Publications by authors named "MinKang Guo"

Introduction: Snakebites are acute systemic toxic diseases caused by snake venom entering the body through wounds. Failure to use antivenom immediately and difficulty in obtaining antivenoms are frequently responsible for worsening disease. Traditional Chinese medicine is commonly used to supplement and replace antivenom in treating snakebites.

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  • Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 (PDK1) plays a role in inhibiting the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, which affects tumor cell metabolism and contributes to breast cancer progression.* -
  • High levels of PDK1 were found in breast cancer tissues, and knocking down PDK1 reduced cancer cell proliferation, migration, and tumor growth, while also inhibiting the HIF-1α pathway.* -
  • PDK1 enhances the stability and transcriptional activity of HIF-1α by phosphorylating it at serine 451, creating a positive feedback loop that supports breast cancer progression.*
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As the aging population increases, the focus on elderly patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is also increasing. In this article, we found progranulin (PGRN) differential expression in ARDS patients and healthy controls, even in young and old ARDS patients. Its expression strongly correlates with several cytokines in both young and elderly ARDS patients.

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Introduction: Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is a disorder that causes a collapse of the femoral head, requiring subsequent total hip replacement. However, the pathogenesis of ONFH remains largely unclear. Herein, exosome metabolomics analyses were conducted to explore the pathophysiology of ONFH.

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Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is a disorder that can cause collapse of the femoral head. The damage and dysfunction of femoral head microvascular endothelial cells are related to the pathogenesis of glucocorticoid-induced ONFH. Reports suggest that vitamin B can promote osteoblast differentiation and prevent low bone mineral density and prevent reperfusion oxidative injury.

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Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy has faced a series of challenges and has shown very little efficacy in solid tumors to date. Although genetically engineered macrophages have achieved definite therapeutic effect in solid tumors, heterogeneous expression of engineered proteins and the potential for toxicity limit further applications. Herein, we propose a nongenetic and simple macrophage cell engineering strategy through glycan metabolic labeling and click reaction for the treatment of solid tumors.

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Objective To investigate the role of miR-100-5p in the pathogenesis of non-traumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head (NONFH). Methods The miRNA expression in patients with NONFH was detected by real-time quantitative PCR, the high expression of miR-100-5p in femoral head tissues of the patients determined. Rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (rBMSCs) were cultured and divided into 5 groups: blank control group, dexamethasone treatment group (treated with dexamethasone for 3 days), miR-NC group (transfected with miR-NC), agomiR-100-5p group (overexpression of miR-100-5p), and antagomiR-100-5p group (transfected with miR-100-5p antagonist).

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There is increasing interest in depleting or repolarizing tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) to generate a proinflammatory effect. However, TAMs usually display an immunosuppressive M2-like phenotype in the tumor microenvironment. Apparently, developing a macrophage-targeting delivery system with immunomodulatory agents is urgent.

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Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) can lead to its collapse which requires total hip arthroplasty. Exosomes, which are important for intercellular communication are involved in a series of physiological and pathological processes, and therefore play a unique role in disease diagnosis and treatment. In this study, untargeted metabolomics was used to investigate the metabolic characteristics of lipids in exosomes of femoral head tissue with osteonecrosis and to explain the metabolic changes that occur in the body during this disease.

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  • Histopathologists face challenges in diagnosing bone tumors, and this study explores using deep learning (DL) to classify tumors based on aggressiveness and compares it to the performance of experienced pathologists.
  • The research utilized 427 scanned pathological slides, cropped into nearly 717,000 image patches, and tested six DL models, with VGG-16 and Inception V3 showing the best results in classifying tumors at both patch and slide levels.
  • The study found that while the top DL models performed comparably to senior pathologists, they outperformed less experienced pathologists, suggesting that DL technology could enhance and expedite histopathological diagnoses in the future.
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Background: Nontraumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head (NONFH) is a common, progressive, and refractory orthopaedic disease. Decreased osteogenesis and angiogenesis are considered the main factors in the pathogenesis of NONFH. We aimed to figure out whether exosomes and exosomal miRNA from necrotic bone tissues of patients with NONFH are involved in the pathogenesis of NONFH and reveal the underlying mechanisms.

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  • The study aims to assess how well a newly identified malalignment sign can predict excessive femoral anteversion in patients with patellar dislocations undergoing surgery.
  • Researchers analyzed 55 patients' CT scans and knee MRIs to measure femoral and tibial alignment.
  • Results show a significant correlation between a positive malalignment sign and increased femoral anteversion, suggesting that this sign could indicate a need for femoral derotation osteotomy, despite having moderate sensitivity and specificity.
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Non-traumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is clinically a devastating and progressive disease without an effective treatment. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) transplantation has been used to treat ONFH in early stage, but the failure rate of this therapy is high due to the reduced osteogenic differentiation and migration of the transplanted MSCs related with pathological bone tissues. However, the mechanism responsible for this decrease is still unclear.

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Objective To investigate the effect of progranulin (PGRN) on osteoporosis in ovariectomized mice. Methods PGRN-knockout (PGRN) and wild-type mice were ovariectomized to induce postmenopausal osteoporosis models. Next, the bone tissues in all mice were scanned by Micro-CT and three-dimensional reconstruction was performed to detect the micro-structure, followed by trabecula data analysis.

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