Objective:To assess the quality of systematic reviews assessing the effects of traditional Chinese exercises on controlling blood indices,anthropometric indices,psychological indices,and quality of life in patients wi...Objective:To assess the quality of systematic reviews assessing the effects of traditional Chinese exercises on controlling blood indices,anthropometric indices,psychological indices,and quality of life in patients with diabetes.Methods:Systematic studies/meta-analyses of intervention with traditional Chinese exercises on diabetes mellitus were searched in the Pub Med,Web of Science,the China National Knowledge Infrastructure Databases(CNKI),Wan Fang Database,and Chinese Scientific Journal Database(VIP).Two researchers independently screened the studies and extracted the data.The methodology and quality of evidence of the included studies were assessed using A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews2(AMSTAR-2)and Grading of Recommendations Assessment,Development and Evaluation(GRADE)criteria,respectively.Results:A total of 32 systematic reviews/meta-analyses were included in the present study.Of them,the methodological quality of 4 studies was graded as low,while that of the other 28 was graded as extremely low.The most common quality flaws in key items included a lack of preliminary proposals for systematic reviews,failure to explain the reasons for the inclusion criteria,failure to provide a list of excluded studies and reasons for exclusion,failure to report potential conflicts of interest,and inadequate assessment of publication bias.The quality of evidence for most of the 18 outcomes was subsequently graded as medium or low.Overall,the results of these studies indicated that Tai Chi,health qigong,and other traditional Chinese exercises lowered fasting blood glucose(FBG),2-h postprandial blood glucose(2hPBG),hemoglobin A_(1c)(HbA_(1c)),and body mass index,and relieved anxiety and depression in patients with diabetes.Conclusion:Our findings indicate that the methodological quality of systematic reviews related to traditional Chinese exercises in the diabetic population is generally low,and the quality of evidence is also relatively poor.Therefore,we suggest that the quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on traditional Chinese exercises for controlling diabetes mellitus needs to be improved.In the future,researchers should conduct higher-quality clinical studies with reference to the AMSTAR2 checklist and GRADE system.展开更多
Genetic compensation is a remarkable biological concept to explain the genetic robustness in an organism to maintain its fitness and viability if there is a disruption occurred in the genetic variation by mutation.How...Genetic compensation is a remarkable biological concept to explain the genetic robustness in an organism to maintain its fitness and viability if there is a disruption occurred in the genetic variation by mutation.However,the underlying mechanism in genetic compensation remain unsolvable.The initial concept of genetic compensation has been studied in model organisms when there was a discrepancy between knockout-mediated and knockdown-mediated phenotypes.In the zebrafish model,several studies have reported that zebrafish mutants did not exhibit severe phenotype as shown in zebrafish morphants for the same genes.This phenomenon in zebrafish mutants but not morphants is due to the response of genetic compensation.In 2019,two amazing works partially uncovered genetic compensation could be triggered by the upregulation of compensating genes through regulating NMD and/or PTC-bearing mRNA in collaboration with epigenetic machinery in mutant zebrafish.In this review,we would like to update the recent advances and future perspectives of genetic compensation studies,which including the hypothesis of time-dependent involvement and addressing the discrepancy between knockout-mediated and knockdown-mediated to study gene function in the zebrafish model.At last,the study of genetic compensation could be a potential therapeutic strategy to treat human genetic disorder related diseases.展开更多
Cardiovascular stent restenosis remains a major challenge in interventional treatment of cardiovascular occlusive disease.Although the changes in arterial mechanical environment due to stent implantation are the main ...Cardiovascular stent restenosis remains a major challenge in interventional treatment of cardiovascular occlusive disease.Although the changes in arterial mechanical environment due to stent implantation are the main causes of the initiation of restenosis and thrombosis,the mechanisms that cause this initiation are still not fully understood.In this article,we reviewed the studies on the issue of stent-induced alterations in arterial mechanical environment and discussed their roles in stent restenosis and late thrombosis from three aspects:(i)the interaction of the stent with host blood vessel,involve the response of vascular wall,the mechanism of mechanical signal transmission,the process of re-endothelialization and late thrombosis;(ii)the changes of hemodynamics in the lumen of the vascular segment and(iii)the changes of mechanical microenvironment within the vascular segment wall due to stent implantation.This review has summarized and analyzed current work in order to better solve the two main problems after stent implantation,namely in stent restenosis and late thrombosis,meanwhile propose the deficiencies of current work for future reference.展开更多
