Evaluating the roles of microRNAs associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in hepatocellular carcinoma tumorigenesis: a systematic review and network analysis.

Introduction: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the leading cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common malignancy worldwide, with high morbidity and mortality. The rapidly increasing incidence of NAFLD is becoming an essential precursor of HCC globally.

Protective effect of MP-40 mitigates BDL-induced hepatic fibrosis by inhibiting the NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis.

Background: Hepatic fibrosis and its associated consequences continue to pose a substantial global health challenge. Developing novel approaches to hepatic fibrosis management and prevention is critically necessary. Radix Paeoniae Alba (RPA) is widely used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to treat various diseases.

Renal tubular epithelial cell quality control mechanisms as therapeutic targets in renal fibrosis.

Renal fibrosis is a devastating consequence of progressive chronic kidney disease, representing a major public health challenge worldwide. The underlying mechanisms in the pathogenesis of renal fibrosis remain unclear, and effective treatments are still lacking. Renal tubular epithelial cells (RTECs) maintain kidney function, and their dysfunction has emerged as a critical contributor to renal fibrosis.

Palliative care screening tools and patient outcomes: a systematic review.

Background: Palliative care (PC) refers to providing patients with physical, psychological, mental, and other care and humanistic care services in a multidisciplinary collaborative mode with end-of-stage patients and family members as the centre. The PC screening tool (PCST) was developed to identify individuals who may benefit from PC services and is widely assumed to improve patient outcomes.

Objectives: The purpose is to understand which specific PCST has been applied to clinical patients and to analyse and summarise the impact of using these tools on patient outcomes.

Tissue microenvironment induces tissue specificity of ILC2.

Type 2 innate lymphoid cells were found to be members of the innate immune cell family, which is involved in innate and adaptive immunity to resist the invasion of foreign antigens and induce allergic reactions caused by allergens. The advancement of ILC2 research has pointed out that ILC2s have a high degree of diversity, challenging the notion of their homogeneity as a cellular population. An increasing number of studies indicate that ILC2 is a cell population with tissue specificity which can be induced by the tissue microenvironment.

with high pressure wine steaming enhanced anti-hepatic fibrosis: Possible through SIRT3-AMPK axis.

, a medicinal and edible plant known for its liver-nourishing properties, has shown promise in inhibiting the activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), crucial indicators of hepatic fibrosis, especially when processed by high pressure wine steaming (HPWS). Herein, this study aims to investigate the regulatory effects of , both in its raw and HPWS forms, on inflammation and apoptosis in liver fibrosis and their underlying mechanisms. liver fibrosis models were established by subcutaneous injection of CCl, while HSCs were exposed to transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β).

Evaluate the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese Medicine as the neoadjuvant treatment in reducing the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis B-related cirrhosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), has been used for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) at every therapeutic stage, even before tumor formation. However, the efficacy of TCM in reducing the incidence of HCC in patients with chronic hepatitis B-related cirrhosis remains unclear. This study aims to address this gap.

Self-heating mitochondrion-induced free radical blast for immunogenic cell death stimulation and HCC immunotherapy.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an immunosuppressive tumor associated with high mortality. Photothermal and photodynamic therapies have been applied to induce immunogenic cell death (ICD) in HCC, successfully eliciting immune responses but facing limitations in penetration depth in clinical trials. Here, intrinsic mitochondrial hyperthermia was used to trigger thermosensitive drug release.

Why do nurses miss nursing care? A qualitative meta-synthesis.

Aim: The aim of this qualitative meta-synthesis was to discover the factors impacting on missed nursing care of nurses through systematic thinking.

Background: Although nurses are responsible for high-quality care, missed nursing care is common, endangering patient safety. Understanding of the causes related to missed nursing care could help nursing managers improve the quality of nursing care.

Farnesoid X receptor: From Structure to Function and Its Pharmacology in Liver Fibrosis.

The farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a ligand-activated transcription factor, plays a crucial role in regulating bile acid metabolism within the enterohepatic circulation. Beyond its involvement in metabolic disorders and immune imbalances affecting various tissues, FXR is implicated in microbiota modulation, gut-to-brain communication, and liver disease. The liver, as a pivotal metabolic and detoxification organ, is susceptible to damage from factors such as alcohol, viruses, drugs, and high-fat diets.

Calcium Tungstate Microgel Enhances the Delivery and Colonization of Probiotics during Colitis via Intestinal Ecological Niche Occupancy.

The effective delivery and colonization of probiotics are recommended for therapeutic interventions during colitis, the efficacy of which is hampered by abnormally colonized Enterobacteriaceae at pathological sites. To improve the delivery and colonization of probiotics, a calcium tungstate microgel (CTM)-based oral probiotic delivery system is proposed herein. CTM can selectively disrupt the ecological niche occupied by abnormally expanded Enterobacteriaceae during colitis to facilitate probiotic colonization.

Prediction of the mechanisms of action of Qutan Huoxue decoction in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH): a network pharmacology study and experimental validation.

Context: Qutan Huoxue decoction (QTHX) is used to treat non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with good efficacy in the clinic. However, the mechanism is not clear yet.

Objective: This study investigates the mechanism of QTHX in the treatment of NASH.

Nanodrug rescues liver fibrosis via synergistic therapy with HO depletion and Saikosaponin b1 sustained release.

