anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
The critical role of the human gut microbiota in kidney stone formation remains largely unknown, due to the low taxonomic resolution of previous sequencing technologies. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the gut microbiota using high-throughput sequencing to provide valuable insights and identify potential bacterial species and metabolite roles involved in kidney stone formation. The overall gut bacterial community and its potential functions in healthy participants and patients were examined using PacBio sequencing targeting the full-length 16S rRNA gene, coupled with stone and statistical analyses. Most kidney stones comprised calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate (75%), pure calcium oxalate (20%), and calcium phosphate and magnesium phosphate (5%), with higher content of Ca (130,510.5 ± 108,362.7 ppm) followed by P (18,746.4 ± 23,341.2 ppm). The microbial community structure was found to be weaker in patients' kidney stone samples, followed by patients' stool samples, than in healthy participants' stool samples. The most abundant bacterial species in kidney stone samples was uncultured Morganella, whereas that in patient and healthy participant stool samples was Bacteroides vulgatus. Similarly, Akkermansia muciniphila was significantly enriched in patient stool samples at the species level, whereas Bacteroides plebeius was significantly enriched in kidney stone samples than that in healthy participant stool samples. Three microbial metabolic pathways, TCA cycle, fatty acid oxidation, and urea cycle, were significantly enriched in kidney stone patients compared to healthy participants. Inferring bacteria at the species level revealed key players in kidney stone formation, enhancing the clinical relevance of gut microbiota.
Experimental Group: patient group (n = 34) receiving a 100 mg dose of caffeine (1/2 of a 200mg tablet to be taken whole or crushed), taken twice daily. This will be an adjuvant to their standard pain control.
Despite years of study and major research advances over the past 50 years, atherosclerotic diseases continue to rank as the leading global cause of death. Accumulation of cholesterol within the vascular wall remains the main problem and represents one of the early steps in the development of atherosclerotic lesions. There is a complex relationship between vesicular cholesterol transport and atherosclerosis, and abnormalities in cholesterol trafficking can contribute to the development and progression of the lesions. The dysregulation of vesicular cholesterol transport and lysosomal function fosters the buildup of cholesterol within various intracytoplasmic compartments, including lysosomes and lipid droplets. This, in turn, promotes the hallmark formation of foam cells, a defining feature of early atherosclerosis. Multiple cellular processes, encompassing endocytosis, exocytosis, intracellular trafficking, and autophagy, play crucial roles in influencing foam cell formation and atherosclerotic plaque stability. In this review, we highlight recent advances in the understanding of the intricate mechanisms of vesicular cholesterol transport and its relationship with atherosclerosis and discuss the importance of understanding these mechanisms in developing strategies to prevent or treat this prevalent cardiovascular disease.
Pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of several neurological diseases and pathophysiologically related symptomology in other body tissues, including peripheral neuropathies,  secondary symptomology of diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, alcoholic polyneuropathy and age-onset symptomology, as well as analogous veterinary disease states, are dislcosed. Spurious pathological chemical crosslinking of normal intracellular structures is a fundamental aspect of these neurological diseases. Covalent bond crosslinking of protein and lipid subcellular elements appear to underlie the formation of polymerized aggregates of neurofilaments and other structural proteins, and lipo-fuscin. Pharmacological intervention in some neurological diseases using water soluble, small molecular weight primary amine agents and derivatives thereof, as oral therapeutic agents, may compete with cellular protein and lipid amine groups for reaction with disease-induced carbonyl-containing aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons. Primary pharmacological agents include 4-aminobenzoic acid and derivatives thereof to facilitate kidney recognition and removal. This invention also includes: (1) oral use of non-absorbable polyamine polymers and amine-related co-agents such as chitosan to covalently bind and sequester potentially toxic carbonyl compounds present in the diet, (2) oral use of known antioxidant co-agents and related nutritional factors and (3) use of the primary agent and co-agents in combination with known medicaments for treatment of these neurological diseases.
