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Objectives The aim of the current study was to examine the relations among mindfulness, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, and stressful life events (SLEs) in African-American urban adolescents. Another aim was to examine mindfulness as a moderator of the relation between SLEs and PTSD symptom severity in this population. Method Eighty-eight African-American high school students from a low-income urban community completed measures of demographics, PTSD symptom severity, SLEs, and mindfulness. Results Mindfulness was significantly negatively related to PTSD symptom severity, r(86) = -.70, p less then .001, 95% CI [-.58, -79], and SLEs were significantly positively related to PTSD symptom severity, r(86) = .29, p = .003, 95% CI [.09, .47]. Mindfulness was an independent predictor of PTSD symptom severity after accounting for SLEs, B = -1.16, t(84) = -9.06, p less then .001, 95% CI [-1.41, -0.90], and SLEs were an independent predictor of PTSD symptom severity after accounting for mindfulness, B = 0.49, t(84) = 2.92, p = .004, 95% CI [0.16, 0.82]. Mindfulness did not moderate the relation between SLEs and PTSD symptom severity, B = -.003, t(84) = -0.15, p = .89, 95% CI [-.04, .03]. Implications This study has implications for both mindfulness as a potential protective factor against PTSD symptom severity and SLEs as a potential risk factor for increased PTSD symptom severity in African-American urban adolescents.Although a growing body of literature has demonstrated that justice-involved people with mental illnesses have criminogenic risk factors at similar or elevated rates as compared to justice-involved people without mental illnesses, more information about how criminogenic risks vary by intensity of mental health symptoms is needed. This information is particularly important for probation agencies who supervise the vast majority of justice-involved individuals with mental illnesses and who are increasingly implementing specialty mental health supervision approaches. To this end, this study examines the relationship between criminogenic risk and intensity of self-reported symptoms of mental illnesses among 201,905 individuals on probation from a large southeastern state. Self-report measures of symptoms of mental illnesses were categorized as low, moderate or high and criminogenic risks were compared among the following three groups (1) those with no or low self-reported symptoms of mental illness; (2) those reporting moderate levels of symptoms; and (3) those reporting high or elevated levels of symptoms. Our findings suggest that the strength of relationships between symptoms of mental illnesses and criminogenic risks varies by type of criminogenic risk. Also, elevated symptoms of mental illness are associated with higher levels of criminogenic risks. More research about interventions that address mental illnesses and criminogenic risks is needed to inform practice and policy.Li F, Xie Y, Wu Y, et al. HSP20 exerts a protective effect on preeclampsia by regulating function of trophoblast cells via Akt pathways. Reproduct Sci. 2019;26961-971. doi10.1177/1933719118802057.Bipolar disorders are known as chronic, recurrent, and heterogenic diseases. Regarding, diagnosis and treatment of them are very complex. The molecular mechanism and pathophysiology of bipolar disorder are slightly known. Accordingly, long noncoding RNAs are considered as one of the main factors that are dysfunctional in many diseases such as the nervous system diseases. Hence, we aim to investigate the expression of two long non coding RNAs, MALAT1 and UCA1, in patients in bipolar disorder. The levels of MALAT1 and UCA1 lncRNA were evaluated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of 50 bipolar patients and 50 healthy controls with real-time PCR. Also, ROC curve analysis and correlation analysis were performed between the gene expression and some clinical features of bipolar individuals. The significant decline of MALAT1 expression level was found in the patients compared to controls; but no significant difference was observed in the UCA1 expression level between the patients and controls. Furthermore, computational analysis of CpG Islands and miRNAs binding sites on LncRNAs, MALAT1, and UCA1 was conducted. Also, The ROC curve area (AUC) of MALAT1 was 0.80. The current results suggest that the expression level of MALAT1 could serve as a potential diagnostic biomarker for bipolar patients.Brain stroke is one of the causes of human death and disability worldwide. Global ischemia results in the accumulation of free radicals in the neurons. It leads to histologically brain damage. The CA1 region of the hippocampus is a sensitive area for free radicals. This study investigated the combined therapy of the Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) and the Intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE). These neuroprotective agents play a role in the regeneration of neurons. They improve the learning ability and memory in rats induced global ischemia. We divided 35 rats into five groups. The groups were sham group, ischemia group, G-CSF group, ILE group, and G-CSF plus ILE group. Ischemia was induced by occlusion of the bilateral common carotid about 10 min. The drugs applied on days 1, 3 and 7. The treated groups received subcutaneous injection of 20 μg/kg G-CSF and intravenous injection of 5 ml/kg ILE. After two weeks, the memory and learning ability of the rats was evaluated by the shuttle box. Hematoxylin and Eosin and Nissl and TUNEL stainings were used to determine the necrosis, normal and apoptotic cells. The combined therapy increased normal cells compared to the ischemia group. They decreased the number of necrotic and apoptosis cells in other groups. The combined group improved the passive avoidance test compared to the other groups. The combination therapy of G-CSF plus ILE is more effective than each alone.Background Diabetes mellitus is an independent risk factor in the development of