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Opt Express ; 32(9): 15336-15357, 2024 Apr 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38859187

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Multi-line-of-sight wavefront sensing, crucial for next-generation astronomy and laser applications, often increases system complexity by adding sensors. This research introduces, to the best of our knowledge, a novel method for multi-line-of-sight Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensing by using a single sensor, addressing challenges in centroid estimation and classification under atmospheric turbulence. This method contrasts with existing techniques that rely on multiple sensors, thereby reducing system complexity. Innovations include combining edge detection and peak extraction for precise centroid calculation, improved k-means clustering for robust centroid classification, and a centroid filling algorithm for subapertures with light loss. The method's effectiveness was confirmed through simulations for a five-line-of-sight system and experimental setup for two-line and three-line-of-sight systems, demonstrating its potential in real atmospheric aberration correction conditions. Experimental findings indicate that, when implemented in a closed-loop configuration, the method significantly reduces wavefront residuals from 1 λ to 0.1 λ under authentic atmospheric turbulence conditions. Correspondingly, the quality of the far-field spot is enhanced by a factor of 2 to 4. These outcomes collectively highlight the method's robust capability in enhancing optical system performance in environments characterized by genuine atmospheric turbulence.

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Bioorg Chem ; 150: 107571, 2024 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38936048

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In recent years, Varicocele (VC) has been recognized as a common cause of male infertility that can be treated by surgery or drugs. How to reduce the damage of VC to testicular spermatogenic function has attracted extensive attention in recent years. Among them, overexpressed ROS and high levels of inflammation may play a key role in VC-induced testicular damage. As the key mediated innate immune pathways, cGAS-STING shaft under pathological conditions, such as in cell and tissue damage stress can be cytoplasmic DNA activation, induce the activation of NLRP3 inflammatory corpuscle, triggering downstream of the inflammatory cascade reaction. Chlorogenic acid (CGA), as a natural compound from a wide range of sources, has strong anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities, and is a potential effective drug for the treatment of varicocele infertility. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of CGA in the spermatogenic dysfunction of the rat testis induced by VC and the potential mechanisms. The results of this study have shown that CGA gavage treatment ameliorated the pathological damage of seminiferous tubules, increased the number of sperm in the lumen, and increased the expression levels of Occludin and ZO-1, which indicated the therapeutic effect of CGA on spermatogenic dysfunction in the testis of VC rats. Meanwhile, the damage of mitochondrial structure was alleviated and the expression levels of ROS, NLRP3 and pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1ß, IL-6, IL-18) were significantly reduced in the testicular tissues of model rats after CGA treatment. In addition, we demonstrated for the first time the high expression status of cGAS and STING in testicular tissues of VC model rats, and this was ameliorated to varying degrees after CGA treatment. In conclusion, this study suggests that CGA can improve the spermatogenic function of the testis by reducing mitochondrial damage and inhibiting the activation of the cGAS-STING axis, inhibiting the activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome, and improving the inflammatory damage of the testis, highlighting the potential of CGA as a therapeutic agent for varicocele infertility.


Subject(s)
Chlorogenic Acid , DNA, Mitochondrial , Inflammasomes , Membrane Proteins , Mitochondria , NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein , Nucleotidyltransferases , Varicocele , Animals , Male , NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein/metabolism , NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein/antagonists & inhibitors , Rats , Varicocele/drug therapy , Varicocele/metabolism , DNA, Mitochondrial/metabolism , Inflammasomes/metabolism , Inflammasomes/antagonists & inhibitors , Membrane Proteins/metabolism , Nucleotidyltransferases/antagonists & inhibitors , Nucleotidyltransferases/metabolism , Chlorogenic Acid/pharmacology , Chlorogenic Acid/chemistry , Mitochondria/drug effects , Mitochondria/metabolism , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Spermatogenesis/drug effects , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Homeostasis/drug effects , Structure-Activity Relationship , Molecular Structure
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Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis ; 34(9): 2217-2225, 2024 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38866609

