Publications by authors named "Meng Luo"

Circular RNA (circRNA) plays a regulatory role in the malignancy of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). However, the role of a novel circRNA, hsa_circ_0118578, in PTC is not yet fully understood. This report focuses on unveiling hsa_circ_0118578's effect on PTC cell malignancy and reveals its mechanism in PTC progression.

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Objective: Disulfidptosis is a newly discovered disulfide stress-induced cell death form. Clinical significance and biological mechanisms of disulfidptosis in human cancers need to be further elucidated. Thus, this study was designed to characterize pan-cancer landscape of disulfidptosis across human tumors.

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Many plants associate with endophytic microbes that improve root phosphorus (P) uptake. Understanding the interactions between roots and endophytes can enable efforts to improve P utilization. Here, we characterize the interactions between lateral roots of endophytes in a core collection of 50 rapeseed (Brassica napus L.

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Soil heavy metal pollution in mining areas poses severe challenges to the ecological environment. In recent years, machine learning has been widely used in heavy metal inversion by hyperspectral data. However, deterministic algorithms and probabilistic algorithms may confront local optimal solutions in practical applications.

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to detect trends and related factors in the functional dentition (FD) in 65- to 74-year-olds in Guangdong, China, while also assessing trends in education and income inequality factors.

Materials And Methods: Three large-scale cross-sectional National Oral Health Surveys (NOHS), specifically NOHS II in 1995, NOHS III in 2005, and NOHS IV in 2015, were included. Post hoc stratification was weighted for 1038 participants aged 65 to 74years.

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Wound management remains a critical challenge worldwide and imposes a huge financial burden on every nation. Hydrogels are promising for biomedical applications because of their extracellular matrix (ECM) like structure, good biocompatibility and multifunctional bioactivity. However, the poor mechanical properties and inconvenient operation of traditional hydrogels make it difficult to meet the complex and multifaceted needs of clinical practice.

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  • Endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) and cuproptosis impact hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) prognosis, leading to the study of lncRNAs linked to these processes for better predictability.
  • The research utilized data from the TCGA database to identify a prognostic signature comprising specific lncRNAs (NRAV, SNHG3, LINC00839, and AC004687.1) through various analytical methods like Cox regression and LASSO.
  • Findings indicated high-risk patients generally faced worse outcomes, while low-risk groups showed improved immune status and disease response, establishing the identified lncRNA signature as a valuable tool for predicting HCC prognosis and treatment effectiveness.
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The objective of this study was to determine the human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes of high-risk-other HPV Papanicolaou (Pap) tests and of biopsy tissues from patients with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HGSIL) or cervical cancer. High-risk-other HPV status was determined with the cobas HPV Test (Roche Diagnostics, North America) that identifies 12 high-risk, non-16/18 HPV genotypes. We hypothesized that we would find genotypes of HPV in our population that are not covered by the 9-valent HPV vaccine.

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Advances in single-cell transcriptomics provide an unprecedented opportunity to explore complex biological processes. However, computational methods for analyzing single-cell transcriptomics still have room for improvement especially in dimension reduction, cell clustering, and cell-cell communication inference. Herein, we propose a versatile method, named DcjComm, for comprehensive analysis of single-cell transcriptomics.

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Pathogenesis of vascular dementia (VD) is still unclear, there are currently no effective prevention and treatment methods. We applied Mendelian randomization (MR) using summary statistics from large-scale GWAS of metabolites and VD to reveal the causal effect of metabolites on the VD. One set of genetics instrument was used for analysis, derived from publicly available genetic summary data.

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  • Mycosis fungoides (MF) is a common type of skin cancer that makes it hard to tell harmful T cells from normal ones.
  • Researchers used single-cell RNA and T-cell receptor sequencing on skin samples from 12 MF patients, analyzing 18,630 T cells from 9 of them to distinguish between malignant and reactive cells.
  • The study found unique gene signatures in malignant T cells that could help differentiate them from reactive T cells, revealing significant variations in cell characteristics among patients.
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  • Understanding how cells communicate is vital for studying biological systems, but figuring out these interactions at the single-cell level is very challenging.
  • The new method called DeepTalk combines single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics to accurately identify cell types and analyze cell communication in detail.
  • Using advanced techniques like graph attention networks, DeepTalk effectively maps out cell connections and reveals meaningful communication patterns, showcasing its effectiveness across various datasets.
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Background: Cirrhosis leads to portal hypertension (PHT), affecting survival with limited treatment options. This study investigated Imperatorin (IMP), a furanocoumarin with anti-inflammatory and hypotensive properties, for its therapeutic role and mechanisms in cirrhotic PHT.

Methods: Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) inhibition by IMP was evaluated using LX-2 cell line.

