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© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Cluster headache is a disorder with increased hereditary risk. Associations between cluster headache and polymorphism rs2653349 of the HCRTR2 gene have been demonstrated. The less common allele (A) seems to reduce disease susceptibility. The polymorphism rs5443 of the GNB3 gene positively influences triptan treatment response. Carriers of the mutated T allele are more likely to respond positively compared to C:C homozygotes, when treated with triptans. DNA was extracted from buccal swabs obtained from 636 non-related Southeastern European Caucasian individuals and was analyzed by real-time PCR. Gene distribution for the rs2653349 was G:G = 79.1%, G:A = 19.2%, and A:A = 1.7%. The frequency of the wild-type G allele was 88.7%. The frequencies for rs5443 were C:C = 44.0%, C:T = 42.6%, and T:T = 13.4%. The frequency of the wild-type C allele was 65.3%. The frequency distribution of rs2653349 in the Southeastern European Caucasian population differs significantly when compared with other European and East Asian populations, and the frequency distribution of rs5443 showed a statistically significant difference between Southeastern European Caucasian and African, South Asian, and East Asian populations. For rs2653349, a marginal statistically significant difference between genders was found (p = 0.080) for A:A versus G:G and G:A genotypes (OR = 2.78), indicating a higher representation of male homozygotes for the protective mutant A:A allele than female. No statistically significant difference was observed between genders for rs5443. Cluster headache pathophysiology and pharmacotherapy response may be affected by genetic factors, indicating the significant role of genotyping in the overall treatment effectiveness of cluster headaches.

© 2018  Extensive scar tissue formation often occurs after severe burn injury, trauma, or as one of complications after surgical intervention. Despite significant therapeutic advances, it is still a significant challenge to manage massive scar tissue formation while also promoting normal wound healing. The goal of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effect of bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) that were genetically modified to overexpress transforming growth factor-beta 3 (TGF-β 3 ), an inhibitor of myofibroblast proliferation and collagen type I deposition, on full-thickness cutaneous wound healing in a rabbit model. Twenty-four rabbits with surgically-induced full-thickness cutaneous wounds created on the external ear (1.5 × 1.5 cm, two wounds/ear) were randomized into four groups: (G1), wounds with no special treatment but common serum-free culture medium as negative controls; (G2), topically-applied recombinant adenovirus, expressing TGF-β 3 /GFP; (G3), topically-applied BMSCs alone; (G4), topically-applied BMSCs transfected with Ad-TGF-β 3 /GFP (BMSCs TGF-β3 ); and (G5), an additional normal control (n = 2) with neither wound nor treatment on the external ear skin. The sizes of wounds on the ear tissues were grossly examined, and the scar depth and density of wounds were histologically evaluated 21, 45, and 90 days after surgical wound creation. Our results demonstrated that G4 significantly reduced the wound scar depth and density, compared to G1~3. Numbers of cells expressing GFP significantly increased in G4, compared to G2. The protein expression of TGF-β 3 and type III collagen in G4 significantly increased, while the ratio of type I to type III collagen was also significantly reduced, which is similar to the tissue architecture found in G5, as compared the other treatment groups. In conclusion, transplantation of BMSCs TGF-β3 remarkably improves wound healing and reduces skin scar tissue formation in an animal model, which may potentially provide an alternative in the treatment of extensive scar tissue formation after soft tissue injury.

© 2018 IOP Publishing Ltd. This study reports a visible light-driven plasmonic photocatalyst of Au deposited AgVO3 nanocomposites prepared by a hydrothermal method, and further in situ modification of Au nanoparticles by a reducing agent of NaHSO3 in an aqueous solution at room temperature. Various characterization techniques, such as SEM, TEM, XRD, EDS, XPS, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller, were used to reveal the morphology, composition, and related properties. The results show that belt-like AgVO3 nanoparticles with a width of ∼100 nm were successfully synthesized, and Au nanoparticles with controlled sizes (5-20 nm) were well distributed on the surface of the nanobelts. The UV-vis absorption spectra indicate that the decoration of Au nanoparticles can modulate the optical properties of the nanocomposites, namely, red shift occurs with the increase of Au content. The photocatalytic activities were measured by monitoring the degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) with the presence of photocatalysts under visible light irradiation. The photodegradation results show that AgVO3 nanobelts exhibit good visible light photocatalytic activities with a degradation efficiency of 98% in 50 min and a reaction rate constant of 0.025 min-1 towards 30 ppm RhB. With the modification of Au nanoparticles, photocatalytic activity basically increases with the molar ratio of Au to V. Among the Au@AgVO3 nanocomposites, the 3% (molar ratio) Au decorated AgVO3 nanobelts showed the highest photocatalytic activity, and the k (0.064 min-1) was almost two times higher than that of the pure AgVO3 nanobelts. This can be attributed to several factors including specific surface areas, optical properties, and the energy band structure of the composites under visible light illumination. These findings may be useful for the practical use of visible light-driven photocatalysts with enhanced photocatalytic efficiencies for environmental remediation.

© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. A comparison of spectrophotometric and chromatographic (HPLC) procedures for determining 3-phenethylrhodanine (cyclo-2-phenethyldithiocarbanoylacetic acid, CPET) drug substance using experimental and computational statistical methods showed that both methods had good precision and accuracy and could be recommended as equivalent alternative methods for quantitative determination of CPET drug substance.

© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Objective. To study the association between the kynurenine-3-monooxygenase (KMO) gene and depression. Materials and methods. Polymorphic loci rs2275163 (C/T) and rs1053230 (A/G) of the KMO gene were studied in patients with depression (study group) and mentally healthy subjects of comparable gender and age (control group). Results and conclusions. The rs2275163 polymorphism was not associated with depression. An association between the rs1053230 polymorphism and depression was found. The frequency of the GG genotype, linked with lower KMO activity and increased kynurenic acid levels in patients with endogenous psychoses, was greater in the study group than the control group (p = 0.001, OR 2.8 (95% CI 1.73–4.24). thus, the GG genotype can be regarded as a risk allele for developing depression.

© 2018 Meditsina Publishers. All rights reserved. NLR family of receptors are important members of the innate immunity that respond to exogenous pathogens and endogenous danger signals. Activation of NLR leads to formation of a multimolecular complex called an inflammasome. This complex is used to drive the processing and release of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18. Defects in regulation of an inflammasome activation underlie the development of a series of autoinflammatory diseases such as cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes, familial Mediterranean fever and others. In this review we discuss forms of pathology associated with mutations and gene polymorphism of inflammasomes NLRP3, NLRP1, NLRС2 and NLRP12.

© 2018, Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.  The uptake of NO 3 on a pyrene coating at [NO 3 ] = 2.5 × 10 12 –1.2 × 10 13 cm −3 is studied using a coated-insert flow tube reactor coupled to a mass spectrometer. It is established that, in this concentration range, the uptake occurs by the impact recombination mechanism, whereas the consumption of surface sites involves the unimolecular decomposition of stabilized surface complexes. Several hundreds of NO 3 radicals are consumed per surface site destroyed. The uptake coefficient depends on the exposure time, being described by the expression γ(t) = γ 0 exp(−t/τ), where γ 0 and τ are parameters dependent on the NO 3 concentration. Based on the Langmuir adsorption concept, the following elementary parameters determining the uptake process are estimated: the Langmuir coefficient, K L = 7.1 × 10 −13 cm 3 ; the desorption rate constant, k d = 44 s −1 ; and the rate constant for the unimolecular heterogeneous conversion of surface complexes, k r = 6.6 × 10 −2 s −1 . Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry measurements showed that the main products of the reaction are phthalates. The nitropyrene yield is found to be ~0.6%.

© 2018  The antioxidant activity of Ge-132 (2-carboxyethylgermanium sesquioxide, [(O 0.5 ) 3 GeCH 2 CH 2 COOH] n ), a widely used organic germanium dietary supplement, was assessed by cyclic voltammetry and through its interaction with a stable radical 2,2,-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) monitored by UV-Vis and EPR spectroscopy in water, CH 3 CN, DMF, MeOH, and their mixtures with water. The results obtained by these methods are coherent in that Ge-132 can manifest its antioxidant activity only in the absence of water because the latter hydrolyses its Ge-O-Ge fragment responsible for quenching free radicals. Thus, contrary to a common use of Ge-132 as a water-soluble agent, it can act as an antioxidant solely in a lipid environment, which is important for understanding the mechanism of its biological activity.

