anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
The invention discloses a method for enhancing predation function of spiders by utilizing a hairyvein agrimonia herb and bud extract. The method is designed against the situation that the natural pest control effect is small and the complete control of pests can not be realized when in great occurrence amount of the pests. The preying amount of the spiders to rice major pest brown planthopper can be significantly improved and the pest control ability of the spiders can be enhanced after the use of the traditional Chinese medicine hairyvein agrimonia herb and bud ethanol extract for treating neoscona doenitzi, saddle crab spider and dolomedes insurgens chamberlin. Compared with the traditional pest control which takes the pests as a target object, the technology takes the spiders which are the predatory natural enemies of the pests as the target object and uses the hairyvein agrimonia herb and bud ethanol extract to improve the preying amount of the spiders, so as to improve the pest control effect. The technology not only has evident synergy, but also has high safety and can effectively improve the biological control level of the pests. The significant economic, social and ecological benefits can be generated after a large number of applications on the production.
The needle system was in all cases the 22 gauge EUS-FNA (Expect needle). After the puncture the stylet was removed, and we performed three punctures with a 22 G needle with both volume aspiration 10 and 20 cc and without syringe for each lesion. The sequence of different volume aspiration Biopsy/ FNA (10cc, 20cc, no aspiration) was randomly assigned by sealed envelope system.
A skin treatment system comprises a skin treatment apparatus 14 and a remote server 16. The skin treatment apparatus includes a source of electromagnetic or sonic waves which can be a diode laser source 8 and a Nd-YAG laser source 10. An applicator 12 allows the electromagnetic or sonic waves to be direct to a specific area of a patient’s skin. The user can select a predetermined treatment application on a touch screen 14. The apparatus includes a GPS locator 16 and communication network transceiver 18. A signal relating to the selected predetermined application is transmitted to the remote server 16 via the wireless network 20. The system can determine if the skin treatment apparatus is moved outside an approved location area using the GPS locator and can disable the apparatus. The skin treatment apparatus can transmit data on the selected predetermined treatment application and the remote server determines a fee according to an algorithm which is charged to the end user. The system is intended to ensure users comply with terms of a rental agreement.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S): Pulsed reduced dose rate (PRDR) radiation (RT) is a re-irradiation (Re-RT) technique that potentially overcomes dose/volume constraints in the setting of previous RT. There is minimal data for its use for recurrent or secondary primary head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). In this study, we report preliminary data from our institution of a consecutive cohort of HNSCC patients who received PRDR Re-RT.
MATERIALS/METHODS: Nine patients received PRDR Re-RT from August 2020 to January 2023 and had analyzable data. Intensity modulated RT was used for treatment delivery and a wait time between 20 cGy arc/helical deliveries was used to achieve the effective low dose rate. Data collected included patient demographic information, prior interventions, diagnosis, radiation therapy dose and fractionation, progression free survival, overall survival, and toxicity rates.
RESULTS: The median time to PRDR-RT from completion of initial RT was 13 months (range, 6-50 months). All but one patient underwent salvage surgery prior to PRDR-RT. The median follow-up after Re-RT was 7 months. The median OS from PRDR-RT was 7 months (range, 1-32 months). Median PFS was 7 months (range, 1-32 months). One patient (11.1 %) had acute grade 3 toxicity, and two patients (22.2 %) had late grade 3 toxicities. There were no grade 4+ toxicities.
CONCLUSION: PRDR Re-RT is a feasible treatment strategy for patients with recurrent or second primary HNSCC. Initial findings from this retrospective review suggest reasonable survival outcomes and potentially improved toxicity; prospective data is needed to establish the safety and efficacy of this technique.
BACKGROUND: Positive remodeling is an integral part of the vascular adaptation process during the development of atherosclerosis, which can be detected by coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA).
METHODS: A total of 426 patients who underwent both coronary CTA and optical coherence tomography (OCT) were included. Four machine learning (ML) models, gradient boosting machine (GBM), random forest (RF), deep learning (DL), and support vector machine (SVM), were employed to detect specific plaque features. A total of 15 plaque features assessed by OCT were analyzed. The variable importance ranking was used to identify the features most closely associated with positive remodeling.
