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Background Emerging evidence suggests distinct abnormal activity patterns during resting state in intrinsic functional brain networks in patients with neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). This study aimed to identify the changes in the resting-state intracortical lagged phase synchronization derived from dense array electroencephalography (EEG) in AD and MCI. Methods Resting-state current source density (CSD) and lagged phase synchronization between 84 regions of interest defined by Brodmann areas (BAs) for seven EEG frequency bands were investigated between the study groups (AD, MCI, and age-matched controls) using 128-channel EEG. Results Reduced CSD and connectivity (large effect size, Cohen's d > 0.8) were found in AD and MCI compared with controls at alpha frequency. However, a positive correlation (r = 0.433; p = 0.044) of mini-mental state examination scores was found with BA 32-33 connectivity values in AD only. Conclusion Reduced resting-state alpha 1 source connectivity in patient groups and correlation between attenuation of resting-state alpha 1 connectivity with cognitive decline in AD could indicate the disruption of inhibitory function of alpha rhythm leading to tonic unselective cortical excitation that affects attention and controlled access to stored information.Anal cancer is a rare disease that disproportionately affects people living with HIV and men who have sex with men (MSM). Although screening of MSM living with HIV occurs in the absence of consistent national guidelines, less research exists on screening HIV-negative MSM. ISM001-055 supplier In this article, we discuss patient-, clinician-, and systems-level factors that may influence decisions to screen HIV-negative MSM. Randomized controlled trials with MSM living with HIV and those at high risk are in progress, yet more research is needed to address clinical uncertainty around screening additional at-risk groups.

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia with genetic and environmental risk contributing to its development. Graph theoretical analyses of brain networks constructed from structural and functional MRI measurements have identified connectivity changes in AD and individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). However, brain connectivity in asymptomatic individuals at risk of AD remains poorly understood.

We acquired diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) data from 160 asymptomatic individuals (38-71 years) from the Cardiff Ageing and Risk of Dementia Study (CARDS). We calculated white matter tracts and constructed whole-brain, default-mode-network and visual structural brain networks that incorporate multiple structural metrics as edge weights. We then calculated the relationship of three AD risk factors, namely Apolipoprotein-E ε4 genotype (APOE4), family history (FH) of dementia, and central obesity, on graph theoretical measures and hubs.

We observed no risk-relatedimb. If this phenotype is shown to predict symptom development in longitudinal studies, it could be used as an early biomarker of AD.Recent studies have revealed the significant role of TEA domain family member 4 (TEAD4) in the development and progression of cancer. However, the potential role of TEAD4 in the progression of bladder cancer (BC) remains to be explored. The aim of this study was to determine whether TEAD4 could serve as a pan-cancer predictor of the prognosis for BC. Based on data mined from public databases, expression levels and clinical value of TEAD4 were identified in BC and human pan-cancers. Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) analysis was performed to detect the TEAD4 expression levels in BC cell lines. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) was carried out for functional analysis in BC, and the relationship between infiltrating immune cells and TEAD4 expression was evaluated by the CIBERSORT algorithm in BC and pan-cancer data. TEAD4 was overexpressed and associated with poor prognosis in BC and several types of cancers. GSEA and CIBERSORT algorithm suggested that various pathways including immune-related pathways were enriched in TEAD4 high expression group and several immunocytes infiltrated were correlated with the expression of TEAD4. This study revealed TEAD4 is an immune regulating-related predictor of prognosis for BC and has generalization value in pan-cancer.Chemoresistance is one of the major obstacles encountered in ovarian cancer (OC) therapy. Long noncoding RNA PART1 has been reported to be involved in the tumorigenesis of several types of cancers. However, the biological role of PART1 in the chemoresistance of OC is still unclear. In this study, it was found that the expression levels of PART1 and CHRAC1 were increased and miR-512-3p expression was decreased in cisplatin (DDP)-resistant OC cell lines. The depletion of PART1 enhanced the DDP sensitivity of DDP-resistant OC cells, as indicated by the inhibition of cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, and promotion of cell apoptosis. In the upstream mechanism exploration, we discovered that PART1 was induced by YY1 transcription factor. Moreover, it was identified that miR-512-3p was a target of PART1, and PART1 regulated the DDP resistance of OC through miR-512-3p. In addition, we screened the candidate genes of miR-512-3p., and confirmed that CHRAC1 was the downstream gene of miR-512-3p. Furthermore, the knockdown of CHRAC1 inhibited proliferation, migration, and invasion, and accelerated apoptosis of DDP-resistant OC cells, which was counteracted after the inhibition of miR-512-3p. Finally, we observed that PART1 regulated the expression of CHRAC1 through miR-512-3p. In conclusion, we demonstrated that YY1-induced PART1 accelerated DDP resistance of OC through miR-512-3p/CHRAC1 axis, suggesting PART1 may be a promising therapeutic target for DDP-resistant OC patients.Background Disordered speech production, dysarthria, is a common characteristic of the spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs). Although dysarthric features differ across SCAs, a previous analysis revealed that a combination of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in the left inferior frontal region and the right caudate predicted syllable rate, a pattern reported in normal speakers. This study examined the relationships between primary predictor brain regions and other areas of the brain in three SCA groups. The regions associated with the primary predictors are considered as elements of secondary networks since they are associated with regional speech predictors rather than directly with speech performance. Methods Speech and rCBF data from 9 SCA1, 8 SCA5, and 5 SCA6 individuals were analyzed. Partial correlations were used to identify brain regions associated with the primary predictors. Results Secondary networks differed across SCA genotypes. SCA1 and SCA6 demonstrated both positive and negative associations between primary and secondary areas, whereas the associations in the SCA5 genotype were only positive.