LncRNA NEAT1 induces autophagy through the miR-128-3p/ADAM28 axis to suppress apoptosis of nonsmall-cell lung cancer.

This study aimed to identify the molecular mechanism underlying NEAT1 regulation of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) autophagy and apoptosis. The expression levels of NEAT1, miR-128-3p, and ADAM28 in NSCLC tissues and cells were examined using qRT-PCR. The relationships between NEAT1, miR-128-3p, and ADAM28 expression levels and prognosis of NSCLC patients were investigated using the Kaplan-Meier analysis method.

Benign monomelic amyotrophy with lower limb involvement in an adult: A case report.

Rationale: Monomelic amyotrophy (MMA) is a benign motor neuron disease with bilateral muscular atrophy in asymmetry and abnormal in the electromyography (EMG). However, we report a case by the muscle biopsy which shows symptoms of slowly progressive amyotrophy despite having a normal EMG.

Patient Concerns: A 51-year-old male was diagnosed with a lower limb amyotrophy, insidious at the onset and located in the distal thigh and the proximal crus near the knee, slowly progressive weakness, and wasting of his right gastrocnemius muscle for the last 20 years.

Left upper lobectomy and systematic lymph nodes dissection in enlarged pulmonary hilar lymph nodes in primary lung cancer patient by uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery.

Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) anatomical pulmonary resection, with only one small incision for surgery instruments and camera insertion, requires higher operative skills, especially in the cases of the enlarged pulmonary hilar lymph nodes. With improved technology and increased experiences in VATS lobectomy, uniportal VATS lobectomy has been applied in major medical centers recently. A 67-year-old male patient with left upper peripheral lung cancer and enlarged hilar lymph nodes underwent unipotal VATS lobectomy and systemic mediastinal lymph node dissection.

Left lower sleeve lobectomy and systematic lymph node dissection by complete video-assisted thoracic surgery.

Sleeve lobectomy for selected cases of central lung cancer has better functional outcomes comparing to pneumonectomy. With improved technology and increased experiences in complete video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy, complete VATS sleeve lobectomy has been applied in major medical centers recently. A 64-year-old male patient with left lower central lung cancer underwent thoracoscopic sleeve lobectomy and systemic mediastinal lymph node dissection.