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Based on the results, practical guidance is provided.Balance impairment is common in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The ability to predict the magnitude of the body disturbance is essential to balance maintenance. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of the predictability of the perturbation magnitudes on anticipatory (APAs) and compensatory (CPAs) postural adjustments in older adults with MCI and healthy older adults. Fifteen individuals with MCI and fourteen age-matched control participants stood on the force platform and received the pendulum perturbations of small or large magnitudes applied to their upper body. Electromyographic activity of eight leg and trunk muscles and displacements of the center of pressure (COP) were recorded and analyzed during the APA and CPA phases of postural control. Individuals with MCI demonstrated smaller APAs in the conditions of the perturbation of unpredictable magnitude and required more trials to optimize their postural adjustments, as compared to healthy older adults. Moreover, individuals with MCI had reduced postural stability in the conditions of unpredictable magnitude of the perturbation. The findings suggest that cognitive decline adversely affects the ability to predict the magnitude of the perturbations.

Evidence is scarce for potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in rehabilitation medicine.

To examine the effect of PIMs on functional recovery in older patients with sarcopenia after stroke.

We conducted a retrospective cohort study in a post-acute rehabilitation hospital. All patients diagnosed with sarcopenia aged ≥ 65years among all post-stroke patients hospitalized from 2015 to 2020 were included. PIMs were defined based on the 2019 Beers criteria. CID755673 in vivo Sarcopenia was diagnosed using handgrip strength (HG) and skeletal muscle mass index (SMI), according to the criteria of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2019. The outcomes included functional independence measure motor (FIM-motor), HG, and SMI values at discharge. Multiple linear regression analyses were used to determine whether PIMs used at admission were independently associated with outcomes.

Of the eligible patients, 361 were 65years or older, of whom 196 (mean age 81.0years, 44.4% male) presented with sarcopenia and were included in the analysis. Of these, 131 (66.8%) were prescribed PIMs at admission. The most frequently prescribed PIMs were proton pump inhibitors, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The number of PIMs on admission was independently associated with FIM-motor (β = -0.132, P = 0.001) and HG (β = -0.091, P = 0.048) at discharge, but not with SMI (β = -0.055, P = 0.256).

High admission PIMs prescription numbers are negatively associated with favorable discharge functional status and muscle strength in older patients with sarcopenia after stroke.

High admission PIMs prescription numbers are negatively associated with favorable discharge functional status and muscle strength in older patients with sarcopenia after stroke.

HCC is among the most common cancer. Ganoderma lucidum (G.lucidum) has been essential in preventing and treating cancer. The Nrf2 signaling cascade is a cell protective mechanism against further damage, such as cancer development. This signaling pathway upregulates the cytoprotective genes and is vital in eliminating xenobiotics and reactive oxygen. This study aimed to show the potential cytotoxic activity of G. lucidum aqueous extract in HCC.

MTT assay was used to detect cell viability. Nrf2-related proteins were measured by western blotting, and the flow cytometry method assayed cell population in different cycle phases. Cell viability was 49% and 47% following G. lucidum extract at 100µg/ml at 24 and 48h treatments, respectively. G. lucidum extract (aqueous, 100 or 50µg/ml) treatments for 24, 48, or 72h were able to significantly change the cytoplasmic/nuclear amount of Nrf2 and HO-1, NQO1 protein levels. Moreover, at both concentrations, arrest of the G0/G1 cell cycle was stimulated in HCC.

The activation of the Nrf2 signaling pathways seems to be among the mechanisms underlining the protective and therapeutic action of G. lucidum against HCC.