© 2018, Pediatria Ltd.. All rights reserved. In 2011, a cohort for prospective follow-up was chose from the general population of newborns in Moscow. In 3 years of life, information on atopic dermatitis (AtD) symptoms was collected. Skin tests with allergens were performed in mothers and in children aged 1 year. Objective of the research – to correlate the sensitization of a child at the age of 1 year and sensitization of his mother with subsequent possible development of AtD in his early childhood. Study materials and methods: mother's sensitization and sensitization of a child at 1 year of age were examined separately for the possible appearance of AtD diagnostic signs at the age of 1, 2, 3 years of a child and in general in early childhood. The results of each study are presented by several methods of statistical processing: 1) analysis of conjugation tables, incl. hierarchical log-linear; 2) logistic regression models in which: a) the sensitization degree was considered, b) the sensitization was analyzed as a qualitative sign, in the presence of a papule. Results and discussion: рrospective monitoring of the cohort shows the dynamics of AtD frequency in early childhood, the number of sensitized mothers and their children. Mother's sensitization was not significant for AtD signs appearance in a child in early childhood. The sensitization of a child at the age of 1 year showed the importance of chicken egg allergen in relation to AtD signs appearance in early childhood. Study result: conclusions about the possible relationship of sensitization with AtD development in a child in early childhood.

© 2018, Pleiades Publishing, Ltd. X-ray diffraction is used to determine the structure of a new 3-(benzo[d]oxazole-2-yl)-1-(2-(1,3,3- trimethylindoline-2-ylidene)ethylidene)naphthalene-2(1H)-one zinc chloride complex 1. It is demonstrated that the ligand molecule in complex 1 has a trans–trans–cis conformation in which the indoline nitrogen atom is oriented in the same direction as the chelate ring, which could promote an additional coordination with the complexing atom.

© 2018 Stavropol State Medical University. All Rights Reserved. Diverticular colon disease, taking into account the increase in the proportion of older people in the total population of the planet, is one of the most important problems of modern health care, due to the need for constant monitoring of patients due to the possible development of complications such as diverticulitis, perforation, bleeding and malignancy. From these positions, it becomes relevant to develop early prognostic criteria for the severity of the diverticular colon disease based on the study of the main indicators of proliferation, such as Kisspeptin (KiSS1), p53, chromogranin-A (CgA).

© 2018 by the authors; licensee Modestum Ltd., UK. Objective: The problem of drug interactions is increasingly important today because they may induce serious adverse events as well as interfere with efficacy of pharmacotherapy. Combinations of drugs are most often prescribed to patients presenting with comorbid pathology. The incidence of a combination of arterial hypertension (AH) and acid-dependent diseases (ADDs) varies widely ranging from 11.6 to 50%. One of combinations of drugs prescribed to such patients is a combination of calcium channel blocker amlodipine and proton pump inhibitor omeprazole. The latter in the human body undergoes biotransformation mediated at the level of cytochrome P450 by isoenzymes CYP2C19 and CYP3A4. Amlodipine is a substrate of the isoenzyme CYP3A4, which increases the probability of the development of interaction between these drugs. The purpose of our study was to investigate antihypertensive efficacy of amlodipine in patients suffering from arterial hypertension combined with acid-dependent diseases and additionally taking omeprazole. Method: Study included a total of 150 patients with AH and ADD. Antihypertensive therapy was evaluated by means of office measuring of arterial pressure (AP) and circadian monitoring of AP (CMAP). The followed-up patients with AH and ADD were divided into 2 groups. Group One was composed of hypertensive patients undergoing pharmacotherapy with 10 mg amlodipine, whose condition required due to exacerbation of ADD administration of omeprazole at a dose of 20 mg for a period from 3 to 4 weeks. Group Two comprised hypertensive patients receiving antihypertensive therapy consisting of 10 mg amlodipine, who were found to have remission of acid-dependent diseases, with no additional medication taken. Results: The obtained findings demonstrated that one of the commonly used drug combinations in treatment of patients with AH and ADD in ambulatory conditions was a combination of omeprazole and amlodipine, accounting for 7.1%. The results of office measurement of arterial pressure (AP) 2 weeks after initiating pharmacotherapy with omeprazole in patients with AH and ADD demonstrated that the patients receiving omeprazole in addition to antihypertensive therapy were found to have a statistically significant decrease in systolic arterial pressure (SAP) and statistically significantly more pronounced dynamics of a decrease in diastolic arterial pressure (SAP) (p<0.05) compared with those not receiving therapy with omeprazole. Also, in the group of patients taking omeprazole, the findings of circadian monitoring of blood pressure (CMAP) showed a statistically significant decrease in average circadian SAP, average circadian DAP, mean value of daytime SAP and mean value of nighttime SAP (p<0.05). Conclusion: The obtained findings demonstrated that simultaneous prescription of amlodipine and omeprazole to patients with concomitant pathology, i.e., AH and ADD, turned out to enhance the antihypertensive affect of amlodipine, which probably resulted from substrate competition of amlodipine and omeprazole at the level isoenzyme CYP 3A4 of cytochrome P450.

