anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
Premature ejaculation (PE) is a form of male sexual dysfunction. A measure of withdrawal effects associated with stopping therapy for PE is the Discontinuation-Emergent Signs and Symptoms (DESS), a series of questions for signs and symptoms experienced by the patient. This study of men with PE is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial consisting of 3 phases: pre-randomization phase (a screening visit and 1-week baseline period); 10-week double-blind treatment phase during which patients receive dapoxetine or placebo; and 2-week follow-up phase. The total duration of the study is approximately 13 weeks. During the double-blind phase patients receive study medication for once daily treatment and for use on as "as-needed" basis prior to sexual activity. After 9 weeks, some patients (half of the active patients) continue treatment with dapoxetine and other (another half of the active patients) are switched to placebo for the last week of therapy, abruptly stopping the study drug. Assessments of effectiveness include the incidence of withdrawal symptoms, assessed by changes in DESS; control over ejaculation, satisfaction with sexual intercourse, and severity of symptom impressions, based on questions asked at specified intervals during the study. Safety assessments include the incidence, severity, and type of adverse events throughout the study, as well as laboratory tests and questionnaires to monitor sexual function at specified times during the study.The study hypothesis is that abruptly stopping treatment with dapoxetine in men with PE does not result in an increase in withdrawal symptoms (as assessed by DESS), compared with the men who stay with the treatment. Oral tablets of dapoxetine (60 milligrams) taken once daily and also as needed during 10 weeks of treatment. No more than 1 tablet for daily treatment and 1 as-needed tablet within a 24-hour period.
BACKGROUND: We previously reported that the HMGB1/TLR4 axis promoted inflammation during the acute phase of intracerebral hemorrhage. Given that this phase is known to involve neuronal pyroptosis and neuroinflammation, here we explore whether HMGB1/TLR signaling activate inflammasome and pyroptosis after intracerebral hemorrhage.
METHODS: Autologous blood was injected into Sprague-Dawley rats to induce intracerebral hemorrhage. Neurological deficits were assessed using a modified neurological severity score. These expression and localization of NLRP1 and NLRP3 inflammasomes, as well as the levels of pyroptosis and pyroptosis-associated proteins were assessed using Western blot or immunocytochemistry. These experiments were repeated in animals that received treatment with short interfering RNAs against NLRP1 or NLRP3, with HMGB1 inhibitor ethyl pyruvate or TLR4 inhibitor TAK-242.
RESULTS: Intracerebral hemorrhage upregulated NLRP1 and NLRP3 in the ipsilateral striatum and increased the proportions of these cells that were pyroptosis-positive. Additionally, the levels of caspase protein family (e.g., pro-caspase-1 and caspase-1), apoptosis-associated speck-like protein (ASC), pro-interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and IL-1β were also elevated. These effects on pyroptosis and associated neurological deficit, were partially reversed by knockdown of NLRP1 or NLRP3, or by inhibition of HMGB1 or TLR4. Inhibition of HMGB1 or TLR4 resulted in the downregulation NLRP3 but not NLRP1.
CONCLUSIONS: The HMGB1/TLR4 signaling may activate the NLRP3 inflammasome during the acute phase of intracerebral hemorrhage, resulting in the inflammatory process known as pyroptosis. These insights suggest potential therapeutic targets for the mitigation tissue injury and associated neurological deficits following hemorrhagic stroke.
PURPOSE:To obtain a water-soluble antibacterial agent having excellent antibacterial activity, solubility in water and durable effect and free from precipitation, etc., even by compounding to a cosmetic, by treating a 2-mercaptopyridine- N-oxide polyvalent metal salt with a specific amount of a cyclodextrin. CONSTITUTION:The objective antibacterial agent is produced by treating 1mol. of a 2-mercaptopyridine-N-oxide polyvalent metal salt with >=15mol., preferably 15-20mol. of a cyclodextrin or its derivative. The 2-mercaptopyridine-N-oxide polyvalent metal salt (hereinafter called Mept) is expressed by formula (M is polyvalent metal atom; X is atomic valence of M) and is preferably zinc salt of 2-mercaptopyridine-N-oxide. The particle diameter of Mept is preferably about 1.0-3.0mum. The treatment of Mept with cyclodextrin is carried out by adding Mept to an aqueous solution of cyclodextrin and stirring the mixture at about 60 deg.C for several hours.
