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A modelling framework to characterize the impact of antibiotics on the gut microbiota diversity.
IF 12.2 1区 医学
Gut Microbes Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-22 DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2024.2442523
Carlos Olivares, Etienne Ruppé, Stéphanie Ferreira, Tanguy Corbel, Antoine Andremont, Jean de Gunzburg, Jeremie Guedj, Charles Burdet
{"title":"A modelling framework to characterize the impact of antibiotics on the gut microbiota diversity.","authors":"Carlos Olivares, Etienne Ruppé, Stéphanie Ferreira, Tanguy Corbel, Antoine Andremont, Jean de Gunzburg, Jeremie Guedj, Charles Burdet","doi":"10.1080/19490976.2024.2442523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2024.2442523","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Metagenomic sequencing deepened our knowledge about the role of the intestinal microbiota in human health, and several studies with various methodologies explored its dynamics during antibiotic treatments. We compared the impact of four widely used antibiotics on the gut bacterial diversity. We used plasma and fecal samples collected during and after treatment from healthy volunteers assigned to a 5-day treatment either by ceftriaxone (1 g every 24 h through IV route), ceftazidime/avibactam (2 g/500 mg every 8 h through IV route), piperacillin/tazobactam (1 g/500 mg every 8 h through IV route) or moxifloxacin (400 mg every 24 h through oral route). Antibiotic concentrations were measured in plasma and feces, and bacterial diversity was assessed by the Shannon index from 16S rRNA gene profiling. The relationship between the evolutions of antibiotic fecal exposure and bacterial diversity was modeled using non-linear mixed effects models. We compared the impact of antibiotics on gut microbiota diversity by simulation, using various reconstructed pharmacodynamic indices. Piperacillin/tazobactam was characterized by the highest impact in terms of intensity of perturbation (maximal [IQR] loss of diversity of 27.3% [1.9; 40.0]), while moxifloxacin had the longest duration of perturbation, with a time to return to 95% of baseline value after the last administration of 13.2 d [8.3; 19.1]. Overall, moxifloxacin exhibited the highest global impact, followed by piperacillin/tazobactam, ceftazidime/avibactam and ceftriaxone. Their AUC between day 0 and day 42 of the change of diversity indices from day 0 were, respectively, -13.2 Shannon unit.day [-20.4; -7.9], -10.9 Shannon unit.day [-20.4; -0.6] and -10.1 Shannon unit.day [-18.3; -4.6]. We conclude that antibiotics alter the intestinal diversity to varying degrees, both within and between antibiotics families. Such studies are needed to help antibiotic stewardship in using the antibiotics with the lowest impact on the intestinal microbiota.</p>","PeriodicalId":12909,"journal":{"name":"Gut Microbes","volume":"17 1","pages":"2442523"},"PeriodicalIF":12.2,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142876887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Development of a Caco-2-based intestinal mucosal model to study intestinal barrier properties and bacteria-mucus interactions.
