Autophagy is a lysosome dependent, conservative material degradation process, which exists in all eukaryotic cells and plays import roles in many pathophysiology process. Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a common male disease with multiple etiology. In recent years, more and more evidences have demonstrated that autophagy has a close relation to ED, therefore, we combine previous study to classify ED by hypoxia, aging, diabetes and other causes, and review the advances of autophagy in ED.
ObjectiveTo systematically review the dose-effect relationship between resistance exercise intervention and lower extremity muscle strength and function enhancement in the aging. MethodsEBSCO, PubMed, Web of Science, CNKI, VIP, and WanFang Data databases were electronically searched to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the effects of resistance exercise on muscle strength and function of the lower extremities in older adults from inception to July 2022. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of the included studies. A network meta-analysis was then performed by using RevMan 5.4 and Stata 15.0 software. ResultsA total of 32 RCTs with a total sample size of 1 594 individuals were included. The results of network meta-analysis showed that the elements of resistance exercise prescription: intensity 50%-70% 1RM, period 8-12 weeks, frequency 3-4 times/week, duration 30-45 min, and intervals 1.1-2 min were superior to other doses. ConclusionThe optimal dose of resistance exercise for improving lower extremity muscle strength and function in older adults is moderate exercise intensity (50%-70% 1RM) for 8-12 weeks, 3-4 times per week, 30-45 min per exercise, and 1.1-2 min interval between sets.
Age-related macular degeneration is one of the major causes of blindness in the elderly. As an important pathway of cell metabolism, autophagy maintains intracellular homeostasis through the degradation and recycle of damaged organelles and macromolecules. Understanding its mechanism may promote discoveries to delay aging process, reduce the incidence of age-related diseases. In mammals, silent information regulator protein 6 (SIRT6) plays its deacetylase and ribonucleotransferase activity in multiple signaling pathways, including inhibition of cellular senescence, tumorigenesis, metabolic diseases, regulating cellular lifespan. It has a significant impact on the structure and function of tissues and organs. SIRT6 regulates intracellular autophagy mainly through the insulin-like growth factor-protein kinase B-mammalian target of rapamycin, reducing the accumulation of toxic metabolites and cellular senescence. The function of SIRT6 in age-related macular degeneration need to be combined with the genetic background, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and other aspects of the disease, and it is expected to be further studied in subsequent studies.
Objective To investigate the effect of topical appl ication of insul in on the burn wound heal ing in aging diabetes mell itus (DM) rats and to explore its mechanism. Methods Seventy-five SPF Wistar rats (female and/or male), aged 12-24 months and weighing 300-350 g, were selected and randomly divided into group A (burn control group, n=25), group B(DM burn control group, n=25), and group C (DM insul in treatment group, n=25). The rats in group B and group C were fedwith high-fat, high-protein, and high-sugar forage for 1 month and received intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (STZ)to establ ish experimental model of aging DM. The rats were fed with high-fat, high-protein, and high-sugar forage for another 8 weeks. Then, the deep second-degree burn model was establ ished in the rats of group B and group C. The wounds in group A and B underwent local subcutaneous injection of 2 mL isotonic sal ine and group C received local subcutaneous injection of 0.1 U insul in. The rate of wound heal ing was calculated 7, 14, and 21 days after burn injury. At 1, 3, 7, 14, and 21 days after burn injury, HE staining observation, immunohistochemistry staining for CD34, detection of sugar and hydroxyprol ine (HOP) content in wound tissue, and microvessel density (MVD) calculation were performed. Results At 7, 14, and 21 days after burn injury, the wound heal ing rates of group A and group C was significantly higher than that of group B (P lt; 0.05), and there was no significant difference between group A and group C (P gt; 0.05). Histology observation at 21 days after burn injury: in group A, certain degree of epithel ization was evident in the wound epithel ium; in group B, large quantity of necrotic tissue was evident; in group C, complete epithl ization occurred in the wound epithel ium with better epithel ial cell differentiation and more neonatal collagen. For the sugar content in the wound tissue, group A was significantly lower than group B or group C at 1, 3, 7, 14, and 21 days (P lt; 0.05) and group C was significantly lower than group B at 7, 14, and 21 days (P lt; 0.05). For the HOP content in the wound tissue and the MVD count, group A or group C was significantly higher than group B (P lt; 0.05) and there was no significant difference between group A and group C (P gt; 0.05). CD34 expression: in group A, it was (+) at 7 days, (++) at 14 days, and (+++) at 21 days; in group B, it was (+) at 14 and 21 days; in group C, it was (++) at 7 days and (+++) at 14 and 21 days. Conclusion Topical appl ication of insul in can promote the synthesis of wound collagen, accelerate the woundangiogenesis, and speed up the wound heal ing in aging DM rats.
