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https://read.qxmd.com/read/32581770/serum-uric-acid-alzheimer-related-brain-changes-and-cognitive-impairment
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jee Wook Kim, Min Soo Byun, Dahyun Yi, Jun Ho Lee, So Yeon Jeon, Kang Ko, Gijung Jung, Han Na Lee, Jun-Young Lee, Chul-Ho Sohn, Yun-Sang Lee, Seong A Shin, Yu Kyeong Kim, Dong Young Lee
BACKGROUND: Despite known associations of lower serum uric acid (UA) with Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia or AD-related cognitive impairment, little is known regarding the underlying patho-mechanisms. We aimed to examine the relationships of serum UA with in vivo AD pathologies including cerebral beta-amyloid (Aβ) and tau deposition, AD-signature region cerebral glucose metabolism (AD-CM), and white matter hyperintensities (WMH). We also investigated the association between serum UA and cognitive performance, and then assessed whether such an association is mediated by the brain pathologies...
2020: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
https://read.qxmd.com/read/32169356/young-onset-and-late-onset-parkinson-s-disease-exhibit-a-different-profile-of-fluid-biomarkers-and-clinical-features
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tommaso Schirinzi, Giulia Di Lazzaro, Giulia Maria Sancesario, Susanna Summa, Simona Petrucci, Vito Luigi Colona, Sergio Bernardini, Mariangela Pierantozzi, Alessandro Stefani, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, Antonio Pisani
Young-onset Parkinson's disease (YOPD) is a relevant condition whose neurobiology is questioned if different from those of typical late-onset Parkinson's disease (LOPD). Here, we explored whether the clinical-biochemical profile of Parkinson's disease (PD) could be affected by the age-of-onset (AO), as a possible result of a distinct neurodegenerative process. A panel of fluid biomarkers (CSF lactate, 42-amyloid-β peptide, total and 181-phosphorylated tau; serum uric acid) and the standard scores for motor and nonmotor signs were assessed in 76 idiopathic PD patients (genetic cases excluded; YOPD, AO ≤ 50, n = 44; LOPD, AO > 50, n = 32) and 75 sex/age-matched controls, adjusting the models for the main confounding factors...
June 2020: Neurobiology of Aging
https://read.qxmd.com/read/31861992/altered-hdl-particle-in-sickle-cell-disease-decreased-cholesterol-content-is-associated-with-hemolysis-whereas-decreased-apolipoprotein-a1-is-linked-to-inflammation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ahmet Yalcinkaya, Selma Unal, Yesim Oztas
BACKGROUND: Hypocholesterolemia is the most frequently encountered lipid abnormality in sickle cell disease (SCD). We enrolled pediatric patients to determine the relationships between lipid profile and parameters of hemolysis, oxidative stress and chronic inflammation in SCD. METHODS: The study involved 35 pediatric SCD patients and 19 healthy controls. Patients were crisis-free and had not received transfusions for the last 3 months. Total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-C, LDL-C, VLDL-C, apolipoprotein A1, apolipoprotein B, LCAT, LDH, bilirubin, haptoglobin, iron, ferritin, hemin, serum amyloid A (SAA), myeloperoxidase (MPO), uric acid, ALT and GGT levels were evaluated in patients' blood...
December 20, 2019: Lipids in Health and Disease
https://read.qxmd.com/read/31189953/structural-mechanism-for-nek7-licensed-activation-of-nlrp3-inflammasome
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Humayun Sharif, Li Wang, Wei Li Wang, Venkat Giri Magupalli, Liudmila Andreeva, Qi Qiao, Arthur V Hauenstein, Zhaolong Wu, Gabriel Núñez, Youdong Mao, Hao Wu
The NLRP3 inflammasome can be activated by stimuli that include nigericin, uric acid crystals, amyloid-β fibrils and extracellular ATP. The mitotic kinase NEK7 licenses the assembly and activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome in interphase. Here we report a cryo-electron microscopy structure of inactive human NLRP3 in complex with NEK7, at a resolution of 3.8 Å. The earring-shaped NLRP3 consists of curved leucine-rich-repeat and globular NACHT domains, and the C-terminal lobe of NEK7 nestles against both NLRP3 domains...
