Publications by authors named "Hanlin Xu"

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the most prevalent chronic liver disease worldwide, which has the potential to advance to fibrosis. CAV1 has the effects of improving liver lipid deposition in MASLD, however, the potential mechanism is largely unknown. Here, we establish a MASLD mouse model in CAV1 knockout (KO) mice and perform transcriptome analysis on livers from mice to investigate the effects of CAV1 in MASLD progression.

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Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) offers a promising solution for achieving lower background and more reliable signals in biomedical imaging. AIE materials also exhibiting photostability and resistance to photobleaching. These characters are crucial for monitoring musculoskeletal functions and offering targeted therapies for related diseases.

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Galectin-9 (gal-9) is a protein that belongs to the galectin family. Gal-9 is expressed in cells of the innate and adaptive immune system, including lymphocytes, dendritic cells, giant salivary cells, eosinophils and T cells, etc. In different immune cells, the role of gal-9 is different.

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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most prevalent chronic liver disease globally, with a complex and contentious pathogenesis. Caveolin-1 (CAV1) is an important regulator of liver function and can mitigate liver injury by scavenging reactive oxygen species (ROS). Evidence suggests that NOX4 is a source of ROS production, that oxidative stress and ferroptosis are closely related, and that both are involved in the onset and progression of NAFLD.

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Bioorthogonal prodrug therapies offer an intriguing two-component system that features enhanced circulating stability and controlled activation on demand. Current strategies often deliver either the prodrug or its complementary activator to the tumor with a monomechanism targeted mechanism, which cannot achieve the desired antitumor efficacy and safety profile. The orchestration of two distinct and orthogonal mechanisms should overcome the hierarchical heterogeneity of solid tumors to improve the delivery efficiency of both components simultaneously for bio-orthogonal prodrug therapies.

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Epidemiological and imaging findings indicate that gout frequently affects damaged joints. Recent studies suggest that the relationship between gout and joint damage may be more complex than a simple unidirectional link and that joint damage may promote the development of gout at affected sites. In this article, we review the clinical associations and recent laboratory research identifying events in the setting of osteoarthritis or joint injury that can alter the intraarticular microenvironment and locally regulate monosodium urate crystallisation and deposition or amplify the inflammatory response to deposited crystals.

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  • Hepatic fibrosis (HF) is a chronic liver condition caused by various injuries, and current treatment options are limited; activated hepatic stellate cells (HSC) play a key role in its progression.
  • The study explores a new drug delivery system using acrylic resin nanoparticles modified with retinoic acid to enhance the effectiveness of the flavonoid galangin (GA), which has shown anti-HF effects.
  • The results indicate that these nanoparticles have a suitable size, shape, and bioavailability, suggesting that they could improve the delivery and efficacy of GA for treating HF.
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Lung cancer, one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers, causes a huge number of mortalities globally. Among lung cancers, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most recorded. Despite accumulating research, the molecular basis of NSCLC progression remains poorly known.

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Purpose: This study aimed to introduce a novel all-inside arthroscopic anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) repair for chronic ankle instability (CAI) with a knotless suture anchor technique-Hugging Repair, evaluate clinical outcomes, and analyze the associated risk factors.

Methods: A total of 84 patients (42 males and 42 females, mean age: 36.1 ± 11.

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Introduction: Efficient and complete debridement of intra-articular deposits of monosodium urate crystals is rarely achieved by existing arthroscopic tools such as shavers or radiofrequency ablation, while cavitation technology represents a prospective solution for the non-invasive clearance of adhesions at intra-articular interfaces.

Methods: Simulation modeling was conducted to identify the optimal parameters for the device, including nozzle diameters and jet pressures. Gouty arthritis model was established in twelve rats that were equally and randomly allocated into a cavitation debridement group or a curette debridement group.

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  • This study investigates how joint deafferentation after ankle sprains affects sensory input and neuroplasticity in the cerebellum by comparing patients with ankle instability to healthy individuals.* -
  • Using resting-state functional MRI, researchers analyzed the regional homogeneity of cerebellar activity in 18 patients and 22 controls, finding significant differences specifically in cerebellar lobule VIIIb.* -
  • Results showed that patients with ankle instability had lower ReHo values in lobule VIIIb, which correlated positively with their reported ankle instability severity, suggesting disrupted cerebellar function.*
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Objective: To investigate changes in the chemical composition of malts under different germination cycles and prepared with different processing methods, thus providing a reference for the clinical application of malt in disease treatment.

