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The sensitivity showing an increase in activity values was 74.1% for the AM-p area, 70.4% for the AR area, and 81.5% for the whole area. Intraclass correlation coefficient

was 0.87-0.97 for the AM-p area, 0.88-0.98 for the AR area and 0.92-0.99 for the whole area.

The whole cross-sectional area is suitable to measure muscle activity in muscle with fat infiltration. The results in this study will provide some beneficial information when ultrasound elastography is used for the assessment of sarcopenia muscle with fat infiltration.

The whole cross-sectional area is suitable to measure muscle activity in muscle with fat infiltration. The results in this study will provide some beneficial information when ultrasound elastography is used for the assessment of sarcopenia muscle with fat infiltration.

The effectiveness of Electronic Medication Packaging devices for monitoring drug adherence has been widely reported. However, conventional devices are expensive for routine use and cannot confirm whether the medication was administered. We aimed to determine, in a pilot and feasibility study, the impact of introducing a new medication support device, the Pletaal Assist System

, to monitor and improve cilostazol adherence for stroke prevention at an outpatient clinic.

We assessed consecutive patients treated with cilostazol for >3 months at our stroke outpatient clinic from January 2018 to March 2020. The adherence rate was assessed as follows (the number of pills prescribed minus the number of remaining pills)/the number of pills prescribed. We compared the adherence rates before, during, and after Pletaal Assist System

usage, respectively.

Overall, 25 patients (median age, 68.5 years; range, 51-86 years; male, 64%) were enrolled. All participants were prescribed cilostazol (100 mg) twice a day. There was no significant difference in the adherence rate among the three periods. However, in 10 patients with adherence rate below 100%, the adherence rate during Pletaal Assist System

usage was higher than before usage (99.5% vs 95%, p=0.04), and the rate after using the Pletaal Assist System

tended to be lower compared to the rate during usage (99.5% vs 96%, p=0.05).

Our preliminary evidence suggest that the Pletaal Assist System

could further improve cilostazol adherence in outpatients with poor drug adherence and may reduce the risk of recurrent strokes by improving adherence of patients with a history of stroke.

Our preliminary evidence suggest that the Pletaal Assist System® could further improve cilostazol adherence in outpatients with poor drug adherence and may reduce the risk of recurrent strokes by improving adherence of patients with a history of stroke.

For many chronic immune system disorders, the available treatments provide several options for route of administration. The objective of this systematic literature review is to inform discussions about therapy choices for individual patients by summarizing the available evidence regarding the preferences of patients with chronic immune system disorders for intravenous (IV) or subcutaneous (SC) administration.

Searches of the MEDLINE, Embase and Cochrane Library databases were conducted using terms designed to capture studies reporting patient preferences between IV and SC therapy published in English. Relevant studies were limited to those in which mode of administration, including treatment frequency and setting, was the main difference between comparators.

In total, 49 studies were included in the review. Among 18 studies that compared IV and SC immunoglobulin therapy, 16 found patients to prefer the SC administration route. The results of the 31 studies comparing IV infusion and SC injection of non-iients with chronic immune system disorders tend to be more likely to choose SC administration than IV infusion, but preferences may vary according among individuals. These findings may assist discussions around appropriate treatment choices for each patient.

Gut microbiota is associated with the progression of brain tumors. However, the alterations in gut microbiota observed during glioma growth and temozolomide (TMZ) therapy remain poorly understood.

C57BL/6 male mice were implanted with GL261 glioma cells. TMZ/sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (SCC) was administered through gavage for five consecutive days (from 8 to 12 days after implantation). Fecal samples were collected before (T0) and on days 7 (T1), 14 (T2), and 28 (T3) after implantation. The gut microbiota was analyzed using 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing followed by absolute and relative quantitation analyses.

Nineteen genera were altered during glioma progression with the most dramatic changes in Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes phyla. During glioma growth,

abundance decreased in the early stage (T1) and then gradually increased (T2, T3);

abundance exhibited a persistent increase;

showed a transient increase (T2) and then a subsequent decrease (T3). L-glutamate price Similar longitudinal changes in

and

abundance were observed in TMZ-treated mice, but the decrease of

at T3 in the TMZ-treated group was less than that in the vehicle-treated group. No significant change in

was observed after TMZ treatment. Additionally, compared to vehicle control, TMZ treatment led to an enrichment in

and

.

Glioma development and progression altered the composition of gut microbiota. Induction of

and

as well as the prevention of the reduction in

may contribute to the anti-tumor effect of TMZ. This study helps to reveal the association between levels of specific microbial species in the gut and the anti-tumor effect of TMZ.

Glioma development and progression altered the composition of gut microbiota. Induction of Akkermansia and Bifidobacterium as well as the prevention of the reduction in Anaerotruncus may contribute to the anti-tumor effect of TMZ. This study helps to reveal the association between levels of specific microbial species in the gut and the anti-tumor effect of TMZ.

This study aims to investigate the preparation of sustained-release microcapsules of salvianolic acid.

The stability of salvianolic acid microcapsules was improved, and the time of action was prolonged in the present study. This was prepared using the spray-drying method, with chitosan as the carrier. In the preparation process, the prescription and process were optimized by L9 (34) using an orthogonal design, with yield and drug loading as indexes, in order to obtain optimum conditions.

The optimal process and prescription for the preparation of salvianolic acid microcapsules were found to be as follows mass concentration of chitosan, 1.5%; mass ratio of salvianolic acid to chitosan, 13; inlet air temperature, 190°C; and peristaltic pump speed, 300 mL·h-1. The surface of the microcapsules was round, the drug loading was 25.99% ± 2.14%, the yield was 51.88% ± 2.84%, the entrapment efficiency was 86.21% ± 2.89%, and the average particle size was 105.6 ± 2.56 nm. The microcapsules in vitro had certain sustained release characteristics.