RESULTS: In the variable importance ranking, lipid index and maximal calcification arc were consistently ranked high across all four ML models. Lipid index and maximal calcification arc were correlated with positive remodeling, showing pronounced influence at the lower range and diminishing influence at the higher range. Patients with more plaques with positive remodeling throughout their entire coronary trees had higher low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and were associated with a higher incidence of cardiovascular events during 5-year follow-up (Hazard ratio 2.10 [1.26-3.48], P ​= ​0.004).
CONCLUSION: Greater lipid accumulation and less calcium burden were important features associated with positive remodeling in the coronary arteries. The number of coronary plaques with positive remodeling was associated with a higher incidence of cardiovascular events.
Central obesity is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness (ASATT) can be used to evaluate central obesity. The objective of this study was to compare ASATT with cardiovascular risk factors and other anthropometric parameters to show that ASATT can be a useful tool for the early assessment of heart disease risk. In this observational cross-sectional study, anthropometric measurements of 100 autopsied decedents, including waist circumference, hip circumference, waist/height and waist/hip ratio, aortic outlet and coronary artery atheroma plaque densities, heart weight, ventricular wall thickness, and ASATT, were assessed. The research data were evaluated using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences for Windows 25.0. The average ASATT of the male group was 40.36 mm (SD: 11.00), and the average of female cases was 46.34 mm (SD: 18.12). There was no statistically significant difference between the sexes and both age groups in terms of the ASATT score (P > .05). There was a positive correlation between ASATT and waist circumference, hip circumference, and waist/height ratio in both sexes (P < .05). While ASATT was not related to atheroma density in the coronary arteries of men (P > .05), it was correlated with atheroma density in all 3 coronary arteries of women (P < .05). In the male group, the aortic inner surface atheroma density was positively correlated with ASATT (P < .05). In both sexes, there was a positive correlation (P < .05) between ASATT and heart weight; however, no such correlation was observed with right and left ventricular wall thickness (P > .05). ASATT is related to other anthropometric measurements, atherosclerosis of critical vessels, and heart weight, and can be used to scan the patient population for heart disease risk assessment with noninvasive methods.
Complications are a recognized hazard of surgery. The term is confusing; it has multiple meanings, including surgical error and adverse surgical outcomes. I propose the latter two terms are used. Grading of 'complications' is difficult but made easier by grading errors and outcomes separately, though they are not always linked. The exact grades are not established.Error avoidance requires efforts at a personal (surgeon) level, including training, learning and preparation, and at a systems level. Understanding human factors is important.The perspective of patients about adverse outcomes is not well understood. There is evidence that, unsurprisingly, patient perspectives may be different to surgeon perspectives. There are a range of surgeon responses to error and adverse outcomes; many are negative. These need to be understood better in order to protect patients and surgeons in the immediate aftermath and in the potentially prolonged 'recovery time', both for patients and surgeons.Level of evidence: V.
The invention relates to the chemical and pharmaceutical industry and to medicine. The inventive agent which is used for treating patients suffering from ethyl alcohol and/or narcotic dependence and psychosomatic and neurological complications of such patients, is produced in the form of polyprenols of formula (I), wherein n=8-20. The pharmaceutical composition for treating patients suffering from ethyl alcohol and/or narcotic dependence and psychosomatic and neurological complications of such patients, contains an effective quantity of polyprenols of formula (I), wherein n=8-20, and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and/or solvents. Said composition is produced in the form of a solution, suspension, capsule or a tablet or in the liposomal form. The use of the polyprenols of formula (I), wherein n=8-20, in the form of an active ingredient of the composition for treating patients suffering from ethyl alcohol and/or narcotic dependence and psychosomatic and neurological complications of such patients, is disclosed. A method for treating patients suffering from ethyl alcohol and/or narcotic dependence and psychosomatic and neurological complications of such patients, consists in administering the polyprenols of formula (I) wherein n=8-20.
