Iron-handling solute carrier SLC22A17 as a blood–brain barrier target after stroke by Xueqi Ren, Wenlu Li

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The Effect of Submucosal Injection of Plasma-Rich Platelets on Blood Inflammatory Markers for Patients with Bimaxillary Protrusion Undergoing Orthodontic Treatment by Trefa Mohammed Ali Mahmood, Omar Fawzi Chawshli

“…No change on comparing the values of blood inflammatory markers before and after submucosal injection of PRP. …”
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Personal, occupational and cardiovascular risk factors associated with elevated blood pressure in Brazilian firefighters: a cross-sectional study by Eliana Zandonade, Fernanda Camargo Damacena, Karla Nívea Sampaio, Igor Magalhães Sales

“…Objective Our study evaluated the prevalence of hypertension in a population of Brazilian firefighters and the association of elevated blood pressure (BP) with personal, occupational, and cardiovascular risk factors.Design This was a cross-sectional study.Setting Our study was based on health inspections of the Military Fire Brigade of the Espírito Santo State, Brazil, performed in 2019.Participants The study participants were 859 male Brazilian firefighters.Outcome measures Data collected included sociodemographic (age, ethnicity, educational level, health insurance coverage), occupational (city of work, type of current activity, main operational activity), lifestyle (smoking and alcohol consumption), and health status (fasting glucose, total cholesterol and triglycerides, blood pressure, and anthropometric composition). …”
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Seasonal and Gender Differences in Presence of Rickettsia felis and Blood meals Provide Additional Evidence of a Vector Role for Mosquitoes by Jilei Zhang, Guangwu Lu, Patrick John Kelly, Chengming Wang

“…Interestingly, 63% of R. felis-positive mosquitoes (50/79) were negative for blood meal, being significantly higher than 37% of mosquitoes and being positive for both R. felis and blood meal P=0.008. …”
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MMP8 Is Increased in Lesions and Blood of Acne Inversa Patients: A Potential Link to Skin Destruction and Metabolic Alterations by Athanasia Tsaousi, Ellen Witte, Katrin Witte, Hans-Joachim Röwert-Huber, Hans-Dieter Volk, Wolfram Sterry, Kerstin Wolk, Sylke Schneider-Burrus, Robert Sabat

“…The high lesional MMP8 levels were accompanied by elevated blood levels that positively correlated with TNF-α blood levels and disease severity assessed by Sartorius score, especially with the number of regions with inflammatory nodules/abscesses and fistulas. …”
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Evaluation of blood parameters changes of mice exposed to long-term Wi-Fi waves as a major environmental pollutant by Hamed Akbari, Lobat Taghavi, Seyed Kamal Eshagh Hossaini, Mohammad Gholami-Fesharaki, Seyed Alireza Hajiseyed Mirzahosseini

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Salivary Glands Proteins Expression of Anopheles dirus A Fed on Plasmodium vivax- and Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Human Blood by Saowanee Cotama, Paron Dekumyoy, Yudthana Samung, Usa Lek-Uthai

“…Mosquitoes are able to adapt to feed on blood by the salivary glands which created a protein that works against the haemostasis process. …”
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Combined effects of global DNA methylation, blood lead and total urinary arsenic levels on developmental delay in preschool children by Yuu-Hueih Hsu, Chih-Yin Wu, Hui-Ling Lee, Ru-Lan Hsieh, Ya-Li Huang, Horng-Sheng Shiue, Ying-Chin Lin, Mei-Chieh Chen, Yu-Mei Hsueh

“…Additionally, we assessed whether 5mdC modified the impacts of blood lead and total urinary arsenic levels on DD. …”
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Using multiomic integration to improve blood biomarkers of major depressive disorder: a case-control studyResearch in context by Amazigh Mokhtari, El Chérif Ibrahim, Arnaud Gloaguen, Claire-Cécile Barrot, David Cohen, Margot Derouin, Hortense Vachon, Guillaume Charbonnier, Béatrice Loriod, Charles Decraene, Ipek Yalcin, Cynthia Marie-Claire, Bruno Etain, Raoul Belzeaux, Andrée Delahaye-Duriez, Pierre-Eric Lutz

“…Methods: We characterised gene expression and two mechanisms of epigenomic regulation, DNA methylation (DNAm) and microRNAs (miRNAs), in blood samples from a cohort of individuals with MDD and healthy controls (n = 169). …”
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Permeability of the blood-brain barrier through the phases of ischaemic stroke and relation with clinical outcome: protocol for a systematic review by Helena Donato, Sara Bernardo-Castro, Lino Ferreira, João Sargento-Freitas

