Background: Endotoxemia and oxidative stress may contribute to adverse body-composition changes in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis, but their relationships with adiposity and muscularity remain incompletely defined. We investigated whethe...
Fasting potentials are the most interesting topics in the Nutritional Era. Fasting consists of the catabolism of lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates to maintain blood glucose levels in a normal range. The action mechanisms of fasting were firstly und...
An increase in dietary protein intake (DPI) carries a risk with respect to increased sodium intake, which further leads to the development of cardiovascular morbidity in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. Dialytic (DSR) and urinary sodium removal (US...
Protein-energy wasting (PEW) is associated with mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on maintenance hemodialysis. The correct diagnosis of PEW is extremely important in order to predict clinical outcomes. However, it is unclear w...
Background. In medicine, “compliance” indicates that the patient complies with the prescriber’s recommendations, “adherence” means that “the patient matches the recommendations” and “concordance”...
Understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in adaptation to alternate diets has become a significant concern, as increasing amounts of fishmeal (FM) protein in aquafeeds are being substituted with plant protein. Thus, the goal of this study was...
The associations between nutritional markers and heart rate variability (HRV) are poorly addressed. This study aimed to evaluate whether malnutrition is associated with the altered autonomic nervous system (ANS) function. This cross-sectional study w...
Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is an economically important, monocotyledonous plant with a strong taste and odor. Drought stress adversely affects its growth, development, and yield, particularly during the bolting/bulbing stage. Herein we performed RNA-...
Frailty and osteoarthritis (OA) frequently coexist in older adults, yet the extent to which they share molecular programs across tissues remains unclear. We integrated bulk transcriptomics, peripheral immune and OA meniscal single-cell atlases, infer...
Background: Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is prevalent in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. The risk of tuberculosis activation is also high. The appropriate LTBI screening and treatment is required in this population. Meanwhile, whethe...
Background: A growing body of scientific evidence indicates that clinical outcomes of hemodialysis patients can be improved with short daily dialysis treatment. Current in-center hemodialysis machines do not fulfill the requirements needed for self-c...
Emerging evidence suggests an inverse association between cancer and neurodegenerative diseases (NDD). Although phenotypically different, both diseases display a significant imbalance in the ubiquitination/deubiquitination processes. Therefore, we pa...
Background: Malnutrition is common in chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients and often remains underdiagnosed. While body composition, functional status, and anthropometric measures can support nutritional assessment, their associations with nutritional...
The oxidative-stress-elicited deterioration of chondrocyte function is the initial stage of changes leading to the disruption of cartilage homeostasis. These changes entail a series of catabolic damages mediated by proinflammatory cytokines, MMPs, an...
(1) Background: Uremic pruritus (UP) is a common and taxing symptom in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). We have previously shown that blood lead levels (BLLs) and blood aluminum levels (BALs) were separately positively associated with UP i...
There is no simple way to prescribe hemodialysis. Changes in the dialysis population, improvements in dialysis techniques, and different attitudes towards the initiation of dialysis have influenced treatment goals and, consequently, dialysis prescrip...