The activation of the Nrf2 signaling pathways seems to be among the mechanisms underlining the protective and therapeutic action of G. lucidum against HCC.Studies worldwide have reported increasing trends in suicides and attempts during the pandemic. The literature shows that improving surveillance and monitoring of suicide and attempts requires broad multisectoral prevention strategies. In Brazil, the São Paulo State Fire Department (CBPMESP) makes up the emergency response team for suicide and suicide attempted calls and public emergencies. Given this context, this paper sought to describe the characteristics of suicide attempts assisted by the CBPMESP according to traumatic brain injury (TBI), between 2018 and 2020, measured by the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). For this purpose, a descriptive study of 6,582 suicide attempts attended by CBPMESP was carried out. The factors associated with trauma brain injury according to the Glasgow Coma Scale (dependent variable) were analyzed by a multinomial regression model. Results show a significant increase of 8.0% (p = 0.039) in the number of calls responded by CBPMESP between 2018 and 2020. Men presented a higher prevalence of more violent methods for suicide attempts, namely firearms and hanging, followed by severe TBI; in women, severe TBI occurred mostly by hanging. Despite the increase in fatal suicide attempts during the pandemic, time to attend to victim acted as a protective factor for preventing severe TBI in men and women.Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are a group of proteins that promote protein folding, inhibit denaturation of cellular proteins, and maintain other proteins' functional activities when cells are subjected to stress and/or high temperature. HSP classification is generally based on their molecular weights into large and small HSP. The family of small HSPs includes HSPs 27, 40, 60, 70, and 90. The potential roles of HSP27 and HSP70 are quite evident in different solid malignancies, including breast, colorectal, pancreatic, and liver cancers. In this chapter, the authors focus on HSP27 and HSP70 signaling in oncology and their role in different solid malignancies as well as they shed light on the novel role of HSP70 and HSP90 in the immune-oncology field.A spinal cord injury (SCI) is a very debilitating condition causing loss of sensory and motor function as well as multiple organ failures. Current therapeutic options like surgery and pharmacotherapy show positive results but are incapable of providing a complete cure for chronic SCI symptoms. Tissue engineering, including neuroprotective or growth factors, stem cells, and biomaterial scaffolds, grabs attention because of their potential for regeneration and ability to bridge the gap in the injured spinal cord (SC). Preclinical studies with tissue engineering showed functional recovery and neurorestorative effects. Few clinical trials show the safety and efficacy of the tissue engineering approach. However, more studies should be carried out for potential treatment modalities. In this review, we summarize the pathophysiology of SCI and its current treatment modalities, including surgical, pharmacological, and tissue engineering approaches following SCI in preclinical and clinical phases.The presence of neuroendocrine liver metastases is one of the poorest prognostic factors in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms, and surgical resection of neuroendocrine liver metastases is the only curable treatment. A 38-year-old man had a pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm with synchronous multiple liver metastases, and two surgeries and continuous everolimus and octreotide achieved R0 resection. However, multiple neuroendocrine liver metastases developed twice after more than 5 years of recurrence-free survival. Aggressive repeat hepatectomy was performed and he has survived for more than 10 years after the initial surgery. This report highlights that patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms have a potential risk of recurrence even after 5 years of recurrence-free survival. In addition, combined aggressive hepatectomy and continuous medication can contribute dramatically to long-term survival even for late-stage recurrence of liver metastases.Brain lateralization, a trait ubiquitous in vertebrates and invertebrates, refers to structural differences between the left and right sides of the brain or to the left and right sides controlling different functions or processing information in different ways. Many studies have looked into the advantages of lateralized brains and discovered that cerebral lateralization confers a fitness advantage. Enhancing cognitive ability has been proposed as one of the potential benefits of the lateralized brain, however, this has not been widely validated. In this study, we investigated the handedness of 34 subjects from four groups of Callitrichids, as well as their performance in two inhibitory control tasks (the revised A-not-B task and the cylinder task). The subjects had strong individual hand preferences, and only a few zoo-born individuals were ambidextrous. Sex and generation influence the strength of hand preference. In the cylinder task, the subjects showed differences between groups, and the performance of the second-generation was better than that of the first-generation. We found that neither the strength of hand preferences (ABS-HI) or direction of hand preferences (HI) was linked with success on the two inhibitory tasks. That is, we were unable to support the enhanced cognitive function hypothesis. We believe that individual ontogeny and the type of cognitive task have an impact on the support of this hypothesis. The advantages of lateralized brain may be reflected in tests that require multiple cognitive abilities.We have summarized five high impact issues related to the stability studies for drug substances that are documented in the Type II drug master files (DMFs) supporting Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs). We intend to provide the scientific considerations for the regulatory policies which bear upon such high-impact issues. We have also provided our perspective to avoid such issues, to reduce the DMF review time, and subsequently to accelerate the approvals of the supporting ANDAs.Stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHED) are attractive seed cells for dental tissue engineering. We identified the effect of the long noncoding RNA insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7 antisense RNA 1 (lncRNA IGFBP7-AS1) in vivo and its underlying mechanism during SHED odontogenic differentiation. IGFBP7-AS1 and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) were overexpressed using lentiviruses. IGFBP7 expression was knocked down with small interfering RNA. The effect of IGFBP7-AS1 in vivo was confirmed by animal experiments. The effect of IGFBP7 on SHED odontogenic differentiation was assessed with alkaline phosphatase staining, alizarin red S staining, quantitative reverse transcription-PCR, and western blotting. The relationship between IGFBP7-AS1 and IGFBP7 was confirmed by quantitative reverse transcription-PCR and western blotting. IGFBP7-AS1 promoted SHED odontogenesis in vivo, and regulated the expression of the coding gene IGFBP7 positively. Inhibiting IGFBP7 led to suppress SHED odontogenic differentiation while IGFBP7 overexpression had the opposite effect.