BACKGROUND Diabetic foot ulcers(DFU),as severe complications of diabetes mellitus(DM),significantly compromise patient health and carry risks of amputation and mortality.AIM To offer new insights into the occurrence a...BACKGROUND Diabetic foot ulcers(DFU),as severe complications of diabetes mellitus(DM),significantly compromise patient health and carry risks of amputation and mortality.AIM To offer new insights into the occurrence and development of DFU,focusing on the therapeutic mechanisms of X-Paste(XP)of wound healing in diabetic mice.METHODS Employing traditional Chinese medicine ointment preparation methods,XP combines various medicinal ingredients.High-performance liquid chromatography(HPLC)identified XP’s main components.Using streptozotocin(STZ)-induced diabetic,we aimed to investigate whether XP participated in the process of diabetic wound healing.RNA-sequencing analyzed gene expression differences between XP-treated and control groups.Molecular docking clarified XP’s treatment mechanisms for diabetic wound healing.Human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs)were used to investigate the effects of Andrographolide(Andro)on cell viability,reactive oxygen species generation,apoptosis,proliferation,and metastasis in vitro following exposure to high glucose(HG),while NF-E2-related factor-2(Nrf2)knockdown elucidated Andro’s molecular mechanisms.RESULTS XP notably enhanced wound healing in mice,expediting the healing process.RNA-sequencing revealed Nrf2 upregulation in DM tissues following XP treatment.HPLC identified 21 primary XP components,with Andro exhibiting strong Nrf2 binding.Andro mitigated HG-induced HUVECs proliferation,metastasis,angiogenic injury,and inflammation inhibition.Andro alleviates HG-induced HUVECs damage through Nrf2/HO-1 pathway activation,with Nrf2 knockdown reducing Andro’s proliferative and endothelial protective effects.CONCLUSION XP significantly promotes wound healing in STZ-induced diabetic models.As XP’s key component,Andro activates the Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway,enhancing cell proliferation,tubule formation,and inflammation reduction.展开更多
Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) is the predominant subject of liver malignancies which arouse global concern. Advanced studies have found that long noncoding RNAs(lnc RNAs) are differentially expressed in HCC and implic...Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) is the predominant subject of liver malignancies which arouse global concern. Advanced studies have found that long noncoding RNAs(lnc RNAs) are differentially expressed in HCC and implicate they may play distinct roles in the pathogenesis and metastasis of HCC. However, the underlying mechanisms remain largely unclear. In this review, we summarized the functions and mechanisms of those known aberrantly expressed lncR NAs identified in human HCC tissues. We hope to enlighten more comprehensive researches on the detailed mechanisms of lncR NAs and their application in clinic, such as being used as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and the targets for potential therapy. Although studies on lncR NAs in HCC are still deficient, an improved understanding of the roles played by lncR NAs in HCC will lead to a much more effective utilization of those lnc RNAs as novel candidates in early detection, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of HCC.展开更多
AIM: To investigate the prevalence of autoantibodies and their associations with clinical features in Chinesepatients with chronic hepatitis B(CHB).METHODS: A total of 325 Chinese patients with CHB were enrolled in th...AIM: To investigate the prevalence of autoantibodies and their associations with clinical features in Chinesepatients with chronic hepatitis B(CHB).METHODS: A total of 325 Chinese patients with CHB were enrolled in this retrospective,hospitalbased study.Patients with chronic hepatitis C(CHC),autoimmune hepatitis(AIH),or primary biliary cirrhosis(PBC) were included,with healthy donors acting as controls.A panel of autoantibodies that serologically define AIH and PBC was tested by indirect immunofluorescence assay and line immunoassay.The AIH-related autoantibody profile included homogeneous anti-nuclear antibodies(ANA-H),smooth-muscle antibodies,anti-liver kidney microsome type 1,antiliver cytosolic antigen type 1,and anti-soluble liver antigen/liver pancreas; the PBC-related antibodies were characterized by ANA-nuclear dots/membranous rimlike,anti-mitochondrial antibodies-M2(AMA-M2),antiBPO(recombinant antigen targeted by AMA-M2),antiSp100,anti-promyelocytic leukemia protein(anti-PML),and anti-gp210.The dichotomization of clustering was used to unequivocally designate the AIH or PBC profiles for each case.Anti-Ro52 antibodies were also tested.RESULTS: The prevalence of any autoantibody in CHB amounted to 58.2%,which was similar to the 66.2% prevalence in CHC,significantly higher than the 6.7% in the healthy controls(P < 0.001),and lower than the 100% found in AIH and PBC(P = 0.004 and P < 0.001,respectively).There were more anti-PML and anti-gp210 antibodies among the CHB patients than the CHC patients(11.1% vs 0%,P = 0.003; 12.6% vs 0%,P < 0.001,respectively).The prevalence and titer of AMA,anti-BPO,anti-PML,and anti-gp210 were higher in PBC than in those with CHB.Among the CHB patients,the prevalence of ANA,especially ANA-H,was significantly lower in patients with compensated and decompensated cirrhosis compared with patients without cirrhosis.Thirty-eight cases of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) in CHB showed a significant differencecompared with non-HCC patients in the prevalence of anti-PML(0% vs 12.5%,P = 0.013).Dichotomization of the autoantibodies revealed that the PBC profile was more prevalent in patients with CHB than in those with CHC,and that it was strongly correlated with both compensated and decompensated cirrhosis.In contrast,the prevalence of the AIH profile was significantly higher in non-cirrhosis patients with CHB than in those with compensated cirrhosis(18.5% vs 8.2%,P = 0.039).Moreover,the AIH profile was also closely associated with hepatitis B e-antigen positivity.CONCLUSION: ANA-H could be an indicator of earlystage CHB.Dichotomizing the autoantibody profiles revealed that the PBC profile is strongly associated with cirrhosis in CHB.展开更多