coronary artery disease (CAD), myocardial infarction (MI), and cardiac death (CD). The major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) between men and women in diabetic patients stratified by CAD (previous MI and/or coronary revascularization, CR) were analyzed. Methods and results A cohort of 1327 consecutive diabetic patients (age 66.5 ± 9 years) underwent gated SPECT (single-photon emission computed tomography). During a mean follow-up of 4.7 ± 2.2 years post gated SPECT, MACEs (non-fatal MI, CD, and late CR) were evaluated according to gender stratified by CAD. Among diabetic patients without known CAD (N = 731), men had more MACEs (sHR 1.9;95%CI 1.2-3.2) than women. Among diabetic patients with known CAD (N = 596), there was no difference in MACEs in diabetic men and women (sHR 1.15;95%CI 0.73-1.8). Diabetic women with known CAD (n = 143) were the group with the highest risk (sHR 1.7; P = .041) for MACEs (4.5% MACEs/year, [95%CI 3.1%-6.4%]), compared to the remaining diabetic patients (N = 1184) (3% MACEs/year, [95%CI 2.6%-3.5%]). Conclusions The prognosis of diabetic patients for MACEs is different in men and women stratified by CAD. The worst prognosis for MACEs occurs in women with known CAD.Background The incidence of lymph node metastasis (LNM) of angiosarcomas is reported to be less than 15%, and elective neck management has not been indicated. This study evaluated the incidence and pattern of regional LNM in patients with scalp angiosarcomas using the clinical data of its full course to understand time-event sequences of scalp angiosarcomas. Methods This retrospective study included all consecutive cases of pathology-confirmed angiosarcomas and analyzed 40 cases of scalp angiosarcomas. The survival plots were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method, and the results are presented mainly in a descriptive manner. Results The overall survival rate for the patients was 35.8% at 2 years. In contrast to previous reports, regional LNM was observed in more than half of the patients (52.5%) with scalp angiosarcoma. Meanwhile, a direct spread to distant organs occurred in only 27.5% of the patients. Regional LNM could predict clinical manifestation of systemic disease within 3 to 6 months. No differences in survival rates between patients with and without LNM were observed in this series. Occurrence of LNM seemed to be correlated with a high mitotic rate of primary tumors, but not with tumor grade or tumor dimension. The first-echelon lymph nodes from scalp angiosarcoma were peri-parotid, post-auricular, and level 2 lymph nodes. Conclusions For a localized scalp angiosarcoma, it seems reasonable for initial curative surgery to include prophylactic evaluation of regional lymph nodes for pathologic nodal staging, prognosis estimation, and the decision for systemic treatments.In the original version of the article all of the authors' first and last names were transposed. Scutellarin cost The original article has been updated.Purpose Oxidative stress causes mitochondrial dysfunction in myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) as well as in obesity. Mitochondrial depolarization triggers mitophagy to degrade damaged mitochondria, a process important for quality control. The aims of this study were to evaluate (i) the effect of I/R on mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and its temporal relationship with mitophagy in hearts from obese rats and their age-matched controls, and (ii) the role of oxidative stress in these processes using melatonin, a free radical scavenger. Methods Male Wistar rats were divided into 4 groups control (normal diet ± melatonin) and high-fat sucrose diet (HFSD ± melatonin). Rats received melatonin orally (10 mg/kg/day). After 16 weeks, hearts were removed and subjected to 40-min stabilization, and 25-min global ischaemia/10-min reperfusion for preparation of mitochondria. Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation was measured polarographically. Western blotting was used for evaluation of PINK1, Parkin, p62/SQSTM1 (p62) and TOM 70. Infarct size was measured using tetrazolium staining. Results Ischaemia and reperfusion respectively reduced and increased mitochondrial QO2 (state 3) and the ox-phos rate in both control and HFSD mitochondria, showing no major changes between the groups, while melatonin pretreatment had little effect. p62 as indicator of mitophagic flux showed up- and downregulation of mitophagy by ischaemia and reperfusion respectively, with melatonin having no significant effect. Melatonin treatment caused a significant reduction in infarct size in hearts from both control and diet groups. Conclusions The results suggest that I/R (i) affects mitochondria from control and HFSD hearts similarly and (ii) melatonin-induced cardioprotection is not associated with reversal of mitochondrial dysfunction or changes in the PINK1/Parkin pathway.Background Heart failure (HF) is considered to be a prothrombotic condition and it has been suggested that coagulation factors contribute to maladaptive cardiac remodelling via activation of the protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1). We tested the hypothesis that anticoagulation with the factor Xa (FXa) inhibitor apixaban would ameliorate cardiac remodelling in rats with HF after myocardial infarction (MI). Methods and results Male Sprague-Dawley rats were either subjected to permanent ligation of the left ascending coronary artery (MI) or sham surgery. The MI and sham animals were randomly allocated to treatment with placebo or apixaban in the chow (150 mg/kg/day), starting 2 weeks after surgery. Cardiac function was assessed using echocardiography and histological and molecular markers of cardiac hypertrophy were assessed in the left ventricle (LV). Apixaban resulted in a fivefold increase in anti-FXa activity compared with vehicle, but no overt bleeding was observed and haematocrit levels remained similar in apixaban- and vehicle-treated groups.
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