anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
BACKGROUND: Neutrophil infiltration and hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction induced by hypobaric hypoxic stress are vital in high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). Myeloperoxidase (MPO), an important enzyme in neutrophils, is associated with inflammation and oxidative stress and is also involved in the regulation of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), an enzyme that catalyzes the production of the vasodilatory factor nitric oxide (NO). However, the role of neutrophil MPO in HAPE's progression is still uncertain. Therefore, we hypothesize that MPO is involved in the development of HAPE via NOS.
METHODS: In Xining, China (altitude: 2260 m), C57BL/6 N wild-type and mpo-/- mice served as normoxic controls, while a hypobaric chamber simulated 7000 m altitude for hypoxia. L-NAME, a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor to inhibit NO production, was the experimental drug, and D-NAME, without NOS inhibitory effects, was the control. After measuring pulmonary artery pressure (PAP), samples were collected and analyzed for blood neutrophils, oxidative stress, inflammation, vasoactive substances, pulmonary alveolar-capillary barrier permeability, and lung tissue morphology.
RESULTS: Wild-type mice's lung injury scores, permeability, and neutrophil counts rose at 24 and 48 h of hypoxia exposure. Under hypoxia, PAP increased from 12.89 ± 1.51 mmHg under normoxia to 20.62 ± 3.33 mmHg significantly in wild-type mice and from 13.24 ± 0.79 mmHg to 16.50 ± 2.07 mmHg in mpo-/- mice. Consistent with PAP, inducible NOS activity, lung permeability, lung injury scores, oxidative stress response, and inflammation showed more significant increases in wild-type mice than in mpo-/- mice. Additionally, endothelial NOS activity and NO levels decreased more pronouncedly in wild-type mice than in mpo-/- mice. NOS inhibition during hypoxia led to more significant increases in PAP, permeability, and lung injury scores compared to the drug control group, especially in wild-type mice.
CONCLUSION: MPO knockout reduces oxidative stress and inflammation to preserve alveolar-capillary barrier permeability and limits the decline in endothelial NOS activity to reduce PAP elevation during hypoxia. MPO inhibition emerges as a prospective therapeutic strategy for HAPE, offering avenues for precise interventions.
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the objective response rate of women with HER2-neu overexpressing recurrent or metastatic breast cancer treated with trastuzumab (Herceptin) in combination with docetaxel. II. Determine the toxicity of this treatment regimen in these patients. III. Determine the duration of response to this treatment regimen in these patients. IV. Determine the time to progression in these patients after receiving this treatment regimen. V. Compare HER2-neu overexpression as determined by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) versus immunohistochemistry, and correlate these findings with response to this treatment regimen in these patients. VI. Correlate HER2-neu activation by immunohistochemistry and the extracellular domain of HER2-neu by ELISA with response to this treatment regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients receive docetaxel IV over 30 minutes weekly for 6 weeks plus trastuzumab (Herceptin) IV over 30-90 minutes weekly for 8 weeks. Treatment continues every 8 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed monthly for 3 months, every 3 months for 9 months, and then every 6 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 18-34 patients will be accrued for this study.
Trandolapril and verapamil hydrochloride extended-release tablets have been evaluated in over 1,957 subjects and patients. Of these, 541 patients, including 23% elderly patients, participated in U.S. controlled clinical trials, and 251 were studied in foreign controlled clinical trials. In clinical trials with trandolapril and verapamil hydrochloride extended-release tablets, no adverse experiences peculiar to this combination drug have been observed. Adverse experiences that have occurred have been limited to those that have been previously reported with verapamil or trandolapril. Trandolapril and verapamil hydrochloride extended-release tablets have been evaluated for long-term safety in 272 patients treated for 1 year or more. Adverse experiences were usually mild and transient.

Discontinuation of therapy because of adverse events in U.S. placebo-controlled hypertension studies was required in 2.6% and 1.9% of patients treated with trandolapril and verapamil hydrochloride extended-release tablets and placebo, respectively.

Adverse experiences occurring in 1% or more of the 541 patients in placebo-controlled hypertension trials who were treated with a range of trandolapril (0.5 to 8 mg) and verapamil (120 to 240 mg) combinations are shown below.

