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Tongxinluo for the Secondary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

Brain and Behavior, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.
This systematic review and meta‐analysis aims to evaluate the efficacy of tongxinluo in the secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). In summary, among patients with ASCVD, tongxinluo was associated with a trend toward a reduced incidence of stroke and a 28% lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), which ...
Yanyan Feng, Zhaobo Shi, Jiewen Zhang, Jiejie Li   +3 more
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Active polypeptides from Hirudo inhibit endothelial cell inflammation and macrophage foam cell formation by regulating the LOX-1/LXR-α/ABCA1 pathway.

Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 2019
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Hirudo is an important Chinese medicine that has been widely used in patients with thrombosis-related diseases. We aimed to evaluate the protective effect and potential mechanism of Hirudo extract (HE) on the process of ...
Jing Lu, Xuenan Chen, Xiaohao Xu, Jianzeng Liu, Zepeng Zhang, Mingxing Wang, Xiangzhu Li, Hong Chen, Daqing Zhao, Jian Wang, Dexi Zhao, Deyu Cong, Xiangyan Li, Liwei Sun   +13 more
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Efficacy and Safety of Hirudotherapy for Improving Sperm Quality Parameters in Male Infertility: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Male infertility, often characterized by impaired sperm parameters, remains a significant clinical challenge. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of hirudotherapy (medicinal leech therapy) in improving sperm quality parameters in men with idiopathic infertility.
Mozhde‐Sadat Abtahi‐Forooshani, Shahla Roozbehani, Mahnoosh Fatemi, Ali Noori   +3 more
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Deterministic and Stochastic Processes Regulate Co‐Occurrence Network Structure and Shape Macroinvertebrate Diversity in Karst Environment

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2026.
Keystone taxa and co‐occurrence network modules are fundamental basis for maintaining biodiversity in macroinvertebrate communities. Modules enhance interactions among macroinvertebrates and promote species coexistence which further influences diversity.
Wei Liu, Mengzhen Xu, Giri R. Kattel, Xudong Fu   +3 more
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Hirudo verbana, a once neglected freshwater haematophagous European medicinal leech [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Open Research Europe
Hirudo verbana Carena, 1820, commonly known as the southern medicinal leech, is one of several European medicinal leeches, whose full diversity has just recently started to be uncovered.
Jonathan M.D. Wood, Shane McCarthy, Fergal Martin, Leanne Haggerty, Rebekah A. Oomen, Anna Lazar, Thomas Marcussen, Torsten H. Struck, Astrid Böhne, Chiara Bortoluzzi, Alejandro Manzano-Marín, Caroline Howard, Rita Monteiro, Mark Blaxter, Kerstin Howe   +14 more
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Scanning behavior in the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
While moving through their environment, medicinal leeches stop periodically and wave their head or body back and forth. This activity has been previously described as two separate behaviors: one called 'head movement' and another called 'body waving ...
Cynthia M Harley, Daniel A Wagenaar
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Cell-free synthesis of the hirudin variant 1 of the blood-sucking leech Hirudo medicinalis

Scientific Reports, 2020
Synthesis and purification of peptide drugs for medical applications is a challenging task. The leech-derived factor hirudin is in clinical use as an alternative to heparin in anticoagulatory therapies.
D. Wüstenhagen, Phil Lukas, Christian Müller, Simone A. Aubele, J. Hildebrandt, S. Kubick   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding the Mechanisms of Human Liver Regeneration via Characterization of Circulating Extracellular Vesicles

BioMed Research International, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Aim Our study is aimed at identifying circulating extracellular vesicles associated with liver regeneration in humans and mice, exploring their roles, and evaluating their content as potential biomarkers of regeneration. Methods Plasma samples were collected from 12 human liver transplant recipients and 22 mice at distinct time points postsurgery ...
Yilin Sun, Elisa Pasini, Anh Thu Nguyen-Lefebvre, Mamatha Bhat, Baisakhi Banerjee   +4 more
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Naragh Suburb, Center of Iran; A Natural Habitat of Hirudo medicinalis

International Archives of Health Sciences, 2014
Aims A very common species of leeches has been named as Hirudo medicinalis. Regarding to the application of leeches in medicine and their fast extinction, this study was performed in aquatic habitats of Kashan aimed to determine the distribution of ...
Dehghani R.1 PhD,, Hasanbeiki O.* MSPH,, Pourgholi M.2 MSPH,, Asgari J.3 MSPH   +3 more
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Occurrence, Abundance, and Diversity of Gill Fouling Organisms in Snow Crab, Chionoecetes opilio (O. Fabricius, 1788), (Decapoda, Brachyura, and Oregoniidae) in the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, Canada

International Journal of Zoology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Gill fouling organisms (GFO) in snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) were identified and grouped into 10 taxons, representing 7 phyla. An unknown harpacticoid copepod species (Coullia sp.) was described and the presence of a kinorhyncha species (Echinoderes sp.) was first observed.
Mikio Moriyasu, Andrew B. Harbicht, Renée N. Allain, Ray P. Gerber, Katherine J. Landry, Joao Pedro Barreiros   +5 more
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