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Aberrant activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome contributes to the evolution of diverse inflammatory diseases. Inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasome has been proven to be an effective treatment strategy for NLRP3-driven diseases. This study revealed that multiple natural diterpenes from Isodon plants can inhibit the NLRP3 inflammasome, among which Rosthornin B (Ros B) exhibited the best inhibitory effect, with an IC of 0.

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Background: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC) is recognized as the sixth most prevalent cancer globally, with around 900,000 new cases diagnosed each year. The management of HNSC poses significant challenges due to its rising incidence and suboptimal treatment outcomes in many patients. Thus, understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms that drive the onset and advancement of HNSC is crucial in order to steer the creation of novel treatment strategies.

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Background: The increasing detection rate of C. tropicalis and its azole resistance have made clinical treatment difficult. The presence of candiduria seems to correlate with invasive candida infection, especially for patients admitted to ICUs.

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Introduction: We have previously demonstrated that RRP15 (Ribosomal RNA Processing 15 Homolog) was significantly elevated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and correlated directly with poor prognosis. RRP15 suppression curtails HCC progression through induction of cellular senescence and apoptosis. However, the impact of RRP15 on the precise therapeutic potential of lenvatinib has remained underexplored.

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The aberrant proliferation of fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) significantly contributes to excessive synovial hyperplasia and joint deformity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It has been observed that the membrane iron transporter protein, ferroportin (FPN), is commonly downregulated in tumor cells, while its overexpression can inhibit tumor cell proliferation. However, limited studies have investigated the role of iron in the pathogenesis of RA.

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Myocardial infarction (MI) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, contributing significantly to long-term cardiac dysfunction and heart failure. Effective therapeutic strategies are urgently needed to mitigate the extensive damage caused by MI and subsequent ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. This study investigates the role of the Chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) in regulating NLRP3-dependent cardiomyocyte pyroptosis following myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (MIR), elucidating its molecular mechanisms.

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Background: Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is a major clinical issue characterized by progressive stages, including hepatic steatosis, liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and HCC. Patients with long-term chronic alcoholism often present with gut microbiota dysbiosis and reduced plasma levels of vitamin B6. This study aimed to verify that gut microbiota disruption in ALD significantly contributes to reduced in vivo production of vitamin B6 and to investigate the role of this reduction in the pathogenesis of ALD.

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Introduction: Chronic endometritis (CE) is a prolonged, mild inflammation of the endometrial lining. This study investigated the impact of the impact of antibiotic treatment combined with vaginal on pregnancy outcomes in infertile patients with CE during frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycles.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of 7,385 patients who underwent FET.

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Background: Minimally invasive surgeries are increasingly central to modern medicine, particularly in liver transplantation. These techniques, which offer reduced trauma, precise operations, minimal bleeding, and swift recovery, are, however, unevenly adopted across China. Only a limited number of centers routinely perform minimally invasive donor hepatectomies, indicating a significant imbalance in the development and application of these advanced procedures.

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Photothermal therapy is a novel and promising method for cancer treatment due to its controllable property, noninvasive nature, and high selectivity. Nevertheless, tumor recurrence of inflammatory response and tumor tolerance of heat shock protein over-expression remain serious challenges in current photothermal therapy. Additionally, the high dosage requirement of nanomaterial for optimal imaging and therapeutic effect would result in various side effects, organ excretion burdens, and long-term accumulation in the body.

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Organoids are rapidly self-organizing 3D in vitro cultures derived from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) or adult stem cells (ASCs) that possess disease-like characteristics with high success rates. Due to their ability to retain tissue structure, biological phenotypes, and genetic information, they have been utilized as a novel in vitro model for disease research. In recent years, scientists have established self-organizing 3D organoids for human endometrium, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and cervix by culturing stem cells with cytokines in 3D scaffolds.

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The commencement of kidney stone formation involves a crucial initial phase characterized by injury to renal tubular cells caused by calcium oxalate (CaOx). Dioscin (Dio) has been acknowledged for its potent anti-inflammation and anti-apoptotic properties; nevertheless, the impact and underlying Investigation into the molecular basis underlying the action of Dioscin in mitigating inflammation and apoptotic induced by exposure to calcium oxalate crystals in renal tissues remain unexplored. To comprehend the precise mechanism of Dioscin in the treatment of crystalline nephropathy, we conducted experiments utilizing a murine model of CaOx crystal deposition, induced by intraperitoneal administration of glyoxylate.

