the RE. A direct comparison with known Ho:YAG's AVP and RE was then carried out.
RESULTS: AVP for COM stones was significantly greater than those for CYS stones and similar to UA stones (p = 0.02 and p = 0.06, respectively). If AVP increased with PE against COM and UA stones, AVP decreased against CYS stones. 1 J PE resulted in a threefold lower RE compared with other PE for COM stones. On the contrary, RE for CYS increased with PE, whereas PE did not had influence on RE for UA. TFL was associated with greater AVP for COM, but lower for UA and CYS stones compared to Ho:YAG laser.
CONCLUSION: This in vitro study firstly describes the ablation volume per pulse and required energy to treat a cubic millimeter of three frequent human stone types, and suggest TFL could not be suited for cystine. Therefore, stone composition could be considered when choosing the laser source for lithotripsy.
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a zinc oxide dispersion system and its production method. SOLUTION: This zinc oxide dispersion system is a stabilized aq. dispersion system of particle-shaped zinc oxide contg. water, a stabilizer and zinc oxide. The zinc oxide particles have been coated with thick amorphous silica sticking to the surface of the particles by mixing an alkali metallic silicate with an acid in an aq. suspension in the presence of zinc oxide particles and maintaining at least pH 8 of the suspension during the mixing.
BACKGROUND: Chronic periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a major complication of total joint arthroplasty. The underlying pathogenesis often involves the formation of bacterial biofilm that protects the pathogen from both host immune responses and antibiotics. The gold standard treatment requires implant removal, a procedure that carries associated morbidity and mortality risks. Strategies to preserve the implant while treating PJI are desperately needed. Our group has developed an anti-biofilm treatment, PhotothermAA gel, which has shown complete eradication of 2-week-old mature biofilm in vitro. In this study, we tested the anti-biofilm efficacy and safety of PhotothermAA in vivo when combined with debridement, antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR) in a rabbit model of knee PJI.
METHODS: New Zealand white rabbits (n = 21) underwent knee joint arthrotomy, titanium tibial implant insertion, and inoculation with Xen36 (bioluminescent Staphylococcus aureus) after capsule closure. At 2 weeks, rabbits underwent sham surgery (n = 6), DAIR (n = 6), or PhotothermAA with DAIR (n = 9) and were sacrificed 2 weeks later to measure implant biofilm burden, soft-tissue infection, and tissue necrosis.
RESULTS: The combination of anti-biofilm PhotothermAA with DAIR significantly decreased implant biofilm coverage via scanning electron microscopy compared to DAIR alone (1.8 versus 81.0%; P < .0001). Periprosthetic soft-tissue cultures were significantly decreased in the PhotothermAA with DAIR treatment group (log reduction: Sham 1.6, DAIR 2.0, combination 5.6; P < .0001). Treatment-associated necrosis was absent via gross histology of tissue adjacent to the treatment area (P = .715).
CONCLUSIONS: The addition of an anti-biofilm solution like PhotothermAA as a supplement to current treatments that allow implant retention may prove useful in PJI treatment.
Early mobilization in the postoperative period is important to the success of surgery following total knee replacement. However, severe post-operative pain is an impediment to early implementation of rehabilitaion program. The use of femoral nerve block combined with tibial nerve block as part of a multimodal analgesic program provides effective pain control but causes weakness of the operative extremity preventing patients from bearing weight, exercising the leg and increasing the risk of falls thereby delaying early participation in rehabilitation. Adductor canal block is a new technique that has been described to provide pain control after total knee arthroplasty (1). The advantages of this block is that it could potentially minimize lower extremity weakness because the target nerve (saphenous nerve) blocked in this technique is a purely sensory nerve and does not provide any motor innervation to any muscle groups. Adductor canal block lends itself easily to providing prolonged analgesia because a perineural catheter can be inserted and the block maintained by a continuous infusion of dilute local anesthetic solution for days. A disadvantage of this method is that it may not provide adequate analgesia for posterior knee pain in the early postoperative period. By combining adductor canal block with ultrasound guided posterior and antero-medial knee injection, the posterior knee pain can be controlled effectively. Posterior and antero-medial knee injection of local anesthetic solution has been used as a method of controlling posterior knee pain after total knee arthroplasty (2).
Resistance exercise training of the lower extremities was performed three times per week. Starting weights for knee extension and hip abduction and flexion were determined from a three-repetition maximum (3RM) using ankle weights that can be adjusted in 1 lb. increments. A 3RM is the maximum weight that can be lifted three times with proper technique. Training started at approximately 60% of 3RM for two sets of 10 repetitions and was increased to three sets as tolerated.
All groups received a regimen of daily exercises, including stretches for the plantar fascia and Achilles tendon, and strengthening exercises for the calf muscles and foot intrinsic muscles. Each type of exercise was demonstrated to the participants by the same physiotherapist at the beginning of the treatment process, to be performed twice a day with 10 repetitions each time.
