Publications by authors named "Huimin Bai"

Intratumoral heterogeneity (ITH) results in treatment failure in ovarian cancer (OC). Exosomes are related to the formation of a heterogeneous tumor microenvironment, and microRNAs play a crucial role in the progression of OC. Therefore, we aimed to explore the effect of exosomes and microRNA 421 (miR-421), which is mediated by exosomes, on ITH and the diagnosis of OC.

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Background: Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that occurs in tooth-supporting tissues. Controlling inflammation and alleviating periodontal tissue destruction are key factors in periodontal therapy. This study aimed to develop an in situ curcumin/zinc oxide (Cur/ZNP) hydrogel and investigate its characteristics and effectiveness in the treatment of periodontitis.

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Background: Characterizing the periodontal status of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), investigating differences in salivary metabolism between patients with and without AD under the same periodontal conditions, and understanding how it is related to oral flora are critical.

Objective: We aimed to examine the periodontal condition of patients with AD and to screen salivary metabolic biomarkers from the saliva of individuals with and without AD with matched periodontal conditions. Furthermore, we aimed to explore the possible relationship between salivary metabolic changes and oral flora.

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Rice blast caused by Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most destructive diseases and poses a growing threat to food security worldwide. Like many other filamentous pathogens, rice blast fungus releases multiple types of effector proteins to facilitate fungal infection and modulate host defence responses. However, most of the characterized effectors contain an N-terminal signal peptide.

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Purpose: To reveal the clinical status and construct a predictive prognostic model for patients with uterine leiomyosarcoma (uLMS) at International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage I.

Patients And Methods: The medical records of patients with stage I uLMS during the study period were retrospectively reviewed. Multiple imputation, Martingale residuals and restricted cubic spline were used for data processing.

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Genotype 1 hepatitis E virus (HEV-1), unlike other genotypes of HEV, has a unique small open reading frame known as ORF4 whose function is not yet known. ORF4 is located in an out-framed manner in the middle of ORF1, which encodes putative 90 to 158 amino acids depending on the strains. To explore the role of ORF4 in HEV-1 replication and infection, we cloned the complete genome of wild-type HEV-1 downstream of a T7 RNA polymerase promoter, and the following ORF4 mutant constructs were prepared: the first construct had TTG instead of the initiation codon ATG (A2836T), introducing an M→L mutation in ORF4 and a D→V mutation in ORF1.

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In this paper, the shear strength of adhesively bonded single-lap joints were experimentally and numerically investigated. Based on the validated simulation, the effects of lap length, adhesive layer thickness, adhesive layer shape, adhesive layer overflow length, and laminate lay-up on the shear strength of adhesively bonded single-lap joints were studied. The load-displacement curves and shear strength under different parameters were compared.

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  • Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are linked to diagnosing and treating complex diseases, with particular relevance to serous ovarian carcinoma (SOC).
  • A microarray study identified a ceRNA network, revealing new motifs (mRNA-ncRNA-mRNA) that help predict SOC using a method called deiPAGE.
  • The study established an SOC index based on 18 circRNA's ceGPs, showing a strong ability to differentiate SOC and a correlation with tumor cell activity in ovarian cancer progression.
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  • This study explored how the PLD1 gene affects the behavior of human cervical cancer cells (CASKI) using CRISPR/Cas9 to create PLD1 knockout cell lines (PC-11 and PC-40).
  • The results showed that the PLD1-knockout cells exhibited reduced proliferation, invasion, and migration compared to wild-type cells and were more sensitive to cisplatin, a common cancer treatment.
  • When PLD1 was overexpressed in the knockout cells, their ability to proliferate, invade, and migrate significantly increased, but they became less sensitive to cisplatin compared to the knockout versions.
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Circulating leukocytes are an important part of the immune system. The aim of this work is to explore the role of preoperative circulating leukocytes in serous ovarian carcinoma and investigate whether they can be used to predict survival prognosis. Routine blood test results and clinical information of patients with serous ovarian carcinoma were retrospectively collected.

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The oral cavity harbors approximately 1,000 microbial species, and both pathogenic and commensal strains are involved in the development of carcinogenesis by stimulating chronic inflammation, affecting cell proliferation, and inhibiting cell apoptosis. Moreover, some substances produced by oral bacteria can also act in a carcinogenic manner. The link between oral microbiota and chronic inflammation as well as cell proliferation has been well established.

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Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic (LFT) is a lightweight, high-strength, and easy-to-recycle new vehicle composite material, and has good mechanical properties, heat resistance, and weather resistance, which has found increasing application in automobile industry. It is of importance to understand the relationship between micro phase, macro-mechanical properties and the structural performance of automobile components. This article evaluates the performance of LFT from the level of material to automobile components.

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, a keystone periodontal pathogen, has emerged as a risk factor for systemic chronic diseases, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). To clarify the mechanism by which this pathogen induces such diseases, we simultaneously analyzed the transcriptome of intracellular and infected host cells dual RNA sequencing. Pathway analysis was also performed to determine the differentially expressed genes in the infected cells.

