Browse the latest research summaries in the field of endocrinology for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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BMJ Open, 2022 • September 14, 2022
This study protocol outlines a randomized clinical trial to investigate the effects of testosterone treatment (TT) combined with long pulse width stimulation (LPWS) on denervated muscles in individual...
KEY FINDING: The study hypothesizes that TT+LPWS will upregulate protein synthesis pathways, downregulate protein degradation pathways, and increase overall mitochondrial health in denervated muscles.
Nature Communications, 2022 • November 4, 2022
This study investigates the role of estrogen in skeletal regeneration, revealing a sexually dimorphic response in mice. Female mice depend on estrogen for skeletal stem cell (SSC) mediated bone regene...
KEY FINDING: Skeletal regeneration is sexually dimorphic: female mice require estrogen for skeletal stem cell-mediated bone regeneration, while male mice do not exhibit similar estrogen responsiveness.
Advanced Science, 2023 • November 24, 2022
This review summarizes the microenvironmental characteristics of DFU, presents the main progress of wound healing, and summaries the state-of-the-art therapeutic strategies for DFU. The DFU clinical t...
KEY FINDING: The review highlights the complex microenvironment of DFUs, characterized by hyperglycemia, hyperinflammation, persistent infection, hypoxia, and high protease activity, all hindering the normal wound healing process.
iScience, 2023 • January 20, 2023
This study investigates the metabolic mechanisms underlying artemisinin resistance (ART-R) in Plasmodium falciparum, focusing on the role of PfKelch13 mutations and ring-stage growth arrest. The resea...
KEY FINDING: PfKelch13 mutant parasite lines exhibit reduced susceptibility to DHA and prolonged ring stage.
bioRxiv, 2023 • February 27, 2023
This study investigates the role of DOCK3 in skeletal muscle using a muscle-specific knockout mouse model. The researchers found that loss of DOCK3 in skeletal muscle leads to impaired muscle regenera...
KEY FINDING: Dock3 mKO mice presented with significant hyperglycemia and increased fat mass, indicating a metabolic role in the maintenance of skeletal muscle health.
International Journal of Biological Sciences, 2023 • July 9, 2023
This study demonstrates that purinergic receptor P2Y12 (P2RY12) plays a significant role in boosting autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) through hexokinase 2 (HK2)-dependent glycolysis in T cells. The research...
KEY FINDING: P2RY12 deficiency protects mice from ConA-induced immune hepatitis by reducing serum ALT and AST levels, blocking the increases of serum IFN-γ, IL-12p70, IL-6, and TNF-α, and decreasing serum IL-10.
Metabolites, 2023 • August 3, 2023
The study investigates the efficacy of combining a ketogenic diet (KD), metformin (MET), and metronomic cyclophosphamide (CP) as a triple therapy for MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma (NB). Results showed ...
KEY FINDING: MET reduces cell proliferation and mitochondrial respiration in MYCN-amplified NB cell lines.
Journal of International Medical Research, 2023 • September 1, 2023
This study aimed to investigate inflammatory cytokine expression profiles in the aqueous humor (AH) of diabetic cataract (DC) patients. The multiplexed antibody assay revealed that the expression leve...
KEY FINDING: Expression levels of IL-6, sIL-6R, IL-17A, IL-8, MCP-1, TNF-b, RANTES, TIMP-1, and TIMP-2 were significantly higher in DC patients compared with ARC patients.
Am J Case Rep, 2015 • October 27, 2015
This case report investigated the neuroregenerative potential of oxandrolone in a patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 (CMT1). The patient received oxandrolone and underwent exercise traini...
KEY FINDING: The patient gained 5.0 kg of lean body mass after the 3-month therapy.
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 • September 8, 2023
This study comprehensively analyzed gene expression in patients with PSID after major abdominal surgery to identify hub genes associated with immune and metabolic alterations. The analysis revealed si...
KEY FINDING: Identified 512 upregulated and 254 downregulated DEGs in patients with PSID compared with controls, significantly associated with immune- and metabolism-related biological processes and pathways.