Minerva medicaPub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09435-7
Hendri Susilo, Budi S Pikir, Nathanael J Tjipta, Mochamad Y Alsagaff, Mochammad Thaha, Satriyo D Suryantoro, Citrawati Dk Wungu, Mochamad Amin, Derren D Rampengan, Roy N Ramadhan, Platon Papageorgiou, Ryan Gauci, Rebeka Tóthová
{"title":"Analysis of angiotensin II type 1 receptor and osteoprotegerin gene polymorphism on the risk of cardiovascular mortality risk and progressivity of chronic kidney disease.","authors":"Hendri Susilo, Budi S Pikir, Nathanael J Tjipta, Mochamad Y Alsagaff, Mochammad Thaha, Satriyo D Suryantoro, Citrawati Dk Wungu, Mochamad Amin, Derren D Rampengan, Roy N Ramadhan, Platon Papageorgiou, Ryan Gauci, Rebeka Tóthová","doi":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09435-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09435-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant global public health issue with increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and cardiovascular mortality. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) A1166C and osteoprotegerin (OPG) C950T gene have received significant attention as a genetic risk factor for cardiovascular disease and CKD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a cross-sectional study involving 75 adults with CKD recruited from Nephrology Outpatient Clinics of Universitas Airlangga Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia. Demographic data was obtained from interviews and medical records. The \"CKD Patch\" application was used to asses ASCVD and cardiovascular mortality risk scores. Statistical analysis was performed by using SPSS version 26.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We detected four different AT1R gene polymorphisms (A1166C, A1160C, G1170T, and G1181C) and two OPG gene polymorphisms (T950C and G1181C) in Indonesian CKD patients. A1160C and G1181C polymorphisms were novel SNPs, newly discovered in this research. No significant association was found between AT1R SNPs and kidney prognostic markers or ASCVD risk/mortality risk scores. However, for OPG C950T we found that TT genotype had a significantly higher ACR than TC or CC genotype (P=0.032). As for OPG G1181C, we found that GG genotype had a higher serum creatinine and albumin to creatinine ratio compared to GC and CC genotypes (P=0.004 and 0.029, respectively). Genotype GC for OPG G1181C was also shown to be protective for having better kidney markers and lowest cardiovascular mortality risk compared to GG and CC genotypes (P=0.018 and 0.032, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Increased ASCVD risk and mortality risk score was not found on individuals with AT1R gene SNPs. However, for OPG gene polymorphism, C950T and G1181C were associated with kidney progression and cardiovascular mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":94143,"journal":{"name":"Minerva medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142396451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva medicaPub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09097-9
Juliana Trujillo-Gómez, Cristian E Navarro, Santiago Atehortúa-Muñoz, Ivan D Florez
{"title":"Acute infections of the central nervous system in children and adults: diagnosis and management.","authors":"Juliana Trujillo-Gómez, Cristian E Navarro, Santiago Atehortúa-Muñoz, Ivan D Florez","doi":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09097-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09097-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Central nervous system infections are due to different microorganisms such as viruses, bacteria, mycobacteria, fungi, amoebas, and other parasites. The etiology depends on multiple risk factors, and it defines the infection location because some microorganisms prefer meninges, brain tissue, cerebellum, brain stem or spinal cord. The microorganisms induce diseases in the nervous system through direct invasion, neurotoxin production, and the triggered immune response. To determine the infection etiology, there are several diagnostic tests which may be conducted with cerebrospinal fluid, blood, respiratory and stool samples. These tests include but are not limited to direct microscopic examination of the sample, stains, cultures, antigenic tests, nucleic acid amplification tests, metagenomic next-generation sequencing, immunologic biomarker and neuroimaging, especially contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. The treatment may consist of specific antimicrobial treatment and supportive standard care. Since viruses have no specific antiviral treatment, antimicrobial treatment is mainly targeted at non-viral infections. This article will focus on diagnosis and treatment of acute acquired infections of the central nervous system beyond the neonatal period. The discussion defines the disease, provides the clinical presentation, explains the etiology and risk factors, and briefly mentions potential complications. This updated review aims to provide the reader with all the elements needed to adequately approach a patient with a central nervous system infection. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, Cryptococcus spp. infection and vaccines are not within the scope of this article.</p>","PeriodicalId":94143,"journal":{"name":"Minerva medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142396450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva medicaPub Date : 2024-07-30DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09294-2
