M2 macrophages promote adipose tissue thermogenesis which dissipates energy in the form of heat to combat obesity. However, the regulation of M2 macrophages by thermogenic adipocytes is unclear. Here, it is identified magnesium (Mg) as a thermogenic adipocyte-secreted factor to promote M2 macrophage polarization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStem cells regenerate differentiated cells to maintain and repair tissues and organs. They also replenish themselves, i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIschemic stroke (IS) remains a serious threat to human health. Neuroinflammatory response is an important pathophysiological process after IS. Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a member of the non-coding RNA family, are highly expressed in the central nervous system and widely involved in regulating physiological and pathophysiological processes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Tumor treating fields (TTFields) have earned substantial attention in recent years as a novel therapeutic approach with the potential to improve the prognosis of glioblastoma (GBM) patients. However, the impact of TTFields remains a subject of ongoing debate. This study aimed to offer real-world evidence on TTFields therapy for GBM, and to investigate the clinical determinants affecting its efficacy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStroke is the most common cerebrovascular disease and one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. The current conventional treatment for stroke involves increasing cerebral blood flow and reducing neuronal damage; however, there are no particularly effective therapeutic strategies for rehabilitation after neuronal damage. Therefore, there is an urgent need to identify a novel alternative therapy for stroke.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
December 2023
Noise exposure is an important cause of acquired hearing loss. Studies have found that noise exposure causes dysregulated redox homeostasis in cochlear tissue, which has been recognized as a signature feature of hearing loss. Oxidative stress plays a pivotal role in many diseases via very complex and diverse mechanisms and targets.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStem cells regenerate differentiated cells to maintain and repair tissues and organs. They also replenish themselves, i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStem cells regenerate differentiated cells to maintain and repair tissues and organs. They also replenish themselves, i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVestigial dopaminergic cells in PD have selectivity for a sub-class of hypersensitive neurons with the nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) tract. DA is modulated in pre-synaptic nerve terminals to remain stable. To be specific, proteins at DA release sites that have a function of synthesizing and packing DA in cytoplasm, modulating release and reingestion, and changing excitability of neurons, display regional discrepancies that uncover relevancy of the observed sensitivity to neurodegenerative changes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe role of glial scar after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate whether microglia-astrocyte interaction affects glial scar formation and explore the specific function of glial scar. We used a pharmacologic approach to induce microglial depletion during different ICH stages and examine how ablating microglia affects astrocytic scar formation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAtherosclerosis (AS) is a disease dangerous to human health and the main pathological cause of ischemic cardiovascular diseases. Although its pathogenesis is not fully understood, numerous basic and clinical studies have shown that AS is a chronic inflammatory disease existing in all stages of atherogenesis. It may be a common link or pathway in the pathogenesis of multiple atherogenic factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIschemic stroke can be a serious complication of selective carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in patients with carotid artery stenosis (CAS). The underlying risk factors and mechanisms of these postoperative strokes are not completely understood. Our previous study showed that TMEM166-induced neuronal autophagy is involved in the development of secondary brain injury following cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: Accumulating evidence supports neuroprotective effects of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in response to brain injury. However, the precise mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of Tregs on suppressing neuroinflammation after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) remain unclear. : We performed flow cytometry to detect the infiltration of Tregs into the brain at different time points after SAH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPituitary adenomas (PAs), or pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs), are commonly found in the anterior pituitary gland. Although the majority of PitNETs are benign and stable, several tumors have malignant characteristics. The tumor microenvironment (TME) plays an important role in the process of tumorigenesis and is composed of several types of cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeroxisomes and pexophagy have gained increasing attention in their role within the central nervous system (CNS) in recent years. In this review, we comprehensively discussed the physiological and pathological mechanisms of peroxisomes and pexophagy in neurological diseases. Peroxisomes communicate with mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, and lipid bodies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSubarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), classified as a medical emergency, is a devastating and severe subtype of stroke. SAH induces an immune response, which further triggers brain injury; however, the underlying mechanisms need to be further elucidated. The current research is predominantly focused on the production of specific subtypes of immune cells, especially innate immune cells, post-SAH onset.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlioma is the most common primary brain tumor and primary malignant tumor of the brain in clinical practice. Conventional treatment has not significantly altered the prognosis of patients with glioma. As research into immunotherapy continues, glioma immunotherapy has shown great potential.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo analyze and improve ZJUSAH classification for primary brainstem hematoma, we retrospectively reviewed 211 patients with primary brainstem hemorrhage who were admitted to our institution between January 2014 and October 2020. The primary clinical outcomes were the 30-day survival rate and 90-day consciousness recovery rate, which were evaluated using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score. Univariate logistic regression and multivariate Cox regression analyses were performed to evaluate the prognostic model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Primary brainstem hemorrhage (PBSH) is one of the most catastrophic spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage diseases, with a mortality rate of 70-80%. We explored the predictive factors for survival and consciousness in patients with PBSH (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04910490).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHIF-1α plays a crucial part in hypoxia response by transcriptionally upregulating genes to adapt the hypoxic condition. HIF-1α is under severe cellular control as its exceptional activation is always associated with tumorigenesis and tumor progression. Here, we report L3MBTL3 serves as a novel negative regulator of HIF-1α.
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