Intrinsic subtype and immunity score in identification of triple-negative breast cancer at low risk by Xinyu Ren, Tong Zhou, Yu Song, Huanwen Wu, Jeff Chou, Lance D. Miller, Zhiyong Liang, Songjie Shen

“…Intrinsic subtypes (basal-like, immune-enhanced, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 [HER2]-enriched and luminal A/B) and tumor environmental immunity were evaluated using expression profiles of a 72-gene panel. …”
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The anticancer properties, cell-cycle cytotoxicity and apoptosis of cissus rotundifolia, trema orientalis, and buddleja polystachya with ocular applications by Ali Hendi Alghamdi, Aimun A.E. Ahmed, Mahadi bashir, Haidar abdalgadir, Asaad khalid, Ashraf N. Abdalla, Mohamed E. elzubier, Riyad almaimani, Bassem refaat, Khalid alzahrani, Saleh MS. alghamdi, Sheraz gul

“…Additionally, a clonogenic assay was performed to measure tumor cell survival and subsequent proliferative capacity after drug exposure was conducted for the most active extract(s) and finally western blotting was used to determine the expression change of the two selected proteins (survivin and CCND1) in order to determine the exact mechanistic features of the most promising plant extract. …”
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The anti-PD-L1/CTLA-4 bispecific antibody KN046 plus lenvatinib in advanced unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase II trial by Da Xu, Hongwei Wang, Quan Bao, Kemin Jin, Ming Liu, Wei Liu, Xiaoluan Yan, Lijun Wang, Yanqiao Zhang, Guangyu Wang, Yue Ma, Zhigang Ma, Chunhui Zhang, Jiebing Tang, Sha Wang, Jiaohui Pang, Ting Xu, Kun Wang, Baocai Xing

“…The median overall survival (OS) was 16.4 (95% CI, 11.20-not estimable) months, and 12-month OS rate was 60.0% (95% CI, 45.87-71.55). Circulating tumor DNA status before the third cycle of treatment was associated with prognosis. …”
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Protein kinase inhibitors as targeted therapy for glioblastoma: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials by José Pinto-Fraga, Celia García-Chico, Simone Lista, Pedro Miguel Lacal, Giuseppe Carpenzano, Maurizio Salvati, Alejandro Santos-Lozano, Grazia Graziani, Claudia Ceci

“…Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and lethal primary brain tumor. The standard treatment for newly diagnosed GBM includes surgical resection, when feasible, followed by radiotherapy and temozolomide-based chemotherapy. …”
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Nineteen years retrospective analysis of epidemiology, antifungal resistance and a nomogram model for 30-day mortality in nosocomial candidemia patients by Zhang Dai, Xuhong Lan, Minjing Cai, Yunhui Liao, Jingwen Zhang, Naifang Ye, Xinxin Lu, Jiajia Wang, Yun Xiao, Yan Zhang, Yihui Yao, Xianming Liang

“…Five independent factors included Candida albicans, decreased albumin, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, solid tumor and septic shock were adopted in a nomogram for 30-days mortality of candidemia. …”
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Crocin Alleviates Hippocampal Neuron Injury in Rats with Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion by Inhibiting JAK2/STAT3 Signaling Pathway by LI Xiaolei, ZHU Haisheng, MA Ruijuan, YAO Li, HU Ke, FENG Lina, WANG Xudong

“…The levels of interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-8, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in hippocampal tissue were detected by ELISA. …”
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Expression of Annexin-A1 and Galectin-1 Anti-Inflammatory Proteins and mRNA in Chronic Gastritis and Gastric Cancer by Yvana Cristina Jorge, Mayra Mioto Mataruco, Leandro Pires Araújo, Ana Flávia Teixeira Rossi, Juliana Garcia de Oliveira, Marina Curado Valsechi, Alaor Caetano, Kenji Miyazaki, Célia Sebastiana de Jesus Fazzio, Jorge Alberto Thomé, Paula Rahal, Sonia Maria Oliani, Ana Elizabete Silva