The development of nanomedicines provides new opportunities for the treatment of atherosclerosis(AS)due to their great advantages such as the improved drug solubility,enhanced bioavailability and reduced side effects....The development of nanomedicines provides new opportunities for the treatment of atherosclerosis(AS)due to their great advantages such as the improved drug solubility,enhanced bioavailability and reduced side effects.Despite these advantages,nanomedicines are still facing some challenges.The problems remain in the short circulation life,lack of specific targeting and poor drug release controllability.In order to overcome the shortages of conventional nanomedicines,the combination of biomimetic strategy with smart nanoagents has been proposed.In light with the high reactive oxygen species(ROS)level in AS microenvironment and the fact that macrophages play a critical role in the pathogenesis of AS,we fabricated ROS-responsive biomimetic nanoparticles(NPs),which camouflaged macrophage membrane(MM)on ROS-responsive NPs loaded with rapamycin(RNPs)for potential application in AS therapy.The resulting ROSresponsive biomimetic NPs(MM/RNPs)exhibited favorable hydrodynamic size with negative surface charge,retained the functional proteins from MM,and showed ROS-responsive drug release.Because of the biomimetic camouflaging on surface,MM/RNPs could effectively escape from macrophages uptake and target to inflammatory endothelial cells.Meanwhile,MM/RNPs could inhibit the proliferation of macrophages and smooth muscle cells in vitro.Furthermore,the MM-coated NPs were found to be nontoxic in both cytotoxicity assay and in vivo toxicity evaluation.Consequently,these results demonstrated that MM/RNPs could be a potential candidate of drug delivery system for safe and effective anti-AS applications.展开更多
The transport and metabolism of lipids in cerebrovascular endothelial cells(ECs)have been hypothesized to regulate blood-brain barrier(BBB)maturation and homeostasis.Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids(LCPUFAs)as t...The transport and metabolism of lipids in cerebrovascular endothelial cells(ECs)have been hypothesized to regulate blood-brain barrier(BBB)maturation and homeostasis.Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids(LCPUFAs)as the important lipids components of cell membranes are essential for the development and function of BBB,but the direct links of lipid metabolism and ECs barrier function remain to be established.Here,we comprehensively characterize the transcriptomic phenotype of developmental cerebrovascular ECs in single-cell resolution and firstly find that trans-2-enoyl-CoA reductase(Tecr),a verylong-chain fatty acid synthesis,is highly expressed during barriergenesis and decreased after BBB maturation.EC-specific knockout of Tecr compromises angiogenesis due to delayed vascular sprouting.Importantly,EC-specific deletion of Tecr loss restrictive quality of vascular permeability from neonatal stages to adulthood,with high levels of transcytosis,but maintains the vascular tight junctions.Moreover,lipidomic analysis shows that the expression of Tecr in ECs is associated with the containing of omega-3 fatty acids,which directly suppresses caveolae vesicles formation.These results reveal a protective role for Tecr in BBB integrity and suggest that Tecr as a novel therapeutic target in the central nervous system(CNS)diseases associated with BBB dysfunction.展开更多
The progression of cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction leads to serious vascular injury,highlighting the urgent need for targeted regenerative therapy.Extracellular vesicles(EVs)c...The progression of cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction leads to serious vascular injury,highlighting the urgent need for targeted regenerative therapy.Extracellular vesicles(EVs)composed of a lipid bilayer containing nuclear and cytosolic materials are relevant to the progression of cardiovascular diseases.Moreover,EVs can deliver bioactive cargo in pathological cardiovascular and regulate the biological function of recipient cells,such as inflammation,proliferation,angiogenesis and polarization.However,because the targeting and bioactivity of natural EVs are subject to several limitations,bioengineered EVs have achieved wide advancements in biomedicine.Bioengineered EVs involve three main ways to acquire including(i)modification of the EVs after isolation;(ii)modification of producer cells before EVs’isolation;(iii)synthesize EVs using natural or modified cell membranes,and encapsulating drugs or bioactive molecules into EVs.In this review,we first summarize the cardiovascular injury-related disease and describe the role of different cells and EVs in vascular regeneration.We also discuss the application of bioengineered EVs from different producer cells to cardiovascular diseases.Finally,we summarize the surface modification on EVs which can specifically target abnormal cells in injured vascular.展开更多
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2022-JYB-JBZR-026)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81873211)。