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While the regulatory roles of circular RNAs (circRNAs) and zinc finger CCCH-type containing 13 (ZC3H13) were previously reported in various human cancers, the mechanisms underlying their interaction in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) remain unclear. We aimed to determine the role of hsa_circ_0101050 and its regulatory relationship with ZC3H13 in PTC. The expression levels of hsa_circ_0101050 and ZC3H13 were determined in tumor samples and adjacent normal tissues from 46 patients with PTC and in two PTC cell lines (IHH-4 and PTC-1) using quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction.

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This study reports the development of a photocatalytic electrochemical aptasensor for the purpose of detecting chloramphenicol (CAP) antibiotic residues in water by utilizing SYBR Green I (SG) and chemically exfoliated MoS (ce-MoS) as synergistically signal-amplification platforms. The Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) were electrodeposited onto the surface of an indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode. After that, the thiolate-modified cDNA, also known as capture DNA, was combined with the aptamer.

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  • Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a complex disease with limited treatment options, and variations in voluntary alcohol consumption in mice complicate research.
  • A study investigated the impact of three different rodent diets on alcohol consumption in C57BL/6 J mice, revealing that mice on two specific diets (LD5001 and LD5053) drank more alcohol than those on a third diet (TL2019S).
  • Changes in the diet could quickly switch alcohol consumption patterns among the mice, and significant differences in gut microbiomes were found based on the diets, potentially affecting alcohol intake and behavior.
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Leaf traits are essential for understanding many physiological and ecological processes. Partial least squares regression (PLSR) models with leaf spectroscopy are widely applied for trait estimation, but their transferability across space, time, and plant functional types (PFTs) remains unclear. We compiled a novel dataset of paired leaf traits and spectra, with 47 393 records for > 700 species and eight PFTs at 101 globally distributed locations across multiple seasons.

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The edible fungus industry is one of the pillar industries in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China. The expansion of the planting scale has led to the release of various mushroom residues, such as mushroom feet, and other wastes, which are not treated adequately, resulting in environmental pollution. This study investigated the ability of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.

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The impact of cancer cachexia on the colonic microbiota is poorly characterized. This study assessed the effect of two cachectic-producing tumor types on the gut microbiota to determine if a similar dysbiosis could be found. In addition, it was determined if a diet containing an immunonutrient-rich food (walnuts) known to promote the growth of probiotic bacteria in the colon could alter the dysbiosis and slow cachexia.

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Background: Soil salinization is one of the vital factors threatening the world's food security. To reveal the biological mechanism of response to salt stress in wheat, this study was conducted to resolve the transcription level difference to salt stress between CM6005 (salt-tolerant) and KN9204 (salt-sensitive) at the germination and seedling stage.

Results: To investigate the molecular mechanism underlying salt tolerance in wheat, we conducted comprehensive transcriptome analyses at the seedling and germination stages.

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Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) represents pre-invasive breast carcinoma. In untreated cases, 25-60% DCIS progress to invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC). The challenge lies in distinguishing between non-progressive and progressive DCIS, often resulting in over- or under-treatment in many cases.

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  • T cells can recognize early signs of tumors through their T-cell receptors (TCRs), which may allow for early cancer detection by monitoring changes in TCR repertoires in blood.
  • The iCanTCR framework, developed using deep learning, predicts cancer probability based on TCRβ sequences from individuals, trained on large datasets of TCR repertoires from both cancer patients and healthy controls.
  • iCanTCR effectively distinguishes between cancer and non-cancer individuals, with an impressive accuracy of 86% for early-stage cancer detection, suggesting a promising method for noninvasive cancer diagnosis.
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Objective: The primary objective of this study was to investigate the toxicological impact of Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) on the process of liver fibrosis transitioning into cirrhosis and the subsequent development of portal hypertension (PHT) through the mechanism of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) mediated by the ROS/TGF-β/Snail-1 signaling pathway.

Method: Carbon tetrachloride (CCl) (1 mg/kg) was introduced in adult rats by oral feeding in CCl and CCl+DBP groups twice a week for 8 weeks, and twice for another 8 week in CCl group. DBP was introduced by oral feeding in the CCl+DBP group twice over the following 8 weeks.

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Diabetic wounds environment is over-oxidized, over-inflammatory, leading to difficulties in regenerating blood vessels, and retardation of healing in diabetic wounds. Therefore, diabetic wounds can be treated from the perspective of scavenging oxidative free radicals and reducing the level of inflammation. Herein, we report a bioactive poly(salicylic acid)-poly(citric acid) (FPSa-PCG) hydrogel for diabetic wound repair.

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The main objective was to establish a prognostic model utilising long non-coding RNAs associated with disulfidptosis and cuproptosis. The data for RNA-Sequence and clinicopathological information of Colon adenocarcinoma (COAD) were acquired from The Cancer Genome Atlas. A prognostic model was constructed using Cox regression and the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator method.

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