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  1. Article ; Online: Evaluating the effects of graphene nanoparticles combined radio-frequency thawing on the physicochemical quality and protein conformation in hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus) dorsal muscle.

    Tian, Fang / Gu, Xiaohan / Li, Yujin / Cai, Luyun

    Journal of the science of food and agriculture

    2024  Volume 104, Issue 5, Page(s) 2809–2819

    Abstract: Background: The thawing process is an essential step for a frozen marine fish. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of graphene magnetic nanoparticles combined radio-frequency thawing methods on frozen hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus) dorsal ...

    Abstract Background: The thawing process is an essential step for a frozen marine fish. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of graphene magnetic nanoparticles combined radio-frequency thawing methods on frozen hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus) dorsal muscle. Seven thawing methods were used: air thawing, 4 °C cold storage thawing, water thawing, radio-frequency thawing (RT), radio frequency thawing combined with graphene nanoparticles (G-RT), radio frequency thawing combined with graphene oxide nanoparticles (GO-RT) and radio-frequency thawing combined with graphene magnetic nanoparticles (GM-RT). The thawing loss and centrifugal loss, electric conductivity, total volatile basic nitrogen, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances and color of thawed hairtail dorsal muscle were determined. The carbonyl content, total sulfhydryl groups, Ca
    Results: The results demonstrated that the RT, G-RT, GO-RT and GM-RT could significantly shorten the thawing time. Moreover, GO-RT and GM-RT efficiently preserved the color of fish dorsal muscle and reduced the impact of thawing on fish quality by reducing lipid and protein oxidation. Meanwhile, the myofibrillar protein structure thawed by GO-RT and GM-RT were more stable and had a more stable secondary structure, which maintained strong systemic stability at the same time as slowing down protein oxidation.
    Conclusion: The results showed that GO-RT and GM-RT can significantly improve the thawing efficiency at the same time as effectively maintaining and improving the color and texture of thawed fish, slowing down the oxidation of proteins and lipids, and maintaining a good quality of thawed fish meat. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Graphite ; Perciformes ; Proteins ; Fishes ; Protein Conformation ; Muscles/chemistry ; Water/analysis
    Chemical Substances Graphite (7782-42-5) ; Proteins ; Water (059QF0KO0R)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-03
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 184116-6
    ISSN 1097-0010 ; 0022-5142
    ISSN (online) 1097-0010
    ISSN 0022-5142
    DOI 10.1002/jsfa.13169
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  2. Article ; Online: Poor nutritional status is associated with the severity of omicron infection in the older adults.

    Gu, Xiaohan / Guo, Yongchao / Shi, Yongmei / Lu, Yaxiong / Yang, Shihan / Jiang, Yongmei / Jin, Qianwen / Li, Qing Yun

    BMC infectious diseases

    2024  Volume 24, Issue 1, Page(s) 88

    Abstract: Background: The Omicron wave of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains the dominant strain worldwide. The studies of nutritional status in geriatric people with COVID-19 Omicron variant are limited. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate ... ...

    Abstract Background: The Omicron wave of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains the dominant strain worldwide. The studies of nutritional status in geriatric people with COVID-19 Omicron variant are limited. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of poor nutritional status among Omicron infected older patients, and to explore the correlation between the nutritional status and the severity of Omicron infection in older patients.
    Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study. According to the clinical symptoms, patients were divided into two groups: mild and moderate to severe. Mini Nutritional Assessment short-form (MNA-SF) was conducted when patients were admitted and poor nutritional status was defined as MNA-SF score of 0-11. The inflammatory markers including neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and systemic inflammatory index (SII) were calculated and compared between two groups.
    Results: Total of 324 patients were enrolled, with median [interquartile range (IQR)] age of 73 (17) years. Overall, 241 cases were mild, 83 cases were moderate to severe at the time of diagnosis and that 54.3% of patients had poor nutritional status. Patients with poor nutritional status were found to be older (P < 0.001) and less vaccinated (P < 0.001), with a longer virus shedding duration (P = 0.022), more comorbidities (≥ 2) (P = 0.004) and higher value of NLR (P < 0.001), PLR (P < 0.001) and SII (P = 0.012). Vaccination, cycle threshold value in ORF1ab gene (OR CT value) and female, higher MNA-SF score was negatively connected with probability of moderate to severe infection. For every 1 score increase in MNA-SF, the odds ratio of moderate to severe infection decreased by 14.8% [adjusted odds ratio (aOR), 0.852; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.734-0.988; P = 0.034].
    Conclusions: Older patients with poor nutritional status are more likely to develop moderate to severe Omicron infection.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Female ; Aged ; Nutritional Status ; Retrospective Studies ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Malnutrition/epidemiology ; Nutrition Assessment ; COVID-19/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-15
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2041550-3
    ISSN 1471-2334 ; 1471-2334
    ISSN (online) 1471-2334
    ISSN 1471-2334
    DOI 10.1186/s12879-023-08959-6
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  3. Article ; Online: Association between sugar-sweetened beverages and pure fruit juice with risk of six cardiovascular diseases: a Mendelian randomization study.

    Xie, Hanzhang / Liu, Yiyang / Gu, Xiaohan / Liu, Shuhan / Fang, Yimeng / Zhong, Wenjie / Zhang, Yinan / Yao, Shunyu

    European journal of clinical nutrition

    2024  

    Abstract: Background: In observational and prospective cohort studies, intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and pure fruit juice (PFJ) has been associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Still, the causality of the connection has not yet been determined. ...

