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We investigated haemostatic management, frequency of postoperative bleeding, and prognosis of patients who had left ventricular assist devices, and who were having oral surgical procedures between April 2002 and March 2014, to identify risk factors for bleeding and find out which were the best methods of haemostasis. Medical records were examined retrospectively and we recorded details of the patients, and frequency of bleeding together with factors associated with it. Twenty-nine patients had 39 oral operations, and there were 17 bleeds (44%). The first procedure for each patient was used for statistical calculations. Duration of bleeding tended to be longer for patients with implantable devices (median (interquartile range, IQR) 12.0 (3-18) days) than for those with extracorporeal devices (median (IQR) 3.0 (1-4) days; p=0.079). There was a significantly greater difference in prothrombin time-international normalised ratio (PT-INR) before and after operation in patients who bled, whose median (range) was 0.85 (0.2-1.81), than in those who did not (median (IQR) 0.16 (-0.09-0.31) (p=0.015). There were moderate correlations with postoperative bleeding were seen for the difference between preoperative and postoperative PT-INR (r=0.479, p=0.012) and PT-INR value when bleeding (r=0.407, p=0.035). In conclusion, postoperative bleeding occurred after oral operations in 17/29 patients with left ventricular assist devices by a median (IQR) of 0.85 (0.2-1.81) of the preoperative value.Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (EPF) occurs in patients with hematological disorders. However, clinical information about hematological disorder-associated EPF is scarce. We report two cases of EPF associated with mantle cell lymphoma and reviewed the available published work on Japanese cases. We identified a total of 23 Japanese cases, including the two cases reported here, who had hematological disorder-associated EPF. Fourteen cases were associated with treatment for hematological malignancies (transplantation-related EPF) and nine cases were associated with hematological malignancies themselves (hematological malignancy-related EPF). Although the skin eruption was clinically indistinguishable between the two subtypes, transplantation-related EPF occurred on the face and trunk of young and middle-aged men and women, whereas hematological malignancy-related EPF occurred mostly on the face of older men. Peripheral blood eosinophilia was more frequently observed in transplantation-related EPF. These observations suggest variations among patients with EPF associated with hematological disorders.
Both sedentary behaviour and fatty liver are associated with increased risk of obesity and non-communicable diseases, but their relationship remains unknown. We investigated the relationship of television (TV) viewing time with serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) and Fatty Liver Index (FLI), and ultrasonographically assessed liver fat.

A total of 1,367 adults of the population-based Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study (748 women, 619 men, aged 34-49 years) had fasting serum GGT, triglycerides, weight, height, and waist circumference, and self-reported TV time data from 2001, 2007, and 2011. Changes in GGT and FLI, and liver ultrasound images in 2011 were studied in groups with constantly low (≤ 1 h/d), moderate (1-3 h/d), or high (≥ 3 h/d) daily TV time, and in groups with ≥ 1 hour increase/decrease in daily TV time between 2001 and 2011.

Constantly high TV time was associated with higher GGT and FLI (P < 0.02 in both), and 2.3-fold (95% CI 1.2-4.5) increased risk of fatty liver regardless of age, sex, leisure-time and occupational physical activity, energy intake, diet composition, alcohol use, sleep duration, socioeconomic status, and smoking. Adjustment for BMI partly attenuated the associations.

High TV viewing increases fatty liver risk. It may be one mechanism linking sedentary behaviour with increased cardiometabolic disease risks.
High TV viewing increases fatty liver risk. It may be one mechanism linking sedentary behaviour with increased cardiometabolic disease risks.Efficient succinate production in Escherichia coli is attained during anaerobic glucose fermentation in biosynthetic processes combining the reductive branch of the TCA cycle and the glyoxylate bypass. Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) or pyruvate formate lyase (PFL) serves in E. coli as a source of acetyl-CoA, a substrate for the glyoxylate bypass. Depending on enzymes responsible for acetyl-CoA generation, the contribution of the glyoxylate bypass to the anaerobic succinate biosynthesis may vary to support redox balance resulting in diverse maximum achievable yield values. Anaerobic succinate biosynthesis from glucose was studied using E. coli strains with altered expression of genes encoding PFL and PDH. For acetyl-CoA formation by PFL, the yield of 1.32 mol succinate per mole of glucose was achieved with the theoretical value of 1.6 mol/mol. Involvement of PDH in anaerobic acetyl-CoA synthesis increased succinate yield up to 1.49 mol/mol, which is 89.8% of the predicted maximum (1.6(6) mol/mol). The maximum yield of 1.69 mol succinate per mol glucose, amounting to 98.8% of the stoichiometric maximum (1.71 mol/mol), was achieved with the strain possessing PDH as the primary anaerobic source of acetyl-CoA. Memantine clinical trial During high cell density fermentation, the best engineered strain produced high amounts of succinate (570.7 mM) and only small quantities of acetate (11.9 mM).Glutathione (GSH), an important bioactive product, is widely used in production of pharmaceuticals and foods. In this study, four different vector systems, pET28a, pUC18, pUC19-P32, and pUC19-Pabb, were applied for expression of gshF, encoding the bifunctional glutathione synthetase of Streptococcus thermophiles. These four constructs were named as pET28a-gshF, pUC18-gshF, pUC19-P32-gshF and pUC19-Pabb-gshF, respectively, and then introduced into Escherichia coli strain BL21(DE3) for further investigation of protein expression and GSH production. The expression levels of the GshF in BL21(pUC19-P32-gshF) and BL21(pUC19-Pabb-gshF) were much lower than those of BL21(pET28a-gshF) and BL21(pUC18-gshF). In the fed-batch fermentation, the GSH accumulated by BL21(pUC18-gshF) reached 15.21 g/L, which was the highest level of GSH biosynthesis ever reported. Although BL21(pUC19-Pabb-gshF) produced less GSH compared to BL21(pUC18-gshF), the final GSH concentration produced by BL21 (pUC19-Pabb-gshF) still accumulated to 5.09 g/L, which indicated the potential application of the constitutive promoter in GSH production.
The present study was to investigate the role of bradykinin receptors genes polymorphisms on hypertension risk in Northern Han Chinese population. We also carried out a meta-analysis on Chinese to derive a more full assessment of this association.

