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Efficacy and safety of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist oral semaglutide in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Jan 14, 2021

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist (RA) oral semaglutide in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients.Randomized controlled tri...

Characterizing regional myofiber damage post acute myocardial infarction using global optimization.

Jan 14, 2021

Medical imaging derived cardiac biomechanical models offer a wealth of new information to be used in diagnosis and prognosis of cardiovascular disease. A noteworthy feature of such models is the abili...

STEM CELLS FOR TREATMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES: AN UMBRELLA REVIEW OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS.

Jan 14, 2021

Stem cells are a promising therapy for various medical conditions. The literature regarding their adoption for the clinical care of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is still conflicting. Therefore, our a...

Salvianolic Acids for Injection Alleviates Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Switching M1/M2 Phenotypes and Inhibiting NLRP3 Inflammasome/Pyroptosis Axis in Microglia In Vivo and In Vitro.

Jan 11, 2021

After cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury, pro-inflammatory M1 and anti-inflammatory M2 phenotypes of microglia are involved in neuroinflammation, in which activation of NLRP3 inflammasome and subseq...

Health-related quality of life, anxiety and depression up to 12 months post-stroke: Influence of sex, age, stroke severity and atrial fibrillation - A longitudinal subanalysis of the Find-AF trial.

Jan 11, 2021

Stroke can negatively impact the health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Anxiety or depression after stroke have been associated with poorer HRQoL, higher mortality and greater dependence in activitie...

Real-time in situ monitoring of Lon and Caspase-3 for assessing the state of cardiomyocytes under hypoxic conditions via a novel Au-Se fluorescent nanoprobe.

Jan 11, 2021

Myocardial dysfunction caused by cardiomyocyte apoptosis under ischemic and hypoxic conditions is the pathological basis of most cardiovascular diseases. Current diagnosis of myocardial dysfunction st...

Adjunctive treatments for the management of septic shock - a narrative review of the current evidence.

Jan 11, 2021

Septic shock is a leading cause of death and morbidity worldwide. The cornerstones of management include prompt identification of sepsis, early initiation of antibiotic therapy, adequate fluid resusci...

Therapeutic Effect of an Anti-Human Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Nanobody on Polymicrobial Sepsis in Humanized Mice.

Jan 11, 2021

BACKGROUND Immunosuppression is regarded as the main cause of death induced by sepsis. Anti-programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) therapy is promising in reversing sepsis-induced immunosuppression but no ...

Reduning injection and its effective constituent luteoloside protect against sepsis partly via inhibition of HMGB1/TLR4/NF-κB/MAPKs signaling pathways.

Jan 11, 2021

Reduning injection (RDN), a popular traditional Chinese medicine, formulated by three herbs (i.e., Artemisia carvifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb., Lonicera japonica Thunb., and Gardenia jasminoides J. Ellis...

Excess body weight is an independent risk factor for severe forms of COVID-19.

Jan 11, 2021

Few studies distinguished the independent role of overweight/obesity or their associated-comorbidities in the evolution towards severe forms of COVID-19. Obesity as a unifying risk factor for severe C...

Preconceptional and prenatal exposure to air pollution increases incidence of childhood pneumonia: A hypothesis of the (pre-)fetal origin of childhood pneumonia.

Jan 11, 2021

Increasing evidence has linked childhood pneumonia with early exposure to ambient air pollution. However, the impact of exposure to air pollutants before birth is unclear.To further clarify whether ex...

Evaluation of the pharynx and upper esophageal sphincter motility using high-resolution pharyngeal manometry for Parkinson's disease.

Jan 11, 2021

Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with a high incidence of dysphagia. Aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia is a major cause of death in patients with PD, and therefore accurately evaluating dysp...

Participation in disease management programs and major adverse cardiac events in patients after acute myocardial infarction: a longitudinal study based on registry data.

Jan 11, 2021

Cardiovascular diseases are still the main cause of death in the western world. However, diminishing mortality rates of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are motivating the need to investigate the pro...

Relevance of Biomarkers Currently in Use or Research for Practical Diagnosis Approach of Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis.

Jan 11, 2021

Neonatal early-onset sepsis (EOS) is defined as an invasive infection that occurs in the first 72 h of life. The incidence of EOS varies from 0.5-2% live births in developed countries, up to 9.8% live...

Granulomatous interstitial nephritis in a patient with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Jan 11, 2021

Acute kidney injury (AKI) associated with severe coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is common and is a significant predictor of morbidity and mortality, especially when dialysis is required. Case repor...

Clinical utility of procalcitonin in severe odontogenic maxillofacial infection.

Jan 11, 2021

Most of the maxillofacial infections are bacterial infections, and there is a possibility that systemic infections occur by maxillofacial infections. The aim of this study was to investigate the diagn...

Feasibility of Yoga to Improve Symptoms in Individuals With Severe, Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury: A Mixed-Methods Case Series.

Jan 11, 2021

People with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) experience lifelong sequelae that affect physical, cognitive, and mental health. In other populations, yoga has shown potential to alleviate insomnia, p...

Expression of GFAP and Tau Following Blast Exposure in the Cerebral Cortex of Ferrets.

Jan 11, 2021

Blast exposures are a hallmark of contemporary military conflicts. We need improved preclinical models of blast traumatic brain injury for translation of pharmaceutical and therapeutic protocols. Comp...

The AMPAR antagonist perampanel protects the neurovascular unit against traumatic injury via regulating Sirt3.

Jan 11, 2021

Perampanel is a highly selective and noncompetitive α-amino-3 -hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate receptor (AMPAR) antagonist, which has been used as an orally administered antiepileptic drug in...

Effect of Mitochondrial Antioxidant (Mito-TEMPO) on Burn Injury-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction.

Jan 11, 2021

Imbalance of oxidants/antioxidants results in heart failure, contributing to mortality after burn injury. Cardiac mitochondria are a prime source of ROS, and a mitochondrial-specific antioxidant may i...

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