Eye of the future: Unlocking the potential utilization of hydrogels in intraocular lenses.

Hydrogels are distinguished by their exceptional ability to absorb and retain large volumes of water within their complex three-dimensional polymer networks, which is advantageous for the development of intraocular lenses (IOLs). Their innate hydrophilicity offers an optimal substrate for the fabrication of IOLs that simulate the natural lens' accommodation, thereby reducing irritation and facilitating healing after surgery. The swelling and water retention characteristics of hydrogels contribute to their notable biocompatibility and versatile mechanical properties.

Efficacy of abiraterone combined with prednisone in castration-resistant prostate cancer and its impact on miR-221/222 expression.

Objective: To assess the therapeutic efficacy of abiraterone combined with prednisone in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and investigate its effects on miR-221/222 expression.

Methods: A retrospective cohort of 43 CRPC patients from Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University was divided into two groups: the treated group (n=22, treated with abiraterone and prednisone) and the control group (n=21, treated with prednisone acetate alone). Expression of miR-221/222 was quantified in CRPC cell lines using quantitative fluorescence polymerase chain reaction.

Accurate brain pharmacokinetic parametric imaging using the blood input function extracted from the cavernous sinus.

Brain pharmacokinetic parametric imaging based on dynamic positron emission tomography (PET) scan is valuable in the diagnosis of brain tumor and neurodegenerative diseases. For short-axis PET system, standard blood input function (BIF) of the descending aorta is not acquirable during the dynamic brain scan. BIF extracted from the intracerebral vascular is inaccurate, making the brain parametric imaging task challenging.

Clinicopathological and survival analysis of primary spindle cell carcinoma of the breast in Chinese patients.

Due to the low prevalence of Spindle cell carcinoma (SpCC) of the breast, the perception of the disease was limited. The aim of our study was to analyze the clinicopathological features, survival outcomes and prognostic factors of SpCC of the breast among Chinese. Patients diagnosed with SpCC of the breast in Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences between 2004 to 2021 were retrospectively analyzed.

Application effect of sevoflurane combined with remifentanil intravenous inhalation anesthesia in patients undergoing laparoscopic radical resection of cervical cancer.

Objective: To determine the application effect of sevoflurane combined with remifentanil intravenous inhalation anesthesia in patients undergoing laparoscopic radical resection of cervical cancer (LRHCC).

Methods: The clinical data of 127 patients with cervical cancer (CC) who received LRHCC in Henan Provincial People's Hospital during January 2017 and June 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 60 patients anesthetized by propofol combined with remifentanil were assigned to the control group (Con group), while the rest 67 anesthetized by sevoflurane combined with remifentanil to the research group (Res group).

Expression and clinical significance of in glioma.

In recent years, studies have shown that , as an oncogene, is involved in progression of cancers. However, its relationship with prognosis in glioma patients is rarely reported. Our purpose was to explore the role of in glioma.

Factors affecting the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission to anesthesiologists performing endotracheal intubation in patients with SARS-CoV-2.

Background: In this study, we estimated the predictive factors of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission in anesthesiologists performing endotracheal intubation in patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2.

Method: We analyzed data from a survey conducted by the Chinese Society of Anesthesiology Task Force on Airway Management on endotracheal intubation in 98 patients with SARS-CoV-2 confirmed through nucleic acid testing and chest computed tomography. The multivariate logistic model with stepwise selection was used for selecting the predictive factors significantly associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the corresponding anesthesiologists.

Contemporary external beam radiotherapy boost or high dose-rate brachytherapy boost for cervical cancer: a propensity-score-matched, nationwide, population-based cohort study.

To estimate the survival effects of contemporary external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) boost modalities (intensity-modulated radiation therapy or volumetric modulated arc therapy) and high dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) boost in patients with cervical cancer (CC). Patients who had been diagnosed as having CC were recruited from the Taiwan Cancer Registry Database. Propensity score matching was performed, and Cox proportional-hazards model curves were used to analyze the all-cause mortality of patients who received standard whole-pelvis irradiation with different boost modalities.

Reversible Treatment of Pressure Overload-Induced Left Ventricular Hypertrophy through Nucleic Acid Delivery Mediated by Functional Polyaminoglycoside.

