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Mol Carcinog ; 63(4): 701-713, 2024 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38411346

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Thyroid cancer (TC) is one of the most common endocrine tumors worldwide. Sciellin (SCEL) is involved in various disease processes, including burn wound healing and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs); it is highly expressed in TC. However, its biological impact on TC and related mechanisms remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate the effect of SCEL on the function of human TC cell lines B-CPAP and OCUT-2C (cancer cell lines with BRAF V600E mutations). Analyses of data sets and clinical samples revealed enhanced expression of SCEL in TC than in adjacent normal tissue. SCEL knockout suppresses proliferation and cell cycle progression in TC cells, and these results were reversed by the upregulated SCEL expression in TC. SCEL knockout inhibited tumor development in xenograft mouse models. Western blot (WB) demonstrated that the expression of p-JAK2 and p-STAT3 was reduced in SCEL-knockdown TC. These results suggest that SCEL plays a key role in TC progression through the JAK2-STAT3 pathway. Therefore, SCEL can be considered a potential diagnostic biomarker and therapeutic target for TC.


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Neoplasias de la Tiroides , Animales , Humanos , Ratones , Línea Celular Tumoral , Movimiento Celular/genética , Proliferación Celular , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Janus Quinasa 2/genética , Janus Quinasa 2/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal , Factor de Transcripción STAT3/genética , Factor de Transcripción STAT3/metabolismo , Neoplasias de la Tiroides/genética , Neoplasias de la Tiroides/patología
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Opt Lett ; 49(10): 2821-2824, 2024 May 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38748170

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Waveguide Bragg grating (WBG) blood glucose sensing, as a biological sensing technology with broad application prospects, plays an important role in the fields of health management and medical treatment. In this work, a polymer-based cascaded WBG is applied to glucose detection. We investigated photonic devices with two different grating structures cascaded-a crossed grating and a bilateral grating-and analyzed the effects of the crossed grating period, bilateral grating period, and number of grating periods on the sensing performance of the glucose sensor. Finally, the spectral reflectance characteristics, response time, and sensing specificity of the cascaded WBG were evaluated. The experimental results showed that the glucose sensor has a sensitivity of 175 nm/RIU in a glucose concentration range of 0-2 mg/ml and has the advantages of high integration, a narrow bandwidth, and low cost.


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Glucemia , Polímeros , Polímeros/química , Glucemia/análisis , Técnicas Biosensibles/instrumentación
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BMC Cancer ; 24(1): 690, 2024 Jun 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38844891

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INTRODUCTION: The prognostic value of multifocality in paediatric papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients remains a subject of debate. This study aimed to explore the clinical significance and prognostic value of multifocality in children and adolescents with PTC. METHODS: This study retrospectively analysed the clinicopathological characteristics and postoperative follow-up data of 338 PTC patients aged ≤ 20 years from May 2012 to July 2022. The clinical and pathological characteristics of 205 patients with unifocal lesions and 133 patients with multifocal lesions were compared. A logistic regression model evaluated the relationship between multifocal lesions and disease recurrence/persistence in children and adolescents with PTC. Based on the median follow-up time of children with multifocal PTC, 114 patients with multifocal PTC older than 20 years were added, and the clinicopathological characteristics were compared between the 133. paediatric/adolescent patients and 114 adult patients with multifocal PTC. RESULTS: Among the paediatric and adolescent patients, over a median follow-up time of 49 months, 133 had multifocal disease and 205 had unifocal disease. Multifocal PTC patients exhibited stronger invasiveness in the form of extrathyroidal extension, tumour diameter, lymph node metastasis, and distant metastasis. Multifocality (OR 2.68; p = 0.017), lateral lymph node metastasis (OR 2.85; p = 0.036), and distant metastasis (OR 4.28; p = 0.010) were identified as independent predictive factors for the recurrence/persistence of disease. Comparing the paediatric/adolescent vs. adult multifocal patients, the former demonstrated greater tumour invasiveness. Lateral lymph node metastasis (OR 6.36; P = 0.012) and distant metastasis (OR 3.70; P = 0.027) were independent predictive factors for recurrence/persistence of disease in multifocal patients, while age was not (OR 0.95; P = 0.455). CONCLUSION: Tumour multifocality independently predicts persistent/recurrent disease in paediatric and adolescent PTC patients.


