Objective This study aimed to explore the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNP)in the matrix metalloproteinase 2(MMP-2)signaling pathway and the risk of vascular senescence(VS).Methods In this cross-sect...Objective This study aimed to explore the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNP)in the matrix metalloproteinase 2(MMP-2)signaling pathway and the risk of vascular senescence(VS).Methods In this cross-sectional study,between May and November 2022,peripheral venous blood of151 VS patients(case group)and 233 volunteers(control group)were collected.Fourteen SNPs were identified in five genes encoding the components of the MMP-2 signaling pathway,assessed through carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity(cf PWV),and analyzed using multivariate logistic regression.The multigene influence on the risk of VS was assessed using multifactor dimensionality reduction(MDR)and generalized multifactor dimensionality regression(GMDR)modeling.Results Within the multivariate logistic regression models,four SNPs were screened to have significant associations with VS:chemokine(C-C motif)ligand 2(CCL2)rs4586,MMP2 rs14070,MMP2rs7201,and MMP2 rs1053605.Carriers of the T/C genotype of MMP2 rs14070 had a 2.17-fold increased risk of developing VS compared with those of the C/C genotype,and those of the T/T genotype had a19.375-fold increased risk.CCL2 rs4586 and MMP-2 rs14070 exhibited the most significant interactions.Conclusion CCL2 rs4586,MMP-2 rs14070,MMP-2 rs7201,and MMP-2 rs1053605 polymorphisms were significantly associated with the risk of VS.展开更多
Background:Vancomycin resistance(VR)in staphylococci is emerging fast and posing serious health problems as vancomycin is considered the drug of choice for the treatment of methicillin-resistant staphylococcal infecti...Background:Vancomycin resistance(VR)in staphylococci is emerging fast and posing serious health problems as vancomycin is considered the drug of choice for the treatment of methicillin-resistant staphylococcal infections.Much research has been done on vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(VRSA)strains infecting humans and animals but little is understood about other vancomycin-resistant staphylococci(VRS).This study was conducted to determine diversity among staphylococcal species causing infections and to know effective antimicrobials for therapeutic intervention for treatment of infections with vancomycin resistant staphylococci.Methods:Antimicrobial susceptibility data of 620 strains of staphylococci isolated from January 2016 to December 2023 from referred clinical samples were retrieved with their host of origin and association with different types of infections in animals,birds and humans from Clinical Epidemiology of the Institute.All isolates were tested for VR through their growing ability on vancomycin-supplemented(6µg mL-1)brain heart infusion agar.Data was analysed in Microsoft Excel.Results:Staphylococci strains(620)belonged to 26 species and 287 vancomycin-resistant.Of the 287 VRS strains detected only 46(16.03%)were VRSA.Irrespective of their origin and association with different ailments VRS strains were more resistant to herbal and conventional antimicrobial than VSS strains.The most effective antibiotics inhibiting≥80%of the staphylococci were tigecycline,imipenem,nitrofurantoin,linezolid and chloramphenicol inhibiting 88%,86%,86%,81%and 81%of the MRS and 92.31%,94.88%,92.25%,89.09%and 86.56%VRS strains,respectively.Among herbal antimicrobials,the most effective herbal compound was carvacrol followed by thyme oil,cinnamledehyde and ajowan oil,inhibiting≥80%of the strains.VR was most common among S.xylosus,S.schleiferi,and S.delphini strains while S.caseolyticus strains had the least probability of having VR.Staphylococci from mastitis cases had the least probability of possessing VR while those from wound infection had the highest probability of having VR.Conclusion:The study revealed that besides S.aureus,25 more species of staphylococci may be infecting animals,birds and humans.VR was more common in S.xylosus,S.schleiferi,S.auricularis,S.delphini and S.hyicus than in S.aureus strains,and of the VRS and MRS strains,83.97%and 83.46%were non-VRSA and non-methicillin-resistant S.aureus,respectively.Imipenem,tigecycline,nitrofurantoin,chloramphenicol,linezolid,meropenem and minocycline may be a better choice for the treatment of infections caused by methicillin as well as vancomycin-resistant staphylococci.展开更多
