Publications by authors named "Kaining Lu"

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) exhibit significant potential in the context of cell therapy because of their capacity to perform a range of interconnected functions in damaged tissues, including immune modulation, hematopoietic support, and tissue regeneration. MSCs are hypoimmunogenic because of their diminished expression of major histocompatibility molecules, absence of costimulatory molecules, and presence of coinhibitory molecules. While autologous MSCs reduce the risk of rejection and infection, variability in cell numbers and proliferation limits their potential applications.

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Worldwide, breast cancer is the most common malignancy. LHX2, a member of the LIM homeobox gene family and a transcription factor, plays a crucial role in numerous tumors, but the function of LHX2 in breast cancer progression remains unknown. In this study, we show that LHX2 is upregulated in breast cancer tissues and positively correlated with breast cancer progression.

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Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, and despite recent advances in targeted therapies and immunotherapies, the clinical benefit remains limited. Therefore, there is an urgent need to further investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying lung cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression and function of NPM3 in the tumor microenvironment of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD).

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Thyroid cancer can be divided into two types according to its cellular origin, i.e., malignant tumors originating from thyroid cells and cancers that metastasize to the thyroid from other sites, the latter of which are, clinically rare.

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Regional lymph node metastasis (LNM) increases the risk of distant metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) patients. However, it remains unclear how tumor cells in PTC patients with LNM evade immune system surveillance and proceed to colonize distant organs. Here, we comprehensively characterize the tumor-infiltrating immune cell landscape in PTC with LNM.

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DCAF13 is a substrate recognition protein in the ubiquitin-proteasome system with oncogenic effects in several malignant tumors. However, it is unclear that the relationship between DCAF13 expression pattern and prognosis across different cancer types. Also unknown is the biological function or effects on the immune microenvironment of DCAF13.

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Background: The incidence and recurrence rate of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) are high. Thus, it is critical to accurately identify patients at high risk of recurrence. Pyroptosis is a type of programmed cell death closely related to the progression and prognosis of cancer.

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Article Synopsis
  • An 86-year-old man had a Foley catheter put in but it ended up in the wrong place, his ureter, causing him pain.
  • The doctors tried different methods to fix it, like cutting the catheter, but nothing worked until they used a special needle to puncture the balloon and remove the catheter.
  • This is the first time a Foley catheter was successfully taken out of the ureter using this method, and it highlights that doctors may need to try different approaches when things go wrong.
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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play a significant role in cancer biology. This study aimed to determine the roles of lncRNAs in establishing the differences in clinical features between patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) without Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and patients with PTC and HT. In the present study, we detected the differentially expressed lncRNAs between tumor tissues of patients with PTC with or without HT through lncRNA microarrays.

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  • The study aimed to identify factors that increase the risk of lateral cervical lymph node metastasis (LLNM) in patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) by analyzing existing literature from multiple databases.
  • A total of 15 studies with 1,424 patients were reviewed, and it was found that 38.13% of them had LLNM. Key risk factors included male gender, larger tumor size, multifocality, capsule invasion, extracapsular extension, and presence of central lymph node metastasis.
  • Factors like older age, elevated carcinoembryonic antigen levels, and calcification were not significantly linked to LLNM. The research suggests that certain
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Chronic actinic dermatitis (CAD) is a rare chronic immunological photo-dermatosis resulting in pruritic eczematous eruption on sun-exposed skin to ultraviolet (UV) light. The disease mechanism may include a delay-type hypersensitivity reaction to an endogenous photo-induced antigen, postulated to be UVR-altered DNA, but the exact pathophysiology is unknown. Minimum erythema dosing and patch testing are diagnostic tools of CAD.

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Objective: To analyze and explore the risk factors of skip lateral cervical lymph node metastasis (SLLNM) in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).

Methods: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane, Wanfang, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and China Science and Technology Journal databases, updated to April 4, 2021, were systematically searched for literature on the risk factors of SLLNM in PTC. The meta-analysis was completed using Stata 15.