Left ventricular hypertrophy and fibrosis are major risk factors for heart failure, which require timely and effective treatment. Genetic therapy has been shown to ameliorate hypertrophic cardiac damage. In this study, it is found that in mice, the dopamine D5 receptor (D5R) expression in the left ventricle (LV) progressively decreases with worsening of transverse aortic constriction-induced left ventricular hypertrophy.

Validation of preimplantation genetic tests for aneuploidy (PGT-A) with DNA from spent culture media (SCM): concordance assessment and implication.

Background: Spent culture medium (SCM) as a source of DNA for preimplantation genetic tests aneuploidy (PGT-A) has been widely discussed.

Methods: Seventy-five blastocysts that were donated for research provided a unique possibility in which multiple specimens, including trophectoderm (TE) biopsy, SCM, and paired corresponding whole blastocyst (WB) specimens from the same blastocyst source, could be utilized for the purpose of this preclinical validation.

Results: To conduct a validation ploidy concordance assessment, we evaluated the full chromosomal concordance rates between SCM and WB (SCM-to-WB), and between TE and WB (TE-to-WB) as well as sensitivity, specificity and overall diagnostic accuracy.

LINC01305 inhibits malignant progression of cervical cancer via miR-129-5p/Sox4 axis.

Background: The association between LINC01305, a newly discovered long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), and cervical cancer (CC) has been poorly analyzed. In the present study, we revealed high expression of LINC01305 in CC by the cancer genome atlas (TCGA) and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), and dissected the related mechanisms.

Methods: LINC01305, microRNA (miR) -129-5p and SRY-related high-mobility group box 4 (Sox4) mRNA levels were quantitated by quantitative reverse transcription-PCRy qRT-PCR).

Pathologic response as predictor of recurrence, metastasis, and survival in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy and total mastectomy.

To determine easy-to-use predictors of overall survival (OS), locoregional recurrence (LRR), and distant metastasis (DM) in breast invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and total mastectomy (TM), we used the pathologic response (PR) of primary breast diseases (T stages), nodal diseases (N stages), and combined primary and nodal diseases (American Joint Committee on Cancer [AJCC] stages) based on existing clinical and pathologic reports as predictors. We enrolled patients with IDC who received NACT followed by TM. Cox regression analysis was used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) and confidence intervals (CIs) of PR; other independent predictors were controlled for or stratified in the analysis.

Outcome of post-mastectomy radiotherapy after primary systemic treatment in patients with different clinical tumor and nodal stages of breast cancer: a cohort study.

To evaluate the effect of post-mastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT) stratified by clinical tumor (T) or nodal (N) staging and determine predictors of overall survival (OS), locoregional recurrence (LRR), distant metastasis, and disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with breast cancer who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and total mastectomy (TM), we enrolled patients who received a diagnosis of breast invasive ductal carcinoma who received NACT followed by TM. Cox regression analysis was employed to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) and confidence intervals (CIs). Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses indicated that non-PMRT, Charlson comorbidity index ≥ 2, advanced clinical T or N stage, pathologic partial response, pathologic stationary disease, or pathologic progression disease were poor prognostic factors for OS.

Propofol suppresses hypoxia-induced esophageal cancer cell migration, invasion, and EMT through regulating lncRNA TMPO-AS1/miR-498 axis.

Background: Propofol has been reported to be related to the migration, invasion, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of esophageal cancer (EC) cells. However, the detailed mechanism has not yet been fully reported. The purpose of this research was to elucidate the function of long non-coding RNA TMPO antisense RNA 1 (lncRNA TMPO-AS1) and microRNA-498 (miR-498) in propofol-regulated EC.

Overall survival, locoregional recurrence, and distant metastasis of definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy for cervical squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma: before and after propensity score matching analysis of a cohort study.

Purpose: To estimate the outcomes of definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) for bulky or advanced-stage cervical squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma (ADC).

Patients And Methods: We enrolled patients who had been diagnosed as having cervical SCC or ADC and received definitive CCRT. A Cox regression analysis was performed to determine the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI); independent predictors were stratified or controlled for in the analysis, and the endpoint was all-cause mortality among patients with cervical SCC and ADC who received CCRT.