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a cancer with high incidence and mortality rates worldwide. In the various treatment methods for HCC, the lack of cancer cell specificity and the development of multidrug resistance (...Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a cancer with high incidence and mortality rates worldwide. In the various treatment methods for HCC, the lack of cancer cell specificity and the development of multidrug resistance (MDR) are two major obstacles in the treatment of HCC. P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is an ATP-dependent drug efflux pump that can reduce the accumulation of drugs in cells and make cancer cells acquire drug resistance. D-α-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol succinate (Vitamin E TPGS or TPGS) can inhibit the activity of ATP-dependent P-gp and serves as an effective excipient for overcoming tumor multidrug resistance (MDR). TPGS has been approved by the FDA as a safe adjuvant and is widely used in drug delivery systems. The biological and physicochemical properties of TPGS provide multiple advantages for its application in drug delivery, such as high biocompatibility, enhanced drug solubility, improved drug permeation, and selective antitumor activity. In recent years, more and more studies have found that using TPGS-modified nanomaterials to load chemotherapy drugs to treat tumors can effectively reverse the drug resistance of tumors, including HCC. This review summarizes and discusses the role of TPGS in reversing tumor drug resistance and the therapeutic effects of TPGS-based drugs on drug-resistant HCC.展开更多
Background:The uroculturome indicates the profile of culturable microbes inhabiting the urinary tract,and it is often required to do a urine culture to find an effective antimicrobial to treat urinary tract infections...Background:The uroculturome indicates the profile of culturable microbes inhabiting the urinary tract,and it is often required to do a urine culture to find an effective antimicrobial to treat urinary tract infections(UTIs).Methods:This study targeted to understand the profile of culturable pathogens in the urine of apparently healthy(128)and humans with clinical UTIs(161)and their antimicrobial susceptibility.All the urine samples were analyzed to quantify microbial load and determine the diversity and antimicrobial susceptibility of microbes following standard microbiological methods.Results:In urine samples from UTI cases,microbial counts were 1.2×10^(4)±6.02×10^(3) colony-forming units(cfu)/mL,while in urine samples from apparently healthy humans,the average count was 3.33±1.34×10^(3) cfu/mL.In eight samples(six from UTI cases and two from apparently healthy people,Candida(C.albicans 3,C.catenulata 1,C.krusei 1,C.tropicalis 1,C.parapsiplosis 1,C.gulliermondii 1)and Rhizopus species(1)were detected.Candida krusei was detected only in a single urine sample from a healthy person and C.albicans was detected both in urine of healthy and clinical UTI cases.Gram-positive(G+ve)bacteria were more commonly(Odds ratio,1.98;CI99,1.01-3.87)detected in urine samples of apparently healthy humans,and Gram-negative(G−ve)bacteria(Odds ratio,2.74;CI99,1.44-5.23)in urines of UTI cases.From urine samples of 161 UTI cases,a total of 90 different types of microbes were detected and,73 samples had only a single type of bacteria.In contrast,49,29,3,4,1,and 2 samples had 2,3,4,5,6 and 7 types of bacteria,respectively.The most common bacteria detected in urine of UTI cases was Escherichia coli(52 samples),in 20 cases as the single type of bacteria,other 34 types of bacteria were detected in pure form in 53 cases.From 128 urine samples of apparently healthy people,88 types of microbes were detected either singly or in association with others,from 64 urine samples only a single type of bacteria was detected while 34,13,3,11,2 and 1 sample yielded 2,3,4,5,6 and seven types of microbes,respectively.In the urine of apparently healthy humans too,E.coli was the most common bacteria,(10 samples)followed by Staphylococcus haemolyticus(9),S.intermedius(5),and S.aureus(5),and similar types of bacteria also dominated in cases of mixed occurrence,E.coli was detected in 26,S.aureus in 22 and S.haemolyticus in 19 urine samples,respectively.G+ve bacteria isolated from urine samples’irrespective of health status were more often(P<0.01)resistant than G−ve bacteria to ajowan oil,holy basil oil,cinnamaldehyde,and cinnamon oil,but more susceptible to sandalwood oil(P<0.01).However,for antibiotics,G+ve were more often susceptible than G−ve bacteria to cephalosporins,doxycycline,and nitrofurantoin.Conclusion:The study concludes that to understand the role of good and bad bacteria in the urinary tract microbiome more targeted studies are needed to discern the isolates at the pathotype level.Further,the study suggests the use of antibiotics by observing good antibiotic stewardship following antibiotic susceptibility testing only.展开更多
