Publications by authors named "Dong-Dong Cheng"

Purpose: To analyze the correlation between the changes in salivary ion concentration, Streptococcus and Bifidobacterium in children with dental caries and the severity of the disease.

Methods: Eighty children with dental caries treated from May 2022 to April 2023 were selected as the experimental group. According to the DMFT, they were divided into mild group (DMFT≤15%, n=35) and severe group (DMFT>15%, n=45).

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  • Chronic stress can make a part of the brain called the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis super active, which is linked to causing depression.
  • A tiny molecule called miR-184-3p can help control this activity by lowering something known as CRTC1, which is important in how the brain reacts to stress.
  • When scientists tested this by changing the levels of miR-184-3p in mice, they saw that it could either make depression symptoms worse or help fight against them, showing it's a potential target for new antidepressant medicines.
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  • The study aimed to analyze serum lipid profiles in patients with localized osteosarcoma around the knee before and after they underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
  • A cohort of 50 patients was evaluated, showing significant increases in several lipid markers, including total cholesterol and triglycerides, after treatment, indicating a change in lipid metabolism due to chemotherapy.
  • While pretreatment lipid levels did not predict histologic response to chemotherapy, increases in certain lipoproteins may suggest potential prognostic significance related to disease-free survival.
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Nanoparticles-based glues have recently been shown with substantial potential for hydrogel adhesion. Nevertheless, the transformative advance in hydrogel-based application places great challenges on the rapidity, robustness, and universality of achieving hydrogel adhesion, which are rarely accommodated by existing nanoparticles-based glues. Herein, we design a type of nanohesives based on the modulation of hydrogel mechanics and the surface chemical activation of nanoparticles.

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Numerous studies have confirmed that in addition to interfering with the tumor inflammatory environment, anti-inflammatory agents can directly increase apoptosis and sensitivity to conventional therapies and decrease invasion and metastasis, making them useful candidates for cancer therapy. Here, we first used high-throughput screening and had screened one compound candidate, ebastine (a H1-histamine receptor antagonist), for osteosarcoma therapy. Cell viability assays, colony formation assays, wound healing assays, and Transwell assays demonstrated that ebastine elicited antitumor effects in osteosarcoma cells.

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The new large-grained activated humic acid fertilizer (LAF) can significantly reduce the amount of chemical fertilizer application and stable fruit yield. Understanding its impacts on soil aggregates and organic carbon is an important basis for revealing its role in driving soil structure of apple orchard. There were four LAF treatments: LAF (full fertilization, fertilization period and mass ratio (the same below), germination stage: fruit expansion stage: maturity stage=3:4:3), LAF (full fertilization, germination stage: fruit expansion stage: maturity stage=2:3:5), LAF (fertilizer application reduction by 1/4, germination stage: fruit expansion stage: maturity stage=2:3:5), LAF (fertilizer application reduction by 1/3, germination stage: fruit expansion stage: maturity stage=2:3:5); with no fertilization as control (CK).

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Alginate oligosaccharide (AOS) has the function to inhibit tumor progression and the sulfated modification can enhance the antitumor activity. To date, the function and mechanism of sulfated AOS (AOS-SO) in tumors remain largely elusive. We prepared AOS by the enzymatic degradation of alginate, collected AOS-SO by sulfating following the canonical procedure.

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Osteosarcoma is the most common primary sarcoma of bone. The use of Chitooligosaccharide (COS) as a drug carrier is an emerging new strategy for cancer therapy. However, the application of COS in osteosarcoma has not been reported.

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Lung metastasis is the major cause of breast cancer-related mortality. The neutrophil-associated inflammatory microenvironment aids tumor cells in metastatic colonization in lungs. Here, we show that tumor-secreted protease cathepsin C (CTSC) promotes breast-to-lung metastasis by regulating recruitment of neutrophils and formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs).

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Background: Dysregulation of eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 delta (EEF1D) in cancers has been reported; however, the role and mechanisms of EEF1D in osteosarcoma remain poorly understood. The aim of this study is to investigate the expression and role of EEF1D in osteosarcoma and to elucidate its underlying mechanisms.

