Diet-Induced Swine Model with Obesity/Leptin Resistance for the Study of Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes by L. Torres-Rovira, S. Astiz, A. Caro, C. Lopez-Bote, C. Ovilo, P. Pallares, M. L. Perez-Solana, R. Sanchez-Sanchez, A. Gonzalez-Bulnes

“…After three months of differential feeding, SFAD animals developed central obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance and impaired glucose tolerance, and elevated blood pressure; the five parameters associated with the metabolic syndrome. …”
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Effectiveness of donor notification and counseling of HIV-reactive donors in a tertiary care hospital from North India: An audit by Divya Bansal, Preeti Diwaker, Priyanka Gogoi, Malvika Singh, Anil Kumar Singh, Bharat Singh

“…INTRODUCTION: Blood banks are responsible for notification and counseling of the reactive donors besides screening for transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs). …”
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An Association between Bevacizumab and Recurrent Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Patient Presenting with Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Case Report and Review of the Lit... by Mark Lazarus, Stanley Amundson, Rajesh Belani

“…Recurrent PRES may result from bevacizumab’s prolonged half-life (11–50 days) and suboptimal blood pressure control. In the setting of bevacizumab, PRES surveillance may play a similar role in preeclampsia screening as both diseases share similar antiangiogenic signaling pathways.…”
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Vitamin D Status and Its Relationship with Metabolic Markers in Persons with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in the UAE: A Cross-Sectional Study by Amena Sadiya, Solafa M. Ahmed, Sijomol Skaria, Salah Abusnana

“…Serum concentrations of 25-hydroxy vitamin D (s-25(OH)D), calcium, phosphorus, parathyroid hormone, alkaline phosphatase, glycemic profile, and cardiometabolic parameters were assessed in fasting blood samples, and anthropometric measurements were recorded. …”
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The Use of Antisense-Mediated Inhibition to Delineate The Role of Inflammatory Agents in The Pathophysiology of Spinal Cord Injury by Damien D. Pearse, Francisco C. Pereira, Katina Chatzipanteli, Francisco W. Dalton Dietrich, Mary Bartlett Bunge

“…During this period, glia and immune cells respond to chemical cues associated with the debris of lysed neurons, disrupted axons, and a broken blood-brain-barrier by releasing a battery of cytokines including tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and, interleukin-β (IL-1β) as well as reactive oxygen species such as nitric oxide (NO-)[2]. …”
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Production of Toxic Volatile Trimethylbismuth by the Intestinal Microbiota of Mice by Britta Huber, Philip Dammann, Christine Krüger, Petra Kirsch, Beatrix Bialek, Roland A. Diaz-Bone, Reinhard Hensel

“…Permethylated volatile trimethylbismuth ((CH3)3Bi) was only detected in the blood of the conventionally raised mice. Concomitantly, a higher bismuth concentration was found in organs such as liver, lung, testicles, and brain of the CONV mice as compared to those of GF mice (P>0.01), strongly suggesting a correlation between the intestinal biomethylation of bismuth and its accumulation in mammalian tissues.…”
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Relationship of lung ultrasound score with oxygenation and pulmonary mechanics in mechanically ventilated patients: An observational study by Nishant Kumar, Ayushi Yadav, Maitree Pandey

“…In addition, ventilator and arterial blood gas (ABG) parameters were noted. The correlation between these variables with LUSS was evaluated using Spearman’s coefficient. …”
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Systemic Amyloidosis and Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy Associated with Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia by Aasems Jacob, Rishi Raj, Warren Walkow

“…Two heart rate tests and one blood pressure test were abnormal which indicated severe cardiac autonomic neuropathy. …”
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Wound Morphology and Topography in the Diabetic Foot: Hurdles in Implementing Angiosome-Guided Revascularization by Dimitri Aerden, Nathalie Denecker, Sarah Gallala, Erik Debing, Pierre Van den Brande

“…Toe wounds (53.9%) could not be designated to a specific angiosome due to dual blood supply. Ambiguity in wound stratification into angiosomes was highest at the heel, achilles tendon, and lateral/medial side of the foot and lowest for malleolar wounds. …”
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Parasitaemia and Its Relation to Hematological Parameters and Liver Function among Patients Malaria in Abs, Hajjah, Northwest Yemen by Mohamed Al-Salahy, Bushra Shnawa, Gamal Abed, Ahmed Mandour, Ali Al-Ezzi