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Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia , Cáncer Papilar Tiroideo , Neoplasias de la Tiroides , Humanos , Adolescente , Masculino , Femenino , Cáncer Papilar Tiroideo/patología , Cáncer Papilar Tiroideo/cirugía , Niño , Pronóstico , Neoplasias de la Tiroides/patología , Neoplasias de la Tiroides/cirugía , Estudios Retrospectivos , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/patología , Adulto Joven , Metástasis Linfática/patología , Estudios de Seguimiento , Tiroidectomía , Adulto , Preescolar
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BMC Pulm Med ; 24(1): 443, 2024 Sep 11.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39261827

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BACKGROUND: Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is an aging-related progressive lung disorder. The aged lung undergoes functional and structural changes termed immunosenescence and inflammaging, which facilitate the occurrence of fibrosis. Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is a potent anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory cytokine, yet it remains unclear how IL-10 deficiency-induced immunosenescence participates in the development of PF. METHODS: Firstly we evaluated the susceptibility to fibrosis and IL-10 expression in aged mice. Then 13-month-old wild-type (WT) and IL-10 knockout (KO) mice were subjected to bleomycin(BLM) and analyzed senescence-related markers by PCR, western blot and immunohistochemistry staining of p16, p21, p53, as well as DHE and SA-ß-gal staining. We further compared 18-month-old WT mice with 13-month-old IL-10KO mice to assess aging-associated cell senescence and inflamation infiltration in both lung and BALF. Moreover, proliferation and apoptosis of alveolar type 2 cells(AT2) were evaluated by FCM, immunofluorescence, TUNEL staining, and TEM analysis. Recombinant IL-10 (rIL-10) was also administered intratracheally to evaluate its therapeutic potential and related mechanism. For the in vitro experiments, 10-week-old naïve pramily lung fibroblasts(PLFs) were treated with the culture medium of 13-month PLFs derived from WT, IL-10KO, or IL-10KO + rIL-10 respectively, and examined the secretion of senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) factors and related pathways. RESULTS: The aged mice displayed increased susceptibility to fibrosis and decreased IL-10 expression. The 13-month-old IL-10KO mice exhibited significant exacerbation of cell senescence compared to their contemporary WT mice, and even more severe epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) than that of 18 month WT mice. These IL-10 deficient mice showed heightened inflammatory responses and accelerated PF progression. Intratracheal administration of rIL-10 reduced lung CD45 + cell infiltration by 15%, including a 6% reduction in granulocytes and a 10% reduction in macrophages, and increased the proportion of AT2 cells by approximately 8%. Additionally, rIL-10 significantly decreased α-SMA and collagen deposition, and reduced the expression of senescence proteins p16 and p21 by 50% in these mice. In vitro analysis revealed that conditioned media from IL-10 deficient mice promoted SASP secretion and upregulated senescence genes in naïve lung fibroblasts, which was mitigated by rIL-10 treatment. Mechanistically, rIL-10 inhibited TGF-ß-Smad2/3 and PTEN/PI3K/AKT/ERK pathways, thereby suppressing senescence and fibrosis-related proteins. CONCLUSIONS: IL-10 deficiency in aged mice leads to accelerated cell senescence and exacerbated fibrosis, with IL-10KO-PLFs displaying increased SASP secretion. Recombinant IL-10 treatment effectively mitigates these effects, suggesting its potential as a therapeutic target for PF.


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Bleomicina , Senescencia Celular , Interleucina-10 , Ratones Noqueados , Fosfohidrolasa PTEN , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-akt , Fibrosis Pulmonar , Animales , Interleucina-10/metabolismo , Interleucina-10/genética , Ratones , Fibrosis Pulmonar/patología , Fibrosis Pulmonar/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-akt/metabolismo , Fosfohidrolasa PTEN/genética , Fosfohidrolasa PTEN/metabolismo , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Sistema de Señalización de MAP Quinasas , Apoptosis , Pulmón/patología , Pulmón/metabolismo , Masculino , Células Epiteliales Alveolares/metabolismo , Células Epiteliales Alveolares/patología , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Proliferación Celular , Envejecimiento , Transducción de Señal
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Inflammopharmacology ; 32(1): 733-745, 2024 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37999895