June 2019: Nature
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30865135/impact-of-%C3%AE-thalassemia-trait-carrier-state-on-inflammatory-status-in-patients-with-newly-diagnosed-hypertension
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Athanasios I Triantafyllou, Dimitrios T Farmakis, Konstantinos M Lampropoulos, Petros L Karkalousos, Epameinondas A Triantafyllou, Georgios Papingiotis, Aikaterini Megalou, Eva A Karpanou
BACKGROUND: B-thalassemia carrier state or thalassemia minor confers cardiovascular protection through favorable lipidemic and blood pressure profile. However, its impact on inflammatory status-a common denominator of the above conditions-has not been addressed. METHODS: We investigated a wide range of inflammatory markers [white blood cell (WBC) count, homocysteine, C-reactive protein (CRP), serum amyloid A (SAA), fibrinogen, plasminogen, fibronectin, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), and uric acid] in a large cohort of 15 805 newly diagnosed hypertensive patients (8299 men, 7506 women); 626 of them (4...
May 2019: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30739833/inflammasome-activation-and-th17-responses
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REVIEW
Jian Deng, Xiao-Qiang Yu, Pei-Hui Wang
Immune sensing of exogenous molecules from microbes (e.g., pathogen-associated molecular patterns) and nonmicrobial molecules (e.g., asbestos, alum, and silica), as well as endogenous damage-associated molecular patterns (e.g., ATP, uric acid crystals, and amyloid A) activates innate immunity by inducing immune-related genes, including proinflammatory cytokines, which further facilitate the development of adaptive immunity. The roles of transcriptional responses downstream of immune sensing have been widely characterized in informing adaptive immunity; however, few studies focus on the effect of post-translational responses on the modulation of adaptive immune responses...
March 2019: Molecular Immunology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/30267163/danger-associated-molecular-patterns-damps-the-derivatives-and-triggers-of-inflammation
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REVIEW
Seema Patel
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Allergen is an umbrella term for irritants of diverse origin. Along with other offenders such as pathogens, mutagens, xenobiotics, and pollutants, allergens can be grouped as inflammatory agents. Danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are altered metabolism products of necrotic or stressed cells, which are deemed as alarm signals by the innate immune system. Like inflammation, DAMPs play a role in correcting the altered physiological state, but in excess, they can be lethal due to their signal transduction roles...
September 28, 2018: Current Allergy and Asthma Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29569524/risk-factors-of-cerebral-microbleeds-in-young-and-middle-aged-patients-with-hypertension
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ruihan Ni, Lan Chu, Dafei Xu, Ya Li, Yuan Li, Yifan Zhang, Mingyao You, Yingwu Zhu, Fu Ouyang, Jiayan Zhang, Gang Cai, Xiang Lin, Zhang Yang, Zidan Gao
Objective This study aimed to investigate the incidence and related risk factors of cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) in young and middle-aged patients with hypertension. Methods The study included 232 young and middle-aged (18-59 years-old) patients with hypertension from September 2014 to December 2016 in the Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, China. The data were recorded which included demographics, vascular risk factors, medication history, and imaging data of patients...
May 2018: Neurological Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/29321950/manifestations-of-renal-impairment-in-fructose-induced-metabolic-syndrome
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kameliya Bratoeva, George S Stoyanov, Albena Merdzhanova, Mariya Radanova
Introduction International studies show an increased incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with metabolic syndrome (MS). It is assumed that the major components of MS - obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension - are linked to renal damage through the systemic release of several pro-inflammatory mediators, such as uric acid (UA), C-reactive protein (CRP), and generalized oxidative stress. The aim of the present study was to investigate the extent of kidney impairment and manifestations of dysfunction in rats with fructose-induced MS...
November 7, 2017: Curēus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28411106/mass-spectrometry-imaging-shows-major-derangements-in-neurogranin-and-in-purine-metabolism-in-the-triple-knockout-3%C3%A3-tg-alzheimer-mouse-model
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Clara Esteve, Emrys A Jones, Douglas B Kell, Hervé Boutin, Liam A McDonnell
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) can simultaneously measure hundreds of biomolecules directly from tissue. Using different sample preparation strategies, proteins and metabolites have been profiled to study the molecular changes in a 3×Tg mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. In comparison with wild-type (WT) control mice MALDI-MSI revealed Alzheimer's disease-specific protein profiles, highlighting dramatic reductions of a protein with m/z 7560, which was assigned to neurogranin and validated by immunohistochemistry...
