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INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to analyze the comprehensive maxillofacial features of patients with skeletal Class III malocclusion and facial asymmetry to develop a classification system for diagnosis and surgical planning. METHODS: A total of 161 adult patients were included, with 121 patients in the asymmetry group (menton deviation >2 mm) and 40 patients in the symmetry group (menton deviation ≤2 mm). Twenty-eight variables were determined, including transverse translation, roll and yaw of each facial unit, transverse width, mandibular morphology, and transverse dental compensation. Principal component (PC) analysis was conducted to extract PCs, and cluster analysis was performed using these components to classify the asymmetry group. A decision tree was constructed on the basis of the clustering results. RESULTS: Six PCs were extracted, explaining 80.622% of the data variability. The asymmetry group was classified into 4 subgroups: (1) atypical type (15.7%) showed an opposite roll direction of maxillary dentition than of menton deviation; (2) compound type (34.71%) demonstrated significant ramus height differences, maxillary roll, and mandibular roll and yaw; (3) mandibular yaw type (44.63%) showed slight mandibular yaw without mandibular morphology asymmetry; and (4) maxillary-shift type (4.96%) shared similarities with the compound type but showed significant maxillary translation. The classification and regression tree model achieved a prediction accuracy of up to 85.11%. CONCLUSIONS: This study identified 4 distinct phenotypes using cluster analysis and proposed tailored treatment recommendations on the basis of their specific characteristics. The classification results emphasized the importance of spatial displacement features, especially mandibular yaw, in diagnosing facial asymmetry. The established classification and regression tree model enables clinicians to identify patients conveniently.
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Combination therapy has become the most important treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which can significantly improve the prognosis of patients. However, poor targeting and adverse reactions limited its clinical application. Here, we constructed an AS1411 aptamer-programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) siRNA chimera/polyethylenimine/glutamine/ß-cyclodextrin/doxorubicin (Chimera/ PEI/Gln/ß-CD/DOX) nanoparticle for the combination therapy (chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy). Scanning electron microscopy showed that PEI/Gln/ß-CD/DOX nanoparticle was conical, with a diameter of about 250-500â¯nm. AS1411 aptamer-PD-L1 siRNA chimera can effectively bind NSCLC cells and inhibit PD-L1 expression, further activating T cells and CD8+T cells. Glutamine modification effectively promoted the doxorubicin uptake by cancer cells and induced their apoptosis. Animal experiments showed that our nanoparticles effectively treated the transplanted tumor, and the adverse reactions were reduced. Compared with the Aptamer/ß-CD/DOX group, the volume and ki-67 index of transplanted tumors in the Chimera/ß-CD/DOX group were significantly decreased, while the apoptosis ratio was increased. Immunohistochemical results showed that Compared with the Aptamer/ß-CD/DOX group, the number of T cells and CD8+T cells in the Chimera/ß-CD/DOX group was increased by 1.34 and 1.41 times. Glutamine modification enhanced the chemotherapeutic efficacy and anti-tumor immune response in vivo. Our study provided a new method for the combination therapy of lung squamous cell carcinoma.
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Aptâmeros de Nucleotídeos , Doxorrubicina , Glutamina , Neoplasias Pulmonares , Nanopartículas , RNA Interferente Pequeno , beta-Ciclodextrinas , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Aptâmeros de Nucleotídeos/farmacologia , Animais , Humanos , beta-Ciclodextrinas/química , RNA Interferente Pequeno/administração & dosagem , RNA Interferente Pequeno/farmacologia , Nanopartículas/química , Doxorrubicina/farmacologia , Doxorrubicina/administração & dosagem , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Camundongos Nus , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patologia , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/genética , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/terapia , Camundongos , Terapia Combinada , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Antígeno B7-H1/metabolismo , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de Xenoenxerto , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/patologia , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/genéticaRESUMO
Spinal tuberculosis is a common extrapulmonary type that is often secondary to pulmonary or systemic infections. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection often leads to the balance of immune control and bacterial persistence. In this study, 64 patients were enrolled and the clinicopathological and immunological characteristics of different age groups were analyzed. Anatomically, spinal tuberculosis in each group mostly occurred in the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae. Imaging before preoperative anti-tuberculosis therapy showed that the proportion of abscesses in the older group was significantly lower than that in the younger and middle-aged groups. However, pathological examination of surgical specimens showed that the proportion of abscesses in the older group was significantly higher than that in the other groups, and there was no difference in the granulomatous inflammation, caseous necrosis, inflammatory necrosis, acute inflammation, exudation, granulation tissue formation, and fibrous tissue hyperplasia. B cell number was significantly lower in the middle-aged and older groups compared to the younger group, while the number of T cells, CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, macrophages, lymphocytes, plasma cells, and NK cells did not differ. Meaningfully, we found that the proportion of IL-10 high expression and TGF-ß1 positive in the older group was significantly higher than that in the younger group. TNF-α, CD66b, IFN-γ, and IL-6 expressions were not different among the three groups. In conclusion, there are some differences in imaging, pathological, and immune features of spinal tuberculosis in different age groups. The high expression of IL-10 and TGF-ß1 in older patients may weaken their anti-tuberculosis immunity and treatment effectiveness.