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Purpose: Development and validation of a nomogram for the prediction of lateral lymph node metastasis (LLNM) in medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC).

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical features of patients with MTC in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database between 2010 and 2017 and in our Department of Surgical Oncology, Hangzhou First People's Hospital between 2009 and 2019. The log-rank test was used to compare the difference in the Kaplan-Meier (K-M) curves in recurrence and survival.

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Purpose: To investigate the prognostic significance of extranodal extension (ENE) in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC).

Methods: Seven hundred forty-three PTC patients were enrolled in the study from January 2014 to December 2017. The patients were dichotomized according to the presence of ENE.

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Objective: Our goal was to investigate the correlation between papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) characteristics on ultrasonography and metastases of lymph nodes posterior to the right recurrent laryngeal nerve (LN-prRLN). There is still no good method for clinicians to judge whether a patient needs LN-prRLN resection before surgery, and we also wanted to establish a new scoring system to determine whether patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma require LN-prRLN resection before surgery.

Patients And Methods: There were 482 patients with right or bilateral PTC who underwent thyroid gland resection from December 2015 to December 2017 recruited as study subjects.

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Background:  Hunner's interstitial cystitis (HIC) is a complex disorder characterized by pelvic pain, disrupted urine storage, and Hunner lesions seen on cystoscopy. There are few effective diagnostic biomarkers. In the present study, we used the novel machine learning tool CIBERSORT to measure immune cell subset infiltration and potential novel diagnostic biomarkers for HIC.

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Sirtuin 6 () is a member of the third family of longevity proteins (SIRTs) that is involved in the development of different types of cancer. However, the potential role of in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and its molecular mechanism have not yet been fully elucidated. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the association between SIRT6 and ccRCC, and to further examine the underlying mechanism of its effect on ccRCC proliferation, using bioinformatics analysis, and and experiments.

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Objective: This study summarizes the anatomical features of the superior laryngeal nerve in Chinese to enable the rapid location of the superior laryngeal nerve during an operation.

Study Design: Retrospective analysis of anatomical data.

Setting: Hangzhou First People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University.

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Background: Partial nephrectomy or angioembolisation is commonly used for sporadic renal angiomyolipomas (RAMLs) with high RENAL scores, but there is a risk of reduced renal function, postoperative complications, and recurrence.

Objective: To describe a new technique for off-clamp laparoscopic evacuation of sporadic RAMLs with high RENAL scores that promotes maximal renal function maintenance and low postoperative complication and lesion recurrence rates.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A retrospective cohort of patients undergoing off-clamp laparoscopic evacuation for sporadic RAMLs with RENAL scores ≥9 from January 2013 to June 2018 was included.

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Tumor suppressor p53 is a short-lived nuclear transcription factor, which becomes stabilized and activated in response to a wide variety of cellular stresses. Around 50% of human cancer tissues carry mutations, and certain mutations contribute to chemoresistance. In the present study, we found that histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) acts as a co-activator of tumor suppressor p53 and participates in the early molecular events following DNA damage.

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BACKGROUND SIRT6 is a molecule of significant interest in the field of epigenetics. This review of the literature aimed to explore research hotspots and other bibliometric features of SIRT6 by applying several bibliometric analysis tools and by establishing a comprehensive scientometric analysis model of SIRT6. MATERIAL AND METHODS The research sample included 441 articles related to SIRT6 obtained from the Web of Science core collection.

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Sepsis is a common life-threatening pathological process. However, the transformation efficiency of studies on the treatment of sepsis is relatively low. Therefore, a hotspot and trend development study was attempted on the treatment area of sepsis in accordance with the literature.

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BACKGROUND Cancer immunotherapy is the use of the immune system to treat cancer. After years of research, there have been a significant number of publications in this field. We analyzed the literature and performed a hotspot analysis to identify important areas of future scientific research.

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