anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
Muco-obstructive diseases change airway mucus properties, impairing mucociliary transport and increasing the likelihood of infections. To investigate the sorption properties and nanostructures of mucus in health and disease, we investigated mucus samples from patients and cell cultures (cc) from healthy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cystic fibrosis (CF) airways. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) revealed mucin monomers with typical barbell structures, where the globule to spacer volume ratio was the highest for CF mucin. Accordingly, synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) revealed more pronounced scattering from CF mucin globules and suggested shorter carbohydrate side chains in CF mucin and longer side chains in COPD mucin. Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) analysis presented water sorption isotherms of the three types of human airway mucus, where, at high relative humidity, COPD mucus had the highest water content compared to cc-CF and healthy airway mucus (HAM). The higher hydration of the COPD mucus is consistent with the observation of longer side chains of the COPD mucins. At low humidity, no dehydration-induced glass transition was observed in healthy and diseased mucus, suggesting mucus remained in a rubbery state. However, in dialyzed cc-HAM, a sorption-desorption hysteresis (typically observed in the glassy state) appeared, suggesting that small molecules present in mucus suppress the glass transition.
Provided herein are radiopharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof. The radiopharmaceutical compositions can comprise one or more stabilizing agents, an aqueous vehicle, and a conjugate that comprises a targeting ligand and a radionuclide bound to a metal chelator. The targeting ligand can be a small molecule compound or a peptide such as a monocyclic peptide. The targeting ligand can be configured to bind with a tumor target. The stabilizing agent can comprise a radiolysis stabilizer, a free metal chelator, and/or a pH stabilizer. Further provided herein are methods of preparing the radiopharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating cancer by administering the described radiopharmaceutical compositions.
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a make-up remowing agent for eliminating the make-up of a make-up composition having excellent durability of make-up and/or transfer-free properties, by using a specific two-phase composition. SOLUTION: This make-up removing agent comprises a composition composed of different phases of a water phase and an oil phase. A foundation, rouge worn on the cheeks, eye shadow, lipstick, etc., are especially preferable as a make-up composition. Sterilized desalted water, rose water, cornflower water, natural warm water, mineral water, etc., are preferable as the water phase for the make-up removing agent. A liquid vaseline, jojoba oil, silicone oil, alkyl palmitate, etc., are preferable as the oil phase. Preferably, two-phase composition is further mixed with a surfactant (preferably nonionic surfactant). The ratio of the water phase and the oil phase is preferably in the ratio of 30/70-60/40. The composition may be mixed with a dephasing agent such as an alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride of formula I (R is alkyl).  The composition further may contain a dialkyl phthalate of formula II in the oil phase.
VT-464: given orally once daily in 28 day cycles. Dosing in the morning 7-days a week with a 2-week dose titration.
Pleomorphic adenoma is notorious of its propensity to local recurrence due to the microscopic extracapsular extension of the tumor. Superficial parotidectomy (SP) is the standard treatment. Extracapsular dissection (ED) has been proposed to minimize the risk of facial nerve palsy. However, the oncologic safety of ED is controversial in the literature. We propose quadrant parotidectomy (QP) which is less radical than SP and less conservative than ED. QP entails dissection overlying one primary division of the facial nerve leaving the other division undisturbed while the resection safety margin is still generous.

Surgery for pleomorphic adenoma is a compromise between radicality and facial nerve morbidity. Risk of local recurrence is imprecisely described in the literature and is universally regarded as infrequent and remote. Many studies did not report recurrent cases. Thus, Facial nerve injury is the main concern of parotid surgeons and is considered the primary end point of this study.
Pioglitazone, 30 mg daily, was administered for the initial 2 weeks of the first treatment phase, followed by 45 mg daily for an additional 14 weeks. This was followed by a 4-week washout period. Subjects were assessed for clinical stability during a second 4-week run-in period prior to crossing over to the placebo phase for 16 weeks in the second treatment phase to receive the placebo.
A novel family of growth regulatory proteins termed "epithelins" are described. The epithelins comprise several distinct members sharing significant structural homology. Two members of the epithelin family, epithelin 1 and epithelin 2, have been purified from natural sources. In addition, cDNA and PCR clones encoding mature and precursor epithelins from various chordate sources have been obtained and sequenced, including the complete human, mouse and rat epithelin precursors. The recombinant expression of rat epithelin precursor and mature forms is described. Purified epithelin 1 is a bifunctional growth regulator, capable of stimulating the growth of some cell types while inhibiting the growth of others. Purified epithelin 2 is functionally similar to epithelin 1 with respect to growth inhibitory bioactivity. In contrast, however, epithelin 2 is apparently not capable of eliciting the growth stimulatory activity characteristic of epithelin 1 and, in fact, antagonizes this epithelin 1 activity.
