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RESULTS Pooling five clinical trials (five treatment arms) together did not show any significant effect on body weight (WMD -0.74 kg, 95% CI -3.17 to 1.69) and body mass index (BMI) (WMD -1.47, 95% CI -4.07 to 1.12). Our results illustrated that a significant decrease of fasting blood sugar (WMD -5.32, mg/dL95% CI -10.46 to -0.17), fasting insulin (WMD -4.10, μIU/dL95% CI -6.76 to -0.144) and HOMA-IR (WMD -0.69 95% CI -1.37 to -0.004) were observed after cinnamon treatment. Moreover, our findings demonstrated that oral cinnamon supplementation in PCOS patients led to significant reduction of serum level of LDL-C, total cholesterol, and triacylglycerol. Besides, an improvement of serum concentration of HDL-C was shown by cinnamon supplementation. CONCLUSION Generally, present study indicated that cinnamon supplementation may help PCOS patients to manage their metabolic parameters. Ras inhibitor Future prospective randomized clinical trials with longer intervention duration are warranted to obtain a precise conclusion. V.ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The dicotyledonous plant Piptadeniastrum africanum (hook.f.) Brennan (Fabaceae) is used in traditional medicine to treat various human complaints including bronchitis, cough, various urino-genital, meningitis, abdominal pain, wound treatment malaria and gastrointestinal ailments and as a purgative and worm expeller. AIM OF THE STUDY The present study describes the phytochemical investigation and the determination of the antimicrobial, antiplasmodial and antitrypanosomal activities of fractions and compounds extracted from Piptadeniastrum africanum roots. MATERIALS AND METHODS Isolated compounds were obtained after several chromatographic techniques. The structures of all compounds were determined by comprehensive spectroscopic analyses (1D and 2D NMR) and by comparing their NMR data with those found in literature. In vitro antimicrobial activity of samples was evaluated using the microdilution method on bacteria (Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis, Staphylococcus aureus) and fuespectively. CONCLUSION These results demonstrated a scientific rational of the traditional uses of P. africanum and indicate that this plant should be further investigated to identify some of the chemical components that exhibited the activities reported from this study and therefore may constitute new lead candidates in parasiticidal drug discovery. V.A growing body of evidence demonstrates that home-based, multicomponent interventions can effectively reduce exposures to asthma triggers and decrease asthma symptoms. However, few of these studies have targeted adults. To address this and other research gaps, we designed and implemented a pragmatic randomized clinical trial, the Houston Home-based Integrated Intervention Targeting Better Asthma Control (HIITBAC) for African Americans, to assess the effectiveness of a home-based intervention to improve asthma control and quality of life in African-American adults-a population disproportionately affected by asthma. The primary goals were to help participants reduce allergens and irritants in their homes and better manage their disease through knowledge, improved medication use, and behavior change. HIITBAC had two groups clinic-only and home-visit groups. Both groups received enhanced clinical care, but the home-visit group also received a detailed home assessment and four additional home visits spaced over roughly one year. We recruited 263 participants. Of these, 152 (57.8%) were recruited through electronic health record data, 51 (19.4%) through Emergency Medical Services data, and 60 (22.8%) through other efforts (e.g., emergency departments, community events, outreach). Seventy participants (26.6%) were lost to follow up, substantially more in the home-visit than in the clinic-only group. We describe the HIITBAC methodology and cohort, discuss lessons learned about recruitment and retention, and highlight adaptations we implemented to address these lessons. INTRODUCTION Regular engagement in physical activity (PA) decreases risks for many chronic conditions, and there is growing evidence showing a positive impact of this behavior on the reduction of depression symptoms. However, rates of PA as well as adherence to exercise interventions remain low among depressed individuals relative to non-depressed individuals. METHODS Project MOVE is a theoretically-driven, 3-arm randomized controlled trial with depressed adults comparing three 12-week interventions, each with varying levels of intensity in promoting and supporting adherence to a regular exercise regimen 1) brief advice (BA) to exercise only; 2) BA + supervised and home-based exercise (SHE) + cognitive behavioral sessions (CBEX); and BA+SHE + health education (HE). Assessments are conducted at baseline, 6 weeks, end of intervention (week 12), and at 6 and 9 months. Ras inhibitor The primary outcome is minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), objectively assessed by accelerometry data. Secondary outcomes include cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, and depression, and maintenance of MVPA through 6 and 9 month follow-ups. Moreover, mediators and moderators derived from behavior change theories, including the Health Behavior Model, Self-Determination Theory, and Social Ecological Theory, will be examined. link2 CONCLUSION Project MOVE is designed to test whether BA + SHE + CBEX is superior to BA + SHE + HE, and whether BA + SHE + HE will be superior to BA alone in increasing MVPA levels among adults with depression. This trial will provide much needed data on the effect of combined intervention components on prolonged engagement with PA among depressed adults. link2 Published by Elsevier Inc.The Keyboard design is a novel model-assisted dose-finding method to find the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) for single-agent trials. The Keyboard design is easy to implement