Pancreatic Diseases

Antimicrobial Characteristics of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Homemade Fermented Foods.

. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were isolated from fermented foods, such as glutinous rice dough, corn noodle, chili sauce, potherb mustard pickles, and stinky tofu, in northeast China. LAB strains with antimicrobial activities were screened, and seven of these strains were identified as , , and through 16S rRNA gene analysis. After the supernatant of LAB was treated with proteinase K, pepsin, and ...

Efficacy and safety of CT-guided high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy in primary and secondary malignancies of the pancreas.

PURPOSE: To evaluate efficacy and safety of CT-guided iBT in patients with primary and secondary malignancies of the pancreas.

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin: An early biomarker for predicting acute kidney injury and severity in patients with acute pancreatitis.

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Acute kidney injury (AKI) in severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) has a high mortality rate. Traditionally used serum creatinine is an ...

Prediction and evaluation of the severity of acute respiratory distress syndrome following severe acute pancreatitis using an artificial neural network algorithm model.

BACKGROUND: To predict the risk and severity of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) following severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) by artificial neu...

Machine-learning prediction of adolescent alcohol use: a cross-study, cross-cultural validation.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The experience of alcohol use among adolescents is complex, with international differences in age of purchase and individual diff...

Biomarkers and polymorphisms in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors treated with sunitinib.

Several circulating biomarkers and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been correlated with efficacy and tolerability to antiangiogenic agents...

Application of Machine Learning Methods to Predict Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver (NAFL) Patients.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. NAFLD patients have excessive liver fat (steatosis)...

Methodological Advances in the Study of Hidden Variables: A Demonstration on Clinical Alcohol Use Disorder Data.

Research in the domain of psychopathology has been hindered by hidden variables-variables that are important to understanding and treating psychopatho...

Novel electrochemical sensing platform based on a nanocomposite of PVA/PVP/RGO applied to IgG anti- Toxoplasma gondii antibodies quantitation.

This article describes the development of a new electrochemical platform composed by a polymer mixture and graphene oxide (GO). The working electrode ...

Machine learning based classification of cells into chronological stages using single-cell transcriptomics.

Age-associated deterioration of cellular physiology leads to pathological conditions. The ability to detect premature aging could provide a window for...

Distal pancreatectomy with en-bloc celiac axis resection (DP-CAR) through retroperitoneal-first laparoscopic approach (Retlap): A novel strategy for achieving accurate evaluation of resectability and minimal invasiveness.

BACKGROUND: Distal pancreatectomy with en-bloc celiac axis resection (DP-CAR) for borderline resectable pancreatic body cancer is increasingly being p...

In-syringe extraction using compressible and self-recoverable, amphiphilic graphene aerogel as sorbent for determination of phenols.

Graphene aerogels (GAs) have demonstrated great promise as sorbent materials. However, the intrinsically hydrophobic GAs are unsuitable for extraction...

Multiple Human-Behaviour Indicators for Predicting Lung Cancer Mortality with Support Vector Machine.

Lung cancer is still one of the most common causes of death around the world, while there is overwhelming evidence that the environment and lifestyle ...

Circulating betatrophin in relation to metabolic, inflammatory parameters, and oxidative stress in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

AIMS: Recently, it was suggested that betatrophin has a role in controlling pancreatic β cell proliferation and lipid metabolism, however, its role in...

A neural network based model effectively predicts enhancers from clinical ATAC-seq samples.

Enhancers are cis-acting sequences that regulate transcription rates of their target genes in a cell-specific manner and harbor disease-associated seq...

Antibacterial efficacy of handrubbing for 15 versus 30 seconds: EN 1500-based randomized experimental study with different loads of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

OBJECTIVES: Compliance with the World Health Organization 'how to handrub' action is suboptimal. Simplifying the hand-hygiene action may improve pract...

Identifying substance use risk based on deep neural networks and Instagram social media data.

Social media may provide new insight into our understanding of substance use and addiction. In this study, we developed a deep-learning method to auto...

Lf nanodispersion is a hypoglycemic product with a potent α-glucosidase and pancreatic lipase inhibitor effect.

PURPOSE: This study aimed to evaluate the hypoglycemic effect, antioxidant, α-glucosidase and lipase inhibitory activity, and the cytotoxicity of the ...

An Increased Level of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer.

BACKGROUND Aryl-carbon receptor (AhR), a ligand-activated transcription factor, is best known for its ability to mediate the effects of environmental ...

Artificial neural network algorithm model as powerful tool to predict acute lung injury following to severe acute pancreatitis.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to predict the risk of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) associated with acute lung injury (ALI) by artificial neura...