Structural Brain Changes Associated with Overweight and Obesity by Erick Gómez-Apo, Alejandra Mondragón-Maya, Martina Ferrari-Díaz, Juan Silva-Pereyra

“…Adipocytes, macrophages of the adipose tissue, and gut dysbiosis in overweight and obese individuals result in the secretion of the cytokines and chemokines that cross the blood-brain barrier and may stimulate microglia, which in turn also release proinflammatory cytokines. …”
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Dental Aspect of Distal Tubular Renal Acidosis with Genu Valgum Secondary to Rickets: A Case Report by Rakesh N. Bahadure, Nilima Thosar, Ritika Kriplani, Sudhindra Baliga, Punit Fulzele

“…Distal renal tubular acidosis is a disease that occurs when the kidneys do not remove acid properly into the urine, leaving the blood too acidic (called acidosis). Distal renal tubular acidosis (type I RTA) is caused by a defect in the kidney tubes that causes acid to build up in the bloodstream. …”
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Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Levocetirizine versus Bilastine for the Treatment of Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria in the Pediatric Population: An Observer-blinded Randomi... by Debashree Sahoo, Maitreyee Panda, Ajaya Kumar Jena, Anil Kumar Panda

“…Laboratory parameters like liver enzymes and complete blood count also did not show any significant differences between the two groups. …”
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The Fractal Dimension of Nuclear Chromatin as a Prognostic Factor in Acute Precursor B Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Randall L. Adam, Rosana C. Silva, Fernanda G. Pereira, Neucimar J. Leite, Irene Lorand-Metze, Konradin Metze

“…Whereas FD presented no prognostic relevance, patients with higher R2 values showed a prolonged survival. White blood cell count (WBC), age and mean fluorescence intensity of CD45 (MFICD45) were all unfavorable prognostic factors in univariate analyses. …”
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Vascular Inflammation and Endothelial Dysfunction in Experimental Hypertension by Carmine Savoia, Lidia Sada, Luigi Zezza, Lorenzo Pucci, Francesco Maria Lauri, Alberto Befani, Alessandro Alonzo, Massimo Volpe

“…Essential hypertension is characterized by increased peripheral vascular resistance to blood flow. The endothelium is a crucial regulator of vascular tone. …”
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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Possible Catches and Correct Management in Young Women by Chiara Di Tucci, Daniele Di Mascio, Michele Carlo Schiavi, Giorgia Perniola, Ludovico Muzii, Pierluigi Benedetti Panici

“…Clinical examination can direct physicians to an appropriate management of adnexal mass, but the role of transvaginal ultrasound is crucial for diagnosis and treatment decision, even if it sometimes can be misleading, especially in young women. Ca 125, blood count, and CRP are useful to clarify suspected etiology of a pelvic mass, but specificity and positive predictive value are low because elevation of laboratory tests may occur in several benign conditions. …”
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Abernethy Malformation in Combination with Gilbert’s Syndrome by N. B. Gubergrits, E. L. Bondar, E. A. Dyadyk, E. V. Berezhnaya, Yu. E. Chirkov, N. V. Byelyayeva, G. M. Lukashevich, T. L. Mozhyna

“…Abernethy syndrome is a rare vascular anomaly associated with a congenital absence of the portal vein, as a result of which portal blood from the intestines and spleen drains directly into the systemic circulation bypassing the liver though a complete or partial shunt. …”
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A Case Control Study on Risk Factors Associated with Low Birth Weight Babies in Eastern Nepal by Ravi Kumar Bhaskar, Krishna Kumar Deo, Uttam Neupane, Subhadra Chaudhary Bhaskar, Birendra Kumar Yadav, Hanoon P. Pokharel, Paras Kumar Pokharel

“…Finally, after multivariate logistic regression analysis, maternal height, time of first antenatal care (ANC) visit, number of ANC visits, iron supplementation, calcium supplementation, maternal education, any illness during pregnancy, and hypertension were found as the significant predictors of LBW. However, maternal blood group AB, normal maternal Body Mass Index (BMI), mother’s age of 30 or more years, and starting ANC visit earlier were found to be protective for LBW. …”
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Dopamine Suppresses Osteogenic Differentiation of Rat Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells via AKT/GSK-3β/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway by Zhili Kuang, Zheng Chen, Shaoqin Tu, Zhihui Mai, Lin Chen, Xiaoning Kang, Xiaochuan Chen, Jiaming Wei, Yuxuan Wang, Yun Peng, Hong Ai

“…Dopamine, a pivotal neurotransmitter, plays a crucial role in sympathetic regulation, hormone secretion, immune activation, and blood pressure regulation. However, the role of dopamine on osteogenic differentiation of rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (rBMSCs) remains poorly understood. …”
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INTERSTRAIN DIFFERENCES IN EMOTIONAL AND WEIGHT INDICES IN GC RATS WITH CATATONIC RESPONSE AND WISTAR RATS by T. A. Alekhina, R. V. Kozhemjakina