Myopia is the leading cause of visual impairments worldwide. Some studies revealed that visual experience in early life affected the final myopia, indicating that environmental factors play an impellent role in the de...Myopia is the leading cause of visual impairments worldwide. Some studies revealed that visual experience in early life affected the final myopia, indicating that environmental factors play an impellent role in the development of myopia. However, risk factors of myopia are still not identified among adolescents in China. A total of 4104 cases of myopia symptom and 3306 emmetropia controls were selected from students in primary and middle schools in Wuhan in 2008. We identified the risk factors associated with myopia symptom by multivariate logistic regression in this cross-sectional study and constructed a risk score system for myopia symptom. The value of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was 0.735. Furthermore, we followed up 93 students aged 7-9 years for one year and calculated the total points using the score system. We found no significant difference between the final myopia symptom and the results predicted by the total points by pair chi-square test (P>0.05). The score system had a modest ability to estimate the risk factors of myopia symptom. Using this score system, we could identify the students who are at risk of myopia symptom in the future according to their behaviors and environmental factors, and take measures to slow the progress of myopia symptom.展开更多
Intense investigations have been attracted to the development of materials which can recon-figure into 3D structures in response to external stimuli.Herein we report on the design and self-folding behaviors of hydroge...Intense investigations have been attracted to the development of materials which can recon-figure into 3D structures in response to external stimuli.Herein we report on the design and self-folding behaviors of hydrogels composed of poly(ethylene glycol)methyl ether methacry-late(OEGMA)and 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate(MEO2MA).Upon immersion into a variety of solvents at room temperature,the resulting P(MEO2MA-co-OEGMA)hy-drogel sheets self-fold into 3D morphologies,and the observed transformation in shape is reversible.We further show that composition of the gel,gaseous environment,and prepara-tion procedure play important roles in the self-folding behavior of the resulting hydrogels.This work provides a facile approach for fabricating self-folding hydrogels.展开更多
Predicting the future information and recovering the missing data for time series are two vital tasks faced in various application fields.They are often subjected to big challenges,especially when the signal is nonlin...Predicting the future information and recovering the missing data for time series are two vital tasks faced in various application fields.They are often subjected to big challenges,especially when the signal is nonlinear and nonstationary which is common in practice.In this paper,we propose a hybrid 2-stage approach,named IF2FNN,to predict(including short-term and long-term predictions)and recover the general types of time series.In the first stage,we decompose the original non-stationary series into several“quasi stationary”intrinsic mode functions(IMFs)by the iterative filtering(IF)method.In the second stage,all of the IMFs are fed as the inputs to the factorization machine based neural network model to perform the prediction and recovery.We test the strategy on five datasets including an artificial constructed signal(ACS),and four real-world signals:the length of day(LOD),the northern hemisphere land-ocean temperature index(NHLTI),the troposphere monthly mean temperature(TMMT),and the national association of securities dealers automated quotations index(NASDAQ).The results are compared with those obtained from the other prevailing methods.Our experiments indicate that under the same conditions,the proposed method outperforms the others for prediction and recovery according to various metrics such as mean absolute error(MAE),root mean square error(RMSE),and mean absolute percentage error(MAPE).展开更多
基金Supported by the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Project,One Belt One Road International Joint Laboratory of Medical Mycology,No.21410750500。