“…Patients with parasitaemia tended to have significantly lower hemoglobin, hematocrit, white blood cell count, lymphocytes, and platelets, compared with healthy normal subjects. …”
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The Ability of Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor to Inhibit Apoptosis in Monocytes Is Independent of Its Antiprotease Activity by Niamh McGarry, Catherine M. Greene, Noel G. McElvaney, Sinéad Weldon, Clifford C. Taggart

“…In the current study, we demonstrate that SLPI can inhibit TNF-α-induced apoptosis in U937 cells and peripheral blood monocytes. Specifically, SLPI inhibits TNF-α-induced caspase-3 activation and DNA degradation associated with apoptosis. …”
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A Japanese man with community-onset carbapenem-resistant Stutzerimonas nitrititolerans bacteremia and a sacral pressure ulcer: a case report by Kohei Hasegawa, Kenya Murata, Yuki Suzuki, Yoshihiko Ogawa, Hisakazu Yano

“…On admission for cerebral infarction, empirical ampicillin/sulbactam was administered because of an infected sacral pressure ulcer. Blood cultures revealed Gram-negative bacilli. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry was unable to identify the species, but 16 S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing identified the isolate NR5426 as S. nitrititolerans. …”
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Effects of Pentoxifylline in a Rat Model of Manganism: Evaluation of the Possible Toxicity by Romina Tanideh, Omid Farshad, Akram Jamshidzadeh, Aida Iraji

“…The results of this study revealed that PTX at a high dose (300 mg/kg) might increase manganism complications. PTX lowers the blood viscosity, improves the tissue perfusion, and increases the Mn levels in the brain.…”
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Initial approach to Epidermal Growth Factor in SARS-CoV-2 infection by Héctor José Pérez Hernández

“…Methods: Controlled exploratory study with quota sampling, in patients with COVID-19 admitted at the "Saturnino Lora Hospital", and 23 apparently healthy subjects, active donors of Blood Bank "Renato Guitar Rosell". For EGF determinations, the commercial UMELISA EGF kit from the Cuban Immunoassay Center was used. …”
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Markers of Myocardial Ischemia in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Coronary Artery Disease by Misa Valo, Annette Wons, Albert Moeller, Claudius Teupe

“…Twenty-one patients with OSA and CAD and 20 patients with OSA alone underwent in-hospital polysomnography. Blood samples for hsTrop T and NT-proBNP measurements were drawn before and after sleep. …”
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Mortality in admitted diabetic patients in the Hospital of Puyo, Pastaza province, Ecuador by Mayra Alejandra Bayas Aranda, Johnnatan Gustavo Rivera Almeida, Edison Ramiro Samaniego Layedra, Patricia del Rocío Asadobay Escobar

“…<p><strong>Foundation</strong>: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease which is characterized by a sustained increase in blood glucose levels. It is described as one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, as well as responsable for different degrees of disability and a great impact on health-related quality of life.…”
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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis following enteric fever: A rare autopsy case report by Gwendolyn Fernandes, Pooja Mhashete, Pranav Pramod Patwardhan

“…Investigations for the etiology of fever and blood cultures were negative while the bone marrow aspirate revealed a normocellular marrow. …”
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Non-invasive serum potassium concentration measurement in children with CKD by quantifying T-wave morphology dynamics by Yue Xi, Zhen Liu, Jie Ni, Yang Miao, Zhi Chen

“…Despite significant differences in age and body shape between developing children and adults, the results showed that the Ts/a values of V5 and V6 were more strongly correlated with blood potassium values. T wave at the V5 and V6 leads in children can reflect the direction of the primary amplitude of the T-wave and T-wave downward slope, and the heart space position in the chest characteristics during childhood lead to these results. …”
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Anemia prevention measures in female students in the Islamic Boarding School of Al-Junaidiyah Biru, Indonesia by Nur Shadiqah Hamid, Ansariadi, Ridwan Amiruddin, Nur N. Noor, Agus B. Birawida, Stang

“…CONCLUSIONS: The lack of information about iron-source foods, iron enhancers, iron inhibitors, and the recommendation to take blood supplement tablets for female students living in boarding schools will make them have insufficient knowledge in anemia prevention measures. …”
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Natural regulatory T cells increase significantly in pediatric patients with parasitic infections: Flow cytometry study by Nadeem Kizilbash, Nida Suhail, A. Khuzaim Alzahrani, W. Jamith Basha, Mohamed Soliman

“…Materials and Methods: Blood samples were collected from infected and non-infected groups, and change in the level of Tregs in these subjects was investigated by flow cytometry. …”
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