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Limited evidence exist regarding the association between ongericimab, a novel recombinant humanized anti-PCSK9 monoclonal antibody, and primary hypercholesterolemia and mixed dyslipidemia. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ongericimab administered by prefilled syringe (PFS) or autoinjector (AI) in Chinese patients with primary hypercholesterolemia and mixed dyslipidemia on stable optimized lipid-lowering therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 255 patients on stable optimized lipid-lowering therapy were randomized in a 2:1:2:1 ratio to receive PFS for the subcutaneous injection of ongericimab 150 mg every 2 weeks (Q2W) or a matching placebo, or AI for the subcutaneous injection of ongericimab 150 mg Q2W or a matching placebo. The primary efficacy endpoint was the percent change in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels from baseline to week 12. Safety was also evaluated. At week 12, the least squares mean percent changes were -72.7% (3.9%) for PFS and -71.1% (3.8%) for AI (all P < 0.001) compared to respective matching placebo groups. Beneficial effects were also seen for all secondary lipid parameters, notably with robust reduction in Lp (a). Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) and serious AEs with ongericimab were reported in 46.2% and 2.4% of patients, compared to 44.2% and 3.5% with placebo. CONCLUSION: In Chinese patients with primary hypercholesterolemia and mixed dyslipidemia, a 12-week treatment regimen with ongericimab administered by PFS or AI significantly reduced LDL-C and other lipid parameters, proving to be safe and well tolerated. Patients experienced consistent effects from PFS or AI devices. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: CTR20220027; January 11, 2022; http://www.chinadrugtrials.org.cn/index.html.


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Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized , Biomarkers , Cholesterol, LDL , Hypercholesterolemia , PCSK9 Inhibitors , Syringes , Humans , Male , Female , Middle Aged , Hypercholesterolemia/drug therapy , Hypercholesterolemia/blood , Hypercholesterolemia/diagnosis , Treatment Outcome , China , Cholesterol, LDL/blood , Injections, Subcutaneous , Aged , Time Factors , Biomarkers/blood , Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/adverse effects , Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/administration & dosage , Double-Blind Method , Anticholesteremic Agents/adverse effects , Anticholesteremic Agents/administration & dosage , Adult , Hyperlipidemias/drug therapy , Hyperlipidemias/diagnosis , Hyperlipidemias/blood , Proprotein Convertase 9
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J Med Internet Res ; 26: e48324, 2024 Feb 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38386404

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BACKGROUND: Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a chronic disease, and several risk factors predispose individuals to the condition in their daily lives, including exposure to allergens and inhalation irritants. Analyzing the potential risk factors that can trigger AR can provide reference material for individuals to use to reduce its occurrence in their daily lives. Nowadays, social media is a part of daily life, with an increasing number of people using at least 1 platform regularly. Social media enables users to share experiences among large groups of people who share the same interests and experience the same afflictions. Notably, these channels promote the ability to share health information. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to construct an intelligent method (TopicS-ClusterREV) for identifying the risk factors of AR based on these social media comments. The main questions were as follows: How many comments contained AR risk factor information? How many categories can these risk factors be summarized into? How do these risk factors trigger AR? METHODS: This study crawled all the data from May 2012 to May 2022 under the topic of allergic rhinitis on Zhihu, obtaining a total of 9628 posts and 33,747 comments. We improved the Skip-gram model to train topic-enhanced word vector representations (TopicS) and then vectorized annotated text items for training the risk factor classifier. Furthermore, cluster analysis enabled a closer look into the opinions expressed in the category, namely gaining insight into how risk factors trigger AR. RESULTS: Our classifier identified more comments containing risk factors than the other classification models, with an accuracy rate of 96.1% and a recall rate of 96.3%. In general, we clustered texts containing risk factors into 28 categories, with season, region, and mites being the most common risk factors. We gained insight into the risk factors expressed in each category; for example, seasonal changes and increased temperature differences between day and night can disrupt the body's immune system and lead to the development of allergies. CONCLUSIONS: Our approach can handle the amount of data and extract risk factors effectively. Moreover, the summary of risk factors can serve as a reference for individuals to reduce AR in their daily lives. The experimental data also provide a potential pathway that triggers AR. This finding can guide the development of management plans and interventions for AR.


