Lysine succinylation (Ksu) has recently emerged as a protein modification that regulates diverse functions in various biological processes. However, the systemically and precise role of lysine succinylation in erythropoiesis remains to be fully elucidated. In this study, we noted a prominent increase of succinyl-CoA and lysine succinylation during human erythroid differentiation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMultiple myeloma (MM) is a heterogeneous and incurable tumor characterized by the malignant proliferation of plasma cells. It is necessary to clarify the heterogeneity of MM and identify new theranostic targets. We constructed a single-cell transcriptome profile of 48,293 bone marrow cells from MM patients and health donors (HDs) annotated with 7 continuous B lymphocyte lineages.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfluenza B viruses (IBVs) primarily infect humans and are a common cause of respiratory infections in humans. Here, to systematically analyze the antigenicity of the IBVs Hemagglutinin (HA) protein, 31 B/Victoria and 19 B/Yamagata representative circulating strains were selected from Global Initiative of Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID), and pseudotyped viruses were constructed with the vesicular stomatitis virus system. Guinea pigs were immunized with three doses of vaccines (one dose of DNA vaccines following two doses of pseudotyped virus vaccines) of the seven IBV vaccine strains, and neutralizing antibodies against the pseudotyped viruses were tested.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMyelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are clonal hematopoietic malignancies and seriously threaten people's health. Current therapies include bone marrow transplantation and several hypomethylating agents. However, many elderly patients cannot benefit from bone marrow transplantation and many patients develop drug resistance to hypomethylating agents, making it urgent to explore novel therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCircadian clock perturbation frequently occurs in cancer and facilitates tumor progression by regulating malignant growth and shaping the immune microenvironment. Emerging evidence has indicated that clock genes are disrupted in melanoma and linked to immune escape. Herein, we found that the expression of retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor-α (RORA) is downregulated in melanoma patients and that patients with higher RORA expression have a better prognosis after immunotherapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims/introduction: Simple renal cysts (SRC) are associated with age, hypertension and hyperuricemia, which are risk factors of renal impairment. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of SRC and its association with measured glomerular filtration rate (mGFR) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in China.
Methods: A total of 3,552 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus admitted to Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital from January 2012 to December 2016 were investigated.
Background: Women with obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome (OPOS) are at high risk for infertility. However, the reproductive effects of metabolic surgery on women with infertility and OPOS have not been fully elucidated.
Objectives: We investigated the natural conception rates after metabolic surgery, and the variables associated with infertility in women with OPOS.
Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable hematological malignant disorder of bone marrow. Patients with MM receive multiple lines of chemotherapeutic treatments which often develop bortezomib (BTZ) resistance and relapse. Therefore, it is crucial to identify an anti-MM agent to overcome the BTZ resistance of MM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFN6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most prevalent, abundant and conserved type of internal posttranscriptional RNA modification in eukaryotic cells. Emerging evidence suggests that m6A modifications perform important functions that affect antitumor immunity. Programmed death 1 (PD-1) and programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) are the two most well-studied immune checkpoint pathways.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMultiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable condition and the second most common hematological malignancy. Over the past few years, there has been progress in the treatment of MM, but most patients still relapse. Multiple myeloma stem-like cells (MMSCs) are believed to be the main reason for drug resistance and eventual relapse.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Influenza A (H3N2) virus (A/H3N2) has complex antigenic evolution, resulting in frequent vaccine strain updates. We aimed to evaluate the protective effect of the vaccine strains on the circulating strains from past ten years and provide a basis for finding a broader and more efficient A/H3N2 vaccine strain.
Methods: Eighty-four representative circulating A/H3N2 strains were selected from 65,791 deposited sequences in 2011-2020 and pseudotyped viruses were constructed with the VSV vector.
Aim: This study aimed to investigate the role of lncRNA MCM3AP-AS1 in diabetic retinopathy (DR).
