Front Med (Lausanne)
November 2024
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFHLA donor-specific antibodies (DSA) elicit alloimmune responses against the graft vasculature, leading to endothelial cell (EC) activation and monocyte infiltration during antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). AMR promotes chronic inflammation and remodeling, leading to thickening of the arterial intima termed transplant vasculopathy (TV) or cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) in heart transplants. Intragraft-recipient macrophages serve as a diagnostic marker in AMR however, their polarization and function remain unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, straw residue (SR) was prepared from corn straw by a combined pre-treatment method that involved both microbial treatment (Myrothecium verrucaria, Aspergillus niger, and Trichoderma reesei) and treatment with ρ-toluenesulfonic acid. After pre-treatment, the cellulose content of the residues reached 79.3 %, 72.
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October 2024
Purpose: Predicting 24-hour peak and average intraocular pressure (IOP) is essential for the diagnosis and management of glaucoma. This study aimed to develop and assess a machine learning model for predicting 24-hour peak and average IOP, leveraging advanced techniques to enhance prediction accuracy. We also aimed to identify relevant features and provide insights into the prediction results to better inform clinical practice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this work, corn straw was used as raw material, Hummers method and activation were used to adjust the graphite structure in biochar, and preparing straw based biochar (H-BCS) with ultra-high specific surface area (3441.80 m/g), highly total pore volume (1.9859 cm/g), and further enhanced physicochemical properties.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHLA donor-specific antibodies (DSA) elicit alloimmune responses against the graft vasculature, leading to endothelial cell (EC) activation and monocyte infiltration during antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). AMR promotes chronic inflammation and remodeling, leading to thickening of the arterial intima termed transplant vasculopathy or cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) in heart transplants. Intragraft-recipient macrophages serve as a diagnostic marker in AMR; however, their polarization and function remain unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is known to be highly expressed in various malignancies, including head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). We aimed to determine the prevalence of PD-L1 expression in recurrent or metastatic HNSCC (R/M HNSCC) among Chinese patients.
Methods: This multicentre, retrospective analysis of data from six centres in China included patients with R/M HNSCC treated from 9 August 2021 to 28 February 2022.
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) presents significant challenges to female health owing to the lack of therapeutic targets and its poor prognosis. In recent years, in the field of molecular pathology, there has been a growing focus on the role of intra-tumoral microbial communities and metabolic alterations in tumor cells. However, the precise mechanism through which microbiota and their metabolites influence TNBC remains unclear and warrants further investigation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMany cases of blindness are caused by age-related cataracts (ARCs). N6-methyladenosine (m6A)-modified circRNA widely participates in disease progression. However, the role of m6A modification of circRNA in ARC is unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSolid-organ transplant recipients exhibiting HLA donor-specific Abs are at risk for graft loss due to chronic Ab-mediated rejection. HLA Abs bind HLA molecules expressed on the surface of endothelial cells (ECs) and induce intracellular signaling pathways, including the activation of the transcriptional coactivator yes-associated protein (YAP). In this study, we examined the impact of lipid-lowering drugs of the statin family on YAP localization, multisite phosphorylation, and transcriptional activity in human ECs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDonor-specific HLA Abs contribute to Ab-mediated rejection (AMR) by binding to HLA molecules on endothelial cells (ECs) and triggering intracellular signaling, leading to EC activation and leukocyte recruitment. The molecular mechanisms involving donor-specific HLA Ab-mediated EC activation and leukocyte recruitment remain incompletely understood. In this study, we determined whether TLRs act as coreceptors for HLA class I (HLA I) in ECs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAvanafil is a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor which is used to treat erectile dysfunction in men. The process-related impurities of avanafil were investigated, and four kinds of impurities in several laboratory batches with a content of 0.29-1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, we used a combination of chemical and biological pretreatment methods to extract cellulose from corn straw with a relative content of 92.40%. The adsorption performance and mechanism of the prepared porous carbon were investigated using synthetic dye malachite green (MG) and antibiotic tetracycline hydrochloride (TC) as adsorption models.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: DNA methylation played a vital role in the progression of diabetic retinopathy. In this study, we aimed to explore the role of DNA cytosine-5-methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) in the development of early diabetic retinopathy and its potential underlying mechanism.
