Publications by authors named "Huo Xiao"

Purpose: This study investigates the role of exosomes in ovarian cancer heterogeneity, which contributes to metastasis. By examining the variability of exosomes from different ovarian cancer cells, which aims to elucidate the molecular mechanisms driving this heterogeneity.

Experimental Design: Ovarian cancer cell lines were subjected to clonal culture and single-cell sorting.

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Coherence scanning interferometry (CSI) is a non-destructive method for measuring the microstructure surface topography, but it fails to retrieve the bottom topography because the detection light is blocked by the sidewalls of the high aspect ratio (HAR) samples. Our team has proposed CSI technology with the detection light transparent to the sample to measure the surface topography thus ensuring the numerical aperture of the detection light with high throughput. However, a dedicated optical path to monitor the aberrations caused by the modulation from the sample is necessary and a complex optical path is added for aberration correction, which inevitably increases the design complexity and component costs of the optical system.

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Following myocardial infarction (MI), the accumulation of CD86-positive macrophages in the ischemic injury zone leads to secondary myocardial damage. Precise pharmacological intervention targeting this process remains challenging. This study engineered a nanotherapeutic delivery system with CD86-positive macrophage-specific targeting and ultrasound-responsive release capabilities.

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  • - Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorders significantly endanger maternal health due to risks of severe bleeding and the necessity for hysterectomy, highlighting the need for reliable biomarkers.
  • - This study identified miR-23a-5p as a potentially valuable biomarker for PAS through RNA-seq and qRT-PCR analysis, showing it is down-regulated in PAS cases while its target genes ASF1B and CHTF8 are up-regulated.
  • - Combining miR-23a-5p with CHTF8 enhances diagnostic accuracy for PAS and related adverse outcomes, with improved AUC values suggesting their effectiveness as novel biomarkers.
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Topography measurement of high aspect ratio trench array using coherence scanning interferometry presents significant challenges because the numerical aperture of detection light is constrained by the trenches. Altering the detection light to penetrate the sample like near-infrared light for silicon could overcome this obstacle, but the trench array spreads the detection light. This study introduces a coherence scanning interferometry model based on three-dimensional point spread function and assuming sample is transparent to detection light, which is realized by integrating rigorous numerical electromagnetic field solution to quantify the modulation aberrations of detection light by transparent trench arrays, and theoretical angular spectrum diffraction utilized for far-field interference imaging.

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Background: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a common oral mucosal disease, clinically categorized into erosive OLP (EOLP) and non-erosive OLP (NEOLP) based on symptoms, but its pathogenic mechanism remains unclear. This study aims to explore the relationship between OLP and the oral microbiome.

Methods: We collected oral mucosal samples from 49 patients and 10 healthy individuals and conducted 16S rRNA and ITS gene sequencing to explore the oral fungal and bacterial communities.

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The regulation of PD-L1 is the key question, which largely determines the outcome of the immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) based therapy. However, besides the transcription level, the protein stability of PD-L1 is closely correlated with its function and has drawn increasing attention. In this study, EZH2 inhibition enhances PD-L1 expression and protein stability, and the deubiquitinase ubiquitin-specific peptidase 22 (USP22) is identified as a key mediator in this process.

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  • Ovarian cancer is a highly lethal gynecological cancer often diagnosed late, with metabolic disorders in lipid and arachidonic acid pathways linked to its progression.
  • A robust 10-gene signature model has been developed to predict prognosis based on PUFA-related genes, showing strong associations with clinical outcomes across multiple datasets.
  • High levels of the enzyme LTA4H correlate with poor prognosis and may affect the sensitivity to chemotherapy and immune cell behavior, suggesting new therapeutic targets in ovarian cancer treatment.
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Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) converts saturated fatty acids to monounsaturated fatty acids. The expression of SCD1 is increased in many cancers, and the altered expression contributes to the proliferation, invasion, sternness and chemoresistance of cancer cells. Recently, more evidence has been reported to further support the important role of SCD1 in cancer, and the regulation mechanism of SCD1 has also been focused.

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Accurately calibrating an unfocused plenoptic camera is essential to its applications. Rapid progress has been made in this area in the past decades. In this paper, detailed analysis is first performed toward the state-of-the-art projection model.

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Tumors with BRCA1/2 mutations or homologous recombination repair defects are sensitive to PARP inhibitors through the mechanism of synthetic lethality. Several PARP inhibitors are currently approved for ovarian, breast and pancreatic cancer in clinical practice. However, more than 40% of patients with BRCA1/2 mutations are insensitive to PARP inhibitors, which has aroused attention to the mechanism of PARP resistance and sensitization schemes.

