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02), and higher mortality than younger patients (p = .02) complicated with rapidly progressive ILD (RP-ILD), combination immunosuppressive therapy, and strictly controlled infections.Conclusion Clinical features and mortality of anti-MDA5 autoantibody-positive DM patients were influenced by age. Patients aged ≥60 years had a worse prognosis, and combination immunosuppressive therapy was often ineffective for RP-ILD in older patients.Aim To describe the characteristics and medication treatment patterns, healthcare resource utilization (HRU), and associated costs in Japanese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).Methods Claims data from the Japan Medical Data Center (JMDC) database were used to identify patients with SLE-related claims from 2010 to 2017. Algorithms were developed to retrospectively categorize patients by disease severity, treatment experience, and SLE-related manifestations such as lupus nephritis and central nervous system lupus. Descriptive and multivariate analyses were used to describe treatment pattern and estimate HRU and associated costs for the SLE cohort overall and by disease severity and complications.Results Among 4,733 eligible patients, 2,072 (43.8%) were treatment naïve, 2,214 (46.8%) were previously treated for SLE, and 447 (9.4%) did not receive any treatment. Mean (SD) age of the total SLE cohort was 45.2 (13.1) years and mean (SD) follow-up duration was 1,137.3 (758.0) d. Based on disease severity, 1,383 (29.2%) patients had mild, 2,619 (55.3%) patients had moderate, and 731 (15.4%) patients had severe SLE. Patients on glucocorticoids (both oral and parenteral) received add-on medications the most (35.5%, p  less then  .001). Mean annual cost per SLE patient in the post-index period, inclusive of hospitalizations, outpatient visits, and pharmacy was ¥436,836; ¥1,010,772; and ¥2,136,780 for patients with mild, moderate, and severe SLE, respectively.Limitations The database only captured information on patients up to 75 years of age. Due to the nature of the database, biases regarding conditions that attribute to the spectrum of SLE severity, flare incidences, or individual physical status cannot be ruled out.Conclusions This study describes the treatment patterns and economic burden experienced by Japanese patients with SLE. Furosemide The results highlight an unmet need to derive better treatment strategies for patients with SLE to effectively address the disease burden in Japan.In this study, a correlation between cell channel α-helices displacement and the mitochondrial transmembrane potential after exposure of 3, 7, 15 and 24 h of neuronal-like cells to a uniform magnetic field at the intensity of 2 mT was shown. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy and fluorescence techniques were used to analyze the secondary structure of protein content and mitochondrial transmembrane potential, respectively. The main result of this study was represented by a significant inverse relation between the mitochondrial transmembrane potential and the intensity of the Amide I band that can be associated with time exposure. Given that mitochondrial transmembrane potential should be related to the gating state of voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) in mitochondrial membrane, this result could have a relevant role in medicine. Indeed, VDAC's irregular behavior can be associated with several varieties of mitochondria-associated pathologies and various forms of cancer and neurodegeneration.Introduction Many active ingredients from natural plants (AINPs) have been revealed to possess remarkable anticancer properties. Combination chemotherapy of chemo-drugs and AINPs has also proven to be more advantageous than individual chemo-drug treatment with respect to enhancing efficiency, alleviating toxicity, and controlling the development of multidrug resistance (MDR). Co-delivery is considered a promising method to effectively achieve and manage combination chemotherapy of chemo-drugs and AINPs, and various distinctive and functional co-delivery systems have been designed for these purposes to date.Areas covered This review focuses on recent preclinical investigations of co-delivery systems for chemo-drugs and AINPs as new cancer treatment modalities. We particularly emphasize the apparent treatment advantages of these approaches, including augmenting efficiency, reducing toxicity, and controlling MDR.Expert opinion There has already been notable progress in the application of combination chemotherapy with co-delivery systems loaded with chemo-drugs and AINPs based on results with cellular and animal models. The main challenge is to translate these successes into new anticancer compound preparations and promote their clinical application in practice. Nevertheless, continuous efforts with new designs of co-delivery systems remain essential, providing a foundation for future clinical research and development of new anticancer drugs.Objectives Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by inflammation in multiple joints. In addition to causing joint destruction, the persistent systemic inflammation with RA increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. Although there are in vitro studies showing the prothrombotic effect of inflammatory cytokines, especially TNF, in vivo experimental evidence is lacking due to the complexity of in vivo modeling and observation. In this study, we aimed to model in vivo thrombus formation in arthritic mice and to determine whether the arthritic condition would further promote thrombotic formation.Methods Human TNF-transgenic mice were used as the arthritis model. Thrombus formation was observed on the testicular arterioles. Thrombus formation was induced by reactive oxygen species generated from hematoporphyrin under laser irradiation.Results Platelet thrombus formation was observed in real-time using a laser confocal microscopy in both wild-type and arthritic mice. Quantitative analyses revealed that no significant differences were observed in thrombus formation, represented by platelet attachment time and vascular obstruction time, in our experimental setting.Conclusion Although we confirmed the usefulness of this novel technique for in vivo studies, further investigation is required to conclude the possible mechanism of prothrombotic phenotypes under inflammatory conditions.