The risk of depression and anxiety is higher in people with metabolic conditions, but whether dietary approaches, which are central to the management of metabolic conditions, can also improve depression and anxiety is uncertain. The primary aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the effects of dietary interventions on depression and anxiety in adults with metabolic conditions. The secondary aim was to evaluate the effects of hypocaloric and isocaloric dietary interventions on these outcomes. Four databases (MEDLINE, PsychINFO, EMBASE, and CINAHL) were searched from inception to March 2023. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) including dietary interventions in adults with metabolic conditions (type 2 diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and/or overweight/obesity) that assessed depression and/or anxiety as outcomes were included. Overall, 13 RCTs were included in the systematic review, ≤13 of which were included in the meta-analysis. Estimates were pooled using random-effect meta-analysis for dietary interventions compared with controls. Improvements in depression scores were found in meta-analytic models including all dietary interventions [pooled estimate for the standardized mean difference (SMD) = -0.20 (95% CI: -0.35, -0.05); P = 0.007] and hypocaloric only diets [SMD = -0.27 (95% CI: -0.44, -0.10); P = 0.002]. There were no improvements in depression scores with isocaloric dietary interventions only [SMD = -0.14 (95% CI: -0.38, 0.10); P = 0.27]. In addition, there were no significant effects of any dietary interventions on anxiety scores. In adults with metabolic conditions, all dietary interventions and hypocaloric diets improved depression, but not anxiety. These findings suggest that dietary interventions including hypocaloric diets can play an important role in the management of depression in people with metabolic conditions. This systematic review and meta-analysis has been registered with PROSPERO (CRD42021252307).
A major cause of heart transplant failure is the blockage of blood flow from lesions caused by ongoing injury and repair of the graft by the host's immune system. However, the role of T cells, antibodies, and other parts of the recipient's immune system are not well understood in transplant injury. Currently, there are no effective, noninvasive ways to detect or predict how an individual's immune system will react to a transplant. The purpose of this study is to correlate current noninvasive monitoring tests with long-term graft survival and function, and determine which tests are the most accurate predictors of this survival.

Participants in this study must currently be on the waiting list for a heart transplant and have a donor heart available to them. This study will consist of six study visits over 12 months. The baseline visit will occur on the day of transplantation. Follow-up visits will occur at Week 6 and Months 3, 6, 9, and 12 post-transplant. At each visit, a physical exam, medication tracking, assessment of graft survival, and blood and urine collection will occur. At the Week 6 and Month 12 visits, intravascular ultrasound and echocardiograms will occur. At the Week 6, Month 6, and Month 12 visits, endomyocardial biopsies will also occur. No immunosuppressive therapy will be provided by the study.
The invention discloses a preparation method for a fluorescent star-shaped block copolymer and application of the fluorescent star-shaped block copolymer serving as a medicine carrier. According to the preparation method, the fluorescent star-shaped block copolymer is prepared according to ring opening polymerization by taking amphipathic polylactic acid-polyphosphoester as an arm and taking a perylene bisimide derivative as a core. The fluorescent star-shaped block copolymer is self-assembled in an aqueous solution to form fluorescent supramolecular micelles, have good fluorescence characteristics, and can serve as a fluorescent probe and be used for cell and in-vivo imaging. The fluorescent supramolecular micelles prepared by the preparation method can effectively carry hydrophobic medicines and realize pH stimulation release. The analysis of a laser scanning confocal microscope and a flow cytometer show that the fluorescent supramolecular micelles are easily swallowed by cancer cells and can realize cellular internalization. In in-vitro and in-vivo tumor growth inhibition experiments, compared with a free medicine, the inhibition effect of the fluorescent supramolecular micelles to tumor growth is more obvious, so that the fluorescent supramolecular micelles have potential application value in the fields of biological imaging and cancer treatment.
