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Biliary dysbiosis is associated with gallbladder cancer (GBC). We aimed to look for biliary bacteria specifically detected in GBC patients. We used 16S rRNA-based metagenomic analysis to elucidate biliary microbiota in 30 GBC and 30 gallstones-associated chronic cholecystitis patients. Relative abundance of five genera, Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Halomonas, Escherichia and Caulobacter was significantly associated with GBC. Of 15-species, 7 were detected significantly higher in GBC, Streptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus constellatus, Streptococcus intermedius, Actinomyces bowdenii, Actinomyces israelii, Actinomyces gerencseriae, and Escherichia fergusonii were biosafety level-2 infectious bacteria; other 8 species were biosafety level-1 bacteria. These bacterial species may be involved in pathogenesis of GBC.
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Colecistite , Neoplasias da Vesícula Biliar , Cálculos Biliares , Metagenômica , Humanos , Neoplasias da Vesícula Biliar/microbiologia , Colecistite/microbiologia , Cálculos Biliares/microbiologia , Feminino , Masculino , Metagenômica/métodos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Idoso , RNA Ribossômico 16S/genética , Doença Crônica , Bactérias/genética , Bactérias/classificação , Bactérias/isolamento & purificação , Microbiota , Adulto , Disbiose/microbiologiaRESUMO
Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) represent a severe spectrum of rare mucocutaneous reactions, primarily drug-induced and characterized by significant morbidity and mortality. These conditions manifest through extensive skin detachment, distinguishing them from other generalized skin eruptions. The rarity and severity of SJS/TEN underscore the importance of accurate diagnostic criteria and effective treatments, which are currently lacking consensus. This review proposes new diagnostic criteria to improve specificity and global applicability. Recent advancements in understanding the immunopathogenesis of SJS/TEN are explored, emphasizing the role of drug-specific T cell responses and HLA polymorphisms in disease onset. The review also addresses current therapeutic approaches, including controversies surrounding the use of immunosuppressive agents and the emerging role of TNF-α inhibitors. Novel therapeutic strategies targeting specific pathogenic mechanisms, such as necroptosis and specific immune cell pathways, are discussed. Furthermore, the development of new drugs based on these insights, including targeted monoclonal antibodies and inhibitors, are examined. The review concludes by advocating for more robust and coordinated efforts across multidisciplinary medical fields to develop effective treatments and diagnostic tools for SJS/TEN, with the aim of improving patient outcomes and understanding of the disease and its mechanisms.
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INTRODUCTION: The association between body size and fracture risk is complex and varies by sex and ethnicity. This study aimed to examine associations of body mass index (BMI) and height with osteoporotic fracture risk in middle-aged and older people. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This 10-year cohort study included 13,151 community-dwelling Japanese people aged 40-74 years. A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted at baseline to obtain information on demographic characteristics, body size, lifestyle, and disease history. BMI (kg/m2) was categorized as underweight (< 18.5), low-normal (18.5-21.7), high-normal (21.8-24.9), overweight (25.0-29.9), and obese (≥ 30.0). Height was categorized into quartiles. All incident cases of major osteoporotic fractures, including fractures of the distal radius, neck of the humerus, neck or trochanter of the femur, and vertebrae, were obtained from medical records during follow-up. RESULTS: Mean participant age was 58.8 years. In men, the underweight group had a significantly higher hazard ratio (HR) for total fracture (adjusted HR = 2.46), and the obese group had significantly higher HRs for total (adjusted HR = 3.01) and vertebral (HR = 3.77) fractures relative to the reference (overweight) group. No significant associations were observed between BMI and risk of any fracture in women. Higher quartiles of height were associated with higher vertebral fracture risk (adjusted P for trend = 0.023) only in women. CONCLUSION: BMI and osteoporotic fracture risk showed a U-shaped association in men, whereas higher height was associated with higher vertebral fracture risk in women, suggesting sex-dependent differences in these associations.
