Resveratrol has been extensively studied for its multifaceted health benefits. Nonetheless, the pharmacological mechanisms of resveratrol for heart failure remain elusive, especially the cardioprotective effects. To address this knowledge gap, we performed high-throughput drug screening using zebrafish and discovered that resveratrol significantly alleviated heart failure, including rescuing abnormalities in heart rate, blood flow, cardiac output, and nppb overexpression.
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December 2024
With the ongoing intensification of global warming, thermal stress poses significant challenges to tilapia aquaculture. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the cardiac response of tilapia to high temperatures remain largely unexplored. To address this knowledge gap, we investigated the effects of high-temperature stress on the transcriptomic landscape of the tilapia heart.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAbnormal biosynthesis of spliceosomes and ribosomes can lead to their dysfunction, which in turn disrupts protein synthesis and results in various diseases. While genetic factors have been extensively studied, our understanding of how environmental compounds interfere with spliceosome and ribosome biosynthesis remains limited. In the present study, we employed a Reduced Transcriptome Analysis (RTA) approach, integrating large-scale transcriptome data sets of zebrafish and compiling a specific zebrafish gene panel focusing on the spliceosome and ribosome, to elucidate the potential disruptors targeting their biosynthesis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Recent studies have demonstrated that the migrasome, a newly functional extracellular vesicle, is potentially significant in the occurrence, progression, and diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. Nonetheless, its diagnostic significance and biological mechanism in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have yet to be fully explored.
Methods: To remedy this gap, we employed an integrative machine learning (ML) framework composed of 113 ML combinations within five independent AMI cohorts to establish a predictive migrasome-related signature (MS).
Background: Programmed cell death (PCD) has recently been implicated in modulating the removal of neutrophils recruited in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Nonetheless, the clinical significance and biological mechanism of neutrophil-related PCD remain unexplored.
Methods: We employed an integrative machine learning-based computational framework to generate a predictive neutrophil-derived PCD signature (NPCDS) within five independent microarray cohorts from the peripheral blood of AMI patients.
Objective: To explore the structural and functional changes in cognition-related brain regions in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) at earlier ages, and explore the impact of the interaction between CLBP and age on the brain.
Methods: Seventy-six patients with CLBP were recruited and divided into "younger" age group (20-29 years, YA), "middle" age group (30-39 years, MA), and "older" age group (40-49 years, OA). All patients underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) as well as clinical psychological and pain-related symptoms assessments.
The study aims to explore the effects of combining repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) with sling exercise (SE) intervention in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). This approach aims to directly stimulate brain circuits and indirectly activate trunk muscles to influence motor cortex plasticity. However, the impact of this combined intervention on motor cortex organization and clinical symptom improvement is still unclear, as well as whether it is more effective than either intervention alone.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The pathophysiologic heterogeneity of heart failure (HF) necessitates a more detailed identification of diagnostic biomarkers that can reflect its diverse pathogenic pathways.
Methods: We conducted weighted gene and multiscale embedded gene co-expression network analysis on differentially expressed genes obtained from HF and non-HF specimens. We employed a machine learning integration framework and protein-protein interaction network to identify diagnostic biomarkers.
Mutations in can lead to diseases such as Bosley-Salih-Alorainy syndrome, involving severe cardiovascular malformations. However, the role of in cardiac morphogenesis remains unclear. is a homologous gene to human in zebrafish.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Autonomous vehicles can have social attributes and make ethical decisions during driving. In this study, we investigated the impact of human-vehicle moral matching on trust in autonomous vehicles and its mechanism.
Methods: A 2*2 experiment involving 200 participants was conducted.
Introduction: Patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) exhibit changes in proprioceptive weighting and impaired postural control. This study aimed to investigate proprioceptive weighting changes in patients with CLBP and their influence on posture control.
Methods: Sixteen patients with CLBP and 16 healthy controls were recruited.