“…Introduction Ischaemic stroke is the most prevalent type of stroke and is characterised by a myriad of pathological events triggered by a vascular arterial occlusion. Disruption of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a key pathological event that may lead to fatal outcomes. …”
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Impact of Patient Beliefs on Blood Pressure Control in the General Population: Findings from the Population-Based STAAB Cohort Study by Theresa Tiffe, Caroline Morbach, Viktoria Rücker, Götz Gelbrich, Martin Wagner, Hermann Faller, Stefan Störk, Peter U. Heuschmann

“…We assessed the impact of beliefs related towards antihypertensive medication on blood pressure control in a population-based sample treated for hypertension. …”
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Rosiglitazone, a Ligand to PPARγ, Improves Blood Pressure and Vascular Function through Renin-Angiotensin System Regulation by María Sánchez-Aguilar, Luz Ibarra-Lara, Leonardo Del Valle-Mondragón, María Esther Rubio-Ruiz, Alicia G. Aguilar-Navarro, Absalom Zamorano-Carrillo, Margarita del Carmen Ramírez-Ortega, Gustavo Pastelín-Hernández, Alicia Sánchez-Mendoza

“…In this work, we hypothesized that RGZ exerts a PPARγ–dependent regulation of blood pressure through modulation of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)-type 2 (ACE2)/angiotensin-(1-7)/angiotensin II type-2 receptor (AT2R) axis in an experimental model of high blood pressure. …”
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CORRELATION BETWEEN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD VOLUME WITHGESTATIONAL AGE AND BIRTH WEIGHT: A BASELINE FOR CORD BLOODBANKS IN PAKISTAN by Muhammad Rizwan et al

“… Placental vessels contain one-third of newborn blood volume termed as umbilical cord blood (UCB). …”
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Association of ABO Blood Group and Body Mass Index: A Cross-Sectional Study from a Ghanaian Population by Samuel Smith, Isaac Okai, Chrissie Stansie Abaidoo, Emmanuel Acheampong

“…ABO blood group and body mass index (BMI) have individually been appraised as risk factors for certain diseases. …”
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Peripheral blood immunoinflammatory biomarkers: prospective predictors of postoperative long-term survival and chronic postsurgical pain in breast cancer by Baoli Li, Li Che, Huixian Li, Fangdi Min, Bolun Ai, Linxin Wu, Taihang Wang, Peixin Tan, Bingbing Fu, Jiashuo Yang, Yi Fang, Hui Zheng, Tao Yan

“…This study examined the predictive value of immunoinflammatory biomarkers for both long-term survival and CPSP.MethodsData on the clinicopathological characteristics and perioperative peripheral blood immunoinflammatory biomarkers of 80 patients who underwent breast cancer surgery were retrospectively collected. …”
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Gender Differences in Blood Pressure Control Among Hypertensive Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study at a Tertiary Hospital by Hussein Alhawari, Zain Albdour, Sameeha Alshelleh, Joud Musleh, Tala Qouzah, Tala Qudisat, Diala Al‐Sukhon, Karam Albdour

“…ABSTRACT Our study aims to assess gender differences in blood pressure (BP) control among hypertensive patients in Jordan and identify factors influencing these differences. …”
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Concentrations of Lead in Groundwater and Human Blood in the Population of Palosai, a Rural Area in Pakistan: Human Exposure and Risk Assessment by Yu Shuang Ren, Muhammad Ilyas, Rui Ze Xu, Waqas Ahmad, Rui Wang

“…Groundwater samples were collected from different groundwater sources in the area where the human blood samples were from the dependent residents. …”
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Single Exposure to Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Causes Biphasic Opening of the Blood-Brain Barrier Through Secondary Mechanisms by Tasneem A. Arsiwala, Kathryn E. Blethen, Cullen P. Wolford, Geoffrey L. Pecar, Dhruvi M. Panchal, Brooke N. Kielkowski, Peng Wang, Manish Ranjan, Jeffrey S. Carpenter, Victor Finomore, Ali Rezai, Paul R. Lockman

Subjects: “…blood–brain barrier (BBB) disruption…”
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Using Facebook Ads to promote blood pressure checks among African Americans in the United States: A descriptive study by Katherine J POLAK, Jessica LC SAPP, Jennifer L SEDILLO

Subjects: “…advertising as topic; african americans; blood pressure; internet; social media…”
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The search for a blood-based biomarker for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): from biochemistry to electrophysiology by Krista S. P. Clarke, Caroline C. Kingdon, Michael Pycraft Hughes, Eliana Mattos Lacerda, Rebecca Lewis, Emily J. Kruchek, Robert A. Dorey, Fatima H. Labeed

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