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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors as targets to treat metabolic diseases:Focus on the adipose tissue,liver,and pancreas

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World Journal of Gastroenterology 2023年第26期29卷 4136-4155页

作者： Henrique Souza-Tavares Carolline Santos Miranda Isabela Macedo Lopes Vasques-Monteiro Cristian Sandoval daiana araujo santana-oliveira Flavia Maria Silva-Veiga Aline Fernandes-da-Silva Vanessa Souza-Mello Department of Anatomy Rio de Janeiro State UniversityRio de Janeiro 20551030Brazil Escuela de Tecnología Médica Facultad de SaludUniversidad Santo TomásOsorno 5310431Chile Departamento de Ciencias Preclínicas Universidad de la FronteraTemuco 4780000Chile

The world is experiencing reflections of the intersection of two pandemics:Obesity and coronavirus disease *** prevalence of obesity has tripled since 1975 worldwide,representing substantial public health costs due to its *** adipose tissue is the initial site of obesity *** excessive energy intake,it undergoes hyperplasia and hypertrophy until overt inflammation and insulin resistance turn adipocytes into dysfunctional cells that send lipotoxic signals to other *** pancreas is one of the organs most affected by *** lipotoxicity becomes chronic,there is an increase in insulin secretion by pancreatic beta cells,a surrogate for type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM).These alterations threaten the survival of the pancreatic islets,which tend to become dysfunctional,reaching exhaustion in the long *** for the liver,lipotoxicity favors lipogenesis and impairs beta-oxidation,resulting in hepatic *** silent disease affects around 30%of the worldwide population and can evolve into end-stage liver *** therapy for hepatic steatosis remains to be defined,peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors(PPARs)activation copes with T2DM *** PPARs are transcription factors found at the intersection of several metabolic pathways,leading to insulin resistance relief,improved thermogenesis,and expressive hepatic steatosis mitigation by increasing mitochondrial *** review aimed to update the potential of PPAR agonists as targets to treat metabolic diseases,focusing on adipose tissue plasticity and hepatic and pancreatic remodeling.

关键词： Obesity Insulin resistance Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors Pancreas Hepatic steatosis Adipose tissue

Testicular prostheses-impact on quality of life and sexual function

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Asian Journal of Andrology 2024年第2期26卷 160-164页

作者： Ana Sofia araujo Sara Anacleto Ricardo Rodrigues Catarina Tinoco Andreia Cardoso Carlos oliveira Ricardo Leao Department of Urology Braga's HospitalBraga 4710Portugal Faculty of Medicine Coimbra UniversityCoimbra 3000Portugal

Orchiectomy is the recommended treatment for many testicular ***,testicular prosthesis placement is not always performed for different *** this study,we aimed to evaluate patients'opinions and the impact on sexual function and quality of *** retrospective observational single-center study included patients who underwent orchiectomy between January 2014 and December 2020 at the Department of Urology,Braga's Hospital(Braga,Portugal),where testicular implants were always available and the decision to undergo the procedure was made fully independent of *** completed four questionnaires that assessed demographic data,satisfaction,self-esteem,and sexual *** the 96 patients who underwent orchidectomy,59 replied to the questionnaires,and of these patients,86.4%decided to undergo silicone-based testicular prostheses *** remaining 13.6%refused the implant based on concerns about complications(37.5%),because they felt that it was unnecessary(37.5%),or because it was not offered by the doctor(25.0%).Overall,96.1%of these patients were satisfied with the implant;however,25.5%classified it as"too firm".No statistically significant differences were found in sexual function(all P>0.05).However,it can be observed that there are more patients with prostheses presenting normal sexual activity compared to patients without prostheses(74.0%vs 50.0%),and none of them reported severe erectile dysfunction(0 vs 16.7%).Regarding self-esteem,both patients with and without prostheses present very similar average scores with no statistically significant *** present study highlights the highest level of satisfaction among patients who received testicular *** prostheses implantation is a safe procedure that does not hamper sexual function after orchiectomy.

