A real-world analysis of 1,823 hospitalized osteoporotic fractures in Northeast China by Qi Meng, Qi Meng, Xinwei Wang, Yuzhong Gao, William D. Leslie, Lisa M. Lix, Xianbao Shi, Bo Kan, Shuman Yang, Shuman Yang

“…Most fractures were due to falls (81.0% in males and 80.2% in females). The two most common comorbidities for males and females were hyperlipemia (45.9% vs. 47.1%) and hypertension (38.2% vs. 41.6%). …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Minor Hallucinations in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Min Zhong, Ruxin Gu, Sha Zhu, Yu Bai, Zhuang Wu, Xu Jiang, Bo Shen, Jun Zhu, Yang Pan, Jun Yan, Li Zhang

“…After covariate control, the MH group had worse life quality and more severe nonmotor symptoms, including poor sleep quality and rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD), than the NH group. The binary logistic regression model showed that RBD, sleep quality, and health-related life quality were associated with MHs. …”
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Gal-3 activates Tyro3 to ameliorate ferroptosis of hippocampal neurons after traumatic brain injury by Xiao Zhang, Manrui Li, Yang Xu, Jingting Wu, Ruixuan Yuan, Yihan Sun, Xiaogang Chen, Meili Lv, Bo Jin, Xiameng Chen, Weibo Liang

“…Traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to significant hippocampal neuronal loss, contributing to cognitive dysfunction. …”
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Atorvastatin Improves Inflammatory Response in Atherosclerosis by Upregulating the Expression of GARP by Xiaoqi Zhao, Yuzhou Liu, Yucheng Zhong, Bo Liu, Kunwu Yu, Huairui Shi, Ruirui Zhu, Kai Meng, Wei Zhang, Bangwei Wu, Qiutang Zeng

“…The antiatherosclerosis effects of statins partly depend on their multiple immune modulatory potencies. In this paper, we present that atorvastatin could upregulate the expression of GARP and TGF-β in CD4+ T cells and increase the numbers of CD4+LAP+ and CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in ApoE−/− mice. …”
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A wheat germ-rich diet preserves bone homeostasis by regulating gut microbiota and plasma metabolites in aged rats by Luanfeng Wang, Zebin Weng, Tong Chen, Yu Li, Ling Xiong, Haizhao Song, Fang Wang, Xiaozhi Tang, Bo Ren, Xuebo Liu, Xinchun Shen

“…We recently explored the beneficial effects and relevant mechanisms of a WG-rich diet (2.5% and 5% WG, m/m) on bone homeostasis in aged rats. …”
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Prognostic Value of Metastatic No.8p LNs in Patients with Gastric Cancer by Dong-Jiao Guo, Kun Yang, Wei-Han Zhang, Xiao-Long Chen, Xin-Zu Chen, Bo Zhang, Zong-Guang Zhou, Jian-Kun Hu

“…Patients were divided into two groups according to the status of No.8p LNs. …”
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A UV to X-Ray View of Soft Excess in Type 1 Active Galactic Nuclei. I. Sample Selection and Spectral Profile by Shi-Jiang Chen, Jun-Xian Wang, Jia-Lai Kang, Wen-Yong Kang, Hao Sou, Teng Liu, Zhen-Yi Cai, Zhen-Bo Su

“…We show that a cutoff power law could uniformly characterize both types of soft excesses, with a median E _cut of 1.40 keV for po-like and 0.14 keV for bb-like. …”
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Association between prostate-specific antigen density and prostate cancer prediction among Nigerian men by Abudu EK, Okuku CN, Akaiso OE, Fabian UA, Udoh EA, Ukpong AE, Kudamnya IJ, Ajayi OO, Uduma FU, Abudu OO, Ekpo BO

“…Ibom Medical Journal…”
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3D Culture of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (BMSCs) Could Improve Bone Regeneration in 3D-Printed Porous Ti6Al4V Scaffolds by Lingjia Yu, Yuanhao Wu, Jieying Liu, Bo Li, Bupeng Ma, Yaqian Li, Zhenfei Huang, Yu He, Hai Wang, Zhihong Wu, Guixing Qiu

“…We suggest that this approach provides an opportunity to further improve the efficiency of stem cell therapy for the treatment of mandibular bone defects.…”
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First Molecular Identification of <i>Entamoeba</i> spp. in Sheep, Beef Cattle, and Dairy Cattle in Shanxi Province, North China by Ze-Xuan Wu, Han-Dan Xiao, Yuan-Hui He, Shi-Bo Huang, Jing Li, Yu Kang, Wen-Bin Zheng, Xing-Quan Zhu