文摘BACKGROUND Diabetic foot ulcers(DFU),as severe complications of diabetes mellitus(DM),significantly compromise patient health and carry risks of amputation and mortality.AIM To offer new insights into the occurrence and development of DFU,focusing on the therapeutic mechanisms of X-Paste(XP)of wound healing in diabetic mice.METHODS Employing traditional Chinese medicine ointment preparation methods,XP combines various medicinal ingredients.High-performance liquid chromatography(HPLC)identified XP’s main components.Using streptozotocin(STZ)-induced diabetic,we aimed to investigate whether XP participated in the process of diabetic wound healing.RNA-sequencing analyzed gene expression differences between XP-treated and control groups.Molecular docking clarified XP’s treatment mechanisms for diabetic wound healing.Human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs)were used to investigate the effects of Andrographolide(Andro)on cell viability,reactive oxygen species generation,apoptosis,proliferation,and metastasis in vitro following exposure to high glucose(HG),while NF-E2-related factor-2(Nrf2)knockdown elucidated Andro’s molecular mechanisms.RESULTS XP notably enhanced wound healing in mice,expediting the healing process.RNA-sequencing revealed Nrf2 upregulation in DM tissues following XP treatment.HPLC identified 21 primary XP components,with Andro exhibiting strong Nrf2 binding.Andro mitigated HG-induced HUVECs proliferation,metastasis,angiogenic injury,and inflammation inhibition.Andro alleviates HG-induced HUVECs damage through Nrf2/HO-1 pathway activation,with Nrf2 knockdown reducing Andro’s proliferative and endothelial protective effects.CONCLUSION XP significantly promotes wound healing in STZ-induced diabetic models.As XP’s key component,Andro activates the Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway,enhancing cell proliferation,tubule formation,and inflammation reduction.
基金Supported by Partly Fund of Guangxi Provincial Health Bureau Scientific Research Project,No.Z2014054Youth Science Foun-dation of Guangxi Medical University,No.GXMUYSF201311+4 种基金Guangxi University Science and Technology Research Projects,No.LX2014075Natural Science Foundation of GuangxiNos.2015GXNSFBA139157,2015GXNSFCA139009National Natural Science Foundation of China,Nos.NSFC81360327,NSFC81560489NSFC81560469
文摘Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) is the predominant subject of liver malignancies which arouse global concern. Advanced studies have found that long noncoding RNAs(lnc RNAs) are differentially expressed in HCC and implicate they may play distinct roles in the pathogenesis and metastasis of HCC. However, the underlying mechanisms remain largely unclear. In this review, we summarized the functions and mechanisms of those known aberrantly expressed lncR NAs identified in human HCC tissues. We hope to enlighten more comprehensive researches on the detailed mechanisms of lncR NAs and their application in clinic, such as being used as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and the targets for potential therapy. Although studies on lncR NAs in HCC are still deficient, an improved understanding of the roles played by lncR NAs in HCC will lead to a much more effective utilization of those lnc RNAs as novel candidates in early detection, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of HCC.
文摘AIM: To investigate the prevalence of autoantibodies and their associations with clinical features in Chinesepatients with chronic hepatitis B(CHB).METHODS: A total of 325 Chinese patients with CHB were enrolled in this retrospective,hospitalbased study.Patients with chronic hepatitis C(CHC),autoimmune hepatitis(AIH),or primary biliary cirrhosis(PBC) were included,with healthy donors acting as controls.A panel of autoantibodies that serologically define AIH and PBC was tested by indirect immunofluorescence assay and line immunoassay.The AIH-related autoantibody profile included homogeneous anti-nuclear antibodies(ANA-H),smooth-muscle antibodies,anti-liver kidney microsome type 1,antiliver cytosolic antigen type 1,and anti-soluble liver antigen/liver pancreas; the PBC-related antibodies were characterized by ANA-nuclear dots/membranous rimlike,anti-mitochondrial antibodies-M2(AMA-M2),antiBPO(recombinant antigen targeted by AMA-M2),antiSp100,anti-promyelocytic leukemia protein(anti-PML),and anti-gp210.The dichotomization of clustering was used to unequivocally designate the AIH or PBC profiles for each case.Anti-Ro52 antibodies were also tested.RESULTS: The prevalence of any autoantibody in CHB amounted to 58.2%,which was similar to the 66.2% prevalence in CHC,significantly higher than the 6.7% in the healthy controls(P < 0.001),and lower than the 100% found in AIH and PBC(P = 0.004 and P < 0.001,respectively).There were more anti-PML and anti-gp210 antibodies among the CHB patients than the CHC patients(11.1% vs 0%,P = 0.003; 12.6% vs 0%,P < 0.001,respectively).The prevalence and titer of AMA,anti-BPO,anti-PML,and anti-gp210 were higher in PBC than in those with CHB.Among the CHB patients,the prevalence of ANA,especially ANA-H,was significantly lower in patients with compensated and decompensated cirrhosis compared with patients without cirrhosis.Thirty-eight cases of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) in CHB showed a significant differencecompared with non-HCC patients in the prevalence of anti-PML(0% vs 12.5%,P = 0.013).Dichotomization of the autoantibodies revealed that the PBC profile was more prevalent in patients with CHB than in those with CHC,and that it was strongly correlated with both compensated and decompensated cirrhosis.In contrast,the prevalence of the AIH profile was significantly higher in non-cirrhosis patients with CHB than in those with compensated cirrhosis(18.5% vs 8.2%,P = 0.039).Moreover,the AIH profile was also closely associated with hepatitis B e-antigen positivity.CONCLUSION: ANA-H could be an indicator of earlystage CHB.Dichotomizing the autoantibody profiles revealed that the PBC profile is strongly associated with cirrhosis in CHB.