关键词： orchiectomy patient satisfaction quality of life sexual dysfunction sexual health testicular prostheses

Z-Score in Fetal Echocardiography–Is there Still Room for New Studies?

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Congenital Heart Disease 2024年第3期19卷 305-314页

作者： Marcio Fragoso Vieira Nathalie Jeanne Bravo-Valenzuela Edward araujo Júnior Department of Obstetrics Paulista School of MedicineFederal University of São Paulo(EPM-UNIFESP)São Paulo-SP04023-062Brazil Department of Obstetrics Federal University of Ceará(UFC)Sobral-CE60020-181Brazil Department of Pediatrics Pediatric CardiologySchool of MedicineFederal University of Rio de Janeiro(UFRJ)Rio de Janeiro-RJ21941-853Brazil

Congenital heart disease(CHD)is the most common type of birth defect,representing a significant cause of peri-natal morbidity and *** diagnosis of such anomalies is crucial for improving *** pro-tocols recommend a qualitative assessment of cardiac structures using two-dimensional ultrasound(2DUS)and color Doppler *** cases of suspected abnormalities,quantitative assessments through cardiac structure measurements and reference curves can aid in accurate *** to centiles widely employed in obste-trics,Z-scores provide more precise quantification of various cardiac structures,particularly at the extremes of the *** the development of reference curves and Z-scores has progressed over the past two decades,a lack of standardization in measurements and statistical methodology for their determination is *** reference curves requires adherence to specific recommendations to improve their *** purpose of this study is to provide a narrative review of the major studies that have generated reference values for cardiac struc-tures using 2DUS and Z-scores,to evaluate their methodology,and to provide a summary of the results.

关键词： Z-scores reference ranges fetal echocardiography

Mixed iridium-nickel oxides supported on antimony-doped tin oxide as highly efficient and stable acidic oxygen evolution catalysts

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Materials Futures 2024年第1期3卷 165-180页

作者： Jonathan Ruiz Esquius Alec P LaGrow Haiyan Jin Zhipeng Yu Ana araujo Rita Marques Adélio Mendes Lifeng Liu Clean Energy Cluster International Iberian Nanotechnology LaboratoryAv.Mestre JoséVeigaBraga 4715-330Portugal Carbon Science and Technology Institute INCAR-CSICFrancisco Pintado Fe 26Oviedo 33011Spain Scientific Imaging Section Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityKunigami-gunOkinawa 904-0412Japan Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory Dongguan 523808People’s Republic of China Laboratory for Process Engineering EnvironmentBiotechnology and EnergyFaculty of EngineeringUniversity of PortoRua Dr Roberto FriasPorto 4200-465Portugal Associate Laboratory in Chemical Engineering Faculty of EngineeringUniversity of PortoRua Dr Roberto FriasPorto 4200-465Portugal.

Proton exchange membrane(PEM)water electrolysis represents a promising technology for green hydrogen production,but its widespread deployment is greatly hindered by the indispensable usage of platinum group metal catalysts,especially iridium(Ir)based materials for the energy-demanding oxygen evolution reaction(OER).Herein,we report a new sequential precipitation approach to the synthesis of mixed Ir-nickel(Ni)oxy-hydroxide supported on antimony-doped tin oxide(ATO)nanoparticles(IrNiyO_(x)/ATO,20 wt.%(Ir+Ni),y=0,1,2,and 3),aiming to reduce the utilisation of scarce and precious Ir while maintaining its good acidic OER *** tested in strongly acidic electrolyte(0.1 M HClO_(4)),the optimised IrNi1Ox/ATO shows a mass activity of 1.0 mAµgIr^(−1) and a large turnover frequency of 123 s^(−1) at an overpotential of 350 mV,as well as a comparatively small Tafel slope of 50 mV dec^(−1),better than the IrOx/ATO control,particularly with a markedly reduced Ir loading of only 19.7µgIr cm^(−2).Importantly,IrNi1O_(x)/ATO also exhibits substantially better catalytic stability than other reference catalysts,able to continuously catalyse acidic OER at 10 mA cm^(−2) for 15 h without obvious *** in-situ synchrotron-based x-ray absorption spectroscopy confirmed that the Ir^(3+)/Ir^(4+)species are the active sites for the acidic ***,the performance of IrNi1Ox/ATO was also preliminarily evaluated in a membrane electrode assembly,which shows better activity and stability than other reference *** IrNi1Ox/ATO reported in this work is a promising alternative to commercial IrO_(2) based catalysts for PEM electrolysis.

