Publications by authors named "Keqiang Rao"

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  • Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major cause of cancer deaths globally, and traditional treatments often worsen patient conditions, highlighting the need for new management strategies.
  • Research shows that TET2 and KMT2D work together to regulate important genes involved in HCC, which could be targeted for therapy; KMT2D is particularly important as a tumor suppressor and enhances the anti-cancer effects of vitamin C.
  • The study reveals that patients with higher levels of TET2 and KMT2D have better outcomes, suggesting that these proteins play a critical role in HCC progression and could be used as potential targets for treatment.
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Comprehensive molecular analyses of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are lacking. Here, we generate multi-omic profiling of 257 primary and 176 metastatic regions from 182 HCC patients. Primary tumors rich in hypoxia signatures facilitated polyclonal dissemination.

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Background: Impaired liver regeneration in hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure (HBV-ACLF) patients is closely related to prognosis; however, the mechanisms are not yet defined. Liver-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) may be involved in the dysregulation of liver regeneration. Clarifying the underlying mechanisms will improve the treatments for HBV-ACLF.

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Purpose: Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase (MTHFD1), a key enzyme on the folate pathway, has been implicated in the tumor development of distinct types of cancers. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of 1958G > A mutation in the coding region of MTHFD1 (arginine 653 is mutated into glutamine) has been detected in a significant proportion of clinical samples of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS : Hepatoma cell lines, 97H and Hep3B were used.

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Cutaneous melanoma (CM) is the most fatal type of skin cancer with a high potency of metastasis, yet the treatment for metastatic melanoma remains limited. In this study, we are devoted to addressing the prognostic value and underlying mechanism of DNA damage repair-related genes in CM. We utilized integrated bioinformatic approaches and machine learning models to identify a cluster of convergently expressed DNA damage repair-related genes in melanoma.

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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common form of primary liver cancer and remains a global health challenge. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) is a promising therapeutic modality that blocks multiple disease-causing genes without impairing cell structures. However, siRNA therapeutics still have off-target proportion and lack effective quantitative analysis method in vivo.

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