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Pyroptosis is a novel type of proinflammatory programmed cell death that is associated with inflammation, immunity, and cancer. Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) has a high fatality rate, and there is no effective or standard treatment. The disease progresses rapidly and these tumors can invade the trachea and esophagus, leading to breathing and swallowing difficulties. Hence, new treatment methods are greatly needed. Ibuprofen is a common drug that can exert antitumor effects in some cancers. In this study, we demonstrated in vitro and in vivo that ibuprofen can induce ATC pyroptosis. Hence, we treated C643 and OCUT-2C ATC cells with ibuprofen and found that several dying cells presented the characteristic morphological features of pyroptosis, such as bubble-like swelling and membrane rupture, accompanied by activation of ASC and NLRP3 and cleavage of GSDMD. Along with the increased release of LDH, ibuprofen treatment promoted apoptosis and inhibited viability, invasion, and migration. However, overexpression of GSDMD significantly inhibited ibuprofen-induced pyroptosis. In vivo, research has demonstrated that thyroid tumor growth in nude mice can be suppressed by ibuprofen-induced pyroptosis in a dose-dependent manner. In this research, we explored a new mechanism by which ibuprofen inhibits ATC growth and progression and highlighted its promise as a therapeutic agent for ATC.


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Ibuprofeno , Piroptosis , Carcinoma Anaplásico de Tiroides , Neoplasias de la Tiroides , Animales , Ratones , Ibuprofeno/farmacología , Ibuprofeno/uso terapéutico , Ratones Desnudos , Proteína con Dominio Pirina 3 de la Familia NLR/metabolismo , Piroptosis/efectos de los fármacos , Carcinoma Anaplásico de Tiroides/tratamiento farmacológico , Carcinoma Anaplásico de Tiroides/metabolismo , Carcinoma Anaplásico de Tiroides/patología , Neoplasias de la Tiroides/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias de la Tiroides/metabolismo , Neoplasias de la Tiroides/patología
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 669: 95-102, 2023 08 20.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37267865

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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to contribute to tumorigenesis and cancer progression. However, neither the dysregulation nor the functions of anti-sense lncRNAs in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) have been exhaustively studied. In this study, we accessed The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database and discovered that the natural antisense lncRNA SOCS2-AS1 is highly expressed in PTC and that patients with a higher level of SOCS2-AS1 had a poor prognosis. Furthermore, loss- and gain-function assays demonstrated that SOCS2-AS1 promotes PTC cell proliferation and growth both in vitro and in vivo. In addition, we demonstrated that SOCS2-AS1 regulates the rate of fatty acid oxidation (FAO) in PTC cells. Analysis of the mechanism revealed that SOCS2-AS1 binds to p53 and controls its stability in PTC cell lines. Overall, our findings showed that the natural antisense lncRNA SOCS2-AS1 stimulates the degradation of p53 and enhances PTC cell proliferation and the FAO rate.


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MicroARNs , ARN Largo no Codificante , Neoplasias de la Tiroides , Humanos , Cáncer Papilar Tiroideo/genética , Cáncer Papilar Tiroideo/patología , ARN Largo no Codificante/genética , Neoplasias de la Tiroides/patología , Proteína p53 Supresora de Tumor/genética , Proteína p53 Supresora de Tumor/metabolismo , ARN sin Sentido/genética , Proliferación Celular/genética , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Línea Celular Tumoral , MicroARNs/genética , Movimiento Celular/genética , Proteínas Supresoras de la Señalización de Citocinas/genética
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Opt Express ; 31(6): 9620-9630, 2023 Mar 13.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37157528

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Simultaneous and independent modulation of the amplitude and phase of surface waves (SWs) is critical in photonics and plasmonics. Here, we propose a method for flexible complex-amplitude modulation of SWs based on a metasurface coupler. Benefiting from the full range complex-amplitude modulation ability of the meta-atoms over the transmitted field, the coupler can convert the incident wave into a driven surface wave (DSW) with an arbitrary combination of amplitude and initial phase. By placing a dielectric waveguide that supports guided SWs below the coupler, the DSWs can resonantly couple to SWs while preserving complex-amplitude modulation. The proposed scheme provides a practical way for freely tailoring the phase and amplitude profiles of SWs wavefronts. As verification, meta-devices for normal and deflected SW Airy beam generation and SW dual focusing are designed and characterized in the microwave regime. Our findings may stimulate various advanced surface optical meta-devices.