Qingchuan Ma, Ni Mu, Xi Wu, Bing Yang, Na Xu
{"title":"Exploring the impact of Cyp2C19 genetic polymorphism on the neurological and endothelial functions of acute cerebral infarction patients treated with dibenzyline.","authors":"Qingchuan Ma, Ni Mu, Xi Wu, Bing Yang, Na Xu","doi":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09294-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09294-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94143,"journal":{"name":"Minerva medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141794452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva medicaPub Date : 2024-07-22DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09330-3
Yeshan Li, Ling Lin, Zhaoyan Wu, Fangfang Bai, Yao Lu, Gang Yang, Shirong Li
{"title":"Diagnostic efficiency and safety evaluation of different groups of lymph nodes in 193 cases of conventional transbronchial needle aspiration (C-TBNA).","authors":"Yeshan Li, Ling Lin, Zhaoyan Wu, Fangfang Bai, Yao Lu, Gang Yang, Shirong Li","doi":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09330-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09330-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94143,"journal":{"name":"Minerva medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141736219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva medicaPub Date : 2024-07-17DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09112-2
Elvia Battaglia, Elena Compalati, Luca Mapelli, Agata Lax, Paola Pierucci, Paolo Solidoro, Paolo Banfi
{"title":"Pulmonary hypertension in patients affected by sleep-related breathing disorders: up to date from the literature.","authors":"Elvia Battaglia, Elena Compalati, Luca Mapelli, Agata Lax, Paola Pierucci, Paolo Solidoro, Paolo Banfi","doi":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09112-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09112-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sleep-related breathing disorders (SBD) are conditions of abnormal and difficult respiration during sleep, including chronic snoring, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), central sleep apnea (CSA), sleep-related hypoventilation disorders and sleep-related hypoxemia. Some of them have a limited impact on health, but others (e.g., OSA) can have serious consequences, because of their dangerous effects on sleep and the hematic balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide. According to several population-based studies, prevalence of OSA is relatively high, approximately 3-7% for adult males and 2-5% for adult females in the general population. However, methodological differences and difficulties in characterizing this syndrome yielded to variability in estimates. Moreover, it is estimated that only about 40% of patients with OSA are diagnosed, which can lead to underestimation of disease prevalence. OSA is directly correlated with age and male sex and to risk factors such as obesity. Several studies found that OSA is associated with an increased risk of diabetes, some cancer types, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, such as hypertension, coronary artery disease and stroke. Pulmonary hypertension (PH), a noted cardiovascular disease, is significantly associated with sleep-related breathing disorders and lot of scientific studies published in the literature demonstrated a strong link between these conditions and the development of pulmonary hypertension PH. PH is relatively less common than sleep-related breathing disorders. The purpose of this systematic review is to analyze both the current knowledge around the consequences that SBD may have on pulmonary hemodynamics and the effects resulting from pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments of SDB on PH.</p>","PeriodicalId":94143,"journal":{"name":"Minerva medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141629660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva medicaPub Date : 2024-07-17DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09317-0
Ziyi Zhang, Guangyu Tian, Zhiyuan Qiu
{"title":"Advances in molecular markers of digestive system tumors.","authors":"Ziyi Zhang, Guangyu Tian, Zhiyuan Qiu","doi":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09317-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09317-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94143,"journal":{"name":"Minerva medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141629657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva medicaPub Date : 2024-07-08DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09380-7
Juan Tang, Lei Wang, Yang Wang, Chun Man, Ji Li
{"title":"Changes and clinical significance of miR-24 expression in peripheral blood of patients with severe pneumonia.","authors":"Juan Tang, Lei Wang, Yang Wang, Chun Man, Ji Li","doi":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09380-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09380-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94143,"journal":{"name":"Minerva medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141556474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}