Methods: Plasma MCM3AP-AS1 levels in DR patients (n = 80), T2DM patients (n = 80), and Controls (n = 80) were measured by qPCR and compared using ANOVA (one-way) and Tukey test. The expressions of lncRNA MCM3AP-AS1 and miR-211 in Human retinal pigment epithelial cells (hRPE) line ARPE-19 were detected by RT-qPCR.
Alpine treeline is highly sensitive to climate change, but there remains a lack of research on the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of treeline and their relationships with climate change at the landscape scale. We extracted positions of alpine treeline from high-resolution Google Earth images from three periods (2000, 2010, and 2020) and analyzed the elevation patterns and dynamics of treeline positions in the Hengduan Mountains. Based on the treeline positions in 2020, a buffer zone of 300 m is established as the treeline transition zone, and the changing trend of the fraction vegetation cover () from 2000 to 2020 and its relationship with climate are also analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants, particularly those with multiple mutations in receptor-binding domain (RBD), pose a critical challenge to the efficacy of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines and therapeutic neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Omicron sublineages BA.1, BA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CML) is a myeloid tumor characterized by MDS (myelodysplastic syndrome) and MPN (myeloproliferative neoplasms). Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, chemotherapy, interferon, and targeted therapy are the main treatment methods for CML. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are also a treatment option, and patients are currently recommended to take these drugs throughout their lives to prevent CML recurrence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMultiple myeloma stem-like cells (MMSCs) are responsible for initiation and relapse, though novel treatment paradigms that effectively eradicate MMSCs are yet to be developed. Selective inhibition of the cell cycle regulatory kinase Wee1 by MK1775 is being explored as a potential anti-cancer therapeutic. We report that higher expression of Wee1 is correlated with poor survival in multiple myeloma (MM).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMelanoma is a common skin cancer and it can lead to high mortality probably by early invasion and metastasis. LncRNA MIAT is involved in tumor proliferation, invasion and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). However, the roles of MIAT in melanoma still require further investigation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMultiple myeloma (MM) is characterised by the proliferation and accumulation of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow. Despite the progress in treatment over the last few years, MM remains incurable and the majority of patients relapse. MM stem-like cells (MMSCs) have been considered as the main reason for drug resistance and eventual relapse.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Melanoma is the most aggressive type of skin cancer with high mortality rate and poor prognosis. lncRNA MEG3, a tumor suppressor, is closely related to the development of various cancers. However, the role of lncRNA MEG3 in melanoma has seldom been studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBACKGROUND Dysregulation of the microRNA (miRNA) network is a typical feature of many cancers. However, the key specific miRNAs involved in uveal melanoma carcinogenesis are largely unknown. MATERIAL AND METHODS RT-qPCR was used to detected miR-652 expression in uveal melanoma tissues and cell lines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe relation between microRNAs (miRNAs) and malignant melanoma has been demonstrated in previous studies, while there was little research about miR-139-5p and malignant melanoma. The aim of this study is to investigate the ability of miR-139-5p in malignant melanoma cells via the modulation of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway by targeting IGF1R. MiR-139-5p expression in malignant melanoma tissues and 5 malignant melanoma cell lines was detected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn nature, sophisticated functional materials are created through hierarchical self-assembly of nanoscale motifs, which has inspired the fabrication of man-made materials with complex architectures for a variety of applications. Herein, a kinetic study on the self-assembly of spindle-like micelles preassembled from polypeptide graft copolymers is reported. The addition of dimethylformamide and, subsequently, a selective solvent (water) can generate a "reactive point" at both ends of the spindles as a result of the existence of structural defects, which induces the "polymerization" of the spindles into nanowires.
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May 2017
Constructing polymeric toroids with a uniform, tunable size is challenging. Reported herein is the formation of uniform toroids from poly(γ-benzyl-l-glutamate)-graft-poly(ethylene glycol) (PBLG-g-PEG) graft copolymers by a two-step self-assembly process. In the first step, uniform rodlike micelles are prepared by dialyzing the polymer dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (THF)/N,N'-dimethylformamide (DMF) against water.
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