Introduction: The rising prevalence of musculoskeletal pathologies in developed countries has caused a dramatic impact on social welfare. Amidst these musculoskeletal pathologies is Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic systemic autoimmune disease that mostly affects the synovium. RA metabolic-associated alterations, including distorted adipokine production, enhance RA inflammatory environment. Among the altered adipokines, visfatin is particularly involved in RA inflammation and catabolism and stands out as an essential enzyme linked to critical cell features.
Areas covered: We discuss the potential mechanism supporting the contribution of visfatin to RA and the association between RA and obesity. We discuss the repurposing of cancer-tested drugs to inhibit visfatin in the context of RA. Additionally, we address the possibility of combining these drugs with current RA therapy. Finally, we explore the future of visfatin as an RA biomarker or therapeutic target.
Expert opinion: Inhibition of visfatin has become an interesting therapeutic approach for RA pathology. Such a feat has already been attained in oncology using small molecule inhibitors, which suggest that a similar course of action would be worth pursuing in the RA context. Visfatin will become an important biomarker and therapeutic target for RA. 相似文献
The purpose of this meta-analysis is to compare the relative merits among laparoscopic-assisted operations and laparotomy operations for patients with Hirschsprung disease.PubMed, Web of Science, and Wanfang databases were searched for the related articles. We analyzed dichotomous variables by estimating odds ratios (ORs) with their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and continuous variables using the weighted mean difference (WMD) with the 95% CI. The random-effects model (REM) was used to combine the results. The outcome measures included operating time (OT), estimated blood loss (EBL), length of hospital stay (LOHS), mean first bowel movement (MFBM), and number of complications.Sixteen articles were included in the meta-analysis. These studies involved a total of 774 patients, 396 of whom underwent laparoscopic-assisted operations and 378 of whom underwent laparotomy operations. The EBL (WMD = −1.48, 95% CI = −1.82, −1.13), LOHS (WMD = −0.67, 95% CI = −0.86, −0.49), MFBM (WMD = −0.83, 95% CI = −1.05, −0.61), and number of complications (OR = 0.60, 95% CI = 0.40, 0.89) were significantly lower in laparoscopic-assisted operations than in laparotomy operations. The OT (WMD = 0.12, 95% CI = −0.05, 0.28) showed no significant differences between laparoscopic-assisted operations and laparotomy operations.Compared with laparotomy operations, laparoscopic-assisted operations are generally safer and more reliable for patients with Hirschsprung disease. 相似文献
目的:探讨40岁以上高龄女性体外受精-胚胎移植(IVF-ET)的妊娠结局,旨在为高龄女性提供生育咨询以及为改善高龄女性个体化辅助生殖治疗结局提供临床依据。方法:选择我院生殖中心2015年1月—2017年12月女方年龄≥40岁且使用自身卵子行体外受精的共2 467个治疗周期资料,对各项临床数据进行回顾性分析。结果:40岁及以上行辅助生殖治疗的患者,随着女性年龄增加获卵数明显减少(40~48岁女性平均获卵数分别为2.97、 2.69、2.17、2.01、1.77、1.61、1.68、1.29和1.00,44~48岁与40~43岁依次组间比较均P<0.05),尤其是44岁以上女性胚胎发育潜能明显降低(40~48岁囊胚形成率分别为48.90%、43.72%、33.67%、34.29%、24.39%、21.14%、26.32%、16.67%和0%,44~48岁与40~43岁组间依次比较均P<0.05)。共有518个周期行新鲜胚胎移植,结果显示,随女性年龄增加,临床妊娠率(40~48岁临床妊娠率分别为26.92%、21.15%、20.79%、10.96%、18.87%、11.11%、5.88%、0%和0%,43~48岁与40~42岁组间依次比较均P<0.05)、种植率(40~48岁种植率分别为23.65%、19.51%、17.70%、8.54%、7.49%、10.81%、5.56%、0%和0%,43~48岁与40~42岁组间依次比较均P<0.05)和活产率均显著降低(40~46岁活产率分别为18.46%、10.58%、9.90%、5.48%、5.66%、2.78%和5.88%,43~46岁与40~42岁组间依次比较均P<0.05),43岁以上者结局更差。44岁以上女性自然流产率明显增高(40~45岁流产率分别为31.43%、50.00%、52.38%、50.00%、70.00%和75.00%,44~45岁与40~43岁组间依次比较均P<0.05)。46岁女性仅1例妊娠并分娩,47岁和48岁女性均无成功妊娠。与抗苗勒管激素(AMH)>1.0 ng/mL组相比,AMH≤1.0 ng/mL组妊娠率、种植率及活产率均显著下降(27.04% vs. 14.74%,22.99% vs. 13.50%,15.88% vs. 7.37%;均P<0.05),流产率明显升高(41.27% vs. 50.00%,P<0.05)。结论:≥40岁高龄女性随年龄增长生育力逐渐降低。40~43岁年龄段女性助孕仍有一定的价值,尤其是卵巢仍有一定储备者(AMH>1.0 ng/mL),但44岁以上女性原则上不再建议ART助孕,对于46岁以上卵巢功能衰竭的女性强烈建议卵子捐赠或收养。 相似文献
The purpose of this study is to find out whether telephone referral from Primary Health Care to Internal Medicine Consult manages to reduce waiting days as compared to traditional referral. This study also aims to know how acceptable is the telephone referral to general practitioners and their patients.
Design
No blind randomized controlled clinical trial.
Setting
Northern Huelva Health District.
Participants
154 patients.
Interventions
Patients referrals from intervention clinicians were sent via telephone consultation, whereas patients referrals from control clinicians were sent by traditional via.
Measurements
Number of days from referral request to Internal Medicine Consult. Number of telephone and traditional referrals. Number of doctors and patients denied. Denial reasons.
Results
A statistically significant difference was found between groups, with an average of 27 (21-34) days. Among General Practitioners, 8 of the first 58 total doctors after randomization and, subsequently, 6 of the 20 doctors of the test group refused to engage in the trial because they considered “excessive time and effort consuming”. 50% of patients referred by the 14 General Practitioners finally randomized to the intervention group were denied referral by telephone due to patient's complexity.
Conclusions
Telephone referral significantly reduces waiting days for Internal Medicine consult. This type of referral did not mean an “excessive time and effort consuming” to General Practitioners and was not all that beneficial to complex patients 相似文献