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Trikeraia hookeri is an alpine grass with significant ecological value. Here, the complete chloroplast genome sequence of T. hookeri using Illumina sequencing data was reported. The size of the whole cp genome was 137,696 bp in length, consisting of a pair of inverted repeats (IR 13,755 bp), a large single-copy region (LSC 81,613 bp), and a small single-copy region (SSC 28,568 bp). The T. hookeri chloroplast genome encodes 119 genes: 81 mRNA genes, 34 tRNA genes and 4 rRNA genes. The GC content of T. hookeri chloroplast genome was 38.8% and those in LSC, SSC, and IR regions were 36.9, 40.8, and 42.3%, respectively. The maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that T. hookeri was most closely related to Stipa lipskyi (NC028444) and Stipa purpurrea (NC029390). Our findings provide fundamental information for further evolutionary and phylogenetic researches of T. hookeri.
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Lung cancer is a global disease with high morbidity and mortality, which seriously affects human health. The long-term existence of chronic pulmonary inflammation is closely related to the occurrence and development of lung cancer, neutrophils are not only involved in acute and chronic inflammation, but also in the composition of tumor microenvironment (TME), which is closely related to the occurrence and development of tumors. Recent studies have found that tumor-associated neutrophils (TANs) play an important role in the occurrence and development of lung cancer. This article reviews the role, mechanism and clinical significance of tumor-related neutrophils in lung cancer.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer are global high incidence and high mortality diseases, which seriously increase the socio-economic burden. Smoke exposure, genetic susceptibility and chronic inflammation are common susceptible factors. At present, abnormal inflammatory immune response plays an important role in the occurrence and development of the two diseases. In the process of immune response, tumor microenvironment (TME) is gradually produced, which is beneficial to angiogenesis and immunosuppression, and finally leads to immune escape of tumor cells, leading to tumor formation. In this paper, the present situation of COPD complicated with lung cancer and the relationship between abnormal immune response, especially Treg/Th17, and its occurrence and development are briefly reviewed.
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Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common type of lung cancer accounting for 85% of the cases, is often diagnosed at advanced stages owing to the lack of efficient early diagnostic tools. 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) signatures in circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) that carries the cancer-specific epigenetic patterns may represent the valuable biomarkers for discriminating tumor and healthy individuals, and thus could be potentially useful for NSCLC diagnosis. Here, we employed a sensitive and reliable method to map genome-wide 5hmC in the cfDNA of Chinese NSCLC patients and detected a significant 5hmC gain in both the gene bodies and promoter regions in the blood samples from tumor patients compared with healthy controls. Specifically, we identified six potential biomarkers from 66 patients and 67 healthy controls (mean decrease accuracy >3.2, P < 3.68E-19) using machine-learning-based tumor classifiers with high accuracy. Thus, the unique signature of 5hmC in tumor patient's cfDNA identified in our study may provide valuable information in facilitating the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for NSCLC.
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Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , 5-Metilcitosina , Sangue , Biomarcadores Tumorais , Sangue , Genética , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas , Sangue , Diagnóstico , Genética , Estudos de Casos e Controles , DNA Tumoral Circulante , Sangue , Metilação de DNA , Epigenômica , Neoplasias Pulmonares , Sangue , Diagnóstico , GenéticaRESUMO
Objective To investigate the expression of plasma microRNA-214 in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and its correlation with left ventricular remodeling (LVR). Methods A total of 158 AMI patients and 85 controls were selected from Hebei province Zhuozhou City Hospital. According to the left ventricular remodeling after PCI operation, AMI patients were divided into LVR group (n=41) and non LVR group (n=105). Real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to detect the plasma microRNA-214 levels, and the brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were detected by immunoassay. Pearson correlation analysis of plasma microRNA-214 levels and the correlation between CRP and BNP were analyzed in patients with LVR. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis of plasma microRNA-214, BNP and CRP were used to predict the efficacy of LVR in patients with AMI after PCI. Logistic regression model was used to analyze the relationship between the above indexes and LVR. Results Compared with the control group, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and left ventricular short axis shortening (FS) were significantly decreased in LVR group and non LVR group, and which were decreased more significantly in LVR group compared with those of non LVR group (P<0.05). The left ventricular end diastolic diameter (LVDD), left ventricular end diastolic volume (LVEDV) and left ventricular end systolic volume (LVESV) were significantly increased in LVR group and non LVR group, and which were increased more significantly in LVR group than those in non LVR group (P<0.05). The levels of plasma microRNA-214, BNP and CRP were significantly higher in LVR group than those in non LVR group and control group (P<0.05). Correlation analysis showed that microRNA-214, BNP and CRP were positively correlated in patients with LVR (r=0.684 and r=0.405, P<0.01). The area under ROC curve (AUC) and 95%CI predicted by plasma microRNA-214 and BNP were 0.824 (0.757-1.015) and 0.785 (0.721-0.864) in patients with AMI and LVR, which were higher than CRP [0.716 (0.645-0.837), P=0.0167]. The sensitivity and specificity of plasma microRNA-214 in predicting the occurrence of LVR were 72.6% and 86.2% in patients with AMI, respectively. Logistic regression model analysis showed that plasma microRNA-214 and BNP were risk factors of LVR. Conclusion High expression of plasma microRNA-214 is found in LVR patients, which is expected to be the biological indicator for predicting the occurrence of LVR after PCI in patients with AMI.
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With the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) modernization,the study of TCM is not only limited to clarify the chemical material basis in vitro,but also to further study the fate of active components contained in TCM in vivo as well as the interaction and effect among them.It is to say that the pharmacokinetic (PK) study of TCM is needed.The results of PK study of TCM are useful for investigating its mechanism of action,reasonable use of TCM in clinic and modernization of TCM.In this paper,some scientific issues,including the purpose and significance of PK study of TCM,its particularity,difficulty and commonly used research methods,were analyzed and summarized combining with research examples.The authors hoped that it would be helpful for the scholars and promote the development of PK study of TCM.