Vitamin D deficiency prevalence and risk factors in hypothyroid patients in a Kashmiri population in Mirpur by Usman Ghani, Abrar Hussain Azad

“…Further research is needed on how the addition of vitamin D could affect thyroid function and overall health outcomes.…”
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Changes of intestinal microbiome and its relationship with painful diabetic neuropathy in rats by Shuaiying Jia, Haiqi Mi, Yao Su, Yuning Liu, Zhi Ming, Jingyan Lin

“…Sequencing analysis revealed significant differences in gut microbiota composition between PDN and control rats, with altered Bacillota/Bacteroidota ratios and increased Lactobacillus abundance. Functional annotation analysis, based on the KEGG, EggNOG, and CAZy databases, indicated significant enrichment of metabolic pathways related to carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism, energy metabolism, and cell structure biogenesis in PDN rats. …”
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Brain-clinical biotyping in patients with idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder by Shi Tang, Bei Huang, Yanlin Wang, Yaping Liu, Jing Wang, Li Zhou, Siyi Gong, Yuhua Yang, Joey WY Chan, Steven WH Chau, Winnie CW Chu, Jill Abrigo, Jean-François Gagnon, Yun Kwok Wing

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Reproductive and developmental implications of micro- and nanoplastic internalization: Recent advances and perspectives by Zitong Zhang, Jiahua Meng, Jiaqi Tian, Ning Li, Zhen Chen, Xiang Yun, Dandan Song, Fei Li, Shuyin Duan, Lin Zhang

“…In females, MNPs affect ovarian tissue structure and function, interfere with hormone secretion, and impact the endometrium and embryo implantation. …”
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Neurobiological and Microbiota Alterations After Bariatric Surgery: Implications for Hunger, Appetite, Taste, and Long-Term Metabolic Health by Sebastián Chapela, Ludwig Alvarez-Córdova, Andres Martinuzzi, Rosario Suarez, Victoria Gonzalez, Ezequiel Manrique, Janeth Castaño, Gianluca Rossetti, Luigi Cobellis, Vincenzo Pilone, Evelyn Frias-Toral, Luigi Schiavo

“…Neuroimaging studies reveal structural and functional changes in brain regions involved in reward processing and cognitive control, contributing to reduced cravings and altered food choices. …”
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Parasitic worms: knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Western Côte d'Ivoire with implications for integrated control. by Cinthia A Acka, Giovanna Raso, Eliézer K N'goran, Andres B Tschannen, Isaac I Bogoch, Essane Séraphin, Marcel Tanner, Brigit Obrist, Jürg Utzinger

“…<h4>Principal findings</h4>Access to clean water was lacking in both communities and only a quarter of the households had functioning latrines. There was a better understanding of soil-transmitted helminthiasis than intestinal schistosomiasis, but community-based rather than school-based interventions appeared to improve knowledge of schistosomiasis. …”
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Diabetic Enteropathy: From Molecule to Mechanism-Based Treatment by Theresa Meldgaard, Søren Schou Olesen, Adam D. Farmer, Klaus Krogh, Anne Astrid Wendel, Birgitte Brock, Asbjørn Mohr Drewes, Christina Brock

“…Arguably, the most common microvascular complication is neuropathy, leading to deleterious changes in both the structure and function of neurons. Amongst the various neuropathies with the highest symptom burden are those associated with alterations in the enteric nervous system, referred to as diabetic enteropathy. …”
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Factors associated with participation in a proton therapy clinical trial: a cross-sectional survey of Danish patients with head and neck cancer by Anne Wilhøft Kristensen, Kenneth Jensen, Annesofie L. Jensen, Susanne O. Dalton, Jesper Eriksen, Jeppe Friborg, Cai Grau

“…Background and purpose: Participation in proton therapy (PT) trials may be affected by structural, clinical, and individual factors, potentially excluding certain patient groups. …”
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Multimodality Imaging in Aldosterone-Induced Cardiomyopathy: Early Detection and Prognostic Implications by Francesca Zoccatelli, Gabriele Costa, Matteo Merlo, Francesca Pizzolo, Simonetta Friso, Luigi Marzano

“…Multimodality cardiac imaging, led primarily by conventional and speckle-tracking echocardiography, and complemented by exploratory cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) techniques such as T1 mapping and late gadolinium enhancement, enables non-invasive assessment of structural, functional, and tissue-level changes in aldosterone-mediated myocardial damage. …”
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Exercise, memory, and the hippocampus: Uncovering modifiable lifestyle reserve factors in refractory epilepsy by Alena Stasenko, Erik Kaestner, Adam Schadler, Evan Brady, Jonathan Rodriguez, Rebecca W. Roth, Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht, Jonathan L. Helm, Daniel L. Drane, Carrie R. McDonald