PURPOSE: Renal anemia is a common complication of chronic kidney disease. Currently, recombinant human erythropoietin and roxadustat are the main treatments. In China, diabetic kidney disease is the primary cause of chronic kidney disease. However, high-quality evidence on the efficacy of roxadustat in patients with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease and diabetes mellitus is scarce. This study aimed to assess the clinical effect of roxadustat in such patients.
METHODS: Patients with non-dialysis-dependent anemia and diabetes mellitus who received roxadustat or recombinant human erythropoietin for ≥ 4 weeks were enrolled. We compared baseline characteristics, including age, gender, hypertension, and hemoglobin level, and then employed a 1:3 ratio propensity score matching. The primary efficacy outcomes were changes in hemoglobin levels. After propensity score matching, 212 patients were analyzed, including the roxadustat (n = 53) and recombinant human erythropoietin (n = 159) groups. Baseline characteristics were comparable, including hemoglobin level, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and glycated hemoglobin A1c (p > 0.05).
RESULTS: After 4, 12, and 24 weeks of treatment, the median hemoglobin levels in the roxadustat group were 97.5 g/L, 104 g/L, and 106.5 g/L, respectively, significantly surpassing the corresponding levels in the recombinant human erythropoietin group at 91 g/L, 94.5 g/L, and 94.5 g/L (p = 0.002, p = 0.025, p = 0.006, respectively). Additionally, subgroup analysis demonstrated better treatment efficacy of roxadustat patients with elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and low albumin levels.
CONCLUSION: In Chinese patients with anemia and diabetes not on dialysis, roxadustat efficiently and rapidly improved and maintained hemoglobin levels unaffected by elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and low albumin levels.
Virtual reality (VR) has been seen as an intervention for alleviating clinical chronic (and acute) pain. An approach to pain management utilizing VR presents opportunities for reducing pain and suffering by using immersive, aesthetic, and multisensory stimulation. Investigator will analyze the behavioral and neural mechanisms of active VR against sham VR as two methods that investigate descending pain modulation. Thus, the central hypothesis is that those who respond to placebos will likely respond to active VR. If VR-induced analgesia depends upon the release of endogenous opioids.

In this project, the investigators will determine the effects of VR at the neural and clinical levels directly for TMD participants, inviting participants from an existing Colloca Lab-based cohort phenotyped for diagnosis, grade, and low/high impact pain profiles and prospective TMD participants in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University. These participants have agreed to be recontacted for further research. Investigator will determine the role of the opioid tone (AIM1). In Aim 1, the investigators will determine the role of the endogenous opioid tone for VR-induced hypoalgesia in TMD participants using VR, tonic painful stimuli, and naloxone given intranasally with established mu-opioid receptor occupancy to determine how the opioid tone shapes VR-induced hypoalgesia.
Delirium is a major disturbance in the mental state characterized by fluctuations in arousal, deficits in attention, distorted perception, and disruptions in memory and cognitive processing. Delirium affects approximately 18% to 25% of hospital inpatients, with even higher rates observed during critical illness. To develop therapies to shorten the duration and limit the adverse effects of delirium, it is important to understand the mechanisms underlying its presentation. Neuroimaging modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography, functional MRI, and near-infrared spectroscopy point to global atrophy, white matter changes, and disruptions in cerebral blood flow, oxygenation, metabolism, and connectivity as key correlates of delirium pathogenesis. Electroencephalography demonstrates generalized slowing of normal background activity, with pathologic decreases in variability of oscillatory patterns and disruptions in functional connectivity among specific brain regions. Elevated serum biomarkers of inflammation, including interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, and S100B, suggest a role of dysregulated inflammatory processes and cellular metabolism, particularly in perioperative and sepsis-related delirium. Emerging animal models that can mimic delirium-like clinical states will reveal further insights into delirium pathophysiology. The combination of clinical and basic science methods of exploring delirium shows great promise in elucidating its underlying mechanisms and revealing potential therapeutic targets.
PURPOSE: To obtain the subject ester having high polarity, excellent in affinity for skin, having low viscosity and low melting point, excellent in safety, compatibility with skin, excellent in feeling to user and useful as a substrate for cosmetics and external preparations. CONSTITUTION: This phosphoric acid triester is expressed by the formula (R<1> is a 12-24C straight-chain or branched chain alkyl or alkenyl; R<2> is a 6-24C straight-chain branched or cyclic alkyl, a straight-chain alkenyl or an aryl; R<3> is a 1-6C straight-chain, branched or cyclic alkyl, a straight-chain alkenyl or aryl), e.g. didodecylmethyl phosphate. The compound of the formula is obtained by reacting, e.g. a phosphorus oxyhalide such as phosphorus oxychloride with an alcohol corresponding to R<1> , R<2> and R<3> in the formula directly or in the presence of a base according to the well-known method. The blend amount of the compound of the formula to a cosmetic or external preparation is preferably 0.001-90wt.%, especially 1-50wt.% based on total composition in the case of emulsion type.
