Robot-Assisted Correction of a Supra-Long Tracheal Stenosis Using C-Type Nickel-Titanium Alloy Exterior Stenting and Suspension Fixation Technique: A Case Report.

T-tubes and airway stents are commonly used but have limited effectiveness and frequent complications. A 50-year-old male patient presented with severe tracheal stenosis, affecting an 8.7 cm length of the airway.

Transcriptome and Lipidomic Analysis Suggests Lipid Metabolism Reprogramming and Upregulating Promotes Stemness in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Stem-like Cells.

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are considered to play a key role in the development and progression of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). However, little is known about lipid metabolism reprogramming in PDAC CSCs. Here, we assigned stemness indices, which were used to describe and quantify CSCs, to every patient from the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA-PAAD) database and observed differences in lipid metabolism between patients with high and low stemness indices.

Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus licheniformis Strain GN02, Isolated from the Root Surface of Brassica chinensis.

Bacillus licheniformis GN02 was isolated from the root surface of Pak Choi Cabbage (Brassica chinensis). Here, we report the whole-genome sequence of strain GN02, which includes only a circular chromosome (4,252,022 bp; GC content, 46.08%).

RP01 Enhances the Expression of Growth-Related Genes in Cotton and Promotes Plant Growth by Altering Microbiota inside and outside the Root.

Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) can promote plant growth in various ways, allowing PGPB to replace chemical fertilizers to avoid environmental pollution. PGPB is also used for bioremediation and in plant pathogen control. The isolation and evaluation of PGPB are essential not only for practical applications, but also for basic research.

Shear wave elastography of the diaphragm in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A prospective observational study.

Patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are prone to diaphragmatic dysfunction. However, dynamic assessment of diaphragmatic function is complex and difficult, and whether the assessment of diaphragmatic function can reflect clinical indicators such as lung function in AECOPD patients remains unclear. We studied diaphragm stiffness and diaphragm stiffening rate (DSR) in AECOPD patients with acute exacerbations ≥ 2 times within 1 year and their correlation with clinical data, the diaphragmatic thickening fraction (DTF), lung function, and blood gas values.

Robot-assisted resection of multiple lung nodules through combination of intercostal incisions and a subxiphoid incision as a utility port.

Introduction: Robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) via subxiphoid incision may be superior in resection of multiple lung nodules.

Methods: Outcomes of robot-assisted one-stage bilateral lobectomy or segmentectomy via intercostal and subxiphoid incisions for multiple ground-glass opacities were analysed.

Results: Total 36 cases were analysed in this study.

Tumor-associated macrophages-educated reparative macrophages promote diabetic wound healing.

Nonhealing diabetic wounds, with persistent inflammation and damaged vasculature, have failed conventional treatments and require comprehensive interference. Here, inspired by tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) that produce abundant immunosuppressive and proliferative factors in tumor development, we generate macrophages to recapitulate TAMs' reparative functions, by culturing normal macrophages with TAMs' conditional medium (TAMs-CM). These TAMs-educated macrophages (TAMEMs) outperform major macrophage phenotypes (M0, M1, or M2) in suppressing inflammation, stimulating angiogenesis, and activating fibroblasts in vitro.

Characterizing the Proliferation Patterns of Representative Microsporidian Species Enlightens Future Studies of Infection Mechanisms.

Background: Microsporidia are a group of pathogens that infect all kinds of animals, such as humans, silkworms, honeybees, and shrimp; they, therefore, pose a severe threat to public health and the economy. There are over 1500 species of microsporidia that have been reported, among which and are the representative zoonotic and insect-infecting species, respectively. Investigating their cell infection patterns is of great significance for understanding their infection mechanisms.

Discovery of MAO-B Inhibitor with Machine Learning, Topomer CoMFA, Molecular Docking and Multi-Spectroscopy Approaches.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia and is a serious disruption to normal life. Monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) is an important target for the treatment of AD. In this study, machine learning approaches were applied to investigate the identification model of MAO-B inhibitors.

Radiomics combined with clinical features in distinguishing non-calcifying tuberculosis granuloma and lung adenocarcinoma in small pulmonary nodules.

Aim: To evaluate the performance of radiomics models with the combination of clinical features in distinguishing non-calcified tuberculosis granuloma (TBG) and lung adenocarcinoma (LAC) in small pulmonary nodules.

Methodology: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 280 patients with pulmonary nodules confirmed by surgical biopsy from January 2017 to December 2020. Samples were divided into LAC group ( = 143) and TBG group ( = 137).

Loss of GABARAPL1 confers ferroptosis resistance to cancer stem-like cells in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Cancer stem-like cells (CSLC) are considered a major contributor to the development and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Previous studies indicated that CSLC are characterized by resistance to ferroptosis, a type of lipid peroxidation-dependent cell death. Here, we identified a set of ferroptosis-related stemness genes (FRSG) and found that these genes may be involved in immune infiltration in HCC.

Microsporidia Promote Host Mitochondrial Fragmentation by Modulating DRP1 Phosphorylation.

Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites that infect a wide variety of hosts ranging from invertebrates to vertebrates. These parasites have evolved strategies to directly hijack host mitochondria for manipulating host metabolism and immunity. However, the mechanism of microsporidia interacting with host mitochondria is unclear.

Characterization of the Largest Secretory Protein Family, Ricin B Lectin-like Protein, in : Insights into Microsporidian Adaptation to Host.

