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Azithromycin treatment was distinct in terms of enhancement of the epithelial barrier, retention of phospholipids, vesicle build-up, and its effect on gene sets related to keratinocyte differentiation and establishment of skin barrier.

This cross-sectional study showed that chronic exposure to arthroplasty implants was associated with increased blood levels of cobalt, chromium, titanium, niobium, and zirconium. Arthroprosthetic cobalt, chromium, titanium, niobium, and zirconium seemed to cross blood-brain barrier and accumulate in CSF.

Among adolescents and young adults, alcohol-associated pancreatic complications were more frequent than liver-related complications (29% versus 19% respectively), and the most frequent pancreatic complications were acute pancreatitis (92%).

This nationwide cohort study showed that the current use of antidepressants, in particular SSRIs (i.e., citalopram, sertraline, and escitalopram) and mirtazapine was associated with faster cognitive decline in patients with dementia.

Type 2 diabetes is an independent risk factor for subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in asymptomatic patients without cardiovascular diseases.

Lower levels of IGF-1 were an independent risk factor for further decompensation, acute-on-chronic liver failure and liver-related mortality, highlighting the clinical significance of low IGF-1 in liver cirrhosis.

This study investigated the occurrence of radial artery thrombosis following the transradial route of coronary angiography and related risk factors for its occurrence.

Bilateral TTNS, integrated with traditional physical therapy with diaphragmatic and abdominal exercises, improved constipation symptoms and quality of life in postpartum women.

Circulating proteins associated with extracellular matrix organization were overrepresented in women, while those reflecting apoptotic processes were overrepresented in men. The predictive value of circulating proteins measured repeatedly did not differ between sexes, except for endothelin-1 and somatostatin.

The accumulation of nanoparticles in the female reproductive organs impairs the development of oocytes and can compromise fertility. In addition, cancer treatment with nanomedicines appears to be influenced by the specific biodistribution of nanoparticles in the female reproductive system.

In some patients with colorectal cancer, the intratumoral microbiota possesses the ability to deplete 5-FU, thereby reducing the efficacy of chemotherapeutic agent within the colonized microniches.

AHA presidental advisory provides the definition of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome syndrome and guides how to better detect, prevent, and manage it.

This review article discusses the new perspective of glaucoma as a tau-associated disorder, and analyzes the recent findings on the link between tau protein dysregulation and glaucomatous neurodegeneration.

The patients with inflammatory bowel disease had an increased long-term risk of developing cardiac arrhythmias, with the exception of bradyarrhythmias

This study revealed a gender-specific association between depressive symptoms and specific forms of childhood trauma in patients with recent-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders. In women, the severity of depressive symptoms was associated with childhood sexual abuse, which was three times as often as in men.

This study showed that AEF0117 reduced the positive subjective effects of cannabis and self-administration of cannabis in individuals with cannabis use disorder in comparison to placebo. It seems that AEF0117 decreases the abuse-related effects of cannabis not affecting normal behavior or activities.

The use of ADHD medications was associated with a reduced risk of attempted or completed suicide. On the contrary, the use of benzodiazepines was associated with a marked increase in suicide risk.