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether soy isoflavone supplementation is effective in preventing periodontal destruction exacerbated by estrogen deficiency (ED) and its potential mechanism.

Background: The progression of periodontitis is affected by host factors, such as smoking, diabetes mellitus, and steroid use. Bone loss in periodontitis can be aggravated by ED.

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To investigate the clinicopathological characteristics of patients with high-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma (HG-ESS).The clinicopathological characteristics, treatments, and prognostic information of consecutive HG-ESS patients were collected from medical records and then evaluated.A total of 40 women were included in the analysis.

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Rabbit hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a novel HEV belonging to genotype 3 (HEV-3) in the species of the genus , family . Rabbit HEV was originally isolated from rabbits and found to cause zoonotic infection. Although rabbit HEV can be successfully grown in culture with several cell lines, including the human carcinoma cell line PLC/PRF/5, it is difficult to obtain the large amounts of viral antigen required for diagnosis and vaccine development.

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  • - This study identifies 129 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) in cervical cancer (CC) samples compared to paracancerous tissue, highlighting significant changes in proteins like HRAS, P-ERK1/2, and DUSP7.
  • - DUSP7 expression is found to be decreased in CC tissues and is correlated with larger tumor sizes and adverse patient outcomes, indicating its role as a potential biomarker for prognosis.
  • - Experimental results show that lower DUSP7 levels lead to increased CC cell invasion and proliferation, suggesting that DUSP7 functions as a tumor suppressor by inhibiting the RAS pathway.
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Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) assembles its nucleocapsids and occlusion-derived virions (ODVs) in the nucleus, which requires AcMNPV regulation for viral structural proteins to accumulate in the nucleus during its replication in cells. It is generally accepted that the nuclear import receptor plays a predominant role in this process. CRM1 is a nuclear export receptor that forms an export complex with its cargo protein to exit the nucleus.

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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and superiority of loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) in managing stage IA1 cervical microinvasive squamous cell carcinoma (MISCC) without lymph-vascular space invasion (LVSI).

Materials And Methods: The oncological and reproductive outcomes of a series of patients affected by stage IA1 MISCC without LVSI, initially treated by LEEP between February 2006 and December 2017, were retrospectively reviewed.

Results: Ultimately, 109 patients were included.

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: Ovarian cancer is highly malignant and has a poor prognosis in the advanced stage. Studies have shown that infiltration of tumor microenvironment cells, immune cells and stromal cells has an important impact on the prognosis of cancers. However, the relationship between tumor microenvironment genes and the prognosis of ovarian cancer has not been studied.

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Background: The consistency of pathologists in the diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CINs) is not ideal, especially between low- and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL and HSIL). This study was aimed to explore efficient strategies for the grading of CINs.

Methods: The medical records of patients with high risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infections who had underwent cervical biopsy or conization from April 2018 to April 2019 in Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital were collected and examined.

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  • Hepatitis E virus (HEV), particularly genotypes 3 and 4, is commonly found in swine worldwide, but there has been limited research on HEV infection in pigs before slaughter in Taiwan.
  • A study analyzing 295 fecal samples from 6-month-old pigs across 30 farms in Taiwan revealed a 25.1% positivity rate for HEV RNA, with a notable prevalence of genotype 4b.
  • The findings underscore the risk of HEV presence in pigs right before slaughter, necessitating proper cooking of pork products to prevent potential transmission of the virus.
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Objective: This study tried to evaluate whether 8% polyethylene glycol (PEG) 6000 precipitation combined with differential ultracentrifugation (PPDU) was an efficient and practical method for the enrichment and purification of extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from the culture supernatant of human ovarian cancer cell line A2780 and from body fluids of patients with high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC).

Methods: PPDU was used to enrich and purify the EVs derived from body fluids of patients with HSGC and cell culture supernatant of subclones of human ovarian cancer cell line A2780 with high/low invasive capacity (named as A-H/A-L, respectively). Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) were used to identificate the EVs size and distribution.

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Ovarian carcinoma is the deadliest type of gynecological cancer. The unique tumor microenvironment enables specific and efficient metastasis, weakens immunological monitoring, and mediates drug resistance. Tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) are a crucial part of the TME and are involved in various aspects of tumor behavior.

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Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a bioactive lipid component of ovarian cancer activating factor, which is present at a high concentration in the ascitic fluid and plasma of patients with ovarian cancer. A group of six lysophosphatidic acid receptors (LPARs), LPAR1 through LPAR6, which belong to the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily (GPCR), mediate cellular activities of LPA and activates a series of downstream molecules and cellular responses, including biological and pathological effects. LPARs are widely expressed in normal ovary, benign tumor, and ovarian cancer tissues and cancer cell lines with a broad range of levels.

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