and has superior performance in comparison to more complicated model-assisted designs. In this article, we extend the Keyboard design to dual-agent dose-finding trials. The proposed Keyboard combination trial design maintains the simplicity of the original single-agent Keyboard design, and its dose escalation and deescalation rules can be pre-tabulated before conducting the trial. We show that the Keyboard combination design has desirable theoretical properties, including the optimality of its decision rules, coherence in dose transition, and convergence to the target dose. Extensive simulations are conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed Keyboard combination design using a novel, random two-dimensional dose-toxicity scenario generating algorithm. The simulation results confirm the desirable and competitive operating characteristics of the Keyboard design. An R Shiny application is available at www.trialdesign.org to implement the Keyboard combination design. BACKGROUND Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy are the most common procedures performed in bariatric surgery and both have been demonstrated to have significant effectiveness in treating morbid obesity. However, comparative analysis of their effectiveness has not been well studied. Ras inhibitor This comparative analysis was conducted to determine whether Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy have the same mid- and long-term outcomes in weight loss, resolution of obesity comorbidities and adverse events (AEs) of treatment. METHODS We searched the Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase and Web of Science databases from the establishment of the database to January 1, 2020 for both randomized control trials and non-randomised interventional studies that studied Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with respect to weight loss outcomes, resolution of obesity comorbidities and AEs of treatment. Standardised mean differences, Liquid metals in recent years have grabbed the attention of researchers due to their expanded applicability not only in the field of therapeutics but also in theranostic. link2 Acknowledged as a nuclear medicine due to its radioactivity, Gallium finds its widespread application in disorders of bone, calcium metabolism, and cancer. The present article deals with the advancement of gallium based nanoplatforms for therapy, imaging, and biosensing of cancers. The article describes the gallium based nanoconjugates and furnishes one's understanding of various therapeutic approaches such as photothermal therapy, sonodynamic therapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy along with various imaging platforms and biosensing platforms. A brief section related to patents on gallium based nanoplatforms in cancer has been included along with various molecular docking and simulation studies done on gallium. The recent advancement with respect to drug delivery gives an insight into the future perspective of gallium based nanoplatforms in the field of cancer theranostic. Translation potential of RNA interference nanotherapeutics remains challenging due to in vivo off-target effects and poor endosomal escape. Here, we developed novel polyplexes for controlled intracellular delivery of dicer substrate siRNA, using a light activation approach. link3 Sulfonated polyethylenimines covalently linked to pyropheophorbide-α for photoactivation and bearing modified amines (sulfo-pyro-PEI) for regulated endosomal escape were investigated. Gene knock-down by the polymer-complexed DsiRNA duplexes (siRNA-NPs) was monitored in breast cancer cells. Surprisingly, sulfo-pyro-PEI/siRNA-NPs failed to downregulate the PLK1 or eGFP proteins. However, photoactivation of these cell associated-polyplexes with a 661-nm laser clearly restored knock-down of both proteins. In contrast, protein down-regulation by non-sulfonated pyro-PEI/siRNA-NPs occurred without any laser treatments, indicating cytoplasmic disposition of DsiRNA followed a common intracellular release mechanism. Therefore, sulfonated pyro-PEI holds potential as a unique trap and release light-controlled delivery platform for on-demand gene silencing bearing minimal off target effects. Published by Elsevier Inc.Spinal cord injury (SCI), a multifactorial disease, can lead to irreversible motor and sensory disabilities. Cell therapy in combination with pharmacological agents can be a promising approach to attenuate SCI damages. Epidermal neural crest stem cells (EPI-NCSCs) extracted from bulge hair follicle in adults are attractive candidates due to the possibility of autologous transplantation. This study evaluated the effect of EPI-NCSCs combined with astaxanthin (Ast), a potent antioxidant, on damages induced by SCI. Male rats were treated with Ast (0.2 mM) and EPI-NCSCs (106/10 μl PBS) alone and combined together after SCI contusion. Motor function was assessed by Basso, Beattie and Bresnahan (BBB) test on days 1, 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 and 42 post-injury. Motor neurons number and myelin level were evaluated on days 14 and 42 using Nissl and Luxol Fast Blue staining. The gene expression of mitochondrial biogenesis involved factors (PGC1α, NRF1 and TFAM) was measured by qPCR. All treatments improved motor function, with the highest BBB score in Ast + Cell compared to Ast and Cell. link3 Decreased motor neurons number and myelin level following SCI, were increased by Ast, Cell and Ast + Cell, but combination therapy significantly had a better effect. link3 We observed reduction in PGC1α, NRF1, and TFAM expression in spinal tissue after SCI, and treatment with Cell and Ast + Cell significantly restored NRF1 and TFAM mRNA levels. These results suggested that Ast in combination with EPI-NCSCs has better effects on behavioral dysfunction, motor neuron loss and demyelination after SCI. These protective effects may be attributed to mitochondrial biogenesis activation.
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