Despite the widespread availability of highly-protective sunscreens, there is a worldwide epidemic of skin cancer. A possible reason for this is that sunscreens, while limiting damage to the DNA, may promote cancer growth by preventing vitamin D synthesis in the skin. To have biologic effects, Vitamin D must be converted to its active form, calcitriol, in a two-step process formerly thought to occur first in the liver and secondly in the kidney. It is now known, however, that this conversion can be accomplished entirely in the skin. Cutaneous activation of Vitamin D by ultraviolet light puts the potent anti-tumor effects of calcitriol at the site of tumor formation and in significant concentration, a fact seemingly ignored by workers in the field. A similar effect may be achieved by incorporating vitamin D into sunscreens. Because calcitriol also promotes cellular growth and differentiation, this also may be of benefit for photoaging.
Naked nucleic acids (DNA, RNA, and/or analogs), drugs, and/or other molecules in an extracellular environment enter cells in living intact tissue upon application of pressure to the cells and extracellular environment. Nucleic acids localize to the cell nuclei. Transfection efficiencies greater than 90% are achievable for naked DNA and RNA. A sealed enclosure, defined by an enclosing means and/or tissue, contains the cells and their extracellular environment. The enclosure is pressurized to an incubation pressure on the order of atmospheres. A protective inelastic sheath may be used to prevent distension and trauma in tissue that is part of the enclosure boundary. Suitable enclosures include pressurization chambers and organs such as blood vessels or the heart. Parts of organs, entire organs, and/or entire organisms are pressurized. Suitable target tissue types include blood vessel (in particular vein) tissue, heart, kidney, liver, and bone marrow tissue. Gene therapy applications include ex-vivo treatment of grafts prior to transplantation, and in-vivo treatment of tissue. Useful therapy targets include cell cycle regulatory genes for blocking cell proliferation, and interleukin (IL) and cell adhesion molecule (CAM) genes for reducing immune responses to grafts.
Patients undergo leukapheresis prior to treatment and receive lymphodepletion chemotherapy with either cyclophosphamide IV and fludarabine IV on days -6, -5, and -4, or bendamustine IV on days -4 and -3 at the discretion of the treating clinician and/or PI. Patients then receive FHA11KRASG12V-TCR IV on day 0. Patients may receive an additional FHA11KRASG12V-TCR IV infusion as soon as 28 days or up to 1 year after the first infusion. Patients undergo ECHO or MUGA during screening. Patients also undergo CT, PET or MRI as well as blood sample collection and a tissue biopsy at baseline and throughout the trial.
With the progress of aging society, elderly patients with intertrochanteric fractures were occurred more and more. The best recommend treatment is surgical treatment of intramedullary fixation. However, existing methods of intramedullary fixation could not be restored the integrated interior support, and it will occur early hip varus. Meanwhile, the varus deformity will no longer develop if the two ends contact with wach other. This new intramedullary fixation device can overcome the existing shortage of intramedullary fixation devices and supporting the inside of the problem. It can prompting the fracture site to obtain a stronger initial stability, improve fracture healing rate, reduce the incidence of varus and allow patients with early weight-bearing walking.
The present invention discloses a hematoporphyrin derivative with stable composition and a preparation method thereof. By weight of the total content of hematoporphyrin, the hematoporphyrin derivative calculated according to a dry product is not less than 70.0 %, wherein 45% to 65% of the hematoporphyrin, 1 % to 4% of protoporphyrin, 5% to 18% of hydroxyethyl-ethenyl deuteroporphyrin, and 15% to 26% of porphyrin polymerid. Meanwhile, the present invention also discloses an injection of the hematoporphyrin derivative with stable composition and a preparation method thereof. The hematoporphyrin derivative is proved by experiments to have the advantages of specific and unique ingredients, stable composition and stable quality of the hematoporphyrin derivative. Industrialized production is realized, organic solvents are expelled in the process, and residual organic solvents and the potential poison of the residual organic solvents to people are avoided. The hematoporphyrin derivative and the injection thereof can be suitable for positioning diagnosing and treating precancerous lesions of surfaces, mouth cavities, bladders, bronchi, lungs, nasopharynxes, alimentary canals, mammary glands, etc., and cancer, white spot, etc. of the part that excitation light can reach, and can be used for treating nevus spilus.