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Tuberculose da Coluna Vertebral , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Humanos , Idoso , Interleucina-10/metabolismo , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta1/metabolismo , Tuberculose da Coluna Vertebral/tratamento farmacológico , Tuberculose da Coluna Vertebral/metabolismo , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/metabolismo , Abscesso/tratamento farmacológico , Abscesso/metabolismo , Antituberculosos/uso terapêutico , Necrose/tratamento farmacológico , Necrose/metabolismo , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos , Citocinas/metabolismoRESUMO
Abnormal epigenetic modifications are involved in the regulation of Warburg effect in tumor cells. Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) mediate arginine methylation and have critical functions in cellular responses. PRMTs are deregulated in a variety of cancers, but their precise roles in Warburg effect in cancer is largely unknown. Experiments from the current study showed that PRMT1 was highly expressed under conditions of glucose sufficiency. PRMT1 induced an increase in the PKM2/PKM1 ratio through upregulation of PTBP1, in turn, promoting aerobic glycolysis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The PRMT1 level in p53-deficient and p53-mutated NSCLC remained relatively unchanged while the expression was reduced in p53 wild-type NSCLC under conditions of glucose insufficiency. Notably, p53 activation under glucose-deficient conditions could suppress USP7 and further accelerate the polyubiquitin-dependent degradation of PRMT1. Melatonin, a hormone that inhibits glucose intake, markedly suppressed cell proliferation of p53 wild-type NSCLC, while a combination of melatonin and the USP7 inhibitor P5091 enhanced the anticancer activity in p53-deficient NSCLC. Our collective findings support a role of PRMT1 in the regulation of Warburg effect in NSCLC. Moreover, combination treatment with melatonin and the USP7 inhibitor showed good efficacy, providing a rationale for the development of PRMT1-based therapy to improve p53-deficient NSCLC outcomes.
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Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas , Neoplasias Pulmonares , Proteínas de Membrana , Proteína-Arginina N-Metiltransferases , Proteínas de Ligação a Hormônio da Tireoide , Hormônios Tireóideos , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53 , Efeito Warburg em Oncologia , Proteína-Arginina N-Metiltransferases/metabolismo , Proteína-Arginina N-Metiltransferases/genética , Humanos , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/metabolismo , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/genética , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/patologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Efeito Warburg em Oncologia/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/metabolismo , Hormônios Tireóideos/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Proteínas de Transporte/genética , Peptidase 7 Específica de Ubiquitina/metabolismo , Peptidase 7 Específica de Ubiquitina/genética , Proteínas Repressoras/metabolismo , Proteínas Repressoras/genética , Ribonucleoproteínas Nucleares Heterogêneas/metabolismo , Ribonucleoproteínas Nucleares Heterogêneas/genética , Animais , Glicólise/efeitos dos fármacos , Camundongos Nus , Glucose/metabolismo , Camundongos , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Células A549 , Proteína de Ligação a Regiões Ricas em PolipirimidinasRESUMO
Background: Implants are widely used in the field of orthopedics and dental sciences. Titanium (TI) and its alloys have become the most widely used implant materials, but implant-associated infection remains a common and serious complication after implant surgery. In addition, titanium exhibits biological inertness, which prevents implants and bone tissue from binding strongly and may cause implants to loosen and fall out. Therefore, preventing implant infection and improving their bone induction ability are important goals. Purpose: To study the antibacterial activity and bone induction ability of titanium-copper alloy implants coated with nanosilver/poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (NSPTICU) and provide a new approach for inhibiting implant-associated infection and promoting bone integration. Methods: We first examined the in vitro osteogenic ability of NSPTICU implants by studying the proliferation and differentiation of MC3T3-E1 cells. Furthermore, the ability of NSPTICU implants to induce osteogenic activity in SD rats was studied by micro-computed tomography (micro-CT), hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, masson staining, immunohistochemistry and van gieson (VG) staining. The antibacterial activity of NSPTICU in vitro was studied with gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus (Sa) and gram-negative Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria. Sa was used as the test bacterium, and the antibacterial ability of NSPTICU implanted in rats was studied by gross view specimen collection, bacterial colony counting, HE staining and Giemsa staining. Results: Alizarin red staining, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) staining, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and western blot analysis showed that NSPTICU promoted the osteogenic differentiation of MC3T3-E1 cells. The in vitro antimicrobial results showed that the NSPTICU implants exhibited better antibacterial properties. Animal experiments showed that NSPTICU can inhibit inflammation and promote the repair of bone defects. Conclusion: NSPTICU has excellent antibacterial and bone induction ability, and has broad application prospects in the treatment of bone defects related to orthopedics and dental sciences.
