The red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) is the second most widely cultured crustacean globally. As a highly invasive species with a worldwide distribution, P. clarkii presents a substantial risk for the transmission of viral pathogens to native aquatic organisms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Analyze risk factors for cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) in adults and establish a nomogram model for CSA-AKI based on plasma soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) and clinical characteristics.
Methods: In a study of 170 patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) measured plasma suPAR levels. Multivariable logistic regression analysis identified risk factors associated with CSA-AKI.
Objective: Quanzhen Yiqi decoction (QZYQ) is a traditional Chinese medicine for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Methods: Mice were exposed to cigarette smoke (CS) 6 days/week (40 cigarettes/day) for 24 weeks and then intragastrically administered QZYQ (4.72, 9.
Bufei Huoxue capsule (BFHX) is widely used for the clinical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in China. The aim of this study is to explore the effects on COPD and the underlying mechanism of BFHX. In this study, we established a COPD mouse model through cigarette smoke (CS) exposure in combination with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) intratracheal instillation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExcessive exposure to manganese in the environment or workplace is strongly linked to neurodegeneration and cognitive impairment, but the precise pathogenic mechanism and preventive measures are still not fully understood. The study aimed to investigate manganese -induced oxidative damage in the nervous system from an epigenetic perspective, focusing on the H3K36ac-dependent antioxidant pathway. Additionally, it sought to examine the potential of curcumin in preventing manganese-induced oxidative damage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMitochondrial fission promotes glioma progression. The function and regulation mechanisms of lncRNAs in glioma mitochondrial fission are unclear. The expression of LINC00475 and its correlation with clinical parameters in glioma were analyzed using bioinformatics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLong-term excessive exposure to manganese can impair neuronal function in the brain, but the underlying pathological mechanism remains unclear. Oxidative stress plays a central role in manganese-induced neurotoxicity. Numerous studies have established a strong link between abnormal histone acetylation levels and the onset of various diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj
February 2024
The transgenic expression of rice triketone dioxygenase (TDO; also known as HIS1) can provide protection from triketone herbicides to susceptible dicot crops such as soybean. Triketones are phytotoxic inhibitors of plant hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenases (HPPD). The TDO gene codes for an iron/2-oxoglutarate-dependent oxidoreductase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Primary hepatic Burkitt lymphoma (PHBL) in children is an extremely rare hepatic malignancy with a dismal prognosis, unless it is detected and treated promptly. An 11-year-old child with abdominal pain was admitted to our hospital. No notable abnormalities were found during his physical examination or laboratory workup, but the abdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging both indicated a malignant hepatic mass measuring 9.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo investigate the heterogeneous expression patterns of four mismatch repair (MMR) proteins in colorectal cancer (CRC) and endometrial cancer (EC), and their effects on the interpretation of immunohistochemical (IHC) results. A total of 1636 CRC and EC specimens were collected from two hospitals. Seventy-eight cases had heterogeneous expression of MMR proteins, including 49 CRC and 29 EC cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a serious chronic lung disease. Schisandrin A (SchA) is one of the most important active ingredients in Schisandra chinensis and has been used to treat various lung diseases in several countries. Here, we studied the pharmacological effect of SchA on airway inflammation induced by cigarette smoke (CS) and explored the therapeutic mechanism of SchA in COPD model mice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecent advances in viromics have led to the discovery of a great diversity of RNA viruses and the identification of a large number of viral pathogens. A systematic exploration of viruses in Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis), one of the most important aquatic commercial species, is still lacking. Here, we characterized the RNA viromes of asymptomatic, milky disease (MD)-affected, and hepatopancreatic necrosis syndrome (HPNS)-affected Chinese mitten crabs collected from 3 regions in China.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEthnopharmacological Relevance: Bufei huoxue (BFHX) is a Traditional Chinese Medicine formulation that consists of Astragalus Exscapus L, Paeonia Lactiflora Pall, and Psoralea Aphylla L. It can ameliorate collagen deposition and inhibit EMT. However, it remains unknown whether and how BFHX alleviates IPF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To explore the results of the Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for World Health Organization (WHO) grade I intracranial meningiomas after surgical resection.
Methods: A total of 130 patients who were pathologically diagnosed as having WHO grade I meningiomas and who underwent post-operative GKRS were retrospectively reviewed in a single center.
Results: Of the 130 patients, 51 patients (39.
The giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, is an important aquaculture species in China. Growth retardation disease (GRD) is a common contagious disease in , resulting in slow growth and precocious puberty in prawns, and has caused growing economic losses in the industry. To investigate the viral diversity of and identify potentially high-risk viruses linked to GRD, virome analysis of the GRD-affected and normal was carried out using next-generation sequencing (NGS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicroplastics (MPs) have worldwide accumulated in aquatic environments and coexisted with various water contaminants including perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) that are frequently detected. The adverse effects of individual MPs or PFCs on aquatic organisms have been extensively reported; however, the combined toxicity of MPs and PFCs remains unknown. This study evaluated the combined toxicity of MPs [pristine and aged polystyrene (PS)] and a PFC [ammonium perfluorooctanoate (APFO)] to Daphnia magna under different concentration ratios by three classic methods: toxicity unit, additive index, and mixed toxicity index.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aims of this study were to investigate the long-term outcomes of primary versus postoperative Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for benign meningiomas.
Methods: Three hundred and forty meningioma patients underwent GKRS were retrospectively reviewed. Patients in the postoperative GKRS group were matched to those in the primary GKRS group, in a 1:1 ratio.
Background: Breast cancer (BC), the most common cause of cancer death in women, overtook lung cancer as the leading cause of cancer worldwide in 2020. Although many studies have proposed KIN17 as a biomarker of tumorigenesis in different cancer types, its role in tumor metastasis, particularly in BC metastasis, has been underexplored. This study aimed to explore the role of KIN17 in BC metastasis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBACKGROUND The aim of this study was to review outcomes of gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for prolactinoma and report our experience with it. MATERIAL AND METHODS We reviewed the patient database in our center and identified 24 patients with prolactinoma who underwent GKRS from 1993 to 2016. Complete endocrine, clinical, and radiological data were available on these individuals before and after GKRS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcomes of initial Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for patients with nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs).
Design And Methods: This was a single-center retrospective study. Eighty-one patients with NFPAs undergoing initial GKRS were enrolled.
Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao
July 2018
Objective: To observe effects of on hepatocarcinoma (HCC) cell vasculogenic mimicry (VM) and explore the molecular mechanism by which inhibits HCC metastasis and invasion.
Methods: Forty male SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups for gastric lavage of normal saline or high, moderate or low doses of (twice daily) for 4 consecutive days. The sera were collected from the rats for treatment of cultured human HCC HepG2 cells.
In this paper we describe the expression, purification, kinetics and biophysical characterization of alanine aminotransferase (AlaAT) from the barley plant (Hordeum vulgare). This dimeric PLP-dependent enzyme is a pivotal element of several key metabolic pathways from nitrogen assimilation to carbon metabolism, and its introduction into transgenic plants results in increased yield. The enzyme exhibits a bi-bi ping-pong reaction mechanism with a K(m) for alanine, 2-oxoglutarate, glutamate and pyruvate of 3.
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