“…The anti-inflammatory proteins annexin-A1 and galectin-1 have been associated with tumor progression. This scenario prompted us to investigate the relationship between the gene and protein expression of annexin-A1 (ANXA1/AnxA1) and galectin-1 (LGALS1/Gal-1) in an inflammatory gastric lesion as chronic gastritis (CG) and gastric adenocarcinoma (GA) and its association with H. pylori infection. …”
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Matrine Inhibits Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Through Regulating the LINC01116/miR-9-5p/ITGB1 Axis by Lili Ren, Ziru Fang, Jiaojiao Xu, Xiaoxiao Wu, Yongjun Zhang, Hu Cai, Zhicun Han

“…The animal model experiments also demonstrated that MAT inhibited BC tumor growth in vivo. Furthermore, MAT inhibited LINC01116, which acted as a sponge for miR-9-5p, increasing the ITGB1 level. …”
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Effect of Shangke Zhitong Ointment Kinesio Tape on Ankle Sprain by WANG Qiang, LIU Zhiyang, JU Shaohua, LI Xiaodong, HUANG Jichao, XIANG Ning

“…Before treatment and after two weeks of treatment, visual analogue score (VAS), swelling degree measurement, American orthopedic foot and ankle society-ankle hindfood scale (AOFAS-AHS), traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome score (local tenderness, local swelling, local blood stasis, limited activity) were evaluated, and laboratory index test [interleukin-1β (IL-1β), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), superoxide dismutase (SOD), malondialdehyde (MDA), fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2), transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) , matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-9)] were performed and skin adverse reactions were observed.Results(1) VAS score, swelling degree of ankle joint and AOFAS-AHS score: compared with before treatment, VAS score and swelling degree in the three groups decreased significantly after treatment, while AOFAS-AHS score increased significantly after treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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A Randomized Study to Compare the Effects of Once-Weekly Dulaglutide Injection and Once-Daily Glimepiride on Glucose Fluctuation of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A 26-Week Fol... by Huiqin Li, Xiaohua Xu, Jie Wang, Xiaocen Kong, Maoyuan Chen, Ting Jing, Zhiying Zhang, Guoping Yin, Xiaomei Liu, Yun Hu, Lei Ye, Xiaofei Su, Jianhua Ma

“…General clinical data were collected and measured, such as fasting blood glucose (FBG), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), 8-iso-prostaglandin F2α (8-iso-PGF2α), and interleukin-6 (IL-6). …”
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CPEB4 modulates liver cancer progression by translationally regulating hepcidin expression and sensitivity to ferroptosis by M. Eugenia Delgado, Salvador Naranjo-Suarez, Marta Ramírez-Pedraza, Beatriz I. Cárdenas, Carmen Gallardo-Martínez, Alexandra Balvey, Eulalia Belloc, Judit Martín, Mark Boyle, Raúl Méndez, Mercedes Fernandez

“…In mouse models of diet-induced liver cancer (n = 10–15 per group), both systemic and hepatocyte-specific CPEB4 knockout mice exhibited significantly increased tumor burden compared with wild-type controls (p <0.05). …”
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Dual Inhibition of CDK4/6 and CDK7 Suppresses Triple‐Negative Breast Cancer Progression via Epigenetic Modulation of SREBP1‐Regulated Cholesterol Metabolism by Yilan Yang, Jiatao Liao, Zhe Pan, Jin Meng, Li Zhang, Wei Shi, Xiaofang Wang, Xiaomeng Zhang, Zhirui Zhou, Jurui Luo, Xingxing Chen, Zhaozhi Yang, Xin Mei, Jinli Ma, Zhen Zhang, Yi‐Zhou Jiang, Zhi‐Min Shao, Fei Xavier Chen, Xiaoli Yu, Xiaomao Guo

“…Furthermore, this dual inhibition strategy attenuates the recruitment of sterol regulatory element binding transcription factor 1 (SREBP1) and p300 to genes essential for cholesterol synthesis, thus hindering tumor growth. This research is corroborated by an in‐house cohort showing lower survival rates in TNBC patients with higher cholesterol production gene activity. …”
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Potential Mechanisms and Effects of Dai Bai Jie Ethanol Extract in Preventing Acute Alcoholic Liver Injury by Niantong Xia, Hongwei Xue, Yihang Li, Jia Liu, Yang Lou, Shuyang Li, Yutian Wang, Juan Lu, Xi Chen