PURPOSE:To easily and efficiently deposit various functional materials with covalent bonds on the surface or in the film of liposome and to increase the amt. of functional materials to be introduced to liposome by using a reactive liposome forming agent having a specified structure. CONSTITUTION:At least one kind of reactive liposome forming agent expressed by formula (e.g. 4-lauroyloxyphenyldimethylsulfonium methylsulfate) is incorporated as a film forming component. In formula, R-CO is a residue of fatty acid (e.g. butylic acid). Thereby, various functional materials cane easily and efficiently, deposited or introduced on the surface or in the film of liposome, and the amt. of functional materials to be introduced can be increased.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Postpartum anaemia is a prevalent health problem. We aimed to determine the compliance rate for red blood cell (RBC) transfusion indication among postpartum women in a single tertiary care centre in Quebec, Canada.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective cohort study including all women ≥6 h postpartum who received ≥1 RBC transfusion during their delivery hospitalization between January 2005 and February 2022. We determined our centre's compliance rate by indication as compared to current society guidelines, all published after 2015 (Network for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management, Haemostasis and Thrombosis [NATA], Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists [RCOG], American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [ACOG]). We then explored predictors of guideline non-compliance and described transfusion practices in our centre.
RESULTS: A total of 171 women were included. Our centre's compliance rate was 79.5% (95% confidence interval [CI] 72.7-84.8). Predictors of guideline non-compliance were maternal medical comorbidity or abnormal placentation, both limited by large CIs (odds ratio [OR] 2.26, CI 1.02-4.94, p = 0.04; OR 4.00, CI 1.31-12.06, p = 0.01, respectively). Postpartum haemorrhage was diagnosed among 68% of the cohort, mostly due to uterine atony (73.3%). Mean baseline and nadir haemoglobin were 111 g/L (±18) and 62 g/L (±7.7), respectively. Multiple unit initial transfusion was found in a majority of patients (63.7%). Iron therapy was administered to 51.5% of women in-hospital and 81.9% received an oral iron prescription at discharge. There were no differences in primary or secondary outcomes subsequent to relevant guideline publication.
CONCLUSION: Our centre's compliance rate for RBC transfusion indication meets current practice guidelines. Areas for improvement include single-unit initial transfusion protocols and adjuvant iron treatment. Antenatal optimization of haemoglobin and ferritin stores may limit postpartum transfusions.
BACKGROUND: Domesticated pigs serve as an ideal animal model for biomedical research and also provide the majority of meat for human consumption in China. Porcine intramuscular fat content associates with human health and diseases and is essential in pork quality. The molecular mechanisms controlling lipid metabolism and intramuscular fat accretion across tissues in pigs, and how these changes in response to pig breeds, remain largely unknown.
RESULTS: We surveyed the tissue-resident cell types of the porcine jejunum, colon, liver, and longissimus dorsi muscle between Lantang and Landrace breeds by single-cell RNA sequencing. Combining lipidomics and metagenomics approaches, we also characterized gene signatures and determined key discriminating markers of lipid digestibility, absorption, conversion, and deposition across tissues in two pig breeds. In Landrace, lean-meat swine mainly exhibited breed-specific advantages in lipid absorption and oxidation for energy supply in small and large intestinal epitheliums, nascent high-density lipoprotein synthesis for reverse cholesterol transport in enterocytes and hepatocytes, bile acid formation, and secretion for fat emulsification in hepatocytes, as well as intestinal-microbiota gene expression involved in lipid accumulation product. In Lantang, obese-meat swine showed a higher synthesis capacity of chylomicrons responsible for high serum triacylglycerol levels in small intestinal epitheliums, the predominant characteristics of lipid absorption in muscle tissue, and greater intramuscular adipcytogenesis potentials from muscular fibro-adipogenic progenitor subpopulation.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings enhanced our understanding of the cellular biology of lipid metabolism and opened new avenues to improve animal production and human diseases. Video Abstract.
