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Amongst 41,463 persons with diabetes and 154,803.85 person-years of follow-up, we observed 449 incident cases of acute myocardial infarction. For each 0.01 increment in NDVI the risk of developing a myocardial infarction decreased by 6% (Hazard Ratio, HR = 0.94; 95%CI, 0.89-0.99) in the population with diabetes. When stratifying by sex, we observed a significant association only in men (HR = 0.91; 95%CI, 0.86-0.97). People with diabetes living in urban greener areas might benefit from reduced cardiovascular risk, specially men. We observed sex/gender disparities, which could be related to different exposures and activities performed in green spaces between men and women. Further studies are needed to confirm sex/gender disparities between greenness exposure and cardiovascular outcomes. Our findings contribute to improve the health of people with diabetes who should be recommended to spent time and exercise in green areas.
Studies on the relationship between maternal self-reported smoking status and placental weight report inconsistent results. This study examined the relationships between maternal urinary cotinine concentration and placental weight and the ratio of placental weight to birth weight (PW/BW ratio). The study also examined the relationship between maternal smoking status, as determined by cotinine concentration, with placental weight and with PW/BW ratio, stratified by sex of offspring.

Our analysis used information of 91,049 mother-child pairs enrolled in the Japan Environment and Children's Study. Maternal urinary cotinine concentration was quantified (during the second or third trimester) with high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Using restricted cubic splines, placental weight and PW/BW ratio were plotted against natural log-transformed cotinine concentration. Taking cotinine levels of <0.17ng/mL, 0.17 to <21.5ng/mL (natural log-transformed values, -1.77 to 3.07), and ≥21.nary cotinine concentration measured during pregnancy, suggesting exposure to tobacco smoke induces a disproportionate reduction in fetal growth. The effect of tobacco smoke on placental growth varied by sex of offspring.
On November 5th, 2015, the Fundão mine tailings dam in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, failed, releasing more than 50 million m
of mud, rich in toxic metals. After that, a massive environmental disaster began with the mud wave flowing more than 600km, until the mouth of Doce River, in Espírito Santo State, and finally reaching the Atlantic Ocean. A vast area was contaminated, affecting the ecosystem and several communities. Despite the tremendous environmental disaster, little is known concerning the population's exposure to toxic elements yet.

Thus, a cross-sectional study was for the first time conducted in three communities directly affected by the disaster (Regência, Povoação, and Campo Grande) in Espírito Santo State, to evaluate the levels of 11 chemical elements (Al, As, Cd, Co, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, and Zn) in blood. Sample analysis (n=300) was performed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS).

Our data show high levels of exposure to Al, As, Hg, and Ni. DT-061 concentration Mean values in blood weres.Pharmaceutical drugs have become consumer products, with a daily use for some of them. The volume of production and consumption of drugs is such that they have become environmental pollutants. Their transfer to wastewater through urine, feces or rinsing in case of skin use, associated with partial elimination by wastewater treatment plants generalize pollution in the hydrosphere, including drinking water, sediments, soils, the food chain and plants. Here, we review the potential effects of environmental exposure to three classes of pharmaceutical drugs, i.e. antibiotics, antidepressants and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, on neurodevelopment. Experimental studies analyzing their underlying modes of action including those related to endocrine disruption, and molecular mechanisms including epigenetic modifications are presented. In addition, the contribution of brain imaging to the assessment of adverse effects of these three classes of pharmaceuticals is approached.
The purpose of the study is to assess the healing temporomandibular joint morphology and function after closed treatment of unilateral mandibular condylar fracture.

A prospective interventional cohort study was designed in patients recruited from the outpatient department who underwent closed reduction for unilateral condylar fractures, and mean mouth opening, mean maximum protrusion, laterotrusion, and radiological pattern of healing were noted.

Forty patients in the age group of 18-50years (mean 24.5years) were included. The difference between the pretreatment mean mouth opening (26.94mm), mean maximum protrusion (1.22mm), and laterotrusion (3.82mm and 1.45mm) values and the 6-month post-treatment values (46.3mm, 4.45mm, and 11.82mm and 9.82mm, respectively) was found to be statistically significant (P<.001). Deranged pretreatment occlusion seen in 20 cases was improved in 18 patients (85%) at the 6-month post-treatment visit, with persisting malocclusion in 2 patients (5%). Clinically, cases that ncluding adequate mouth opening, pain-free jaw excursions, and stable occlusion, with the anatomical healing pattern showing the most superior results and the detached pattern being associated with relatively poorer outcomes compared with other healing patterns.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-induced acute lung injury (ALI) is a critical condition, and inflammation and apoptosis play essential roles. Molecular hydrogen (H
) exerts anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects. Our previous work has shown that 42% H
can improve TBI. In the current study, we tested the hypothesis that inhalation of hydrogen (42% H
, 21% O
, balanced nitrogen) for 1h per day can improve TBI-induced ALI.

Sprague-Dawley male rats were randomly divided into 3 groups. Except for the sham group (group S), rats were subjected to a fluid percussion injury (FPI) and the H
treatment group were given inhaled hydrogen for 1h per day. We evaluated the lung function, pyroptosis and apoptosis at 24h, 48h and 72h.