Microsporidia are a group of obligate intracellular pathogens infecting nearly all animal phyla. The microsporidian has been isolated from several lepidopteran species, including the economy-important silkworms as well as several crop pests. Proteins secreted by parasites can be important virulent factors in modulating host pathways.

Glucose oxidase loaded Cu based metal-organic framework for glutathione depletion/reactive oxygen species elevation enhanced chemotherapy.

Introduction: The development of multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major cause for the failure of chemotherapy, which requires the aid of nanomedicine.

Methods: Here in our study, a Cu based metal-organic framework (COF) was firstly developed and employed as a carrier for the delivery of glucose oxidase (GOx) and doxorubicin (Dox) (COF/GOx/Dox) for the therapy of MDR lung cancers.

Results: Our results showed that the GOx can catalyze glucose and produce HO.

Proteomic Identification of Organelles Using the Engineered Ascorbate Peroxidase APEX and Development of Silkworm Organelle Proteome Database (SilkOrganPDB).

Silkworm is an economically important insect and a lepidopteran model. Organelle proteome is vital to understanding gene functions; however, it remains to be identified in silkworm. Here, using the engineered ascorbate peroxidase APEX, we constructed transgenic embryo cells (BmE) expressing APEX-NLS, COX4-APEX, APEX-Rev, and APEX-KDEL in nucleus, mitochondrial matrix (MM), cytosol, and endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and isolated the biotin-labeled proteins using streptavidin-affinity purification, respectively.

Expression and Identification of a Novel Spore Wall Protein in Microsporidian Nosema bombycis.

Microsporidia are a group of obligate intracellular parasites causing significant disease in human beings and economically important animals. Though a few spore wall proteins (SWPs) have now been identified in these intriguing species, the information on SWPs remains too little to elucidate the spore wall formation mechanisms of microsporidia. It has been well described that numerous proteins with tandem repeats tend to be localized on the cell wall of fungi and parasites.

Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses Against Microsporidia Infection in Mammals.

Microsporidia are obligate intracellular and eukaryotic pathogens that can infect immunocompromised and immunocompetent mammals, including humans. Both innate and adaptive immune systems play important roles against microsporidian infection. The innate immune system can partially eliminate the infection by immune cells, such as gamma delta T cell, natural killer cells (NKs), macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs), and present the pathogens to lymphocytes.

In-vitro cultivation of Nosema bombycis sporoplasms: A method for potential genetic engineering of microsporidia.

Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites and cannot be cultured in vitro, which limits the use of current genetic engineering technologies on this pathogen. We isolated sporoplasms of Nosema bombycis to attempt to culture the pathogen in vitro. Cell-free medium was designed and successfully maintained the sporoplasms for 5 days.

Characterization of Hsp70 gene family provides insight into its functions related to microsporidian proliferation.

Heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70), a highly conserved protein family, is widely distributed in organisms and plays fundamental roles in biotic and abiotic stress responses. However, reports on Hsp70 genes are scarce in microsporidia, a very large group of obligate intracellular parasites that can infect nearly all animals, including humans. In this study, we identified 37 Hsp70 proteins from eight microsporidian genomes and classified them into four subfamilies (A-D).

High-salt diet inhibits tumour growth in mice via regulating myeloid-derived suppressor cell differentiation.

High-salt diets are associated with an elevated risk of autoimmune diseases, and immune dysregulation plays a key role in cancer development. However, the correlation between high-salt diets (HSD) and cancer development remains unclear. Here, we report that HSD increases the local concentration of sodium chloride in tumour tissue, inducing high osmotic stress that decreases both the production of cytokines required for myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) expansion and MDSCs accumulation in the blood, spleen, and tumour.

Description of misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis of fetal complex heart malformations by prenatal echocardiography combined with postnatal cardiovascular casting.

Objective: To compare prenatal echocardiography with postnatal cardiovascular casting for detection of fetal cardiovascular malformations, and to discuss the causes of prenatal misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis.

Methods: We retrospectively identified patients from 2013 to 2018 at our Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center who were reported to have a fetal diagnosis of severe congenital heart malformations (CHMs). Subjects had postnatal confirmation of CHMs.

Morphology and Transcriptome Analysis of Nosema bombycis Sporoplasm and Insights into the Initial Infection of Microsporidia.

Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites that infect a wide variety of host organisms, including humans. The sporoplasm is the initial stage of microsporidian infection and proliferation, but its morphological and molecular characteristics are poorly understood. In this study, the sporoplasm of was successfully isolated and characterized after the induction of spore germination The sporoplasm was spherical, 3.

The Loss of Expression Associated with a Strongly Activated Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Predicts Poor Prognosis in Resected Pancreatic Cancer.

: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) progression is mediated by mutations in driver genes and a complex stroma that is mainly dependent on the Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling pathway. However, the association between driver genes and Shh-pathway proteins and their potential prognostic significance remain unclear. : We analyzed protein expressions of the , and driver genes and the Shh-pathway molecules, including Shh, glioma-associated oncogene (Gli) 1, Gli2, and smoothened (SMO) by immunohistochemistry using tissue microarrays in 237 patients with resectable PDAC and statistically determined their prognostic significance.

Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation Volume Ratio in Prenatal Assessment of Prognosis of Fetal Pulmonary Sequestrations.

This study aimed to evaluate the prognosis of pulmonary sequestration (PS) by measuring congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation volume ratio (CVR) value in fetal congenital PS. The fetal CVR in 49 cases of fetal PS diagnosed by prenatal ultrasound in Xiangyang No. 1 People's Hospital from March 2010 to June 2017 were measured, and the clinical outcomes were observed.