“…Due to the beneficial impact of exercise on hippocampal health and the vulnerability of the hippocampus in medication-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), exercise could present a promising intervention in TLE. We investigated whether exercise engagement is associated with verbal memory function and hippocampal integrity in 29 young to middle-aged adults with refractory TLE and 21 demographically matched controls. …”
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A COSMIN systematic review of instruments for evaluating health-related quality of life in people with Hereditary Angioedema by Irene Baroni, Giulia Paglione, Giada De Angeli, Miriam Angolani, Edward Callus, Arianna Magon, Gianluca Conte, Stefano Terzoni, Maura Lusignani, Rosario Caruso, Andrea Zanichelli

“…HAE often compromises the HRQoL due to the impact on functional capacity caused by edema, pain, other symptoms, and psychosocial factors. …”
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CSEPC: a deep learning framework for classifying small-sample multimodal medical image data in Alzheimer’s disease by Jingyuan Liu, Xiaojie Yu, Hidenao Fukuyama, Toshiya Murai, Jinglong Wu, Qi Li, Zhilin Zhang

“…The architecture first extracts balanced multiscale features from structural MRI (sMRI) data and functional MRI (fMRI) data using a cross-scale pyramid module. …”
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Patterns and Associated Factors of Congenital Anomalies Among Neonates in 14 Yemeni Governorates 2021–2023: A Case: Control Study by Hiam Al-Atnah, Anas Al-Qubati, Amir Addin Al-Hashedi, Muath Al-Saidy, Saleh Al-Shawish, Moamer M. Badi, Najeeb Al-Qubati, Yasser Ghaleb, Maha Al-Muntaser

“…Background: Long-term disability and a reduced quality of life are often associated with congenital anomalies (CAs), which present as structural, functional, or metabolic defects. This study provides a comprehensive view of neonatal congenital anomalies in 14 Yemeni governorates, a significant but often overlooked public health concern. …”
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Pleiotropic effects of mutant huntingtin on retinopathy in two mouse models of Huntington's disease by Hui Xu, Anakha Ajayan, Ralf Langen, Jeannie Chen

“…Defects in retinal structure and function are also present in the R6/2 and R6/1 HD transgenic mouse models that contain a gene fragment to express mHTTex1. …”
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Tracheobronchial ossification in children: a case report and review of the literature by Yan Ruan, Shan Chen, Ling Zhang, Huiyun Huang, Weiwei Tang, Lizhi Li

“…Presentations included respiratory symptoms and recurrent infections. Pulmonary function abnormalities, typical radiological and bronchoscopic features, and histopathological evidence were variably reported. …”
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Stimuli‐responsive magnesium‐based materials for biomedical applications: A review by Xianli Wang, Yanbin Zhao, Qiangsheng Dong, Chenglin Chu, Feng Xue, Cheng Wang, Jing Bai

“…However, there is a lack of systematic summaries on the “composition‐structure‐function” relationships when Mg‐based materials are applied in various physiological scenarios. …”
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Inflammaging as the basis of age-associated diseases by O. V. Artemyeva, L. V. Gankovskaya

“…Immunosenescence is understood as structural and functional changes in both adaptive and innate immunity systems. …”
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Mitochondrial genomic alterations in cholangiocarcinoma cell lines. by Athitaya Faipan, Sirinya Sitthirak, Arporn Wangwiwatsin, Nisana Namwat, Poramate Klanrit, Attapol Titapun, Apiwat Jareanrat, Vasin Thanasukarn, Natcha Khuntikeo, Luke Boulter, Hasaya Dokduang, Watcharin Loilome

“…Our results underscore the diverse mtDNA mutation landscape in CCA cell lines, highlighting the potential impact of these mutations on mitochondrial function and CCA cell line progression. Future research is required to investigate the functional impacts of these variants, their interactions with nuclear DNA in CCA, and their potential as targets for therapeutic intervention.…”
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Lowering Blood Lipids and Regulating Intestinal Flora Effects of Blueberry Enzyme in Hyperlipidemic Mice by Ya DANG, Yuyu QIAO, Gege LEI, Binyan YANG

“…After 4 weeks of drug intervention, the mice's weight, serum lipid levels, organ changes and the liver function of each group mice were measured, and the pathological sections of liver, kidney and colon were also monitored. …”
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A park-based group mobility program for older adults with difficulty walking outdoors: a qualitative process evaluation of the Getting Older Adults Outdoors (GO-OUT) randomized con... by Kristina M. Kokorelias, Jacquie Ripat, Ruth Barclay, C. Allyson Jones, Nancy E. Mayo, Theresa Grant, Stephanie Scodras, Kyla Alsbury-Nealy, Charlotte Ryder-Burbidge, Nancy M. Salbach

“…The objective of this planned process evaluation was to explore participants’ perceptions of mechanisms of impact of and contextual factors influencing experiences with the interventions to help explain the observed intervention effects on study outcomes. …”
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