基金supported by the Construction of Prevention and Treatment System of Geriatric Syndromes Focusing on Disability and Dementia(No.21-1-2-2-zyyd-nsh)。
文摘Objective This study aimed to explore the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNP)in the matrix metalloproteinase 2(MMP-2)signaling pathway and the risk of vascular senescence(VS).Methods In this cross-sectional study,between May and November 2022,peripheral venous blood of151 VS patients(case group)and 233 volunteers(control group)were collected.Fourteen SNPs were identified in five genes encoding the components of the MMP-2 signaling pathway,assessed through carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity(cf PWV),and analyzed using multivariate logistic regression.The multigene influence on the risk of VS was assessed using multifactor dimensionality reduction(MDR)and generalized multifactor dimensionality regression(GMDR)modeling.Results Within the multivariate logistic regression models,four SNPs were screened to have significant associations with VS:chemokine(C-C motif)ligand 2(CCL2)rs4586,MMP2 rs14070,MMP2rs7201,and MMP2 rs1053605.Carriers of the T/C genotype of MMP2 rs14070 had a 2.17-fold increased risk of developing VS compared with those of the C/C genotype,and those of the T/T genotype had a19.375-fold increased risk.CCL2 rs4586 and MMP-2 rs14070 exhibited the most significant interactions.Conclusion CCL2 rs4586,MMP-2 rs14070,MMP-2 rs7201,and MMP-2 rs1053605 polymorphisms were significantly associated with the risk of VS.
基金supported by grants received from CAAST-ACLH(NAHEP/CAAST/2018-19)ICAR-World Bank-funded National Agricultural Higher Education Project(NAHEP).
文摘Background:Vancomycin resistance(VR)in staphylococci is emerging fast and posing serious health problems as vancomycin is considered the drug of choice for the treatment of methicillin-resistant staphylococcal infections.Much research has been done on vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(VRSA)strains infecting humans and animals but little is understood about other vancomycin-resistant staphylococci(VRS).This study was conducted to determine diversity among staphylococcal species causing infections and to know effective antimicrobials for therapeutic intervention for treatment of infections with vancomycin resistant staphylococci.Methods:Antimicrobial susceptibility data of 620 strains of staphylococci isolated from January 2016 to December 2023 from referred clinical samples were retrieved with their host of origin and association with different types of infections in animals,birds and humans from Clinical Epidemiology of the Institute.All isolates were tested for VR through their growing ability on vancomycin-supplemented(6µg mL-1)brain heart infusion agar.Data was analysed in Microsoft Excel.Results:Staphylococci strains(620)belonged to 26 species and 287 vancomycin-resistant.Of the 287 VRS strains detected only 46(16.03%)were VRSA.Irrespective of their origin and association with different ailments VRS strains were more resistant to herbal and conventional antimicrobial than VSS strains.The most effective antibiotics inhibiting≥80%of the staphylococci were tigecycline,imipenem,nitrofurantoin,linezolid and chloramphenicol inhibiting 88%,86%,86%,81%and 81%of the MRS and 92.31%,94.88%,92.25%,89.09%and 86.56%VRS strains,respectively.Among herbal antimicrobials,the most effective herbal compound was carvacrol followed by thyme oil,cinnamledehyde and ajowan oil,inhibiting≥80%of the strains.VR was most common among S.xylosus,S.schleiferi,and S.delphini strains while S.caseolyticus strains had the least probability of having VR.Staphylococci from mastitis cases had the least probability of possessing VR while those from wound infection had the highest probability of having VR.Conclusion:The study revealed that besides S.aureus,25 more species of staphylococci may be infecting animals,birds and humans.VR was more common in S.xylosus,S.schleiferi,S.auricularis,S.delphini and S.hyicus than in S.aureus strains,and of the VRS and MRS strains,83.97%and 83.46%were non-VRSA and non-methicillin-resistant S.aureus,respectively.Imipenem,tigecycline,nitrofurantoin,chloramphenicol,linezolid,meropenem and minocycline may be a better choice for the treatment of infections caused by methicillin as well as vancomycin-resistant staphylococci.
