Publications by authors named "Yafang Lai"

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  • This study focuses on the role of the gene EIF2AK2 in energy metabolism related to gastric cancer (GC) progression and metastasis.
  • It demonstrates that overexpression of EIF2AK2 promotes processes like cell proliferation, ATP production, and cytoskeleton remodeling, while its knockdown has the opposite effects.
  • The research also identifies OAS1 as a key player in regulating energy metabolism alongside EIF2AK2, suggesting that targeting this EIF2AK2-OAS1 axis could be a new therapeutic strategy for treating cancer.
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most lethal and aggressive subtype of breast cancer, and chemoresistance is the major determinant of TNBC treatment failure. This study explores the molecular mechanism of TNBC chemoresistance. The Cancer Genome Atlas, breast cancer integrative platform, and GEPIA databases were used to analyze the expression and correlation of YTHDF1 and seven in absentia homology 2 (SIAH2) in breast cancer.

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Cisplatin is the standard chemotherapeutic drug used for the treatment of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Acquired cisplatin resistance is the primary obstacle to prolonging patient survival time. Here, the therapeutic effects of mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU) inhibition on tumor growth and cisplatin resistance in ESCC were assessed.

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Background: () is closely related to the carcinogenesis of gastric cancer (GC) and gastric non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). However, the systemic trend analysis in -related malignancy is limited. We aimed to determine the national incidence trend in non-cardia GC, cardia GC, and gastric NHL in the US during 2000-2019.

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Background: Breast cancer (BC) is a malignant tumor with the highest incidence rate worldwide, and its incidence of breast cancer brain metastases is increased in recent years. Although significant progress has been made in the systematic treatment of BC that of breast cancer brain metastases is still very difficult. Organically integrating local and systemic therapies remains an urgent problem to be solved.

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The effect of breast cancer heterogeneity on prognosis of patients is still unclear, especially the role of immune cells in prognosis of breast cancer. In this study, single cell transcriptome sequencing data of breast cancer were used to analyze the relationship between breast cancer heterogeneity and prognosis. In this study, 14 cell clusters were identified in two single-cell datasets (GSE75688 and G118389).

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Increasing evidence has suggested that mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU) is involved in various types of cancer. However, its functions remain unclear in esophageal cancer. The aim of the present study was to explore its abnormal expression and clinical implications in esophageal cancer.

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Materials And Methods: We conducted a systematic literature search in PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, Chinese Biomedicine Database (CBM), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wan Fang, and VIP up to May 2018. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) reporting nonhormonal hot flash treatments for breast cancer survivors were included. Primary outcome measurements were hot flash frequency and hot flash score of posttreatment.

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BACKGROUND Studies have shown inconsistent associations of nitrite and nitrate intake with the risk of gastric cancer or its associated mortality. We performed a meta-analysis of observational studies to evaluate the correlation of nitrite and nitrate intake with the risk of gastric cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS We searched for studies reporting effect estimates and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of gastric cancer in PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library through November 2018.

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Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) has received increasing attention from oncologists worldwide due to its poor prognosis and paucity of targeted therapies. MicroRNAs (miRs) are a group of small non-coding RNAs that are responsible for the post-transcriptional regulation of various target genes. The present study demonstrated that the expression of miR-199b-5p in breast cancer tissue was significantly reduced compared with that in normal breast tissues by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction.

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