Outcome patterns of cervical adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma following curative surgery: before and after propensity score matching analysis of a cohort study.

To estimate the outcome patterns and predictors of curative surgery for cervical squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma (ADC) for overall survival (OS), locoregional recurrence (LRR), and distant metastasis (DM), we enrolled 4628 patients who had received a diagnosis of cervical SCC or ADC and received curative surgery. Cox regression analysis was employed to calculate hazard ratios and confidence intervals (CIs); independent predictors were controlled for or stratified in the analysis, and the endpoint was all-cause death. Propensity score matching was conducted to create well-balanced groups.

Radiomics in liver diseases: Current progress and future opportunities.

Liver diseases, a wide spectrum of pathologies from inflammation to neoplasm, have become an increasingly significant health problem worldwide. Noninvasive imaging plays a critical role in the clinical workflow of liver diseases, but conventional imaging assessment may provide limited information. Accurate detection, characterization and monitoring remain challenging.

The design and growth of peanut-like CuS/BiVO composites for photoelectrochemical sensing.

In this study, the CuS/BiVO- (where represents the mass percentage of CuS associated with CuS/BiVO; = 2%, 5% and 7%) p-n heterostructures were fabricated using a two-step hydrothermal method. The structural and morphological features were ascertained in great detail using several physical characterization processes. According to the results of the photoelectrochemical (PEC) experimental processes, the PEC properties of CuS/BiVO-5% were much more obvious as compared to those of pure BiVO, CuS and CuS/BiVO-.

Low-Dose Aspirin Treatment Attenuates Male Rat Salt-Sensitive Hypertension via Platelet Cyclooxygenase 1 and Complement Cascade Pathway.

Background The role of platelets in the development of vascular inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of hypertension is well established at this time. Aspirin is known to relieve pain, decrease fever, reduce inflammation, impair platelet aggregation, and prevent clotting, yet its effect in the context of salt-sensitive hypertension remains unclear. The present study investigated the importance of aspirin in inhibiting the abnormal activation of platelets and promoting the normal function of the vascular endothelium in a rat model of salt-sensitive hypertension.

Circular RNA circ-ADD3 inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis through facilitating EZH2 degradation via CDK1-mediated ubiquitination.

Emerging evidence suggests that circular RNA (circRNA) plays a fundamental role in tumorigenesis. However, its contribution to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) malignancy remains largely unknown. Here, we performed circRNA microarray expression profile in four paired HCC and normal tissues, and found that circ-ADD3, a novel circRNA derived from linear ADD3 exon 4 to exon 12, was significantly downregulated in HCC, which was further validated in 112 matched HCC and paracancerous tissues.

Metformin reduces radiation-induced cardiac toxicity risk in patients having breast cancer.

To analyze the effects of metformin in reducing radiation-induced cardiac toxicity (RICT) risk during adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) after surgery for early-stage breast cancer women. We compare the consecutive occurrence of major heart events (heart failure and coronary artery disease) in women with early-stage breast cancer receiving adjuvant breast RT with metformin and in those receiving RT without metformin. A retrospective national cohort study was conducted using the Taiwan Cancer Registry of 2004-2014.

Herbacetin treatment remitted LPS induced inhibition of osteoblast differentiation through blocking AKT/NF-κB signaling pathway.

Inflammation, a common situation during the process of bone healing, is reported to play a negative role in bone regeneration. Up to date, therapeutic strategies for inflammation triggered inhibition of osteoblast differentiation are still limited. The aim of this study was to explore the potential roles and molecular mechanisms of Herbacetin in the process of osteoblast differentiation under LPS-mediated inflammatory environment.

Correction: A microRNA-4516 inhibitor sensitizes chemo-resistant gastric cancer cells to chemotherapy by upregulating ING4.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1039/C8RA06419A.].

A microRNA-4516 inhibitor sensitizes chemo-resistant gastric cancer cells to chemotherapy by upregulating ING4.

MicroRNA (miRNA) is an important factor in the regulation of gene transcription. This study was aimed at investigating the role of miR-4516 in the chemoresistance of gastric cancer cells. miR-4516 expression levels were measured in gastric cancer cell line SGC7901 and in 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-resistant SGC7901 cells (SGC7901/5-FU) microarray analysis and RT-PCR.