July 2017: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Proteins and Proteomics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27474828/uric-acid-amplifies-a%C3%AE-amyloid-effects-involved-in-the-cognitive-dysfunction-dementia-evidences-from-an-experimental-model-in-vitro
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Giovambattista Desideri, Roberta Gentile, Andrea Antonosante, Elisabetta Benedetti, Davide Grassi, Loredana Cristiano, Antonello Manocchio, Sara Selli, Rodolfo Ippoliti, Claudio Ferri, Claudio Borghi, Antonio Giordano, Annamaria Cimini
There is still a considerable debate concerning whether uric acid is neuroprotective or neurotoxic agent. To clarify this topic, we tested the effects of uric acid on neuronal cells biology by using differentiated SHSY5Y neuroblastoma cells incubated with amyloid β to reproduce an in vitro model of Alzheimer's disease. The incubation of cells with uric acid at the dose of 40 µM or higher significantly reduced cell viability and potentiated the proapoptotic effect of amyloid β. Finally, uric acid enhanced the generation of 4-hydroxynonenal and the expression of PPARβ/δ promoted by amyloid β, indicating a prooxidant effects...
May 2017: Journal of Cellular Physiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27170001/cha2ds2-vasc-score-and-blood-biomarkers-to-identify-patients-with-atrial-high-rate-episodes-and-paroxysmal-atrial-fibrillation
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Paulina Wakula, Benjamin Neumann, Jens Kienemund, Eva Thon-Gutschi, Tatjana Stojakovic, Martin Manninger, Daniel Scherr, Hubert Scharnagl, Martin Kapl, Burkert Pieske, Frank R Heinzel
AIMS: Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) is often asymptomatic but nonetheless harmful. We evaluated the performance of disease-related blood biomarkers and CHA2DS2-VASc score to discriminate for PAF in patients with continuous rhythm monitoring. METHODS AND RESULTS: Clinical data and blood samples were obtained from patients with dual-chamber pacemakers selected according to the absence (no_AHRE) or presence of Atrial High-Rate Episodes (AHRE) >6 min in recent device history (case-control approach)...
May 11, 2016: Europace: European Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Electrophysiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26660282/heart-failure-resulting-from-age-related-cardiac-amyloid-disease-associated-with-wild-type-transthyretin-a-prospective-observational-cohort-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lawreen H Connors, Flora Sam, Martha Skinner, Francesco Salinaro, Fangui Sun, Frederick L Ruberg, John L Berk, David C Seldin
BACKGROUND: Heart failure caused by wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRwt) is an underappreciated cause of morbidity and mortality in the aging population. The aims of this study were to examine features of disease and to characterize outcomes in a large ATTRwt cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS: Over 20 years, 121 patients with ATTRwt were enrolled in a prospective, observational study. Median age at enrollment was 75.6 years (range, 62.6-87.8 years); 97% of patients were white...
January 19, 2016: Circulation
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26429731/double-edged-roles-of-nitric-oxide-signaling-on-app-processing-and-amyloid-%C3%AE-production-in-vitro-preliminary-evidence-from-sodium-nitroprusside
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zheng-Xu Cai, Hui-Shu Guo, Che Wang, Min Wei, Cheng Cheng, Zhao-Fei Yang, Yin-Wang Chen, Wei-Dong Le, Song Li
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is thought to be caused in part by the age-related accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) in the brain. Recent findings have revealed that nitric oxide (NO) modulates the processing of amyloid-β precursor protein (APP) and alters Aβ production; however, the previously presented data are contradictory and the underlying molecular mechanisms are still incomplete. Here, using human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells stably transfected with wild-type APPwt695, we found that NO, derived from NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP), bi-directionally modulates APP processing in vitro...
January 2016: Neurotoxicity Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/25011950/increased-cardiometabolic-risk-factors-and-inflammation-in-adipose-tissue-in-obese-subjects-classified-as-metabolically-healthy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Javier Gómez-Ambrosi, Victoria Catalán, Amaia Rodríguez, Patricia Andrada, Beatriz Ramírez, Patricia Ibáñez, Neus Vila, Sonia Romero, María A Margall, María J Gil, Rafael Moncada, Víctor Valentí, Camilo Silva, Javier Salvador, Gema Frühbeck
OBJECTIVE: It has been suggested that individuals with the condition known as metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) may not have the same increased risk for the development of metabolic abnormalities as their non-metabolically healthy counterparts. However, the validity of this concept has recently been challenged, since it may not translate into lower morbidity and mortality. The aim of the current study was to compare the cardiometabolic/inflammatory profile and the prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in patients categorized as having MHO or metabolically abnormal obesity (MAO)...