Background: Inflammation and immune cell dysfunction are critical facilitators of endometriosis pathophysiology. Macrophages are renowned for stimulating lesion growth, vascularization, innervation, and pain generation. By combining macrophages and endometriotic cells, we determined if resveratrol and its natural analogs can target the immune dysregulation and oxidative imbalance in endometriosis. Methods: After treatment with compounds (5, 10, 25 µM), we evaluated the expression of key inflammatory and oxidative stress markers, cytokines release, and ROS production by applying q-PCR, ELISA, Cytometric Beads Array, and multiplexed fluorogenic staining and flow cytometry analysis with bioimaging. Results: The results showed that endometriosis-related macrophages treated with stilbenes have impaired expression of pro-inflammatory markers (IL6, IL8, IL1B, TNF, CCL2, CXCL10, PTGS2). The effect of resveratrol, pterostilbene, and piceatannol was observed, especially in reducing IL1B, CCL2, and CXCL10 genes up to 3.5-, 5-, and 7.7-fold at 25 µM, respectively. Also, with piceatannol or polydatin exposure, the IL-6 decrease was noticeable. This study reported an antioxidant effect by reducing ROS-positive cells from 96% to 48% by pterostilbene. Results from flow cytometry correlated with the transcript activation of detoxification enzymes (SOD, GPX). Conclusions: Prospects for potential therapy based on regulating the immune microenvironment and reducing the accumulation of free radicals with stilbenes application were described in the article.
Hereditary xanthinuria (HXAN) is a rare metabolic disorder that results from mutations in either the xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) or the molybdenum cofactor sulfurase genes (MOCOS), respectively defining HXAN type I and type II. Hypouricemia, hypouricosuria, and abnormally high plasma and urine levels of xanthine, causing susceptibility to xanthine nephrolithiasis and deposition of xanthine crystals in tissues, are the metabolic hallmarks of HXAN. Several pathogenic variants in the XDH gene have so far been identified in patients with HXAN type I, but the clinical phenotype associated with the whole deletion of the human XDH gene is unknown. Herein, we report the case of a woman diagnosed with HXAN, whose molecular genetic testing revealed a homozygous microdeletion involving the XDH gene. Distinctive features of her medical history were the diagnosis of arterial hypertension and microalbuminuria at 22 years of age; a single pregnancy at the age of 25, complicated by proteinuria and transient kidney function deterioration in the third trimester; unexplained severe hypouricemia incidentally discovered during pregnancy; inability to breastfeed her newborn daughter due to primary agalactia; chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 3 diagnosed at age 35; and progression to end-stage kidney disease over the next 12 years. Protocol noninvasive laboratory and imaging investigation was not informative as to the cause of CKD. This is the first description of the clinical phenotype associated with a natural knockout of the human XDH gene. Despite the lack of kidney histopathology data, the striking similarities with the phenotypes exhibited by comparable murine models validate the latter as useful sources of mechanistic insights for the pathogenesis of the human disease, supporting the hypothesis that the absence of xanthine dehydrogenase activity might represent a susceptibility factor for chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis, even in patients without kidney stones.
Hydropsy is a symptom of swell of the whole body or part of body caused by excess liquid accumulation in gaps of subcutaneous tissues. Patients with heart diseases, kidney diseases or endocrine gland diseases have the symptom, and the symptom is generally called dropsy. The proved recipe after compatibility of traditional Chinese medicines of stigma of corn and the like is the latest prescription for treating hydropsy in traditional Chinese medicine departments in domestic, and is finished after research summary of clinical specialty for over ten years and repeatedly practice and based on a plurality of cured patients with hydropsy. The proved recipe starts from heart diseases, kidney diseases and endocrine gland diseases and can control complications effectively. In the proved recipe, pure traditional Chinese medicines are employed as raw materials, and juice is extracted through traditional medicine decocting methods and taken orally. The proved recipe has no poisonous or side effects and unique therapeutic effects. The cure rate of the proved recipe reaches 93% after clinical observation of a plurality of patients. The proved recipe has obvious functions of adjusting endocrine gland neurological functions. The proved recipe has short treatment course, fast therapeutic effects and good consolidation and is the only proved recipe for radical treatment of hydropsy.
