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8%) linked the antiobesogenic effects of Caps to TRPV1 activation and 3 (33.3%) indicated peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) involvement as an upstream connection to TRPV1, rather than a direct metabolic target of Caps. The main secondary effects of Caps were lower weight gain (33.3%; n = 3) or loss (22.2%; n = 2), greater improvement in lipid profile (33.3%; n = 3), lower white adipocyte adipogenesis (33.3%; n = 3), browning process activation (44.4%; n = 4), and higher brown adipocyte activity (33.3%; n = 3) compared with those of the control treatment. Some studies have shown that PPAR agonists modulate TRPV1 activity, and no study has evaluated the simultaneous antagonism of these 2 receptors. Consequently, further studies are necessary to elucidate the role of each of these signaling molecules in the antiobesogenic effects of Caps.
Although diabetes mellitus (DM) was reported to be associated with incident colorectal cancer (CRC), the detailed association between fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and incident CRC has not been fully understood.
We assessed whether hyperglycemia is associated with a higher risk for CRC.
Analyses were conducted using the JMDC Claims Database (n=1,441,311; median age [IQR], 46 [40-54] years; 56.6% men). None of the participants were taking antidiabetic medication or had a history of CRC, colorectal polyps, or inflammatory bowel disease. Participants were categorized as normal FPG, FPG level<100mg/dL (1,125,647 individuals); normal-high FPG, FPG level=100-109mg/dL (210,365 individuals); impaired fasting glucose (IFG), FPG level=110-125mg/dL (74,836 individuals); and DM, FPG level≥126mg/dL (30,463 individuals).
Over a mean follow-up of 1,137±824 days, 5,566 CRC events occurred. After multivariable adjustment, the hazard ratios for CRC events were 1.10 (95% CI,1.03-1.18) for normal-high FPG, 1.24 (95% CI, 1.13-1.37) for IFG, and 1.36 (95% CI, 1.19-1.55) for DM vs. normal FPG. We confirmed this association in sensitivity analyses excluding those with a follow-up of< 365 days, and or with obese participants.
The risk of CRC increased with elevated FPG category. FPG measurements would help identifying people at high-risk for future CRC.
The risk of CRC increased with elevated FPG category. FPG measurements would help identifying people at high-risk for future CRC.
To examine whether 1) as people age, accumulation of negative events increases ('sensitizing') or decreases ('steeling') the detrimental effects of subsequent events on depressive symptoms, and 2) how particular psychosocial factors are associated with the strength of these steeling or sensitizing effects.
We used data from six measurement waves from 2,069 adults aged 55-84 (M=68.0) at baseline in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We included 18 different life events across the life course. Using hybrid multilevel models, we tested whether the effects of proximate life events (<3 years) on depressive symptoms (measured by the CES-D) were moderated by previous cumulative events (childhood until previous measurement wave). Additionally, we tested whether education, mastery, emotional support, neuroticism, having strong faith, and loneliness were associated with the strength of steeling/sensitizing effects.
Cumulative and proximate life events were independently associated with moife circumstances may foster a steeling effect.
To disentangle the nature of the inverse relationship between type II diabetes (T2D) mellitus and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Depending on summary statistics of T2D (n=898,130) and ALS (n=80,610), we estimated the genetic correlation between them and prioritized pleiotropic genes through a multiple-tissue eQTL weighted integrative analysis and the ccFDR method. We implemented Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses to evaluate the causal relationship between the two diseases. A mediation analysis was performed to assess the mediating role of T2D in the pathway from T2D-related glycemic/anthropometric traits to ALS.
We found supportive evidence of common genetic foundation between T2D and ALS (rg=-0.223, p=0.004), and identified eight pleiotropic genes (ccFDR<0.10). The MR analysis confirmed that T2D exhibited a neuroprotective effect on ALS, leading to an approximately 5% (95% confidence intervals 0~9.6%, p=0.038) reduction in disease risk. In contrast, no substantial evidence was observed that supported the causal influence of ALS on T2D. The mediation analysis revealed T2D can also serve as an active mediator for several glycemic/anthropometric traits, including high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, overweight, body mass index, obesity class 1, obesity class 2, with the mediation effect estimated to be 0.024, -0.022, -0.041, -0.016, and -0.012, respectively.
We provided new evidence supporting the observed inverse link between T2D and ALS, and revealed that shared genetic component and causal association commonly drove such relationship. We also demonstrated the mediating role of T2D standing in the pathway from T2D-related glycemic/anthropometric traits to ALS.
We provided new evidence supporting the observed inverse link between T2D and ALS, and revealed that shared genetic component and causal association commonly drove such relationship. We also demonstrated the mediating role of T2D standing in the pathway from T2D-related glycemic/anthropometric traits to ALS.Early-life exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), synthetic compound used in polycarbonate plastic, is associated with altered cognitive and emotional behavior later in life. However, the brain mechanism underlying the behavioral deficits is unknown. Here, we show that maternal BPA exposure disrupted self-renewal and differentiation of neural progenitors during cortical development. The BPA exposure reduced the neuron number, whereas it increased glial cells in the cerebral cortex. Also, synaptic formation and transmission in the cerebral cortex were suppressed after maternal BPA exposure. These changes appeared to be associated with autophagy as a gene ontology analysis of RNA-seq identified an autophagy domain in the BPA condition. 20-Hydroxyecdysone Mouse behavioral tests revealed that maternal BPA caused hyperactivity and social deficits in adult offspring. Together, these results suggest that maternal BPA exposure leads to abnormal cortical architecture and function likely by activating autophagy.