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Rationale The stress response of heart rate (HR), which is determined by the plasticity of the sinus node (SAN), is essential for cardiac function and survival in mammals. As an RNA binding protein, cold-inducible RNA-binding protein (CIRP) can act as a stress regulator. Previously, we've documented that CIRP regulates cardiac electrophysiology at post-transcriptional level, suggesting its role in SAN plasticity, especially upon stress conditions. Objective Our aim was to clarify the role of CIRP in SAN plasticity and HR regulation under stress conditions. Methods and Results Telemetric ECG monitoring demonstrated an excessive acceleration of HR under isoprenaline (ISO) stimulation in conscious CIRP knockout (CIRP-KO) rats. Patch clamp analysis and confocal microscopic Ca2+ imaging of isolated SAN cells (SANCs) demonstrated that ISO stimulation induced a faster spontaneous firing rate in CIRP-KO SANCs than that in wild type (WT) SANCs. A higher concentration of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), the key mediator of pacemaker activity, was detected in CIRP-KO SAN tissues than in WT SAN tissues. RNA-sequencing and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) analyses of single cells revealed that the 4B and 4D subtypes of phosphodiesterase (PDE), which controls cAMP degradation, were significantly decreased in CIRP-KO SANCs. A PDE4 inhibitor (Rolipram) abolished the difference in beating rate resulting from CIRP deficiency. The mechanistic study showed that CIRP stabilized the mRNA of PDE4B and PDE4D by direct mRNA binding, thereby regulating the protein expression of PDE4B and PDE4D at post-transcriptional level. Conclusions CIRP acts as an mRNA stabilizer of specific PDEs to control the cAMP concentration in SAN, maintaining the appropriate HR stress response.A sodium N-lauryl amino acids (shortly silk sericin surfactant, SSS) is synthesized with lauryl chloride and sericin amino acids recovered from silk industrial waste. The purpose of this study is to explore whether the sericin surfactant can be used as a potential drug delivery carrier. By controlling the proportion of cationic drugs, cytarabine hydrochloride (CH) and anionic SSS, the aggregation behavior, slow release capability and toxicological effects of catanionic aggregates or vesicles, formed through CH and SSS, have been investigated in detail. Dynamic light scattering (DLS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and zeta potential analysis showed that the aggregate solution could form a stable vesicle structure when the mass fraction of CH is less than or equal to 0.3. The drug release results showed that the cumulative release rate of the catanionic aggregation solution with CH mass fraction of 0.2 reached a maximum at 18 h, being approximately 9 times greater than that of pure cytarabine. The CH/SSS aggregates had a significant sustained release effect compared with the control group. At the same time, vesicles formed by SSS and CH have better anti-tumor effects compared with the pure drug group. In summary, sericin surfactant from silk industrial waste has a potential use as a drug delivery carrier.Pulmonary carcinosarcoma (PCS) is a rare but aggressive neoplasm, due to late diagnosis and early metastasis. Selleck GPNA Surgery combined with radiotherapy is a standard treatment. However, PCS features an easy relapse after surgery resection and resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Tumor immune microenvironment reflects tumor immunophenotyping and affects immunotherapy efficiency. This review summarized current studies on the characteristic of tumor immune microenvironment in PCS and discussed the potential of immunotherapy combined with other regimes strategy as a candidate for treatments in PCS.Introduction Exposure and clinical response to CNS drugs are largely variable. AGNP guidelines suggest therapy individualization with therapeutic drug monitoring of plasma concentrations and pharmacogenetic testing. We present the retrospective analysis of the last 5 years' data collected in real life settings as indirect evidence of the applications of the AGNP guidelines in the routine clinical management of psychiatric patients requiring pharmacologic treatments.Methods Plasma concentrations were quantified using a liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry method. Genomic DNA was isolated using an automatic DNA extraction system. All genotypes were determined by Real-Time PCR.Results We collected a total of 4582 requests for TDM and 212 requests for pharmacogenetic analysis. A wide distribution in the trough concentrations was observed for most drugs indicating a high interpatient variability. Nearly 45% of the samples had trough levels below the minimum effective drug concentrations set by the AGNP guidelines; only 8% of the samples had high concentrations. For pharmacogenetics analysis, among antipsychotics, clozapine, haloperidol and aripiprazole were the most requested (78%); while for antidepressants SSRIs were the most frequently prescribed.Conclusions These data suggest that physicians are becoming more confident with the laboratory pharmacologic tools to optimize treatments and/or that the pharmacological treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders is becoming more challenging. TDM and PGx might significantly contribute to the rational selection of the best drug and best dose in individual cases.OBJECTIVES This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the effects of exercise on individuals with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) across multiple health outcomes. DATA SOURCES PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, Scopus, Academic Search complete, Sport Discuss, and ERIC databases. STUDY INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA Interventional studies published between 2000 and 2018 focused on evaluating the effectiveness of exercise interventions in adults with AUD. DATA EXTRACTION This protocol was prepared using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses protocols standard and the Meta-Analyses and Systematic Reviews of Observational Studies guidelines. DATA SYNTHESIS Physical activity levels/fitness [VO2 max (Oxygen Uptake) and HRmax (Maximum Heart Rate)], levels of depression, anxiety, self-efficacy, quality of life, and alcohol consumption (number of standard drinks consumed per day and per week). RESULTS The findings indicated that exercise significantly improved physical fitness as assessed by VO2 max (standardized mean difference [SMD] 0.