Survivors of acute kidney injury (AKI) are at increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and death, but have inconsistent follow-up care. Our team has developed and tested a model to deliver structured follow-up kidney care (the AKI Follow-up Clinic) that is feasible and sustainable, with standardized assessments based upon clinical practice guidelines that are transferable to any setting. This study will randomize patients with Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) stage 2-3 AKI to the AKI Follow-up Clinic or usual care (control group). The usual care group will have a letter outlining their AKI diagnosis mailed to their family physician; the usual care group may still be referred to a nephrologist by their healthcare provider if desired, but these participants will not have access to the AKI Follow-up Clinic pathways. The primary outcome is development of a major adverse kidney event (MAKE), a composite of death, chronic dialysis, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline. Outcomes will be ascertained after one year of follow-up, which is when AKI Follow-up Clinic patients are transitioned back to their family doctor or general nephrologist based upon pre-specified graduation criteria. Participants will also be followed using local hospital electronic resources and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) administrative databases in order to assess the long-term impact of early nephrologist follow-up on AKI outcomes.
A member of the tumor necrosis factor family and its receptor are described.  This member is primarily expressed in B cells and its expression correlates to increases in the number of B cells and immunoglobulins produced. The natural, preferred human ortholog is here called AGP-3R. The protein is a type III  transmembrane protein and has an amino terminal extracellular domain, a transmembrane domain, and a carboxy terminal intracellular domain. AGP-3R-related proteins of the invention may be membrane-associated or in soluble form, recombinantly produced or isolated after natural production. The invention provides for nucleic acids encoding such AGP-3R-related proteins, vectors and host cells expressing the polypeptides, and methods for producing recombinant proteins. Antibodies or fragments thereof that specifically bind the proteins are also provided.
Nicotinamide riboside will be supplied as 250mg capsules, to be administered orally. The initial dose will be 1 capsule twice daily, followed by weekly up-titration by 1 capsule/dose to a final dose of 4 capsules (1000mg) twice daily at the end of Week 4. Participants will be continued on the final dose up to the final follow up visit (week 12). If, at any step, a dose increase is not tolerated, the maximum previously-tolerated dose will be continued through to week 12.
Compsns. for application to the inside of the cornea to protect the retina from UV radiation during a cataract operation are solns. contg. a UV absorber (I). USE/ADVANTAGE - The compsns. protect the retina from damage by UV radiation emitted by the microscope light source after the lens has been removed. Risk of damage is stated to be less than when a UV filter is incorporated in the microscope filter attachment.
Insulin is a hormone that helps the body use sugar and keeps blood sugar levels normal. Special cells in the human body, called beta cells, make insulin. Beta cells are found inside small groups of cells called "islets." Islets are found scattered in the pancreas gland. Type 1 diabetes is caused by damage to these insulin-making cells. Type 1 diabetic patients need insulin shots because their body does not make enough insulin. Even with insulin shots, many diabetic patients develop damage to the heart, blood vessels, nerves, eyes and kidneys. Research studies suggest that these problems are caused by blood sugar levels being too high.

Another way to treat diabetes is by giving the patient a pancreas transplant. The pancreas transplant gives the patient new insulin-making cells. If the pancreas transplant works, the patient does not need insulin shots. Pancreas transplantation is considered major surgery, and things can go wrong after surgery. Transplantation of just the islets, and not the rest of the pancreas, can be done without a major surgery. Research doctors have been studying islet transplantation to determine whether subjects who undergo the procedure can get off insulin shots, without the dangers of a major surgery.