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Nicotine promotes M2 macrophage polarization through α5-nAChR/SOX2/CSF-1 axis in lung adenocarcinoma by Guiyu Kang, Hui Song, Lei Bo, Qi Liu, Qiang Li, Jingtan Li, Pan Pan, Jingting Wang, Yanfei Jia, Haiji Sun, Xiaoli Ma

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Role of the Notch signaling pathway in porcine oocyte maturation by Pil-Soo Jeong, Hyo-Gu Kang, Dabin Cha, Se-Been Jeon, Min Ju Kim, Bong-Seok Song, Bo-Woong Sim, Sanghoon Lee

“…Furthermore, RO significantly impaired the cellular distribution and functions of the mitochondria and endoplasmic reticula, which are important organelles for the cytoplasmic maturation of oocytes. …”
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Impact of time from blood specimens collection to centrifugation on the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus by Binbin Yin, Yongying Bai, Jinghua Zhang, Yan Zhang, Xia Li, Yue Jin, Xinyi Mou, Kexin Fang, Yan Chen, Yue Cheng, Bo Zhu

“…Subsequently, data were collected from pregnant women who underwent oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) between June 1, 2021, and July 30, 2022. …”
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Arthroscopic-assisted uniportal spinal surgery for treatment of lumbar burst fractures complicated with neurological symptoms: a case report by Hai-Wei Chen, Zhi-Qiang Wang, Peng-Ju Jing, Dong-Hong Ma, Wen-Bo Wang, En Song, Pei-Wu Li, Peng Cheng

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Evolution of Helium with Temperature in Neutron-Irradiated 10B-Doped Aluminum by Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering by Chaoqiang Huang, Guanyun Yan, Qiang Tian, Guangai Sun, Bo Chen, Liusi Sheng, Yaoguang Liu, Xinggui Long, Xiao Liu, Luhui Han, Zhonghua Wu

“…Helium status is the primary effect of material properties under radiation. 10B-doped aluminum samples were prepared via arc melting technique and rapidly cooled with liquid nitrogen to increase the boron concentration during the formation of compounds. …”
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ASB1 engages with ELOB to facilitate SQOR ubiquitination and H2S homeostasis during spermiogenesis by Jinxing Lv, Tiantian Wu, Jiajia Xue, Cong Shen, Wenxin Gao, Xia Chen, Yueshuai Guo, Mingxi Liu, Jun Yu, Xiaoyan Huang, Bo Zheng

“…Notably, the compromised fertility and sperm quality in Asb1-KO mice was significantly ameliorated by administering NaHS, a H2S donor. …”
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Research Progress on Nutritional Characteristics, Taste Quality Improvement and Functional Evaluation of Germinated Brown Rice by REN Chuanying, HONG Bin, ZHANG Shan, YUAN Di, FENG Junran, SHAN Shan, ZHANG Jingyi, GUAN Lijun, LI Bo, HUANG Wengong, LU Shuwen

“…Germinated brown rice (GBR) is a whole grain containing the intact bran and embryo, concentrating most nutrients and functional active compounds. …”
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Exosomal circPOLQ promotes macrophage M2 polarization via activating IL-10/STAT3 axis in a colorectal cancer model by Yang Liu, Chen Chen, Jinbo Liu, Zhenqiang Sun, Bo Shao, Yanxin Xu, Pengyuan Dang, Shengyun Hu, Haifeng Sun, Chaoguan Wang, Junhong Hu

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Tomato Stem and Leaf Segmentation and Phenotype Parameter Extraction Based on Improved Red Billed Blue Magpie Optimization Algorithm by Lina Zhang, Ziyi Huang, Zhiyin Yang, Bo Yang, Shengpeng Yu, Shuai Zhao, Xingrui Zhang, Xinying Li, Han Yang, Yixing Lin, Helong Yu

“…Therefore, this paper proposes a tomato point cloud stem and leaf segmentation framework based on Elite Strategy-based Improved Red-billed Blue Magpie Optimization (ES-RBMO) Algorithm. The framework uses a four-layer Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for stem and leaf segmentation by incorporating an improved swarm intelligence algorithm with an accuracy of 0.965. …”
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Safety analysis of brachial artery sheath removal after heparin reversal with a half dose of protamine after percutaneous coronary intervention: a single-center experience by Huanhuan Wang, Cheng Cui, Dan Liu, Hongmei Liu, Tao Tian, Minghao Liu, Bo Zhang, Tongqiang Zou, Zhan Gao, Lijian Gao, Haibo Liu

“…AimTo evaluate the safety of brachial artery (BA) sheath removal after heparin neutralization with a half dose of protamine immediately after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).MethodsThe clinical data of 209 consecutive patients who underwent PCI through the BA at Fu Wai Hospital between September 2019 and June 2024 were retrospectively collected. …”
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