© 2018 Russian Electronic Journal of Radiology. All rights reserved. Some pathologic processes compromise renal function and as result worsen glomerular filtration rate (GFR). The CKD-EPI (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration) equation was developed in an effort to create a more correct formula to estimate GFR, however, it is not able to assess split renal function. Objective. This paper aims to present how numerical analysis of abdominal multispiral computed tomography (MSCT) results correlate with data of CKD-EPI equation. Materials and methods. In this Institutional prospective cohort study, MSCT scans of 16 patients undergoing multiphasic renal protocol with 3D-reconstruction and numerical estimation were reviewed. Comparison was made by means of Pearson coefficient and Youden index. Results. MSCT-based methods for the calculation of split renal function with 3Dmodels showed strong correlation with CKD-EPI (p<0.001). Conclusion. Data received using the 3D-MSCT in comparison with CKD-EPI equation are equally accurate with low bias in GFR-assessment. However new approach has great advantages, because allows for both acquiring detailed data on clinical anatomy and evaluation of renal function, that made it not only precise but also more informative for decision-making in clinical practice. Such application of high-tech imaging method applied to the field of radiology may alter the course of patients' management when pathologic process is just beginning to correct premorbid conditions.

© 2018 Dynasty Publishing House. All rights reserved. Replication of Francisella and Shigella in cytosole of host cell is correlated with their ability to escape from phagosome (containing bacteria vacuole) and to modulate innate immunity of host. Francisella T6CC and some undeterminated products of pathogenicity island's genes take part in such processes. Shigella T3CC and autotransporter protein IscA provide this processes together with spreading bacteria intra colonic epithelium.

© 2018 Media Sphera Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Aim of the study was to explore the role of the FGF-23/sKlotho/sclerostin ratio disturbance in the determining of cardiovascular risk in end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, receiving treatment with regular hemodialysis (ÍD) or hemodiafiltration (ÍDF) online in Russia. Materials and methods. 42 patients with ESRD, at the age of 18-55 years, treated with HD or HDF on line for at least 6 months, were examined. 22 (52.3%) patients received traditional HD, the remaining 20 (47.7%) - HDF online. In all the patients, in addition to a general examination, the serum levels of FGF-23, sKlotho, sclerostine (by ELISA), their associations with cardiovascular risk factors (left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), acute coronary syndrome (ACS), serum troponin I levels) with the numbers of techniques (ECG; Eho-CGF (with calculation of left ventricular myocardium mass index (LVMMI), as well as the relative thickness of the walls of the left ventricle (RWT); sphygmography (central (aortal) blood pressure (CBP), subendocardial blood flow (SBF) - by Sphygmocor), and the effect of regular HD and HDF on serum levels of the studied markers, were assessed. Results and discussion. An independent effect of FGF-23 on the risk of LVH, as well as on the increase of serum troponin I in the studied ESRD patients [β=3.576 p<0.01, and β=1.115, p<0.05, respectively] was found. Serum Klotho was the factor most associated with the CBP [β=-0.023; p<0.001]. The increased serum sclerostin was correlated with a lower incidence of both reduced SBF [r=0.492; p<0.05], symptoms of coronary heart disease [r=-0.449; p<0.05] and rhythm disturbances [r=-0.446; p<0.05]. In addition, in HD patients higher FGF-23 and lower Klotho and sclerostine serum levels were associated with: inadequate dialysis syndrome (Kt/V <1.1; r=0.463; p<0.05), chronic inflammation (C-reactive protein >10 mg/L; r=0.612; p<0.01), and with a decrease in serum albumin level (<35 g/l; r=0.459; p<0.05). The FGF-23/sKlotho/sclerostin ratio disturbance was more pronounced in patients treated with traditional HD then HDF online. A direct correlation (r=0.445; p<0.05) was established between FGF-23 serum levels and serum phosphorus, which was more pronounced in HD patients (r=0.545; p<0.01). Conclusion. In HD and HDF ESRD patients, higher serum FGF-23 and lower sKlotho and sclerostin levels were associated with a chronic inflammation, malnutrition, secondary hyperparathyroidism, and may considered as predictors of cardiovascular complications such as LVH, ACS, rhythm disturbances, persisting of subincreased serum troponin I.