IF 12.2 1区 医学
Gut Microbes Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-23 DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2024.2434685
Evelien Floor, Jinyi Su, Maitrayee Chatterjee, Elise S Kuipers, Noortje IJssennagger, Faranak Heidari, Laura Giordano, Richard W Wubbolts, Silvia M Mihăilă, Daphne A C Stapels, Yvonne Vercoulen, Karin Strijbis
{"title":"Development of a Caco-2-based intestinal mucosal model to study intestinal barrier properties and bacteria-mucus interactions.","authors":"Evelien Floor, Jinyi Su, Maitrayee Chatterjee, Elise S Kuipers, Noortje IJssennagger, Faranak Heidari, Laura Giordano, Richard W Wubbolts, Silvia M Mihăilă, Daphne A C Stapels, Yvonne Vercoulen, Karin Strijbis","doi":"10.1080/19490976.2024.2434685","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2024.2434685","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The intestinal mucosal barrier is a dynamic system that allows nutrient uptake, stimulates healthy microbe-host interactions, and prevents invasion by pathogens. The mucosa consists of epithelial cells connected by cellular junctions that regulate the passage of nutrients covered by a mucus layer that plays an important role in host-microbiome interactions. Mimicking the intestinal mucosa for <i>in vitro</i> assays, particularly the generation of a mucus layer, has proven to be challenging. The intestinal cell-line Caco-2 is widely used in academic and industrial laboratories due to its capacity to polarize, form an apical brush border, and reproducibly grow into confluent cell layers in different culture systems. However, under normal culture conditions, Caco-2 cultures lack a mucus layer. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that Caco-2 cultures can form a robust mucus layer when cultured under air-liquid interface (ALI) conditions on Transwell inserts with addition of vasointestinal peptide (VIP) in the basolateral compartment. We demonstrate that unique gene clusters are regulated in response to ALI and VIP single stimuli, but the ALI-VIP combination treatment resulted in a significant upregulation of multiple mucin genes and proteins, including secreted MUC2 and transmembrane mucins MUC13 and MUC17. Expression of tight junction proteins was significantly altered in the ALI-VIP condition, leading to increased permeability to small molecules. Commensal <i>Lactiplantibacillus plantarum</i> bacteria closely associated with the Caco-2 mucus layer and differentially colonized the surface of the ALI cultures. Pathogenic <i>Salmonella enterica</i> were capable of invading beyond the mucus layer and brush border. In conclusion, Caco-2 ALI-VIP cultures provide an accessible and straightforward way to culture an <i>in vitro</i> intestinal mucosal model with improved biomimetic features. This novel <i>in vitro</i> intestinal model can facilitate studies into mucus and epithelial barrier functions and in-depth molecular characterization of pathogenic and commensal microbe-mucus interactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":12909,"journal":{"name":"Gut Microbes","volume":"17 1","pages":"2434685"},"PeriodicalIF":12.2,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142876894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Correction.
IF 3.9 3区 医学
Pharmaceutical Biology Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-22 DOI: 10.1080/13880209.2025.2444094
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Impact of liquid-liquid phase separation- and immune-related gene signatures on multiple myeloma prognosis: focus on DDX21 and EZH2.
IF 2 4区 医学
Hematology Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-23 DOI: 10.1080/16078454.2024.2445403
Fengming Wang, Chuyun Shen
{"title":"Impact of liquid-liquid phase separation- and immune-related gene signatures on multiple myeloma prognosis: focus on DDX21 and EZH2.","authors":"Fengming Wang, Chuyun Shen","doi":"10.1080/16078454.2024.2445403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/16078454.2024.2445403","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) may affect the therapeutic sensitivity of multiple myeloma (MM). This study aimed to identify LLPS-related genes with MM prognostic values and to confirm their effects on tumor progression.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Based on public transcriptomic data, this study screened LLPS- and immune-related genes for MM-derived plasma cells. Subtypes were identified using consensus clustering, followed by comparisons using <i>t</i>-test and survival analysis. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator was implemented to screen prognostic signatures, and Kaplan-Meier and receiver operator characteristic curves were plotted to assess their prognostic values. After transfected with sh-DDX21, CCK8, flow cytometry, and Transwells were used to observe MM cell proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and invasion.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>By overlapping LLPS- and immune-related genes, 103 genes were obtained to cluster MM samples into three subtypes, which had significant differences in survival and immune landscape. Cox regression analysis screened out <i>EZH2</i> and <i>DDX21</i> that significantly overexpressed in MM to construct a prognostic model, with superior performance in predicting MM prognostic risks. Notably, subtype2 with more adverse prognosis showed significantly elevated risk scores and was more distributed in groups with high prognostic risk. <i>In vitro</i> experiments confirmed that cell proliferation, invasion, and migration were significantly inhibited in MM.1S cells transfected with sh-DDX21.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>LLPS-related <i>EZH2</i> and <i>DDX21</i> were novel markers to predict prognostic risk of MM. Among them, <i>DDX21</i> was experimentally confirmed to promote MM cell proliferation, migration and invasion. These potential prognostic markers could be targeted in future personalized therapeutic strategies for MM, potentially improving patient outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":13161,"journal":{"name":"Hematology","volume":"30 1","pages":"2445403"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142876379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Desulfovibrio vulgaris flagellin exacerbates colorectal cancer through activating LRRC19/TRAF6/TAK1 pathway.
