Pathological observations show that cancer cells frequently invade the surrounding normal tissue in collective rather than individual cell migration. However, general principles governing collective cell migration remain to be discovered. Different from individual cell migration, we demonstrated that the Notch-1-activation reduced collective cells speed and distances.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMultiple myeloma (MM) remains an incurable hematologic malignancy. Despite tremendous advances in the treatment of this disease, about 10% of patients still have very poor outcomes with a median overall survival of less than 24 months. Our study aimed to underscore the critical mechanisms pertaining to rapid disease progression and provide novel therapeutic choices for these ultrahigh-risk patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable hematological malignancy of the plasma cells. The maintenance of protein homeostasis is critical for MM cell survival. Elevated levels of paraproteins in MM cells are cleared by proteasomes or lysosomes, which are independent but inter-connected with each other.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicroRNAs (MiRNAs) carried by exosomes play pivotal roles in the crosstalk between cell components in the tumor microenvironment. Our study aimed at identifying the expression profile of exosomal miRNAs (exo-miRNAs) in the serum of multiple myeloma (MM) patients and investigating the regulation networks and their potential functions by integrated bioinformatics analysis. Exosomes in serum from 19 newly diagnosed MM patients and 9 healthy donors were isolated and the miRNA profile was investigated by small RNA sequencing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGeneralized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a common anxiety disorder experiencing psychological and somatic symptoms. Here, we explored the link between the individual variation in functional connectome and anxiety symptoms, especially psychological and somatic dimensions, which remains unknown. In a sample of 118 GAD patients and matched 85 healthy controls (HCs), we used multivariate distance-based matrix regression to examine the relationship between resting-state functional connectivity (FC) and the severity of anxiety.
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