Differences in Lung Cancer-related Clinical Practice and Basic Research Background between Japan and China: A Narrative Review.

With its increasing incidence, lung cancer has become one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide, posing a great threat to the health and lives of patients. Due to varying economic and cultural backgrounds, there are significant differences in clinical treatment practices and related basic research on lung cancer between China and Japan. These differences are mainly reflected in many aspects, such as cancer prevention, cancer treatment, provision of medical insurance, patient compliance, medical education system, and sources of research funding.

Long Non-Coding RNA LINC01116 Promotes the Proliferation of Lung Adenocarcinoma by Targeting miR-9-5p/CCNE1 Axis.

Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) LINC01116 is crucial in promoting cell proliferation, invasion and migration in solid tumours, including lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). LINC01116 acts as a competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNA) that binds competitively to microRNAs and plays a critical role in tumour migration and invasion. However, other mechanisms of action besides the ceRNA theory have been rarely reported and remain to be elucidated further.

Ultrafast separation of oil/water mixtures with layered double hydroxide coated stainless steel meshes (LDH-SSMs).

With the frequent discharge of wastewater and leakage of oil accidents, it has gained much attention to treat oil and organic pollutants from water. Herein, a facile and environmentally friendly approach is presented to fabricate MgAlZn layered double hydroxide-coated stainless steel mesh (LDH-SSM) via hydrothermal method, which could be used to separate various oil/water mixtures due to its superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic property. The as-prepared mesh possesses selective separation performance for oil/water mixtures with separation efficiency higher than 99.

Orchestration of the crosstalk between astrocytes and cancer cells affects the treatment and prognosis of lung cancer sufferers with brain metastasis.

Brain metastasis is an inauspicious consequence of lung cancer. However, the majority of cancer cells that seep into the brain died of unknown causes, only a few survived and developed into metastatic brain tumor. Communication between cancer cells and host tissue is viewed as an essential event during metastasis, but little is known about the accurate control of this processes.

Association between TNF-α -308 G/A polymorphism and COPD susceptibility: a meta-analysis update.

Background And Objective: The association between TNF-α -308 G/A polymorphism and COPD remains controversial due to insufficiently strict study designs and small group sizes among different studies. In the present study, a meta-analysis update which followed a stricter procedure was performed to obtain a clearer understanding of this association.

Methods: A comprehensive database search was conducted to identify the case-control studies published up to July 2015 which reported an association between the TNF-α -308 G/A polymorphism and COPD risk.