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Rhinitis, Allergic , Humans , Cluster Analysis , Intelligence , Mental Recall , Risk Factors
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Dalton Trans ; 53(29): 12090-12097, 2024 Jul 23.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38967448

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Hg-based compounds show abundant structural diversity and distinguished properties. Herein, a new phase transition compound CsHg2I5 was reported. The high-temperature phase ß-CsHg2I5 with rare [Hg2I5] dimers was synthesized by the flux method at 573 K, and it shows a reversible phase transition at a low temperature of ∼100 K to form the low-temperature phase α-CsHg2I5. The two phases crystallize in the same P21/c space group, with different crystal structures. ß-CsHg2I5 is composed of rare [Hg2I5] dimers and [CsI11] polyhedral units, while α-CsHg2I5 is composed of [Hg4I11] and [CsI10] units. The experimental band gap of ß-CsHg2I5 was found to be 2.58 eV. Owing to the presence of [Hg2I5]∞ pseudo-layers, ß-CsHg2I5 exhibits large optical anisotropy with a calculated birefringence of 0.132@1064 nm. Meanwhile, ß-CsHg2I5 is a congruent compound and the congruent point is ∼481 K. Theoretical calculations indicate that the rare [Hg2I5] dimer is a nonlinear active unit, which can be used as a new fundamental building block for the design of advanced nonlinear optical materials. Moreover, a CsI-HgI2 pseudo-binary diagram was drawn. The results enrich the structural diversity of Hg-based halides and give some insights into the development of new functional materials based on rare [Hg2I5] dimers.

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Rev Sci Instrum ; 95(2)2024 Feb 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38407491

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The conventional Walsh function just takes values of +1 and -1 and can only track limited signal states. However, based on the characteristics of Walsh functions that can capture the frequency of square wave signals, this article proposes a generalized Walsh transform algorithm to process multi-valued rectangular wave signals. As an extension of the traditional Walsh functions, generalized Walsh functions have advantages in signal frequency matching and sequency spectrum amplitude extraction, which makes them well suited to express the valuable signal. First, we infer the invariance displacement theory in the time and sequency domains, limiting the value of a circular time shift to ensure the concentrated distribution of the signal sequency energy. This limitation lays a good foundation for constructing generalized Walsh functions. Then, two types of generalized Walsh functions are built by combining the characteristics of different periodic rectangular waves. We deduce two properties of orthogonality and completeness to prove the ability of the constructed functions to match the frequency and the extracted energy. Finally, we compare multiple filtering methods to verify the reliability of the proposed method.

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Heliyon ; 10(8): e29205, 2024 Apr 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38638986

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Spotted babylon were exposed to three different pH levels (7.0, 8.0 and 9.0) and four different concentrations of ammonia nitrogen (0.02, 1.02, 5.10 and 10.20 mg/L) in seawater to determine their acute toxicity and physiological responses to environmental fluctuation. The study evaluated four antioxidant enzymes: catalase (CAT), alkaline, superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX), and two immunoenzymes: acid phosphatase (ACP) and phosphatase (AKP). Over time, the immunoenzyme activity was significantly affected by pH and ammonia nitrogen concentration. After being exposed to pH and ammonia nitrogen, the spotted babylon showed signs of unresponsiveness to external stimuli, reduced vitality, slow movement, and an inability to maintain an upright position. Over time, the spotted babylon exhibited a trend of increasing and then decreasing GSH-PX, CAT, and SOD activities to adapt to the changing environment and enhance its immunity. On the contrary, the POD and ACP activities exhibited a decreasing trend initially, followed by an increasing trend over time and the AKP activity showed a gradual increase with time. The combined effect of pH and ammonia was found to be stronger than the effect of either factor alone. The interaction between pH and ammonia increased the activity of the spotted babylon antioxidant enzymes, induced oxidative stress, and reduced the ability of the spotted babylon's non-specific immune system to reverse it. Thus, the reverse-back of the spotted babylon was higher when pH and ammonia stress were dual than when pH or ammonia were single-factor stresses. The study results will establish a theoretical basis for analyzing the risk of multiple factors to the spotted babylon, and also enrich the basic information about the shellfish immune system.

