Dysbiosis of infant gut microbiota is related to the altered fatty acid composition of human milk from mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study by Kelei Li, Jin Jin, Zhizuo Liu, Chuanjing Chen, Ludi Huang, Yongye Sun

“…Changes in these differential infant bacteria were negatively correlated with changes in C18:3n-3 and total n-3 PUFA levels of breast milk. The increases in C18:3n-3 and total n-3 PUFA levels in human milk over time were much greater in the normal group compared to the GDM group. …”
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Development of a Novel Algorithm to Identify People with High Likelihood of Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency in a US Healthcare Claims Database by Kevin C. J. Yuen, Anna Camilla Birkegard, Lewis S. Blevins, David R. Clemmons, Andrew R. Hoffman, Nicky Kelepouris, Janice M. Kerr, Jens M. Tarp, Maria Fleseriu

“…The high-likelihood group had a higher incidence of comorbidities than the low-likelihood group, notably malignant neoplastic disease (standardized difference −0.42), malignant breast tumor (−0.27), hyperlipidemia (−0.26), hypertensive disorder (−0.25), osteoarthritis (−0.23), and heart disease (−0.22). …”
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Above dendromass estimation of juvenile Paulownia sp. by Tatiana Stankova, Veselka Gyuleva, Dimitar N. Dimitrov, Hristina Hristova, Ekaterina Andonova

“…Their stem biomass was modeled as a function of the breast height tree diameter and total tree height or the stem diameter alone and a set of goodness-of-fit criteria was applied to select the most adequate among the 29 tested formulations. …”
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage triggered by spinal cord vascular malformation in a pediatric patient: case report and review of literature by Ye Zhang, Liaoyuan Zheng, Yongwei Huang, Zongping Li, Jing Feng

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Woody species diversity, structure and community distribution along environmental gradients of Seqela Dry Afromontane forest in Northwestern Ethiopia. by Liyew Birhanu, Getaneh Moges, Nigussie Amsalu, Heiko Balzter

“…Density, Diameter at Breast Height (DBH), basal area, frequency, and importance value index (IVI) of woody species were computed to characterize the vegetation structure of the forest. …”
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Isolation and Bioactivity of Natural Products from <i>Streptomyces</i> sp. MA37 by Fleurdeliz Maglangit, Qing Fang, Jioji N. Tabudravu, Kwaku Kyeremeh, Marcel Jaspars, Hai Deng

“…We also demonstrate that legonoxamine A possesses potent anticancer activity (IC₅₀ = 2.2 µM), exhibiting a remarkable ~30-fold increase in potency against MCF-7 ATCC HTB-22 breast cancer cells compared to desferrioxamine B, a structural analogue of legonoxamine A (IC₅₀ = 61.1 µM). …”
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How does the knowledge level of physicians and nurses working at primary health centers affect their preference for oral contraceptives in an inland Turkish province? by Gamze Dur, Ayşen Mert, Rıza Dur, Mine Kanat Pektas

“…When compared to nurses, there is a significantly higher number of physicians who state that OCPs cause acne, depression, sexual dysfunction, ectopic pregnancy, deep vein thrombosis, breast cancer and liver cancer. Conclusion Physicians and nurses working at primary health centers in an inland Turkish province have relatively lower rates of recommendation for OCP use. …”
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Variation of physical wood properties and effect of dasometric variables in Ochroma pyramidale trees growing in plantation by Róger Moya, Carolina Tenorio, Verónica Villalobos-Barquero, Alejandro Meza-Montoya

“…Tree age affected statistically all physical properties, it was positively correlated with SG, AD, and GD, but negatively correlated with GMC. Diameter breast height and total height were weakly correlated with SG and AD, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of Phytochemical Content and the Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Potentials of Leaf Layers of Cabbage Subjected to Hot Air and Freeze-Drying by Do Manh Cuong, Hee Young Kim, Meran Keshawa Ediriweera, Somi Kim Cho

“…Compared to other leaf layers, P1 exhibited high antiproliferative efficacy against pancreatic, breast, and gastric cancer cells. P1 also showed excellent DPPH·(EC 50–4.208 ± 0.033 and 4.611 ± 0.053 mg/mL for hot air and freeze-dried samples, respectively) and ABTS· (2.422 ± 0.068 and 2.224 ± 0.070 mg/mL for hot air and freeze-dried samples, respectively) radical-scavenging effects. …”
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Effect of Pea Resistant Starch on Emulsion Gel Properties and in Vitro Digestibility of Myofibrillar Proteins by CHEN Jinyu, HU Fangyang, JI Zhirui, WU Zijian

“…In this study, the effects of pea resistant starch type 3 (RS3) at different mass fractions (0%, 2%, 4% and 6%) on the emulsion stability, emulsion gel properties and in vitro digestibility of chicken breast myofibrillar proteins (MP) were analyzed. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) showed no covalent interaction between MP and pea RS3. …”
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Actin-Binding Proteins as Potential Biomarkers for Chronic Inflammation-Induced Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy by Yu-Gui Zhang, Jiang-Tao Niu, Hong-Wei Wu, Xin-Lei Si, Shu-Juan Zhang, Dong-Hui Li, Tian-Tian Bian, Yue-Feng Li, Xing-Ke Yan

