Publications by authors named "Wuguo Deng"

Background: Liver metastasis poses a significant barrier to effective immunotherapy in patients with colorectal cancer. Cryoablation has emerged as a vital supplementary therapeutic approach for these patients. However, its impact on the tumor microenvironment following the ablation of liver metastases remains unclear.

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  • Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) show promise in treating head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), but their effectiveness is limited, necessitating further research.
  • The study investigates the role of sphingosine kinase 1 (SPHK1) in HNSCC, finding it enhances tumor growth by suppressing the immune response and promotes immune evasion through regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP1) and PD-L1 expression.
  • SPHK1 and MMP1 were identified as potential biomarkers for predicting responses to PD-1 monoclonal antibody immunotherapy and serve as independent risk factors for patient survival in HNSCC.
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  • This text serves as a correction to an article published on page 13 of volume 7.
  • The reference PMID: 28123844 indicates the specific article that requires this correction.
  • The intention is to clarify or amend any inaccuracies found in the original publication.
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Glioblastoma (GBM) is highly invasive and lethal. The failure to cure GBM highlights the necessity of developing more effective targeted therapeutic strategies. KIF15 is a motor protein to be involved in cell mitosis promotion, cell structure assembly and cell signal transduction.

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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)-mediated immunosuppression within the tumor microenvironment (TME) frequently culminates in the failure of otherwise promising immunotherapies. In this study, we identify tumor-intrinsic FLI1 as a critical mediator in impairing T cell anti-tumor immunity. A mechanistic inquiry reveals that FLI1 orchestrates the expression of CBP and STAT1, facilitating chromatin accessibility and transcriptional activation of IDO1 in response to T cell-released IFN-γ.

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The core of telomerase consists of the protein subunit telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and the telomerase RNA component (TERC). So far, the role of TERC in cancer development has remained elusive. Here, we found TERC expression elevated in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tissues, which was associated with disease progression and poor prognosis in patients.

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Background: Keloids are aberrant dermal wound healing characterized by invasive growth, extracellular matrix deposition, cytokine overexpression and easy recurrence. Many factors have been implicated as pathological causes of keloids, particularly hyperactive inflammation, tension alignment and genetic predisposition. S-Nitrosylation (SNO), a unique form of protein modification, is associated with the local inflammatory response but its function in excessive fibrosis and keloid formation remains unknown.

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Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors worldwide. A various of neurotransmitter receptors have been found to be expressed in tumor cells, and the activation of these receptors may promote tumor growth and metastasis. This study aimed to construct a novel neurotransmitter receptor-related genes signature to predict the survival, immune microenvironment, and treatment response of colorectal cancer patients.

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Despite significant advances over the past decade, patients diagnosed with advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) continue to face unfavorable prognoses. Recent studies have underscored the pivotal role of lysosomes in tumor development and progression. This led us to postulate and develop a novel lysosomal-centric model for predicting CRC risk and therapeutic response.

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Conservative treatment approaches for thyroid carcinoma (TC) patients with wild-type B-type Raf kinase () pose risks of long-term recurrence. The association of DNA methylation with TC metastasis is unclear. Here we analyzed data from 179 wild-type TC patients in the The Cancer Genome Atlas database, identifying significant metastasis-associated CpGs.

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The dysfunction of endothelial cells caused by hyperglycemia is observed as a decrease in neovascularization in diabetic wound healing. Studies have found that epidermal stem cells (EpiSCs) can promote the angiogenesis of full-thickness wounds. To further explain the therapeutic effect of EpiSCs, EpiSC-derived exosomes (EpiSC-EXOs) are considered the main substance contributing to stem cell effectivity.

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Hypertrophic scar (HS) is a fibrotic skin condition and characterized by abnormal proliferation of myofibroblasts and accumulation of extracellular matrix. Melatonin, an endogenous hormone, can alleviate fibrosis in multiple models of diseases. This study examined the effect of melatonin on fibrosis in primary fibroblasts from human HS (HSFs) and a rabbit ear model and potential mechanisms.

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The eradication of cancer stem cells (CSCs) with drug resistance confers the probability of local tumor control after chemotherapy or targeted therapy. As the main drug resistance marker, ABCG2 is also critical for colorectal cancer (CRC) evolution, in particular cancer stem-like traits expansion. Hitherto, the knowledge about the expression regulation of ABCG2, in particular its upstream transcriptional regulatory mechanisms, remains limited in cancer, including CRC.

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Background: Treatment options for patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remain limited to mainstay therapies owing to a lack of efficacious therapeutic targets. Accordingly, there is an urgent need to discover and identify novel molecular targets for the treatment and diagnosis of this disease. In this study, we analyzed the correlation of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) methylation status with TERT expression, prognosis, and immune infiltration in TNBC and identified the role of TERT methylation in the regulation TNBC prognosis and immunotherapy.

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Moderate inflammation is essential for standard wound healing. In pathological conditions, such as diabetes, protracted and refractory wounds are associated with excessive inflammation, manifested by persistent proinflammatory macrophage states. However, the mechanisms are still unclear.

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Background: The composite transplantation of a split-thickness skin graft (STSG) combined with an acellular dermal matrix (ADM) is a promising repair method for full-thickness skin defects. Due to delayed vascularization of the ADM, no currently available engineered skin tissue is able to permanently cover full-thickness skin defects via a single-stage procedure. Epidermal stem cells (EpSCs) have been found to promote angiogenesis in the wound bed.

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Background: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly heterogeneous disease and the current prognostic system cannot meet the clinical need. Interactions between immune responsiveness and tumor cells plays a key role in the progression of TNBC and macrophages are vital component of immune cells. A prognostic model based on macrophages may have great accuracy and clinical utility.

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With an increasing number of patients experiencing infertility due to chronic salpingitis after (CT) infection, there is an unmet need for tissue repair or regeneration therapies. Treatment with human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles (hucMSC-EV) provides an attractive cell-free therapeutic approach. In this study, we investigated the alleviating effect of hucMSC-EV on tubal inflammatory infertility caused by CT using animal experiments.

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  • Keloids are tough, overgrown scars that are hard to treat, and the study explores how melatonin might help with them for the first time.
  • Researchers used various lab techniques to study the effects of melatonin on keloid fibroblasts and found that it promotes cell death while inhibiting cell growth and other activities related to keloid formation.
  • The results indicated that melatonin works through specific cellular pathways, and when combined with the drug 5-fluorouracil, it could enhance the inhibition of keloid fibroblasts even further, suggesting a potential new treatment strategy.
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