IF 12.2 1区 医学
Gut Microbes Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-24 DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2024.2446376
Yue Dong, Fanyi Meng, Jingyi Wang, Jingge Wei, Kexin Zhang, Siqi Qin, Mengfan Li, Fucheng Wang, Bangmao Wang, Tianyu Liu, Weilong Zhong, Hailong Cao
{"title":"<i>Desulfovibrio vulgaris</i> flagellin exacerbates colorectal cancer through activating LRRC19/TRAF6/TAK1 pathway.","authors":"Yue Dong, Fanyi Meng, Jingyi Wang, Jingge Wei, Kexin Zhang, Siqi Qin, Mengfan Li, Fucheng Wang, Bangmao Wang, Tianyu Liu, Weilong Zhong, Hailong Cao","doi":"10.1080/19490976.2024.2446376","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2024.2446376","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The initiation and progression of colorectal cancer (CRC) are intimately associated with genetic, environmental and biological factors. <i>Desulfovibrio vulgaris</i> (DSV), a sulfate-reducing bacterium, has been found excessive growth in CRC patients, suggesting a potential role in carcinogenesis. However, the precise mechanisms underlying this association remain incompletely understood. We have found <i>Desulfovibrio</i> was abundant in high-fat diet-induced <i>Apc</i><sup><i>min/+</i></sup> mice, and DSV, a member of <i>Desulfovibrio</i>, triggered colonocyte proliferation of germ-free mice. Furthermore, the level of DSV progressively rose from healthy individuals to CRC patients. Flagella are important accessory structures of bacteria, which can help them colonize and enhance their invasive ability. We found that <i>D. vulgaris</i> flagellin (DVF) drove the proliferation, migration, and invasion of CRC cells and fostered the growth of CRC xenografts. DVF enriched the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-associated genes and characterized the facilitation of DVF on EMT. Mechanistically, DVF induced EMT through a functional transmembrane receptor called leucine-rich repeat containing 19 (LRRC19). DVF interacted with LRRC19 to modulate the ubiquitination of tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor (TRAF)6, rather than TRAF2. This interaction drove the ubiquitination of pivotal molecule TAK1, further enhancing its autophosphorylation and ultimately contributing to EMT. Collectively, DVF interacts with LRRC19 to activate the TRAF6/TAK1 signaling pathway, thereby promoting the EMT of CRC. These data shed new light on the role of gut microbiota in CRC and establish a potential clinical therapeutic target.</p>","PeriodicalId":12909,"journal":{"name":"Gut Microbes","volume":"17 1","pages":"2446376"},"PeriodicalIF":12.2,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142881946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The immune checkpoint LAG-3 is expressed by melanoma cells and correlates with clinical progression of the melanoma.
IF 6.5 2区 医学
Oncoimmunology Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-24 DOI: 10.1080/2162402X.2024.2430066
Melanie Wiecken, Devayani Machiraju, Shounak Chakraborty, Eva-Maria Mayr, Bénédicte Lenoir, Rosa Eurich, Jasmin Richter, Nicole Pfarr, Niels Halama, Jessica C Hassel
{"title":"The immune checkpoint LAG-3 is expressed by melanoma cells and correlates with clinical progression of the melanoma.","authors":"Melanie Wiecken, Devayani Machiraju, Shounak Chakraborty, Eva-Maria Mayr, Bénédicte Lenoir, Rosa Eurich, Jasmin Richter, Nicole Pfarr, Niels Halama, Jessica C Hassel","doi":"10.1080/2162402X.2024.2430066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2162402X.2024.2430066","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Immune checkpoint blockers have substantially improved prognosis of melanoma patients, nevertheless, resistance remains a significant problem. Here, intrinsic and extrinsic factors in the tumor microenvironment are discussed, including the expression of alternative immune checkpoints such as lymphocyte activation gene 3 (LAG-3) and T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-containing protein 3 (TIM-3). While most studies focus on immune cell expression of these proteins, we investigated their melanoma cell intrinsic expression by immunohistochemistry in melanoma metastases of 60 patients treated with anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and/or anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) therapy, and correlated it with the expression of potential ligands, RNA sequencing data and clinical outcome. LAG-3 and TIM-3 were commonly expressed in melanoma cells. In the stage IV cohort, expression of LAG-3 was associated with M1 stage (<i>p</i> < 0.001) and previous exposure to immune checkpoint inhibitors (<i>p</i> = 0.029). Moreover, in the anti-PD-1 monotherapy treatment group patients with high LAG-3 expression by tumor cells tended to have a shorter progression-free survival (<i>p</i> = 0.088), whereas high expression of TIM-3 was associated with a significantly longer overall survival (<i>p</i> = 0.007). In conclusion, we provide a systematic analysis of melanoma cell intrinsic LAG-3 and TIM-3 expression, highlighting potential implications of their expression on patient survival.</p>","PeriodicalId":48714,"journal":{"name":"Oncoimmunology","volume":"14 1","pages":"2430066"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142883141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Qualitative studies on men with prostate cancer: a systematic meta-synthesis.