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Opt Express ; 31(20): 33535-33547, 2023 Sep 25.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37859133

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Flexible pressure sensors provide a promising platform for artificial smart skins, and photonic devices provide a new technique to fabricate pressure sensors. Here, we present a flexible waveguide-based optical pressure sensor based on a microring structure. The waveguide-based optical pressure sensor is based on a five-cascade microring array structure with a size of 1500 µm × 500 µm and uses the change in output power to linearly characterize the change in pressure acting on the device. The results show that the device has a sensing range of 0-60 kPa with a sensitivity of 23.14 µW/kPa, as well as the ability to detect pulse signals, swallowing, hand gestures, etc. The waveguide-based pressure sensors offer the advantages of good output linearity, high integration density and easy-to-build arrays.

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Opt Express ; 31(8): 12072-12082, 2023 Apr 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37157374

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Electro-optic (EO) modulators are typically made of inorganic materials such as lithium niobate; the replacement of these modulators with organic EO materials is a promising alternative due to their lower half-wave voltage (Vπ), ease of handling, and relatively low cost. We propose the design and fabrication of a push-pull polymer electro-optic modulator with voltage-length parameters (VπL) of 1.28 V·cm. The device uses a Mach-Zehnder structure and is made of a second-order nonlinear optical host-guest polymer composed of a CLD-1 chromophore and PMMA polymer. The experimental results show that the loss is 1.7 dB, Vπ drops to 1.6 V, and the modulation depth is 0.637 dB at 1550 nm. The results of a preliminary study show that the device is capable of efficiently detecting electrocardiogram (ECG) signals with performance on par with that of commercial ECG devices.

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Opt Express ; 31(20): 32458-32467, 2023 Sep 25.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37859048

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Polymer materials have the advantages of a low Young's modulus and low-cost preparation process. In this paper, a polymer-based optical waveguide pressure sensor based on a Bragg structure is proposed. The change in the Bragg wavelength in the output spectrum of the waveguide Bragg grating (WBG) is used to linearly characterize the change in pressure acting on the device. The polymer-based WBG was developed through a polymer film preparation process, and the experimental results show that the output signal of the device has a sensitivity of 1.275 nm/kPa with a measurement range of 0-12 kPa and an accuracy of 1 kPa. The experimental results indicate that the device already perfectly responds to a pulse signal. It has significant potential application value in medical diagnostics and health testing, such as blood pressure monitoring, sleep quality monitoring, and tactile sensing.

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Microb Pathog ; 183: 106272, 2023 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37543169

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BACKGROUND: Intestinal flora dysregulation may affect the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the correlation between intestinal flora and rapid progression of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is rarely reported. Our aim was to investigate the features of the intestinal flora in patients with rapidly progressive MCI. METHOD: A total of 1013 participants were screened, in which 87 patients with MCI were followed up for two years. At the baseline time point, fecal samples of the patients were sequenced via the microbial diversity high-throughput 16 s-rDNA. RESULTS: After a two-year follow-up, 30 patients with MCI presented rapidly progressive cognitive impairment, whereas the 57 patients remained unprogressive. Analyses of their fecal samples showed that the abundance of 11 intestinal microflora were significantly different between the two groups at the baseline time point. Further analyses revealed that the decrease of Ruminococcaceae abundance and the increase of Megamonas abundance were significantly correlated with the progression of MCI. Also, the decreased Ruminococcaceae was independently associated with several factors such as P-tau181, and the increased Megamonas was independently associated with diabetes, low-density lipoprotein, median cell count. CONCLUSION: The decrease of Ruminococcaceae and the increase of Megamonas could act as predictive markers for the rapidly progressive MCI.


