Mining of the Novel Virulent ATP-Binding Cassette Importers in by Comparative Genomic Strategy.

The virulent ATP-binding cassette (ABC) importers from , the most common native multidrug resistant and emerging opportunistic pathogen in rapidly growing NTM, were explored by comparative genomic study, in view of the fact that the ABC importers of , responsible for uptaking metals, anions, amino acids, peptides, sugars, and other crucial substances from the host, had been proved to be closely related with the bacillus's virulence, survival in the host macrophages, antibiotic resistance, modulation of host immune system, and so on, although detailed mechanism was unclear. For virulent ABC importers from predicted by orthology and phylogeny analysis of nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs) of , , and , the antibiotic susceptibility of overexpression transformant and knockout mutant was assayed after confirmation by experiment. Three-domain importers were dominant ones in (60.

Inhibition of miR-1298-5p attenuates sepsis lung injury by targeting SOCS6.

Sepsis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality and a major cause of acute lung injury (ALI). carried by exosomes play a role in a variety of diseases. However,there are not many studies of exosomal miRNAs in sepsis and sepsis lung injury.

Chemical conversion of human lung fibroblasts into neuronal cells.

It has been previously reported that human embryonic fibroblasts and mouse embryonic fibroblasts can be converted into neuronal cells using chemical agents, along with forced expression specific transcriptional factors. However, the materials required for reprogramming in these approaches presents major technical difficulties and safety concerns. The current study investigated whether a cocktail of small molecules can convert human lung fibroblast cells into neurons.

The strategies for treating primary hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus.

Purpose: To further improve the effectiveness and prognosis of primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT), the current status of treatment for HCC with PVTT was reviewed.

Methods: A Medline search was undertaken to identify articles using the keywords "HCC", "PVTT" and "therapy". Additional papers were identified by a manual search of the references from the key articles.