392 research outputs found
Clinical Potential of DNA Methylation in Gastric Cancer: A Meta-Analysis
Background: Accumulating evidence indicates aberrant DNA methylation is involved in gastric tumourigenesis, suggesting it may be a useful clinical biomarker for the disease. The aim of this study was to consolidate and summarize published data on the potential of methylation in gastric cancer (GC) risk prediction, prognostication and prediction of treatment response. Methods: Relevant studies were identified from PubMed using a systematic search approach. Results were summarized by meta-analysis. Mantel-Haenszel odds ratios were computed for each methylation event assuming the random-effects model. Results: A review of 589 retrieved publications identified 415 relevant articles, including 143 case-control studies on gene methylation of 142 individual genes in GC clinical samples. A total of 77 genes were significantly differentially methylated between tumour and normal gastric tissue from GC subjects, of which data on 62 was derived from single studies. Methylation of 15, 4 and 7 genes in normal gastric tissue, plasma and serum respectively was significantly different in frequency between GC and non-cancer subjects. A prognostic significance was reported for 18 genes and predictive significance was reported for p16 methylation, although many inconsistent findings were also observed. No bias due to assay, use of fixed tissue or CpG sites analysed was detected, however a slight bias towards publication of positive findings was observed
DNA methylation subgroups and the CpG island methylator phenotype in gastric cancer: A comprehensive profiling approach
10.1186/1471-230X-14-55BMC Gastroenterology141-BGMA
Active packaging of fish gelatin films with Morinda citrifolia oil
Active packaging is of interest in helping to prevent autoxidation process in foods. Morinda citrifolia contains a wide range of antioxidants such as ascorbic acid, terpenoids, and polyphenols. The purpose of this study was to determine the potential of Morinda citrifolia as a natural antioxidant in an active packaging film. Fish gelatin films incorporated with 1–3% of Morinda citrifolia oil (MO) were used to prepare antioxidant films. It was found that the incorporation of MO would not affect the thickness and solubility of gelatin films, independent of concentration. However, the solubility ranging from 13.4% to 13.8% might be considered low for these films. As for the mechanical properties, Young's modulus and elongation at break were not affected significantly by incorporation of 1–3% MO (p>0.05). As for the tensile strength, fish gelatin film incorporated with 1–3% MO showed a higher value than control (p≤0.05). The opacity between the samples and control varied statistically with the highest value with films containing 3% oil (p≤0.05). However, increasing the MO concentrations would decrease the water vapor permeability (p>0.05). DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) was used to determine the antioxidant activity and the result increased significantly (p≤0.05) from 9% to 16% with the increase of oil concentration, suggesting MO incorporation in films as potential means of active packaging
Active packaging of fish gelatin films with Morinda citrifolia oil
Active packaging is of interest in helping to prevent autoxidation process in foods. Morinda citrifolia contains a wide range of antioxidants such as ascorbic acid, terpenoids, and polyphenols. The purpose of this study was to determine the potential of Morinda citrifolia as a natural antioxidant in an active packaging film. Fish gelatin films incorporated with 1–3% of Morinda citrifolia oil (MO) were used to prepare antioxidant films. It was found that the incorporation of MO would not affect the thickness and solubility of gelatin films, independent of concentration. However, the solubility ranging from 13.4% to 13.8% might be considered low for these films. As for the mechanical properties, Young's modulus and elongation at break were not affected significantly by incorporation of 1–3% MO (p>0.05). As for the tensile strength, fish gelatin film incorporated with 1–3% MO showed a higher value than control (p≤0.05). The opacity between the samples and control varied statistically with the highest value with films containing 3% oil (p≤0.05). However, increasing the MO concentrations would decrease the water vapor permeability (p>0.05). DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) was used to determine the antioxidant activity and the result increased significantly (p≤0.05) from 9% to 16% with the increase of oil concentration, suggesting MO incorporation in films as potential means of active packaging
Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) are increasingly recognised as global health priorities in view of the preventability of most injuries and the complex and expensive medical care they necessitate. We aimed to measure the incidence, prevalence, and years of life lived with disability (YLDs) for TBI and SCI from all causes of injury in every country, to describe how these measures have changed between 1990 and 2016, and to estimate the proportion of TBI and SCI cases caused by different types of injury. METHODS: We used results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) Study 2016 to measure the global, regional, and national burden of TBI and SCI by age and sex. We measured the incidence and prevalence of all causes of injury requiring medical care in inpatient and outpatient records, literature studies, and survey data. By use of clinical record data, we estimated the proportion of each cause of injury that required medical care that would result in TBI or SCI being considered as the nature of injury. We used literature studies to establish standardised mortality ratios and applied differential equations to convert incidence to prevalence of long-term disability. Finally, we applied GBD disability weights to calculate YLDs. We used a Bayesian meta-regression tool for epidemiological modelling, used cause-specific mortality rates for non-fatal estimation, and adjusted our results for disability experienced with comorbid conditions. We also analysed results on the basis of the Socio-demographic Index, a compound measure of income per capita, education, and fertility. FINDINGS: In 2016, there were 27·08 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 