A novel clinical tool and risk stratification system for predicting the event-free survival of neuroblastoma patients: A TARGET-based study.

Neuroblastoma (NB), considered the most common non-intracranial solid tumor in children, accounts for nearly 8% of pediatric malignancies. This study aimed to develop a simple and practical nomogram to predict event-free survival (EFS) in NB patients and establish a new risk stratification system. In this study, 763 patients primarily diagnosed with NB in the Therapeutically Applicable Research to Generate Effective Treatments (TARGET) database were included and randomly assigned to a training set (70%) and a validation set (30%) in a 7:3 ratio.

Isoproterenol pre-treatment improve the therapeutic efficacy of cardiosphere-derived cells transplantation for myocardial infarction.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the effect of isoproterenol pre-treatment on the therapeutic efficacy of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) transplantation for myocardial infarction (MI).

Methods: Thirty 8-week-old male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rat model of MI was generated by ligation of the left anterior descending artery. The MI rats were treated with PBS (MI group, n=8), CDCs (MI + CDC group, n=8) and isoproterenol pre-treated CDCs (MI + ISO-CDC group, n=8), respectively.

Construction of a novel clinical nomogram to predict cancer-specific survival in patients with primary malignant adrenal tumors: a large population-based retrospective study.

Background: Primary malignant adrenal tumors were rare and had a poor prognosis. This investigation aimed to create a useful clinical prediction nomogram to anticipate cancer-specific survival (CSS) of patients with a primary malignant adrenal tumor.

Method: This study included 1748 patients with malignant adrenal tumor diagnoses subjects from 2000 to 2019.

[Modulation of gut microbiota during alleviation of antibiotic-associated diarrhea with Zingiberis Rhizoma].

This study was aimed to explore the effect of Zingiberis Rhizoma extract on rats with antibiotic-associated diarrhea(AAD), and reveal the modulation of gut microbiota during alleviation of AAD. AAD rat model was successfully established by exposing rats to appropriate antibiotic mixed solution. Peficon(70 mg·kg~(-1)·d~(-1)) was used as positive control, then rats were treated with 200 mg·kg~(-1)·d~(-1) and 400 mg·kg~(-1)·d~(-1) of Zingiberis Rhizoma extract for low and high dosage groups of Zingiberis Rhizoma extract, respectively.

The multivariable prognostic models for severe complications after heart valve surgery.

Background: To provide multivariable prognostic models for severe complications prediction after heart valve surgery, including low cardiac output syndrome (LCOS), acute kidney injury requiring hemodialysis (AKI-rH) and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS).

Methods: We developed multivariate logistic regression models to predict severe complications after heart valve surgery using 930 patients collected retrospectively from the first affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University from January 2014 to December 2015. The validation was conducted using a retrospective dataset of 713 patients from the same hospital from January 2016 to March 2017.

Study on the neuroprotective effects of Genistein on Alzheimer's disease.

Along with the aging of the world population, the incidence rate of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been increasing. At present, AD has become one of the most serious problems faced by modern medicine. Studies have shown that estrogen has a positive effect on AD, but estrogen has the side effect of leading to tumors.

Crosstalk between the activated Slit2-Robo1 pathway and TGF-β1 signalling promotes cardiac fibrosis.

Aims: Previous reports indicated that the Slit2-Robo signalling pathway is involved in embryonic heart development and fibrosis in other solid organs, but its function in adult cardiac fibrosis has not been investigated. Here, we investigate the role of the Slit2-Robo1 signalling pathway in cardiac fibrosis.

Methods And Results: The right atrial tissue samples were obtained from patients with valvular heart disease complicated by atrial fibrillation during heart valve surgery and from healthy heart donors.

Bioinformatics analysis of molecular mechanisms involved in intervertebral disc degeneration induced by TNF-α and IL-1β.

The present study aimed to explore the molecular mechanisms associated with intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) induced by tumor necrosis factor (TNF)‑α and interleukin (IL)‑1β. The microarray dataset no. GSE42611 was downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database.