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  • Ionizing radiation causes oxidative stress and ferroptosis, which are crucial for effectively killing liver tumors, but many tumors resist these effects, making radiation therapy less effective.
  • Researchers created irradiated HepG2 liver cancer cells, revealing that amino acids increased under ferroptosis stress, with N-acetylglutamine playing a key role in tumor progression.
  • Reducing glutamine in the diet boosted ferroptosis in these cells, while adding it back halted the process, suggesting that the glutamine transporter SLC1A5 may be a promising target for improving radiation treatment outcomes.
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  • Ovarian cancer has a high resistance to chemotherapy and the highest mortality rate among gynecological cancers, necessitating the identification of patients who could benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy despite low response rates.
  • Researchers used datasets from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) to identify immune checkpoint genes (ICGs) and their correlation with tumor mutation burden and patient survival.
  • The study found specific ICGs significantly linked to overall survival, and patients with high levels of certain ICGs (like ICOS and TIGIT) and CD8A had better survival rates, indicating the potential for tailored treatments based on immune subtype identification.
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Background: Tumor microenvironment (TME) is the crucial mediator of tumor progression, and the TME model based on immune cell infiltration to characterize ovarian cancer is considered to be a promising strategy.

Methods: Sample data of three ovarian cancer cohorts were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) databases. The scores of 22 kinds of immune cells were calculated based on CIBERSORT, and the TME clusters (TMECs) of ovarian cancer was determined by ConsensusClusterPlus.

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Background: The benefit of combined treatment with intravenous thrombolysis before endovascular thrombectomy in patients with acute ischaemic stroke caused by large vessel occlusion remains unclear. We hypothesised that the clinical outcomes of patients with stroke with large vessel occlusion treated with direct endovascular thrombectomy within 4·5 h would be non-inferior compared with the outcomes of those treated with standard bridging therapy (intravenous thrombolysis before endovascular thrombectomy).

Methods: DIRECT-SAFE was an international, multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint trial.

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Background: Impaired behavioral inhibition is a critical factor in drug addiction and relapse. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) reduces the craving of heroin-addicted individuals for drug-related cues. However, it is unclear whether this technique also improves impaired behavioral inhibition and how improved behavioral inhibition affects craving.

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Background: Sensitivity has been a key issue for Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) inhibitors in cancer therapy. The EZH2 inhibitor EPZ-6438 was first approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2020. However, its inadequate anti-cancer activity in solid tumors limits its clinical application.

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Purpose: In this study, the addition of ixazomib to lenalidomide maintenance post-autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) in 64 patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma was evaluated on the basis of the observed benefit of lenalidomide-only maintenance in prior studies.

Patients And Methods: Patients were started on maintenance therapy with lenalidomide and ixazomib within 60-180 days of stem cell infusion.

Results: Response rates deepened over time from baseline post-ASCT for 39 patients.

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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: Colposcopy was referred in cases with severe abnormalities in co-testing. Although p16/Ki67 dual staining reduced the referral rate, its sensitivity and specificity need to be enhanced.

Methods: The expressions of p16, Ki-67, SMAD3, YAP1, RELA were evaluated in the colposcopy referral population.

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Background: Although the incidence of cervical cancer has decreased in recent decades with the development of human papillomavirus vaccines and cancer screening, cervical cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide. Identifying potential biomarkers for cervical cancer treatment and prognosis prediction is necessary.

Methods: Samples with mRNA sequencing, copy number variant, single nucleotide polymorphism and clinical follow-up data were downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas database and randomly divided into a training dataset (N=146) and a test dataset (N=147).

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Background: Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality rate among gynecologic cancers, and most patients are diagnosed in advanced stages. Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is a major tumor marker and an effective therapeutic target for ovarian cancer, but the underlying molecular mechanism remains unclear. The present study investigated the biological effects of EZH2 knockout in SKOV3 cells and and explored the molecular mechanism by integrated analysis of messenger RNA sequencing (mRNA-seq) and chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) data.

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Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is a common disease with ulcers in oral cavity which may trigger chewing, speaking, and swallowing difficulties to patients. Treatment of RAS is primarily aimed at pain relief and the promotion of wound healing. However, few agents have been found to have definite effect in the management of RAS and most of the medicinal products may cause adverse reactions or other disadvantages, which makes their clinical usage questionable.

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To investigate the efficacy of fertility-sparing treatment for young women with grade 2 presumed stage IA endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma (EEA). We performed a retrospectively review of eight patients affected by grade 2 presumed stage IA endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma who underwent fertility-sparing treatment in the Peking Union Medical College Hospital between 2011 and 2018. The median age of patients was 26 years (range, 22-35 years).

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Background: An increasing number of newborn children in numerous nations are enrolled in early childhood education programs, and instructors, in this way, assume a focal job in invigorating language improvement in these youthful kids. Kids with language issues are found to have a higher risk for future scholarly challenges and learning inabilities. Language advancement among kids is an intricate procedure and vital for correspondence.

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