24·30-30·30 million) new cases of TBI and 0·93 million (0·78-1·16 million) new cases of SCI, with age-standardised incidence rates of 369 (331-412) per 100 000 population for TBI and 13 (11-16) per 100 000 for SCI. In 2016, the number of prevalent cases of TBI was 55·50 million (53·40-57·62 million) and of SCI was 27·04 million (24·98-30·15 million). From 1990 to 2016, the age-standardised prevalence of TBI increased by 8·4% (95% UI 7·7 to 9·2), whereas that of SCI did not change significantly (-0·2% [-2·1 to 2·7]). Age-standardised incidence rates increased by 3·6% (1·8 to 5·5) for TBI, but did not change significantly for SCI (-3·6% [-7·4 to 4·0]). TBI caused 8·1 million (95% UI 6·0-10·4 million) YLDs and SCI caused 9·5 million (6·7-12·4 million) YLDs in 2016, corresponding to age-standardised rates of 111 (82-141) per 100 000 for TBI and 130 (90-170) per 100 000 for SCI. Falls and road injuries were the leading causes of new cases of TBI and SCI in most regions. INTERPRETATION: TBI and SCI constitute a considerable portion of the global injury burden and are caused primarily by falls and road injuries. The increase in incidence of TBI over time might continue in view of increases in population density, population ageing, and increasing use of motor vehicles, motorcycles, and bicycles. The number of individuals living with SCI is expected to increase in view of population growth, which is concerning because of the specialised care that people with SCI can require. Our study was limited by data sparsity in some regions, and it will be important to invest greater resources in collection of data for TBI and SCI to improve the accuracy of future assessments
Observation of Cabibbo-suppressed two-body hadronic decays and precision mass measurement of the baryon
The first observation of the singly Cabibbo-suppressed
and decays
is reported, using proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of
, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of , collected with the LHCb detector between 2016 and 2018. The
branching fraction ratios are measured to be
,
. In addition, using the
decay channel, the baryon
mass is measured to be , improving the
precision of the previous world average by a factor of four.Comment: All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and
additional information, are available at
https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2023-011.html (LHCb
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Measurement of boson production cross-section in collisions at TeV
The first measurement of the boson production cross-section at
centre-of-mass energy TeV in the forward region is reported,
using collision data collected by the LHCb experiment in year 2017,
corresponding to an integrated luminosity of . The
production cross-section is measured for final-state muons in the
pseudorapidity range . The integrated cross-section is determined to be for the di-muon invariant
mass in the range . This result and the
differential cross-section results are in good agreement with theoretical
predictions at next-to-next-to-leading order in the strong coupling.
Based on a previous LHCb measurement of the boson production
cross-section in Pb collisions at TeV, the nuclear
modification factor is measured for the first time at this
energy. The measured values are in the forward region () and
in the backward region
(), where represents the muon rapidity in
the centre-of-mass frame.Comment: All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and
additional information, are available at
https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2023-010.html (LHCb
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Studies of and production in and Pb collisions
The production of and mesons is studied in proton-proton and
proton-lead collisions collected with the LHCb detector. Proton-proton
collisions are studied at center-of-mass energies of and ,
and proton-lead collisions are studied at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon
of . The studies are performed in center-of-mass rapidity
regions (forward rapidity) and
(backward rapidity) defined relative to the proton beam direction. The
and production cross sections are measured differentially as a function
of transverse momentum for and , respectively. The differential cross sections are used to
calculate nuclear modification factors. The nuclear modification factors for
and mesons agree at both forward and backward rapidity, showing
no significant evidence of mass dependence. The differential cross sections of
mesons are also used to calculate cross section ratios,
which show evidence of a deviation from the world average. These studies offer
new constraints on mass-dependent nuclear effects in heavy-ion collisions, as
well as and meson fragmentation.Comment: All figures and tables, along with machine-readable versions and any
supplementary material and additional information, are available at
https://lhcbproject.web.cern.ch/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2023-030.html (LHCb
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Fraction of decays in prompt production measured in pPb collisions at TeV
The fraction of and decays in the prompt
yield, , is measured by
the LHCb detector in pPb collisions at TeV. The study
covers the forward () and backward () rapidity
regions, where is the rapidity in the nucleon-nucleon
center-of-mass system. Forward and backward rapidity samples correspond to
integrated luminosities of 13.6 0.3 nb and 20.8 0.5
nb, respectively. The result is presented as a function of the
transverse momentum in the range 1 GeV/.
The fraction at forward rapidity is compatible with the LHCb
measurement performed in collisions at TeV, whereas the
result at backward rapidity is 2.4 larger than in the forward region
for GeV/. The increase of at low at backward rapidity is compatible with the suppression of the
(2S) contribution to the prompt yield. The lack of in-medium
dissociation of states observed in this study sets an upper limit of
180 MeV on the free energy available in these pPb collisions to dissociate or
inhibit charmonium state formation.Comment: All figures and tables, along with machine-readable versions and any
supplementary material and additional information, are available at
https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2023-028.html (LHCb
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