A method for storing and using platelets and an associated platelet structure. At least one modified platelet is formed. Each modified platelet includes a platelet and at least one polymerated chemical. Each polymerated chemical includes a polymer covalently bonded directly to the platelet or includes the polymer and a linker molecule such that the linker molecule is covalently bonded to the platelet and the polymer is covalently attached to the linker molecule. The polymer of each polymerated chemical of each modified platelet is polyethylene glycol (PEG) or a PEG derivative. Forming each modified platelet does not include modifying the platelet membrane of each platelet with a glycan-modifying agent. The at least one modified platelet is stored in a temperature range below 0° C. After being stored, the at least one modified platelet may be introduced into a subject to treat a condition related to a reduced platelet function.
An enriched amnion derived tissue graft has a stromal matrix layer and an epithelium layer. A stromal matrix layer may contain a basement membrane layer, a compact layer, a fibroblast layer, and an intermediate layer. An amnion derived tissue graft may have a plurality of tissue layers and the layers may be configured with the epithelium layers toward the inside and the stromal matrix layers toward the outside surface. An enriched portion may be coated onto or be configured within a tissue layer and have an increased concentration of cells, of proteins, growth factors, seed cells, pharmaceuticals or any combination thereof. A carrier fluid such as amniotic fluid may be used to produce an enrichment composition for coating the tissue graft. The cells within the enriched portion may be stem cells from the amnion, or cells from other tissue and may be seed cells selected based on the treatment location.
Participants in this arm will receive two placebo (saline) Injections, two weeks apart. After receiving the first injection, participants will complete 10 sessions of Cognitive Processing Therapy over the course of one week.
Iodophenylalkanoic acid derivs. of formula (I): (where R is H, an ester function, or an organic or mineral salt moiety; and n is 1, 2 or 3). Treatment of lipid overload (fatty deposits) and celluilitis. The usefulness of (I) is partially pronounced when they are used in combination with proteolytic enzymes with anti-inflammatory activity and/or lipolytic enzymes and/or leech extract or similar anticoagulants and/or aescin and/or an analgesic agent, and opt. a diffusion factor. Details of clinical cases are given demonstrating the usefulness of (I) in the treatment of lipid overload and cellulitis, notable and rapid results being obtd. with localized lipid excess.
The patients, who are referred and will wait for the exercise program in their routine daily life. Measurements will be performed at the same time frame in experimental group. After the 12 weeks of follow up period, they will join the exercise program.
Upper limb hemiparesis is a motor and sensory disorder that occurs after stroke, with an incidence rate of up to 55% to 75%. Effective upper limb rehabilitation methods help reduce the occurrence of disuse syndrome and complex regional pain syndrome. Therefore, finding active and effective limb rehabilitation methods has important practical significance.This was a randomized controlled study in China conducted during Aug. 2022 to Aug. 2023. Totally, patients with upper limb hemiplegia after stroke, who were admitted in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of two hospitals, were enrolled. The study lasted 30 days for each participant. The patients enrolled were randomly divided into the experimental group and the control group, all under routine rehabilitation therapy. Additionally, the patients in the experimental group were given modified mirror therapy. The assessment was conducted respectively on day 1 and day 30.
BACKGROUND: Early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) incidence is increasing in Australia. However, no Australian studies have reported on EOCRC patients' surgical management and survival patterns.
METHODS: A retrospective study of 111 EOCRC patients treated at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH), Sydney, Australia between January 2013 and December 2021 was performed. RPAH is a quaternary referral centre for pelvic exenteration (PE) and cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS/HIPEC).
RESULTS: Most patients had left-sided tumours (76.58%) and stage IV disease at the time of presentation (37.85%). 27.93% of patients underwent either CRS/HIPEC and PE and 72.07% of patients underwent other colorectal resections of which the most common was low anterior resection (19.82%). A stoma was fashioned in 50.54% of patients. Complications occurred in 54.95% of patients of which most were Clavien-Dindo grade II (47.54%). Absolute 1-, 3- and 5-year time intervals were 93.69%, 87.39% and 85.48%. Disease-free and overall survival were poorer in stage IV patients who had PE, followed by CRS/HIPEC then other colorectal resections (P < 0.001 and P = 0.003).
