Publications by authors named "Yacong Ji"

Background: Sirtuin 5 (SIRT5) is a promising therapeutic target involved in regulating multiple metabolic pathways in cells and organisms. The role of SIRT5 in cancer is currently unclear, and a comprehensive systematic pan-cancer analysis is required to explore its value in diagnosis, prognosis, and immune function.

Methods: We investigated the role of SIRT5 in tumorigenesis, diagnosis, prognosis, metabolic pathways, the immune microenvironment, and pan-cancer therapeutic response.

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Background: The discovery of new anti-melanoma drugs with low side effect is urgently required in the clinic. Recent studies showed that morusin, a flavonoid compound isolated from the root bark of Morus Alba, has the potential to treat multiple types of cancers, including breast cancer, gastric cancer, and prostate cancer. However, the anti-cancer effect of morusin on melanoma cells has not been investigated.

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Backgroud: Flavonoids have a variety of biological activities, such as anti-inflammation, anti-tumor, anti-thrombosis and so on. Morusinol, as a novel isoprene flavonoid extracted from Morus alba root barks, has the effects of anti-arterial thrombosis and anti-inflammatory in previous studies. However, the anti-cancer mechanism of morusinol remains unclear.

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Zinc figure CCCH-type containing 15 (ZC3H15), also called developmentally regulated GTP-binding protein 1 (DRG1) family regulatory protein 1 (DFRP1), is a zinc finger containing protein. Despite playing a role in cellular signaling, it is found overexpressed in acute myeloid leukemia and also an independent prognostic marker in hepatocellular carcinoma patients. However, the biological effect of ZC3H15 in malignant melanoma (MM) remains unexplored.

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Lycorine hydrochloride (LH) is an active ingredient sourced from the medicinal herb . Previous studies have suggested that LH exerts tumor suppression activity in several human cancers. However, the anti-cancer effect of LH in melanoma and the potential molecular mechanisms still need to be further studied.

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Dihydrocapsaicin (DHC) is one of the main components of capsaicinoids in Capsicum. It has been reported that DHC exerts anti-cancer effects on diverse malignant tumors, such as colorectal cancer, breast cancer, and glioma. However, studies focused on the effect of DHC upon melanoma have rarely been done.

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As a critical subunit of the constitutive photomorphogenesis 9 (COP9) signalosome (CSN), CSN6 is upregulated in some human cancers and plays critical roles in tumorigenesis and progression, but its biological functions and molecular mechanisms in melanoma remain unknown. Our study showed that CSN6 expression was upregulated in melanoma patients and cells, and correlated with poor survival in melanoma patients. In melanoma cells, CSN6 knockdown remarkably inhibited cell proliferation, tumorigenicity, migration, and invasion, whereas CSN6 recovery rescued the proliferative and metastatic abilities.

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Alkaloids are naturally occurring chemical compounds that are widely distributed in plants, and have pharmaceutical values and low toxicity. In recent years, some of them have been demonstrated to be promising therapeutic drug candidates for cancer treatment. Herein, we tried to explore the antitumor effect of dehydrocorydaline (DHC), a natural alkaloid isolated from , on malignant melanoma.

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Malignant melanoma (MM) is one of the most malignant tumors and has a very poor prognosis. However, there are no effective drugs to treat this disease. As a kind of iron flavin dependent enzyme, dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH, EC 1.

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The plasma skin regeneration (PSR) system is a safe device for skin regeneration, which is usually carried out under local anesthetic to control the pain. Topical anesthesia and subcutaneous infiltration anesthesia are the common and safe anesthetizations. This study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of PSR after using topical anesthetization as compared with subcutaneous infiltration anesthesia, thereby inquiring into the effect of subcutaneous infiltration anesthesia in PSR and increasing electivity for clinical work.

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