Due to the high addiction and side effects of medicines, people have increasingly inclined to natural and healthy peptides to improve sleep. Herein, we isolated novel peptides with sleep-promoting ability from bone peptides (PBPs) and constructed an insomniac zebrafish model as a demonstration, incorporating behavioral and transcriptomic approaches to reveal the sleep-promoting effect and mechanism of PBPs. Specifically, a sequential targeting isolation approach was developed to refine and identify a peptide with remarkable sleep-promoting activity, namely TG7 (Tyr-Gly-Asn-Pro-Trp-Glu-Lys).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecently, PTP1B was identified as a novel immune checkpoint whose removal can unleash T cell responses. However, research on the influence of PTP1B as an immune regulator on liver cancer is limited. This study aimed to investigate the immunological correlation and function of PTP1B in liver cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLow back pain is a major global public health problem, but the current intervention effect is not ideal. A large body of previous literature suggests that patients with chronic low back pain may have abnormal postural control, which is more evident in the dual task situation. In recent years, research on postural control in patients with low back pain under dual-task conditions has gradually become a hot topic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: It is reported that impaired postural control in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain (NCLBP) was associated with "core" trunk muscle incoordination. However, as the diaphragm is an important component of the "core" deep trunk muscle group, we still know little about the potential relationship between diaphragm dysfunction and NCLBP.
Objectives: This case-control study is intended to investigate the changes of diaphragm morphological structure and function in young and middle-aged subjects with and without NCLBP by ultrasound evaluation and its possible validity in predicating the occurrence of NCLBP.
The etiologies and pathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) with heart failure (HF) remain to be defined. Thus, exploring specific diagnosis biomarkers and mechanisms is urgently needed to improve this situation. In this study, three gene expression profiling datasets (GSE29819, GSE21610, GSE17800) and one single-cell RNA sequencing dataset (GSE95140) were obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPCR-based DNA amplification has been one of the major methods in aquaculture research for decades, although its use outside the modern laboratory environment is limited due to the relatively complex methods and high costs. To this end, we investigated a swabbing and disc protocol for the collection of DNA samples from fish which could extract DNA from fish skin mucus by a non-invasion technique costing only $0.02 (USD) and requiring less than 30 seconds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe incidence of geriatric hip fractures continues to rise in our aging population and has become a major public health concern globally. The primary outcome of this study was to determine whether Age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index (ACCI) is associated with increased fracture-related complications in neck of femur fractures treated by internal fixation. This was a cohort study between January 2014 to June 2018.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFolic acid, one of the 13 essential vitamins, plays an important role in cardiovascular development. Mutations in folic acid synthesis gene 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase () is associated with the occurrence of congenital heart disease. However, the mechanisms underlying the regulation of cardiac development by gene are poorly understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhoX is an extracellular alkaline phosphatase that is widely found in cyanobacteria and plays an important role in the conversion of extracellular organophosphorus into soluble inorganic phosphorus. However, the gene has not yet been experimentally confirmed to exist in bloom-forming species. In this study, we identified a putative gene (GenBank accession no.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicrocystin-LR (MC-LR) is a high-toxic biohazard that pollutes ecological environment and agroproducts. In this study, a newly recombined genetically engineered antibody (AV-MV) with higher thermal stability and binding activity was designed by chain shuffling and based on our previously obtained anti-MC-LR scFv and nanobody. Based on AV-MV template, a capacity of 8.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChemokine-induced chemotaxis of leukocytes is an important part of the innate immunity and has been shown to mediate inflammation in all groups of jawed vertebrates. For jawless vertebrates, hagfish leukocytes are known to show chemotaxis toward mammalian complement anaphylotoxin and Gram-negative bacteria lipopolysaccharide. However, whether chemokines mediate chemotaxis of leukocytes in jawless vertebrates has not been conclusively examined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFColony is a key to Microcystis becoming a dominant population and forming blooms. To find the mechanism of colony formation, we investigated cell wall structures of colonial and unicellular strains. Results showed that colonial strains had significant surface layer protein (S-layer) on the surface of cells than unicellular strains by transmission electron microscopy.
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