Methods: The expression of EEF1D in osteosarcomas and cell lines was evaluated by qRT-PCR, Western blotting and immunohistochemistry.

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: Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant bone tumor in adolescents; however, the mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis and progression of osteosarcoma remain to be elucidated. Researchers have provided valuable insights into the tumorigenesis of Ribosomal protein S9 (RPS9) in some cancers. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the expression, functions, and mechanisms of RPS9 in human osteosarcoma.

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Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant bone tumor in adolescents. The function of basic leucine zipper and W2 domains 2 (BZW2) in tumor progression has been reported. However, the role and mechanisms of BZW2 in osteosarcoma remain to be determined.

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A label free quantitative proteomic approach (SWATH™ experiment) was performed to identify tumor-associated nuclear proteins that are differentially expressed between osteosarcoma cells and osteoblast cells. By functional screening, minichromosome maintenance protein 2 (MCM2) and minichromosome maintenance protein 3 (MCM3) were found to be related to osteosarcoma cell growth. Here, we show that knockdown of MCM2 or MCM3 inhibits osteosarcoma growth in vitro and in vivo.

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To discover tumor-associated proteins in osteosarcoma, a quantitative proteomic analysis was performed to identify proteins that were differentially expressed between osteosarcoma and human osteoblastic cells. Through clinical screening and a functional evaluation, chromosome segregation 1-like (CSE1L) protein was found to be related to the growth of osteosarcoma cells. To date, little is known about the function and underlying mechanism of CSE1L in osteosarcoma.

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While treatments for childhood osteosarcoma have improved, the overall survival for this common type of bone cancer has not changed for three decades, and thus, new targets for therapeutic development are needed. To identify tumor-related proteins in osteosarcoma, we used isobaric tags in a relative and absolute quantitation proteomic approach to analyze the differentially expressed proteins between osteosarcoma cells and human osteoblastic cells. Through clinical screening and functional evaluation, CCR4-NOT transcription complex subunit 1 (CNOT1) correlated with the growth of osteosarcoma cells.

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Background: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of limb salvage with primary tumor resection on patients with solitary bone metastasis.

Methods: A retrospective treatment outcome review was performed on 20 patients with solitary bone metastasis as the primary clinical symptom who were admitted to the hospital between 2006 and 2010. With primary tumor resection, 18/20 patients received limb salvage surgery simultaneously.

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Recent evidence has demonstrated that microRNAs (miRNAs) are involved in the proliferation and metastasis of osteosarcoma. Using miRNA microarray and functional screening methods to compare miRNA expression profiles in osteosarcoma cell lines treated with Trichostatin A (TSA), overexpression of miR-542-5p was determined to be involved in the proliferation of osteosarcoma. We used isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) and nanoscale liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (NanoLC-MS/MS) to identify differentially expressed proteins in MNNG/HOS and U2OS osteosarcoma cell lines transfected with miR-542-5p; in both cell lines, seven proteins were downregulated, and nine were upregulated.

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Background/aims: This aim of the present study was to identify specific markers determining the recurrence of the giant cell tumor of bone (GCTB).

Methods: This study involved the clinicopathological analysis of 80 cases. All of the clinical features, pathological fracture, Campanacci grade, histological features and surgical methods were reviewed.

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Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF1α) is a transcription factor involved in the growth, invasion and metastasis of malignant tumors. Glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK3β) is a protein kinase involved in a variety of signaling pathways, such as the Wnt and NF-κB pathways; this kinase can affect tumor progress through the regulation of transcription factor expression and apoptosis. Recent studies showed that GSK3β was involved in the expression of HIF1α.

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Background: Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors have been reported to induce cell growth arrest, apoptosis and differentiation of tumor cells. The present study aimed to examine the effects of trichostatin A (TSA), one such inhibitor, on the cell cycle, apoptosis and invasiveness of osteosarcoma cells.

Methods: MG- 63 cells were treated with TSA at various concentrations.

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