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População do Leste Asiático , Fraturas por Osteoporose , Fraturas da Coluna Vertebral , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Índice de Massa Corporal , Densidade Óssea , Estudos de Coortes , Vida Independente , Obesidade/complicações , Fraturas por Osteoporose/epidemiologia , Fraturas por Osteoporose/complicações , Sobrepeso/complicações , Fatores de Risco , Fraturas da Coluna Vertebral/complicações , Magreza/complicações , Magreza/epidemiologia , AdultoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The Japanese database of food composition was revised in 2020, during which both the number of food items and the number of food items measured for sugars, amino acids, and fatty acids were increased. We evaluated the validity of estimated intakes of sugars, amino acids and fatty acids using a long food frequency questionnaire (long-FFQ) among middle-aged and elderly Japanese. METHODS: From 2012 to 2013, 240 men and women aged 40-74 years from five areas in the JPHC-NEXT protocol were asked to respond to the long-FFQ and provide a 12-day weighed food record (WFR) as reference. The long-FFQ, which included 172 food and beverage items and 11 seasonings, was compared with a 3-day WFR, completed during each distinct season, and validity was assessed using Spearman's correlation coefficients. RESULTS: Percentage differences based on the long-FFQ with the 12-day WFR in men and women varied from -84.4% to 419.6%, and from -75.8% to 623.1% for sugars, -17.5% to 3.8% and -5.8% to 19.6% for amino acids, and -58.5% to 78.8% and -43.4% to 129.3% for fatty acids, respectively. Median values of correlation coefficients for the long-FFQ in men and women were 0.52 and 0.42 for sugars, 0.38 and 0.37 for amino acids, and 0.42 and 0.42 for fatty acids, respectively. CONCLUSION: The long-FFQ provided reasonable validity in estimating the intakes of sugars, amino acids, and fatty acids in middle-aged and elderly Japanese. Although caution is warranted for some nutrients, these results may be used in future epidemiological studies.
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Aminoácidos , Inquéritos sobre Dietas , Ácidos Graxos , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Masculino , Feminino , Japão , Idoso , Aminoácidos/administração & dosagem , Adulto , Ácidos Graxos/administração & dosagem , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Estudos Prospectivos , Inquéritos sobre Dietas/normas , Inquéritos sobre Dietas/métodos , Inquéritos e Questionários/normas , Açúcares da Dieta/administração & dosagem , Registros de Dieta , População do Leste AsiáticoRESUMO
PURPOSE: To investigate the association of low renal function and overweight with poor periodontal condition in community-dwelling older Japanese women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In total, 359 older women (age range: 55-74 years) participated in this study. Two periodontal parameters - the number of teeth with a probing pocket depth (PPD) or clinical attachment level (CAL) ≥ 4 mm - were used as the dependent variables. The principal independent variables were low renal function as defined by the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and overweight as defined by the body mass index. Poisson regression analysis was used to calculate the ratio of means (RM). RESULTS: The RMs of the number of teeth with a PPD or CAL ≥ 4 mm in an adjusted model without an interaction term were 1.21- or 1.27-fold higher among those with an eGFR < 60, while those among the participants with an eGFR < 60 in the adjusted model with interaction terms for the number of teeth with a PPD or CAL ≥ 4 mm were 1.43- or 1.36-fold higher. In addition, increments of periodontal risk with low renal function and overweight showed a slightly smaller to negative trend. CONCLUSION: The present findings suggest a connection between unfavourable periodontal health and both renal function and being overweight among older Japanese women. A weak negative interaction was also found between poor renal condition and overweight in relation to periodontal condition.
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Índice de Massa Corporal , Taxa de Filtração Glomerular , Sobrepeso , Perda da Inserção Periodontal , Bolsa Periodontal , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , População do Leste Asiático , Japão , Sobrepeso/complicações , Doenças Periodontais/fisiopatologia , Doenças Periodontais/complicações , Índice PeriodontalRESUMO
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Reports on the association between vitamin D levels and fall risk have been mixed, and long-term follow-up studies are lacking. This 5-year cohort study of 5,343 community-dwelling Japanese people aged 40-74 years found that low vitamin D levels are not associated with a high risk of recurrent falls. PURPOSE: Findings of cohort studies on the association between plasma 25-hydoxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) levels and fall risk have been mixed, and long-term follow-up studies are lacking. The present study investigated whether low plasma 25(OH)D levels are longitudinally associated with a high risk of recurrent falls in adults. METHODS: This 5-year cohort study included 5,343 community-dwelling Japanese people aged 40-74 years. Baseline blood collection and a questionnaire survey were conducted in 2011-2013. Plasma 25(OH)D levels were determined and divided into quintiles after stratification by season, sex, and age group. Information on recurrent falls occurring in the year before the survey 5 years later was obtained, and participants with two or more falls were considered to have experienced recurrent falls. Covariates were sex, age, marital status, education, occupation, BMI, total physical activity levels, calcium intake, vitamin K intake, smoking, drinking, and disease history. RESULTS: Mean age and 25(OH)D levels were 60.9 years and 50.9 nmol/L, respectively. In the follow-up survey, 209 recurrent falls were reported. Plasma 25(OH)D levels were not significantly associated with the occurrence of recurrent falls in men, women, or men/women-combined (adjusted P for trend = 0.1198, 0.8383, and 0.2355, respectively). In men and men/women-combined, adjusted ORs for recurrent falls in the lowest quintile were significantly lower (adjusted OR = 0.42 and 0.59, respectively) than the middle quintile (reference). CONCLUSION: Low plasma 25(OH)D levels are not associated with a high risk of recurrent falls in middle-aged and older people. Further longitudinal studies will be needed to confirm our findings in other populations.
