High hemolytic activity in Staphylococcus aureus t1081/ST45 due to increased hla protein production and potential RNAIII-independent regulation by Yu-Tzu Lin, Ngoc-Niem Bui, Yu-Syuan Cheng, Cheng-Wen Lin, Chun-Li Lee, Tai-Fen Lee, Po-Ren Hsueh

“…Materials and methods: The hemolytic activity of 67 CC45 isolates (44 t1081 and 23 non-t1081) from clinical blood cultures was assessed using rabbit red blood cells. …”
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The influencing factors of cognitive impairment in elderly individuals in Chengdu city: a cross-sectional study based on AD8 by Xi Ruan, Hongyi Li, Ziqi Wang, Yu Wang, Yamei Nie, Yan Li, Yuanjing Li, Qin Fan, Baiwei Ni, Yinxue Huang, Xuan Hong, Ting Sun, Yuan Luo, Shoukang Zou

“…We can intervene in and improve cognitive impairment in elderly people by controlling blood pressure and blood sugar, treating depressive and anxiety symptoms and developing community colleges for elderly people and increasing satisfaction with life.…”
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Increased Co-Expression of PD-L1 and CTLA-4 Predicts Poor Overall Survival in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Chen C, Qiu K, Chen J, Wang S, Zhang Y, Wang C, Li Y

“…Cunte Chen,1,2,* Kangjie Qiu,2,* Jie Chen,3,* Shunqing Wang,1 Yuping Zhang,1 Caixia Wang,1 Yangqiu Li2 1Department of Hematology, Guangzhou First People’s Hospital, Institute of Blood Transfusion and Hematology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510180, People’s Republic of China; 2Institute of Hematology, School of Medicine, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Hematology, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yangqiu Li, Institute of Hematology, School of Medicine, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People’s Republic of China, Email yangqiuli@hotmail.com Caixia Wang, Department of Hematology, Guangzhou First People’s Hospital, Institute of Blood Transfusion and Hematology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510180, People’s Republic of China, Email wangcx225@163.comPurpose: Our previous study has demonstrated that high expression of immune checkpoints (ICs) was significantly associated with adverse clinical outcomes in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). …”
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Does Not Change the Pharmacokinetics and Transplacental Distribution of Fluoxetine and Norfluoxetine Enantiomers by Daniela Miarelli Carvalho, Glauco Henrique Balthazar Nardotto, Gabriela Campos de Oliveira Filgueira, Geraldo Duarte, Ricardo Carvalho Cavalli, Vera Lucia Lanchote, Elaine Christine Dantas Moisés

“…They received a single oral dose of 20 mg FLX, and blood samples were collected from 0 to 672 h. On the day of delivery, after another single oral dose of 20 mg FLX, blood samples of maternal vein, umbilical vessels and intervillous space were collected at birth. …”
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Introducing an index on prediction of post-revascularization cerebral infarction using preoperative CT perfusion parameters in moyamoya disease by Xiaojun Hao, Chao Zhang, Chen Yang, Xintong Zhao, Yunfeng Zhou, Juan Wang

“…Preoperative quantitative CTP parameters, including cerebral blood flow (CBF), cerebral blood volume (CBV), mean transit time (MTT), time to drain (TTD), and transit time to maximum of the residue function (Tmax), along with clinical data, were compared between the groups with and without post-CI. …”
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Efficacy of double filtration plasmapheresis in hyperlipidemia acute pancreatitis: a retrospective observational study by Rong Qin, Yibei Liu, Rui Ding, Minhui Yang, Yun Huang, Xujia Chen, Feng Zhang, Yanting Liu, Hongping Jia, Yiyao Duan, Lifang Zhou, Hui Wang

“…Comparative parameters included blood lipid levels, inflammatory factors, vital signs, disease severity scores, and complication rates. …”
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Comparison of 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk in metropolitan and rural areas of South of Iran by Mohammad Javad Zibaeenezhad, Mehrab Sayadi, Hossein Pourmontaseri, Davood Khalili, Mojtaba Farjam, Ehsan Bahramail, Nader Parsa, Azizallah Dehghan, Seyyed Saeed Mohammadi, Iman Razeghian-Jahromi, Hamed Bazrafshan drissi, Matin Sepehrinia

“…Also, they significantly showed higher body mass index, waist circumference, cholesterol level, fasting blood glucose level, systolic blood pressure, educational attainment, and occupational status. …”
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The Influence of Various Morphologic and Hemodynamic Carotid Plaque Characteristics on Neurological Events Onset and Deaths by Milan D. Brajovic, Nataša Markovic, Goran Loncar, Nikola Šekularac, Dejan Kordic, Nebojša Despotovic, Predrag Erceg, Branislav Donfrid, Zvezdan Stefanovic, Milica Bajcetic, Ljiljana Brajovic, Živorad Savic

“…In the ACS group, the best correlation with new neurological events and deaths was shown with positive CT findings, peak systolic flow velocity over 210 cm/sec, end diastolic flow velocity over 110 cm/sec, plaque stenosis ≥70%, plaque ulceration, mixed plaque (all p < 0.0001); stenosis ≥50% (p < 0.001); and reduced carotid blood flow volume (p < 0.05).…”
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Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors for Obese Type 2 Diabetes Patients Uncontrolled on Met... by Lu Ding, Bang Sun, Xinhua Xiao