Fludeoxyglucose F 18 Injection is a positron emitting radiopharmaceutical that is used for diagnostic purposes in conjunction with positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. The active ingredient 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose has the molecular formula of C6H1118FO5 with a molecular weight of 181.26, and has the following chemical structure:

Fludeoxyglucose F 18 Injection is provided as a ready to use sterile, pyrogen free, clear, colorless citrate buffered solution. Each mL contains between 0.74 GBq to 11.1 GBq (20 mCi to 300 mCi) of 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose at the EOS, 4.5 mg of sodium chloride in citrate buffer. . The pH of the solution is between 4.5 and 7.5. The solution is packaged in a multiple-dose glass vial and does not contain any preservative.
The main function of erythropoietin (EPO) is to promote hematopoiesis and improve anemia. In addition, EPO also has many non-hematopoietic effects such as anti-inflammation, anti-apoptosis and anti-oxidation. To achieve the protective effects, large doses of EPO are required, so the probability of side effects increases. Previous studies have revealed that EPO can improve pulmonary fibrosis in mice, but it has not been clarified whether the hematopoiesis of EPO contributes to amelioration of pulmonary fibrosis and whether EPO improves overall mortality. Our results show that EPO decreases hydroxyproline content, α-sma and col-1 protein levels in mice with bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. However, compared with the control group, the weight loss and mortality rate of the EPO group were not improved, while the number of red blood cells (RBCs), hemoglobin (Hb), red cell width distribution-coefficient of variation (RDW-CV) and hematocrit (HCT) were significantly higher. Furthermore, we observed massive thrombosis in the lung of EPO treated lung fibrosis mice but not in control mice. Therefore, our results show that in the condition of lung fibrosis, the hematopoietic activity of exogenous EPO is not conducive to its tissue protective effect.
The invention provides the identification of the presence of mutant ROS protein in human cancer. In some embodiments, the mutant ROS are FIG-ROS fusion proteins comprising part of the FIG protein fused to the kinase domain of the ROS kinase. In some embodiments, the mutant ROS is the overexpression of wild-type ROS in cancerous tissues (or tissues suspected of being cancerous) where, in normal tissue of that same tissue type, ROS is not expressed or is expressed at lower levels. The mutant ROS proteins of the invention are anticipated to drive the proliferation and survival of a subgroup of human cancers, particularly in cancers of the liver (including bile duct), pancreas, kidney, and testes. The invention therefore provides, in part, isolated polynucleotides and vectors encoding the disclosed mutant ROS polypeptides (e.g., a FIG-ROS(S) fusion polypeptide), probes for detecting it, isolated mutant polypeptides, recombinant polypeptides, and reagents for detecting the fusion and truncated polypeptides. The identification of the mutant ROS polypeptides enables new methods for determining the presence of these mutant ROS polypeptides in a biological sample, methods for screening for compounds that inhibit the proteins, and methods for inhibiting the progression of a cancer characterized by the mutant polynucleotides or polypeptides, which are also provided by the invention.
Increasing numbers of benign or low-grade malignant neoplasms at the head of pancreas are being diagnosed due to computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS). Laparoscopic duodenum-preserving total pancreatic head resection (LDPPHR-t) has been accepted as a valid alternative treatment for benign and low-grade malignant neoplasms at the head of the pancreas. The evaluation of quality of LDPPHR-t is important for surgeons to improve surgical quality. Currently, the evaluation of surgical quality mainly depends on some single outcome indicators, such as morbidity, mortality, readmission rate, or hospital stay. These single outcome indicators are difficult to accurately reflect the overall surgical quality and the composite outcome measures may be better than single outcome indicators. Textbook outcome (TO) is such a composite concept and is realized when all the requirements after operation are achieved according to the "all or none" principle. TO reflects the ideal surgical outcome and is a multidimensional measure for surgical quality assurance. However, the risk factors for achieving TO after LDPPHR-t is unknown and no relevant articles have been reported so far. The objective of study was to identify the risk factors for achieving TO after LDPPHR-t.