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Lipids ; 2024 Jun 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38830807

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Omega-3-acid ethyl acetate 90 capsules (containing 465 mg of eicosapentaenoic acid and 375 mg docosahexaenoic acid) is composed of highly purified omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) ethyl esters, whose lipid-lowering effect for severe hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) treatment is unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of omega-3-acid ethyl acetate 90 capsules in patients with severe HTG. In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study, 239 patients with severe HTG were enrolled and randomized (1:1) into omega-3 group (N = 122) and placebo group (N = 117) to receive 12-week corresponding treatments. Lipid-related indexes were obtained at treatment initiation (W0), 4 weeks (W4), W8, and W12 after treatment. Adverse events and adverse drug reactions were recorded. Triacylglycerols (TAG), total cholesterol (TC), non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C), very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C), and apolipoprotein C-III (Apo C-III) at W4, W8, and W12 were decreased in the omega-3 group versus the placebo group (all p < 0.05). Moreover, the percentage changes of TAG, TC, non-HDL-C, and VLDL-C from W0 to W4, W8, and W12, and the percentage change of Apo C-III from W0 to W4 and W8, were more obvious in the omega-3 group compared with the placebo group (all p < 0.05). However, no difference was observed in the percentage changes of HDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and LDL-C/HDL-C ratio during follow-up between groups (all p > 0.05). Additionally, there was no discrepancy in adverse events and adverse drug reactions between groups (all p > 0.05). Omega-3-acid ethyl acetate 90 capsules exhibit satisfied lipid-lowering effect with tolerable safety profile in patients with severe HTG.

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Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39150803

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The reconstruction of indoor scenes from multi-view RGB images is challenging due to the coexistence of flat and texture-less regions alongside delicate and fine-grained regions. Recent methods leverage neural radiance fields aided by predicted surface normal priors to recover the scene geometry. These methods excel in producing complete and smooth results for floor and wall areas. However, they struggle to capture complex surfaces with high-frequency structures due to the inadequate neural representation and the inaccurately predicted normal priors. This work aims to reconstruct high-fidelity surfaces with fine-grained details by addressing the above limitations. To improve the capacity of the implicit representation, we propose a hybrid architecture to represent low-frequency and high-frequency regions separately. To enhance the normal priors, we introduce a simple yet effective image sharpening and denoising technique, coupled with a network that estimates the pixel-wise uncertainty of the predicted surface normal vectors. Identifying such uncertainty can prevent our model from being misled by unreliable surface normal supervisions that hinder the accurate reconstruction of intricate geometries. Experiments on the benchmark datasets show that our method outperforms existing methods in terms of reconstruction quality. Furthermore, the proposed method also generalizes well to real-world indoor scenarios captured by our hand-held mobile phones. Our code is publicly available at: https://github.com/yec22/Fine-Grained-Indoor-Recon.

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Int Immunopharmacol ; 139: 112603, 2024 Sep 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39043103

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OBJECTIVE: This study aims to comprehensively analyze alternative splicing (AS) features in colorectal cancer (CRC) using integrative multi-omics and to elucidate their relationship with the CRC immune microenvironment. METHODS: Transcriptomic data, clinical information, and Percent Spliced In (PSI) values of AS events for CRC patients were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and TCGA SpliceSeq databases. Differentially expressed AS events were identified. Univariate Cox analysis was used to pinpoint prognosis-related AS events. A prognostic risk model was developed and validated using multivariate Cox analysis, patient survival analysis, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC). Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA), immune infiltration, immunotherapy, chemotherapy sensitivity analyses, and regulatory relationships between AS events and splicing factors (SFs) were conducted. Single-cell sequencing was used to study the distribution of key factors. siRNA and overexpression vectors were utilized to silence/overexpress BCAS1 in CRC cells and evaluate their effects on cell growth, migration, and invasion. Furthermore, the interaction between BCAS1 and ANO7 pre-mRNA was investigated using RIP-PCR. RESULTS: 82 prognosis-related AS events were identified in CRC patients. A 15-AS prognostic model was constructed, which correlated with immune cell infiltration and showed differences in immunotherapy and chemotherapy sensitivity. BCAS1 was identified as a potential regulator of the ANO7|58341|AT splicing event in CRC. Single-cell sequencing analysis revealed the distribution of BCAS1 and ANO7 in cancer stem cells. In vitro experiments demonstrated that overexpression of BCAS1 and silencing of ANO7 inhibit the proliferation, migration, and invasion of CRC cells. Moreover, BCAS1 suppresses the progression of CRC by modulating ANO7 alternative splicing. CONCLUSION: This study provides new insights into the role of alternative splicing in colorectal cancer, particularly the potential regulatory action of BCAS1 on the ANO7|58341|AT splicing event. It also identifies the impact of alternative splicing on the tumor microenvironment and potential implications for immunotherapy, highlighting its relevance for the in-depth study and treatment of CRC.


