Folate Intake and Markers of Folate Status in Women of Reproductive Age, Pregnant and Lactating Women: A Meta-Analysis by Cristiana Berti, Katalin Fekete, Carla Dullemeijer, Monica Trovato, Olga W. Souverein, Adriënne Cavelaars, Rosalie Dhonukshe-Rutten, Maddalena Massari, Tamás Decsi, Pieter van't Veer, Irene Cetin

“…Significant relationships between folate intake and serum/plasma folate, red blood cell folate, and plasma homocysteine were quantified. …”
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Development and feasibility testing of a new device for home-based leg heat therapy in patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease by Bohyun Ro, MSc, John P. Spence, BBA, Paul A. Spence, MD, Christian Buckley, BS, Raghu L. Motaganahalli, MD, Bruno T. Roseguini, PhD

“…Leg HT gradually increased leg skin temperature from 33.8 ± 0.8°C to 38.7 ± 0.7°C at 90 minutes and reduced arterial blood pressure, with mean reductions of 13 mm Hg in systolic and 12 mm Hg in diastolic blood pressure after treatment. …”
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Association between sleep duration and hypertension in southwest China: a population-based cross-sectional study by Yu Guo, Liming Li, Zhengming Chen, Qiang Sun, Pei Pei, Xianping Wu, Ningmei Zhang, Xiaofang Chen, Guojin Luo, John S Ji, Xiaoyu Chang, Xiaofang Chen*

“…While there have been studies on various diet and lifestyle risk factors, we do not know whether sleep duration has an association to blood pressure in southwest China. This predictor is useful in low-resource rural settings. …”
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Coagulation Profile of Convalescent Plasma Donors and Recipients by Hanna H Pitkänen MD, PhD, Tuukka Helin MD, PhD, Tamim Khawaja MD, Jukka-Pekka Pietilä MD, Mikael Kajova MD, Hanna Välimaa MD, PhD, DDS, Tero Vahlberg MSc, Jarkko Ihalainen MD, Antti Vierikko MD, Olli Vapalahti MD, PhD, Anu Kantele MD, PhD, Riitta Lassila MD, PhD

“…Fifty-four patients randomized in a double-blinded fashion received either placebo, low-titer CP (LCP) or high-titer CP (HCP). Donor blood samples were obtained at the time of the plasmapheresis, while recipient blood samples were collected before infusion, one day post-infusion and between two and six days after infusion. …”
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Seroprevalence of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus Infection in Some Wildlife and Cattle in Bauchi State, Nigeria by Y. J. Atuman, C. A. Kudi, P. A. Abdu, O. O. Okubanjo, A. Abubakar, Y. Wungak, H. G. Ularamu

“…Ltd., South Africa) at 0.1 mg/kg using a Dan-Inject® rifle (Dan-Inject APS, Sellerup Skovvej, Denmark) fitted with a 3 ml dart syringe and for reversal, naltrexone (Trexonil® Kruger-Med South Africa) at 1.5 mg IM was used, and cattle were restrained by the owners for blood collection. Harvested sera from blood were screened for presence of antibodies against the foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) using the PrioCHECK® 3ABC NSP ELISA kit, and positive samples were serotyped using solid-phase competitive ELISA, (IZSLER Brescia, Italy). …”
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Indicators of free radical oxidation in neutrophils of patients with primary and recurrent soft tissue sarcomas by I. A. Goroshinskaya, I. V. Kaplieva, E. M. Frantsiyants, L. N. Vashchenko, T. O. Lapteva, T. V. Ausheva, L. A. Nemashkalova, P. S. Kachesova, Yu. Yu. Kozel

“…To carry out a comparative analysis of lipid peroxidation intensity and antioxidant system indices in blood neutrophils of patients with primary and relapsed soft tissue sarcomas (STS) depending on sex and age.Patients and methods. …”
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Development of a statewide network hub for screening, referral, and enrollment into food as medicine programs across Kentucky by Christa Mayfield, Carolyn Lauckner, Joshua Bush, Ethan Cosson, Lauren Batey, Alison Gustafson, Alison Gustafson

“…We then used a quasi experimental study design to examine effects on systolic and diastolic blood pressure in a target population of Medicaid eligible individuals aged 18–64 with high blood pressure and/or type 2 diabetes in rural and urban areas. …”
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State of spatial memory and antioxidant system activity of rats in the dynamics of development of blast-induced traumatic brain injury by Yu.V. Kozlova, H.S. Maslak, O.E. Abraimova, V.V. Koldunov, O.E. Khudyakov

“…After the study of behavior, euthanasia was performed, blood and brain were taken shelter. Histopathological examination of the brain showed disturbances both of hippocampal neurons and microcirculature. …”
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Regular exercise in adolescents with ACE gene polymorphism helps preventing cardiovascular risk factors by Nivaldo de Jesus Silva Soares Junior, Carlan Senna, Carlos Alberto Alves Dias-Filho, Bruno Rodrigues, Maria Claudia Irigoyen, Danielle da Silva Dias, Vinícius Santos Mendes, Carlos José Moraes Dias, Sally Cristina Moutinho Monteiro, Cristiano Teixeira Mostarda

