Blue light promotes conjunctival epithelial-mesenchymal transition and collagen deposition through ITGB4 by Qianjie Yang, Kuangqi Chen, Siyi Chen, Yinhao Wang, Yutong Xia, Jinbo Chen, Ye Shen

“…This study investigated the transcriptomic response of conjunctiva to BL exposure, highlighting potential biomarkers for conjunctival injury. We exposed human conjunctival epithelial cells and C57BL/6 mice to BL to establish in vitro and in vivo models and identified the responsive genes in mice’s conjunctiva to BL exposure by RNA sequencing transcriptome analysis. …”
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Euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis associated metabolic encephalopathy caused by dapagliflozin: a rare case report by Lulu Chu, Zhenhua Xi, Runzhi Ma, Weiliang Shi, Guoshen Yu

“…Due to paradoxically normal or slightly elevated serum glucose levels, it’s easy to be mimicked by cerebral infarction, structural brain damage, thus leading to delayed diagnosis and causing seriously irreversible brain injury. Case presentation We report severe EuDKA with metabolic encephalopathy secondary to dapagliflozin in a type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM) patient.A 72-year-old female was found unconscious 70 minutes ago.Laboratory evaluation revealed a severe metabolic acidosis with an elevated anion gap, and ketones were elevated in the blood and positive in the urine. …”
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Chronic Kidney Disease, Obesity, and Hypertension: The Role of Leptin and Adiponectin by M. Tesauro, A. Mascali, O. Franzese, S. Cipriani, C. Cardillo, N. Di Daniele

“…Several elements contribute to determine a progression of the kidney injury, inducing a worsening of renal damage and accelerating the decline of renal function: obesity and hypertension are two known factors of kidney progression. …”
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The Effect of Joint Hypermobility Syndrome on DOMS and Recovery Time by Nicole F Ostuni, Charles A Marinello, Taras Luzhnyy, Alexa Pawlikowski, Connor Vlasaty, Georgios Thomatos, Peter C Douris

“…# Background Previous research has reported that people with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS) and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) generally experience a high rate of muscular injury and pain. However, there is limited research comparing the recovery times and length of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) in individuals with JHS to non-hypermobile individuals in response to exercise…”
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Noninvasive Optical Imaging and In Vivo Cell Tracking of Indocyanine Green Labeled Human Stem Cells Transplanted at Superficial or In-Depth Tissue of SCID Mice by Vikram Sabapathy, Jyothsna Mentam, Paul Mazhuvanchary Jacob, Sanjay Kumar

“…In this study, we have optimized the ICG labelling conditions that is optimal for noninvasive optical imaging and demonstrated that ICG labelled cells can be successfully used for in vivo cell tracking applications in SCID mice injury models.…”
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Kinematic comparison between single and double-leg jump landings in sagittal plane for male hand ball players by Mariam A. Ameer

“…As a clinical benefit, the double-leg jump landing activity may be used to screen the ACL injury risk in certain planes of joint motion.…”
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Dynamic simulation of breast behaviour during different activities based on finite element modelling of multiple components of breast by Jiazhen Chen, Zejun Zhong, Yue Sun, Joanne Yip, Kit-lun Yick

“…The insights from this study have significant implications for sports bra design, rehabilitation protocols, and exercise customisation with the aim to reduce the risk of injury during breast motion.…”
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Posttraumatic stress disorder and associated factors in the aftermath of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Prayash Paudel, Asutosh Sah, Anil Khanal

“…The subgroup analyses revealed that the incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder after an earthquake varied significantly across studies in terms of the time of assessment, sex, age, marital status, ethnicity, educational level, disease history, bereavement, injury to the body, witnessing death, social support, loss of property and damage to one's house. …”
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Serum salusin levels in diarrhea- and constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome by Elif Tugba Tuncel, Seda Sabah Ozcan, Mehmet Korkmaz, Elif Börekci

“…It is well known that salusins have been related to inflammatory processes and oxidative injury in previous studies. The relationship between salusin and gastrointestinal diseases should be further investigated. …”
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Immune Modulation as Adjunctive Therapy for Pneumocystis pneumonia by Jing Wang, Terry W. Wright, Francis Gigliotti

“…In this review we will summarize the immunopathogenic mechanisms that contribute to Pcp-associated lung injury, and discuss the potential to target these pathways for adjunctive immune modulation therapy for Pcp.…”
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Dental Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells and Their Exosomes by Peter Stanko, Ursula Altanerova, Jana Jakubechova, Vanda Repiska, Cestmir Altaner

