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Moyamoya vessels are cerebral vasculopathies characterized by net-like collateral vessel formation at the cerebral basal area and stenosis of the terminal internal carotid artery, proximal middle cerebral artery, and anterior cerebral artery. A diagnosis of Moyamoya disease depends on the bilateral presence of Moyamoya vessels. Moyamoya disease associated with Graves' disease has rarely been reported to be a cause of ischemic events due to hyperthyroidism. However, there are extremely rare cases of Moyamoya disease with concurrent Graves' disease and Down syndrome. We aimed to report such a case, and to compare these cases' clinical features, pathogenesis, and treatment effects to those of the cases of concurrent Moyamoya disease and Graves' disease alone.

We performed an English literature search using the PubMed database and the keywords Moyamoya, quasi-Moyamoya, Graves' disease, thyrotoxicosis, Down syndrome, and trisomy 21.

Only five cases of Moyamoya disease with Graves' disease and Down syndrome hyndrome may experience accelerated disease progression or more frequent ischemic attacks.

Early imaging follow-ups and strict control of thyroid function are necessary in such cases; if ischemic attacks have already occurred, revascularization surgery may be effective.

Early imaging follow-ups and strict control of thyroid function are necessary in such cases; if ischemic attacks have already occurred, revascularization surgery may be effective.

CVT-301 (Inbrija®) is a levodopa inhalation powder for on-demand treatment of OFF episodes in Parkinson's disease patients treated with carbidopa/levodopa. Safety and efficacy results of a 12-month, dose-level blinded extension study of a phase 3 trial (SPAN℠-PD) of CVT-301 are presented.

Patients were receiving oral carbidopa/levodopa and adjunctive CVT-301 treatment, blinded to dose (60mg or 84mg, N=325). Study visits occurred every 3 months. Pulmonary function was assessed by spirometry. Other safety assessments included dyskinesia and adverse events (AEs). Secondary objectives of the study included maintenance of improvement assessments for occurrence of an ON state during the 60-min post-dose period, change in total daily OFF time, and Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC).

Most frequent AEs (≥5%) were cough (15.4%), fall (13.1%), upper respiratory tract infection (7.1%), and dyskinesia (5.1%). Severe AEs (>1 event) were cough (1.9%) and dyskinesia (0.6%). Twelve-month mean changes from baseline for FEV

, FVC, and DL

were -0.092L, -0.097L, and -0.922mL/min/mmHg, respectively. At 12 months, 73.0% of patients on 84mg achieved an ON state within 60min. Total daily OFF time was reduced by 0.55h (month 1) and 0.88h (month 12) for the 84mg dose. Percentage of patients self-reported as improved by PGIC was 65.5-91.9% over 12 months.

CVT-301 was generally well-tolerated. Twelve-month decline in pulmonary function was consistent with a prior PD control group. Exploratory efficacy results showed CVT-301 maintained improvement at achieving ON states in patients experiencing OFF episodes, decreasing daily OFF time, and maintaining improvement in PGIC.

CVT-301 was generally well-tolerated. Twelve-month decline in pulmonary function was consistent with a prior PD control group. Exploratory efficacy results showed CVT-301 maintained improvement at achieving ON states in patients experiencing OFF episodes, decreasing daily OFF time, and maintaining improvement in PGIC.

To investigate whether neurodegeneration underlying Parkinson's disease (PD) accounts for a substantial proportion of cases of minimal parkinsonism in the elderly.

We recruited 48 consecutive subjects with minimal parkinsonism who visited the clinic with cognitive complaints. All subjects did not show findings compatible with PD on

F-FP-CIT PET scans, and had no evidence of other neurodegenerative disorders. Striatal dopamine transporter (DAT) availability was quantified, and mean diffusivity (MD) values in the pons were calculated to characterize structural damage using diffusion tensor imaging. Additionally, 35 patients with PD and 21 healthy controls were included as reference groups.

Individuals with minimal parkinsonism (mean age, 73.23±7.03 years) exhibited mild decrease in DAT availability in the posterior putamen, which was at a level between that of healthy controls and patients with PD. DAT availability in the caudate and anterior putamen was also mildly decreased in the minimal parkinsonism group. Individuals with minimal parkinsonism also tended to have higher MD values in the pons compared to healthy controls.

Our results suggest that a substantial proportion of minimal parkinsonism is associated with nigrostriatal dopamine depletion and pontine structural damage, which may be related to the disease process of prodromal PD.

Our results suggest that a substantial proportion of minimal parkinsonism is associated with nigrostriatal dopamine depletion and pontine structural damage, which may be related to the disease process of prodromal PD.

The fruit of Zanthoxylum piperitum (ZP) is an herbal medicine as well as a spice agent in Asia to treat carminative, stomachic, anthelmintic and degenerative diseases. Z. piperitum was reported to have anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-osteoarthritic and osteosarcoma proliferation-control effects.

This study was conducted to determine the anti-osteoporotic effects and mechanisms of action of ZP.

Female ICR mice underwent ovariectomies (OVX) and were orally administered ZP at 1, 10 and 100mg/kg for 6 weeks. The femoral and tibial bones were assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and histology to analyze the bone mineral density (BMD) and the number of osteoclasts. Raw 264.7 cells were stimulated by 100ng/ml receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL) for 7 days in the presence of ZP. RANKL-induced signaling molecules were analyzed in osteoclasts.

The levels of femoral and tibial BMD were significantly increased by ZP administration. Serum biomarkers such as osteocalcin, calcium, alsis.

Celastrol, a pentacyclic triterpenoid quinonemethide isolated from several spp. of Celastraceae family, exhibits anti-inflammatory activities in a variety of diseases including arthritis.

This study aims to investigate whether the inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome is engaged in the anti-inflammatory activities of celastrol and delineate the underlying mechanism.

The influence of celastrol on NLRP3 inflammasome activation was firstly studied in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-primed mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-primed THP-1 cells treated with nigericin. Reconstituted inflammasome was also established by co-transfecting NLRP3, ASC, pro-caspase-1 and pro-IL-1β in HEK293T cells. The changes of inflammasome components including NLRP3, ASC, pro-caspase-1/caspase-1 and pro-IL-1β/IL-1β were examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), western blotting and immunofluorescence. Brimarafenib Furthermore, Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes)/LPS-induced liver injury and monosodium urate (MSU)-induced gouty arthritis in mice were employed in vivo to validate the inhibitory effect of celastrol on NLRP3 inflammasome.