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População do Leste Asiático , Vitamina D , Adulto , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos de Coortes , Japão/epidemiologia , Vitamina D/análogos & derivados , Vitamina D/sangueRESUMO
Accurate measurement of sodium intake in the diet is challenging, and epidemiological studies can be hampered by the attenuation of associations due to measurement error in sodium intake. A prediction formula for habitual 24-h urine sodium excretion and sodium-to-potassium ratio might lead to more reliable conclusions. Five 24-h urinary samples and two Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQs) were conducted among 244 Japanese participants aged 35-80 years. We conducted multivariate linear regression analysis with urinary excretion as dependent variables and eating behaviour and food frequency as independent variables. Empirical weights of sodium excretion and sodium-to-potassium ratio were extracted. Preliminary validity was also assessed by randomly dividing the subjects into development and validation groups based on the correlation coefficient between estimates by the prediction formula and urinary excretion. Taste preference, soy sauce use at the table, frequency of pickled vegetables intake and number of bowls of miso soup were extracted as determinants of sodium excretion. Correlation coefficients between the estimates and urinary excretion for men and women were 0.42 and 0.43, respectively, for sodium and 0.49 and 0.50, respectively, for sodium-to-potassium ratio. This prediction formula may provide more accurate estimation of sodium intake and sodium-to-potassium ratio than the food composition approach.
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Potássio , Sódio , Humanos , Feminino , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Idoso , Adulto , Sódio/urina , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Potássio/urina , Sódio na Dieta/urina , Sódio na Dieta/análise , Comportamento Alimentar , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
Background: Sleep is a potentially modifiable factor associated with dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, but current evidence supporting this is insufficient. Objective: This study aimed to determine whether sleep duration and bedtime patterns are associated with the risk of dementia among middle-aged and older people. Methods: This cohort study had an eight-year follow-up period. Participants were 13,601 community-dwelling people aged 40-74 years living in Murakami (Niigata, Japan). Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Predictors were self-reported sleep duration and bedtime, and the outcome was newly-diagnosed dementia determined using the long-term care insurance database. Covariates were demographic characteristics, body mass index, smoking, alcohol consumption, total physical activity, insomnia symptoms, disease history, and either bedtime or sleep duration. Cox proportional hazard models were used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs). Results: The mean age of participants at baseline was 59.2 years. Over a mean follow-up period of 8.0 years, 319 cases of dementia were observed. A long self-reported sleep duration relative to the reference sleep duration (7âhours) was associated with increased dementia risk, with the "8 hours" group (adjusted HRâ=â1.30, 95% CI:0.99-1.73) and "≥9 hours" group (adjusted HRâ=â1.46, 95% CI:1.00-2.15) having an increased risk (marginally significant) relative to the reference group. Early bedtime was associated with increased dementia risk (adjusted p for trendâ=â0.0010), with the "21â:â00 or earlier" group (adjusted HRâ=â1.61, 95% CI:1.14-2.28) having an increased risk relative to the reference ("23â:â00"). Conclusions: A long self-reported sleep duration and early bedtime are both associated with increased dementia risk in middle-aged and older people.
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Demência , Vida Independente , Autorrelato , Sono , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Feminino , Idoso , Demência/epidemiologia , Sono/fisiologia , Estudos de Coortes , Japão/epidemiologia , Adulto , Fatores de Risco , Seguimentos , Fatores de Tempo , Duração do SonoRESUMO
Because of within-individual variation, surveys to estimate an individual's usual food intake must be conducted over many days, in general. Here, using non-invasive biomarkers, we examined the number of measurements required to screen for the usual intake of fruit and vegetables, in addition to sodium, potassium, and the sodium-to-potassium (Na/K) ratio. Participants were 202 subjects aged 40-74 years from five areas of Japan who completed weighed food records (WFR) and five 24-hour urinary collections (24-h UCs) between 2012 and 2013. The number of 24-h UCs required to screen for intake that deviated from guidelines estimated by the WFR and their accuracies were assessed by the area under the curve (AUC) in a receiver-operating characteristics (ROC) analysis. The single urinary excretion of sodium, potassium, and the Na/K ratio showed moderate performance (AUC value: >0.7) in discriminating deviations from their criteria by respective intake based on the WFR. Urinary potassium excretion also showed moderate performance (AUC value: >0.7) in estimating the intake of vegetables but could not be used to estimate fruit intake even after five collections. The non-invasive measurement of biomarkers in a single 24-h UC showed moderate performance in screening the usual intake of vegetables, as measured based on the 12-day WFR, as well as of sodium, potassium, and the Na/K ratio.
