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Author : Wentworth Kincaid | Published On : 10 Jun 2025
Sepsis and septic shock kill over 270,000 patients per year in the United States. Sepsis transitions from a hyper-inflammatory to a hypo-inflammatory phase. Alcohol dependence is a risk factor for mortality from sepsis. Ethanol (EtOH) exposure impairs pathogen clearance through mechanisms that are not fully understood. Sirtuin 2 (SIRT2) interferes with pathogen clearance in immune cells but its role in the effects of EtOH on sepsis is unknown. We studied the effect of EtOH exposure on hyper- and hypo-inflammation and the role of SIRT2 in mice.We exposed C57Bl/6 (WT) mice to EtOH via drinking water and used intraperitoneal cecal slurry (CS)-induced sepsis to study (i) 7-day survival, (ii) leukocyte adhesion (LA) in the mesenteric microcirculation during hyper- and hypo-inflammation, (iii) peritoneal cavity bacterial clearance, and (iv) SIRT2 expression in peritoneal macrophages. Using EtOH-exposed and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW 264.7 (RAW) cell macrophages for 4hours or 24hours, we studied (ise to sepsis via increased SIRT2 expression. SIRT2 is a potential therapeutic target in EtOH with sepsis.
EtOH exposure decreases survival and reduces the inflammatory response to sepsis via increased SIRT2 expression. SIRT2 is a potential therapeutic target in EtOH with sepsis.We thank Li et al for their interest regarding our article reporting the profile of serum HBV RNA in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection. see more In our study, we used a relatively established assay that detects amplicons in the HBV X and core targets to measure serum HBV RNA, which is full-length pre-genomic RNA. We acknowledged that the assay could not detect all RNA materials that are present in the serum, e.g. spliced HBV variants, X gene RNA and smaller fragments.After a presence of highly hepatotoxic and potentially carcinogenic N-nitrosodimethylamine was detected in certain lots of sartan, ranitidine, metformin, and other pharmaceuticals, local regulatory authorities issued recalls of suspected products, and concerns of the pharmacotherapy safety were widely discussed. Since then, testing of a representative sample of each produced lot of these pharmaceuticals is required as a part of quality control processes. Hence, an interface-free CE-nanoESI system coupled with MS detection was employed for the development of a simple and economical method for quantitative detection of this contaminant in the valsartan drug substances and finished formulations used as model matrices. In this arrangement, a fused-silica capillary was used as both a separation column and a nanoESI emitter providing high ionization efficiency and sensitivity. The optimized procedure was found to have sufficient selectivity, linearity, accuracy, and precision. The established LOD and LOQ values were 0.3 and 1.0 ng/mL, respectively. The practical applicability of the method was tested by analyses of commercially available Valsacor® tablets. The results obtained prove that the developed procedure represents a promising alternative to currently available GC- and LC-based methods. Furthermore, after an adjustment of the separation conditions, the CE-nanoESI/MS system can be conceptually used for the determination of NDMA in other suspected pharmaceuticals.
This study aimed to develop and evaluate a novel strategy for establishing a deep learning-based gamma passing rate (GPR) prediction model for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) using dummy target plan data, one measurement process, and a multicriteria prediction method.
A total of 147 VMAT plans were used for the training set (two sets of 48 dummy target plans) and test set (51 clinical target plans). The dummy plans were measured using a diode array detector. We developed an original convolutional neural network that accepts coronal and sagittal dose distributions to predict the GPRs of 36 pairs of gamma criteria from 0.5%/0.5mm to 3%/3mm. Sixfold cross-validation and model averaging were performed, and the mean training result and mean test result were derived from six trained models that were produced during cross-validation.
Strong or moderate correlations were observed between the measured and predicted GPRs in all criteria. The mean absolute errors and root mean squared errors of the test set (clinical target plan) were 0.63 and 1.11 in 3%/3mm, 1.16 and 1.73 in 3%/2mm, 1.96 and 2.66 in 2%/2mm, 5.00 and 6.35 in 1%/1mm, and 5.42 and 6.78 in 0.5%/1mm, respectively. The Pearson correlation coefficients were 0.80 in the training set and 0.68 in the test set at the 0.5%/1mm criterion.
Our results suggest that the training of the deep learning-based quality assurance model can be performed using a dummy target plan.
Our results suggest that the training of the deep learning-based quality assurance model can be performed using a dummy target plan.Natural products-based antioxidants have been well reported for their therapeutic benefits in the treatment and management of neurodegenerative diseases. The neuroprotective effect of ursolic acid (UA) against oxidative injury was investigated in isolated rat brain. Induction of oxidative injury in isolated rat brains with 0.1 mM FeSO4 led to depleted levels of glutathione, superoxide dismutase, catalase, and ENTPDase activities, with concomitant exacerbation of malondialdehyde and nitric oxide levels, α-chymotrypsin, ATPase, and acetylcholinesterase activities. These levels and activities were significantly reversed following treatment of the brain tissues with UA. Molecular docking studies revealed strong molecular interactions between UA, catalase, and ATPase. Overall, these results indicate the neuroprotective effect of UA against oxidative injury in isolated rat brains as depicted by their ability to mitigate oxidative stress, purinergic, and cholinergic dysfunctions, with concomitant suppression of proteolytic activity. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS Neurodegenerative diseases are among the common diseases associated with aging and has been implicated as oxidative mediated. Natural products have received increasing recognition in their use as treatment remedy for various oxidative-mediated diseases including neurodegeneration. These natural products include plant secondary metabolites commonly known as phytochemicals. Ursolic acid is a phytochemical usually present in leafy vegetables and fruits. The present study describes the possible therapeutic mechanism of ursolic acid in the amelioration of complications linked to neurodegeneration in oxidative-mediated brain injury. These findings thus give insights into the use of natural products of plant origin in treating and managing neurodegenerative diseases, which may have little or no side effects.