Prevalence of bone destruction in patients with Talaromyces marneffei infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the prevalence of bone destruction in patients with Talaromyces marneffei infection, examine distribution patterns of bone lesions, and assess differences between HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients.

Methods: Following PRISMA guidelines, 15 studies involving 839 patients were analyzed. Random-effects meta-analysis was performed to estimate prevalence and odds ratios.

Polyphyllin VI: A promising treatment for prostate cancer bone metastasis.

Prostate cancer, as one of the most prevalent malignant tumors in men, seriously affects the prognosis and survival of patients due to its extremely high rate of bone metastasis. This study investigated the effect of Polyphyllin VI (PPVI) on metastatic bone disease for the first time in prostate cancer, focusing on its impact on osteoclast and tumor cell. In vitro studies utilized TRAP staining, ghost pen cyclic peptide staining, and bone resorption assays to evaluate the differentiation and function of receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL) induced and RM-1 conditional medium (CM) induced osteoclasts.

Association between dietary vitamin D intake and low muscle mass in US adults: results from NHANES 2011-2018.

Purpose: To investigate the association between dietary vitamin D intake and low muscle mass (LMM) in a representative adult population, accounting for total energy intake and other potential confounders.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study utilized data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) involving 8,443 participants. Dietary vitamin D intake was assessed using 24-h dietary recalls, and LMM was defined based on appendicular lean mass (ALM) adjusted for body mass index (BMI).

Unveiling the potential of Butylphthalide: inhibiting osteoclastogenesis and preventing bone loss.

Osteoporosis, resulting from overactive osteoclasts and leading to elevated fracture risk, has emerged as a global public health concern due to the aging population. Therefore, inhibiting osteoclastogenesis and bone resorption function represents a crucial approach for preventing and treating osteoporosis. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects and molecular mechanisms of Butylphthalide (NBP) on the differentiation and function of osteoclasts induced by RANKL.

Fecal microbiota transplantation regulates the microbiota-gut-spinal cord axis to promote recovery after spinal cord injury.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is devastating for patients, and currently lacks effective treatments. Dysbiosis commonly occurs after SCI and has significant immunomodulatory effects, but its impact on recovery remains unclear. The current study investigated the effects and mechanisms of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in SCI.

A diagnostic approach integrated multimodal radiomics with machine learning models based on lumbar spine CT and X-ray for osteoporosis.

Introduction: The aim of this analysis is to construct a combined model that integrates radiomics, clinical risk factors, and machine learning algorithms to diagnose osteoporosis in patients and explore its potential in clinical applications.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 616 lumbar spine. Radiomics features were extracted from the computed tomography (CT) scans and anteroposterior and lateral X-ray images of the lumbar spine.

Conditional knockout of PDK1 in osteoclasts suppressed osteoclastogenesis and ameliorated prostate cancer-induced osteolysis in murine model.

Background: The development and maintenance of normal bone tissue is maintained by balanced communication between osteoblasts and osteoclasts. The invasion of cancer cells disrupts this balance, leading to osteolysis. As the only bone resorbing cells in vivo, osteoclasts play important roles in cancer-induced osteolysis.

Short-chain fatty acids ameliorate spinal cord injury recovery by regulating the balance of regulatory T cells and effector IL-17 γδ T cells.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunctions. The gut microbiome has an important role in SCI, while short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are one of the main bioactive mediators of microbiota. In the present study, we explored the effects of oral administration of exogenous SCFAs on the recovery of locomotor function and tissue repair in SCI.

Changes in the gut microbiota of osteoporosis patients based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

: Osteoporosis (OP) has become a major public health issue, threatening the bone health of middle-aged and elderly people from all around the world. Changes in the gut microbiota (GM) are correlated with the maintenance of bone mass and bone quality. However, research results in this field remain highly controversial, and no systematic review or meta-analysis of the relationship between GM and OP has been conducted.