CONCLUSIONS: Stoma formation, PE and CRS/HIPEC and minor postoperative complications were common in our EOCRC cohort. Despite this, the 5-year absolute survival rate was acceptable. Thus, an aggressive surgical approach in EOCRC patients at a quaternary referral centre may be feasible at the cost of greater postoperative morbidity. This information is imperative in the surgical consent and preoperative counselling of EOCRC patients and highlights the need for further research to assess the postoperative functional outcomes and quality of life of EOCRC patients.
Inflammation is common in individuals with both chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hemodialysis (HD). HD may lead to increased inflammatory response through a number of mechanisms; some of these factors also result in pro-inflammatory cytokine release and consequently cause the overlap between anemia, accelerated atherosclerosis and inflammation. HD-related inflammation is mainly due to underlying kidney disease, coexisting comorbidities, uremia per se, dialyzer membrane biocompatibility and contaminated dialysis fluid. Accordingly, HD patients are chronically exposed to microinflammation as a result of blood-membrane interaction and dialysis fluid contamination. Among these factors, biofilm formation and contaminated dialysis fluid are closely related to enhanced immune activation in HD patients. Furthermore, only dialysis fluid quality is controllable and preventable. Therefore, to correct rHuEPO poor response and reduce the cardiovascular (CV) events, it prompts us to conduct a prospective randomized controlled study to explore as to whether heat disinfection link in HD water treatment system can effectively prevent biofilm formation, to ensure the dialysis fluid purity, and subsequently to improve the patient outcome, in terms of CV events and mortality.
The invention discloses a lung-heat clearing drink and a preparation method and application thereof, wherein the formula comprises 3-4 parts of fructus momordicae, 3-4 parts of lily, 2 parts of rhodiola rosea, 2 parts of fructus chebulae immaturus, 2 parts of lotus seed, 2 parts of cordate houttuynia and 1 part of peppermint. The prescription is mainly used for treating symptoms, and mainly comprises cough, shortness of breath, pharyngalgia, pharyngoxerosis, uncomfortable expectoration, dry mouth and bitter taste. Fang Zhongluo fructus Siraitiae Grosvenorii and fructus Canarii albi are monarch and slightly sweet in nature, and can dispel heat and clear lung, moisten throat and relieve sore throat, relieve cough and resolve phlegm. Lily is sweet and cold, can nourish yin and moisten lung, and has the effects of clearing heart fire and tranquillizing; rhodiola rosea Gan Hanwei is astringent and can tonify qi and lung. Lily is used as a ministerial drug for moistening lung, and rhodiola root is used for tonifying lung, so that the effect of clearing lung and relieving sore throat of monarch drugs is better. The lotus seed is sweet and astringent in taste, can tonify spleen, replenish kidney and arrest spontaneous emission, astringe lung and relieve cough and tranquilize mind, and is an adjuvant drug through the purgation of ' earth ' to generate gold '. Yu xing Cao enters lung meridian and is cold in flavor and cool in nature, and helps to clear lung heat. Mint, herba Menthae, pungent and cool, can promote the flow of qi through the throat. The combination of the herbs can clear heat and moisten lung, and treat the joint with rights and generate body fluid.
