An imbalance of T cell subgroups exists in children with sepsis.

The purpose of this study is to explore the role of different T cell subgroups in the pathogenesis of sepsis in children. Flow cytometry was used to detect the changes in the activation status and the number of T cell subgroups in the peripheral blood of children with sepsis; healthy children were selected as the control group. Compared with healthy children, the number of CD4+ T cells in the peripheral blood of children with sepsis did not change significantly (Z = 1.

Drosophila Histone Demethylase KDM5 Regulates Social Behavior through Immune Control and Gut Microbiota Maintenance.

Loss-of-function mutations in the histone demethylases KDM5A, KDM5B, or KDM5C are found in intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) patients. Here, we use the model organism Drosophila melanogaster to delineate how KDM5 contributes to ID and ASD. We show that reducing KDM5 causes intestinal barrier dysfunction and changes in social behavior that correlates with compositional changes in the gut microbiota.

Platelet integrin αIIbβ3: signal transduction, regulation, and its therapeutic targeting.

Integrins are a family of transmembrane glycoprotein signaling receptors that can transmit bioinformation bidirectionally across the plasma membrane. Integrin αIIbβ3 is expressed at a high level in platelets and their progenitors, where it plays a central role in platelet functions, hemostasis, and arterial thrombosis. Integrin αIIbβ3 also participates in cancer progression, such as tumor cell proliferation and metastasis.

Diverse tumour susceptibility in Collaborative Cross mice: identification of a new mouse model for human gastric tumourigenesis.

Objective: The Collaborative Cross (CC) is a mouse population model with diverse and reproducible genetic backgrounds used to identify novel disease models and genes that contribute to human disease. Since spontaneous tumour susceptibility in CC mice remains unexplored, we assessed tumour incidence and spectrum.

Design: We monitored 293 mice from 18 CC strains for tumour development.

No difference in 4-nitroquinoline induced tumorigenesis between germ-free and colonized mice.

Variations in oral bacterial communities have been linked to oral cancer suggesting that the oral microbiome is an etiological factor that can influence oral cancer development. The 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide (4-NQO)-induced murine oral and esophageal cancer model is frequently used to assess the effects of preventive and/or therapeutic agents. We used this model to assess the impact of the microbiome on tumorigenesis using axenic (germ-free) and conventionally housed mice.

Acute Kidney Injury among Hospitalized Children in China.

Background And Objectives: High-quality epidemiologic data on AKI in children are particularly lacking in developing countries. This study aimed to assess the epidemiology and clinical correlates of AKI among hospitalized children in China.

Design, Setting, Participants, & Measurements: We performed a multicenter study, in a cohort of hospitalized children aged 1 month to 18 years, from 25 general and children's hospitals in China during 2013-2015.

Evaluation of the activity levels of rat FVIII and human FVIII delivered by adeno-associated viral vectors both in vitro and in vivo.

The development of a novel coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) expression cassette with an enhanced activity for gene therapy of hemophilia A (HA) is essential. The biological properties of several non-human FVIII sequences, such as porcine and canine, have been evaluated. Here, we compared the activity level of rat FVIII (rFVIII) and human FVIII (hFVIII) by using single-chain and dual-chain strategies in 293 T cells and the HA mice.

Arsenic circumvents the gefitinib resistance by binding to P62 and mediating autophagic degradation of EGFR in non-small cell lung cancer.

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is characterized by hyperexpression and/or gain-of-function mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), resulting in an elevated overall kinase activity. Gefitinib is remarkably effective in patients with the L858R or ΔE746-A750-mutated of EGFR. However, drug resistance tends to develop because of the emergence of T790M mutation on EGFR.

A New Criterion for Pediatric AKI Based on the Reference Change Value of Serum Creatinine.

Background: Current definitions of AKI do not take into account serum creatinine's high variability in children.

Methods: We analyzed data from 156,075 hospitalized children with at least two creatinine tests within 30 days. We estimated reference change value (RCV) of creatinine on the basis of age and initial creatinine level in children without kidney disease or known AKI risk, and we used these data to develop a model for detecting pediatric AKI on the basis of RCV of creatinine.

Clinical features and genetic findings in Chinese children with distal renal tubular acidosis.

Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) is characterized by metabolic acidosis due to uric acid dysfunction. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the genetic diagnosis of Chinese children with dRTA by whole-exome sequencing. From Jan.

Genetic Susceptibility to Thirdhand-Smoke-Induced Lung Cancer Development.