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Antibacterianos , Materiais Revestidos Biocompatíveis , Escherichia coli , Osteogênese , Copolímero de Ácido Poliláctico e Ácido Poliglicólico , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Staphylococcus aureus , Animais , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Antibacterianos/química , Osteogênese/efeitos dos fármacos , Copolímero de Ácido Poliláctico e Ácido Poliglicólico/química , Camundongos , Staphylococcus aureus/efeitos dos fármacos , Materiais Revestidos Biocompatíveis/química , Materiais Revestidos Biocompatíveis/farmacologia , Escherichia coli/efeitos dos fármacos , Diferenciação Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Próteses e Implantes , Ligas/farmacologia , Ligas/química , Ratos , Titânio/química , Titânio/farmacologia , Prata/química , Prata/farmacologia , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Cobre/química , Cobre/farmacologia , Masculino , Microtomografia por Raio-X , Linhagem Celular , Nanopartículas Metálicas/químicaRESUMO
Head and neck malignancies are a significant global health concern, with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) being the sixth most common cancer worldwide accounting for > 90% of cases. In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the potential role of alternative splicing (AS) in the etiology of cancer. Increasing evidence suggests that AS is associated with various aspects of cancer progression, including tumor occurrence, invasion, metastasis, and drug resistance. Additionally, AS is involved in shaping the tumor microenvironment, which plays a crucial role in tumor development and response to therapy. AS can influence the expression of factors involved in angiogenesis, immune response, and extracellular matrix remodeling, all of which contribute to the formation of a supportive microenvironment for tumor growth. Exploring the mechanism of AS events in HNSCC could provide insights into the development and progression of this cancer, as well as its interaction with the tumor microenvironment. Understanding how AS contributes to the molecular changes in HNSCC cells and influences the tumor microenvironment could lead to the identification of new therapeutic targets. Targeted chemotherapy and immunotherapy strategies tailored to the specific AS patterns in HNSCC could potentially improve treatment outcomes and reduce side effects. This review explores the concept, types, processes, and technological advancements of AS, focusing on its role in the initiation, progression, treatment, and prognosis of HNSCC.
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Processamento Alternativo , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeça e Pescoço , Microambiente Tumoral , Humanos , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeça e Pescoço/genética , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeça e Pescoço/patologia , Microambiente Tumoral/genética , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/genética , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/patologia , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Biomarcadores Tumorais/genéticaRESUMO
Comparative metabolomics plays a crucial role in investigating gene function, exploring metabolite evolution, and accelerating crop genetic improvement. However, a systematic platform for comparing intra- and cross-species metabolites is currently lacking. Here, we report the Plant Comparative Metabolome Database (PCMD; http://yanglab.hzau.edu.cn/PCMD), a multilevel comparison database based on predicted metabolic profiles in 530 plant species. PCMD serves as a platform for comparing metabolite characteristics at various levels, including species, metabolites, pathways, and biological taxonomy. The database also provides a series of user-friendly online tools, such as Species-comparison, Metabolites-enrichment, and ID conversion, enabling users to perform comparisons and enrichment analyses of metabolites across different species. In addition, PCMD establishes a unified system based on existing metabolite-related databases by standardizing metabolite numbering. PCMD is the most species-rich comparative plant metabolomics database currently available, and a case study demonstrated its capability to provide new insights into understanding plant metabolic diversity.