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Alternative Splicing , Colorectal Neoplasms , Tumor Microenvironment , Humans , Colorectal Neoplasms/genetics , Colorectal Neoplasms/immunology , Colorectal Neoplasms/therapy , Prognosis , Tumor Microenvironment/genetics , Tumor Microenvironment/immunology , Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic , Cell Line, Tumor , Immunotherapy/methods , Female , Male , Cell Movement/genetics , Cell Proliferation/genetics , Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating/immunology , Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
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Front Cell Dev Biol ; 12: 1426395, 2024.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38983786

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Cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons (CSF-cNs) represent a distinct group of interneurons characterized by their prominent apical globular protrusions penetrating the spinal cord's central canal and their basal axons extending towards adjacent cells. Identified nearly a century back, the specific roles and attributes of CSF-cNs have just started to emerge due to the historical lack of definitive markers. Recent findings have confirmed that CSF-cNs expressing PKD2L1 possess attributes of neural stem cells, suggesting a critical function in the regeneration processes following spinal cord injuries. This review aims to elucidate the molecular markers of CSF-cNs as potential neural stem cells during spinal cord development and assess their roles post-spinal cord injury, with an emphasis on their potential therapeutic implications for spinal cord repair.

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Aging (Albany NY) ; 162024 Aug 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39177658

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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infect nearly half of the global population, contributing to upper digestive tract diseases. This 2019 cross-sectional study included 3,867 patients undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and 2,875 undergoing both colonoscopy and EGD. Subjects were categorized into H. pylori positive and negative groups by rapid urease test (RUT). In addition to exploring the relationship between H. pylori infection and upper gastrointestinal diseases, this study further revealed that H. pylori infection was closely related to lower digestive tract diseases, including colorectal polyp (63.28%) and colorectal cancer (75.76%), as well as upper and lower gastrointestinal comorbidities, including chronic atrophic gastritis with colorectal polyp (79.85%), peptic ulcer with colorectal polyp (79.72%), gastric polyp with colorectal polyp (66.24%), and chronic atrophic gastritis with colorectal cancer (92.86%). Besides, a univariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to compare the differences between the two groups (including gender, nationality, marital status, smoking history, drinking history, living area, age, BMI, glycosylated hemoglobin, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, and triglyceride levels), the results identified marital status and age as independent risk factors for H. pylori infection (OR, 1.435; 95% CI, 1.042 to 1.977; OR, 1.007; 95% CI, 1.001 to 1.013). Further clarification of the correlation between the prevalence of gastrointestinal diseases and H. pylori infection will be important for H. pylori infection management strategies and the treatment and prevention of gastrointestinal diseases.

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Int Immunopharmacol ; 133: 112065, 2024 May 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38608448

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Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) functions to regulate inflammation and immune response, but its mechanism is not fully understood. We report here that STAT3 inhibitors Stattic and Niclosamide up-regulated IL-1ß-induced IL-8 production in C33A, CaSki, and Siha cervical cancer cells. As expected, IL-1ß-induced IL-8 production was also up-regulated through the molecular inhibition of STAT3 by use of CRISPR/Cas9 technology. Unexpectedly, IL-1ß induced IL-8 production via activating ERK and P38 signal pathways, but neither STAT3 inhibitors nor STAT3 knockout affected IL-1ß-induced signal transduction, suggesting that STAT3 decreases IL-8 production not via inhibition of signal transduction. To our surprise, STAT3 inhibition increased the stabilization, and decreased the degradation of IL-8 mRNA, suggesting a post-transcriptional regulation of IL-1ß-induced IL-8. Moreover, Dihydrotanshinone I, an inhibitor of RNA-binding protein HuR, down-regulated IL-1ß-induced IL-8 dose-dependently. HuR inhibition by CRISPR/Cas9 also decreased IL-8 production induced by IL-1ß. Mechanistically, co-immunoprecipitation results showed that STAT3 did not react with HuR directly, but STAT3 inhibition increased the protein levels of HuR in cytoplasm. And IL-6 activation of STAT3 induced HuR cytoplasmic-nuclear transport. Taken together, these results suggest that STAT3 contributes to HuR nuclear localization and inhibits Il-1ß-induced IL-8 production through this non-transcriptional mechanism.


