Nanopore sequencing of infectious fluid is a promising supplement for gold-standard culture in real-world clinical scenario.

Introduction: Infectious diseases are major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, necessitating the rapid identification and accurate diagnosis of pathogens. While unbiased metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has been extensively utilized in clinical pathogen identification and scientific microbiome detection, there is limited research about the application of nanopore platform-based mNGS in the diagnostic performance of various infectious fluid samples.

Methods: In this study, we collected 297 suspected infectious fluids from 10 clinical centers and detected them with conventional microbiology culture and nanopore platform-based mNGS.

Phase angle - A screening tool for malnutrition, sarcopenia, and complications in gastric cancer.

Background: Patients with gastric cancer (GC) are more likely to experience malnutrition and muscle wasting. This study aims to investigate the potential of phase angle (PhA) as a screening tool for identifying malnutrition and sarcopenia in GC patients, as well as its association with short-term outcomes after radical gastrectomy.

Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled patients diagnosed with GC at The Affiliated People's Hospital of Jiangsu University from October 2021 to September 2022.

Data mining of reference intervals for serum creatinine: an improvement in glomerular filtration rate estimating equations based on Q-values.

Objectives: Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimating equations based on rescaled serum creatinine (SCr/Q) have shown better performance, where Q represents the median SCr for age- and sex-specific healthy populations. However, there remains a scarcity of investigations in China to determine this value. We aimed to develop Chinese age- and sex-specific reference intervals (RIs) and Q-values for SCr and to validate the equations incorporating new Q-values.

Multiple and large simple renal cysts are associated with glomerular filtration rate decline: a cross-sectional study of Chinese population.

Background: Although simple renal cyst (SRC) is a kind of structural alterations of kidney with age, the relationship between SRC and renal function is still obscure. We investigated the relationship between SRC and renal function in Chinese population.

Methods: The medical records of 41,842 individuals who underwent physical examinations at the Health Check-up Center at our institution in 2018 were reviewed.

A nomogram for predicting the risk of postoperative fever in elderly patients undergoing endoscopic submucosal dissection of the upper gastrointestinal tract.

To explore the risk factors of postoperative fever in elderly patients undergoing endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). A total of 439 patients who met the inclusion criteria were enrolled in this study and randomly divided into training (n = 311) and validation (n = 128) cohorts at a ratio of 7:3. Independent risk factors were screened by single-factor and multiple-factor logistic regression analyses, and a nomogram was established using them.

Association between the sarcopenia index and abnormal liver function in the adult population in the United States: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The objective of this study was to explore the association between the sarcopenia index and abnormal liver function in adult individuals in the United States.

Methodology: This study employed a rigorous cross-sectional analysis of data derived from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted between 2017 and 2018. The primary objective was to investigate the correlation between the sarcopenia index and abnormal liver function.

Biomimetic Hydrogel Containing Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles and Deferoxamine for Photothermal Therapy of Infected Diabetic Wounds.

Inducing cell migration from the edges to the center of a wound, promoting angiogenesis, and controlling bacterial infection are very important for diabetic wound healing. Incorporating growth factors and antibiotics into hydrogels for wound dressing is considered a potential strategy to meet these requirements. However, some present drawbacks greatly slow down their development toward application, such as the short half-life and high price of growth factors, low antibiotic efficiency against drug-resistant bacteria, insufficient ability of hydrogels to promote cell migration, etc.

IGF2BP2-meidated mA modification of CSF2 reprograms MSC to promote gastric cancer progression.

The interaction between tumor cells and stromal cells within the tumor microenvironment plays a critical role in cancer progression. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are important tumor stromal cells that exhibit pro-oncogenic activities when reprogrammed by the tumor. However, the precise mechanisms underlying MSC reprogramming in gastric cancer remain not well understood.

The significance of heart rate variability in patients with frequent premature ventricular complex originating from the ventricular outflow tract.

Background: As an indicator of cardiac autonomic nervous activity, heart rate variability (HRV) is closely linked to premature ventricular complexes (PVCs). However, its role in patients with frequent PVCs originating from the ventricular outflow tract remains unclear.

Hypothesis: Here, we hypothesize that there may be alterations in HRV among patients with frequent PVCs originating from the ventricular outflow tract, which could play significant roles in the management of such patients.

Advances in hyperbaric oxygen to promote immunotherapy through modulation of the tumor microenvironment.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a relatively safe treatment method that has been used for a long time in the clinic. It has been proven that it can enhance the sensitivity of radiotherapy and photodynamic therapy for cancer. However, there are few studies on hyperbaric oxygen and immunotherapy.

[Notch1 inhibits the mechanistic role of STING signaling to regulate hepatocyte lipophagy in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis].

To study the mechanistic role of myeloid-specific Notch1 knockout inhibiting STING signaling to regulate hepatocyte lipophagy. A mouse model of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) was established using a high-fat diet (HFD) and mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMMs). Primary hepatocytes were isolated to construct a co-culture system.

Fast bilateral weighted least square for the detail enhancement of COVID-19 chest X-rays.

Background: X-ray is an effective measure in the diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019. However, it suffers from low visibility and poor details. A plausible solution is to decompose the captured images and enhance the details.

Factors impacting the benefits and pathogenicity of Th17 cells in the tumor microenvironment.

