Cellular senescence is associated with tumorigenesis, and the subtype and prognostic signatures of senescence-related genes (SRGs) in the tumor microenvironment (TME) and gut microbiota have not been fully determined. Analysis of 91 SRGs obtained from the GSEA and MSigDB, and mRNA sequencing of genes in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) databases enabled the identification of two distinct molecular types of colorectal cancer (CRC). Patient samples were clustered into two subtypes, with Kaplan-Meier survival analyses showing significant differences in patient survival between the two subtypes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnorectal melanoma (ARM) is rare and lethal. We report a case of a 48-year-old woman with 9 months of rectal swelling and bleeding. Physical examination revealed a mass about 5 × 6 cm on the anterior wall of the rectum, 3 cm from the anal verge, and the patient underwent abdominoperineal resection (APR).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVascular endothelial cells are highly sensitive to oxidative stress, and this is one of the mechanisms by which widespread endothelial dysfunction is induced in most cardiovascular diseases and disorders. However, how these cells can survive in oxidative stress environments remains unclear. Salidroside, a traditional Chinese medicine, has been shown to confer vascular protective effects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFButyrate regulates multiple host cellular events including the cell cycle; however, little is known about the molecular mechanism by which butyrate induces a global down-regulation of the expression of genes associated with the cell cycle. Here, we demonstrate that treating HEK293T cells and the non-small-cell lung cancer cell line A549 with a high concentration of sodium butyrate reduces cyclin B1 expression. The underlying mechanism is related to the destabilization of its mRNA by tristetraprolin, which is up-regulated in response to sodium butyrate.
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