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Direct inhibition of O-GlcNAcylation via the OGT inhibitor, OSMI-1 (50 μM), also prevented proliferation, but only in GCs of small follicles. Augmentation of O-GlcNAcylation via the O-GlcNAcase inhibitor, Thiamet-G (2.5 μM), had no effect on GC proliferation, regardless of follicle size. The results indicate GCs of bovine antral follicles undergo O-GlcNAcylation, and O-GlcNAcylation is associated with alterations of glucose and lactate in follicular fluid. Disruption of O-GlcNAcylation impairs GC proliferation. Thus, the HBP via O-GlcNAcylation constitutes a plausible nutrient-sensing pathway influencing bovine GC function and follicular growth.
What is the speed and extent by which endogenous testosterone production and spermatogenesis recover after androgen abuse?
Testosterone concentrations normalized within 3 months after discontinuation of androgen abuse in most subjects but recovery of spermatogenesis took longer-approximately 1 year.
An estimated 4-6% of amateur strength athletes use androgens. Abuse of supraphysiological doses of androgens completely suppresses endogenous testosterone production and spermatogenesis.
Prospective and observational cohort study in which 100 male amateur athletes participated for 1 year.
Subjects (≥18 years) were included if they had not used androgens for at least 3 months and intended to start an androgen cycle within 2 weeks. Clinic visits took place before (T0), at the end (T1), and 3 months after the end of the cycle (T2), and 1 year after start of the cycle (T3), and included a blood test for gonadotrophins and sex hormones, and semen analysis.
During androgen abuse, 77% of subjects had a total androgen abuse in the vast majority of users. Nevertheless, not all users achieve a normalized testicular function. This may especially be the case for athletes with a high past exposure to androgens.
There is no conflict of interest. The study was funded by the Spaarne Gasthuis academy.
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N/A.This research aimed to understand how the policy was represented as a 'problem' in food regulatory decision-making in Australia, and the implications for public health nutrition engagement with policy development processes. Bacchi's 'what's the problem represented to be?' discourse analysis method was applied to a case study of voluntary food fortification policy (VFP) developed by the then Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council (ANZFRMC) between 2002 and 2012. As a consultative process is a legislated aspect of food regulatory policy development in Australia, written stakeholder submissions contributed most of the key documents ascertained as relevant to the case. Four major categories of stakeholder were identified in the data; citizen, public health, government and industry. Predictably, citizen, government and public health stakeholders primarily represented voluntary food fortification (VF) as a problem of public health, while industry stakeholders represented it as a problem of commercial benefit. This reflected expected differences regarding decision-making control and power over regulatory activity. However, at both the outset and conclusion of the policy process, the ANZFRMC represented the problem of VF as commercial benefit, suggesting that in this case, a period of 'formal' stakeholder consultation did not alter the outcome. This research indicates that in VFP, the policy debate was fought and won at the initial framing of the problem in the earliest stages of the policy process. Consequently, if public health nutritionists leave their participation in the process until formal consultation stages, the opportunity to influence policy may already be lost.
Since the 1980s, many studies have evaluated the efficacy of therapies to improve the outcomes of patients with perianal Crohn's disease. We performed a systematic review to describe the evolution of endpoints in perianal fistulizing Crohn's disease. Efficacy outcomes, definitions, and measurements tools were assessed.
Electronic databases were searched up to 1 st November 2020. All published randomized placebo-controlled trials enrolling patients with perianal fistula and Crohn's disease were eligible for inclusion. Ongoing randomized clinical trials were also described.
Nineteen randomized controlled trials were included. Clinical efficacy endpoints were reported in all trials. Clinical response was the most frequent primary endpoint (6/19 studies, 31.6%), followed by clinical remission in 4 studies (21%). Clinical response was defined as closure of at least 50% of fistulas, while remission was defined as closure of all fistulas. A combined clinical and radiological primary endpoint was used to assess fistula healing in 4 studies (21%). The Perianal Disease Activity Index was a primary endpoint in only one study (5.5%). In addition, 8 ongoing controlled trials were identified. Combined clinical and radiological remission was the most frequent primary endpoint in these studies (4/8, 50%).
In this systematic review, significant changes in outcomes used in randomized clinical trials of perianal Crohn's disease were observed. Radiological endpoints are increasingly used in perianal fistulizing Crohn's disease trials.
In this systematic review, significant changes in outcomes used in randomized clinical trials of perianal Crohn's disease were observed. Radiological endpoints are increasingly used in perianal fistulizing Crohn's disease trials.
International literature shows unemployment and income loss during the Great Recession worsened population mental health. This individual-level longitudinal study examines how regional economic trends and austerity related to depression using administrative prescription data for a large and representative population sample.