文摘Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a cancer with high incidence and mortality rates worldwide. In the various treatment methods for HCC, the lack of cancer cell specificity and the development of multidrug resistance (MDR) are two major obstacles in the treatment of HCC. P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is an ATP-dependent drug efflux pump that can reduce the accumulation of drugs in cells and make cancer cells acquire drug resistance. D-α-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol succinate (Vitamin E TPGS or TPGS) can inhibit the activity of ATP-dependent P-gp and serves as an effective excipient for overcoming tumor multidrug resistance (MDR). TPGS has been approved by the FDA as a safe adjuvant and is widely used in drug delivery systems. The biological and physicochemical properties of TPGS provide multiple advantages for its application in drug delivery, such as high biocompatibility, enhanced drug solubility, improved drug permeation, and selective antitumor activity. In recent years, more and more studies have found that using TPGS-modified nanomaterials to load chemotherapy drugs to treat tumors can effectively reverse the drug resistance of tumors, including HCC. This review summarizes and discusses the role of TPGS in reversing tumor drug resistance and the therapeutic effects of TPGS-based drugs on drug-resistant HCC.
基金supported by grants received from CAAST-ACLH(NAHEP/CAAST/2018-19)of ICAR-World Bank-funded National Agricultural Higher Education Project(NAHEP).
文摘Background:The uroculturome indicates the profile of culturable microbes inhabiting the urinary tract,and it is often required to do a urine culture to find an effective antimicrobial to treat urinary tract infections(UTIs).Methods:This study targeted to understand the profile of culturable pathogens in the urine of apparently healthy(128)and humans with clinical UTIs(161)and their antimicrobial susceptibility.All the urine samples were analyzed to quantify microbial load and determine the diversity and antimicrobial susceptibility of microbes following standard microbiological methods.Results:In urine samples from UTI cases,microbial counts were 1.2×10^(4)±6.02×10^(3) colony-forming units(cfu)/mL,while in urine samples from apparently healthy humans,the average count was 3.33±1.34×10^(3) cfu/mL.In eight samples(six from UTI cases and two from apparently healthy people,Candida(C.albicans 3,C.catenulata 1,C.krusei 1,C.tropicalis 1,C.parapsiplosis 1,C.gulliermondii 1)and Rhizopus species(1)were detected.Candida krusei was detected only in a single urine sample from a healthy person and C.albicans was detected both in urine of healthy and clinical UTI cases.Gram-positive(G+ve)bacteria were more commonly(Odds ratio,1.98;CI99,1.01-3.87)detected in urine samples of apparently healthy humans,and Gram-negative(G−ve)bacteria(Odds ratio,2.74;CI99,1.44-5.23)in urines of UTI cases.From urine samples of 161 UTI cases,a total of 90 different types of microbes were detected and,73 samples had only a single type of bacteria.In contrast,49,29,3,4,1,and 2 samples had 2,3,4,5,6 and 7 types of bacteria,respectively.The most common bacteria detected in urine of UTI cases was Escherichia coli(52 samples),in 20 cases as the single type of bacteria,other 34 types of bacteria were detected in pure form in 53 cases.From 128 urine samples of apparently healthy people,88 types of microbes were detected either singly or in association with others,from 64 urine samples only a single type of bacteria was detected while 34,13,3,11,2 and 1 sample yielded 2,3,4,5,6 and seven types of microbes,respectively.In the urine of apparently healthy humans too,E.coli was the most common bacteria,(10 samples)followed by Staphylococcus haemolyticus(9),S.intermedius(5),and S.aureus(5),and similar types of bacteria also dominated in cases of mixed occurrence,E.coli was detected in 26,S.aureus in 22 and S.haemolyticus in 19 urine samples,respectively.G+ve bacteria isolated from urine samples’irrespective of health status were more often(P<0.01)resistant than G−ve bacteria to ajowan oil,holy basil oil,cinnamaldehyde,and cinnamon oil,but more susceptible to sandalwood oil(P<0.01).However,for antibiotics,G+ve were more often susceptible than G−ve bacteria to cephalosporins,doxycycline,and nitrofurantoin.Conclusion:The study concludes that to understand the role of good and bad bacteria in the urinary tract microbiome more targeted studies are needed to discern the isolates at the pathotype level.Further,the study suggests the use of antibiotics by observing good antibiotic stewardship following antibiotic susceptibility testing only.