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Frutas , Verduras , Humanos , Sódio/urina , Dieta , Potássio/urina , BiomarcadoresRESUMO
Background/aim: High consumption of red chili pepper has been shown to be a risk factor for gallbladder cancer (GBC) in Chilean women with gallstones (GS). GS are the main cause of GBC, but not all patients with gallstones develop GBC. Since red chili pepper is a widely consumed spice among the Chilean population, the development of GBC in Chilean women cannot be completely explained by the presence of GS and red chili pepper consumption alone. Genetic factors in addition to these and other environmental factors may also be associated with an increased risk of GBC. We aimed to study whether genetic polymorphisms involved in aflatoxin metabolism are associated with the risk of GBC in Chilean women, because we detected aflatoxins B1 and B2 in red chili pepper purchased in Santiago, Chile. Methods: We conducted a hospital-based case-control study whose subjects were 57 patients with GBC, 119 patients with GS, and 70 controls. DNA was extracted from subjects blood or paraffin block samples using standard commercial kits. The statuses of the genetic polymorphisms of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1A2 rs762551 and CYP3A4 rs2740574 were assayed using the TaqMan® SNP Genotyping Assay or the Custom TaqMan® SNP Genotyping Assay, respectively. Results: In the assay for the CYP1A2 polymorphism, of the 57 GBC patients, 23 (40.3 percent) had at least one minor allele (A/C or C/C). However, there were no significant differences in the genotypic or allelic frequencies among the three subject groups. In the assay for the CYP3A4 polymorphism, the minor G/G genotype was not detected in the three groups, and there were no significant differences in the genotypic or allelic frequencies among the three groups. Conclusion: These genetic polymorphisms were not related to the risk of GBC in Chilean women. Further studies including a greater number of controls and cases are needed to confirm this preliminary exploratory result.
Introducción/objetivo: El alto consumo de ají rojo ha demostrado ser un factor de riesgo de cáncer vesicular (CV) en mujeres chilenas con cálculos vesiculares. Los cálculos vesiculares son la causa principal de CV, no obstante, no todos los pacientes con cálculos vesiculares desarrollan CV. Debido a que el ají rojo es una especia ampliamente consumida entre la población chilena, el desarrollo de CV en las mujeres chilenas no puede ser explicado en su totalidad sólo por la presencia de cálculos vesiculares y consumo de ají rojo. Factores genéticos además de éstos y otros factores ambientales, también podrían estar relacionados con un aumento del riesgo de CV. Nuestro objetivo es estudiar si los polimorfismos genéticos involucrados en el metabolismo de la aflatoxina están relacionados con el riesgo de CV en mujeres chilenas, porque detectamos aflatoxinas B1 y B2 en ajíes rojos comprados en Santiago de Chile. Métodos: El estudio caso control, incluyó 57 pacientes con CV, 119 pacientes con cálculos vesiculares, y 70 controles. Se extrajo ADN de la sangre de los sujetos o de bloques de parafina, usando kits comerciales estándar. El estado de los polimorfismos genéticos del citocromo P450 (CYP) 1A2 rs762551 y CYP3A4 rs2740574 fueron estudiados usando el ensayo de genotipo SNP TaqMan® o el ensayo de genotipo SNP Custom TaqMan®, respectivamente. Resultados: En el ensayo para el polimorfismo CYP1A2, de los 57 pacientes con CV, 23 (40,3 por ciento) tuvieron al menos un alelo menor (A/C o C/C). No obstante, no hubo diferencias significativas en las frecuencias genotípicas o alélicas entre los tres grupos. En el ensayo para el polimorfismo CYP3A4, el genotipo menor G/G no fue detectado en los tres grupos, y no hubo diferencias significativas en las frecuencias genotípicas o alélicas entre los tres grupos. Conclusión: Estos polimorfismos genéticos no estaban relacionados con el riesgo de CV en mujeres chilenas...