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Trends and Associated Factors of Use of Opioid, Heroin, and Cannabis Among Patients for Emergency Department Visits in Nevada: 2009–2017
To examine trends and contributing factors of opioid, heroin, and cannabis-associated emergency department (ED) visits in Nevada. The 2009 to 2017 Nevada State ED database (n = 7,950,554 ED visits) were used. Use of opioid, heroin, and cannabis, respectively, was identified by the International Classification of Diseases, 9th & 10th Revisions. Three multivariable models, one for each of the 3 dependent variables, were conducted. Independent variables included year, insurance status, race/ethnicity, use of other substance, and mental health conditions. The number of individuals with opioid, heroin, cannabis-associated ED visits increased 3%, 10%, and 23% annually from 2009 to 2015, particularly among 21 to 29 age group, females, and African Americans. Use of other substance (odds ratio [OR] = 3.91; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.84, 3.99; reference - no use of other substance), mental health conditions (OR = 2.48; 95% CI = 2.43, 2.53; reference – without mental health conditions), Medicaid (OR = 1.41; 95% CI = 1.38, 1.44; reference – non-Medicaid), Medicare (OR = 1.44; 95% CI = 1.39, 1.49; reference – non-Medicare) and uninsured patients (OR = 1.52; 95% CI = 1.49, 1.56; reference - insured) were predictors of all three substance-associated ED visits. With a steady increase in trends of opioid, heroin, and cannabis-associated ED visits in recent years, the main contributing factors include patient sociodemographic factors, mental health conditions, and use of other substances
Comparison of R-ketamine and rapastinel antidepressant effects in the social defeat stress model of depression
Comparative analysis of FBS containing media and serum free chemically defined media, CellCor for adipose derived stem cells production
Background:
As a result of the aging society, the average OECD life expectancy has grown to about 80 years, yet the average health life still remains at only 65 years, leaving more than 15 years of life in an uncertain health state. Regenerative medicine is a new concept of medicine that combines cells and biomaterials to restore the functions of aged or damaged tissues or organs. It is also a good treatment for chronic diseases and incurable diseases, receiving attention as a new paradigm for treating diseases.
Problems:
As the market for regenerative medicine grows, mass production of consistent quality cells is required. Media is the most important thing in mass production of consistent quality cells. However, the fetal bovine serum (FBS) containing media that is currently wide used has many problems, such as unidentified viral infection, immunogenicity, lot variations, unstable supply, and ethical issues. To solve these problems and make rapid progress in regenerative medicine, a high-performance serum free chemically defined media (CDM) is needed.
Solution:
CellCor is a serum free CDM that provides excellent performance, safety, economy and consistency in stem cell production. CellCor allows higher-speed cell production rate than current FBS containing culture media (Figure 1). Compared to the FBS containing media, CellCor is able to maintain stem cell markers, higher population homogeneity, genetic stability, and excellent differentiation potency even at later passage.
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Sesquiterpenes and Dimeric Sesquiterpenoids from Sarcandra glabra
Two new sesquiterpenes, sarcandralactones A (1) and B (2), and five new dimeric sesquiterpenoids, sarcandrolides A-E (3-7), along with 10 known compounds were isolated from the whole plants of Sarcandra glabra. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analysis. Some of the new isolates exhibit significant cytotoxicities when tested against a small panel of tumor cell lines
The IMPDH cytoophidium couples metabolism and fetal development in mice
The cytoophidium is an evolutionarily conserved subcellular structure formed by filamentous polymers of metabolic enzymes. In vertebrates, inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH), which catalyses the rate-limiting step in guanosine triphosphate (GTP) biosynthesis, is one of the best-known cytoophidium-forming enzymes. Formation of the cytoophidium has been proposed to alleviate the inhibition of IMPDH, thereby facilitating GTP production to support the rapid proliferation of certain cell types such as lymphocytes, cancer cells and pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). However, past studies lacked appropriate models to elucidate the significance of IMPDH cytoophidium under normal physiological conditions. In this study, we demonstrate that the presence of IMPDH cytoophidium in mouse PSCs correlates with their metabolic status rather than pluripotency. By introducing IMPDH2 Y12C point mutation through genome editing, we established mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) lines incapable of forming IMPDH polymers and the cytoophidium. Our data indicate an important role of IMPDH cytoophidium in sustaining a positive feedback loop that couples nucleotide biosynthesis with upstream metabolic pathways. Additionally, we find that IMPDH2 Y12C mutation leads to decreased cell proliferation and increased DNA damage in teratomas, as well as impaired embryo development following blastocoel injection. Further analysis shows that IMPDH cytoophidium assembly in mouse embryonic development begins after implantation and gradually increases throughout fetal development. These findings provide insights into the regulation of IMPDH polymerisation in embryogenesis and its significance in coordinating cell metabolism and development
A Photometric and Spectroscopic Study of the Short-Period Algol EW Bo\"{o}tis with a Sct Pulsator
In this paper, we present TESS photometry and high-resolution spectra of the
short-period Algol EW Boo. We obtained double-lined radial velocities (RVs)
from the time-series spectra and measured the effective temperature of the
primary star as = 8560 118 K. For the orbital period
study, we collected all times of minima available for over the last 30 years.
It was found that the eclipse timing variation of the system could be
represented by a periodic oscillation of 17.6 0.3 years with a
semi-amplitude of 0.0041 0.0001 d. The orbital and physical parameters
were derived by simultaneously analyzing the TESS light and RV curves using the
Wilson-Devinney (WD) binary star modeling code. The component masses and radii
were showed over 3% precision: = 2.67 0.08 M,
= 0.43 0.01 M, = 2.01 0.02 R, and
= 1.35 0.01 R. Furthermore, multiple frequency
analyses were performed for the light-curve residuals from the WD model. As a
result, we detected 17 pressure-mode pulsations in the region of 40.15 - 52.37
d. The absolute dimensions and pulsation characteristics showed that the
Sct pulsator was the more massive and hotter primary star of the EW
Boo.Comment: 27 pages, 8 figures, Accepted for publication in A
Regulation of LYRM1 Gene Expression by Free Fatty Acids, Adipokines, and Rosiglitazone in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes
LYR motif containing 1 (LYRM1) is a novel gene that is abundantly expressed in the adipose tissue of obese subjects and is involved in insulin resistance. In this study, free fatty acids (FFAs) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) are shown to upregulate LYRM1 mRNA expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Conversely, resistin and rosiglitazone exert an inhibitory effect on LYRM1 mRNA expression. These results suggest that the expression of LYRM1 mRNA is affected by a variety of factors that are related to insulin sensitivity. LYRM1 may be an important mediator in the development of obesity-related insulin resistance
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