IF 2.1 4区 医学
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-24 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2436720
Deborah Bekele, Angel Martínez-Hernáez
{"title":"Qualitative studies on men with prostate cancer: a systematic meta-synthesis.","authors":"Deborah Bekele, Angel Martínez-Hernáez","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2436720","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2024.2436720","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer among men. Despite advancements in clinical interventions and improvements in public health outreach, a multi-dimensional lack of understanding of the lived experiences of men diagnosed with PCa continues. Improving the quantity and quality of knowledge about this subject could guide clinical decisions and interventions for this group.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This paper reviews qualitative studies focusing on PCa patients using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme tool (CASP), synthesizes the data, and maps the overarching themes through a systematic meta-synthesis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The authors identified 3546 manuscripts, of which 103 met the inclusion criteria. Six themes were identified that addressed: support needs, diagnosis, and treatment experiences, lived experiences, information accessibility, care, and threats to masculinity.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Treatment side-effects caused a re-configuration and re-evaluation of masculine ideologies. Men mainly relied on close family and support groups to cope with their feelings of stigma, uncertainty, and recovery. Professional healthcare and consultation quality eased their anxiety concerning long-term treatment and other factors associated with their condition. The studies were socio-demographically heterogeneous. Thus, researchers could use qualitative research to explore knowledge gaps in the following interconnected themes: masculinity care, masculinity support, masculinity information, and incorporating a more diverse socio-demographical sample.</p>","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"20 1","pages":"2436720"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142886426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Real-world healthcare resource utilization of Alzheimer's disease in the early and advanced stages: a retrospective cohort study.
IF 2.9 4区 医学
Journal of Medical Economics Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-24 DOI: 10.1080/13696998.2024.2442240
Elnara Fazio-Eynullayeva, Marianne Cunnington, Paul Mystkowski, Lei Lv, Abdalla Aly, Christopher W Yee, Raj Desai, Chia-Lun Liu, Mei Sheng Duh, Soeren Mattke
{"title":"Real-world healthcare resource utilization of Alzheimer's disease in the early and advanced stages: a retrospective cohort study.","authors":"Elnara Fazio-Eynullayeva, Marianne Cunnington, Paul Mystkowski, Lei Lv, Abdalla Aly, Christopher W Yee, Raj Desai, Chia-Lun Liu, Mei Sheng Duh, Soeren Mattke","doi":"10.1080/13696998.2024.2442240","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13696998.2024.2442240","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>To compare all-cause and Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) by cognitive stage.</p><p><strong>Methods and materials: </strong>This retrospective study analyzed insurance claims data linked to electronic health records (01/01/2015-12/31/2021). Patients with ≥1 cognitive assessment (Mini-Mental State Examination or Montreal Cognitive Assessment) and ≥1 medical or pharmacy claim for an AD diagnosis or AD medications were included. Inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) was used to address potential confounding. All-cause and AD-related HCRU were summarized per patient per year (PPPY) and compared between early AD and advanced AD cohorts (defined according to cognitive scores) using generalized linear regression models; adjusted incidence rate ratios (IRRs), and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were reported.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 193 patients were included (median age: 82 years; 63.2% female), 108 with early AD and 85 with advanced AD, with similar mean follow up. All-cause HCRU, on average, was similar between early AD and advanced AD cohorts (37.4 PPPY and 38.9 encounters PPPY, respectively). For AD-related HCRU, patients with early AD had fewer encounters PPPY, on average, than patients with advanced AD (1.26 and 3.88 encounters, respectively). Following IPTW adjustment, the advanced AD cohort had significantly higher overall AD-related HCRU (IRR: 3.64 [95% CI: 1.96-6.75], <i>p</i> < 0.001) and outpatient visits (IRR: 2.76 [95% CI: 1.68-4.54], <i>p</i> < 0.001) compared to the early AD cohort.</p><p><strong>Limitations: </strong>The relatively small sample size of patients with linked claims and cognitive score data limited the ability to assess contribution of all encounter types to HCRU trends, as well as generalizability to the broader AD population.