Pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumor of the digestive system that is highly malignant, difficult to treat, and confers a poor prognosis for patients. BRAF-activated noncoding RNA (BANCR) has been proven to play an important role in the invasion and metastasis of pancreatic cancer. In this study, we focused on BANCR as a potential therapeutic target for human pancreatic cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Postoperative pain has always been a problem for patients and surgeons. Local inflammation, surgical trauma and pain in the body can cause a systemic stress response and immune imbalance, which can affect the patient's rapid recovery. Currently, most of the perioperative pain management is focused on the postoperative phase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWorld J Gastroenterol
July 2023
Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are rare heterogeneous tumors that can develop in almost any organ, with the digestive organs, including the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas being the most commonly affected sites. Despite the fact that advances in initial therapies have progressed, there is presently no recognized effective treatment for advanced NEN. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have shown superior efficacy in treating several types of solid tumors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNon-invasive laser irradiation can induce photobiomodulation (PBM) effects in cells and tissues, which can help reduce inflammation and pain in several clinical scenarios. The purpose of this study is to review the current literature to verify whether PBM can produce dose effects in anti-inflammatory experiments by summarizing the clinical and experimental effects of different laser parameters of several diseases. The so-called Arndt-Schulz curve is often used to describe two-phase dose reactions, assuming small doses of therapeutic stimulation, medium doses of inhibition, and large doses of killing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of the present study was to explore the effects of BRAF-activated non-protein coding RNA (BANCR) on pancreatic microlymphangiogenesis in pancreatic cancer (PC) and its molecular mechanism under hypoxic conditions. Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) was used to detect the expression of BANCR in SW1990 and PANC-1 PC cell lines under normoxic and hypoxic conditions. Subsequently, the expression of BANCR in the PC cells was knocked down using small interfering RNAs (siRNAs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGallstone disease is a common pathology of the digestive system with nearly a 10-20% incidence rate among adults. The mainstay of treatment is cholecystectomy, which is commonly associated with physical pain and may also seriously affect a patient's quality of life. Clinical research suggests that cholelithiasis is closely related to the age, gender, body mass index, and other basic physical characteristics of patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArtif Cells Nanomed Biotechnol
December 2019
Thyroid cancer is now the most common endocrine malignancy and the effect of miR-429 in the development of thyroid cancer still need to be further investigated. The expression level of miR-429 was quantified by qPCR in both clinical samples and cultured cell lines. MTT, flow cytometry, migration analyses and Matrigel invasion assays were conducted to test the proliferation, apoptosis, migration and invasion of MiR-429 transfection in thyroid cancer cell lines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPapillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common form of non-medullary thyroid cancer, accounting for ~80% of all cases of thyroid cancer. The aim of the present study was to explore the role of BRAF-activated long noncoding RNA (BANCR) in the development of PTC. Using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), the mRNA expression levels of BANCR, thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) and cyclin D1 between PTC and benign control thyroid nodule tissue samples from 60 patients were determined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo determine the extent to which thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) mRNA in peripheral blood (PB) has diagnostic value for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). We obtained pre- and postoperative PB samples from 104 thyroid disease patients and collected 11 healthy volunteers' PB samples twice apiece at different times. We used reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to quantify TSHR mRNA expression levels in the samples.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough the roles of Delphian lymph node (DLN) metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) have been previously reported, there are still limited data on correlations of clinicopathologic factors with DLN metastasis and unique patterns of cervical node subsite metastasis in PTC patients with DLN metastasis. We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 320 patients with a diagnosis of PTC who underwent primary surgery. Clinicopathologic features and DLN metastasis patterns were analyzed for predicting extensive cervical lymph node metastasis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe flavonoid luteolin is a natural antioxidant that usually occurs in its glycosylated form in many green vegetables, and has shown anticancer effects against various cancers. However, the potential tumor-suppressive role of luteolin in thyroid carcinoma and its underlying mechanism remain largely unknown. In current study, SBR assay, clone formation assay were employed to evaluate the effects of luteolin on thyroid cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) represent the most common mesenchymal tumors of the alimentary tract. These tumors may have different clinical and biological behaviors. Malignant forms usually spread via a hematogenous route, and lymph node metastases rarely occur.
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