Multi-Omics profiling identifies aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 as a critical mediator in the crosstalk between Treg-mediated immunosuppression microenvironment and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Dysregulation of the aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) family has been implicated in various pathological conditions, including cancer. However, a systematic evaluation of ALDH alterations and their therapeutic relevance in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains lacking. Herein, we found that 15 of 19 ALDHs were transcriptionally dysregulated in HCC tissues compared to normal liver tissues.

Clinical applications and perspectives of circulating tumor DNA in gastric cancer.

Gastric cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, largely due to inadequate screening methods, late diagnosis, and limited treatment options. Liquid biopsy has emerged as a promising non-invasive approach for cancer screening and prognosis by detecting circulating tumor components like circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in the blood. Numerous gastric cancer-specific ctDNA biomarkers have now been identified.

Effect of Radial Artery Compression with a Novel Automatic Pressure-Controlled Radial Compression Device: A Short-Term Prospective Interventional Pilot Study.

This study was conducted to design a novel radial compression device with the function of automatic pressure control and evaluate the feasibility and safety of this new technique. Patients who underwent transradial access (TRA) coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the First Hospital of Jiaxing between August 2021and October 2021 were prospectively enrolled in this pilot interventional study. The patients were grouped in a 1 : 1 ratio to receive compression with a novel device (the experimental group) or a conventional device without pressure control (the control group).

Dexmedetomidine alleviates acute lung injury by promoting Tregs differentiation via activation of AMPK/SIRT1 pathway.

Objectives: To explore the anti-inflammatory effect and the potential mechanism of dexmedetomidine in ARDS/ALI.

Materials And Methods: C57BL/6 mice and EL-4 cells were used in this research. The ALI model was established by CLP.

circRanGAP1/miR-27b-3p/NRAS Axis may promote the progression of hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Background: Though circular RNAs (circRNAs) are the key regulators in tumor carcinogenesis, they remain largely unexplored in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: The expression of RanGAP1-derived circRNAs (circ_0063531, circ_0063534, circ_0063513, circ_0063518, circ_0063507, circ_0063723) were evaluated in eight paired HCC and normal tissues, and the correlation between circRanGAP1 (circ_0063531) expression and clinicopathological characteristics in 40 HCC patients was determined. The association between miR-27b-3p and circRanGAP1 or NRAS was predicted using bioinformatics analysis.

Nalidixic acid potentiates the antitumor activity in sorafenib-resistant hepatocellular carcinoma the tumor immune microenvironment analysis.

Sorafenib resistance is often developed and impedes the benefits of clinical therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. However, the relationship between sorafenib resistance and tumor immune environment and adjuvant drugs for sorafenib-resistant HCC are not systemically identified. This study first analyzed the expression profiles of sorafenib-resistant HCC cells to explore immune cell infiltration levels and differentially expressed immune-related genes (DEIRGs).

lncRNA-AC079061.1/VIPR1 axis may suppress the development of hepatocellular carcinoma: a bioinformatics analysis and experimental validation.

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most malignant tumors to threaten human life, and the survival rate remains low due to delayed diagnosis. Meanwhile, lncRNAs have great potential for application in tumor prognosis, therefore relevant research in hepatocellular carcinoma is indispensable.

Methods: Based on the EZH2 expression, the differentially expressed lncRNAs DElncRNAs), miRNAs (DEmiRNAs), and mRNAs (DEmRNAs) were identified in hepatocellular carcinoma by using the TCGA database.

Cdc25C/cdc2/cyclin B, raf/MEK/ERK and PERK/eIF2α/CHOP pathways are involved in forskolin-induced growth inhibition of MM.1S cells by G2/M arrest and mitochondrion-dependent apoptosis.

Multiple myeloma (MM) remains an incurable hematological malignancy characterized by proliferation and accumulation of plasma cells in the bone marrow. Innovative and effective therapeutic approaches that are able to improve the outcome and the survival of MM sufferers, especially the identification of novel natural compounds and investigation of their anti-MM mechanisms, are needed. Here, we investigated the effects and the potential mechanisms against MM of forskolin, a diterpene derived from the medicinal plant , in MM cell line MM.

Luteolin activates Tregs to promote IL-10 expression and alleviating caspase-11-dependent pyroptosis in sepsis-induced lung injury.

Objectives: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by an excessive pulmonary inflammatory response. Pyroptosis is a newly form of programmed inflammatory cell death that is triggered by inflammatory caspases. Studies have shown that Luteolin has powerful anti-inflammation effects through activating the function of regulatory T cells (Tregs).

The protective effect and mechanism of the FXR agonist obeticholic acid via targeting gut microbiota in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

It is reported that various diseases such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are associated with imbalance of microbiome. And FXR has been well investigated in liver diseases. The objective of this study was to identify the role of farnesoid X receptor agonist obeticholic acid via targeting gut microbiota in NAFLD.

Serum microRNA signatures and metabolomics have high diagnostic value in gastric cancer.

Background: Many novel diagnostic biomarkers have been developed for gastric cancer (GC) recently. We chose two methods with high diagnostic value, the detection of serum microRNAs and metabolomics based on gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), and aimed to establish appropriate models.