Other clinical adverse experiences possibly, probably, or definitely related to drug treatment occurring in 0.3% or more of patients treated with trandolapril/verapamil combinations with or without concomitant diuretic in controlled or uncontrolled trials (N = 990) and less frequent, clinically significant events (in italics) include the following:
PURPOSE:To contrive to prepare an orally administrable vaccine having improved safety and activity by infecting a specific plasmid structure in the cultured cells of monkey or man. CONSTITUTION:The structural protein region of a poliomyelitis virus of (C) 1 type mahony strain and ceivine strain is artificially defected from (B) poliomyelitis virus complementary DNA(cDNA) to (A) poliomyelitis virus genome RNA to prepare (D) a recombinant DNA plasmid structure. The component B is also combined with a promoter such as phage T3 recognizing a RNA- synthesizing enzyme to prepare the component D. The component C-lost portion of the component B is combined with (E) any other kind of virus genome (e.g. CAT gene) to prepare (F) a chimera type recombinant DNA plasmid structure. The component F is treated with a RNA polymerase such as phage T7 to prepare (H) a chimera type virus RNA. (G) The cultured cells of a monkey are infected with the components D and H to prepare (I) a chimera type poliomyelitis virus vaccine. The component I is subsequently processed into an orally administrable vaccine.
OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to study the frequency of circulating LAG-3+ and PD-1+ T cells in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients and their correlation with cytokines and patient prognosis.
METHODS: A total of 83 patients with CKD between June 2020 and June 2022 were enrolled. We measured serum levels of IL-6, CRP, IL-1β, and TNF-α by ELISA. The frequency of PD-1+ and LAG-3+ T cells was measured using flow cytometry. All patients were followed up for 1 year, and the occurrence of any of the following conditions during the follow-up period was considered as major adverse cardiac events (MACE) indicating poor prognosis.
RESULTS: The frequencies of LAG-3+PD-1+, LAG-3+ and PD-1+ cells were significantly increased in CKD group compared to healthy volunteers. Additionally, CKD patients had remarkably enhanced levels of cytokines. Compared to the non-MACE group, MACE group had significantly higher frequencies of LAG-3PD-1, LAG-3 and PD-1 expression on CD8 and CD4. Positive correlations were observed between IL-1β, IL-6 and frequencies of PD-1+LAG-3+. CD4+LAG-3+PD-1+ frequency displayed the highest diagnostic value for CKD patients with MACE. Moreover, CD8+LAG-3+, CD4+LAG-3+PD-1+, CD4+PD-1+, IL-1β and IL-6 were identified as risk factors for the occurrence of MACE in patients with CKD.
CONCLUSION: In summary, the present research showed that the frequencies of LAG-3+ and PD-1+ T cells were remarkably enhanced in CKD patients. These findings offer novel insights and potential therapeutic targets for the management of CKD.
Treatment and decoration coating for nails or any other part of the human body. This adhesive decoration treatment ensures, simultaneously, the care of the nails and their embellishment. The support 2 receives an adhesive mass 3 filled with chemical treatment compounds 9 which progressively diffuse with the ambient environment. The outer surface 7 is provided in order to receive decorations 8, produced using all printing processes and consisting of all motifs, texts, designs, and plain or variegated colours. The adhesiveness on the nails is obtained by a wave generator 11 which polymerises the adhesive mass. Drying out and thus removal take place either mechanically or by means of a wave generator 16 producing an accelerated ageing of the said polymerised adhesive mass 3. The decoration coating may have, in relief, a transparent window 20 making it possible to see and hold on the nail, or on any other part of the body, a jewel for example.
Patients who are randomized to the treatment arm will be instructed to take 125 mg simethicone and one tablespoon of a high fat food (peanut butter)10 minutes prior to each DMF dose. If the average MAGIS score is greater than 3.5 in the diarrhea category they will also be instructed to take 2 mg loperamide three times daily.