Methods: Eight-week-old healthy Mongolian gerbils were used to establish type 1 diabetes using streptozotocin (STZ).
Ab cross-linking of HLA class I (HLA I) molecules on the surface of endothelial cells (EC) triggers proliferative and prosurvival intracellular signaling, which is implicated in the process of chronic allograft rejection, also known as transplant vasculopathy. Despite the importance of Ab-mediated rejection in transplantation, the mechanisms involved remain incompletely understood. In this study, we examined the regulation of yes-associated protein (YAP) localization, phosphorylation, and transcriptional activity in human ECs challenged with Abs that bind HLA I.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: Sterile inflammation is a major clinical concern during ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) triggered by traumatic events, including stroke, myocardial infarction, and solid organ transplantation. Despite high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) clearly being involved in sterile inflammation, its role is controversial because of a paucity of patient-focused research.
Approach And Results: Here, we examined the role of HMGB1 oxidation states in human IRI following liver transplantation.
Transplant recipients developing donor-specific HLA class II (HLA-II) Abs are at higher risk for Ab-mediated rejection (AMR) and transplant vasculopathy. To understand how HLA-II Abs cause AMR and transplant vasculopathy, we determined the signaling events triggered in vascular endothelial cells (EC) following Ab ligation of HLA-II molecules. HLA-II expression in EC was induced by adenoviral vector expression of CIITA or by pretreatment with TNF-α/IFN-γ.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Glaucoma is hallmarked with the death of retinal neurons in the ganglion cell layer, which results in irreversible vision loss. The abnormal levels of miRNA have been associated with glaucoma. Our study purposed to explore the underlying molecule mechanism of miR-93-5p in NMDA-induced glaucoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntibody-mediated rejection (AMR) resulting in transplant allograft vasculopathy (TAV) is the major obstacle for long-term survival of solid organ transplants. AMR is caused by donor-specific antibodies to HLA, which contribute to TAV by initiating outside-in signaling transduction pathways that elicit monocyte recruitment to activated endothelium. Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors can attenuate TAV; therefore, we sought to understand the mechanistic underpinnings of mTOR signaling in HLA class I Ab-mediated endothelial cell activation and monocyte recruitment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe signaling capacity of HLA molecules in vascular cells has been well established. Intracellular signaling and association with the coreceptor integrin β4 has been well-studied for HLA class I. However, little is known regarding HLA class II intracellular signaling in human endothelial cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRationale: The effectiveness of transplanted bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for cardiac repair has been limited; thus, strategies for optimizing stem-cell-based myocardial therapy are needed.
Objective: The present study was designed to test our central hypothesis that hypoxia-preconditioned MSCs (HP-MSCs) are more effective than MSCs cultured under ambient oxygen levels for the treatment of myocardial injury in a large-scale (N=49), long-term (9 months), nonhuman primate (Cynomolgous monkeys) investigation.
Methods And Results: MSCs were engineered to express green fluorescent protein, cultured under ambient oxygen or 0.
Background: The effect of liver resection on acetaminophen metabolism and whether it is affected by residual liver volume is poorly understood.
Methods: We investigated the effects of liver resection on acetaminophen metabolism in a single centre, prospective observational, case-control study of inpatients. Patients undergoing liver resection were administered therapeutic post-operative acetaminophen.
Purpose: To analyze the effect of a resolvin D1 (RvD1) analogue (RvD1a) on dendritic cell maturation, T-cell sensitization, and allograft rejection in corneal allotransplantation.
Methods: The receptor expression of RvD1 (ALX/FPR2) on bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDC) was measured using quantitative real-time PCR. We determined BMDC maturation after treatment with RvD1a using ELISA to measure interleukin (IL)-12 protein expression and flow cytometry to assess the expression of CD40, major histocompatibility complex (MHC) II, CD80, and CD86.