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Cell Nucleus , Cytoplasm , ELAV-Like Protein 1 , Interleukin-1beta , Interleukin-8 , STAT3 Transcription Factor , Humans , STAT3 Transcription Factor/metabolism , STAT3 Transcription Factor/genetics , Interleukin-1beta/metabolism , Interleukin-8/metabolism , Interleukin-8/genetics , ELAV-Like Protein 1/metabolism , ELAV-Like Protein 1/genetics , Cytoplasm/metabolism , Cell Nucleus/metabolism , Cell Line, Tumor , Cyclic S-Oxides/pharmacology , Protein Transport , Signal Transduction , Active Transport, Cell Nucleus , CRISPR-Cas Systems
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Article in Zh | WPRIM | ID: wpr-1031390

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The concept of "Bo" (搏) originates from The Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor (《黄帝内经》). Its original meaning mostly refers to gathering and attacking, but in pulseology it reflects the potential of conflict and was widely used in the methods of taking pulse from zang-fu organs and yin and yang. This paper conducted a literature research on the concept and connotation of "Bo" (搏), and summarized the seven meanings of it, including contention, intersection, stop, change, attachment, pulse, and pathological pulse. At the same time, the pathomechanism of "Bo" (搏) was explained and its four characteristics are summarized, including contention to transformation, concurrent transformation, latent pathogen gathering, and changes transforming to qi; the pathomechanism and locations of "Bo" (搏) were also summarized, including zang-fu organs, channels and collaterals, five body constituents, qi level, blood level, and other aspects, involving therapeutic methods like the opening and diffusing, expressing and tonifying, regulating balance. The concept and connotation of "Bo" (搏) were systematically studied and improved to provide new perspectives and ideas for the diagnosis and treatment of many modern intractable diseases.

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China Pharmacy ; (12): 1722-1726, 2024.
Article in Zh | WPRIM | ID: wpr-1039350

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OBJECTIVE To study the effects of leonurine on pancreatic injury in rats with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP), and to explore its mechanism based on the high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1)/receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) signaling pathway. METHODS SAP rat model was constructed by injecting 5% sodium taurocholate into the bile duct of the pancreas. Model rats were randomly divided into model group, low dose leonurine group (8 mg/kg), high dose leonurine group (16 mg/kg), HMGB1 overexpression group (8 μg/kg), and high dose leonurine+HMGB1 overexpression group (16 mg/kg+8 μg/kg), with 14 rats in each group. Another 14 rats were selected as the sham operation group. Rats in each group were injected with corresponding drugs or normal saline via abdominal cavity or tail vein once a day for 5 consecutive days. After the last administration, the levels of serum amylase (AMS) and lipase (LPS) were detected; the pathological injury of pancreatic tissue was observed; the levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), mRNA and protein expressions of HMGB1 and RAGE in pancreatic tissues were detected. RESULTS Compared with model group, the structure of pancreatic tissue in rats gradually recovered in low and high dose leonurine groups; inflammatory cell infiltration gradually decreased; the pathological injury score and the levels of AMS, LPS, TNF-α, IL-6, MDA, the mRNA and protein expressions of HMGB1 and RAGE were significantly decreased, while the SOD levels were significantly increased (P<0.05). The high dose leonurine group showed more significant improvement (P<0.05); the pathological damage of pancreatic tissue in the HMGB1 overexpression group worsened, and except for a decrease in SOD levels, all other quantitative indicators increased significantly (P<0.05). Overexpression of HMGB1 could reduce the improvement effect of high dose leonurine on the above indexes in SAP rats (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Leonurine may alleviate pancreatic injury, inflammation and oxidative stress in pancreatic tissue of rats with SAP by inhibiting the HMGB1/RAGE signaling pathway.

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Rev. bras. med. esporte ; 29: e2022_0155, 2023. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-1394830

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ABSTRACT Introduction: China's covid-19 epidemic is under control. Universities and schools across the country have resumed physical education classes, but the mental health knowledge of college students in the aftermath of the covid-19 outbreak has not been investigated. Objective: To study college students' mental health and sports-related habits after the covid-19 outbreak. Methods: This study comprehensively used literature materials, expert interviews, mathematical statistics, and other methods to study the sports-related attitudes and health awareness of college students before and after the outbreak of the new epidemic, examining the health knowledge domain of college students. Results: In the survey dimensions related to students' sports knowledge, the highest mean score was for "emotional control" at 3.48, followed by "participation motivation" at 3.41 and "participation attitude" at 3.35. The scores of sports participation attitude, motivation, and sports emotion for males were equal and higher than in females, where the measures of emotional factors and motivation to participate reached significant levels. After the epidemic, the mean scores for students' participation attitude, sports emotion, and motivation to participate in sports exceeded the theoretical mean. Conclusion: After the health awareness and prevention work in the community and school network, university students' sports attitudes and awareness improved significantly compared to before the Covid-19 outbreak. Level of evidence II; Therapeutic studies - investigation of treatment outcomes.