The invention concretely relates to a formula and a preparation method of a Hui Nationality traditional Chinese medicinal American ginseng and panax notoginseng lung protection pill. The pill is a green high-tech Chinese herbal medicinal product used for treating the lung cancer. The pill is a traditional Chinese medicinal pill prepared through the following steps: mixing of American ginseng, panax notoginseng, radices macrotomiae, Gynostemma pentaphylla and other Chinese herbal medicines according to a certain ratio, water adding, decoction, extraction, concentration and pill formation. The pill is mainly used for treating the lung cancer, and also is used for treating throat cancer, stomach cancer, colorectal cancer and other digestive system cancers. The pill has the characteristics of suitable medicine variety quantity and moderate dosage, and all the medicines are proved by modern medical science pharmacological experiments to be suitable for treating the cancers. The pill fundamentally improves the body functions, prevents condition exacerbation and recovers the health of bodies at a low cost.
During the recruitment visit at the occupational medicine unit between the 04/29/16 and the 10/31/16, the workers in this group (G1) in addition to their recruitment visit, will benefit from a short intervention given by the nurse concerning the flu, the advantages of the flu vaccination, and how they can be vaccinated in the institution. The nurse also transmits an information sheet concerning the benefits of the vaccination. 2 weeks after the beginning of the next flu vaccination campaign, they will receive a reminder letter to encourage vaccination.
Fecal incontinence (FI) affects 9% of U.S. adults and occurs weekly or more often in 2.7%. Prevalence increases with age reaching 15% by 70 years. FI has a devastating impact on quality of life and substantially increases caregiver burden when patients have comorbid conditions requiring caregiver assistance. The investigators propose an effectiveness trial whose overall goal is to determine whether a conservative intervention which has been shown to be effective in single-site studies will sustain its efficacy when disseminated to a home bound population by home health care nurses. The treatment includes patient education about the physiology of how continence is maintained, pelvic floor exercises, behavioral strategies for preventing FI, and use of fiber or nonprescription medication to treat diarrhea or constipation. To minimize drift when the treatment is disseminated to a large group of providers, patient education and other basic components of treatment are included in a printed training manual and are available to nurse providers on a website; however, nurse supervision to individualize treatment remains important. The study will be carried out in 8 counties in central North Carolina which are served by the University of North Carolina Home Health Care and Rex Home Health Care agencies (partners in this study). Nurses in these agencies will be randomly assigned to two groups. For the first two years all patients of the nurses in one group will receive the active intervention while all patients of nurses in the other group will receive usual care plus a training manual and symptom monitoring to control for expectancy. After two years, all patients in these home health care agencies will receive the active intervention. After excluding patients with severe cognitive impairment and those with stomas, the investigators estimate 252 - 340 patients with FI who are over age 50 will receive treatment (at least 189 in active treatment and 63 controls). Specific aims are (1) to show that the active treatment is more effective than the control treatment for improving FI severity, patient quality of life, and caregiver burden, and that improvements are maintained for at least 6 months; (2) to identify moderators of treatment effectiveness (candidate variables are cognitive status, mobility impairment, willingness of family caregiver to assist with treatment, anxiety, depression, age, and race); and (3) to explore whether successful treatment of FI reduces the risk of nursing home referral.
FIELD: organic chemistry, pharmacy. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to derivatives of 5-substituted-3-oxadiazolyl-1,6-naphthyridine-2(1H)-one of the formula (I)   where Het is oxaziazolyl; R 1  is H, lower alkyl, cyclo-lower alkyl, trifluoromethyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, lower alkoxy-group, lower alkoxy-lower alkyl, hydroxy-lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or unsubstituted heteroaromatic group; R 2  is H, lower alkyl, lower cycloalkyl, cyclo-lower alkylmethyl, lower alkenyl, cyclo-lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, substituted to unsubstituted aryl group or unsubstituted heteroaromatic group. Invention relates to also pharmaceutically acceptable additive acid salts that show highly selective affinity to benzodiazepine receptors and they are especially useful, for example, as a psychoanaleptic agent or a medicinal agent for treatment of dysmnesia, senile disease or Alzheimer's disease. Invention describes also a pharmaceutical composition and intermediate compounds used in synthesis of compounds of the formula (I). EFFECT: valuable medicinal properties of compounds and pharmaceutical composition. 7 cl, 31 tbl, 370 ex
FIELD: medicine, venerology, gynecology, obstetrics. SUBSTANCE: method involves the use of antibiotic-therapy and hormone-therapy corresponding to the menstrual cycle. Hormone-therapy is carried out using a drug Traqvilar-28. At the first menstrual cycle a drug is given before of an antibacterial therapy carrying out. At the second menstrual cycle a drug is given in combination with antibiotics simultaneously. EFFECT: decreased relapses of disease. 3 cl, 1 tbl, 2 ex
Control group A: 1 -year historical data (2016/2017) The blood sampling error rate in the interns receiving proficiency based progression training in 2018 will be compared to historical data on doctors who would have received whatever training they would normally undergo as a part of their existing training program. It will not differ from what they would normally receive at that institution.
