Worldwide productivity and research trend of publications concerning extracellular vesicles role in fibrosis: A bibliometric study from 2013 to 2022.

Background: Fibrosis is a heavy burden on the global healthcare system. Recently, an increasing number of studies have demonstrated that Extracellular vesicles play an important role in intercellular communication under both physiological and pathological conditions. This study aimed to explore the role of extracellular vesicles' in fibrosis using bibliometric methods.

METFORMIN MITIGATES SEPSIS-ASSOCIATED PULMONARY FIBROSIS BY PROMOTING AMPK ACTIVATION AND INHIBITING HIF-1α-INDUCED AEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS.

Recent research has revealed that aerobic glycolysis has a strong correlation with sepsis-associated pulmonary fibrosis (PF). However, at present, the mechanism and pathogenesis remain unclear. We aimed to test the hypothesis that the adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation and suppression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α)-induced aerobic glycolysis play a central role in septic pulmonary fibrogenesis.

Scars of COVID-19: A bibliometric analysis of post-COVID-19 fibrosis.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) becomes a worldwide public health threat. Increasing evidence proves that COVID-19-induced acute injuries could be reversed by a couple of therapies. After that, post-COVID-19 fibrosis (PCF), a sequela of "Long COVID," earns rapidly emerging concerns.

The efficacy of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in liver transplantation from non-heart-beating donors: A systemic review and meta-analysis.

Background: A systematic review and meta-analysis was made to see whether extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in liver transplantation could improve non-heart-beating donors (NHBDs) recipients' outcomes compared with donors after brain death (DBDs) recipients.

Methods: We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials for eligible studies. The study eligible criteria are cohort or case-control studies using ECMO in all NHBDs; studies involved a comparison group of DBDs; and studies evaluated 1-year graft and patient survival rate in NHBDs and DBDs groups.

Inhibiting toll-like receptor 4 signaling ameliorates pulmonary fibrosis during acute lung injury induced by lipopolysaccharide: an experimental study.

Background: Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is essential in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced fibroblast activation and collagen secretion in vitro. However, its effects on the process of lung fibroblast activation and fibrosis initiation during LPS induced acute lung injury (ALI) remain unknown. The goal of the present study was to determine the effect of inhibiting TLR4 on LPS-induced ALI and fibrosis in vivo.

Toll-like receptor 4 mediates lipopolysaccharide-induced collagen secretion by phosphoinositide3-kinase-Akt pathway in fibroblasts during acute lung injury.

Gram-negative bacillus infection is an important risk factor of acute lung injury (ALI). Previous experiments have revealed that lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a primary component of endotoxin of gram-negative bacilli, stimulated the inflammatory reactions that contribute to ALI and pulmonary interstitial fibrosis, but the mechanisms were not well understood. We reported that LPS was able to directly induce secretion of collagen in mouse lung fibroblasts via activation of phosphoinositide3-kinase-Akt (PI3K-Akt) pathway through toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in vitro.

[Clinical evaluation of execution of early goal directed therapy in septic shock].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of early goal directed therapy (EGDT) in septic shock.

Methods: Two hundred and three patients with septic shock were assigned into treatment group (n=98) and control group (n=105). According to the state of organ function at the beginning of treatment and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) evaluation scores, each group was categorized into three strata: stratum A (mild organ dysfunction), stratum B (medium organ dysfunction) and stratum C (severe organ dysfunction).

[Analysis of related factors of 48 non-survivors transferred or re-admitted to intensive care unit].

Objective: To analyze the factors which influence the mortality of patients transferred or re-admitted to intensive care unit (ICU), and investigate the method to decrease mortality of patients in ICU.

Methods: The patients died in ICU from November 2002 to October 2004 were divided into three groups: control group (n=39), transferred group (n=25) and re-admitted group (n=23). The acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II(APACHEII) score, causes of death and therapeutic protocol of each patient were studied.

[The experimental study of mechanism of integrin in hypertrophic scar contracture].

Objective: To study the mechanism of integrin in hypertrophic scar.

Methods: Fibroblasts from 10 samples of human hypertrophic scars was cultured, FQ-PCR assay was applied to detect mRNA expression of alpha-SMA in hypertrophic scar fibroblasts after integrin and FAK antibody blocking.

Results: mRNA of alpha-SMA in fibroblasts expressed obviously lower after integrin and FAK antibody blocking than that of control groups ( P < 0.