Women completed a physical activity group cohesion intervention which included six content intensive intervention sessions over a 24 week period that focused on specific group dynamics team building strategies to increase physical activity. A small team structure was used for peer problem solving and support throughout the intervention. Teams were given weekly physical activity goals, with slowly increasing weekly minutes milestones to gradually meet recommended amounts of physical activity. Sessions included brief instructions, team-based activities, and discussion with the entire group lead by a trained health educator. The intervention sessions ended with the health educator leading the teams in a brisk 15-minute walk.
Palmitoleic acid (POA), a nonessential, monounsaturated omega-7 fatty acid (C16:1n7), is a lipid hormone secreted from adipose tissue and has beneficial effects on distant organs, such as the liver and muscle. Interestingly, POA decreases lipogenesis in toxic storage sites such as the liver and muscle, and paradoxically increases lipogenesis in safe storage sites, such as adipose tissue. Furthermore, higher POA levels in humans are correlated with better insulin sensitivity, an improved lipid profile, and a lower incidence of type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular pathologies, such as myocardial infarction. In preclinical animal models, POA improves glucose intolerance, dyslipidemia, and steatosis of the muscle and liver, while improving insulin sensitivity and secretion. This double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial tests the hypothesis that POA increases insulin sensitivity and decreases hepatic lipogenesis in overweight and obese adult subjects with pre-diabetes. Important to note, that this is the first study ever to use pure (>90%) POA with < 0.3% palmitic acid (PA), which masks the beneficial effects of POA. The possible positive findings may offer a therapeutic and/or preventative pathway against diabetes and related immunometabolic diseases.
The study will collect data to determine the hemodynamic changes (magnitude of heart rate and blood pressure response) in healthy adults after consumption of an energy drink and compare these responses to those after a control drink. Study will be performed at a hospital Clinical Research Unit on two separate days; minimum 24 hours and maximum 1 month apart. Participants will be fasting 4 hours prior to the study and will be asked to abstain from caffeine and alcohol for at least 24 hours prior to initiation of this study. Baseline measurements will be obtained during and after 10 minutes of rest. After the end of baseline recordings, the subjects will be given up to 500 ml (1 can, approximately 16 fluid ounces) of caffeinated energy drink or a control drink, based on randomization. They will have 30 minutes to drink it. The second set of measurements will be obtained after an energy drink or control drink intake, using exactly the same protocol as at baseline. The second study visit, participant will receive the alternate intervention.
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The present invention relates to mild shampoo compositions, which are non-irritating to the scalp, and which can be formulated so that they do not cause stinging if exposed to the eyes. These shampoos provide excellent cleaning, lathering and cosmetic in-use properties, comparable to conventional shampoos. These compositions comprise an anionic surfactant, a combination of two amphoteric surfactants; the first being selected from certain imidazolinium derivatives, and the second being selected from aminoalkanoates and/or iminodialkanoates; and optionally, a nonionic surfactant, to provide eye sting reduction benefits. The total level of anionic and amphoteric surfactants in these compositions is from about 5 % to about 20 %. The molar ratio of anionic to total amphoteric surfactant is from about 0.5:1 to about 2:1. Preferred compositions of the present invention also contain a dispersed, insoluble, non-volatile silicone conditioning agent.
Cataract is one of the most common causes of blindness in the world. Surgical removal of lens is the only treatment for cataract, which now shifts from extracapsular cataract extraction to phacoemulsification. Although phacoemulsification provides faster operating time and gives better optical result and rapid recovery to the patient, it causes more inflammation post-operatively compare with extracapsular cataract extraction. Corticosteroids eye drops are mainly use to control intraocular inflammation after the surgery.

Other routes of corticosteroids have been introduced to increase the intraocular level and to increase the patient's compliance. Subtenon triamcinolone injection is easy and safe. Antiinflammatory effect of single subtenon triamcinolone injection lasts about 4-6 weeks. This method has been used in combination with corticosteroid eye drop to control the inflammation after cataract surgery in uveitic patients. It shows potency in controlling of intraocular inflammation with lower rate of increasing the intraocular pressure. The investigators here quantitatively compare the efficacy of subtenon 20-mg triamcinolone injection with 0.1% dexamethasone eye drop in controlling intraocular inflammation after uneventful phacoemulsification.
The present disclosure provides methods of protecting and expanding hematopoietic cells. The present disclosure also provides methods of increasing the potency of hematopoietic cells. Aspects of the methods include contacting a starting population of hematopoietic cells with a therapeutically effective amount of at least one ALDH2 agonist. Aspects include in vivo, in vitro and ex vivo methods of protecting, expanding and increasing the potency of hematopoietic cells. Aspects of the methods include treating an individual who is undergoing chemotherapy or radiation treatment for cancer, has been exposed to damaging toxins, has a genetic disease that leads to HSC damage, bone marrow failure, an autoimmune disease, or development of hematologic malignancies. Aspects of the methods also include treating a healthy individual who is a stem cell transplant donor.