Separable input and output phonological working memory (WM) capacities have been proposed, with the input capacity supporting speech recognition and the output capacity supporting production. We examined the role of input vs. output phonological WM in narrative production, examining speech rate and pronoun ratio - two measures with prior evidence of a relation to phonological WM. For speech rate, a case series approach with individuals with aphasia found no significant independent contribution of input or output phonological WM capacity after controlling for single-word production. For pronoun ratio, there was some suggestion of a role for input phonological WM. Thus, neither finding supported a specific role for an output phonological buffer in speech production. In contrast, two cases demonstrating dissociations between input and output phonological WM capacities provided suggestive evidence of predicted differences in narrative production, though follow-up research is needed. Implications for case series vs. case study approaches are discussed.
Patent ductus arterioses (PDA) is a major morbidity encountered in preterm neonates, especially in babies less than 28 weeks gestation or 1000g.Natural ductal closure is inversely related to gestational age and birth weight. The incidence ranges from 15% to 37% in newborn babies less than 1750 grams.The presence of PDA has significant effects on myocardial functions as well as systemic and pulmonary blood flow. Preterm newborns adapt, by increasing the left ventricular contractility, and thereby maintaining the effective systemic blood flow even when the left to right shunts equals 50% of the left ventricular output. This is mainly accomplished by an increase in stroke volume (SV)rather than heart rate.This increase in stroke volume is primarily due to reduction in afterload and simultaneous increase in left ventricular preload. An increasing number of biological substances like hormones, enzymes which are markers of cardiac stress, dysfunction or myocardial injury-collectively called biomarkers-are emerging as diagnostic and prognostic markers especially in the setting of heart failure or ischemic injury. The pharmacological basis for medical therapy is the use of non selective cyclo-oxygenase (COX) inhibitors, which inhibits prostaglandin synthesis and causes ductal constriction. The two most widely studied and used non selective COX inhibitors are indomethacin and ibuprofen. The future of pharmacological treatment of PDA could be with the use of nitric oxide inhibitors and prostaglandin receptor antagonists. Ibuprofen is an effective choice for the treatment of PDA in preterm infants as it has been demonstrated in previous several studies.Since there is a meta-analysis that claims there is no need for further studies about ibuprofen prophylaxis to treat PDA in low birth weight infants we aimed to evaluate the effect of ibuprofen prophylaxis in very extremely low birth weight infants. One such marker emerging in the diagnosis of hs-PDA is brain natriuretic peptide (BNP). Natriuretic peptides are hormones, produced either by atria (atrial natriuretic peptide-ANP) or by ventricles (BNP) in response to myocardial stress, secondary to dilatation, hypertrophy or increased wall tension.One of the aims of this study is to investigate the effect of oral prophylactic ibuprofen administration on BNP levels and renal functions.
AIM: This study aimed to explore how varying inspiratory muscle training workloads affect exercise capacity, health-related quality of life (HrQoL), depression, peripheral and respiratory muscle strength, pulmonary function, dyspnea, fatigue, and physical activity levels in hypertension (HT) patients.
METHODS: A randomized, controlled three-arm study. Forty-five patients (58.37 ± 8.53 y, 7F/38M) with HT received IMT (7 days/8 weeks) by POWERbreathe® Classic LR device and were randomized to control group (CG, 10% maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP), n: 15), low-load group (LLG, 30% MIP), and high-load group (HLG, %50 MIP). Exercise capacity, HrQoL, depression, peripheral and respiratory muscle strength, pulmonary function, fatigue, physical activity level, dyspnea, and sleep quality were evaluated before and after the training.
RESULTS: Exercise capacity, physical functioning, peripheral muscle strength, and resting dyspnea were statistically significantly improved in HLG and LLG after the training compared to CG (p < 0.05). Similar improvements in perception of depression, fatigue, and sleep quality were seen within and between the groups (p > 0.05). Statistically significant differences were found within all the groups in terms of MIP and PEF values of respiratory functions (p < 0.05). The superior improvement in the physical activity level was found in the HLG (p < 0.05). Discussion. High-load IMT was particularly effective in increasing physical activity level, peripheral muscle strength, exercise capacity, and improved HrQoL. Low-load IMT was effective in reducing dyspnea and improving respiratory function. Device-guided breathing exercises decreased blood pressure, improved sleep quality, and strengthened respiratory muscles. IMT, an efficient method, is suggested for inclusion in rehabilitation programs due to its capacity to increase physical activity, exercise capacity, and peripheral muscle strength, enhance HrQoL and respiratory function, and alleviate dyspnea. Also, the efficacy of IMT should be investigated with different training protocols such as endurance IMT or functional IMT in HT patients.