This is a pilot observational study of 20 subjects ≥40 years of age with smoking history of at least 20 pack-years (former or current) who have preserved spirometry, as defined by normal Forced Expiratory Volume (FEV1) / Forced Vital Capacity (FVC). Of the 20 subjects, 10 with and 10 without air trapping as determined by high and abnormal versus low and normal Residual Volume (RV) / Total Lung Capacity (TLC) measured by plethysmography. The cohort will undergo extensive clinical characterization including full Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) and medical, symptom, activity, and quality of life questionnaires assessment including modified Medical Council Research (mMRC), COPD Assessment Test (CAT), Short Form-12 (SF12), and St. George's Respiratory (SGRQ) questionnaires. Subjects will undergo bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) to obtain luminal macrophages and BAL fluid (BALF). Live BAL cells, BALF, and BAL cell RNA will be collected and stored in our biorepository for proposed studies. Molecular, functional, and transcriptomics analyses of luminal (alveolar) macrophages obtained by BAL (Aim 2) and protease activity measurement in serum and BALF will be performed (Aim 2) and will be examined against the clinical phenotype of the subjects, in particular air trapping-phenotype, to see if an underlying biological signature for susceptibility to develop COPD could be identified.

To perform a more comprehensive molecular and functional phenotype examination of lung macrophages, additional methodologies will be developed including a second mass cytometry (CyTOF) panel for single-cell proteomics and CyTOF-based phagocytosis and efferocytosis assays to allow for performance of truly single-cell functional phenotyping of myeloid cells from BAL and lung tissue (Aim 1).
The trial will follow a traditional dose-escalation model to establish the MTD and recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) of infused ET190L1 ARTEMIS™ T cells following lympho-depleting chemotherapy. Two sequential cohorts of patients will be recruited to fulfill this study, those in the dose escalation cohort (for determination of MTD and RP2D) and those in the expansion cohort (treated on the RP2D). The study will have concurrent phases of screening, pre-treatment, treatment, primary follow-up, safety, and survival follow-up. The total duration of the study involvement for the patient is 15 years. Efficacy will be assessed until progression and safety will be assessed throughout the full duration of the study. Twelve to 24 patients will be treated to determine the MTD. Following determination of the MTD, an expansion cohort consisting of 6 patients per disease subtype (n= 30) will be recruited.
Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium found on human skin, produces toxins and various virulence factors that can lead to skin infections such as atopic dermatitis. These toxins and virulence factors are carried in membrane vesicles (MVs), composed of the bacterium's own cell membranes, and are expected to reach host target cells in a concentrated form, inducing inflammation. This study investigated the effects of two polyphenols, (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and nobiletin (NOL), on the expression of S. aureus virulence factors and the inflammation induced by MVs. The study found that EGCG alone decreased the production of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin A (SEA), while both EGCG and NOL reduced biofilm formation and the expression of virulence factor-related genes. When S. aureus was cultured in a broth supplemented with these polyphenols, the resulting MVs showed a reduction in SEA content and several cargo proteins. These MVs also exhibited decreased levels of inflammation-related gene expression in immortalized human keratinocytes. These results suggest that EGCG and NOL are expected to inhibit inflammation in the skin by altering the properties of MVs derived from S. aureus.
SNX281 will be administered in 3 of the 4 weeks in Cycle 1 and then once every 3 weeks of each cycle thereafter. Participants will also receive pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA®) once every cycle for up to 6 cycles. The combination of SNX281 and pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA®) will be given for up to 6 cycles, or until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity occurs. Participants who are, in the opinion of the investigators, benefitting from treatment may be allowed to continue treatment with SNX281 and pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA®) (or SNX281 alone) beyond Cycle 6 with Sponsor approval. It is expected that up to approximately 68 participants will take part in this arm of the study.