Chronic urticaria (CU) arises from a multifaceted interplay of immunological, neurological, and psychological components. Immune dysregulation, mediated through both immunoglobulin E (IgE)-dependent and IgE-independent pathways, plays a pivotal role in CU pathogenesis, involving key effector cells such as mast cells (MCs), basophils, and eosinophils. This dysregulation culminates in the release of histamine, prostaglandins, and other mediators, which precipitate pruritus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIEEE J Biomed Health Inform
January 2025
Compatibility among acupoints is a fundamental principle in acupuncture treatment within traditional Chinese medicine, playing a vital role in enhancing the effectiveness and scope of therapeutic interventions. With the increasing availability of acupuncture-related data, link prediction offers a data-driven approach that facilitates the evidence-based exploration and validation of acupoint compatibilities. However, existing link prediction methods often focus on mapping acupoints and their compatibility relationships into lower-dimensional spaces.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTrophoblast dysfunction during pregnancy time is majorly involved to lead pathogenesis of preeclampsia. In the present investigation, the facile nanoformulation by Zein protein particles functionalized with hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and co-encapsulated with curcumin and eugenol compounds (Cu/Eu@H-β-CD-ZNPs) is developed to achieve enhanced therapeutic potential in the treatment of preeclampsia. To investigate the positive trophoblast function, trophoblast cells were treated and observed for in vitro cell proliferation, invasion and migration ability under hypoxic condition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe intricate regulatory roles of small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs), including PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs), have been increasingly recognized in the modulation of cellular functions and are associated with the pathogenesis of various diseases, notably cancer. However, the specific dysregulation patterns of sncRNAs in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) have yet to be fully delineated, highlighting a significant gap in our current understanding. To elucidate the expressional dynamics of sncRNAs for patients with NMIBC, we characterized the profile of piRNAs and miRNAs by next-generation sequencing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Predicting chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) progression has been challenging due to its dynamic nature and the lack of reliable real-time monitoring tools, necessitating substantial investments of time and financial resources for effective management. Consequently, identifying appropriate immune cell subsets or molecules as prognostic or predictive biomarkers for cGVHD is essential.
Methods: Building on the pivotal role of B-cell homeostasis in cGVHD progression, we integrated spectral flow cytometry with advanced machine learning algorithms to systematically analyze the relationship between B cells and cGVHD progression.
Background: Baimao-Longdan-Congrong-Fang (BLCF), a traditional Chinese herbal formula described in the Taiping Shenghui Fang (998 AD), consists of medicinal plants with heat-clearing and tonifying properties. BLCF has a promise as a treatment for Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) pneumonia, according to its historical use and current pharmacological research.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) are one of the most common intracranial tumors with diverse clinical manifestations. Current pathological classification systems rely primarily on histological hormone staining and transcription factors (TFs) expression. While effective in identifying three major lineages, molecular characteristics based on hormones and TFs lack sufficient resolution to fully capture the complex tumor heterogeneity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFApplying unsupervised classification techniques on remote sensing images enables rapid land cover classification. Using remote sensing imagery from the ZY1-02D satellite's VNIC and AHSI cameras as the basis, multi-source feature information encompassing spectral, edge shape, and texture features was extracted as the data source. The Lanczos algorithm, which determines the largest eigenpairs of a high-order matrix, was integrated with the spectral clustering algorithm to solve for eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In recent years, the incidence of cancers of the digestive system has been increasing, posing a severe threat to the lives and health of people around the world, and has become one of the leading causes of cancer deaths worldwide. The three most common cancers of the digestive system include gastric, colorectal, and liver cancers, and attention has been paid to the role of diet in the progression of these cancers. However, the relationship between dietary factors and cancers of the digestive system remains to be investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo date, the abuse of antibiotics and a gradual decline in novel antibiotic discovery enlarge the threat of drug-resistant bacterial infections, especially methicillin-resistant (MRSA). Herein, inspired by the unique structures and antibacterial activities of 2-quinolones, a class of novel 2-quinolones with substituted pyridines was synthesized. Notably, compound , the derivative with a methylpyridine fragment, showed potent antibacterial and antibiofilm activities, especially for MRSA strains (MIC = 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCommon carp () is extensively cultured and widely consumed in Heilongjiang Province, China. Due to the proximity of freshwater ponds to agricultural cultivated areas, these aquatic systems are inevitably influenced by the historical application of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), due to their prolonged half-life and resistance to degradation. Gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) was utilized to quantify the levels