“…The following indices were measured: time of cataleptic freezing, excitement level, blood pressure, acoustic startle response, seizure  activity, and weights of the heart, kidneys, adrenals, and spleen. …”
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Improvement of Renal Function by Long-Term Sustained Eculizumab Treatment in a Patient with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria by Haruhiko Ninomiya, Naoshi Obara, Akiko Niiori-Onishi, Yasuhisa Yokoyama, Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto, Yuichi Hasegawa, Shigeru Chiba

“…CKD in PNH is induced mainly by intravascular hemolysis of PNH-affected red blood cells (RBC) missing the glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins with complement-regulatory activities, CD55 and CD59. …”
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Differences in phenotypes of normal and malignant cells concerning chromosomal fragility and ganglioside expression by Iskra Sainova, Vera Kolyovska, Desislava Drenska, Dimitar Maslarov, Dimitrina Dimitrova-Dikanarova, Tzvetanka Markova

“…The spontaneous chromosomal fragility was tested by light microscopy observation of metaphases from peripheral blood lymphocytes of 8 patients with malignancies and of 8 healthy controls. …”
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Detection of Deaths Caused by Hyperkalemia by Małgorzata Żulicka, Kamila Sobczak, Dominik Kowalczyk, Sylwia Sikorska, Wioletta Arendt, Marta Hałas-Wiśniewska

“…The disruption of this transcellular process leads to elevated potassium ion levels in the extracellular space, and thus in the blood, a condition known as hyperkalemia. Clinically, hyperkalemia may present as cardiac arrhythmias, muscle weakness, and palpitations. …”
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Evaluation of Polyethylene-Based Long Lasting Treated Bed Net Netprotect on Anopheles Mosquitoes, Malaria Incidence, and Net Longivity in Western Kenya by M. T. O. Odhiambo, O. Skovmand, J. M. Vulule, E. D. Kokwaro

“…The probability of finding An. arabiensis in the control area was 2.6 times higher than that in intervention area during the first 6 months. Human blood feeding index of Anopheles funestus declined 17%. …”
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The Molecular Effects of SGLT2i Empagliflozin on the Autophagy Pathway in Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 and Its Complications by Ranin Saad, Hagar Tadmor, Offir Ertracht, Nakhoul Nakhoul, Farid Nakhoul, Farber Evgeny, Shaul Atar

“…EMPA treatment reduced T2DM mice body weight and blood glucose and increased urine glucose. Further, it upregulated all of the abovementioned proteins. …”
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Regenerative therapies for myocardial infarction: exploring the critical role of energy metabolism in achieving cardiac repair by Jiahao Ren, Xinzhe Chen, Tao Wang, Cuiyun Liu, Kun Wang

“…After myocardial infarction, in order to ensure normal blood supply to the heart, the remaining cardiomyocytes compensate for the loss of cardiomyocytes mainly by working at high capacity rather than by proliferating to produce new cardiomyocytes. …”
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Hypertension in Adolescents: Effect on Neurobehavioral and Cognitive Functioning by Irina Madaeva, Olga Berdina, Vladimir Polyakov, Sergey Kolesnikov

“…Participants included adolescents aged 14–17 years and referred for 24-hour ambulance blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and polysomnographic (PSG) studies between 2007 and 2009, inclusive. …”
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Tetramethylpyrazine promotes osteo-angiogenesis during bone fracture repair by Jiangbo Ai, Jingzhou Zheng

“…TMP also had the potential to inhibit blood coagulation in rat tibia fracture model. In addition, the expression and protein levels of osteogenesis-related markers (ALP, Runx2, and OPN-1) were elevated by TMP in the tissues from the fractured rats. …”
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Limb-Specific Comparison of Flow-Mediated Dilation in Abdominal Obese Pre-menopausal Women by Robert M. Restaino, Matthew A. Barlow

“…Results Significant differences were found between groups including % BF, BMI, weight, waist to hip ratio, fasting blood glucose, and oxLDL. A between-group comparison revealed significantly lower percent dilation of the popliteal artery in AO participants compared to controls (p < 0.05) not present in the brachial arteries. …”
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Correlation between Peripheral T Cell Subsets and the Activity of Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy by Hong Hu, Liang Liang, Qian Ge, Xing Jiang, Zhizheng Fu, Chun Liu, Jian Long

“…The absolute number and percentage of total lymphocytes, CD3+T cells, CD4+T cells, CD8+ T cells, CD3+CD4-CD8-T cells (DNT cells), and CD3+CD4+CD8+ T cells (DPT cells) in peripheral blood were measured by flow cytometer. Results. TAO patients were divided into the active group and the nonactive group by the clinical activity score (CAS). …”
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