Identification of QTNs, QTN-by-environment interactions for plant height and ear height in maize multi-environment GWAS.

Plant height (PH) and ear height (EH) are important traits associated with biomass, lodging resistance, and grain yield in maize. There were strong effects of genotype x environment interaction (GEI) on plant height and ear height of maize. In this study, 203 maize inbred lines were grown at five locations across China's Spring and Summer corn belts, and plant height (PH) and ear height (EH) phenotype data were collected and grouped using GGE biplot.

A nomogram for predicting prognosis of patients with cervical cerclage.

Introduction: Cervical insufficiency is an increased risk of midterm miscarriage and early preterm birth which increase the risk of fetal loss. This study aimed to construct a nomogram for patients with cervical insufficiency after cervical cerclage, which may assist clinicians to have individualized treatment for patients with cervical insufficiency.

Methods: A study was done retrospectively from January 2013 through July 2022 in our hospital.

Survival prognosis model for elderly women with epithelial ovarian cancer based on the SEER database.

Objectives: We aimed to analyze the risk factors of elderly women with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) using data on the SEER database, and to generate a nomogram model their 1-, 3-, and 5-year prognoses. The resulting nomogram model should be useful for clinical diagnoses and treatment.

Methods: We collected clinical data of women older than 70 years with epithelial ovarian cancer (diagnosed on the basis of surgical pathology) from the SEER database including datasets between 2010 and 2019.

Identification of southern corn rust resistance QTNs in Chinese summer maize germplasm via multi-locus GWAS and post-GWAS analysis.

Southern corn rust (SCR) caused by Underw is a major disease leading to severe yield losses in China Summer Corn Belt. Using six multi-locus GWAS methods, we identified a set of SCR resistance QTNs from a diversity panel of 140 inbred lines collected from China Summer Corn Belt. Thirteen QTNs on chromosomes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8 were grouped into three types of allele effects and their associations with SCR phenotypes were verified by post-GWAS case-control sampling, allele/haplotype effect analysis.

Osteopontin improves sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitor in lung adenocarcinoma in vitro by promoting epidermal growth factor receptor phosphorylation.

Purpose: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) targeting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) improve the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). However, the factors affecting its clinical efficacy remain unclear. This study aimed to determine the correlation between Osteopontin (OPN) and EGFR, and explore the inhibitory effect of first-generation TKI gefitinib on LUAD cells.

An online tool for predicting the prognosis of cancer patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a multi-center study.

Purpose: During the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, oncologists face new challenges, and they need to adjust their cancer management strategies as soon as possible to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and tumor recurrence. However, data on cancer patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection remains scarce.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective study on 223 cancer patients with SARS-CoV-2 from 26 hospitals in Hubei, China.

Expression and clinical significance of miR-4516 and miR-21-5p in serum of patients with colorectal cancer.

Background: This study sought to detect the expression and clinical significance of miR-4516 and miR-21-5p in serum of patients with colorectal cancer.

Methods: Bioinformatics methods were used to analyze the expression patterns of miR-4516 and miR-21-5p in colorectal cancer. A total of 80 patients with colorectal cancer, 65 patients with benign colorectal tumors and 50 healthy persons were selected.

Therapeutic potential of ReACp53 targeting mutant p53 protein in CRPC.

Backgrounds: p53 is a tumor suppressor that prevents cancer onset and progression, and mutations in the p53 gene cause loss of the tumor suppressor function of the protein. The mutant p53 protein in tumor cells can form aggregates which contribute to the dominant-negative effect over the wild-type p53 protein, causing loss of p53 tumor suppression or gain of novel oncogenic functions. Mutations in p53 have been implicated in the pathogenesis of primary prostate cancer (PCa), and are often detected in recurrent and metastatic disease.

Correction to: N-Myc promotes therapeutic resistance development of neuroendocrine prostate cancer by differentially regulating miR-421/ ATM pathway.

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported that name that appeared in published online version is incorrect. Aifeng Wang should be Aifen Wang. Corrected name is provided in the author group section above.

The practice of universal screening for Lynch syndrome in newly diagnosed endometrial carcinoma.

Background: Lynch syndrome (LS) accounts for 5% of all endometrial cancer (EC) cases and 4% of all lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer. While current guidelines recommend LS screening for all patients with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer, there is no such guideline for screening patients with EC.

Discussion: This review addresses LS screening and discusses algorithms for testing patients in the setting of newly diagnosed EC.

Application of Bone Turnover Markers PICP and β-CTx in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer with Bone Metastases.

Background: This study is to investigate the application of the bone turnover markers type I procollagen carboxyterminal propeptide (PICP) and β-isomerized forms of type I collagen breakdown products (β-CTx) in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer with bone metastases.

Methods: A total of 162 breast cancer patients were included in this study. There were 70 cases with bone metastasis (BM group) and 92 cases without bone metastasis (non-bone metastasis, NBM group).

Renewable juglone nanowires with size-dependent charge storage properties.

Inspired by the biological metabolic process, some biomolecules with reversible redox functional groups have been used as promising electrode materials for rechargeable batteries, supercapacitors and other charge-storage devices. Although these biomolecule-based electrode materials possess remarkable beneficial properties, their controllable synthesis and morphology-related properties have been rarely studied. Herein, one dimensional nanostructures based on juglone biomolecules have been successfully fabricated by an antisolvent crystallization and self-assembly method.

Caveolin-1 tyrosine phosphorylation enhances paclitaxel-mediated cytotoxicity.

Caveolin-1 (CAV1), a highly conserved membrane-associated protein, is a putative regulator of cellular transformation. CAV1 is localized in the plasmalemma, secretory vesicles, Golgi, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum membrane and associates with the microtubule cytoskeleton. Taxanes such as paclitaxel (Taxol) are potent anti-tumor agents that repress the dynamic instability of microtubules and arrest cells in the G(2)/M phase.