“…This is the case for breast cancer, gastric cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, liver cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, melanoma, and colorectal cancer. …”
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Burden of disease attributable to high body mass index in Belgium: a comparative risk assessment analysis by Stefanie Vandevijvere, Delphine De Smedt, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Robby De Pauw, Johan Van der Heyden, Sarah Nayani, Vanessa Gorasso, Wilma Johanna Nusselder, Henk Hilderink

“…Cardiovascular diseases accounted for the highest burden in terms of YLL attributable to high BMI, followed by diabetes and different forms of cancers (i.e., breast, colon and rectum and oesophageal cancer).Conclusion A substantial proportion of the burden of disease could be prevented when reducing BMI in Belgium. …”
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A Rare Case of Large-Vessel Vasculitis following Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy and Pegfilgrastim by Joseph Mort, Shipra Maheshwari, Nayanika Basu, Patrick Dillon, Kevin Brady, Harry Bear, Trish Millard

“…We present a 59-year-old female with left stage IIA (cT2N0M0) triple-negative breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant decitabine and pembrolizumab prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). …”
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Synthesis, DNA-Binding, Anticancer Evaluation, and Molecular Docking Studies of Bishomoleptic and Trisheteroleptic Ru-Diimine Complexes Bearing 2-(2-Pyridyl)-quinoxaline by Sofia Balou, Athanasios Zarkadoulas, Maria Koukouvitaki, Luciano Marchiò, Eleni K. Efthimiadou, Christiana A. Mitsopoulou

“…MTT experiments revealed that both complexes induce apoptosis of MCF-7 (breast cancer) cells in low concentrations. Confocal microscopy indicated that 2 localizes in the nucleus and internalizes more efficiently in MCF-7 than in HEK-293.…”
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An appropriate DNA input for bisulfite conversion reveals LINE-1 and Alu hypermethylation in tissues and circulating cell-free DNA from cancers. by Trang Thi Quynh Tran, Tung The Pham, Than Thi Nguyen, Trang Hien Do, Phuong Thi Thu Luu, Uyen Quynh Nguyen, Linh Dieu Vuong, Quang Ngoc Nguyen, Son Van Ho, Hang Viet Dao, Tong Van Hoang, Lan Thi Thuong Vo

“…Using the minuscule DNA amount of 0.5 ng, much less than what has been used and recommended so far (500 ng-2 μg) or 1 μL of cfDNA extracted from 1 mL of blood, we revealed hypermethylation of LINE-1 and Alu in 407 tumour samples of primary breast, colon and lung cancers when compared with the corresponding pair-matched adjacent normal tissue samples (P < 0.05-0.001), and in cfDNA from 296 samples of lung cancers as compared with 477 samples from healthy controls (P < 0.0001). …”
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Predicting Diameter Distributions in Mixed Forests in Southern Mexico by Juan Carlos Guzmán-Santiago, Héctor Manuel de los Santos-Posadas, Benedicto Vargas-Larreta, Martín Gómez-Cárdenas, Wenceslao Santiago-García, Adan Nava-Nava

“…Circular sampling plots of 1000 m² were established, and the diameter at breast height (DBH) and total height of 16,863 trees of the 25 most important timber species were measured. …”
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Risk of recurrence and bleeding in patients with cancer‐associated venous thromboembolism treated with rivaroxaban: A nationwide cohort study by Mette Søgaard, Peter Brønnum Nielsen, Flemming Skjøth, Jette Nordstrøm Kjældgaard, Torben Bjerregaard Larsen

“…At 6 months, recurrent VTE occurred in 6.1% (15.1 events per 100 person‐years) with the highest absolute risks for genitourinary cancer (8.1%), gastrointestinal cancer (7.3%), and breast cancer (6.5%). Major bleeding occurred in 1.9% (5.3 events per 100 person‐years), in particular, in genitourinary cancer (4.5%) and lung cancer (4.2%). …”
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Pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding experience of women with epilepsy in Me’enit community, South West Ethiopia by Rahel Yaekob, Tefera Belachew

“…Results The pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding experiences of women with epilepsy were clustered into five theme clusters, including prepregnancy and childbirth practices, social stigma and support, institutional care, and support, seizure as a cause of maternal death, pregnancy as a cause of the seizure, and perception of feeding breast milk. The results show that there is no preconception care for WWE. …”
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Evaluation of the Cytotoxicity of Satureja spicigera and Its Main Compounds by Ahmad Reza Gohari, Seyed Nasser Ostad, Fahimeh Moradi-Afrapoli, Maryam Malmir, Shohreh Tavajohi, Hassan Akbari, Soodabeh Saeidnia

“…Among the isolated chalcone and flavanones, compound 8 was effective against Artemia salina larva (LC50= 2 μg/mL) and only the compound 9 demonstrated IC50 value of 98.7 μg/mL on the T47D (human, breast, ductal carcinoma). Other compounds did not show significant inhibition of the cell growth.…”
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Topotecan Incorporation Into Avocado Oil-based Nanoemulsion Potentiates Its Inhibitory Effect on the Cellular Growth of Various Human Cancer Cells by Mayson H. Alkhatib, Hadeel M. Bayoumi

“…Background: The aim is to ameliorate the anticancer activity of topotecan (topoisomerase [TOPO]) by solubilizing it in a nanoemulsion (NE) delivery system containing avocado oil (AO), then to assess its cytotoxicity in MCF-7 breast, HCT116 colon, HeLa cervical, and HepG2 liver cancer cells. …”
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