Methods: We reviewed the diagnostic accuracies of all microRNAs identified by previous diagnostic tests.

Meta-Analysis of Chinese Traditional Medicine Bushen Huoxue Prescription for Endometriosis Treatment.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Bushen Huoxue prescription (BSHXP) for endometriosis.

Methods: A meta-analysis was performed, and studies were searched from the seven databases from the date of database establishment to April 30, 2017. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that explored the efficacy and safety of BSHXP for patients with endometriosis were included.

Nailfold capillary morphological characteristics of hand-arm vibration syndrome: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of nailfold capillaroscopy associated with hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS).

Methods: In total, 113 male gold miners were recruited: 35 workers who were chronically exposed to vibration and developed vibration-induced white finger were defined as the HAVS group, 39 workers who were exposed to vibration but did not have HAVS were classified as the vibration-exposed controls (VEC) group, and 39 workers without vibration exposure were categorised as the non-VEC (NVEC) group. Video capillaroscopy was used to capture images of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th fingers of both hands.

RNA binding protein Nova1 promotes tumor growth in vivo and its potential mechanism as an oncogene may due to its interaction with GABA Receptor-γ2.

Background: The mechanism of Nova1's role in hepatocellular carcinoma has not been delineated. Also its interaction with GABA receptor γ2 in HCC is unveiled. This study is aimed to make it clear the distribution, prognostic value of GABARγ2 in human hepatocellular carcinoma.

Portal hypertension induced by congenital hepatic arterioportal fistula: report of four clinical cases and review of the literature.

Intrahepatic arterioportal fistula (IAPF) can be caused by many secondary factors. We report four cases of portal hypertension that were eventually determined to be caused by congenital hepatic arterioportal fistula. The clinical manifestations included ascites, variceal hemorrhage and hepatic encephalopathy.

Wrist-ankle acupuncture and ginger moxibustion for preventing gastrointestinal reactions to chemotherapy: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of wrist-ankle acupuncture combined with ginger moxibustion against gastrointestinal tract reactions (nausea, vomiting, and constipation) to chemotherapy in cancer patients.

Methods: A total of 60 patients with gynecological tumors treated by chemotherapy were randomly divided into two groups. The treatment group (30 cases) underwent wrist-ankle acupuncture and ginger moxibustion, whereas tropisetron hydrochloride and dexamethasone were intravenously administered to the control group (30 cases) during chemotherapy.

[Effects of Chinese herbal medicine Neiyi Recipe-medicated serum on angiopoiesis of endometriosis in the chick chorioallantoic membrane model].

Objective: To compare angiopoiesis ability of eutopic and ectopic endometrial tissue isolated from women with endometriosis and endometrium isolated from women without endometriosis (control), and to explore the inhibitory effects of medicated serum of Neiyi Recipe, a compound traditional Chinese herbal medicine.

Methods: Chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) model of endometriosis was established by transplanting endometrium onto CAM. The CAMs were then hatched with blank serum or medicated serum of danazol or Neiyi Recipe, which were prepared in rats by orally administering.

POEMS Syndrome: A Report of 14 Cases and Review of the Literature.

POEMS syndrome is a rare paraneoplastic disorder associated with an underlying plasma cell dyscrasia presenting polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal protein, and skin changes. This study reviewed the clinical characteristics of 14 POEMS patients in Zhongshan hospital. The ratio of male to female was 9 : 5, and the average age was 47.

[Adhesive and invasive effects and mechanism of neiyi recipe on the endometriosis].

Objective: To assess the inhibitory effects of Neiyi Recipe by comparing adhesive and invasive effects of eutopic and ectopic endometrial tissues from endometriosis women and the endometrium from endometriosis-free women.

Methods: The invasive capacity of endometrial stromal cells from endometriosis-free women, eutopic and ectopic endometrial stromal cells from women with endometriosis were compared using Boyden chamber, the chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) ectopy transplant, and immunohistochemical EnVision method. The expressions of adhesion and invasion correlated cytokines in the transplanted tissue and effect of Neiyi Recipe on them were observed.

[Effects of Chinese herbal medicine Bushen Shugan Recipe in regulating the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis in a rat model of stress-induced anorexia].

Objective: To investigate the effects of Bushen Shugan Recipe (BSSGR), a compound traditional Chinese herbal medicine, in regulating the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis (HPOA) in a rat model of stress-induced anorexia.

Methods: Anorexia was induced in rats by the methods of separation, diet restriction and constraint. Rats were divided into 4 groups randomly: control group, untreated group, sham-operated group and BSSGR group.

Preparation of chitosan-polyaspartic acid-5-fluorouracil nanoparticles and its anti-carcinoma effect on tumor growth in nude mice.

Aim: To prepare chitosan-polyaspartic acid-5-fluorouracil (CTS-Pasp-5Fu) nanoparticles and investigate its anti-carcinoma effect and toxicity.

Methods: CTS-Pasp-5Fu nanoparticles were synthesized by ionic gelatification. Male BABL/c nude mice were injected with SGC-7901 gastric carcinoma cell line mass to establish a human gastric carcinoma model.