    Abstract Background: In observational and prospective cohort studies, intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and pure fruit juice (PFJ) has been associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Still, the causality of the connection has not yet been determined. Our objective was to uncover the relationship between SSBs/PFJ and CVD.
    Methods: Genetically predicted causal associations between SSBs/PFJ (obtained in a published genome-wide association study) and six common CVDs (atrial fibrillation (AF), angina, heart failure (HF), acute myocardial infarction, hypertension, and coronary atherosclerosis) were assessed using MR analytic modeling. The primary analysis method utilized was the inverse variance weighted (IVW) method, complemented by additional methods such as the weighted median method, MR Egger regression, Cochran's Q test, MR pleiotropy residual, funnel plot, Bonferroni correction, and others for MR analysis. To ensure the robustness of the findings, F-values were calculated as a complementary test to set looser thresholds for exposing genetic instrumental variables (P < 1e-5).
    Results: The results of MR analysis suggested genetically causal associations between SSBs and AF (odds ratio (OR): 1.023; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.007-1.038; P = 0.0039) as well as between PFJ and angina (OR: 0.968; 95% CI, 0.943-0.993; P = 0.0138) there was genetic causality. However, MR analysis showed no causal association between SSBs/PFJ and other CVD risks.
    Conclusion: This study suggests that there may be a potential causal relationship between SSBs intake and AF and a causal negative association between PFJ intake and angina.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 639358-5
    ISSN 1476-5640 ; 0954-3007
    ISSN (online) 1476-5640
    ISSN 0954-3007
    DOI 10.1038/s41430-024-01441-9
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  4. Article ; Online: Elevated serum triglyceride levels at first prenatal visit is associated with the development of gestational diabetes mellitus.

    Hu, Ming / Gu, Xiaohan / Niu, Yang / Lu, Wenyi / Huang, Cuihua / Tang, Qingya / Wu, Jiang

    Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews

    2021  Volume 38, Issue 2, Page(s) e3491

    Abstract: Aims: While several studies have indicated that maternal serum lipid profiles are associated with the development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), the results have been inconsistent. This study aimed to explore the relationship between maternal ... ...

    Abstract Aims: While several studies have indicated that maternal serum lipid profiles are associated with the development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), the results have been inconsistent. This study aimed to explore the relationship between maternal lipids profiles at first prenatal visit and GDM and determine the optimal cut-off values of possible trimester-specific variables in predicting GDM.
    Materials and methods: Clinical data of women with singleton pregnancies who delivered in Xinhua Hospital between January 2016 and January 2017 were collected from electronic databases. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the potential risk factors of GDM (specific to the trimester at first prenatal visit), including age, body mass index (BMI), and serum lipid profile and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to determine the cut-off values of significant variables.
    Results: Among the 2191 pregnant women included, 315 (14.38%) were diagnosed with GDM. Of these, 880 (40.16%) had their first prenatal visit before 14 gestational weeks. Univariate and multivariate analyses showed that both FPG and triglyceride (TG) levels in the first and second trimesters were associated with a high risk of GDM (p < 0.05). The ROC curve showed that serum TG levels >1.235 mmol/L and >1.525 mmol/L in the first and second trimesters, respectively, were significantly associated with the development of GDM (p < 0.05).
    Conclusions: TG levels at first prenatal visit is associated with GDM risk. Different TG cut-off values should be applied in the different trimesters of pregnancy for GDM screening.
    MeSH term(s) Blood Glucose/analysis ; Body Mass Index ; Diabetes, Gestational/diagnosis ; Female ; Glucose Tolerance Test ; Humans ; Pregnancy ; Prenatal Care ; Risk Factors ; Triglycerides
    Chemical Substances Blood Glucose ; Triglycerides
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-06
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1470192-3
    ISSN 1520-7560 ; 1520-7552
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    ISSN 1520-7552
    DOI 10.1002/dmrr.3491
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  5. Article ; Online: Transcranial vibro-acoustography can detect traumatic brain injury, in-vivo: Preliminary studies.

    Suarez, Martin W / Dever, David D / Gu, Xiaohan / Ray Illian, P / McClintic, Abbi M / Mehic, Edin / Mourad, Pierre D

    Ultrasonics

    2015  Volume 61, Page(s) 151–156

    Abstract: Vibro-acoustography (VA) uses two or more beams of confocal ultrasound to generate local vibrations within their target tissue through induction of a time-dependent radiation force whose frequency equals that of the difference of the applied frequencies. ...

    Abstract Vibro-acoustography (VA) uses two or more beams of confocal ultrasound to generate local vibrations within their target tissue through induction of a time-dependent radiation force whose frequency equals that of the difference of the applied frequencies. While VA has proven effective for assaying the mechanical properties of clinically relevant tissue such as breast lesions and tissue calcifications, its application to brain remains unexplored. Here we investigate the ability of VA to detect acute and focal traumatic brain injury (TBI) in-vivo through the use of transcranially delivered high-frequency (2 MHz) diagnostic focused ultrasound to rat brain capable of generating measurable low-frequency (200-270 kHz) acoustic emissions from outside of the brain. We applied VA to acute sham-control and TBI model rats (sham N=6; TBI N=6) and observed that acoustic emissions, captured away from the site of TBI, had lower amplitudes for TBI as compared to sham-TBI animals. The sensitivity of VA to acute brain damage at frequencies currently transmittable across human skulls, as demonstrated in this preliminary study, supports the possibility that the VA methodology may one day serve as a technique for detecting TBI.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Brain Injuries/diagnostic imaging ; Elasticity Imaging Techniques/instrumentation ; Elasticity Imaging Techniques/methods ; Equipment Design ; Male ; Models, Statistical ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Transducers
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-08
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 200839-7
    ISSN 1874-9968 ; 0041-624X
    ISSN (online) 1874-9968
    ISSN 0041-624X
    DOI 10.1016/j.ultras.2015.04.014
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