In 2000, a group of research doctors in Edmonton, Canada reported that 3 out of 4 research subjects given islet transplants from brain-dead donors did not need insulin shots for approximately 2 years after transplantation. The research doctors from Edmonton have also reported that most islet transplant recipients in their study start to need insulin shots again with longer follow-up. So far, only about 1 out of 10 of the research subjects in the original Edmonton trial remain off of insulin 5 years after their transplant. The reasons that islet transplants stop working well enough and the recipients need to start insulin again are not known at this time. As with any type of transplant, all of the research subjects receiving islets from donors needed medicine to stop their bodies from rejecting the transplants. This study uses a few additional medications/vitamins that were not included in the Edmonton study that may improve the long-term outcome of islet transplantation. Some research studies suggest that for subjects with type 1 diabetes, an islet transplant may also help the kidney transplant work better and last longer.

This study is being performed to confirm that islet after kidney transplantation (IAK) is a safe and effective procedure for kidney transplant patients with type 1 diabetes who are on any combination of sirolimus, tacrolimus, MMF or prednisone (5 mg per day or less) anti-rejection medications for the care of their kidney transplant. Subjects will be followed closely for two years after islet transplant to monitor blood sugar control, the health of the kidney transplant, and changes in quality of life.
PURPOSE:Separately dried burdock (Arctium lappa L.) and potatoes are powdered and mixed at a specific ratio to give the medicine that can cure stomach cancer by taking after meals. CONSTITUTION:60% of dried burdock powder and 40% of dried potato powder are mixed to give the medicine able to cure stomach cancer. When it is taken after meal in an amount of teaspoon full, stomach cancer is cured. Inventor's mother told him when he was a child that stomach cancer can be cured by taking a powder of raw burdock seeds three times a day after meal and the inventor tried it on several persons and they were relieved really without surgery. Since publication of this kind is legislatively restricted in Japan (by newspaper, ministry of Public Welfare, University Hospitals, etc.), the inventor has announced it in the form of an invention.
In recent years, acellular dermal matrix (ADM) products have increasingly been utilized in breast reconstruction in order to protect the implant from exposure under a thin mastectomy skin flap while also allowing better control of the inframammary fold and, therefore, a better cosmetic result. In current clinical practice, cost is a factor in considering procedures and adjunct products. AlloDerm RTU and SurgiMend PRS are dissimilar in cost, with AlloDerm RTU more costly by 30-50%, and it is unclear if they are similar in efficacy.

This study will be a prospective, randomized-to-test article (ADM), controlled, blinded-to-aesthetic/biopsy specimen evaluator trial. It will provide a way to assess the relative performance and complication rates between the AlloDerm RTU and SurgiMend PRS product as well as the relative economics of these two treatment options. Study subjects will only be randomized to one of two surgical mesh products. Patient information including age, BMI, smoking history, tumor size and location, preoperative bra cup size, mastectomy specimen weight, mastectomy method, plastic surgeon, mastectomy surgeon, quality of skin, tissue expander type and maximal volume, intra-operative fill volume, gel/saline implant type and size, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy will be summarized.
The first component of the intervention is the monitoring offered under the case management process. The second component of the intervention consists of group meetings (10-12 people) for self-management support in accordance with the stanford model. A sample of patients in each of the four FMGs (n = 126) will be recruited. These patients will receive the intervention for six months.