文摘Objective:To assess the quality of systematic reviews assessing the effects of traditional Chinese exercises on controlling blood indices,anthropometric indices,psychological indices,and quality of life in patients with diabetes.Methods:Systematic studies/meta-analyses of intervention with traditional Chinese exercises on diabetes mellitus were searched in the Pub Med,Web of Science,the China National Knowledge Infrastructure Databases(CNKI),Wan Fang Database,and Chinese Scientific Journal Database(VIP).Two researchers independently screened the studies and extracted the data.The methodology and quality of evidence of the included studies were assessed using A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews2(AMSTAR-2)and Grading of Recommendations Assessment,Development and Evaluation(GRADE)criteria,respectively.Results:A total of 32 systematic reviews/meta-analyses were included in the present study.Of them,the methodological quality of 4 studies was graded as low,while that of the other 28 was graded as extremely low.The most common quality flaws in key items included a lack of preliminary proposals for systematic reviews,failure to explain the reasons for the inclusion criteria,failure to provide a list of excluded studies and reasons for exclusion,failure to report potential conflicts of interest,and inadequate assessment of publication bias.The quality of evidence for most of the 18 outcomes was subsequently graded as medium or low.Overall,the results of these studies indicated that Tai Chi,health qigong,and other traditional Chinese exercises lowered fasting blood glucose(FBG),2-h postprandial blood glucose(2hPBG),hemoglobin A_(1c)(HbA_(1c)),and body mass index,and relieved anxiety and depression in patients with diabetes.Conclusion:Our findings indicate that the methodological quality of systematic reviews related to traditional Chinese exercises in the diabetic population is generally low,and the quality of evidence is also relatively poor.Therefore,we suggest that the quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on traditional Chinese exercises for controlling diabetes mellitus needs to be improved.In the future,researchers should conduct higher-quality clinical studies with reference to the AMSTAR2 checklist and GRADE system.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31971242,12032007,and 31771599)Key grants from Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau,China(No.cstc2019jcyj-zdxmX0028)+1 种基金the State Key Project Specialized for Infectious Diseases,China(No.2017ZX10201201-001-005,and 2017ZX10201201-002-005)as well as Visiting Scholar Foundation of Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology(Chongqing University),Ministry of Education,China(No.CQKLBST-2020-007).
文摘Genetic compensation is a remarkable biological concept to explain the genetic robustness in an organism to maintain its fitness and viability if there is a disruption occurred in the genetic variation by mutation.However,the underlying mechanism in genetic compensation remain unsolvable.The initial concept of genetic compensation has been studied in model organisms when there was a discrepancy between knockout-mediated and knockdown-mediated phenotypes.In the zebrafish model,several studies have reported that zebrafish mutants did not exhibit severe phenotype as shown in zebrafish morphants for the same genes.This phenomenon in zebrafish mutants but not morphants is due to the response of genetic compensation.In 2019,two amazing works partially uncovered genetic compensation could be triggered by the upregulation of compensating genes through regulating NMD and/or PTC-bearing mRNA in collaboration with epigenetic machinery in mutant zebrafish.In this review,we would like to update the recent advances and future perspectives of genetic compensation studies,which including the hypothesis of time-dependent involvement and addressing the discrepancy between knockout-mediated and knockdown-mediated to study gene function in the zebrafish model.At last,the study of genetic compensation could be a potential therapeutic strategy to treat human genetic disorder related diseases.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China[11332003]National Key R&D Program[2016YFC1102305]+2 种基金Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[106112016CDJXZ238802,106112017CDJZRPY0012 and 106112017CDJZRPY0021]Visiting Scholar Foundation of Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education,Chongqing University[CQKLBST-2016-004 and CQKLBST-2016-010]Chongqing Engineering Laboratory in Vascular Implants and the Public Experiment Center of the State Bioindustrial Base(Chongqing)of China.
文摘Cardiovascular stent restenosis remains a major challenge in interventional treatment of cardiovascular occlusive disease.Although the changes in arterial mechanical environment due to stent implantation are the main causes of the initiation of restenosis and thrombosis,the mechanisms that cause this initiation are still not fully understood.In this article,we reviewed the studies on the issue of stent-induced alterations in arterial mechanical environment and discussed their roles in stent restenosis and late thrombosis from three aspects:(i)the interaction of the stent with host blood vessel,involve the response of vascular wall,the mechanism of mechanical signal transmission,the process of re-endothelialization and late thrombosis;(ii)the changes of hemodynamics in the lumen of the vascular segment and(iii)the changes of mechanical microenvironment within the vascular segment wall due to stent implantation.This review has summarized and analyzed current work in order to better solve the two main problems after stent implantation,namely in stent restenosis and late thrombosis,meanwhile propose the deficiencies of current work for future reference.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31971301,31971242,12032007)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020M673143)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing(cstc2020jcyj-bsh0025,cstc2019jcyj-zdxmX0028,cstc2017jcyjAX0186)Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities(2020CDJQY-A061,2020CDJYGSX006,2019CDYGZD008,2018CDHB1B08)as well as the National‘111 Project’Base(B0625)are gratefully acknowledged.
