MicroRNA in Diabetic Nephropathy: Renin Angiotensin, AGE/RAGE, and Oxidative Stress Pathway by Shinji Hagiwara, Aaron McClelland, Phillip Kantharidis

“…Here, we review the role of miRNA in regulating the renin-angiotensin system, AGE/RAGE signalling, and under conditions of oxidative stress in the context of diabetic nephropathy.…”
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Effects of macitentan and selexipag across prognostic age groups in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension by Richard Channick, MD, Sarah Medrek, MD, Marion Delcroix, MD, Sean Gaine, MD, Pavel Jansa, MD, PhD, Irene Lang, MD, Vallerie McLaughlin, MD, Sanjay Mehta, MD, Tomas Pulido, MD, Bhagavatula Sastry, MD, Rogerio Souza, MD, PhD, Adam Torbicki, MD, Carol Zhao, MS, Paul Strachan, MD, Peter Agron, PhD, Joseph Yen, PhD, Olivier Sitbon, MD, PhD

“…BACKGROUND: Age affects disease severity and patient outcomes in pulmonary arterial hypertension. …”
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Validity and invariance according to sex and age of the Paykel Scale of Suicide Ideation in Peruvian adolescents by Jonatan Baños-Chaparro, Cristian Ramos-Vera

“…It was subsequently performed a third model of MIMIC invariance, where it was used as predictors to the variables of sex and age to the model previous, which allowed to determine the lack of difference between these categorical groups. …”
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The Relationship between Depression, Doing Exercise, Age and Cigarettes Smoking in ARV - HIV Patients by Vu Hoang Anh Nguyen, Uyen Thi Bich Nguyen, Thanh Nguyen Ai Tran, Yen Thi Hoai Phan, Ngoc-Anh Truong, Huyen-Trang Luu-Thi, Vinh-Long Tran-Chi

“…This cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the relationship between depression, smoking cigarettes, exercise habits and age in ARV - HIV patients. Methods: A qualitative approach was utilised to conduct the randomised investigation. …”
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Multisession Anodal tDCS Protocol Improves Motor System Function in an Aging Population by G. Dumel, M.-E. Bourassa, M. Desjardins, N. Voarino, C. Charlebois-Plante, J. Doyon, Louis De Beaumont

“…We found a significant group × training sessions interaction, indicating that whereas aging adults in the sham group exhibited little-to-no sequence-specific learning improvements beyond the first day of training, reproducible improvements in the ability to learn new motor sequences over 5 consecutive sessions were the net result in age-equivalent participants from the M1 a-tDCS group. …”
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Age-Related Changes in Female Murine Reproductive Mucosa with respect to γδ T Cell Presence by Katarzyna Skulska, Anna Ewa Kędzierska, Małgorzata Krzyżowska, Grzegorz Chodaczek

“…Many studies have demonstrated a general decline and dysregulation in immune functions with age. It is not clear, however, how the aging affects the immune surveillance of the female reproductive tract (FRT) by γδ T cells, a unique population of T lymphocytes that was shown to regulate homeostasis of epithelial barriers. …”
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Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Women Over 50 Years of Age: Preventive and Therapeutic Management Skills by Enrique Rodríguez Reyes, Carlos Alberto Valverde González, Walter Alberto Vayas Valdiviezo

“…<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to analyze the prevalence and evaluate the level of knowledge about osteoporosis in women over 50 years of age and the ability to apply this knowledge in the prevention and treatment of this pathological entity.…”
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Uncovering narrative aging: an underlying neural mechanism compensated through spatial constructional ability by Yumeng Li, Junying Zhang, Xin Li, Zhanjun Zhang

“…Abstract “The narrative” is a complex cognitive process that has sparked a debate on whether its features age through maintenance or decline. To address this question, we attempted to uncover the narrative aging and its underlying neural characteristics with a cross-validation based cognitive neuro-decoding statistical framework. …”
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Early childhood weight trajectory differences in twins, singletons, and gestational-age matched singletons by Anna Booman, Byron A. Foster, Kristin Lyon-Scott, Miguel Marino, Jonathan M. Snowden, Janne Boone-Heinonen