RSV is recognized as major respiratory pathogen in infants and young children and causes upper and lower respiratory illness among all age groups, often going undiagnosed. Immunocompromised (IC) participants have a reduced ability to combat infection due to an impaired or weakened immune system. Within the IC population, HSCT recipients are generally regarded as having a particularly high risk for more severe disease caused by RSV, representing a substantial unmet need for antiviral treatment of RSV infections in this participant population. JNJ-53718678 is an investigational, potent, small molecule, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-specific fusion inhibitor. The study will include a Screening Period (Day -2 to Day 1), a Treatment Period (Day 1 to Day 21), and a Follow-up Period (1 year). Assessments like chest X-ray, pulse/heart rate, respiratory rate, electrocardiogram (ECG), etc will be performed. Safety and efficacy will be assessed through the study. The total study duration for each participant will be approximately 49 days.
Following baseline, six 30-minute sessions of phone CBT to address any beliefs, assumptions, attitudes, or perceptions that are not constructive to diabetes self-management. CBT phone app will assist patients to practice skills related to improving self-management via more constructive ways of thinking.
General anesthesia, induction with fentanyl, propofol, roqurium. Maintenance - sevoflurane (BIS ranges 40 - 60), opioids (fentanyl and morphine), roqurium. Intraoperative fluid administration - 2000ml sterofundine, 500ml Gelaspan. 75mg intravenous diclofenac sodium on anesthesia induction, 1000mg intravenous acetaminophen at the start of wound closure. Surgical site infiltration, bupivacaine, 0.25%-10 ml, after the last suture.
Patients were informed to eat semi-liquid and non-slag diet for breakfast and lunch and full-liquid diet for dinner on the day before colonoscopy, and be fasting on the day of colonoscopy. A split-dose 3 L PEG regimen was used for all patients.
BACKGROUND: Inherited retinal dystrophies are hereditary diseases which have in common the progressive degeneration of photoreceptors. They are a group of diseases with clinical, genetic, and allelic heterogeneity. There is limited information regarding the genetic landscape of inherited retinal diseases in Mexico, therefore, the present study was conducted in the northeast region of the country.
METHODS: Patients with inherited retinal dystrophies were included. A complete history, full ophthalmological and medical genetics evaluations, and genetic analysis through a targeted NGS panel for inherited retinal dystrophies comprising at least 293 genes were undertaken.
RESULTS: A total of 126 patients were included. Cases were solved in 74.6% of the study's population. Retinitis pigmentosa accounted for the most found inherited retinal disease. Ninety-nine causal variants were found, being USH2A and ABCA4 the most affected genes (26 and 15 cases, respectively).
CONCLUSIONS: The present study documents the most prevalent causative genes in IRDs, as USH2A, in northeastern Mexico. This contrasts with previous reports of IRDs in other zones of the country. Further studies, targeting previously unstudied populations in Mexico are important to document the genetic background of inherited retinal dystrophies in the country.
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a Salvia plebeia R. Br. extract as an active ingredient, for inhibiting tumor growth. The Salvia plebeia R. Br. extract binds to PD-L1 present on cancer cell surfaces to block the interaction of cancer cells with PD-1 on the surface of immune T cells, thereby activating T cells to show a suppressive effect on tumor growth. When T cells are cocultured with colorectal cancer, breast cancer, or lung cancer cells, an effect of killing cancer cells is confirmed to be improved in a Salvia plebeia R. Br. extract-treated group.
The recommended dosage of ORSERDU is 345 mg taken orally with food once daily until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity occurs.

Take ORSERDU at approximately the same time each day. Take with food to reduce nausea and vomiting [see Adverse Reactions (6.1)].

Swallow ORSERDU tablet(s) whole. Do not chew, crush, or split prior to swallowing. Do not take any ORSERDU tablets that are broken, cracked, or that look damaged.

If a dose is missed for more than 6 hours or vomiting occurs, skip the dose and take the next dose the following day at its regularly scheduled time.
Bright light administered with Re-Timer glasses for 1 hour on 3 consecutive days. Following the 8 hour delay of the light/dark and sleep/wake cycle in the laboratory, the light will be administered, on average at 5:30-6:30 pm, 7:00-8:00 pm, and 9:30-10:30 pm, respectively on these three days.
Treatment will be administered with intravenous nivolumab at a dose of 480 mg every 4 weeks. Treatment will continue until limiting toxicity, disease progression, or for a maximum of 12 months as maintenance if the individual achieves stable disease, partial response, or complete response.