of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCHs) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDTs) in the muscle tissue of cultured common carp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objective: Mitochondria are crucial to the function of renal tubular cells, and their dynamic perturbation in many aspects is an important mechanism of diabetic kidney disease (DKD). Single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) technology is a high-throughput sequencing analysis technique for RNA at the level of a single cell nucleus. Here, our DKD mouse kidney single-cell RNA sequencing conveys a more comprehensive mitochondrial profile, which helps us further understand the therapeutic response of this unique organelle family to drugs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe design of anode-free zinc (Zn) batteries with high reversibility at high areal capacity has received significant attention recently, which is quietly challenging yet. Here, a Zn alloyed interface through electroplating is introduced, providing homogeneous Zn prenucleation sites to stabilize subsequent Zn nucleation and plating. By employing Zn-Cu alloy as a module, the complementary simulations and characterizations confirm that the prenucleation alloyed interfaces achieve a homogeneous electric field distribution and greatly enhance the stability of the Zn anode.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban
August 2024
Objectives: Primary frozen shoulder is a shoulder joint disease that severely impacts the quality of life of patients, and intra-articular injection is a common treatment method. This study aims to evaluate and compare the therapeutic effects of sodium hyaluronate (SH), corticosteroids (CS), and autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in the treatment primary frozen shoulder.
Methods: A total of 117 patients diagnosed with primary frozen shoulder and treated with a single injection of SH, CS, or PRP into the glenohumeral joint under ultrasound guidance at the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2022, were included in the study.
Background: Both novel anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and pertuzumab and trastuzumab (HP) combined with chemotherapy(C) regimens are the choice of treatment for HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC) after tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Our team's previous research has shown significant therapeutic effects of novel anti-HER2 ADCs in patients with TKIs treatment failure. Unfortunately, there is currently no data available to compare novel anti-HER2 ADCs with HP combined with chemotherapy regimens.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe delivery of accurate diagnoses is crucial in healthcare and represents the gateway to appropriate and timely treatment. Although recent large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated impressive capabilities in few-shot or zero-shot learning, their effectiveness in clinical diagnosis remains unproven. Here we present MedFound, a generalist medical language model with 176 billion parameters, pre-trained on a large-scale corpus derived from diverse medical text and real-world clinical records.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGiven the ever-evolving landscape of antimicrobial resistance, the emergence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) has introduced a formidable challenge to global public health. In previous research, we identified the Compound Zndm19 as an NDM-1 inhibitor and reported Zndm19 derivatives, which exhibited moderate antibacterial activity when combined with meropenem (MEM). This moderate activity may have been due to the inability of Zndm19 to efficiently penetrate the bacterial outer membrane or its susceptibility to hydrolysis, which prevented it from exerting strong enzyme inhibition in synergy with bacterial cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Promoting muscle regeneration through stem cell therapy has potential risks. We investigated the effect of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (UMSCs) Exosomes (Exo) Follistatin on muscle regeneration.
Methods: The Exo was derived from UMSCs cells and was utilized to affect the mice muscle injury model and C2C12 cells myotubes atrophy model.
Background: Distant metastasis of gastric cancer can seriously affect the treatment strategy of gastric cancer patients, so it is essential to identify patients at high risk of distant metastasis of gastric cancer earlier.
Method: In this study, we retrospectively collected research data from 18,472 gastric cancer patients from the SEER database. We applied six machine learning algorithms to construct a model that can predict distant metastasis of gastric cancer.
Cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy is first-line strategy to inhibit progression and metastasis of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). However, its clinical efficacy is often limited by drug resistance and severe systemic side effects, highlighting the urgent need for innovative therapeutic approaches. Despite advancements in cisplatin-based regimens, research on intravesical cisplatin delivery systems remains scarce.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhys Chem Chem Phys
January 2025
The phase structure information of high-entropy alloys (HEAs) is critical for their design and application, as different phase configurations are associated with distinct chemical and physical properties. However, the broad range of elements in HEAs presents significant challenges for precise experimental design and rational theoretical modeling and simulation. To address these challenges, machine learning (ML) methods have emerged as powerful tools for phase structure prediction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBreast cancer (BC) often spreads to bones, leading to bone metastasis (BM). Current targeted therapies have limited effectiveness in the treatment of this condition. Osteoclasts, which contribute to bone destruction, are crucial in supporting tumor cell growth in the bones.
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