“…Compared with SGLT-2is, treatment with GLP-1RAs achieved significant reduced HbA1c by 0.40% (95% CI: −0.54, −0.25; p<0.00001), fasting blood glucose (FBG) by 0.17 mmol/L (95% CI: −0.31, −0.04; p=0.01), and postprandial blood glucose (PBG) by 0.32 mmol/L (95% CI: −0.49, −0.14; p=0.0003) for obese T2D patients uncontrolled on metformin. …”
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Human Papillomavirus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Oral Microbiota Interplay in Nigerian Youth (HOMINY): A Prospective Cohort Study Protocol by Jia Liu, Esosa Osagie, Paul Akhigbe, Nosakhare Idemudia, Ozoemene Obuekwe, Ruxton Adebiyi, Nicolas Schlecht, Yana Bromberg, Fidelis E Eki-Udoko, Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters, Modupe Oluseun Coker

“…Oral rinse, saliva, buccal swabs and supragingival plaque samples are collected at each visit. Blood samples are tested for HIV, Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C virus (HCV), with CD4, CD8 and full blood counts performed. …”
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Hirudo extract ameliorates proliferative vitreoretinopathy by promoting autophagy and attenuating the THBS2/PI3K/Akt pathway by Hui Huang, Qun Huang, Jing Wang, Wanjie Wang, Yanlin Zheng

“…The ability of Hirudo to promote blood flow and dispel blood stasis may be related to its anti-EMT effects. …”
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Relationship between Obesity and Cognitive Function in Young Women: The Food, Mood and Mind Study by Rebecca L. Cook, Nicholas J. O’Dwyer, Cheyne E. Donges, Helen M. Parker, Hoi Lun Cheng, Katharine S. Steinbeck, Eka P. Cox, Janet L. Franklin, Manohar L. Garg, Kieron B. Rooney, Helen T. O’Connor

“…Questionnaires on depression and physical activity and a fasting blood sample for C-reactive protein and the Omega-3 Index were also collected. …”
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The effectiveness of static balloon atrioseptostomy for correcting hemodynamics in complex congenital heart diseases by O.O. Motrechko, A.V. Maksymenko, Yu.L. Kuzmenko, M.P. Radchenko, N.M. Rudenko

“…In patients of group I (n = 12), which required increase in blood shunting at the atrial level, atrial septal defect diameter was 3.9 ± 1.3 mm (2–10 mm), average arterial blood saturation before procedure – 64.5 ± 2.8 % (7–83 %), transatrial gradient before procedure – 6.3 ± 2.1 mm Hg (3 to 12 mm Hg). …”
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TAK-242 improves sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in rats by inhibiting the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway by Yan-mei Xia, Yu-qian Guan, Ji-fang Liang, Wei-dong Wu

“…After 24 h, the indicators related to kidney injury in blood samples were detected. The pathological changes in the kidneys were observed by hematoxylin-eosin staining, and tubular damage was scored. …”
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Adherence to Azathioprine/6-Mercaptopurine in Children and Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Multimethod Study by Mervat M. Alsous, Ahmed F. Hawwa, Cameron Imrie, Andras Szabo, Eman Alefishat, Rana Abu Farha, Mohammad Rwalah, Rob Horne, James C. McElnay

“…A total of 41 patients (91.1%) were classified as adherent to AZA or 6-MP using the blood sampling, while adherence rates using the MARS questionnaire completed by children and parents/guardians were 60.6% and 72.7%, respectively. …”
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Nursing Skill Assessment of Hospital Nurses in Management of Critically Ill Patients by Lingli Xu, Qiyu Sun, Jiayi Feng, Li Jing Huang, Chunjing Xu, Weihong Shen, Jian Ding, Yongmei Jin

“…Similarly, the vital signs in the observation group were 2.45±0.44, which is also significantly lower than that in the control group, 5.67±1.56. After nursing, the blood pressure and heart rate in the observation group were lower than those in control group, with statistical significance (P<0.05). …”
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Molecular identification of pfcytb, pfdhfr, and pvmrp1 mutations in imported malaria cases in Chile by Alan Oyarce, Lizbeth Huaccha, Esteban M. Cordero, Bárbara Parra, Jorge Fernández, Mario E. Soto-Marchant, Natalia T. Santis-Alay, María Isabel Jercic

“…The parasites target genes were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) out of total DNA extracted from patient blood samples and the amplicons submitted to DNA sequencing. …”
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The Influence of Heavy Metals and Trace Elements on Comatose Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in the First Week of Admission by Bahia Belatar, Abdallah Elabidi, Malika Barkiyou, Mamoun El Faroudi, Rachid Eljaoudi, Laila Lahlou, Saad Kabbaj, Wajdi Maazouzi

“…A case-control study was conducted with 64 comatose patients with severe TBI, in the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ibn Sina University Hospital and Hospital of Specialties in Rabat, Morocco; 22 healthy volunteers were recruited in Blood Transfusion Center of Rabat. Blood samples were collected from TBI patients, in the first week (3h after admission and each 48h during one week) and from healthy volunteers one time. …”
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Prospective study of the association between chronotype and cardiometabolic risk among Chinese young adults by Tingting Li, Yang Xie, Shuman Tao, Liwei Zou, Yajuan Yang, Fangbiao Tao, Xiaoyan Wu

“…From April to May 2021, 340 fasting blood samples were collected to quantify cardiometabolic parameters. …”
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Effects of dietary Chlorella ellipsoidea on growth performance, body composition, and hematology of stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis by Alam Asraful, Bristy Fouzia Sultana, Amzad Hossain M., Rabiul Islam M., Fatema Umme Kaniz, Golam Rasul M.

“…In comparison to the control, dietary C. ellipsoidea of 5.0–10.0% significantly (P < 0.05) increased the protein content of stinging catfish, while lowering the lipid and moisture contents. The red blood cells, white blood cells, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and mean corpuscular hemoglobin levels of H. fossilis increased significantly (P < 0.05) when the fish were fed 5.0–10.0% dietary C. ellipsoidea compared with the control. …”
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