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Enfermedad de Alzheimer , Disfunción Cognitiva , Humanos , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Enfermedad de Alzheimer/diagnóstico , Enfermedad de Alzheimer/complicaciones , Disfunción Cognitiva/complicaciones , Disfunción Cognitiva/genética , Biomarcadores
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Inflammopharmacology ; 31(2): 745-754, 2023 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36867378

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Pyroptosis is an inflammasome-induced lytic form of programmed cell death, and its main effect involves the release of inflammatory mediators when a cell dies, resulting in an inflammatory response in the body. The key to pyroptosis is the cleavage of GSDMD or other gasdermin families. Some drugs can cause cleavage GSDMD or other gasdermin members cause pyroptosis and suppress cancer growth and development. This review explores several drugs that may induce pyroptosis, thereby contributing to tumor treatment. Pyroptosis-inducing drugs, such as arsenic, platinum, and doxorubicin, were used originally in cancer treatment. Other pyroptosis-inducing drugs, such as metformin, dihydroartemisinin, and famotidine, were used to control blood glucose, treat malaria, and regulate blood lipid levels and are effective tumor treatments. By summarizing drug mechanisms, we provide a valuable basis for treating cancers by inducing pyroptosis. In future, the use of these drugs may contribute to new clinical treatments.


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Antineoplásicos , Piroptosis , Humanos , Péptidos y Proteínas de Señalización Intracelular/metabolismo , Gasderminas , Proteínas de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Antineoplásicos/farmacología
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Opt Express ; 30(12): 20389-20400, 2022 Jun 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36224785

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Airy beams exhibit intriguing characteristics, such as diffraction-free propagation, self-acceleration, and self-healing, which have aroused great research interest. However, the spatial light modulator that generates Airy beams has problems such as narrow operational bandwidth, high cost, poor phase discretization, and single realization function. In the visible region (λ∼532 nm), we proposed a switchable all-dielectric metasurface for generating transmissive and reflective two-dimensional (2D) Airy beams. The metasurface was mainly composed of titanium dioxide nanopillars and vanadium dioxide substrate. Based on the Pancharatnam-Berry phase principle, a high-efficient Airy beam can be generated by controlling the phase transition of vanadium dioxide and changing the polarization state of the incident light. The optimized optical intensity conversion efficiencies of the transmissive and reflective metasurfaces were as high as 97% and 70%, respectively. In the field of biomedical and applied physics, our designed switchable metasurface is expected to offer the possibility of creating compact optical and photonic platforms for efficient generation and dynamic modulation of optical beams and open up a novel path for the application of high-resolution optical imaging systems.

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Opt Express ; 30(23): 41554-41566, 2022 Nov 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36366630

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We demonstrated the design of two different structures, a two-sided structure and a top-surface structure, of glucose waveguide Bragg grating (WBG) sensors in a single-mode silicon-on-insulator (SOI) chip. A two-sided WBG structure was fabricated, and chip preparation was realized by lithography and other processes. A photonic platform for testing the two-sided WBG using glucose was built and completed. When the blood glucose concentration changed by 1 mg/mL, the two-sided WBG had a wavelength offset of 78 pm. The experimental results show that the two structures can achieve the sensing of different blood glucose concentrations. The two-sided WBG had better sensing performance and thus has a wide range of application prospects.


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Óptica y Fotónica , Silicio , Silicio/química , Refractometría , Glucemia , Automonitorización de la Glucosa Sanguínea , Diseño de Equipo
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BMC Cancer ; 22(1): 344, 2022 Mar 29.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35351042

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BACKGROUND: The incidence and mortality of thyroid cancer (TC) has been steadily rising in the past decades. It is imperative to have a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying TC development and identify novel therapeutic targets. This study characterized the role of lncRNA CALML3-AS1 (CALML3-AS1) in the development of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). METHOD: Related mRNAs expression were validated in the tumor and adjacent normal tissues from 52 PTC patients and PTC cell lines by qRT-PCR. Expression of RBM38 was detected by Western blot. We have also conducted CCK-8 and colony formation assays were used to detect the effect of CALML3-AS1 on cell proliferation, Transwell assay was utilized to evaluate cell migration and invasion, apoptosis detected by flow cytometry assay, RNA pull-down and luciferase assays were performed to validate gene predictions. RESULTS: The results indicated that the expression of both CALML3A-S1 and RBM38 were significantly downregulated in PTC tissues (p < 0.01), while the expression of miR-20a-5p was increased in PTC (p < 0.01). Functionally, CALML3-AS1 overexpression inhibited PTC cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, CALML 3-AS1 sponged miR-20a-5p, which in turn leads to the suppression of RBM38 expression and PTC progression. CONCLUSIONS: CALML3-AS1 functions as a ceRNA for miR-20a-5p in the regulation of the expression of RBM38 in PTC. Higher level of CALML3-AS1 serves as a good prognostic indicator of survival in PTC patients. Targeting CALML3-AS1/ miR-20a-5p/RBM38 axis may represent a novel therapeutic strategy in the treatment of PTC.