“…Results: The AG presented lower systolic blood pressure and sympathetic modulation when compared to the SG DD. …”
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New compounds with a dihydropyridine framework as promising hypolipidemic and hepatoprotective agents by Elena S. Ketova, Anna V. Myazina, Elena Yu. Bibik, Sergey G. Krivokolysko

“…Results: The study shows that all the new compounds studied in the experiment – AZ-383, AZ-257, AZ-020 – have hypolipidemic and hepatoprotective properties, which manifested in the reduced levels of liver biochemical markers of blood, which had increased after simulating metabolic disorders, in the reduced concentration of total cholesterol and triglycerides in blood, in the normalization of liver microarchitecture, as well as in the proliferative activity of hepatocytes. …”
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Inflammatory burden index as a prognostic marker in patients with advanced gastric cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and immunotherapy by Jiao-Bao Huang, Zhi-Yong Zhou, Jun Lu, Ji-Yun Zhu, Bin Lai, Sheng-Xun Mao, Jia-Qing Cao

“…BackgroundBlood inflammation index has been shown to correlate with the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer. …”
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Impact of the Nail Length (Short PFNA2 and Long PFNA2) in Surgical Treatment of Intertrochanteric Femur Fractures: A Randomised Clinical Study by Kuljit Kumar, Harpreet Kaur

“…Variables such as duration of hospital stay, duration of surgery, blood loss, union time and complications were noted. …”
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Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 rs671 Polymorphism is Associated with Susceptibility of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients with Hypertension by Hou H, Huang S, Huang W, Huang L, Zhang Z, Liang L

“…Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by lipid deposition in the blood vessels, and aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) is involved in this process. …”
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Fetal Rhesus D Genotyping and Sex Determination from Maternal Plasma of Rhesus D-Negative Antenatal Population: The Usefulness of Conventional Polymerase Chain Reaction in Resource... by Otchere Addai-Mensah, Edward Y. Afriyie, Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Christian Obirikorang, Max Efui Annani-Akollor, Eddie-Williams Owiredu, Francis A. Amponsah, Richard Vikpebah Duneeh, Evans Asamoah Adu

“…Thirty apparently healthy RhD− pregnant women with RhD positive (RhD+) partners were included. Blood samples were collected from each participant (in the third trimester of pregnancy) for DNA extraction/purification and fetal RhD genotyping. …”
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MSC-EVs and UCB-EVs promote skin wound healing and spatial transcriptome analysis by Ruonan Li, Haotian Wang, Xiaolong Wang, Yanbin Yang, Kai Zhong, Xuemei Zhang, Heping Li

“…The results suggest that MSC-EVs and UCB-EVs play a significant role in the activity of cord blood plasma-derived mesenchymal stem cells and cord blood plasma. …”
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Insights Into Causal Effects of Genetically Proxied Lipids and Lipid‐Modifying Drug Targets on Cardiometabolic Diseases by Liwan Fu, Qin Liu, Hong Cheng, Xiaoyuan Zhao, Jingfan Xiong, Jie Mi

“…Glucose levels and blood pressure were identified as mediators in the total effect of LPL on cardiometabolic outcomes. …”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis: prevalence and clinical implications of anatomical variants of the hepatic portal vein by Juan José Valenzuela-Fuenzalida, Benjamín Rodríguez-Osorio, Cristian Salgado-Torres, Pablo Nova-Baeza, Mathias Orellana-Donoso, Alejandro Bruna-Mejías, Roberto Avila-Sepulveda, Álvaro Becerra-Farfán, Macarena Rodríguez-Luengo, Juan Sanchis-Gimeno, Guinevere Granite, Héctor Gutiérrez-Espinoza

“…Abstract The hepatic portal vein is the main vascular route responsible for collecting blood from the liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, gallbladder, and intestines. …”
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Discovery of a sushi domain-containing protein 2-positive phenotype in circulating tumor cells of metastatic breast cancer patients by Kai Bartkowiak, Parinaz Mossahebi Mohammadi, Paula Nissen, Stefan Werner, David Agorku, Antje Andreas, Maria Geffken, Sven Peine, Karl Verpoort, Thomas M. Deutsch, Laura L. Michel, Andreas Schneeweiss, Verena Thewes, Andreas Trumpp, Olaf Hardt, Volkmar Müller, Sabine Riethdorf, Hartmut Schlüter, Klaus Pantel

“…Abstract Cell lines derived from circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood provide important biological information on cancer metastasis. …”
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Restraint stress effects on glutamate signaling protein levels in the rats’ frontal cortex: Does β1 adrenoceptor activity matter? by Agnieszka Zelek-Molik, Anna Gądek-Michalska, Michał Wilczkowski, Adam Bielawski, Katarzyna Maziarz, Grzegorz Kreiner, Irena Nalepa

“…The body’s stress reaction was assessed by analyzing body weight and blood levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and corticosterone (CORT). …”
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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Health Workers Towards Hepatitis B Virus Infection Prevention in Health Centers of Bushenyi District. by Byamukama, Julius

“…Most respondents knew that exposure to infected blood or body fluid, contaminated needles, contact with non-intact skin, or unsafe sexual contacts were risk factors for HBV infection. …”
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