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I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
Education•Moscow, Russia•
About: I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University is a education organization based out in Moscow, Russia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Medicine & Population. The organization has 7984 authors who have published 9355 publications receiving 68997 citations.
Topics: Medicine, Population, Cancer, Disease, Blood pressure
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TL;DR: Co-transmission is discussed in a range of systems [from invertebrate and lower vertebrate models, up to the mammalian peripheral and central nervous system (CNS)] to highlight approaches used, degree of understanding, and open questions and future directions.
Abstract: It is now accepted that neurons contain and release multiple transmitter substances. However, we still have only limited insight into the regulation and functional effects of this co-transmission. Given that there are 200 or more neurotransmitters, the chemical complexity of the nervous system is daunting. This is made more-so by the fact that their interacting effects can generate diverse non-linear and novel consequences. The relatively poor history of pharmacological approaches likely reflects the fact that manipulating a transmitter system will not necessarily mimic its roles within the normal chemical environment of the nervous system (e.g., when it acts in parallel with co-transmitters). In this article, co-transmission is discussed in a range of systems [from invertebrate and lower vertebrate models, up to the mammalian peripheral and central nervous system (CNS)] to highlight approaches used, degree of understanding, and open questions and future directions. Finally, we offer some outlines of what we consider to be the general principles of co-transmission, as well as what we think are the most pressing general aspects that need to be addressed to move forward in our understanding of co-transmission.
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TL;DR: BRICS nations have a great potential for embracing a public health agenda aimed at promoting physical activity and healthy lifestyles as part of the BRICS public health policies in order to improve population health and reduce the burden of noncommunicable diseases.
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TL;DR: The anti-tumor efficacy of the optimized formulation and the ability of the nanoparticles to penetrate into the intracranial tumor and normal brain tissue were confirmed by in vivo experiments.
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TL;DR: It is suggested that perturbation of the mitochondrial fission/fusion machinery and slowdown of the removal process of nonfunctional mitochondrial structures led to the increase of the proportion of impaired mitochondrial elements.
Abstract: Thirty-five years ago, we described fragmentation of the mitochondrial population in a living cell into small vesicles (mitochondrial fission). Subsequently, this phenomenon has become an object of general interest due to its involvement in the process of oxidative stress-related cell death and having high relevance to the incidence of a pathological phenotype. Tentatively, the key component of mitochondrial fission process is segregation and further asymmetric separation of a mitochondrial body yielding healthy (normally functioning) and impaired (incapable to function in a normal way) organelles with subsequent decomposition and removal of impaired elements through autophagy (mitophagy). We speculate that mitochondria contain cytoskeletal elements, which maintain the mitochondrial shape, and also are involved in the process of intramitochondrial segregation of waste products. We suggest that perturbation of the mitochondrial fission/fusion machinery and slowdown of the removal process of nonfunctional mitochondrial structures led to the increase of the proportion of impaired mitochondrial elements. When the concentration of malfunctioning mitochondria reaches a certain threshold, this can lead to various pathologies, including aging. Overall, we suggest a process of mitochondrial fission to be an essential component of a complex system controlling a healthy cell phenotype. The role of reactive oxygen species in mitochondrial fission is discussed.
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University of California, Los Angeles1, University of California, Berkeley2, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul3, Federal University of Ceará4, Sao Paulo State University5, University of Ioannina6, Mid-Western Regional Hospital7, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown8, University of Genoa9, Vilnius University10, Utrecht University11, Rio de Janeiro State University12, University of Copenhagen13, Al-Azhar University14, Assiut University15, University of Tartu16, University of Paris17, University of Burgundy18, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens19, Charité20, Semmelweis University21, University of Pisa22, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart23, Marche Polytechnic University24, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences25, Medisch Spectrum Twente26, Medical University of Białystok27, Medical University of Lublin28, Russian Academy29, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University30, Uppsala University31, Gazi University32, Istanbul University33, Imperial College Healthcare34, King's College London35, Vanderbilt University36, New York University37, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences38
TL;DR: Overall, women were younger, had longer disease duration, and higher DAS28 scores than men, but BMI was similar between genders, compared to the normal BMI range.
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether body mass index (BMI), as a proxy for body fat, influences rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity in a gender-specific manner. METHODS: Consecutive patients with RA were enrolled from 25 countries into the QUEST-RA program between 2005 and 2008. Clinical and demographic data were collected by treating rheumatologists and by patient self-report. Distributions of Disease Activity Scores (DAS28), BMI, age, and disease duration were assessed for each country and for the entire dataset; mean values between genders were compared using Student's t-tests. An association between BMI and DAS28 was investigated using linear regression, adjusting for age, disease duration and country. RESULTS: A total of 5,161 RA patients (4,082 women and 1,079 men) were included in the analyses. Overall, women were younger, had longer disease duration, and higher DAS28 scores than men, but BMI was similar between genders. The mean DAS28 scores increased with increasing BMI from normal to overweight and obese, among women, whereas the opposite trend was observed among men. Regression results showed BMI (continuous or categorical) to be associated with DAS28. Compared to the normal BMI range, being obese was associated with a larger difference in mean DAS28 (0.23, 95% CI: 0.11, 0.34) than being overweight (0.12, 95% CI: 0.03, 0.21); being underweight was not associated with disease activity. These associations were more pronounced among women, and were not explained by any single component of the DAS28. CONCLUSIONS: BMI appears to be associated with RA disease activity in women, but not in men.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Yehuda Shoenfeld | 125 | 1629 | 77195 |
Jatin P. Shah | 119 | 725 | 45680 |
Shahrokh F. Shariat | 118 | 1637 | 58900 |
Vladimir P. Torchilin | 109 | 627 | 58977 |
Klaus-Peter Lesch | 106 | 524 | 50099 |
Jürgen Kurths | 105 | 1038 | 62179 |
Rudolf Valenta | 102 | 748 | 38349 |
Valerian E. Kagan | 97 | 667 | 39888 |
Hans-Uwe Simon | 96 | 461 | 51698 |
Gleb B. Sukhorukov | 96 | 440 | 35549 |
Michael Aschner | 91 | 806 | 32826 |
Alexei Verkhratsky | 89 | 450 | 29788 |
Claudio L. Bassetti | 88 | 524 | 25332 |
Helgi B. Schiöth | 85 | 531 | 28628 |
Angelo Ravelli | 79 | 415 | 23439 |