Model construction and risk analysis of the lncRNA genes associated with the prognosis of esophageal adenocarcinoma with immune infiltration.

Background: Our study analyzed the immune infiltration of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) tumor cells and identified long non-coding ribonucleic acid (lncRNA) genes to construct a prognostic model of EAC to evaluate the survival prognosis of patients and explore potential therapeutic targets.

Methods: The data of 89 patients with EAC, including 11 normal tissue samples and 78 EAC of tumor tissue samples, were downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas public database. Perl script and R software were used to run the code, conduct the statistical analysis, calculate the risk coefficients of the patients, and conduct the Cox regression analysis, immune-related lncRNA survival analysis, risk analysis, principal component analysis (PCA), and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.

PreS/2-21-Guided siRNA Nanoparticles Target to Inhibit Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Replication.

A viable therapy is needed to overcome the deadlock of the incurable chronic hepatitis B (CHB). The prolonged existence of covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) and integrated HBV DNA in the nucleus of hepatocytes is the root cause of CHB. As a result, it is critical to successfully suppress HBV DNA replication and eliminate cccDNA.

MicroRNA expression profiling and target gene analysis in gastric cancer.

This study aims to identify differentially expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) in gastric cancer by comparing gastric cancerous tissues with normal tissues, explore the potential roles.The miRNA expression microarray was employed on gastric cancer tissues, and apparently normal para-cancerous tissues from 3 patients undergoing radical surgery were matched. Quantitative RT-PCR was performed on the other 7 patients to validate the findings of the microarray.

Value of Viral Nucleic Acid in Sputum and Feces and Specific IgM/IgG in Serum for the Diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease 2019.

A new type of coronavirus-induced pneumonia eventually termed "coronavirus disease 2019" (COVID-19) was diagnosed in patients in Wuhan (Hubei Province, China) in December 2019, and soon spread worldwide. To improve the detection rate of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), we analyzed the results of viral nucleic acid and serum-specific antibody tests on clinical samples from 20 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection diagnosed at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University in China. By comparing various sample types collected from COVID-19 patients, we revealed multiple pathways for SARS-CoV-2 shedding, and a prolonged detectable period for viral nucleic acid test in sputum specimens, demonstrating that the timeline of the viral shedding is of great value in determining the time of release from quarantine or discharge from hospital.

A Novel CXCR4 Targeting Protein SDF-1/54 as an HIV-1 Entry Inhibitor.

CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) is a co-receptor for HIV-1 entry into target cells. Its natural ligand, the chemokine SDF-1, inhibits viral entry mediated by this receptor. However, the broad expression pattern of CXCR4 and its critical roles in various physiological and pathological processes indicate that the direct application of SDF-1 as an entry inhibitor might have severe consequences.

[Differentially expressed circular RNAs in human gastric cancer cells].

The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression profile of circular RNA (circRNA) in gastric cancer cells MGC-803, SGC-7901 and NCI-N87 with different degrees of differentiation and normal gastric epithelial cells GES-1. High throughput circRNA microarray technique was used to detect the differential expression of circRNA between three kinds of differentiated gastric cancer cells and normal gastric epithelial cells. The interaction of microRNAs (miRNAs) with circRNAs was predicted by bioinformatics software, and circRNA, which might have great significance in gastric cancer, was identified by literature search.