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Domesticated herbivores are an important agricultural resource that play a critical role in global food security, particularly as they can adapt to varied environments, including marginal lands. An understanding of the molecular basis of their biology would contribute to better management and sustainable production. Thus, we conducted transcriptome sequencing of 100 to 105 tissues from two females of each of seven species of herbivore (cattle, sheep, goats, sika deer, horses, donkeys, and rabbits) including two breeds of sheep. The quality of raw and trimmed reads was assessed in terms of base quality, GC content, duplication sequence rate, overrepresented k-mers, and quality score distribution with FastQC. The high-quality filtered RNA-seq raw reads were deposited in a public database which provides approximately 54 billion high-quality paired-end sequencing reads in total, with an average mapping rate of ~93.92%. Transcriptome databases represent valuable resources that can be used to study patterns of gene expression, and pathways that are related to key biological processes, including important economic traits in herbivores.
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Herbivoria , Transcriptoma , Animais , Bovinos/genética , Feminino , Coelhos/genética , Bases de Dados Genéticas , Cervos/genética , Equidae/genética , Cabras/genética , Cavalos/genética , Ovinos/genéticaRESUMO
Background: Epidemiological research has established associations between various inflammatory cytokines and the occurrence of oral cancer and oropharyngeal cancer (OCPC). We performed a Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to systematically investigate the causal relationship between inflammatory cytokines and OCPC. Methods: We performed a bidirectional two-sample MR analysis using OCPC from 12 studies (6,034 cases and 6,585 controls) and genome-wide association study (GWAS) results for 41 serum cytokines from 8,293 Finns, respectively. Inverse variance weighting was used as the primary MR method and four additional MR methods (MR Egger, Weighted median, Simple mode, Weighted mode) were used to examine genetic associations between inflammatory traits and OCPC, and Cochran's Q test, MR-Egger intercept, leave-one-out analysis, funnel plot, and multivariate MR (MVMR) analysis were used to assess the MR results. Results: The results suggested a potential association between high gene expression of Macrophage inflammatory protein-1α (MIP1α/CCL3) and an increased risk of OCPC (Odds Ratio (OR): 1.71, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.09-2.68, p = 0.019). Increasing the expression levels of the interleukin-7 (IL-7) gene by 1 standard deviation reduced the risk of OCPC (OR: 0.64, 95%CI: 0.48-0.86, p = 0.003). In addition, multivariate Mendelian randomization analysis also showed the same results (MIP1α/CCL3, OR: 1.002, 95% CI: 0.919-1.092, p = 0.044; IL-7, OR: 0.997, 95% CI: 0.994-0.999, p = 0.011). Conversely, there was a positive correlation between genetic susceptibility to OCPC and an increase in Interleukin-4 (IL-4) (OR: 1.04, 95%CI: 1.00-1.08, p = 0.027). Conclusion: Our study systematically assessed the association between inflammatory cytokines and the risk of OCPC. We identified two upstream regulatory factors (IL-7 and CCL3) and one downstream effector factor (IL-4) that were associated with OCPC, offering potential avenues for the development of novel treatments.
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OBJECTIVES: The effects of using a maxillary skeletal expander (MSE) on the orbital volume and width between periorbital bones in the treatment of adult female patients with maxillary transverse deficiency (MTD) were evaluaâted. METHODS: A total of 20 adult female patients with MTD with an average age of (22.60±6.29) years were included in the study. The patients were treated with MSE. Cone beam computed tomography was performed before expansion (T0) and no more than 3 weeks after expansion (T1). Orbital volume and periorbital bone width were measured with Mimics 21.0 and analyzed with SPSS 20.0. Paired t-test was performed, and a P value of <0.05 indicated significant difference. RESULTS: After expansion, the orbital volume increased by (346.80±275.31) mm3 (P<0.05). The width between the right and left zygomaticomaxillary sutures increased by (1.69±0.57) mm (P<0.05), and the width between the right and left infraorbital points increased by (1.71±0.70) mm (P<0.05). However, the width between the right and left frontozygomatic sutures increased by (0.15±0.32) mm (P>0.05). Finally, the width between the right and left supraorbital points increased by (0.23±0.52) mm (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The maxillary skeletal expander slightly expanded the orbital volume in the adult female patients and increased the lateral widths of the periorbital bones.