Unlabelled: Recently, potential health concerns have been raised about thirdhand smoke (THS), a much less well-understood type of smoke exposure defined as residual tobacco smoke sorbed onto indoor surfaces after active smoking has ceased. THS exposure is derived from the involuntary inhalation, ingestion, or dermal uptake of indoor pollutants. The timescale for exposure to THS pollution is generally much longer than secondhand smoke, and could stretch to days, months, or years (long-term, low-level exposure).

Supplementary data for the biological age linked to oxidative stress modifies breast cancer aggressiveness.

The data presented in this article are related to the research paper entitled "The biological age linked to oxidative stress modifies breast cancer aggressiveness" (M.M. Sáez-Freire, A.

Enhanced Renal Afferent Arteriolar Reactive Oxygen Species and Contractility to Endothelin-1 Are Associated with Canonical Wnt Signaling in Diabetic Mice.

Background/aims: Canonical Wnt signaling is involved in oxidative stress, vasculopathy and diabetes mellitus but its role in diabetic renal microvascular dysfunction is unclear. We tested the hypothesis that enhanced canonical Wnt signaling in renal afferent arterioles from diabetic mice increases reactive oxygen species (ROS) and contractions to endothelin-1 (ET-1).

Methods: Streptozotocin-induced diabetes or control C57Bl/6 mice received vehicle or sulindac (40 mg·kg-1·day-1) to block Wnt signaling for 4 weeks.

Tempol Protects Against Acute Renal Injury by Regulating PI3K/Akt/mTOR and GSK3β Signaling Cascades and Afferent Arteriolar Activity.

Background/aims: Free radical scavenger tempol is a protective antioxidant against ischemic injury. Tubular epithelial apoptosis is one of the main changes in the renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Meanwhile some proteins related with apoptosis and inflammation are also involved in renal I/R injury.

Correction of interferogram data acquired using a focal plane FT-IR spectrometer system.

Interferogram data acquired using the focal plane of a Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer acquisition system was processed for the purpose of calculating the noise equivalent spectral radiation. This study introduces the composition of the acquisition system based on a focal plane FT-IR spectrometer and analyzes the cause of ordinate drifting and abscissa shifting. The influence of these problems on system noise is analyzed quantitatively through mathematical calculations.

FBXW7 deletion contributes to lung tumor development and confers resistance to gefitinib therapy.

Gefitinib, an epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI), is an effective treatment for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with EGFR activating mutations, but inevitably, the clinical efficacy is impeded by the emergence of acquired resistance. The tumor suppressor gene FBXW7 modulates chemosensitivity in various human cancers. However, its role in EGFR-TKI therapy in NSCLC has not been well studied.

Laminin signals initiate the reciprocal loop that informs breast-specific gene expression and homeostasis by activating NO, p53 and microRNAs.

How mammalian tissues maintain their architecture and tissue-specificity is poorly understood. Previously, we documented both the indispensable role of the extracellular matrix (ECM) protein, laminin-111 (LN1), in the formation of normal breast acini, and the phenotypic reversion of cancer cells to acini-like structures in 3-dimensional (3D) gels with inhibitors of oncogenic pathways. Here, we asked how laminin (LN) proteins integrate the signaling pathways necessary for morphogenesis.

miR-1204 targets VDR to promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis in breast cancer.

Plasmacytoma variant translocation 1 (PVT1) is an lncRNA that plays vital roles in breast cancer (BC) pathogenesis. Increasing evidence suggests that miRNAs that reside in the PVT1 locus are the main driver of the oncogenic roles of PVT1 in cancer. However, the oncogenic role and underlying mechanism of miR-1204, located in the PVT1 locus, in human cancer is still unclear.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae induces allergy by producing P1-specific immunoglobulin E.

Background: Our previous study found that most Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) pneumonia (MPP)patients had elevated serum total immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels.

Objective: To determine components of MP that can cause an IgE increase in children, and to clarify its specific mechanism.

Methods: The components of MP cells were isolated by serum IgE from patients with MP pneumonia.

The biological age linked to oxidative stress modifies breast cancer aggressiveness.

The incidence of breast cancer increases with age until menopause, and breast cancer is more aggressive in younger women. The existence of epidemiological links between breast cancer and aging indicates that both processes share some common mechanisms of development. Oxidative stress is associated with both cancer susceptibility and aging.

Calcineurin inhibitors and nephrotoxicity in children.

Background: Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) are commonly given to transplant recipients of kidneys and other solid organs and to patients with immune disorders, such as steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome, steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome, and frequent relapse nephrotic syndrome. Although CNIs remain the most effective available immunosuppressant agent, there is clinical concern regarding possible long-term nephrotoxicity. This concern is especially significant in children who have a longer life expectancy and greater growth rate.