Total flavonoids of hawthorn leaves protect spinal motor neurons promotion of autophagy after spinal cord injury.

The death of spinal motor neurons (SMNs) after spinal cord injury (SCI) is a crucial cause, contributing to a permanent neurological deficit. Total flavonoids of hawthorn leaves (TFHL) have been confirmed to have potentially therapeutic for SCI. Nonetheless, the roles and mechanisms of TFHL in recovering neuromotor function and regenerating axons of SMNs have not been fully elucidated.

Adapalene Inhibits Prostate Cancer Cell Proliferation and by Inducing DNA Damage, S-phase Cell Cycle Arrest, and Apoptosis.

Prostate cancer is a well-known aggressive malignant tumor in men with a high metastasis rate and poor prognosis. Adapalene (ADA) is a third-generation synthetic retinoid with anticancer properties. We investigated the anti-tumor activity and molecular mechanisms of ADA in the RM-1 prostate cancer cell line and .

Characteristics of with bone destruction in Guangxi Province, China: a retrospective study.

Background And Objective: This study retrospectively analyzed the clinical and imaging features of TM mycosis complicated with bone destruction with the aim to improve understanding, diagnosis, and treatment.

Methods: Data of hospitalized TM-infected patients with bone destruction from October 2012 to May 2019 were collected. The clinical and imaging features of the disease were comprehensively analyzed.

Conditional knockout of the PDK-1 gene in osteoblasts affects osteoblast differentiation and bone formation.

Osteoblasts are the main functional cells of bone formation, and they are responsible for the synthesis, secretion, and mineralization of the bone matrix. Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/Akt is an important signaling pathway involved in the regulation of cell proliferation, death, and survival. Some studies have shown that 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK-1) plays an important role in the phosphorylation of Akt.

Effects of inhibiting PDK‑1 expression in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells on osteoblast differentiation .

Osteoblasts are the main functional cells in bone formation, which are responsible for the synthesis, secretion and mineralization of bone matrix. The PI3K/AKT signaling pathway is strongly associated with the differentiation and survival of osteoblasts. The 3‑phosphoinositide‑dependent protein kinase‑1 (PDK‑1) protein is considered the master upstream lipid kinase of the PI3K/AKT cascade.

Total flavonoids of hawthorn leaves promote motor function recovery via inhibition of apoptosis after spinal cord injury.

Flavonoids have been reported to have therapeutic potential for spinal cord injury. Hawthorn leaves have abundant content and species of total flavonoids, and studies of the effects of the total flavonoids of hawthorn leaves on spinal cord injury have not been published in or outside China. Therefore, Sprague-Dawley rats were used to establish a spinal cord injury model by Allen's method.

Deficiency of PDK1 in osteoclasts delays fracture healing and repair.

Bone fractures are common traumatic injuries of the musculoskeletal system. However, delayed union and non‑union fractures are a major clinical problem that present significant socioeconomic burden to patients and the public health sector. The bone‑resorbing osteoclasts and bone‑forming osteoblasts serve important roles in the fracture repair/healing process.

PDK1 is important lipid kinase for RANKL-induced osteoclast formation and function via the regulation of the Akt-GSK3β-NFATc1 signaling cascade.

Perturbations in the balanced process of osteoblast-mediated bone formation and osteoclast-mediated bone resorption leading to excessive osteoclast formation and/or activity is the cause of many pathological bone conditions such as osteoporosis. The osteoclast is the only cell in the body capable of resorbing and degrading the mineralized bone matrix. Osteoclast formation from monocytic precursors is governed by the actions of two key cytokines macrophage-colony-stimulating factor and receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL).

Salidroside promotes rat spinal cord injury recovery by inhibiting inflammatory cytokine expression and NF-κB and MAPK signaling pathways.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a public health problem in the world. The SCI usually triggers an excessive inflammatory response that brings about a secondary tissue wreck leading to further cellular and organ dysfunction. Hence, there is great potential of reducing inflammation for therapeutic strategies of SCI.