Compared with group S, the rats in the TBI group (group T) showed obvious pulmonary edema after a TBI. Inhalation of high-concentration hydrogen significantly improved the rats. During this process, rats had some tendency to heal on their own, and H
also accelerated the self-heal evidence for the use of H
in TBI-ALI patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).
H2 improves TBI-ALI, and the mechanism may be due to the decrease of both pyroptosis and apoptosis and the alleviation of inflammation. These findings provide a reference and evidence for the use of H2 in TBI-ALI patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).A wide range of investigational drugs are being investigated in clinical trials for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), including PI3K-mTOR inhibitor. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effective combination of TORC1/2 inhibitor sapanisertib and chemotherapy drug cisplatin in preclinical models of NPC. In our work, sapanisertib at nanomolar concentrations decreases viability and proliferation in NPC cells regardless of varying genetic backgrounds. Sapanisertib acts synergistically with cisplatin via induces more G0/G1 arrest and apoptosis. At the same concentration, sapanisertib neither decreases viability nor proliferation in normal nasal epithelial cells. Sapanisertib also decreases NPC cell migration. It decreases phosphorylation of Akt, mTOR, p70S6K and 4EBP1 in NPC cells. The in vitro findings on the inhibitory effects of sapanisertib on NPC growth and mTOR signaling were also evident in the NPC xenograft mouse model. In addition, combination of sapanisertib with cisplatin resulted in better efficacy than monotherapy to inhibit NPC growth in mice without causing significant toxicity. These data clearly demonstrate efficacy and insignificant toxicity of sapanisertib alone and its combination with cisplatin in NPC preclinical models. Our findings will accelerate clinical trials evaluating combination of sapanisertib and chemotherapy for NPC treatment.Alcoholic abuse is one of the most serious causes of liver diseases worldwide. Although detailed molecular pathogenesis of alcohol-induced liver damages remains elusive with intensive debates, it has been widely recognized that hepatic damage caused by free radicals generated from alcohol metabolism is one of the most critical factors for alcohol-induced liver diseases. Betulinic acid is a potent antioxidant with additional known pharmacological safety characteristics and minimal toxicity. However, poor solubility limited its usage. In this study, we assessed the efficacy of BAN, a betulinic acid and nucleoside hybrid with good water solubility, in reversing acute liver damages using an established alcohol overdose animal model. The results indicated that BAN is an extremely promising therapeutic agent against acute alcohol-induced liver damage. BAN effectively protects liver from alcohol damage by reducing serum ALT level by up to 47%, as well as liver oxidative stress indicated by significantly increased SOD, CAT, and GSH-Px levels. Moreover, hepatic FXR activation and a corresponding downstream anti-oxidative stress transcriptional cascade including Nrf2, HO-1, and NOQ1 induce the protective role of BAN. On the other hand, BAN administration also leads to increase cellular autophagy response, as indicated by the key ATG protein activation. We concluded that BAN, comparing with Betulinic acid, prevents acute alcohol-induced liver damages more effectively, with the dual mechanisms of neutralizing oxidative stress and promoting autophagy.
Trans-cinnamaldehyde (TCA) is a main compound of Cinnamomum cassia, used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat many ailments. Increasing evidence has demonstrated the therapeutic effects of TCA in cardiovascular diseases.

The present study aimed to determine whether TCA exerts antihypertrophic effects in vitro and in vivo and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of these effects.

Neonatal rat cardiac myocytes (NRCMs) and adult mouse cardiac myocytes (AMCMs) were treated with 50 μΜ phenylephrine (PE) for 48h. Tubulin detyrosination, store-operated Ca
entry (SOCE), stromal interaction molecule-1 (STIM1)/Orai1 translocation, and calcineurin/nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT) signaling pathways were analyzed in NRCMs. Meanwhile, tubulin detyrosination, junctophilin-2, T-tubule distribution pattern, Ca
handling, and sarcomere shortening were observed in AMCMs. Male C57BL/6 mice were stimulated with PE (70mg/kg per day) with or without TCA treatment for 2 weeks. Cardiac hypertrophy and tubulin detyrosination were also assessed.

TCA was confirmed to alleviate cardiac hypertrophy induced by PE stimulation in vitro and in vivo. PE-induced cardiac hypertrophy was associated with excessive tubulin detyrosination and overexpression of vasohibin 1 (VASH1) and small vasohibin binding protein (SVBP), two key proteins responsible for tubulin detyrosination. These effects were largely blocked by TCA administration. PE treatment also enhanced SOCE with massive translocation of STIM1 and Orai1, Ca
mishandling, reduced sarcomere shortening, junctophilin-2, and T-tubule redistribution, all of which were significantly ameliorated by TCA administration.

Our study indicated that the therapeutic effects of TCA against cardiac hypertrophy may be associated with its ability to reduce tubulin detyrosination.
Our study indicated that the therapeutic effects of TCA against cardiac hypertrophy may be associated with its ability to reduce tubulin detyrosination.
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