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a recurrent chronic colitis disease with increasing incidence and prevalence year by year. The single efficacy and significant side effects of traditional IBD treatment drugs have promoted the flourishing development of new drugs. Inspired by many health benefits of carbon dots (CDs) based nanomedicine in biomedical applications, a metal-free carbon dots (CP-CDs) was synthesized from citric acid and polyethylene polyamine to treat colitis. Oxidative stress tests at the cellular and nematode levels demonstrated CP-CDs have good antioxidant effects, while the toxicity of CP-CDs to cells and nematodes is low. CP-CDs were further applied to dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis in mice models, and it was found that CP-CDs can reduce the disease activity index (DAI) score of colon tissue and restore the intestinal barrier. Further, the anti-colitis mechanisms of CP-CDs were explored, one of which is to regulate intestinal oxidative stress in inflammatory mice, further reducing the expression of inflammatory cytokines, and thus alleviating colitis. Notably, 16S rRNA sequence analysis showed that the abundance of beneficial bacteria (Ligilactobacillus and Enterorhabdus) in the intestinal tract increased, while that of harmful bacteria (unclassified_Clostridia_UCG_014) decreased after CP-CDs treatment, indicating that CP-CDs rebalancing the gut microbiota destroyed by DSS is another important mechanism. In short, these non-toxic carbon dots not only have the potential for multi-factor combined relief of colitis but also offer an alternative therapy medicine for patients suffering from IBD.
Methodology: 1) Controlled randomised intervention study (3 years). Subjects: persons older than 65 in health district 7 of Madrid with acute (\< 3 months) DIMS. Intervention group patients will be attended by rheumatologists acording with clinical (diagnostic and therapeutical) protocols. Control group will receive the routine attention from the Health System. Efficacy and costs variables will be collected through monthly structured telephone interviews performed by independent personnel blinded to the intervention group. Efficacy will be measured by differences between groups regarding: 1) time to improvement in the baseline DIMS episode, 2) number of subsequent DIMS, and 3) total number of DIMS days. An economic evaluation will be performed from a societal perspective.
The process includes applying a localized static, magnetic or electric field to neurological or neuromuscular tissue to aid in the intracellular uptake and energy absorption of electric or magnetic dipoles present in the tissue and the cells. Before the applying step dipoles can be introduced in the tissues or cells. Also, after or during the applying step, an alternating, oscillating or pulsed electromagnetic field can be applied to the tissue to enhance the intracellular uptake of energy, and the energy absorption responsiveness in the tissue and/or the energy absorption of the dipoles in the tissue. The process can utilize a constant magnetic field through the interaction with the intracellular dipoles in the tissue. Further, an external electromagnetic field can be applied to the tissue to excite the particles and raise the energy level of the tissue to destroy the cells and modify their behavior to decrease the degenerative process. Additionally, particles can be introduced into the extracellular environment of the tissue to alter membrane events and potentiate energy delivery to the diseased inflammatory or reactive cells or reduce energy delivery to the normal cells.
In this observational study, patients with LARC who are selected for the standard-of-care TNT will be enrolled. After obtaining informed consent, a venous blood sample and the archival tissue block from the initial diagnostic rectal tumor biopsy will be sent to the Natera laboratory for designing patient-specific ctDNA assay, which will be used to measure ctDNA levels in the peripheral venous blood samples at various time points coinciding with the standard studies to assess tumor response. The blood sample needed for designing the assay and measuring the baseline ctDNA level will be obtained within four weeks before neoadjuvant chemotherapy begins. Subsequently, for patients undergoing 16 weeks of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, blood samples will be obtained for ctDNA level measurement at three time points ( after eight weeks/4 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy within +/- 5 days of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study, after 16 weeks/8 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy within +/- 5 days of the MRI study, and one to 14 days before surgery ). For patients who receive eight weeks of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, two blood samples will be obtained for subsequent ctDNA measurements (after eight weeks/4 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy within +/- 5 days of the MRI study, and one to 14 days before surgery). All patients may also choose to undergo additional serial ctDNA level measurements for surveillance after the surgery every three to four months for two years (optional).

Tumor response rate assessed by ctDNA (defined as reduction of ctDNA level at least by 90% compared to the baseline level) will be compared with the response rate assessed by the standard method (proctoscopic examination, pelvic MRI, etc.) to explore if a significant correlation exists between these two response assessment methods. If preliminary data support the hypothesis that peripheral blood ctDNA can be utilized for tumor response assessment in this scenario, a larger study will be conducted to validate this method. Once validated, ctDNA measurement can potentially replace expensive, uncomfortable, and time-consuming methods of tumor response assessment like MRI.