关键词： mixed oxides oxygen evolution reaction polymer electrolyte membrane antimony doped tin oxide membrane electrode assembly

The Top 100 Twitter Influencers in Infectious Diseases

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Infectious Microbes & Diseases 2023年第1期5卷 36-40页

作者： Marcela araujo de oliveira santana Saira Butt Department of Medicine Federal University of UberlândiaUberlândiaBrazil Department of Infectious Disease Indiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisUSA

Healthcare professionals in infectious diseases have been using Twitter to disseminate knowledge and interact with other *** study aimed to identify and characterize the top 100 Twitter influencers in infectious diseases and to analyze the correlation between Twitter and academic *** Right Relevance Application Programming Interface was used to search for the term“infectious diseases,”producing a Twitter topic score for the top 100 infectious disease *** influencers'Hirsch index(h-index)was compared with their Twitter topic score for a possible *** identified that 46%of the infectious disease influencers were physicians.A correlation between the Twitter topic score of the infectious disease influencers and their h-index was not identified(r=0.123,P=0.22).The study also provides a list of the infectious disease influencers for those who have an interest in engaging and interacting with them on Twitter.

关键词： infectious diseases medical education social media

Is it possible to run after positive affective experiences instead of health benefits without tackling social inequalities?

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Journal of Sport and Health Science 2024年第6期13卷 756-758页

作者： Raphael H.O.araujo Andre O.Werneck Gilmar M.de Jesus Danilo R.P.Silva Graduation Program in Health Sciences Londrina State UniversityLondrina 86057-970Brazil School of Public Health The University of QueenslandBrisbane QLD 4006Australia Center for Epidemiological Research in Nutrition and Health Department of NutritionSchool of Public HealthUniversidade de Sao Paulo(USP)Sao Paulo 01246-904Brazil Department of Psychological Medicine Institute of PsychiatryPsychology and NeuroscienceKing’s College LondonLondon SE58AFUK Public Health Post-Graduate Program State University of Feira de SantanaFeira de Santana 44036-900Brazil Department of Physical Education Federal University of SergipeSao Cristovao 490100-000Brazil

We recently read the opinion piece titled“Why people should run after positive affective experiences instead of health benefits”,which was carried out by Maltagliati et al.^(1)and published in the Journal of Sport and Health *** article started an important discussion about a physical activity(PA)promotion approach that encourages the use of affective experience to PA *** we agree with the authors’point of view and believe that its message can generate an important insight for PA promotion,the authors presented a scenario where behavior change seems to be exclusively dependent on the *** the existence of other barriers to an active lifestyle(e.g.,social inequalities)could enhance the authors’suggested approach because many people live in conditions that reduce their opportunities to engage in affective experiences related to PA;furthermore,affective experiences can vary depending on individual context.

关键词： promotion inequalities furthermore

What is the effect of Tribulus terrestris on testicular morphology and sperm production?An experimental study in the rat model

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Asian Journal of Andrology 2024年第1期26卷 67-70页

作者： Marcello Henrique araujo Da Silva Gabriela Faria Buys-Goncalves Joao Henrique Duque Reis Estrada Francisco Jose Barcellos Sampaio Diogo Benchimol de Souza Urogenital Research Unit Rio de Janeiro State UniversityRio de Janeiro 20551-030RJBrazil

The objective of this study was to investigate whether treatment with Tribulus terrestris(Tt)has any impact on the testicular morphology and function in a rodent *** male rats were divided into a control group and a group receiving 100 mg kg^(-1) body weight of Tt *** 4o days of experiment,the animals were submitted to euthanasia;epididymal tail spermatozoa were collected;and spermatozoa concentration,motility,and viability were *** addition,testicles were collected and processed for histomorphometrical *** were compared using the Student's t-test and considered significant when P<*** concentration,motility,and viability showed no difference between the ***,testicular weight and volume,seminiferous tubule diameter,tunica propria surface density,seminiferous epithelium surface density,and intertubular compartment surface density were statistically similar between the ***,seminiferous epithelium height and tubular lumen surface density were augmented in animals treated with *** with Tt does not cause a major impact on testicular morphology,promoting only subtle *** difference on spermatozoa parameters was observed.

