galactomannan and Liver-Neoplasms

Over the last 3 years, there has been a proliferation of legislation aimed at restricting the rights of transgender Americans, including their access to gender-affirming health care. While the health implications of not having access to gender-affirming care are well documented, there may be additional indirect harms associated with proposing this type of legislation, such as those associated with being exposed to negative messages about transgender people or having to contend with friends and family who support the legislation.. Results showed that news consumption was associated with increased rumination and physical health symptoms and that perceived support for the legislation was associated with greater rumination, depressive symptoms, physical health symptoms, and fear of disclosing one's identity. Themes from the open-ended questions further underscored that the current legislation has impacted transgender youth and young adults' access to general health care; increased experiences of discrimination and other maltreatment; and resulted in some respondents engaging in unhealthy coping responses.. Policy makers should consider these adverse consequences when responding to current, and crafting future, legislation directed at transgender Americans.. Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at 10.1007/s11814-023-1461-8.. Hyperglycemia at admission was associated with poor outcomes in COVID-19 patients, even in those without known pre-existing diabetes. Glycemic testing should be recommended for all COVID-19 patients.. Intermittent relacorilant + nab-paclitaxel improved PFS, DOR, and OS compared with nab-paclitaxel monotherapy. On the basis of protocol-prespecified Hochberg step-up multiplicity adjustment, the primary end point did not reach statistical significance (

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Topics: Animals; Apoptosis; Caesalpinia; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; Cell Proliferation; Galactose; Humans; Inflammation; Liver; Liver Neoplasms; Male; Mannans; Plant Extracts; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Tumor Cells, Cultured

Galactomannan isolated from the fruit rind of Punica granatum was previously reported to have excellent antioxidant, immunomodulatory and anticancer properties against both human and murine cancer cells. This polysaccharide was proved to be an anticancer agent either alone or as an adjuvant to chemotherapy. An exploration leads to the fabrication of silver nanoparticles with an average size around 30 nm and a negative surface charge of 35.2 mV using this biopolymer which acted both as reducing and capping agent and displayed good stability and biocompatibility. UV-vis spectrum of the aqueous medium containing silver nanoparticles showed an absorption peak at around 440 nm. The nanoparticles displayed an upgraded and selective cytotoxicity towards human adenocarcinoma, colorectal carcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma cells. The induction of cancer cell toxicity was proved to be through the induction of programmed cell death pathway mediated with the active involvement of caspases. The significant anti-metastatic properties will further favour the safer in vivo application of these silver nanoparticles against neoplasia. The nontoxic nature of polysaccharide endowed the resultant silver nanoparticles with excellent biocompatibility towards red blood cells and extended the biomedical potential of this candidate. Hence, the surfactant-free green method mediated orchestration of biogenic silver nanoparticles resembled a potential theransonstic nano-construct with synergistic anticancer and immunomodulatory potential in a single platform.

Topics: A549 Cells; Antineoplastic Agents; Apoptosis; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; Erythrocytes; Galactose; Hep G2 Cells; Humans; Liver Neoplasms; Lythraceae; Mannans; Materials Testing; Metal Nanoparticles; Silver