Publications by authors named "Xiaoxin Ma"

Organic conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) has garnered enormous attention in organic electronics due to its low-cost solution processability, highly tunable conductivity, superior mechanical flexibility, and good biocompatibility together with excellent atmospheric stability. Nevertheless, limited electrical properties and unfavorable water instability of pristine PEDOT:PSS film impede its further implementation in a broad spectrum of practical applications. In this work, the successful tailoring of the intrinsic electrostatic interaction within PEDOT:PSS and consequent optimized electrical properties are enabled by a simple yet effective ionic salt post-treatment strategy.

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  • - The study investigates disulfidptosis, a new type of cell death related to disulfide stress, and its significance in endometrial cancer (EC), emphasizing the gene SLC3A2.
  • - Researchers created a predictive model using disulfidptosis-related genes (DRGs) to assess EC patients' outcomes, demonstrating links between the DRG risk scores, clinical data, and tumor characteristics, including responses to immunotherapy.
  • - SLC3A2 was identified as a key player in cancer behavior through various experiments, confirming its role in promoting malignant traits in EC via both lab (in vitro) and animal studies (in vivo).
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Choriocarcinoma is a malignant cancer that belongs to gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN). Herein, serum metabolomic analysis was performed on 29 GTN patients and 30 healthy individuals to characterize the metabolic variations during GTN progression. Ultimately 24 differential metabolites (DMs) were identified, of which, Equol was down-regulated in GTN patients, whose VIP score is the 3rd highest among the 24 DMs.

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Structural metamorphosis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) eliciting highly active metal-hydroxide catalysts has come to the fore lately, with much promise. However, the role of organic ligands leaching into electrolytes during alkaline hydrolysis remains unclear. Here, we elucidate the influence of organic carboxylate anions on a family of Ni or NiFe-based hydroxide type catalysts during the oxygen evolution reaction.

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Endometrial cancer (EC) stem cells (ECSCs) are pivotal in the oncogenesis, metastasis, immune escape, chemoresistance, and recurrence of EC. However, the specific mechanism of stem cell maintenance in EC cells (ECCs) has not been clarified. We found that WTAP and m6A levels decreased in both EC and ECSCs, and that knocking down WTAP promoted ECCs and ECSCs properties, including proliferation, invasion, migration, cisplatin resistance, and self-renewal.

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The liver and intestine play a critical role in nutrient absorption, storage, and metabolism. The aim of this study was to evaluate expression pattern of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT/mammalian target of the rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway that included PI3K, AKT1, mTOR, FoxO1, SREBP-1, PPARα, PTEN and FXR in the maternal liver and duodenum. Ovine livers and duodenums were sampled at day 16 of the estrous cycle, and at days 13, 16 and 25 of gestation, and RT-qPCR, western blot and immunohistochemistry analysis were used to detect mRNA and protein expression.

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Patients who suffer from sepsis typically experience acute lung injury (ALI). Extracellular vesicles (EVs) contain miRNAs, which are potentially involved in ALI. However, strategies to screen more effective EV-miRNAs as therapeutic targets are yet to be elucidated.

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  • Endometrial cancer (EC) cells have altered glucose metabolism, relying more on aerobic glycolysis and less on oxidative phosphorylation, suggesting that changing how these cells use glucose could be a potential treatment strategy.
  • The study found that LIN28B is highly expressed in EC, which stabilizes PCAT5, and in turn, PCAT5 stabilizes IGF2BP3 by preventing its degradation, linking these proteins to EC cell behavior.
  • IGF2BP3 enhances glucose metabolism and promotes EC cell growth and movement by stabilizing key enzymes, indicating that the LIN28B/PCAT5/IGF2BP3 pathway is crucial for EC progression and may be targeted for new therapies
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Flat panel displays are electronic displays that are thin and lightweight, making them ideal for use in a wide range of applications, from televisions and computer monitors to mobile devices and digital signage. The Thin-Film Transistor (TFT) layer is responsible for controlling the amount of light that passes through each pixel and is located behind the liquid crystal layer, enabling precise image control and high-quality display. As one of the important parameters to evaluate the display performance, the faster response time provides more frames in a second, which benefits many high-end applications, such as applications for playing games and watching movies.

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Background: Some biomarkers collected from routine laboratory tests have shown important value in cancer prognosis. The study aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of routine laboratory biomarkers in patients with endometrial cancer (EC) and to develop credible prognostic nomogram models for clinical application.

Methods: A total of 727 patients were randomly divided into a training set and a validation set.

