Publications by authors named "Baimei He"

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common chronic lung disease that impacts hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide. It is principally characterized by irreversible and progressive airflow limitation. Environmental pollutants, including cigarette smoke, air pollution, occupational pollutants, remain predominant risk factors for COPD and play remarkable roles in COPD progression.

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Objective: To explore the potential association between dietary live microbes and the prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD).

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, data of 9791 participants aged 20 years or older in this study were collected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) between 2013 and 2018. Participants in this study were classified into three groups according to the Sanders' dietary live microbe classification system: low, medium, and high dietary live microbe groups.

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Background: Previous studies mainly concentrated on examining the correlation between single carotenoids and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, these findings have been inconsistent.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate both the individual and overall associations of carotenoids with the prevalence of COPD.

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Metabolic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), are abnormal conditions that result from disturbances of metabolism. With the improvement of living conditions, the morbidity and mortality rates of metabolic diseases are steadily rising, posing a significant threat to human health worldwide. Therefore, identifying novel effective targets for metabolic diseases is crucial.

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Environmental pollution is identified as an essential risk factor for sarcopenia. However, the effect of manganese (Mn) exposure on the prevalence of sarcopenia is not assessed. Our study investigated the correlation between blood Mn concentration and sarcopenia risk in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2011 to 2018.

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Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) is an important adverse event in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Hyperphosphatemia is associated with higher mortality in patients with multiple diseases. In this study, we aimed to determine the relationship between serum phosphate and the risk of in-hospital mortality in patients with AECOPD.

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Background: Environmental exposures are major risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Ethylene oxide (EO) is a ubiquitous organic compound and adversely affects human health. However, it remains unknown whether EO exposure increases the risk of COPD.

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable, and treatable disease characterized by irreversible airflow obstruction and lung function decline. It is well established that COPD represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Due to the substantial economic and social burdens associated with COPD, it is necessary to discover new targets and develop novel beneficial therapies.

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Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common respiratory disease characterized by progressive airflow limitation and abnormal lung function due to noxious particles and gases. Although many measures are available, COPD remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Therefore, there is an urgent need to discover novel potential therapeutic targets for COPD.

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Objective: Stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a heterogeneous group of diseases. For this subset of patients, clinical management is still under debate and prognosis remains poor so far. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the feasibility and safety of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy in stage III NSCLC.

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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common and deadly malignancy worldwide. Current treatment methods for hepatocellular carcinoma have many disadvantages; thus, it is urgent to improve the efficacy of these therapies. Glycolysis is critical in the occurrence and development of tumors.

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Background: Anlotinib as a third-line or beyond therapy for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) was studied. This single-arm phase II trial was to investigate the value of anlotinib plus platinum-etoposide as first-line treatment in ES SCLC.

Methods: The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS) and objective response rate (ORR).

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Drug resistance in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) significantly affects the efficacy of chemotherapy treatment. However, due to the lack of tumor tissue samples, especially serial tumor samples during chemotherapy, the mechanism of chemotherapy resistance has not been fully studied. Circulating tumor DNA, which can be obtained in a noninvasive manner, can complement tumor sampling approaches for research in this field.

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Lung cancer is the largest cause of cancer deaths in the world. Platinum-based chemotherapy is a foundation of first-line chemotherapy. However, the prognosis of lung cancer treated with platinum-based chemotherapy is still a challenge.

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Crosstalk between cancer cells and macrophages plays a crucial role in the development of cancer. In this study, our data showed that M1 macrophages attenuate, while M2 macrophages and tumor-associated macrophages enhance the EGFR-TKIs resistance in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell line H1975. Next, long non-coding RNA SOX2 overlapping transcript (SOX2-OT) is highly expressed in NSCLC cells-derived exosomes.

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Efficient DNA repair is critical for cell survival following exposure to DNA topoisomerase I (Top1) inhibitors camptothecin, a nature product from which the common chemotherapeutic drugs irinotecan and topotecan are derived. The camptothecin-derived agents exert their antitumor activities by specifically stabilizing the Top1-DNA covalent complexes (Top1cc) and blocking the DNA religation step. When exposed to these DNA damage agents, tumor cells quickly activate DNA damage response.

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Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) were initially identified as an important antimicrobial barrier to capture and kill microorganisms. Emerging evidence suggests that NETs play a crucial role in chronic airway inflammation induced by cigarette smoke (CS). However, how NETs form and the mechanisms by which NETs function in CS-related airway diseases are still unclear.

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Eukaryotic initiation factor 3 (EIF3) is one of the largest and most complex translation initiation factors, which consists of 13 subunits named eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit A (EIF3a) to EIF3m. EIF3a is the largest subunit of EIF3. Previous studies suggested that EIF3a is a housekeeping gene, recent results have found that EIF3a is closely related to the tumorigenesis and drug resistance.

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The apoptosis of bronchial and alveolar epithelial cells plays a key role in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress induced by cigarette smoke contributes to apoptosis. Previous studies demonstrated that melatonin prevented the development of COPD.

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Aims: The apoptosis and autophagy play an important role in the pathogenesis of sepsis-induced cardiac dysfunction. Previous studies have demonstrated that melatonin protects against cardiac dysfunction during sepsis. In addition, silent information regulator 1 (SIRT1) is a therapeutic target for sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction.

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Endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS)-induced apoptosis of airway epithelial cells plays an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Furthermore, autophagy is closely related to ERS under apoptosis. Here, this study aimed to investigate the role of the reciprocal interaction between autophagy and ERS in the cigarette smoke extract (CSE)-induced apoptosis of human bronchial epithelial (HBE) cells.

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Chronic airway inflammation is a characteristic feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Previous studies demonstrated that melatonin had a protective effect against COPD. In addition, silent information regulator 1 (SIRT1) was reported to be beneficial in COPD.

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Non‑small‑cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. The most common subtypes of NSCLC are adenocarcinoma (AC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). However, the pathophysiological mechanisms contributing to AC and SCC are still largely unknown, especially the roles of long non‑coding RNAs (lncRNAs).

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. To assess the value of bronchoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of primary tracheobronchial amyloidosis (TBA), in order to reduce misdiagnosis rates and improve prognosis. .

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Objective: Increasing evidence indicates that the decreased expression of microRNA-133a (miR-133a) may be correlated with poor survival for cancer patients. Thus, we performed this meta-analysis to evaluate the prognostic value of decreased miR-133a in solid cancers.

Methods: Eligible studies were gathered by searching on PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase.

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