Hypoxia and hydrogen peroxide (HO) accumulation form the profibrogenic liver environment, which involves fibrogenesis and chronic stimulation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). Catalase (CAT) is the major antioxidant enzyme that catalyzes HO into oxygen and water, which loses its activity in different liver diseases, especially in liver fibrosis. Clinical specimens of cirrhosis patients and liver fibrotic mice are collected in this work, and results show that CAT decrease is closely correlated with hypoxia-induced transforminmg growth factor β1 (TGF-β1).

Identification of a novel ANK1 mutation in a Chinese family with hereditary spherocytosis: A case report.

The present study describes the clinical profile and ankyrin 1 (ANK1) mutation status of a Chinese family with hereditary spherocytosis (HS). A young male patient (proband) was diagnosed with HS after presenting with anaemia and jaundice. The Coombs test was negative and spherocytes were found in peripheral blood smears.

Moral distress, moral courage, and career identity among nurses: A cross-sectional study.

Background: The concept of career identity is integral to nursing practices and forms the basis of the nursing professions. Positive career identity is essential for providing high-quality care, optimizing patient outcomes, and enhancing the retention of health professionals. Therefore, there is a need to explore potential influencing variables, thereby developing effective interventions to improve career identity.

Integrated gut microbiota and serum metabolomics reveal the protective effect of oleanolic acid on liver and kidney-injured rats induced by Euphorbia pekinensis.

Euphorbia pekinensis (EP) is a commonly used Chinese medicine treating edema with potential hepatorenal toxicity. However, its toxic mechanism and prevention are remained to be explored. Oleanolic acid (OA) is a triterpene acid with potential hepatorenal protective activities.

From liver fibrosis to hepatocarcinogenesis: Role of excessive liver HO and targeting nanotherapeutics.

Liver fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have been worldwide threats nowadays. Liver fibrosis is reversible in early stages but will develop precancerosis of HCC in cirrhotic stage. In pathological liver, excessive HO is generated and accumulated, which impacts the functionality of hepatocytes, Kupffer cells (KCs) and hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), leading to genesis of fibrosis and HCC.

The pathogenesis of organ fibrosis: Focus on necroptosis.

Fibrosis is a common process of tissue repair response to multiple injuries in all chronic progressive diseases, which features with excessive deposition of extracellular matrix. Fibrosis can occur in all organs and tends to be nonreversible with the progress of the disease. Different cells types in different organs are involved in the occurrence and development of fibrosis, that is, hepatic stellate cells, pancreatic stellate cells, fibroblasts and myofibroblasts.

Bionic Regulators Break the Ecological Niche of Pathogenic Bacteria for Modulating Dysregulated Microbiome in Colitis.

Therapeutic approaches that reprogram the gut microbiome are promising strategies to alleviate and cure inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, abnormal expansion of Escherichia coli during inflammation can promote pathogenic bacteria occupying ecological niches to resist reprogramming of the microbiome. Herein, a bionic regulator (CaWO @YCW) is developed to efficiently and precisely regulate the gut microbiome by specifically suppressing the abnormal expansion of E.

Factors associated with failure of high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy in patients with severe COVID-19: a retrospective case series.

Objective: To identify factors associated with high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy failure in patients with severe COVID-19.

Methods: We retrospectively examined clinical and laboratory data upon admission, treatments, and outcomes of patients with severe COVID-19. Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores were also calculated.

Physiologically Inspired Mucin Coated Nissle 1917 Enhances Biotherapy by Regulating the Pathological Microenvironment to Improve Intestinal Colonization.

The delivery of probiotics to the microbiota is a promising method to prevent and treat diseases. However, oral probiotics will suffer from gastrointestinal insults, especially the pathological microenvironment of inflammatory diseases such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the exhausted mucus layer, which can limit their survival and colonization in the intestinal tract. Inspired by the fact that probiotics colonized and grew in the mucus layer under physiological conditions, we developed a strategy for a super probiotic (EcN@TA-Ca@Mucin) coated with tannic acid and mucin via layer-by-layer technology.

Targeting Sirtuin1 to treat aging-related tissue fibrosis: From prevention to therapy.

Fibrosis, which is characterized by excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition, is a wound-healing response to organ injury and may promote cancer and failure in various organs, such as the heart, liver, lung, and kidney. Aging associated with oxidative stress and inflammation exacerbates cellular dysfunction, tissue failure, and body function disorders, all of which are closely related to fibrosis. Sirtuin-1 (SIRT1) is a class III histone deacetylase that regulates growth, transcription, aging, and metabolism in various organs.

Effects of Qutan Huoxue Formula on the SOCS1/TLR4 Signaling Pathway in NASH Model Mice.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Qutan Huoxue Formula (QHF) on liver injury in mice with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) by upregulating SOCS1 to inhibit the TLR4/NF-B signaling pathway. Thirty male C57BL/6J mice (20-22 g) were randomly divided into the normal diet group (ND group), methionine- and choline-deficient diet group (MCD group), and Qutan Huoxue Formula group (QHF group). Mice in the ND group were fed a regular diet, while mice in other two groups were fed MCD diet.

Free radicals for cancer theranostics.

Free radicals were generally regarded as highly reactive, transient and harmful species. In fact, some of the free radicals can also be inactive, long-lived and beneficial for our health. These properties of free radicals provide future possibilities for their application in various fields.