文摘The development of nanomedicines provides new opportunities for the treatment of atherosclerosis(AS)due to their great advantages such as the improved drug solubility,enhanced bioavailability and reduced side effects.Despite these advantages,nanomedicines are still facing some challenges.The problems remain in the short circulation life,lack of specific targeting and poor drug release controllability.In order to overcome the shortages of conventional nanomedicines,the combination of biomimetic strategy with smart nanoagents has been proposed.In light with the high reactive oxygen species(ROS)level in AS microenvironment and the fact that macrophages play a critical role in the pathogenesis of AS,we fabricated ROS-responsive biomimetic nanoparticles(NPs),which camouflaged macrophage membrane(MM)on ROS-responsive NPs loaded with rapamycin(RNPs)for potential application in AS therapy.The resulting ROSresponsive biomimetic NPs(MM/RNPs)exhibited favorable hydrodynamic size with negative surface charge,retained the functional proteins from MM,and showed ROS-responsive drug release.Because of the biomimetic camouflaging on surface,MM/RNPs could effectively escape from macrophages uptake and target to inflammatory endothelial cells.Meanwhile,MM/RNPs could inhibit the proliferation of macrophages and smooth muscle cells in vitro.Furthermore,the MM-coated NPs were found to be nontoxic in both cytotoxicity assay and in vivo toxicity evaluation.Consequently,these results demonstrated that MM/RNPs could be a potential candidate of drug delivery system for safe and effective anti-AS applications.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12032007,31971242)to Guixue Wangthe Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau(cstc2019jcyj-zdxmX0028)to Guixue WangChongqing Municipal Education Commission,China(KYYJ202001)to Guixue Wang。
文摘The transport and metabolism of lipids in cerebrovascular endothelial cells(ECs)have been hypothesized to regulate blood-brain barrier(BBB)maturation and homeostasis.Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids(LCPUFAs)as the important lipids components of cell membranes are essential for the development and function of BBB,but the direct links of lipid metabolism and ECs barrier function remain to be established.Here,we comprehensively characterize the transcriptomic phenotype of developmental cerebrovascular ECs in single-cell resolution and firstly find that trans-2-enoyl-CoA reductase(Tecr),a verylong-chain fatty acid synthesis,is highly expressed during barriergenesis and decreased after BBB maturation.EC-specific knockout of Tecr compromises angiogenesis due to delayed vascular sprouting.Importantly,EC-specific deletion of Tecr loss restrictive quality of vascular permeability from neonatal stages to adulthood,with high levels of transcytosis,but maintains the vascular tight junctions.Moreover,lipidomic analysis shows that the expression of Tecr in ECs is associated with the containing of omega-3 fatty acids,which directly suppresses caveolae vesicles formation.These results reveal a protective role for Tecr in BBB integrity and suggest that Tecr as a novel therapeutic target in the central nervous system(CNS)diseases associated with BBB dysfunction.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[Grant Nos.12032007,31971242]to G.W.Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau[Grant No.cstc2019jcyj-zdxmX0028]to G.W.+1 种基金Chongqing Municipal Education Commission,China[Grant No.KYYJ202001]to G.W.Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Projects[Grant No.Qiankehejichu(2018)1103]to J.H.
文摘The progression of cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction leads to serious vascular injury,highlighting the urgent need for targeted regenerative therapy.Extracellular vesicles(EVs)composed of a lipid bilayer containing nuclear and cytosolic materials are relevant to the progression of cardiovascular diseases.Moreover,EVs can deliver bioactive cargo in pathological cardiovascular and regulate the biological function of recipient cells,such as inflammation,proliferation,angiogenesis and polarization.However,because the targeting and bioactivity of natural EVs are subject to several limitations,bioengineered EVs have achieved wide advancements in biomedicine.Bioengineered EVs involve three main ways to acquire including(i)modification of the EVs after isolation;(ii)modification of producer cells before EVs’isolation;(iii)synthesize EVs using natural or modified cell membranes,and encapsulating drugs or bioactive molecules into EVs.In this review,we first summarize the cardiovascular injury-related disease and describe the role of different cells and EVs in vascular regeneration.We also discuss the application of bioengineered EVs from different producer cells to cardiovascular diseases.Finally,we summarize the surface modification on EVs which can specifically target abnormal cells in injured vascular.