A total of 976 subjects from Northern Han Chinese and 7 studies with 1599 cases and 1425 controls were included in this case-control study and in the current meta-analysis, respectively. For the case-control study, we identified the genotypes of -58T/C and 1098A/G polymorphism in BDKRB2 and BDKRB1 genes, respectively, by TaqMan PCR method. Overall, we found significant association between the -58T/C polymorphism and the increased risk of hypertension in the allele comparison (p = 0.01, OR = 1.386, 95% CI [1.138-1.688]). Subgroup analysis by gender suggested that this obvious association could still be found in males, but not in females. For the 1098A/G polymorphism, no significant association was revealed in overall and subgroup analysis. For the meta-analysis involving the -58T/C polymorphism, a significant association between this polymorphism and hypertension was observed in the whole group. In Chinese Han subgroup, we found significant association with hypertension in allele comparison(C vs. T p = 0.03, OR = 1.28, 95% CI 1.03-1.59, pheterogeneity = 0.05).

Our case-control study indicated that -58T/C might be significantly associated with the increased risk of hypertension in Northern Han Chinese population, which was partially confirmed by our meta-analysis.
Our case-control study indicated that -58T/C might be significantly associated with the increased risk of hypertension in Northern Han Chinese population, which was partially confirmed by our meta-analysis.
The generation of transgenic mice expressing green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) has greatly aided our understanding of the development of connective tissues such as bone and cartilage. Perturbation of a biological system such as the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) within its adaptive remodeling capacity is particularly useful in analyzing cellular lineage progression. The objectives of this study were to determine (i) if GFP reporters expressed in the TMJ indicate the different stages of cell maturation in fibrocartilage and (ii) how mechanical loading affects cellular response in different regions of the cartilage.

Four-week-old transgenic mice harboring combinations of fluorescent reporters (Dkk3-eGFP, Col1a1(3.6kb)-GFPcyan, Col1a1(3.6kb)-GFPtpz, Col2a1-GFPcyan, and Col10a1-RFPcherry) were used to analyze the expression pattern of transgenes in the mandibular condylar cartilage (MCC). To study the effect of TMJ loading, animals were subjected to forced mouth opening with custom springs exerting 50g force for 1h/day for 5 days. Dynamic mineralization and cellular proliferation (EdU-labeling) were assessed in loaded vs control mice.

Dkk3 expression was seen in the superficial zone of the MCC, followed by Col1 in the cartilage zone, Col2 in the prehypertrophic zone, and Col10 in the hypertrophic zone at and below the tidemark. TMJ loading increased expression of the GFP reporters and EdU-labeling of cells in the cartilage, resulting in a thickness increase of all layers of the cartilage. In addition, mineral apposition increased resulting in Col10 expression by unmineralized cells above the tidemark.

The TMJ responded to static loading by forming thicker cartilage through adaptive remodeling.
The TMJ responded to static loading by forming thicker cartilage through adaptive remodeling.The immunomodulatory activity of linezolid has recently been reported using in vitro experimental models. However, the anti-inflammatory activity of linezolid has not yet been demonstrated using in vivo experimental models. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to demonstrate the anti-inflammatory activity of linezolid and other anti-MRSA agents using the carrageenan-induced rat paw edema model. The pretreatment with 50 mg/kg linezolid significantly suppressed edema rates, compared with control (5% glucose), with edema rates at 0.5 and 3 h after the administration of carrageenan being 17.3 ± 3.5 and 30.8 ± 3.0%, respectively. On the other hand, edema rates were not suppressed by the pretreatments with 50 mg/kg vancomycin, teicoplanin, arbekacin, and daptomycin. Furthermore, we demonstrated that linezolid exhibited anti-inflammatory activity in a concentration-dependent manner. These effects were observed at linezolid concentrations that are achievable in human serum with conventional dosing. In conclusion, the results of the present study suggest that the anti-inflammatory activities of linezolid, in addition to its antimicrobial effects, have a protective effect against destructive inflammatory responses in areas of inflammation.
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