Clinical phenotypes of heart failure patients with supranormal ejection fraction.

Aims: Heart failure (HF) with supranormal ejection fraction (HFsnEF) represents a distinct clinical entity characterized by limited treatment options and an unfavourable prognosis. Revealing its phenotypic diversity is crucial for understanding disease mechanism and optimizing patient management. We aim to identify phenotypic subgroups in HFsnEF using unsupervised clustering analysis.

Conversion surgery intervention versus continued systemic therapy in patients with a response after PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor-based combination therapy for initially unresectable biliary tract cancer: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: The role of conversion surgery in patients with unresectable biliary tract cancer who responded positively to PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor-based therapy remains unclear. This study aimed to assess the outcomes in patients with or without conversion surgery.

Methods: In this cohort study, patients with advanced biliary tract cancer who received combination therapy with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors from July 2019 to January 2023 were retrospectively.

Development and validation of web-based nomograms for predicting survival status in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma depending on the surgical status: a SEER database analysis.

This study aimed to develop and validate prognostic nomograms that can estimate the probability of 1-, 3- and 5-year overall survival (OS) as well as cancer-specific survival (CSS) for Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICCA) patients. Clinical data of 1446 patients diagnosed with ICCA between 2010 and 2017 from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database were analyzed. In both the OS and the CSS group, the training cohort and validation cohort were divided into a 7:3 ratio.

Worldwide research trends on tumor burden and immunotherapy: a bibliometric analysis.

Various immunotherapy has been greatly applied to comprehensive treatment of malignant cancer under different degrees of tumor burden. Scientific researchers have gained considerable progress in the relationship between immunotherapy and tumor burden in recent years. This review aimed to explore the prospect and developing trends in the field of tumor burden and immunotherapy from a bibliometric perspective.

Case Report: The application of associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy in patients with hepatitis b virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma after undergoing treatment with an immune checkpoint inhibitor: a report of two cases.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is often diagnosed at an unresectable stage without opportunities for curative therapy. Future liver remnant (FLR) insufficiency limits the range of patients who can undergo radical resection. Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) can ultimately achieve short-term hypertrophy of the FLR in patients with viral hepatitis-related fibrosis/cirrhosis and R0 resection.

Colloidal Self-Assembled Patterns Maintain the Pluripotency and Promote the Hemopoietic Potential of Human Embryonic Stem Cells.

The generation of blood cells in a significant amount for clinical uses is still challenging. Human pluripotent stem cells-derived hemopoietic cells (hPSC-HCs) are a promising cell source to generate blood cells. Previously, it has been shown that the attached substrates are crucial in the maintenance or differentiation of hPSCs.

Assessing the Causal Role of Selenium in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

The relation between selenium overexposure and increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been subject to considerable interest. Epidemiologic studies have reported suggestive associations between selenium and ALS, although the causal inference between selenium and ALS remains to be established. We conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to analyze the causal role of selenium on ALS risk.

Novel Scalable and Simplified System to Generate Microglia-Containing Cerebral Organoids From Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.

Human cerebral organoid (CO) is a three-dimensional (3D) cell culture system that recapitulates the developing human brain. While CO has proved an invaluable tool for studying neurological disorders in a more clinically relevant matter, there have still been several shortcomings including CO variability and reproducibility as well as lack of or underrepresentation of certain cell types typically found in the brain. As the technology to generate COs has continued to improve, more efficient and streamlined protocols have addressed some of these issues.

DNA methylation biomarkers for diagnosis of primary liver cancer and distinguishing hepatocellular carcinoma from intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) are the two most common pathology subtypes of primary liver cancer (PLC). Identifying DNA methylation biomarkers for diagnosis of PLC and further distinguishing HCC from ICC plays a vital role in subsequent treatment options selection. To obtain potential diagnostic DNA methylation sites for PLC, differentially methylated CpG (DMC) sites were first screened by comparing the methylation data between normal liver samples and PLC samples (ICC samples and HCC samples).

Structural Characterization of Peptides From Huangjiu and Their Regulation of Hepatic Steatosis and Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis in Hyperlipidemia Mice.

Hyperlipidemia is a chronic disorder that is difficult to cure and usually treated with long-term lipid-reducing drugs. Recent trends have led to the use of diet therapies or food-derived strategies in the treatment of such long-term diseases. The Chinese rice wine (huangjiu) contains a wide range of bioactive peptides that are produced during the multi-species fermentation process.

Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2 Related Factor 2 Activator JC-5411 Inhibits Atherosclerosis Through Suppression of Inflammation and Regulation of Lipid Metabolism.

Phenethyl isothiocyanate is widely present in cruciferous vegetables with multiple biological effects. Here we reported the antiatherogenic effects and the underlying mechanisms of JC-5411 (Phenethyl isothiocyanate formulation) and . Luciferase reporter assay showed that JC-5411 increased the activity of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and antioxidant response element (ARE).

Prognostic value and underlying mechanism of KIAA0101 in hepatocellular carcinoma: database mining and co-expression analysis.

Although KIAA0101 is involved in many diseases, its expression and prognostic value in HCC remain undefined. According to CCLE, KIAA0101 is highly expressed in HCC, with a weak positive correlation between copy number and gene expression. Four studies involving 760 samples in ONCOMINE report elevated KIAA0101 expression in HCC (p=3.

Application of plasma circulating cell-free DNA detection to the molecular diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) carries genetic information consistent with tumor cells and has potential value for molecular diagnosis of tumors. The present study analysed the gene mutations of plasma circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and tumor tissue DNA in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients and explored the clinical application value of plasma cfDNA as a tumor marker in HCC molecular diagnosis. Samples from 29 patients with primary HCC were collected.

Targeting Mechanosensitive Transcription Factors in Atherosclerosis.

Atherosclerosis is the primary underlying cause of cardiovascular disease which preferentially develops at arterial regions exposed to disturbed flow (DF), but much less at regions of unidirectional laminar flow (UF). Recent studies have demonstrated that DF and UF differentially regulate important aspects of endothelial function, such as vascular inflammation, oxidative stress, vascular tone, cell proliferation, senescence, mitochondrial function, and glucose metabolism. DF and UF regulate vascular pathophysiology via differential regulation of mechanosensitive transcription factors (MSTFs) (KLF2, KLF4, NRF2, YAP/TAZ/TEAD, HIF-1α, NF-κB, AP-1, and others).

The effect of different treatments of lymph after intestinal ischemia-reperfusion in rats on macrophages in vitro.

Background: To observe the effects of different treatments of lymph after intestinal I/R in rats on macrophages in vitro.

Methods: Forty-eight healthy SPF SD rats weighing 300 ± 20 g, were randomly divided into two groups: group A, and group B. The rats in group A were drained of lymph fluid for 180 min; the rats in group B were subjected to 60 min ischemia by clamping the SMA, followed by 120 min reperfusion and 180 min of lymph drainage.

Hepatitis B virus infection and decreased risk of stroke: a meta-analysis.

Several studies have reported that hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection may decrease the risk of stroke. However, its association is controversial. Thus, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the relationship between hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and the risk of stroke.

[Relationship between pesticide exposure and adverse pregnancy outcomes among reproductive couples in rural areas of China].

To analyze the association between pesticide exposure and adverse pregnancy outcomes in women from the rural areas of China. Data of "National Free Preconception Health Examination Project (NFPHEP)" from January 2010 to December 2012 was used for analysis. A total of 248 501 families that were planning to deliver a baby in the next 6 months were enrolled.

Complete genome analysis of coxsackievirus A24 isolated in Yunnan, China, in 2013.

Human coxsackievirus A24 (CVA24) belongs to the species Enterovirus C, and variants of this virus frequently cause acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC). The complete genome of the K282/YN/CHN/2013 strain, isolated from a healthy child in Yunnan, China, in 2013, is reported here for the first time. The strain showed 80.

Total tumor volume predicts survival following liver resection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Assessing the prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by the number and size of tumors is sometimes difficult. The main purpose of the study was to evaluate the prognostic value of total tumor volume (TTV), which combines the two factors, in patients with HCC who underwent liver resection. We retrospectively reviewed 521 HCC patients from January 2001 to December 2008 in our center.

Prognostic Role of Glasgow Prognostic Score in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Conflicting results about the prognostic value of Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients have been reported. We searched the available articles and performed the meta-analysis to clarify the predictive value of GPS in HCC patients' outcome.A systematic literature search was conducted using PubMed (Medline), Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, ChinaInfo, and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure for all years up to September 2015.