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although all-cause HCRU was similar, patients with advanced AD incurred higher AD-related HCRU compared to patients living with early AD. Further research is needed to determine whether interventions earlier in disease progression can mitigate the AD-related healthcare burden for patients with advanced AD.</p>","PeriodicalId":16229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Economics","volume":" ","pages":"81-88"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142818343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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"Whenever I think about this, I feel like killing myself, because life has no meaning to me anymore": an exploration of the consequences of rape victimization for men.
IF 2.1 4区 医学
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-11 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2437905
Siyabulela Eric Mgolozeli, Sinegugu Evidence Duma
{"title":"<i>\"Whenever I think about this, I feel like killing myself, because life has no meaning to me anymore\"</i>: an exploration of the consequences of rape victimization for men.","authors":"Siyabulela Eric Mgolozeli, Sinegugu Evidence Duma","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2437905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2024.2437905","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and purpose: </strong>Rape is one of the most common human violations, with devastating consequences for the victims and their families. Although this scourge affects everyone, regardless of gender, studies on rape victimization have largely focused on women and children as the victims. Studies on rape victimization of men are therefore limited and little is known about the consequences of rape victimization for men. Accordingly, this study sought to fill this gap by exploring the consequences of rape victimization for men in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng Province, South Africa.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A qualitative research approach underpinned by interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was used to collect data from a purposive sample of eleven participants. Data was collected using semi-structured face-to-face individual interviews and analysed using the IPA framework. Trustworthiness and validity of study findings was ensured by following Lincoln and Guba criteria, and the study followed ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki on conducting research with human participants.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Six superordinate themes emerged from the data as consequences of rape victimization for men, namely physical, psychological, emotional, social, spiritual and financial consequences.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study provides a comprehensive description of the effects of rape on the overall well-being of men. The findings underscore the need for the development of holistic clinical care management guidelines and psychosocial interventions that are specifically tailored for men post-rape. Furthermore, longitudinal studies on the long-term impact of rape on men should be conducted.</p>","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"20 1","pages":"2437905"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mpox in assisted conception: should we be worried about this monkey wrench? 辅助受孕中的 Mpox:我们是否应该担心这个 "猴子扳手"?
IF 2.1 4区 医学
Human Fertility Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-16 DOI: 10.1080/14647273.2024.2441825
Michael B Yakass, Bryan J Woodward
{"title":"Mpox in assisted conception: should we be worried about this monkey wrench?","authors":"Michael B Yakass, Bryan J Woodward","doi":"10.1080/14647273.2024.2441825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14647273.2024.2441825","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Following reports of mpox infections in Europe and the Americas, the World Health Organisation has declared that mpox constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. Since the mpox virus (MPXV) has been detected in semen of MPX-infected men, this puts healthcare professionals in medically assisted reproduction clinics, such as clinical embryologists and andrologists, at risk of MPX infection by handling semen from infected men. This commentary provides information about MPXV and highlights vigilance steps with regards to processing semen, oocytes, pre-implantation embryos and pregnancies of MPXV infected persons.</p>","PeriodicalId":13006,"journal":{"name":"Human Fertility","volume":"28 1","pages":"2441825"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142828301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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