Methods: Nine malt samples were analyzed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS), and the MS fragmentation pathway of 4 compounds (including hordenine, gramine, N-methyltyramine and catechin) were also analyzed.

Results: By database comparison and literature search, we detected 31 compounds in raw barley and 33 compounds in both raw malt and roasted malt.

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Objective: Increasing evidence suggests that impaired cartilage is a substantial risk factor for the progression from hyperuricaemia to gout. Since the relationship between cartilage matrix protein and gout flares remains unclear, we investigated its role in monosodium urate (MSU) crystallisation and following inflammation.

Methods: Briefly, we screened for cartilage matrix in synovial fluid from gouty arthritis patients with cartilage injuries.

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Background: As a minimally invasive method, endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) was more accurate than non-invasive methods such as positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) to evaluate the lymph nodes in preoperative non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). PET/CT has more anatomical advantages than PET scanning and is more accurate in lung cancer staging. However, no relevant studies have comparatively evaluated PET/CT and EBUS-TBNA for NSCLC patients.

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Cancer has become one of the critical diseases threatening human life and health. The sensitivity difference of cancer drugs has always been a critical cause of the treatment come to nothing. Once drug resistance occurs, it will make the anticancer treatment or even various drugs ineffective.

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Background And Aims: The prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is extremely poor; therefore, there is an urgent need for novel prognostic molecular biomarkers of HCC. The current investigation utilized circular (circ)RNA-associated competing endogenous (ce)RNAs analysis in order to identify significant prognostic biomarkers of HCC.

Methods: CircRNAs and mRNAs that were differentially expressed between normal and HCC tissues were identified.

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  • - Despite recommendations to detect driver gene mutations in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), comprehensive genomic profiling is not widely practiced, making a study on a Chinese NSCLC cohort crucial for clinical applications.
  • - Researchers analyzed 563 surgical specimens and identified 556 genetic variants, with 54.88% of patients showing 416 potentially actionable variants, including common single nucleotide mutations and other alterations.
  • - The study revealed 30 novel potentially pathogenic variants and highlighted frequent mutations like the EGFR exon 21 p.L858R, providing valuable insights for targeted lung cancer treatments.
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Accurate inference of the relationship between non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) and drug resistance is essential for understanding the complicated mechanisms of drug actions and clinical treatment. Traditional biological experiments are time-consuming, laborious, and minor in scale. Although several databases provide relevant resources, computational method for predicting this type of association has not yet been developed.

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Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have witnessed the achievements of convincing clinical benefits that feature the significantly prolonged overall survival (OS) of patients suffering from advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to reports recently. Sensitivity to immunotherapy is related to several biomarkers, such as PD-L1 expression, TMB level, MSI-H and MMR. However, a further investigation into the novel biomarkers of the prognosis on ICIs treatment is required.

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Objectives: The deficits in sensory pathways caused by peripheral edema, pain, and inflammation of the damaged ligaments may induce maladaptive changes within the central nervous system. The purpose of this study was to determine whether patients with lateral ankle instability (LAI) exhibit morphological differences of brain grey matter when compared with healthy controls, and then assess the relationships between the observed differences and the characteristics of patients.

Design: Cross-sectional.

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Introduction: Animal models are valid for research on the pathophysiological process and drug screening of gout arthritis. Intra-articular injection of monosodium urate (MSU) is the most common method, while stable MSU deposition enveloped by inflammatory cells was rarely reported.

Objective: To develop a modified gouty arthritis rat model characterized by intra-articular MSU deposition and continuous joint pain with a minimally invasive method.

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Background: The prognostic value of polybromo 1 () gene mutations in clear cell renal carcinoma (CCRCC) with anti-programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) therapy remains controversial, and few studies have reported the impact of mutations in other cancer types.

Methods: The patient information was obtained from cBioPortal and the Tumor Immune Estimation Resource (TIMER) databases. Mann-Whitney U test were used for correlation analysis.

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Genetic selection in gilthead seabream (GSB), has been undertaken to improve the growth, feed efficiency, fillet quality, skeletal deformities and disease resistance, but no study is available to delineate the effect of genetic selection for growth trait on GSB reproductive performance under mass spawning condition. In this study, high growth (HG) or low growth (LG) GSB broodstock were selected to evaluate the sex steroid hormones, sperm, egg quality and reproductive performance under different feeding regime of commercial diet or experimental broodstock diet containing either fish oil (FO) or vegetable oil (VO) based diet. Under commercial diet feeding phase, broodstock selected for either high growth or low growth did not show any significant changes in the egg production per kg female whereas egg viability percentage was positively ( = 0.

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