关键词： morphometry testicle Tribulus terrestris

Effect of Soybean Cultivars on the Nutrients and Consumer Acceptance of Soymilk

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Food and Nutrition Sciences 2024年第8期15卷 807-826页

作者： Ilana Felberg Mercedes Concórdia Carrão-Panizzi Rosires Deliza Sidinéa Cordeiro de Freitas Manuela Cristina Pessanha de araujo Santiago Marilia Penteado Stephan Monalisa santana Coelho de Jesus Elisabeth Borges Gonçalves Rosemar Antoniassi Embrapa Food Technology Rio de Janeiro Brazil Embrapa Wheat Passo Fundo Brazil

Soymilk is one of the most available beverages, an alternative to dairy milk and is recognized for its nutritional value. The nutritional quality, the presence of anti-nutritional factors, isoflavones and sensory acceptability of soymilk depended on the soybean variety as well as the processing conditions. The soymilks from conventional and specialty Brazilian soybean cultivars were compared regarding the composition and consumer acceptance. There were significant differences on the protein, oil, sugars, isoflavones, presence of anti-nutritional factors (phytate and trypsin inhibitor activity) and NSI (nitrogen solubility index) among cultivars and soymilks and for sensory acceptance of soymilks. The preference mapping and cluster analysis identified three different segments of consumers. The soymilk from the conventional cultivar BRS284 achieved higher and similar acceptance score for the three consumer’s segments while the lipoxygenase free cultivars (BRS213 and BRS257) and specialty cultivar BRS216 showed higher score for two segments of consumers. The sensory evaluation of soymilk from different soybean cultivars could improve consumer uptake.

关键词： Preference Mapping Cluster Analysis Protein Phytate

Plasma Lysophosphatidylcholine and Phospholipase A2 Activity in Chagas Disease Patients: A Comparative Analysis

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Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology 2024年第8期15卷 462-473页

作者： Maria Fernanda Carvalho de araujo Bruna Maria Ferreira Iaciura Fillipe araujo de Sá Georgia Correa Atella Laboratrio de Bioqumica de Lipdios e Lipoprotenas Instituto de Bioqumica Mdica Leopoldo de Meis Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil Instituto Nacional de Cincia e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular (INCT-EM) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil Laboratrio de Sinalizao Celular Instituto de Bioqumica Mdica Leopoldo de Meis Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Chagas disease (CD) affects 21 countries in the Americas and is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. A key molecule involved in CD is lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC), which has been studied in various contexts: in the saliva of insect vectors, during the establishment of infection in the vertebrate host, and for the parasite itself. This lipid can be produced by the action of phospholipases A2 (PLA2), enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of phospholipids releasing fatty acids and lysophospholipids, such as LPC. This study investigates LPC levels and PLA2 activities in the plasma of CD patients and compares these levels with those in healthy individuals and patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM). Plasma from 64 CD patients, 54 healthy individuals, and 16 IDCM patients were analyzed. LPC levels and the activity of two types of phospholipase A2: secreted (sPLA2) and lipoprotein-associated (Lp-PLA2) were measured. LPC levels and sPLA2 activity were similar between CD patients and the control groups. However, there were notable differences in LPC levels and sPLA2 activity between subgroups of CD patients and IDCM patients. This study is the first to identify LPC in patients with CD across various stages of the disease. It also offers new insights into the biochemical changes observed in the plasma of patients with IDCM.

关键词： Lysophosphatidylcholine Phospholipase A2 Plasma Chagas Disease Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy