Wuhan City Chinese Medicine Hospital

Follistatin-Like Protein 1 Contributes to Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury by Enhancing Neuroinflammation Through the Modulation of Interferon Regulatory Factor 5-Mediated Macrophage Activation

Background and Purpose: Follistatin-like protein 1 (Fstl1) is a secreted glycoprotein with context-dependent inflammatory activity. We investigated whether Fstl1 is a reproducible feature of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) and whether it regulates macrophage activation through...

Associations of outdoor artificial light at night with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome among Chinese adults

This study investigated the associations between outdoor artificial light at night (ALAN) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) and aimed to characterize the dose-response relationships and potential exposure thresholds. This cross-sectional study included 57,8...