文摘Myopia is the leading cause of visual impairments worldwide. Some studies revealed that visual experience in early life affected the final myopia, indicating that environmental factors play an impellent role in the development of myopia. However, risk factors of myopia are still not identified among adolescents in China. A total of 4104 cases of myopia symptom and 3306 emmetropia controls were selected from students in primary and middle schools in Wuhan in 2008. We identified the risk factors associated with myopia symptom by multivariate logistic regression in this cross-sectional study and constructed a risk score system for myopia symptom. The value of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was 0.735. Furthermore, we followed up 93 students aged 7-9 years for one year and calculated the total points using the score system. We found no significant difference between the final myopia symptom and the results predicted by the total points by pair chi-square test (P>0.05). The score system had a modest ability to estimate the risk factors of myopia symptom. Using this score system, we could identify the students who are at risk of myopia symptom in the future according to their behaviors and environmental factors, and take measures to slow the progress of myopia symptom.
基金supported by the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘Intense investigations have been attracted to the development of materials which can recon-figure into 3D structures in response to external stimuli.Herein we report on the design and self-folding behaviors of hydrogels composed of poly(ethylene glycol)methyl ether methacry-late(OEGMA)and 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate(MEO2MA).Upon immersion into a variety of solvents at room temperature,the resulting P(MEO2MA-co-OEGMA)hy-drogel sheets self-fold into 3D morphologies,and the observed transformation in shape is reversible.We further show that composition of the gel,gaseous environment,and prepara-tion procedure play important roles in the self-folding behavior of the resulting hydrogels.This work provides a facile approach for fabricating self-folding hydrogels.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.11771458,431015 and 61628203the National Science Foundation of US under Grant Nos.DMS-1620345 and DMS-1830225+3 种基金the Office of Naval Research(ONR)Award of US under Grant No.N00014-18-1-2852the Guangdong Youth Innovation Talent Project(Natural Sciences)under Grant No.2017KQNCX083the Guangdong Philosophy and Social Science Project of China under Grant No.GD15CGL11the Guangzhou Science and Technology Project of China under Grant No.201707010495.
文摘Predicting the future information and recovering the missing data for time series are two vital tasks faced in various application fields.They are often subjected to big challenges,especially when the signal is nonlinear and nonstationary which is common in practice.In this paper,we propose a hybrid 2-stage approach,named IF2FNN,to predict(including short-term and long-term predictions)and recover the general types of time series.In the first stage,we decompose the original non-stationary series into several“quasi stationary”intrinsic mode functions(IMFs)by the iterative filtering(IF)method.In the second stage,all of the IMFs are fed as the inputs to the factorization machine based neural network model to perform the prediction and recovery.We test the strategy on five datasets including an artificial constructed signal(ACS),and four real-world signals:the length of day(LOD),the northern hemisphere land-ocean temperature index(NHLTI),the troposphere monthly mean temperature(TMMT),and the national association of securities dealers automated quotations index(NASDAQ).The results are compared with those obtained from the other prevailing methods.Our experiments indicate that under the same conditions,the proposed method outperforms the others for prediction and recovery according to various metrics such as mean absolute error(MAE),root mean square error(RMSE),and mean absolute percentage error(MAPE).