October 2014: Diabetes Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/24917566/the-cross-sectional-association-between-uric-acid-and-atherosclerosis-and-the-role-of-low-grade-inflammation-the-codam-study
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MULTICENTER STUDY
José M A Wijnands, Annelies Boonen, Pieter C Dagnelie, Marleen M J van Greevenbroek, Carla J H van der Kallen, Isabel Ferreira, Casper G Schalkwijk, Edith J M Feskens, Coen D A Stehouwer, Sjef van der Linden, Ilja C W Arts
OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to investigate (i) associations between uric acid and prevalent cardiovascular disease (CVD), ankle-arm blood pressure index (AAIx) and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in the total population and in predefined subgroups according to glucose metabolism status and (ii) the extent to which these associations are explained by low-grade inflammation. METHODS: Cross-sectional analyses were conducted among 530 individuals [60...
November 2014: Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/24571576/3-d-ultrastructure-and-collagen-composition-of-healthy-and-overloaded-human-tendon-evidence-of-tenocyte-and-matrix-buckling
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jessica Pingel, Yinhui Lu, Tobias Starborg, Ulrich Fredberg, Henning Langberg, Anders Nedergaard, Maryann Weis, David Eyre, Michael Kjaer, Karl E Kadler
Achilles tendinopathies display focal tissue thickening with pain and ultrasonography changes. Whilst complete rupture might be expected to induce changes in tissue organization and protein composition, little is known about the consequences of non-rupture-associated tendinopathies, especially with regards to changes in the content of collagen type I and III (the major collagens in tendon), and changes in tendon fibroblast (tenocyte) shape and organization of the extracellular matrix (ECM). To gain new insights, we took biopsies from the tendinopathic region and flanking healthy region of Achilles tendons of six individuals with clinically diagnosed tendinopathy who had no evidence of cholesterol, uric acid and amyloid accumulation...
May 2014: Journal of Anatomy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/24515315/pentraxin-3-as-a-novel-bio-marker-of-inflammation-and-endothelial-dysfunction-in-autosomal-dominant-polycystic-kidney-disease
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ismail Kocyigit, Eray Eroglu, Ozcan Orscelik, Aydin Unal, Ozkan Gungor, Fahir Ozturk, Cigdem Karakukcu, Hakan Imamoglu, Murat Hayri Sipahioglu, Bulent Tokgoz, Oktay Oymak
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of mortality in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Prior to hypertension early vascular changes and inflammation have been reported. We aimed to investigate long pentraxin 3 (PTX-3), which has been recently described as a biomarker of inflammation, and its relation with endothelial dysfunction in early ADPKD patients. METHODS: Twenty-five ADPKD patients without hypertension and 25 healthy controls were studied cross-sectionally...
April 2014: Journal of Nephrology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/24464503/lower-serum-uric-acid-levels-in-cerebral-amyloid-angiopathy-a-pilot-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Qi Hu, Anding Liu, Mengyang Huang, Luo Cheng, Huicong Kang, Feng Xu, Xiaoyan Liu, Lifei Lian, Qiming Liang, Hong Jiang, Cuntai Zhang, Suiqiang Zhu
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a common degenerative disease presenting intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in older people. Uric acid (UA) is a natural antioxidant, and may have a beneficial role in neurodegenerative diseases. Nevertheless, the role of UA in CAA remains unknown. In the present study, we compared serum UA levels in CAA-associated ICH patients (n = 82) and age/sex-matched controls (n = 82). Serum UA levels in possible CAA were significantly decreased when compared with healthy controls (232...
July 2014: Neurological Sciences
https://read.qxmd.com/read/24331137/fenofibrate-ameliorates-insulin-resistance-hypertension-and-novel-oxidative-stress-markers-in-patients-with-metabolic-syndrome
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hiroaki Ueno, Yukie Saitoh, Masanari Mizuta, Tomomi Shiiya, Kenji Noma, Shinichi Mashiba, Shiho Kojima, Masamitsu Nakazato
SUMMARY: <AbstractText Label="OBJECTIVE" NlmCategory="OBJECTIVE">The benefits of fenofibrate, a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α agonist, against cardiovascular risk factors have been established. To clarify the underlying mechanisms of these benefits, we examined the effects of fenofibrate on insulin resistance, hypertension, inflammation, oxidative stress and coagulation markers in patients with metabolic syndrome. METHODS: Eleven Japanese patients with metabolic syndrome underwent physical examinations and blood tests before and after treatment with fenofibrate 200 mg daily for 8 weeks...
October 2011: Obesity Research & Clinical Practice
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