© 2018 Media Sphera Publishing Group. All rights reserved. The role of modified low density lipoprotein in the activation of the classical pathway of the complement system and increasing expression C3 gene in human macrophages is described, role of these processes on the progression of atherosclerotic vascular lesions is considering.

© 2018 Stavropol State Medical University. All Rights Reserved. The aim of the study was to assess clinical value of galectin-3 levels evaluation in patients with heart failure. The study results demonstrated decrease of plasma galectin-3 levels after pharmacotherapy. The decrease of galectin-3 levels was accompanied by clinical improvement in patients with heart failure. Thus, galectin-3 can be used as an additional biomarker for HF diagnostics and pharmacotherapy monitoring in patients with heart failure.

© 2018, Media Sfera. All rights reserved. Changes in ocular anatomy and topography that occur due to congenital development anomalies are often of complex, composite nature. Such pathologies are accompanied by not only refractive errors, but also changes in eye’s macrostructure. Careful analysis of the changes is necessary to better understand the clinical picture. Purpose - to study the specifics of structural and morphological changes of the eye in certain ocular congenital pathologies and in some orphan diseases using the results of three-dimensional ultrasound analysis and digital acoustic imaging. Material and methods. The study included 60 patients (119 eyes) with congenital ocular changes, some of which are registered as independent orphan diseases, as well as with systemic manifestations including congenital changes in eye membranes, lens and the vitreous body. The examination involved three-dimensional scanning followed by digital processing of the imaging data obtained using general medical ultrasound systems Voluson 730 Pro Kretz and Voluson E8. Results. Digital ultrasound technologies significantly expand the scope of data on eye morphology in various congenital changes obtainable in vivo. Conclusion. The advantage of this investigation method is the possibility to reliably detect congenital spatially complex morphological deformations in the eye tissues, which in some cases are impossible to observe with other methods.

© 2018, Media Sphera Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Inflammasomes are macromolecular complexes that contain many copies of receptors recognizing molecular patterns of pathogenic agents (PAMP) and damage-associated structures (DAMP), and also include molecules of adapter protein ASC and procaspase- 1. Activation of inflammasomes leads to the formation of active caspase-1 that, in turn, provides the maturation of pro-IL-1β and pro-IL-18 to IL-1β and IL-18. The latter cytokines play an important role in control of neuroinlfammation in the central nervous system contributing to the pathogenesis of a series of neurological, neurodegenerative and mental disorders. The review discusses the involvement of NLRP3 inflammasome and other their types in the development of the traumatic brain injury, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, brain tumors, CNS infections, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, epilepsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, depressiver, and consequences of alcohol abuse. The elucidation of molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways controlled by inflammasomes will allow the development of new therapeutic measures for diseases, in which neuroinflammation plays a leading pathogenetic role.

© Ima-Press Publishing House. All rights reserved. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the population, has a complex multifactorial nature and develops through the interaction of environmental factors and genetic predisposition, the pattern and mechanisms of which have been insufficiently studied. Ischemic stroke (IS) is most commonly encountered. Objective: to investigate the differential expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) in the plasma of patients in the acute and subacute stages of stroke. Patients and methods. The investigation enrolled 10 patients (5 men and 5 women; mean age, 64.5 years) with IS and 10 gender- and age-matched volunteers (a control group). A real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to analyze the expression of 45 miRNAs isolated from the plasma samples of the patients on days 1 and 8 after onset of IS and isolated once from those of the controls. Results. A list of 45 miRNAs, that might be potential biomarkers and/or prognostic factors of stroke, was compiled. The investigation showed a decrease in let-7i-3p and miR-23a-3p miRNA expression in patients on the first day after onset of IS compared to the control group. The expression of miR-23a-3p increased in the patients at 8 days after IS. The patients with IS and the controls both showed gender differences in the expression of let-7i-5p and miR-92b-3p. Conclusion. The in-silico analysis revealed specific miRNA clusters associated with the peculiarities of clinical manifestations of IS. This may suggest that the patients with the favorable and unfavorable course of stroke may have its different molecular basis. In addition, it is necessary to take into account gender differences in the expression of individual miRNAs in assessing their significance in the pathogenesis and prognosis of IS.