Haplotype analysis on association between C-reactive protein gene and susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese Han population : CRP gene and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Aims: We aimed to evaluate the impact of C-reactive protein (CRP) gene polymorphism, additional gene-gene interaction, and haplotypes on susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: SNPstats online software ( https://www.snpstats.

The N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) Methylation Gene Reveals a Potential Diagnostic Role for Gastric Cancer.

Purpose: Gastric cancer (GC) is aggressive cancer with a high mortality rate worldwide. N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA methylation is related to tumorigenesis, which is dynamically regulated by m6A modulators ("writer," "eraser," and "reader"). We conducted a comprehensive analysis of the m6A genes of GC patients in TCGA datasets to identify the potential diagnostic biomarkers.

Relationship between MEG3 gene polymorphism and risk of gastric cancer in Chinese population with high incidence of gastric cancer.

Objective: Gastric cancer is the most common gastrointestinal malignancy in China and results from a combination of genetic and environmental factors. The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) materally expressed gene 3 (MEG3) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and the risk of gastric cancer and to construct a genetic-environmental risk assessment model.

Methods: A case-control study was conducted to include 474 patients with gastric cancer diagnosed by clinical and pathological examination and 543 healthy physical examination subjects.

Molecular characterization of papillary thyroid carcinoma: a potential three-lncRNA prognostic signature.

Purpose: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), the most frequent type of malignant thyroid tumor, lacks novel and reliable biomarkers of patients' prognosis. In the current study, we mined The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) to develop lncRNA signature of PTC.

Patients And Methods: The intersection of PTC lncRNAs was obtained from the TCGA database using integrative computational method.

Increase in hypotonic stress-induced endocytic activity in macrophages via ClC-3.

Extracellular hypotonic stress can affect cellular function. Whether and how hypotonicity affects immune cell function remains to be elucidated. Macrophages are immune cells that play key roles in adaptive and innate in immune reactions.

Breast feeding and immunoprophylaxis efficacy of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus.

Objective: This study was designed to explore if hepatitis B virus (HBV) may be transmitted via breast milk through mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), and assay the immunoprophylaxis efficacy after passive-active immunization.

Method: From year 2008 to 2012, 67,720 pregnant women were screened and 1186 HBsAg-carrier mothers and their infants aged 8-12 months were followed in multi-centers of China, among whom HBV markers (HBsAg, HBsAb, HBeAg, HBeAb and HBcAb) and HBV-DNA were measured.

Results: HBsAg positive rate of pregnant women was 6.

Extracellular acidosis modulates the endocytosis and maturation of macrophages.

Extracellular acidosis is involved in various pathological situations of central nervous system and the effects are largely mediated by acid sensing ion channels (ASICs). However, it remains unclear whether extracellular acidosis affects immune cells. Macrophages are immune cells that play important role in immune reactions.

Acid-sensing ion channels contribute to the effect of acidosis on the function of dendritic cells.

As an H(+)-gated subgroup of the degenerin/epithelial Na(+) channel family, acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) were reported to be involved in various physiological and pathological processes in neurons. However, little is known about the role of ASICs in the function of dendritic cells (DCs). In this study, we investigated the expression of ASICs in mouse bone marrow-derived DCs and their possible role in the function of DCs.

High-mobility group box 1 exacerbates concanavalin A-induced hepatic injury in mice.

High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a nuclear factor released extracellularly as an early endogenous alarmin of inflammation following injury and as a late mediator of lethality in sepsis. Although HMGB1 has been implicated in acute lung injury, rheumatoid arthritis, and allograft rejection, its role in T-cell mediated hepatitis remains obscure. Here, we investigated the role and the underlying mechanisms of HMGB1 in concanavalin A (Con A) induced hepatic injury.

[Technology of advanced glycation endproducts fluorescence measurement and precorrection].

The necessity to measure advanced glycation endproducts (AGE) was analyzed in the present paper, and the apparatus for measuring skin autofluorescence was also designed making use of the special excitation spectrum and emission spectrum. A portion of tissue at the volar side of the arm of individuals (11 diabetes and 19 control subjects) was illuminated with excitation light, i.e.

CpG ODN pretreatment attenuates concanavalin A-induced hepatitis in mice.

T cell-mediated hepatic damage plays a key role in the pathogenesis of liver diseases such as autoimmune hepatitis, viral hepatitis and acute liver failure. CpG-containing oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG ODN), a ligand for toll-like receptor (TLR) 9, is widely used as an immunological adjuvant. In the present study, we investigated the effect of CpG ODN on T cell-mediated liver injury in a murine model of concanavalin A (Con A)-induced hepatitis.