Records from a sample of the Scottish Longitudinal Study (N=86500) were linked to monthly primary care antidepressant prescriptions (2009-15). Regional economic trends were characterized by annual full-time employment data (2004-14). Economic impact of austerity was measured via annual income lost per working age adult due to welfare reforms (2010-15). Sequence analysis identified new cases of antidepressant use, and group-based trajectory modelling classified regions into similar economic trajectories. Multi-level logistic regression examined relationships between regional economic trends and new antidepressant prescriptions. Structural equation mediation analysis assessed the contribies in mental health. The study evidences the impact of austerity on health inequalities and suggests that economic conditions and welfare policies impact on population health. Reducing the burden of mental ill-health primarily requires action on the social determinants.
Survival after lung transplantation is mainly limited by the development of chronic lung allograft dysfunction. Previous studies have suggested T-cell mediated proliferation and microvascular changes in experimental small airways models as potential therapeutic targets. The aim of this study was to assess microvascular changes in murine orthotopic tracheal allografts after treatment with everolimus alone or in combination with clopidogrel.
C57Bl/6 (H-2b) donor tracheas were orthotopically transplanted into CBA (H-2k) recipients. Mice received daily injections of everolimus (0.05 mg/kg) alone or combined with clopidogrel (1 mg/kg). Twenty-eight days after transplantation, ratio of the thickness of tracheal epithelium and lamina propria was measured as an indicator for chronic rejection. Additionally, graft oxygenation and graft perfusion were detected on postoperative days 4, 10 and 28. Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis was used for gene expression analysis.
While syng no synergistic effects with clopidogrel in acute airway rejection.
Adherence to asthma controller medications is suboptimal among adolescents. We evaluated predictors of adherence and longitudinal patterns of medication use between 8th and 10th grade among a sample of youth of diverse race/ethnicity.
Eighth graders with asthma on controller medications (N = 62; 40.0% non-Latino white; 23.7% Black; 37.3% Latino; 37.3% female) completed measures of medication beliefs, responsibility for asthma management, and family cohesion. Objective methods tracked medication use longitudinally.
Adherence declined during the high school transition, from 48.0% in eighth grade to 34.1% in tenth grade (F = 5.35, p < .01). Males had lower adherence (b = -10.11, SE = 5.37, p = .02, f2 = 0.11), as did Latino youth (b = -12.21, SE = 8.23, p = .03, f2 = 0.12). Family cohesion was associated with higher adherence (b = 4.38, SE = 1.98, p = .04, f2 = 0.06). Latent class models (LCMs) suggested a three-class model of longitudinal adherence patterns. This included low, declining adherence (Clasresources and targeting the barriers adolescents face are necessary to improve asthma management during this vulnerable period.
In this tutorial, we examine methods for exploring missingness in a dataset in ways that can help to identify the sources and extent of missingness, as well as clarify gaps in evidence.
Using raw data from a meta-analysis of substance abuse interventions, we demonstrate the use of exploratory missingness analysis (EMA) including techniques for numerical summaries and visual displays of missing data.
These techniques examine the patterns of missing covariates in meta-analysis data and the relationships among variables with missing data and observed variables including the effect size. The case study shows complex relationships among missingness and other potential covariates in meta-regression, highlighting gaps in the evidence base.
Meta-analysts could often benefit by employing some form of EMA as they encounter missing data.
Meta-analysts could often benefit by employing some form of EMA as they encounter missing data.Chylothorax is leakage of lymphatic fluid accumulating in the pleural cavity due to the thoracic duct's (TD) trauma or obstructions. It generally occurs as a traumatic complication after general thoracic surgery procedures (0.4%), especially after esophagectomy (4.7-8.6%). Traditionally, surgical intervention is performed if conservative management fails, but reports of high mortality (2.1%) and morbidity (38%) have led to the development of a minimally invasive percutaneous treatment method; TD embolization (TDE). The records of all patients treated for chylothorax with TDE from April 2015 to June 2019 were reviewed. Only patients with iatrogenic chylothorax were included. The outcomes measures are defined as a technical and a clinical success. A technical success, is defined as the ability to perform the embolization procedure, thereby injecting embolizing material Histoacryl with or without coils. A clinical success is defined as a complete cessation of lymphatic leakage into the pleural cavity without surgical intervention and, therefore, a cured patient. Lymphography was performed in all patients, and visualization of cisterna chyli was achieved in 14/17 patients (82.4%). Of the 17 patients included, 15 patients were successfully embolized and cured of chylothorax (88.2%). Successfully embolized patients had a median discharge time of 7 days. PX-478 Most patients reported postprocedural pain, which was dealt with using conventional pain medication. TDE seems like a safe percutaneous treatment technique with a high clinical success rate in iatrogenic chylothorax patients which can be readily implemented if the clinical experience is available..
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