Rituximab arm: Patients randomized to the rituximab arm will receive 1 g IV infusion on T0 (after baseline measures are collected) and day 15. A second course of rituximab 1g IV infusion will be administered 6 months after the first rituximab infusion and an additional 1 g IV infusion 14 days following the first 6-month infusion.
Patients with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to combat or civilian trauma have been found to have small hippocampal volume, and deficits in hippocampal mediated memory, compared to the controls. However, it is not clear if the smaller hippocampi are a consequence of the extreme trauma and PTSD, or a risk factor in the development of PTSD. Researchers supporting the causal hypothesis have proposed that increased levels of cortisol during the traumatic experience could be neurotoxic to the hippocampus. Several studies have confirmed an increase in levels of cortisol during stress. However, plasma and urine measures of cortisol in patients with PTSD are mixed; with reports of increased decreased or normal cortisol. The possibility that increased sensitivity of the Type II or glucocorticoid receptors to circulating cortisol could lead to neurotoxic damage to the hippocampus, despite normal to low peripheral levels of cortisol has been proposed. Furthermore, increased sensitivity of the glucocorticoid receptor in PTSD could lead to stronger negative feedback inhibition, thereby offering a mechanism for the paradoxical observation of lower ACTH and cortisol levels in PTSD. Studies attempting to test the glucocorticoid receptor super sensitivity theory in PTSD confirmed the presence of increased number and sensitivity of lymphocyte glucocorticoid receptors in patients compared to healthy subjects. However, there are currently no published reports investigating central glucocorticoid sensitivity in patients with PTSD. A recent study in healthy subjects and Alzheimer's disease demonstrated that central glucocorticoid receptor sensitivity can be measured by hydrocortisone mediated inhibition of glucose metabolism measured by positron emission tomography (PET) and 2-deoxy-2\[F\]fluoro-D-glucose (FDG). We propose to evaluate the metabolic, cognitive, and behavioral effects of hydrocortisone or placebo administration in patients with PTSD, subjects who have experienced trauma but do not develop PTSD (trauma controls) and healthy subjects.
558,316. Hormones and the like. SCHERING CORPORATION. Oct. 18, 1940, No. 15435. Convention date, Oct. 18, 1939. [Class 81 (i)] A chorionic substance adapted to luteinize and cause growth of follicles is extracted from protein materials containing it by extracting with an aqueous liquid, adjusting the pH to at least as low as 5, treating the extract with an organic waterimmiscible liquid so as to form a gel with the protein matter and separating the aqueous layer containing the chorionic substance. The aqueous layer is further treated to precipitate mucoid type proteins by addition of a water-miscible organic liquid in amount insufficient to precipitate the chorionic substance and then with a further volume of water-miscible organic liquid to precipitate the chorionic substance. Plasma or placentae of pregnant animals or humans are suitable sources of the material. Detailed examples of preparations from such sources are given in the Specification. Specifications 313,923, 336,471, [both in Class 81 (i)], and 481,924 are referred to.