An injectable anaesthetic formulation comprises a halogenated anaesthetic compound, such as desflurane, isoflurane, enflurane, halothane or sevoflurane, but preferably isoflurane, and at least one emulsifier, preferably soybean oil. Although not essential, it is preferred to also include lecithin (an emulsifier also) and a co-emulsifier such as a polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block copolymer, for example, poloxamer 188. The composition may further contain water, a pH adjustment agent, such as sodium hydroxide, and/or glycerol. It is preferred that the halogenated anaesthetic has a boiling point between 20{ and 60{C. An example of such a formulation comprises isoflurane (10 ml); soybean oil (10 ml); glycerol (2.5 g), lecithin (1.8 g) and water (q.s.). The proportion of anaesthetic to emulsifier should be, at a minimum, 1 part emulsifier to 3 parts anaesthetic in order to ensure the formation of a stable emulsion. The total amount of dispersed non-aqueous phase (anaesthetic plus emulsifier(s)) should be less than or equal to about 32% v/v in order to provide a solution of suitable viscosity for administration by injection.
In alternative embodiments, provided are chimeric cells, which in alternative embodiments are the so-called “cardiochimeras”, and methods for making and using them. In alternative embodiments, exemplary chimeric cells as provided herein comprise a cardiac stem cell of cardiac origin or a cardiac progenitor cell fused to either a mesenchymal progenitor cell or mesenchymal stem cell, an endothelial progenitor cell or endothelial stem cell, or a cardiac stem cell or a cardiac progenitor cell. In alternative embodiments, the chimeric cells as provided herein comprise an endothelial progenitor cell, which may or may not be of cardiac origin, fused to either a mesenchymal progenitor cell or mesenchymal stem cell, an endothelial progenitor cell or endothelial stem cell, or a cardiac stem cell or a cardiac progenitor cell. In alternative embodiments, methods for making chimeric cells as provided herein further comprise selecting a cell fusion product comprising a viable chimera of the fused cells. In alternative embodiments, methods for making chimeric cells as provided herein comprise use of any known cell fusion technique, for example, using a Sendai virus, such as a Sendai virus Hemagglutinating Virus of Japan Envelope (HVJ-E), a polyethylene glycol, liposomes or lipids, a fusion protein, electrofusion and/or equivalents thereof. In alternative embodiments, provided are cell lines, chimera (chimeric) cell lines or chromosomally-stable chimera cell lines, derived or made from chimeric cells as provided herein. In alternative embodiments, provided are methods for inducing cardiogenesis in a mammalian heart comprising administration to an individual in need thereof (for example, a human), chimeric cells as provided herein, or a cell line, a chimera cell line or a chromosomally-stable chimera as provided herein. In alternative embodiments, provided are methods for treating or ameliorating a heart injury, a congenital or genetic heart defect, or a heart dysfunction, comprising administration to an individual in need thereof (for example, a human), chimeric cells as provided herein, or a cell line, a chimera cell line or a chromosomally-stable chimera as provided herein.
Quadrilateral Group: each participant received bar mandibular overdentures on 4 implants with quadrilateral distribution. A plastic ready-made bar was cast in cobalt chrome alloy.
This group will consist of 25 Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) adult subjects who have not been treated with biologics (naïve to biologics). During the exam the following will take place: the multidimensional health assessment questionnaire (MDHAQ), dental exam, saliva collection, and dental plaque will be removed from different tooth surfaces for supragingival.
BTX is considered as therapeutic option for overactive bladder (OAB). Randomized placebo-controlled studies have shown that BTX administered by intramural injection into the bladder wall in patients with OAB leads to significant improvement in urodynamic parameters and quality of life. (Schurch 2008). On the other hand, the animal study suggests that intravesically applied BTX acts to decrease frequency of bladder contraction by inhibiting sensory mechanism in the urothelium rather than directly through inhibition of the smooth muscle contraction. (Khera 2005). The efficacy of intravesical BTX instillation was only tested in a few open label trials for overactive bladder patients whereby the clinical improvement observed was short-lasting with a mean duration of 6.8 weeks (Petrou 2009, Krhut 2011). The short exposure duration of the urothelium to BTX could be one of the factors responsible for the lack of a sustained effect. TC-3 is a hydrogel with reverse thermal gelation properties that when mixed with BTX and instilled intravesically serves as the drug reservoir allowing for gradual release of BTX and thereby for its extended contact with bladder urothelium.