RESUMO Introdução: A epidemia de covid-19 em China encontra-se sob controle. Faculdades, escolas primárias e secundárias em todo o país retomaram as aulas de educação física, porém o conhecimento sobre a saúde mental dos estudantes universitários no estágio posterior do surto da Covid-19 não foi investigado. Objetivo: Estudar a saúde mental e os hábitos relacionados ao esporte nos universitários depois da epidemia da Covid-19. Métodos: Este estudo utilizou de forma abrangente materiais de literatura, entrevistas de especialistas, estatísticas matemáticas e outros métodos para estudar especificamente as atitudes relacionadas ao esporte e a conscientização na saúde dos estudantes universitários antes e depois do surto da nova epidemia, examinando o domínio do conhecimento em saúde dos estudantes universitários. Resultados: Nas dimensões da pesquisa relacionadas ao conhecimento esportivo dos alunos, a maior pontuação média foi de "controle emocional" como 3,48, seguida por "motivação de participação" como 3,41 e "atitude participativa" como 3,35. As pontuações de atitude de participação esportiva, motivação e emoção esportiva para os homens foram iguais e maior do que nas mulheres, onde as medidas de fator emocional e motivação para participar atingiram níveis significativos. Após a epidemia, as médias de atitude de participação dos alunos, emoção esportiva e motivação para participar do esporte superaram a média teórica. Conclusão: Após o trabalho de conscientização em saúde e prevenção, na rede comunitária e escolar, a atitude esportiva e a conscientização dos universitários foram significativamente aprimoradas em relação aos antecedentes ao surto de Covid-19. Nível de evidência II; Estudos terapêuticos - investigação dos resultados do tratamento.


RESUMEN Introducción: La epidemia de covid-19 en China está bajo control. Los colegios y las escuelas primarias y secundarias de todo el país han reanudado las clases de educación física, pero no se ha investigado el conocimiento sobre la salud mental de los estudiantes universitarios en la última etapa del brote de covid-19. Objetivo: Estudiar la salud mental y los hábitos relacionados con el deporte en los estudiantes universitarios tras el brote de covid-19. Métodos: Este estudio utilizó de forma exhaustiva materiales bibliográficos, entrevistas a expertos, estadísticas matemáticas y otros métodos para estudiar específicamente las actitudes relacionadas con el deporte y el conocimiento de la salud de los estudiantes universitarios antes y después del estallido de la nueva epidemia, examinando el dominio del conocimiento de la salud de los estudiantes universitarios. Resultados: En las dimensiones de la encuesta relacionadas con los conocimientos deportivos de los estudiantes, la puntuación media más alta correspondió al "control emocional" con un 3,48, seguido de la "motivación para la participación" con un 3,41 y la "actitud para la participación" con un 3,35. Las puntuaciones de la actitud de participación deportiva, la motivación y la emoción deportiva de los varones fueron iguales y superiores a las de las mujeres, donde las medidas del factor emocional y la motivación para participar alcanzaron niveles significativos. Después de la epidemia, las puntuaciones medias de la actitud de participación, la emoción deportiva y la motivación para participar en el deporte de los alumnos superaron la media teórica. Conclusión: Tras el trabajo de concienciación y prevención sanitaria en la comunidad y la red escolar, la actitud y la conciencia deportiva de los estudiantes universitarios mejoraron significativamente en comparación con las anteriores al brote de Covid-19. Nivel de evidencia II; Estudios terapéuticos - investigación de los resultados del tratamiento.


