Risk factors and prediction model for cancer-related cognitive impairment in thyroid cancer patients.

Background: Cognitive impairment is a common, yet often overlooked, complication in thyroid cancer patients, potentially influenced by various demographic, clinical, biochemical, and psychological factors. This study aims to analyze the prevalence and determinants of cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) in thyroid cancer patients.

Methods: A retrospective case-control study was conducted involving 246 thyroid cancer patients treated at our The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University from January 2021 to January 2023.

Long non coding RNA COX10-DT promotes the progression of breast cancer via the COX10-DT/miR-206/BDNF axis.

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as critical regulators in the biological development of breast cancer. In this study, we aimed to determine the roles and mechanisms of the lncRNA COX10 divergent transcript (COX10-DT) in breast cancer progression. The relative expression level of COX10-DT was calculated in matched breast cancer tissues and adjacent normal tissues using quantitative real-time PCR.

Pseudogene legumain promotes thyroid carcinoma progression via the microRNA-495/autophagy pathway.

The pseudogene legumain (LGMN) has been reported to regulate cancer cell biology. However, the role of LGMN in thyroid carcinoma remains unknown. Herein, Cell Counting Kit 8 and Transwell assays were performed to evaluate cellular proliferation and invasion capacity, respectively.

Correlation between sonographic features and pathological findings of cervical lymph node metastasis of differentiated thyroid carcinoma.

Background: The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between the sonographic features and pathological findings of cervical lymph node metastasis of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC).

Methods: A total of 49 patients who had thyroid surgery and lateral or central cervical lymph node dissection from October to December 2019 in our hospital were selected. All the lymph nodes included in the dissection were examined by intraoperative ultrasound and were divided into 5 groups according to the sonographic characteristics (A: overall hyperechoic group; B: hypoechoic with punctate hyperechoic group; C: mass hyperechoic group; D: cystic degeneration group; E: hypoechoic group without punctate hyperecho).

A novel tumor suppressor ASMTL-AS1 regulates the miR-1228-3p/SOX17/β-catenin axis in triple-negative breast cancer.

Background: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a special type of breast cancer that lacks effective therapeutic targets. There is a significant need to clarify its pathogenesis, so as to bring new targeted approaches for TNBC management. Here, we identified a long-non coding RNA (lncRNA) ASMTL-AS1 that linked to TNBC development and progression.

Suppression of liver transplant rejection by anti-donor MHC antibodies via depletion of donor immunogenic dendritic cells.

Background: We previously found two distinct passenger dendritic cell (DC) subsets in the rat liver that played a central role in the liver transplant rejection. In addition, a tolerance-inducing protocol, donor-specific transfusion (DST), triggered systemic polytopical production of depleting alloantibodies to donor class I MHC (MHCI) antigen (DST-antibodies).

Methods: We examined the role of DST-antibodies in the trafficking of graft DC subsets and the alloresponses in a rat model.

Direct evidence for activated CD8+ T cell transmigration across portal vein endothelial cells in liver graft rejection.

Background: Lymphocyte recruitment into the portal tract is crucial not only for homeostatic immune surveillance but also for many liver diseases. However, the exact route of entry for lymphocytes into portal tract is still obscure. We investigated this question using a rat hepatic allograft rejection model.

Expression of area-specific M2-macrophage phenotype by recruited rat monocytes in duct-ligation pancreatitis.

Acute pancreatitis remains a disease of uncertain pathogenesis and no established specific therapy. Previously, we found a predominant increase and active proliferation of macrophages in the inflamed tissues of a rat duct-ligation pancreatitis model. To analyze the origin and possible role of these macrophages, we investigated their in situ cellular kinetics in a rat model of duct-ligation pancreatitis using a recently established method of multicolor immunostaining for macrophage markers and for proliferating cells with ethynyl deoxyuridine.