“…The therapeutic applicability of these cells and exosomes in dental practice, neurodegenerative diseases, and many other difficultly treatable diseases, like myocardial infarction, focal cerebral ischemia, acute lung or brain injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute inflammation, and several others is concisely covered. …”
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Effect of the Application of 1-Methylcyclopropene and Wax Emulsions on Proximate Analysis and Some Antioxidants of Soursop (Annona muricata L.) by Cristina L. Moreno-Hernández, Sonia G. Sáyago-Ayerdi, Hugo S. García-Galindo, Miguel Mata-Montes De Oca, Efigenia Montalvo-González

“…Only fruits stored at 16°C without 1-MCP showed visible symptoms of chilling injury. Fruits treated with 1-MCP combined with flava emulsion maintained in greater extent their vitamin C content, dietary fiber, total phenolics content, and antioxidant activity. …”
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Analysis of Fluid Balance as Predictor of Length of Assisted Mechanical Ventilation in Children Admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) by Praveen Unki, Sushma Save

“…Ventilator-associated lung injury (VALI) is a devastating complication of assisted mechanical ventilation (AMV) and is one of the root causes of prolonged AMV. …”
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Mechanisms and Emerging Regulators of Neuroinflammation: Exploring New Therapeutic Strategies for Neurological Disorders by Mi Eun Kim, Jun Sik Lee

“…Neuroinflammation is a complex and dynamic response of the central nervous system (CNS) to injury, infection, and disease. While acute neuroinflammation plays a protective role by facilitating pathogen clearance and tissue repair, chronic and dysregulated inflammation contributes significantly to the progression of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and Multiple Sclerosis. …”
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Unravelling the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on hemostatic and complement systems: a systems immunology perspective by Didar Murad, Rehan Zafar Paracha, Maryum Nisar

“…The hemostatic system prevents and stops bleeding, maintaining circulatory integrity after injury. It directly interacts with the complement system, which is key to innate immunity. …”
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Removal of an Aural Foreign Body by Magnetism by Emily Prentice, Emily Bartlett, Jonathan S. Ilgen

“…Case Presentation: A male patient in his thirties with a history of polysubstance use presented to the emergency department (ED) due to an abrasion on his left forehead caused by banging his head against a wall in self-injurious behavior. A non-contrast computed tomography of the head obtained to rule out intracranial injury incidentally demonstrated a radiodense foreign body in the left external ear canal. …”
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Surgical Treatment Outcomes of Unresolved Osgood-Schlatter Disease in Adolescent Athletes by Frederick Mun, William L. Hennrikus

“…A retrospective chart review was completed, and data collected include age at onset of symptoms, age at surgery, sex, laterality, mechanism of injury, conservative treatment regimen, radiographic findings, sports played, time to return to sport, length of follow-up, and Lysholm score. …”
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Hyperthyroidism with Biventricular Heart Failure and Cirrhotic Transformation of the Liver by Rashmi Dhital, Shivani Vyas, Priyadarshani Sharma, Theresa Lynn, Oreoluwa Oladiran, Sijan Basnet

“…We report a young female with reported thyroid disease and medication noncompliance presenting with atrial fibrillation, severe atrioventricular regurgitation, severely dilated right heart with reduced function, and moderate pulmonary hypertension (PH), which was further complicated by congestive liver injury with ascites and pancytopenia. Thyroid work-up revealed suppressed TSH, elevated free T4 and T3 along with elevated anti-thyroglobulin antibodies, thyroid peroxidase antibodies, and thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin, suggesting Graves’ thyrotoxicosis. …”
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Our anaesthesia experiences and methods in burn patients by Bilge Tuncer, Ali Emre Akgun, Ugur Kilinc, Muge Cakirca, Merve Akin

“…After obtaining the approval of the Ethics Committee (E2-23-5042), the demographic data of the patients, percentage and degree of burn, aetiology of burn injury, number of surgical procedures performed and the types of anaesthesia administered, were evaluated through a retrospective review of the patient files. …”
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Methods for Assessing Expiratory Flow Limitation during Tidal Breathing in COPD Patients by Nickolaos G. Koulouris, Georgios Kaltsakas, Anastasios F. Palamidas, Sofia-Antiopi Gennimata

“…EFLT leads to small airway injury and promotes dynamic pulmonary hyperinflation with concurrent dyspnoea and exercise limitation. …”
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