“…Objective: Understanding of twin growth in the United States (US) is based on outdated or predominantly non-Hispanic White samples, and the age at which twins catch up to singletons is unclear. …”
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The Determinants of Sexual Intercourse Before Age 16 Years Among Rural Jamaican Adolescents by Olaniyi J. Ekundayo, Joana Dodson-Stallworth, Michele Roofe, Inmaculada B. Aban, Laura H. Bachmann, Mirjam C. Kempf, John Ehiri, Pauline E. Jolly

“…Female gender (OR = 0.16, 95%CI = 0.07-0.36) and older age at time of survey were protective (OR = 0.40, 95%CI = 0.32-0.52). …”
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Chylous Ascites and Pleural Transudate: Rare Presentations in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Old Age by Guan-Liang Chen, Deng-Ho Yang, Wen-Hsiu Hsu

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Association of sildenafil use with age-related macular degeneration: a retrospective cohort study by Nicola Jaime Adderley, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Anuradhaa Subramanian, Alastair K Denniston, Wen Hwa Lee, Ji Eun Diana Han, Jesse Coker

“…Objective Despite significant advances in clinical care and understanding of the underlying pathophysiology, age-related macular degeneration (AMD)—a major cause of global blindness—lacks effective treatment to prevent the irreversible degeneration of photoreceptors leading to central vision loss. …”
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The Effect of Ca and Mg Concentrations and Quantity and Their Correlation with Caries Intensity in School-Age Children by Milaim Sejdini, Kastriot Meqa, Nora Berisha, Ekrem Çitaku, Nora Aliu, Sokol Krasniqi, Sami Salihu

“…In this study were included students of age 12-13. Students were divided into three groups; the first group included caries-free children, the second group with DMF = 1–6, and the third group with DMF > 6. …”
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Choroidal Thickness in Chinese Children Aged 8 to 11 Years with Mild and Moderate Myopia by Ya Qi, Li Li, Fengju Zhang

“…To investigate macular choroidal thickness (CT), topographical variation, and associations between subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) and age, gender, spherical equivalent (SE), and axial length (AL) in Chinese healthy mild and moderate myopia children aged 8 to 11 years. …”
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Prevalence of Tactile Hallucination of Phone Vibration among Individuals Aged 18–22 Years by Tanisha Sunil Mali, Trupti Yadav

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Association of Depression with Age at Natural Menopause: A Cross-Sectional Analysis with NHANES Data by An S, Ren S, Ma J, Zhang Y

“…We screened menopausal women between the ages of 40 and 70 years, excluding those with surgical menopause. …”
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Aging, Neuromuscular Decline, and the Change in Physiological and Behavioral Complexity of Upper-Limb Movement Dynamics by S. Morrison, K. M. Newell

“…Journal of Aging Research…”
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Comparison of neurodevelopmental outcome in late-preterm and term neonates at 9-month corrected age by Sarfaraz Nisar, Jitendra Chukkanakal, Salim Xalxo, Ankita Chandraker

“…Objective: The objective of the study was to compare neurodevelopmental outcome in late-preterm and term neonates at 9-month corrected age. Materials and Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted among the two groups with 121 and 114 subjects each. …”
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Null Controllability of a Nonlinear Age Structured Model for a Two-Sex Population by Amidou Traoré, Okana S. Sougué, Yacouba Simporé, Oumar Traoré

“…This paper is devoted to study the null controllability properties of a nonlinear age and two-sex population dynamics structured model without spatial structure. …”
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Japanese Mothers’ Communication on Sexuality Education with Elementary School-Age Children (7–11) by Takahiro Sato, Chie Kataoka, Tomomi Mitsutake, Cathy McKay, Hirotaka Kizuka, Manami Koide, Miho Miyachi, Takafumi Tomura, Yu Furuta

“…The purpose of this study was to explain Japanese mothers’ communication on sexuality education with elementary school-age children (7–11). There were six mothers who consented to participate in this study, sharing their thoughts, opinions, and experiences related to sexuality education. …”
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