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Background: Etomidate has been observed to precipitate myoclonus in patients undergoing induction of general anaesthesia. This study was designed to investigate the effect of pretreatment with a small dose of esketamine on the incidence of myoclonus induced by etomidate.

Methods: One hundred adult patients, who were scheduled to undergo selective operations with general anesthesia, were randomly divided into two groups, with one group receiving esketamine (Group E) and the other receiving normal saline (Group C).

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Background: Methods for accurately predicting the prognosis of patients with recurrent hepatolithiasis (RH) after biliary surgery are lacking. This study aimed to develop a model that dynamically predicts the risk of hepatolithiasis recurrence using a machine-learning (ML) approach based on multiple clinical high-order correlation data.

Materials And Methods: Data from patients with RH who underwent surgery at five centres between January 2015 and December 2020 were collected and divided into training and testing sets.

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Purpose: This study investigated whether professional identity predicts learning burnout among Chinese nursing students, and whether resilience moderates this relationship.

Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited 635 students from a nursing college at a medical university in Hefei, China. Data were collected using the professional identity questionnaire, learning burnout scale for college students, and 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale.

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Background: The SLC25 family of transport proteins has been implicated in colorectal cancer (CRC) tumorigenesis. However, the potential role of SLC25A34 in CRC remains unclear. This study was designed to elucidate the role and mechanism of SLC25A34 in CRC.

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Background: Neuroimaging studies have documented brain structural changes in schizophrenia at different stages of the illness, including clinical high-risk (cHR), genetic high-risk (gHR), first-episode schizophrenia (FES), and chronic schizophrenia (ChS). There is growing awareness that neuropathological processes associated with a disease fail to map to a specific brain region but do map to a specific brain network. We sought to investigate brain structural damage networks across different stages of schizophrenia.

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Background: Myoclonus is a common problem during induction of anesthesia with etomidate. A variety of agents, including opioids and lidocaine, reduced the incidence of myoclonus. However, there is no reported literature evaluating the effect of esketamine pretreatment on etomidate-induced myoclonus.

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  • MCT4 plays a significant role in the tumor microenvironment, affecting cancer behaviors like growth and spread; this study focused on its predictive value for prognosis and immunotherapy in advanced lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD).
  • Bioinformatics and clinical analysis of 126 patients revealed that lower MCT4 expression correlated with improved outcomes, while higher levels indicated worse prognoses, especially in older patients and those with specific clinical markers.
  • A nomogram incorporating significant factors from the analysis showed strong predictive capabilities (C-index = 0.735), aiding in estimating overall survival for these patients undergoing immunotherapy.
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The subjectivity of morphological assessment and the overlapping pathological features of different subtypes of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) make accurate diagnosis challenging. To improve the pathological assessment of MPNs, we developed a diagnosis model (fusion model) based on the combination of bone marrow whole-slide images (deep learning [DL] model) and clinical parameters (clinical model). Thousand and fifty-one MPN and non-MPN patients were divided into the training, internal testing and one internal and two external validation cohorts (the combined validation cohort).

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Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are essential players in the tumor microenvironment (TME) due to their roles in facilitating tumor progression and metastasis. It is worth noting that the high-metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell-derived exosomes have exhibited the ability to transform normal fibroblasts into CAFs, which further fosters the lung metastasis of low-metastatic HCC cells. Yet, the mechanisms underlying this tumor exosome-induced metastatic niche formation are poorly explored.

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Background: There is a lack of sufficient information on the impact of physical activity (PA) and dietary quality (DQ) on mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and no study has yet examined the relationship between the combined effects of PA and DQ on the risk of death in patients with CKD in a representative adult population.

Methods: Adult CKD patients ( = 6,504) from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2018 were included in the study. Mortality outcomes were assessed by National Death Index records before 2/25/2019.

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This study explores the intersection of liver cancer and machine learning through bibliometric analysis. The aim is to identify highly cited papers in the field and examine the current research landscape, highlighting emerging trends and key areas of focus in liver cancer and machine learning. By analyzing citation patterns, this study sheds light on the evolving role of machine learning in liver cancer research and its potential for future advancements.

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