Tumor development is closely associated with a complex tumor microenvironment, which is composed of tumor cells, blood vessels, tumor stromal cells, infiltrating immune cells, and associated effector molecules. T helper type 17 (Th17) cells, which are a subset of CD4 T cells and are renowned for their ability to combat bacterial and fungal infections and mediate inflammatory responses, exhibit context-dependent effector functions. Within the tumor microenvironment, different molecular signals regulate the proliferation, differentiation, metabolic reprogramming, and phenotypic conversion of Th17 cells.

Expression of p53 as a biomarker in determining response to apatinib for advanced gastric cancer.

Background: Apatinib has shown outstanding value in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer (AGC). However, no biomarkers are available to select AGC patients who will benefit from apatinib. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between p53 and Ki67 expression of and the outcome in AGC patients treated with apatinib.

miR-224-5p acts as a tumour suppressor and reverses the resistance to BRAF inhibitor in melanoma through directly targeting PAK4 to block the MAPK pathway.

miR-224-5p has been shown to play both an oncogene and tumour suppressor role in many human tumours. However, the role and molecular mechanism of miR-224-5p in cutaneous melanoma remains unclear. miR-224-5p levels were downregulated in melanoma tissue, and low miR-224-5p expression was an independent risk factor for melanoma patients.

The importance of BUD13 in the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma revealed by pan-cancer analysis.

RNA splicing is an essential process involved in many aspects of cell proliferation, survival and differentiation, and given the importance of RNA splicing in gene regulation, alterations in this biological behavior have been associated with many human cancers. BUD13 as an RNA binding protein (RBP) has been sparsely studied in tumors; consequently, there is a compelling need to further investigate the expression profile of BUD13 in human cancers to provide new molecular clues for the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma. For this porpuse, we used a series of bioinformatics methods to synthesize the relationship between BUD13 and prognosis, tumor microenvironment (TME), immune infiltration, tumor mutational load (TMB), and microsatellite instability (MSI), and tried to find the potential biological processes of BUD13 in tumors by GSEA and GSVA.

[Causes and prognosis analysis of hyperdynamic left ventricular ejection fraction in intensive care unit patients with sepsis].

Objective: To analyze the causes of hyperdynamic left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in sepsis patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) and its impact on prognosis.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted. The clinical data of 273 sepsis patients admitted to the department of critical care medicine of the Affiliated People's Hospital of Jiangsu University from January 2018 to October 2021 were collected including gender, age, severity score, comorbidities, source of infection, vital signs, transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) parameters, fluid intake and output, vasoactive drug dose, therapeutic measures and prognostic indicators.

Betulinic acid alleviates neuropathic pain induced by chronic constriction injury of the sciatic nerve in mice.

Neuropathic pain refers to a type of pain that arises from primary damage and dysfunction within the nervous system. Addressing this condition presents significant challenges and complexities. Betulinic acid (BA), known for its potent antioxidative and anti-inflammatory properties, has garnered extensive attention; nevertheless, the impact upon neuropathic pain induced by CCI is still uncertain.

Exosomal hsa_circ_000200 as a potential biomarker and metastasis enhancer of gastric cancer via miR-4659a/b-3p/HBEGF axis.

Background: Exosome, a component of liquid biopsy, loaded protein, DNA, RNA and lipid gradually emerges as biomarker in tumors. However, exosomal circRNAs as biomarker and function mechanism in gastric cancer (GC) are not well understood.

Methods: Differentially expressed circRNAs in GC and healthy people were screened by database.

The role of mammalian Sirtuin 6 in cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus.

Cardiovascular diseases are severe diseases posing threat to human health because of their high morbidity and mortality worldwide. The incidence of diabetes mellitus is also increasing rapidly. Various signaling molecules are involved in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.

Screening of the shared pathogenic genes of ulcerative colitis and colorectal cancer by integrated bioinformatics analysis.

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of the high-risk pathogenic factors for colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the shared gene and signalling mechanisms between UC and CRC remain unclear. The goal of this study was to delve more into the probable causal relationship between UC and CRC.

DLX5 promotes expression and chondrocyte hypertrophy and is involved in osteoarthritis progression.

Osteoarthritis (OA) has been considered non-reversible as articular cartilage wears down with limited repair capacity. Enhanced chondrocyte hypertrophy and increased type X collagen gene () expression have been associated with OA. Therefore, regulators controlling collagen X expression and chondrocyte hypertrophy may play a role in OA intervention.

Low Expression of GIGYF1 Inhibits Metastasis, Proliferation, and Promotes Apoptosis and Autophagy of Gastric Cancer Cells.

GRB10 interacting GYF protein 1 (GIGYF1) binds to the N-terminal region of Grb10, regulates multiple signaling pathways. However, it is not clear what happens to cell proliferation, metastasis, apoptosis, and autophagy when the expression level of GIGYF1 gene is reduced. Detection of GIGYF1 expression in clinical tissue specimens and gastric cancer (GC) cell lines by quantitative Real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), GIGYF1 gene was knocked down in MGC-803 cells using small interfering RNA, the effect of GIGYF1 gene on cell metastasis was detected using Transwell assay and wound healing assay, the effect on cell proliferation was detected using plate cloning assay and cck-8 assay, the effect on apoptosis was detected using flow cytometry, autophagosomes were detected using laser confocal microscopy, and the effect on protein expression was detected using immunofluorescence and Western blotting.