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Humans , Male , Female , Sports , Students/statistics & numerical data , Mental Health/statistics & numerical data , Healthy Lifestyle , COVID-19/epidemiology , Surveys and Questionnaires , COVID-19/psychology
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International Eye Science ; (12): 1139-1143, 2023.
Article in Zh | WPRIM | ID: wpr-976484

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Microphthalmos-anophthalmos-coloboma(MAC)is structurally and clinically correlated congenital ocular malformation. Although MAC is relatively rare, they still become an important cause of blindness in children. At present, the etiology of MAC is not clear; a variety of genetic or environmental factors may cause MAC. Because of its special anatomical structure, MAC has complex clinical manifestations and multiple complications. The complications including cataract, angle-closure glaucoma, uveal effusion, retinal detachment, orbital cyst, which are often accompanied with increased risks for surgery and poor prognosis. By summarizing the clinical features, the common types of ocular complications, and the progress of the treatment, this article will enhance clinicians' cognition of MAC and guide clinicians to formulate personalized and safe treatment plans for patients.

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Article in Zh | WPRIM | ID: wpr-1019660

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Objective Viral myocarditis(VMC)is an inflammatory cardiovascular disease caused by Coxsackievirus,glandular virus,orphan virus and other viral infections.However,the pathogenesis of VMC is still unclear,so itis important to replicate a new animal model to study its mechanism.Methods So FAR,THE domestic and foreign literatures related to animal models of viral myocarditis were reviewed,and the modeling methods,types of animals,modeling mechanism,advantages and disadvantages,and clinical anastomosis of the included animal models were summarized and evaluated according to the characteristics of clinical symptoms of Chinese and western medicine.Results According to the statistics of the included models,it was found that the animal model of VMC induced by CVB3 was the most common.The model replication of viral myocarditis was mainly based on western medicine indicators,and the coincidence with traditional Chinese medicine syndrome type was low.In addition,there is no recognized model replication method with TCM syndrome types,and the model making process lacks TCM syndrome differentiation thinking,so it will cause certain limitations to the research of TCM.Conclusion Therefore,this article puts forward the improved method of animal model of viral myocarditis,and perfect the evaluation for animal model system,make the animal model of viral myocarditis build closer to clinical,for viral myocarditis curative effect of traditional Chinese medicines to judge and the discussion of pharmacological effects,provides a theoretical basis for the follow-up study of viral myocarditis provide theoretical basis for the prevention and control measures,the pathogenesis,in order to establish a combination model of viral myocarditis highly consistent with the clinical characteristics of traditional Chinese and Western medicine,so as to standardize the evaluation criteria of animal models of VMC,is the focus of future research on animal models of viral myocarditis.

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Article in Zh | WPRIM | ID: wpr-990231

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This paper summarized the research progress of palliative care for lung transplantation patients, to summarize the necessity and influencing factors of palliative care for lung transplantation patients, and defined the research status of palliative care implementation mode for lung transplantation patients, with a view to providing ideas for further research of palliative care on lung transplantation patients in China.

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Article in Zh | WPRIM | ID: wpr-992917

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Objective:To investigate the efficacy of liposomal doxombicin combined with etoposide and high dose methylprednisolone (DEP) as a salvage therapy for refractory macrophage activation syndrome (MAS).Methods:Totally 38 patients with refractory MAS were enrolled in this study from January 2016 to January 2022 in Beijing Friendship Hospital, including clinical characteristics and laboratory test results before and after DEP treatment, were retrospectively collected. The efficacy was evaluated every 2 weeks according to the United States Midwest Cooperative HLH Group. Relevant samples were statistically analyzed using non-parametric tests.Results:Of 38 refractory MAS patients, 8 males and 30 females were included into this study.The median age was 30(15-69) years old. The underlying disease were adult onset Still's disease in 29 cases, Systemic lupus erythematosus in 6 cases, Rheumatoid arthritis in 1 case and Undifferentiated Connective-Tissue disease in 2. The overall response rate was 95% (36/38), including 9 patients (24%) achieved complete remission and 27 patients (71%) achieved partial remission after 2 weeks of treatment. The overall response rate was 97% (34/35), including 16 (46%) complete remission and 18 (51%) partial remission after 4 weeks of treatment(due to lack of data in some patients). The overall response rate was 97% (34/35), including 17 (49%) complete remission and 17 (49%) partial remission after 6 weeks of treatment. Patients who achieved partial remission or complete remission were actively treated for the underlying diseases after induction, and their conditions were in persistent remission.Conclusion:The DEP regimen may be an effective salvage therapy for the treatment of refractory MAS.

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