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MicroARNs , ARN Largo no Codificante , Neoplasias de la Tiroides , Línea Celular Tumoral , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Humanos , MicroARNs/genética , MicroARNs/metabolismo , ARN Largo no Codificante/genética , ARN Largo no Codificante/metabolismo , Proteínas de Unión al ARN/genética , Cáncer Papilar Tiroideo/patología , Neoplasias de la Tiroides/patología
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Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis ; 32(10): 2356-2366, 2022 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35965248

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Stress hyperglycemia ratio (SHR) is associated with increased in-hospital morbidity and mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We aimed to investigate the impact of stress "hyperglycemia" on long-term mortality after AMI in patients with and without diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS AND RESULTS: We included 2089 patients with AMI between February 2014 and March 2018. SHR was measured with the fasting glucose divided by the estimated average glucose derived from glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c). The primary endpoint was all-cause death. Of 2 089 patients (mean age: 65.7 ± 12.4, 76.7% were men) analyzed, 796 (38.1%) had DM. Over a median follow-up of 2.7 years, 141 (6.7%) and 150 (7.2%) all-cause deaths occurred in the diabetic and nondiabetic cohorts, respectively. Compared with participants with low SHR (<1.24 in DM; <1.14 in non-DM), the hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for those with high SHR (≥1.24 in DM; ≥1.14 in non-DM) for all-cause mortality were 2.23 (1.54-3.23) and 1.79 (1.15-2.78); for cardiovascular mortality were 2.42 (1.63-3.59) and 2.10 (1.32-3.35) in DM and non-DM subjects, respectively. The mortality prediction was improved in the diabetic individuals with the incorporation of SHR into the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) score, showing an increase in a continuous net reclassification index of 0.184 (95%CI: 0.003-0.365) and an absolute integrated discrimination improvement of 0.014 (95%CI: 0.002-0.025). CONCLUSION: The improvement in the prediction of long-term mortality beyond the GRACE score indicates the potential of SHR as a biomarker for post-MI risk stratification among patients with DM. REGISTRATION NUMBER FOR CLINICAL TRIALS: NCT03533543.


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Diabetes Mellitus , Hiperglucemia , Infarto del Miocardio , Biomarcadores , Glucemia/metabolismo , Femenino , Glucosa , Hemoglobina Glucada/metabolismo , Humanos , Masculino , Pronóstico , Factores de Riesgo
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Appl Opt ; 61(9): 2213-2218, 2022 Mar 20.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35333236

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We investigated and fabricated 1×8 and 1×16 traditional/saddle arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) wavelength division multiplexing devices on flexible substrates. The core layer was made of the negative epoxy photoresist SU-8, and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) material was selected for the cladding based on the high refractive index difference. A chemical modification method of PDMS was proposed to enhance the film-forming characteristics of the SU-8 core layer on PDMS substrates. After fabricating and characterizing the optical properties of the AWGs, the dimensions of the proposed 1×8 and 1×16 AWGs were 0.9×0.8cm2 and 1.1×0.9cm2, respectively. Experimental results showed that the saddle-type 1×8 and 1×16 AWGs had good signal transmission characteristics, and the insertion losses were only 5.1 dB and 6.8 dB, respectively, which were lower than those of traditional-type AWGs with the same dimensions and number of waveguides.

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BMC Pulm Med ; 22(1): 206, 2022 May 24.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35610602

