Oui, des études suggèrent un lien entre TGF-bêta et certains types de cancer.
CancerTGF-bêta
#4
Les troubles neurologiques peuvent-ils être liés ?
Oui, des troubles neurologiques peuvent être associés à des déséquilibres du TGF-bêta.
Troubles neurologiquesDéséquilibres
#5
Comment gérer les complications ?
La gestion des complications nécessite une approche multidisciplinaire et un suivi régulier.
Gestion des complicationsSuivi régulier
Facteurs de risque
5
#1
Quels sont les principaux facteurs de risque ?
Les facteurs incluent des antécédents familiaux, des maladies auto-immunes et l'exposition à des toxines.
Antécédents familiauxMaladies auto-immunes
#2
Le vieillissement est-il un facteur de risque ?
Oui, le vieillissement peut augmenter le risque de dysfonction des protéines de liaison au TGF-bêta.
VieillissementDysfonction
#3
L'obésité influence-t-elle le risque ?
Oui, l'obésité est associée à une inflammation chronique, augmentant le risque de troubles.
ObésitéInflammation chronique
#4
Le stress a-t-il un impact ?
Oui, le stress chronique peut exacerber les troubles liés au TGF-bêta.
StressTroubles
#5
Les infections peuvent-elles être un facteur ?
Oui, certaines infections peuvent déclencher des réponses inflammatoires affectant le TGF-bêta.
InfectionsRéponses inflammatoires
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Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.
Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital Joint Research Laboratory on Immunological and Genetic Kidney Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.
Publications dans "Protéines de liaison au TGF-bêta latent" :
TGF-β and Cancer Group, Oncobell Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, (IDIBELL) and University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08007 Barcelona, Spain.
Oncology Program, CIBEREHD, National Biomedical Research Institute on Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 08907 Madrid, Spain.
Publications dans "Protéines de liaison au TGF-bêta latent" :
Istinye University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, WASOG Sarcoidosis Clinic, Turkey. Electronic address: senolkobak@yahoo.com.
Publications dans "Protéines de liaison au TGF-bêta latent" :
To investigate the determinants of hand strength in patients with hand osteoarthritis (OA)....
Pinch and cylinder grip strength were measured in 527 patients with hand OA diagnosed by their treating rheumatologist from the Hand OSTeoArthritis in Secondary care (HOSTAS) study. Radiographs of han...
Hand strength was negatively associated with female sex, age, and pain. Reduced hand strength was associated with reduced quality of life, although less after adjusting for pain. Radiographic features...
Subluxation of CMC1 is associated with reduced grip strength, whereas associations with other radiographic features seem to be confounded by age. In the relationship between age and hand strength, rad...
Hand grip strength (HGS) is a widely used functional test for the assessment of strength and functional status in patients with cancer, in particular with cancer cachexia. The aim was to prospectively...
In this prospective study, 333 patients with cancer (85% stage III/IV) and 65 healthy controls of similar age and sex were enrolled. None of the study participants had significant cardiovascular disea...
The mean age was 60 ± 14 years; 163 (51%) were female, and 148 (44%) had cachexia at baseline. Patients with cancer showed 18% lower HGS than healthy controls (31.2 ± 11.9 vs. 37.9 ± 11.6 kg, P < 0.00...
Reduced maximal HGS was associated with higher all-cause mortality, reduced overall functional status and decreased physical performance in patients with mostly advanced cancer. Similar results were f...
To explore the associations between hand grip strength (HGS) and ocular parameters and diseases....
Population-based cohort study....
Participants of the Ural Eye and Medical Study, including 5899 (80.5%) out of 7328 eligible individuals aged 40+ years, underwent systemic and ophthalmological examinations including dynamometric HGS ...
The study included 5381 (90.4%) individuals (age: 58.6±10.6 years; range: 40-94 years) with HGS measurements. Higher HGS (mean: 30.6±11.7 dekaNewton) correlated (multivariable analysis) with better vi...
In addition to parameters such as lower physical activity, higher depression score and worse general health status, a reduced HGS is associated with visual impairment, shorter axial length, lower intr...
Skeletal muscle index (SMI), the gold standard for sarcopenia, cannot measure muscle strength and requires specialized software and training. Hand-grip strength (HGS) measurement is cheap, requires mi...
Consecutive male DC patients (n=155) were enrolled. Baseline liver functions, etiologic work-up and anthropometric measurements were done. SMI was determined from computed tomography (CT) images at L3...
Mean HGS and SMI were 25.73 ± 5.94 kg and 47.72 ± 8.71 cm...
Prevalence of sarcopenia in Indian male patients with DC is 26.5%. HGS is an independent predictor of sarcopenia and can be used as a screening tool to stratify the need for confirmatory CT-based asse...
The aim of this study is to examine the age-related changes in the toe grip strength and its differences from hand grip strength and knee extension strength using cross-sectional data....
Of participants aged 65 years over who underwent health checkups for lifestyle-related diseases in 2018, 307 men and women met the criteria. Toe grip strength, hand grip strength, and knee extension s...
In men, there were interaction effects between the factors of age and muscle, but in women there were not. Toe grip strength was significantly lower in Group 70, 75, 80, and 85 in men, lower in Group ...
The decline in toe grip strength may occur earlier and in a different pattern from hand grip strength and knee extension strength in men....
Sarcopenia is mainly results from aging; however, it is more prevalent in chronic airway disease such as obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Hand grip strength (HGS) can be used as an indicator to e...
We conducted a cross-sectional study using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) from 2014 to 2018. Subjects aged ≥40 years who underwent both spirometry and H...
Among 15,950 subjects, 2277 (14.3%) had AFL with mean FEV...
Lower HGS is significantly associated with moderate-to-very severe AFL in age-, sex-, and BMI-matched comparisons....
Grip strength is commonly used to assess hand function among older adults. While shown to be associated with disability, the degree to which grip strength specifically predicts hand limitations is unk...
The primary aim of this study was to evaluate grip strength as a predictor of hand limitations....
Using the 2011-14 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), we classified older adults reporting one or more hand limitations versus those with no limitations. Odds ratios were used t...
We identified 2064 older adults (age ≥ 65), 31% of whom reported a hand-related limitation. Older adults with very low grip strength (weakest quartile) were more likely to report at least one limitati...
While self-reported hand limitations were associated with lower grip strength; overall, it is a relatively poor predictor of hand impairments among older adults....
Better assessments are needed to adequately evaluate upper extremity impairments to help older adults maintain functional independence....
Prevention of musculoskeletal occupational hazards is an important topic in extractive industries. This study quantifies the impact of three styles of industrial metacarpal gloves on dexterity, grippi...
Hand grip strength (HGS) is a widely used indicator of overall muscle strength and general health. We computed a polygenic risk score (PRS) for HGS and examined whether it predicted muscle strength, f...
Genomewide association study summary statistics for HGS from the Pan-UK Biobank was used. PRS were calculated in the Finnish Twin Study on Aging ( N = 429 women, 63-76 yr). Strength tests included HGS...
The measured HGS increased linearly over increasing PRS ( β = 4.8, SE = 0.93, P < 0.001). PRS HGS independently accounted for 6.1% of the variation in the measured HGS ( β = 14.2, SE = 3.1, P < 0.001)...
Older women with genetic risk for low muscle strength were significantly weaker than those with genetic susceptibility for high muscle strength. PRS HGS was also systematically associated with overall...
Modulating force between the thumb and another digit, or isometric pinch individuation, is critical for daily tasks and can be impaired due to central or peripheral nervous system injury. Because surg...