Publications by authors named "Wanxin Cao"

Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is an inflammatory disease characterized by persistent immune dysregulation, which presents considerable limitations in current medical therapy.

Objects: This study investigates a supramolecular gel (PSPD), which aims to minimize systemic adverse effects through local injection, provide long-lasting anti-inflammatory effects, and modulate the mucosal immune microenvironment.

Methods: The properties of PSPD were evaluated using rheological experiments.

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Functional molecules derived from stereogenic phosphorus centers have important applications in the discovery of drugs and agrochemicals. They are also widely utilized as chiral ligands or organocatalysts for diverse asymmetric transformations. However, access to P-stereogenic motifs has always been regarded as a highly challenging yet desirable goal in organic synthesis.

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There is ongoing intense interest in catalysis with the Earth-abundant metal nickel. This DFT study reveals a plausible mechanism for the first Ni-catalyzed asymmetric Reppe carbonylation of cyclopropenes with carbon monoxide and phenols/alcohols. The RO-H bond undergoes a distinct heterolytic cleavage rather than the proposed oxidative addition, transferring a proton to a nickel-bound anionic carbon atom in a stereoselective manner.

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  • Interferon Gamma Inducible Protein 30 (IFI30), also known as GILT, is an enzyme found mainly in lysosomes and cytoplasm, crucial for reducing disulfide bonds in proteins within the endocytic pathway.
  • It plays a key role in the immune system by aiding in the processing of antigens for Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) presentation, important for immune response.
  • Recent studies suggest that IFI30 is also linked to cancer development and immune responses, indicating that targeting this protein could lead to new cancer therapies and improve patient outcomes, particularly in immunotherapy approaches.
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  • Vitamin C (Vc) has been found to alleviate tinnitus symptoms in noise-exposed rats by reducing spontaneous firing rates in their auditory systems.
  • The study shows that Vc lowers the elevated glutamate levels in the auditory cortex and restores the expression of glutamate transporter 1 (GLT-1), which is impaired after noise exposure.
  • This research points to Vc as a potential therapeutic option for managing tinnitus by enhancing glutamate clearance, indicating a new target for future treatments.
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Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common, malignant, and lethal primary brain tumor in adults. Up to now, the chemotherapy approaches for GBM are limited. Therefore, more studies on identifying and exploring new chemotherapy drugs or strategies overcome the GBM are essential.

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Background: Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) poses a major threat to both physical and mental health; however, there is still a lack of effective drugs to treat the disease. Recently, novel biological therapies, such as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and their products, namely, exosomes, are showing promising therapeutic potential due to their low immunogenicity, few ethical concerns, and easy accessibility. Nevertheless, the precise mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects of MSC-derived exosomes remain unclear.

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The Forkhead box C1 (FOXC1) transcription factor is an important member of the FOX family. After initially being identified in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) with significant oncogenic function, FOXC1 was subsequently demonstrated to be involved in the development of more than 16 types of cancers. In recent years, increasing studies have focused on the deregulatory mechanisms of FOXC1 expression and revealed that FOXC1 expression was regulated at multiple levels including transcriptional regulation, post-transcription regulation and post-translational modification.

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Objectives: There are three major subtypes of breast cancer, ER+, HER2+ and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), namely ER-, PR-, HER2-. TNBC is the most aggressive breast cancer with poor prognosis and no target drug up to now. Actinomycin D (ActD) is a bioactive metabolite of marine bacteria that has been reported to have antitumor activity.

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Background And Aim: Small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO)-specific protease (SENP)3 is a protease molecule that responds to reactive oxygen species (ROS) with high sensitivity. However, the role of ROS and SENP3 in the formation of nasal polyps (NPs) remains unclear. This study aimed to explore how SENP3 influenced the outcome of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) by altering macrophage function, that is, the formation of NPs.

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Simple, selective, and sensitive detection of cerebral riboflavin is of great significance due to the vital roles of riboflavin in physiological and pathological processes. In the work, water-soluble photoluminescent adenosine-functionalized gold nanoclusters (Ade-AuNCs) are exploited as highly sensitive and selective receptors for cerebral riboflavin detection. The Ade-AuNCs are prepared under aqueous conditions by the one-step "synthesis-functionalization integration" strategy, using chloroauric acid as gold precursors and adenosine as outer-shell ligands.

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To analyze the expression of type Ⅱ inflammatory-related cytokines in nasal secretions of patients with eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps(ECRSwNP), and to preliminarily explore the role of type Ⅱ inflammatory cytokines in nasal secretions in predicting ECRSwNP. A prospective analysis was made of 91 patients with CRSwNP who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery in Peking University Third Hospital from November 2020 to June 2021. All the selected patients had their SNOT-22 score, Lund-Mackay score and blood eosinophilia collected before surgery.

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Unlabelled: The etiologies of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP)-associated olfactory dysfunction have several potentially overlapping hypotheses. Understanding the association of tissue eosinophils and mucous inflammatory cytokines with olfactory function and identifying predictors of olfactory outcomes in patients with nasal polyposis after surgery is fundamental for future clinical care and research.

Methods: Eighty-five patients who underwent endoscopic surgery for nasal polyposis were enrolled in this study.

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Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is characterized by Th2-skewed inflammation and increased colonization by . CRSwNP can be distinguished as eosinophilic (ECRSwNP) and non-eosinophilic (NECRSwNP) by the infiltration of eosinophils. The local microbiota plays an important role in the persistent inflammation of CRSwNP.

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Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is the most common malignant head and neck cancer, with a 40% recurrence rate in the first 3 years after radical treatment. Recurrence of LSCC mostly comprises lymphogenous metastasis, hematogenic metastasis, and locoregional recurrence, while LSCC seeding is rarest: there are only 4 cases reported in PubMed, and none of them is one of subcutaneous seeding. We report a case with post-surgery subcutaneous seeding of LSCC.

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Background: The prevalence of eosinophilic CRSwNP in China has increased significantly over the last 20 years, noninvasive methods that could assist in diagnosis are urgently needed.

Aims: The aim of this study is to explore the clinical significance of peripheral blood eosinophil in diagnosing ECRS.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a prospective study of 221 patients diagnosed with CRS.

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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is stored as lysosomal vesicles in marginal cells of the stria vascular in neonatal rats, but the mechanisms of ATP release are unclear. Primary cultures of marginal cells from 1-day-old Sprague-Dawley rats were established. P2Y receptor and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor were immunolabelled in marginal cells of the stria vascular.

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