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BACKGROUND: The role of B cell subsets remained to be elucidated in a variety of immune diseases, though which was used as an effective biomarker for anti-inflammatory or antiviral response. This study aimed to evaluate the early changes of B cell subtypes distribution in elderly patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP), as well as the association between B cell subtypes and prognosis. METHODS: This prospective study included elderly patients with CAP, severe CAP (sCAP) and healthy elderly subjects between April 2016 and March 2018. Flow cytometry was used to detect CD3, CD20, HLA-DR, CD24, CD27, CD38, IgM, and IgD. CD20+ B cells were further divided into naïve B cells (Bn), IgM/D+ memory B cells (IgM+ Bm), switched B cells (SwB), and transitional B cells (Btr). RESULTS: A total of 22 healthy controls, 87 patients with CAP and 58 patients with sCAP were included in the study. Compared to CAP, sCAP was characterized by significantly lower absolute number of B cells, Bn and Btr, significantly lower Btr and Bn subset percentage, while percentage of IgM+ Bm was significantly higher. Heat map showed Bn and Btr on day 3 and day 7 was negatively correlated with activated partial prothrombin time (APTT), international normalized ratio (INR), sequential organ failure assessment score (SOFA) and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II). After 28-day follow-up, Btr percentage in survival group was significantly higher. Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve analysis found that Btr count showed sensitivity of 48.6% and specificity of 87.0% for predicting the 28-day survival, with an area under the ROC curves of 0.689 (p = 0.019). CONCLUSIONS: Severity and prognosis of CAP in elderly people is accompanied by changes in the B cell subsets. Btr subsets could play prognostic role for a short-term mortality of elderly CAP patients.


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Subgrupos de Linfocitos B , Infecciones Comunitarias Adquiridas , Neumonía , Anciano , Humanos , Inmunoglobulina M , Pronóstico , Estudios Prospectivos , Curva ROC , Estudios Retrospectivos
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J Clin Lab Anal ; 36(1): e24148, 2022 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34854499

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BACKGROUND: Differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) accounts for the vast majority of thyroid cancer (TC) cases. The rapidly increasing incidence of TC requires the urgent identification of new diagnostic and therapeutic targets. Solute carrier family 27 member 2 (SLC27A2/FATP2) plays an essential role in lipid biosynthesis and fatty acid transport. Recent studies have confirmed its involvement in a variety of diseases, including cancer. METHODS: In this study, the expression of SLC27A2 was analyzed in cancer and paracancerous tissue samples from 98 thyroid cancer patients, and we performed ROC analysis to confirm the diagnostic value. CCK8, Transwell, and other methods were used to study its effect on DTC, and the mechanism of SLC27A2 was investigated by RNA sequencing and Western blot. RESULTS: The expression of SLC27A2 was upregulated in both DTC tissues and cell lines and was correlated with clinical progression. In vitro studies further confirmed that SLC27A2 knockdown attenuated the proliferation and invasion of DTC cells. Through RNA sequence analysis and gene set enrichment analysis, we found that the MAPK pathway is the main downstream signaling pathway for the regulation by SLC27A2. SLC27A2 affects cell proliferation and differentiation by inducing changes in the proto-oncogene C-FOS. CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that SLC27A2 plays an important role in tumor proliferation and migration, providing a new putative target for the diagnosis and treatment of TC.


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Movimiento Celular/genética , Proliferación Celular/genética , Coenzima A Ligasas/genética , Neoplasias de la Tiroides , Coenzima A Ligasas/metabolismo , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Neoplasias de la Tiroides/genética , Neoplasias de la Tiroides/metabolismo , Neoplasias de la Tiroides/patología , Regulación hacia Arriba/genética
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Sensors (Basel) ; 22(15)2022 Jul 22.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35897976

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Conductive gel needs to be applied between the skin and standard medical electrodes when monitoring electrocardiogram (ECG) signals, but this can cause skin irritation, particularly during long-term monitoring. Fabric electrodes are flexible, breathable, and capable of sensing ECG signals without conductive gel. The objective of this study was to design and fabricate a circular fabric electrode using weaving technology. To optimize the woven fabric electrode, electrodes of different diameter, fabric weave, and weft density were devised, and the AC impedance, open-circuit voltage, and static ECG signal were measured and comprehensively evaluated. Diameter of 4 cm, 12/5 sateen, and weft density of 46 picks/cm were concluded as the appropriate parameters of the fabric electrode. ECG signals in swinging, squatting, and rotating states were compared between the woven fabric electrode and the standard medical electrode. The results showed that the characteristic waveform of the woven fabric electrode with 86.7% improved data was more obvious than that of the standard medical electrode. This work provides reference data that will be helpful for commercializing the integration of fabric electrodes into smart textiles.


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Electrocardiografía , Textiles , Conductividad Eléctrica , Impedancia Eléctrica , Electrodos
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