The Role and Mechanism of miRNA-1224 in the Polysaccharide Regulation of Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages to Osteoclast Differentiation.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous noncoding small molecule RNAs that regulate cell proliferation, differentiation, fat metabolism, and hormone secretion. Studies have shown that miRNAs regulate the processes related to osteoporosis, including the differentiation of osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and chondrocytes, and are one of the important regulatory factors of some bone metabolic diseases. In our previous study, it has been revealed that natural compound polysaccharide (PSP) can promote osteoblast formation and block osteoclastogenesis through Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.

miR-136-5p Regulates the Inflammatory Response by Targeting the IKKβ/NF-κB/A20 Pathway After Spinal Cord Injury.

Background/aims: miR-136-5p participates in recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI) via an unknown mechanism. We investigated the mechanism underlying the involvement of miR-136-5p in the inflammatory response in a rat model of SCI.

Methods: Sprague-Dawley rat astrocytes were cultured in vitro to construct a reporter plasmid.

Monocrotaline Suppresses RANKL-Induced Osteoclastogenesis In Vitro and Prevents LPS-Induced Bone Loss In Vivo.

Background/aims: Extensive osteoclast formation plays a critical role in bone diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, periodontitis and the aseptic loosening of orthopedic implants. Thus, identification of agents that can suppress osteoclast formation and bone resorption is important for the treatment of these diseases. Monocrotaline (Mon), the major bioactive component of crotalaria sessiliflora has been investigated for its anti-cancer activities.

Molecular Mechanism of MiR-136-5p Targeting NF-κB/A20 in the IL-17-Mediated Inflammatory Response after Spinal Cord Injury.

Background/aims: The pathophysiology of spinal cord injury (SCI) results in serious damage to the human body via an increase in the secondary biological processes imposed by activated astrocytes. Abnormal expression of microRNAs after SCI has become a potential research focus. However, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood.

Polygonatum Sibiricum Polysaccharide Promotes Osteoblastic Differentiation Through the ERK/GSK-3β/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway In Vitro.

Natural compound polygonatum sibiricum polysaccharide (PSP) has a variety of biological actions such as reducing blood fat, antitumor and antioxidant activities, and enhancing immune function. Our previous study has revealed that PSP can promote osteoblastic (OB) differentiation in bone mesenchymal stem cells by increasing nuclear accumulation of β-catenin. This study was designed to investigate that PSP can upregulate nuclear β-catenin, which was prevented by inhibiting the glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK-3β) activity, by effectively activating Wnt signaling independent of low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5).

The Effects of miR-136-5p-Mediated Regulation of A20 in Astrocytes from Cultured Spinal Cord Cultured Cells In Vitro.

Background/aims: This study focused on investigating the regulatory mechanism of miR-136-5p in mouse astrocytes stimulated with interleukin-17(IL-17).

Methods: C57BL/6 mouse astrocytes were stimulated with IL-17 (100ng/ml) for various periods of time (0-48 hours) and at various doses (0-200 ng), and the expression levels of inflammatory cytokine and chemokine genes (IL-6, TNF-α, MCP-1, MCP-5 and MIP-2) were then detected by real-time PCR. The expression of the A20 gene was measured with real-time PCR in cells that were stimulated with IL-17 (50 ng/ml) for various periods of time (0-48 hours).

Artesunate inhibits RANKL-induced osteoclastogenesis and bone resorption in vitro and prevents LPS-induced bone loss in vivo.

Osteoclasts are multinuclear giant cells responsible for bone resorption in lytic bone diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, periodontitis, and bone tumors. Due to the severe side-effects caused by the currently available drugs, a continuous search for novel bone-protective therapies is essential. Artesunate (Art), the water-soluble derivative of artemisinin has been investigated owing to its anti-malarial properties.