An accurate and non-invasive diagnosis of the clinical stage is critical for effectively managing liver cirrhosis. This study aimed to identify serum metabolite biomarkers and clinical features that may reliably predict high-risk cirrhosis. This cross-sectional study recruited 94 cirrhotic patients (70 for identification cohort, 24 for validation cohort) from Minhang Hospital Affiliated with Fudan University between 2018 and 2021, who were analyzed by targeted quantitative metabolomics technique. Baseline clinical characteristics were collected, and different stage cirrhosis classification was performed according to the presence or absence of decompensated events. Potential metabolite biomarkers were screened, and a model for predicting the decompensation stage was created. Finally, the incidence of decompensated outcomes was analyzed. A total of 560 metabolites were detected in the identification cohort. Indole-3-propionic acid (IPA) was the most significantly decreased metabolic biomarker in the decompensated group (P<0.01, |log2FC| >2), having the strongest correlation with hyaluronic acid (r=-0.50, P<0.01). It also performed well for differentiating decompensated cirrhosis with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.79(0.75 at internal validation). Another diagnostic model consisting of indole-3-propionic acid, hemoglobin, and albumin showed better predictive performance with an AUC of 0.97 (0.91 at internal validation). Also, 31 (44.29%) patients developed decompensated events at a median follow-up of 22.76±15.24 months. The cumulative incidence of decompensated events based on IPA subgroups (IPA <39.67ng/ml and ≥39.67ng/ml) showed a significant difference (P<0.01). "Indole-3-propionic acid" and a diagnostic model of hemoglobin and albumin can non-invasively identify cirrhotic populations at risk for decompensation, aiding in future management of liver cirrhosis.
The roster of amdoparvoviruses (APVs) in small carnivores is growing rapidly, but in most cases, the consequences of infection are poorly understood. Red panda amdoparvovirus (RPAV) is highly prevalent in zoo-housed red pandas and has been detected in both healthy and sick animals. Clarifying the clinical impact of RPAV in this endangered species is critical, and zoological collections offer a unique opportunity to examine viral disease association in carefully managed populations. We evaluated the potential impact of RPAV in captive red pandas with a combination of prospective and retrospective analyses. First, we collected feces from 2 healthy animals from one collection over a 6-year period and detected virus in 72/75 total samples, suggesting that RPAV can be a long-term subclinical infection. We next investigated the infections using a retrospective study of infection status and tissue distribution in a cohort of necropsied animals. We performed polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridization on 43 necropsy cases from 4 zoo collections (3 from the United States, 1 from Europe, 1997-2022). RPAV was present in these populations for at least 2 decades before its discovery and is detectable in common and significant lesions of zoo-housed red pandas, including myocarditis (3/3 cases), nephritis (9/10), and interstitial pneumonia (2/4). RPAV is also detectable in sporadic lesions, including multisystemic pyogranulomatous inflammation, oral/pharyngeal mucosal inflammation, and dermatitis. The colocalization of virus with lesions supports a role in causation, suggesting that despite the apparently persistent and subclinical carriage of most infections, RPAV may have a significant impact in zoo collections.
Although widely known as a tumor suppressor, the breast cancer 1 susceptibility protein (BRCA1) is also important in development, where it regulates fetal DNA repair pathways that protect against DNA damage caused by physiological and drug-enhanced levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS). We previously showed that conditional heterozygous (+/-) knockout (cKO) mouse embryos with a minor 28% BRCA1 deficiency developed normally in culture, but when exposed to the ROS-initiating drug, alcohol (ethanol, EtOH), exhibited embryopathies not evident in wild-type (+/+) littermates. Herein, we characterized a directBrca1 +/- knockout (KO) model with a 2-fold greater (58%) reduction in BRCA1 protein vs. the cKO model. We also characterized and compared learning & memory deficits in both the cKO and KO models. Even saline-exposed Brca1 +/- vs. +/+ KO progeny exhibited enhanced oxidative DNA damage and embryopathies in embryo culture and learning & memory deficits in females in vivo, which were not observed in the cKO model, revealing the potential pathogenicity of physiological ROS levels. The embryopathic EtOH concentration for cultured direct KO embryos was half that for cKO embryos, and EtOH affected Brca1 +/+ embryos only in the direct KO model. The spectrum and severity of EtOH embryopathies in culture were greater in both Brca1 +/- vs. +/+ embryos, and direct KO vs. cKO +/- embryos. Motor coordination deficits were evident in both male and female Brca1 +/- KO progeny exposed in utero to EtOH. The results in our direct KO model with a greater BRCA1 deficiency vs. cKO mice provide the first evidence for BRCA1 protein dose-dependent susceptibility to developmental disorders caused by physiological and drug-enhanced oxidative stress.