In order to solve the predicament brought by the aging society, China has promoted the combination of medical care. Hence, rehabilitation for the elderly may become a new strategy for the development of rehabilitation. According to the development of three different models and situation of China, we focus on improving the function of the elderly based on the families, the communities and institutions. Finally, the elderly feel happy and respected by getting professional means of rehabilitation while aging. The insurance system is the guarantee of promoting rehabilitation for the elderly and the " ternary theory” rehabilitation theory should be the guide concept. In the future, the trend is to build China’s three-level " intelligent rehabilitation for the elderly system” by artificial intelligence and big data cloud platform.
Comorbidity is a prominent public health problem in the elderly population. To carry out research on the comorbidity of the elderly is not only an important breakthrough to realize the national strategy of actively responding to the aging population, but also a vivid practice of earnestly implementing the "Healthy China" and other action programs. Based on the major public health issues of elderly comorbidity, this paper lists the main contents and methods of elderly comorbidity research from the perspective of secondary research and empirical research, and holds that this field contains both the profound thought of "holistic concept" and the advanced idea of "integrative medicine". At the same time, under the background of the new era, the gradual deepening of the research in this field may give birth to a brand-new discipline - geriatric comorbidity.
With the continuous aging of the population in China, the aging of skeletal muscle in the elderly has seriously affected national health and poses a severe challenge to the public health system. Early detection of skeletal muscle aging, and early warning, prevention, and treatment are of great significance for achieving healthy aging. In order to select a series of clinically operable biomarkers for skeletal muscle aging, and to further standardize the early identification and precise diagnosis of skeletal muscle aging, a multidisciplinary team of experts has registered and written this protocol to provide a detailed introduction to the planning process for the development of the consensus.
[Abstract]With the increasing incidence of lung cancer in the elderly, how to improve the quality and speed of postoperative recovery on the basis of ensuring the therapeutic effect has become an important issue in surgical management. The postoperative recovery process of elderly patients with lung cancer shows higher complexity and challenge due to their unique frailty, comorbidity burden and treatment response. This article will focus on the postoperative rehabilitation strategy, systematically sort out the physiological, pathological and treatment response characteristics of postoperative recovery in elderly patients with lung cancer, propose five postoperative rehabilitation intervention modules based on the enhanced recovery after surgery concept, and further integrate the three challenges of insufficient compliance, research heterogeneity and health economic barriers, and propose a breakthrough method with precise rehabilitation and digital management as the core, providing theoretical support and practical guidance for the optimization and implementation of postoperative rehabilitation programs for elderly patients with lung cancer.
The aging of the population has generated significant challenges and unprecedented opportunities for the development of geriatrics in China. The core idea of its overall concept, treatment according to syndrome differentiation and the characteristics of " preventive treatment of disease” have unique advantages, which are required to be explored and studied. This paper reviewed the development history of modern geriatrics in the west and China, analyzed and summarized the research hotspots in the field of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine for geriatrics in the past five years. It then described the current development status and advantages of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine in the treatment of common clinical geriatric diseases. Finally, it summarized and visioned the development of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine for geriatrics.
Heart rate variability time and frequency indices are widely used in functional assessment for autonomic nervous system (ANS). However, this method merely analyzes the effect of cardiac dynamics, overlooking the effect of cardio-pulmonary interplays. Given this, the present study proposes a novel cardiopulmonary coupling (CPC) algorithm based on cross-wavelet transform to quantify cardio-pulmonary interactions, and establish an assessment system for ANS aging effects using wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) and respiratory monitoring devices. To validate the superiority of the proposed method under nonstationary and low signal-to-noise ratio conditions, simulations were first conducted to demonstrate the performance strength of the proposed method to the traditional one. Next, the proposed CPC algorithm was applied to analyze cardiac and respiratory data from both elderly and young populations, revealing that young populations exhibited significantly stronger couplings in the high-frequency band compared with their elderly counterparts. Finally, a CPC assessment system was constructed by integrating wearable devices, and additional recordings from both elderly and young populations were collected by using the system, completing the validation and application of the aging effect assessment algorithm and the wearable system. In conclusion, this study may offers methodological and system support for assessing the aging effects on the ANS.