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  • This study analyzes the proteomic profiles of three main types of epithelial ovarian cancer (Clear cell carcinoma, Endometrioid carcinoma, and Serous carcinoma) using 80 samples of CCC, 79 samples of EC, and 80 samples of SC, along with 30 control samples.
  • The research identifies significant differences in protein expression and phosphorylation that could help in diagnosing and predicting outcomes for each cancer subtype.
  • Importantly, the findings suggest that MPP7 protein could serve as a potential therapeutic target for Serous carcinoma, enhancing our understanding of the distinct biological features and treatment options for these cancers.
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Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) has considerable potential in cancer treatment and exhibits high tissue penetration with minimal damage to healthy tissues. The efficiency of SDT is constrained by the complex immunological environment and tumor treatment resistance. Herein, a specific acoustic-actuated tumor-targeted nanomachine is proposed to generate mechanical damage to lysosomes for cancer SDT.

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The deregulation of fatty acid metabolism plays a pivotal role in cancer. Our objective is to construct a prognostic model for patients with endometrial carcinoma (EC) based on genes related to fatty acid metabolism-related genes (FAMGs). RNA sequencing and clinical data for EC were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA).

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Adenocarcinomas are one of the most common histological types of gastric cancer. It has been ranked fifth among common cancers and is the third among death causing cancers worldwide. The high mortality rate among patients with gastric cancer is because of its silent evolution, genetic heterogeneity, high resistance to chemotherapy as well as unavailability of highly effective therapeutic strategy.

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Inflammatory response is an important feature of most tumors. Local inflammation promotes tumor cell immune evasion and chemotherapeutic drug resistance. We aimed to build a prognostic model for endometrial cancer patients based on inflammatory response-related genes (IRGs).

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In recent years, Kubernetes (K8s) has become a dominant resource management and scheduling system in the cloud. In practical scenarios, short-running cloud workloads are usually scheduled through different scheduling algorithms provided by Kubernetes. For example, artificial intelligence (AI) workloads are scheduled through different Volcano scheduling algorithms, such as GANG_MRP, GANG_LRP, and GANG_BRA.

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Background: Endometrial cancer (EC) is a common gynecological cancer worldwide and the sixth most common female malignant tumor. A large number of studies conducted through database mining have identified many biomarkers that may be related to survival and prognosis. However, the predictive ability of single-gene biomarkers is not sufficiently accurate.

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Rectal neuroendocrine tumors (rNETs) measuring less than 10 mm in diameter are defined as small rNETs. Due to the low risk of distant invasion and metastasis, endoscopic treatments, including modified endoscopic mucosal resection, endoscopic submucosal dissection, and other transanal surgical procedures, are effective. This review article proposes a follow-up plan according to the size and histopathology of the tumor after operation.

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Tumor stem cells (TSCs) are thought to contribute to the progression and maintenance of cancer. Previous studies have suggested that plasmacytoma variant translocation 1 (PVT1) has a tumor-promoting effect on endometrial cancer; however, its mechanism of action in endometrial cancer stem cells (ECSCs) is unknown. Here, we found that PVT1 was highly expressed in endometrial cancers and ECSCs, correlated with poor patient prognosis, promoted the malignant behavior and the stemness of endometrial cancer cells (ECCs) and ECSCs.

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Background: Mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) antagonists have been widely used to treat heart failure (HF). Studies have shown that MR in T cells plays important roles in hypertension and myocardial hypertrophy. However, the function of T-cell MR in myocardial infarction (MI) has not been elucidated.

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  • - Mitochondria are crucial for eukaryotic cell metabolism and differentiation, and recent studies suggest that they can be transferred between cells, influencing the fate of recipient cells, including stem cells.
  • - Research showed that macrophages enhance the osteogenic (bone-forming) differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) by transferring healthy mitochondria; however, in osteoporosis, macrophages send damaged mitochondria that disrupt normal MSC metabolism.
  • - The study highlights that the abnormal accumulation of succinate due to poor mitochondrial transfer leads to improper osteogenic differentiation in MSCs, revealing a potential target for osteoporosis treatment through metabolic regulation.
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Atomic-scale magnetic field sensors based on nitrogen vacancy (NV) defects in diamonds are an exciting platform for nanoscale nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The detection of NMR signals from a few zeptoliters to single molecules or even single nuclear spins has been demonstrated using NV centers close to the diamond surface. However, fast molecular diffusion of sample molecules in and out of the nanoscale detection volumes impedes their detection and limits current experiments to solid-state or highly viscous samples.

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Background: This study aimed to determine the prognostic value of the preoperative levels of fibrinogen, albumin (ALB), neutrophil−lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125) in endometrial cancer and to establish nomograms for predicting patient survival. Methods: Patients with endometrial cancer (n = 1483) who underwent surgery were included in this study, and their preoperative fibrinogen, ALB, NLR, and CA125 levels and clinicopathological characteristics were collected. Patients were randomized into a training cohort (70%, n = 1038) and an external validation cohort (30%, n = 445).

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