“…DBJ-3 reduced malondialdehyde (MDA), reactive oxygen species (ROS), and inflammatory factors, such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and interleukin 6 (IL-6), while increasing superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities. …”
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LLT1 overexpression renders allogeneic-NK resistance and facilitates the generation of enhanced universal CAR-T cells by Shuxian Zhu, Shiyu Zuo, Chuo Li, Xingjie You, Erlie Jiang, Xiaoming Feng, Yuechen Luo

“…In a humanized T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) model, CD38 allogeneic universal CAR-T cells demonstrated superior survival rates and tumor clearance with reduced inflammatory responses. …”
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Baicalein induces apoptosis by inhibiting the glutamine-mTOR metabolic pathway in lung cancer by Jingyang Li, Di Zhang, Shaohui Wang, Peng Yu, Jiayi Sun, Yi Zhang, Xianli Meng, Juan Li, Li Xiang

“…Results: Baicalein inhibited lung cancer xenograft tumor growth in vivo and suppressed proliferation and promoted apoptosis in lung cancer cells in vitro. …”
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Local Recurrence of Rectal Cancer After Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision and Risk Factors: A Nationwide Multicenter Cohort Study in Japan by Takeru Matsuda, MD, PhD, Ichiro Takemasa, MD, PhD, Hideki Endo, MD, MPH, Shinichiro Mori, MD, PhD, Suguru Hasegawa, MD, PhD, Koya Hida, MD, PhD, Takuya Tokunaga, MD, PhD, Keitaro Tanaka, MD, PhD, Toshiki Mukai, MD, PhD, Jun Watanabe, MD, PhD, Junichiro Kawamura, MD, PhD, Kei Kimura, MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Kakeji, MD, PhD, Masahiko Watanabe, MD, PhD, Seiichiro Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Takeshi Naitoh, MD, PhD, Ta-Ta-Mi study group collaboratives in Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

“…A multifocal pattern was observed in 14 (25%) of 56 patients with LR. Tumor height from the anal verge, pathological T4 disease, pathological stage III/IV, positive perineural invasion, and R1 resection were significant risk factors for LR in multivariable analysis. …”
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Effect of a high dose atorvastatin as adjuvant therapy to mesalamine in attenuating inflammation and symptoms in patients with ulcerative colitis: a randomized controlled pilot stu... by Sumaiah J. Alarfaj, Sahar M. El-Haggar, Sahar K. Hegazy, Sahar K. Hegazy, Maha M. Maher, Maha M. Maher, Monir M. Bahgat, Thanaa A. Elmasry, Sarah Alrubia, Amsha S. Alsegiani, Mostafa M. Bahaa

“…Activation of sphingosine 1 phosphate (S1P)/ tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α)/ interleukin-6 (IL-6) pathways has been confirmed in the pathogenesis of UC and preclinical studies proved the efficacy of atorvastatin on these pathways.AimTo investigate the role of atorvastatin on S1P/TNF-α/IL-6 pathway in UC.MethodsPatients with mild to moderate UC were allocated into two groups in this pilot study. …”
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Effect of Electroacupuncture on Chondrocyte Apoptosis in Knee Osteoarthritis Rat Based on PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway by Yuanyuan ZHANG, Xinyu JIANG, Xihai LI, Mingxia WU

“…The contents of interleukin-1β(IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α) in synovium were detected by immunosorbent assay (ELISA). …”
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Carcinoembryonic antigen trajectory predicts pathological complete response in advanced gastric cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy by Yonghe Chen, Yonghe Chen, Yonghe Chen, Dan Liu, Kaikai Wei, Yi Lin, Yi Lin, Yi Lin, Zhong Wang, Qian Sun, Huashe Wang, Huashe Wang, Huashe Wang, Junsheng Peng, Junsheng Peng, Junsheng Peng, Lei Lian, Lei Lian, Lei Lian

“…Multivariate analysis identified CEA trajectory subtypes and tumor differentiation as independent predictors of pCR. …”
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Bionic nanovesicles sequentially treat flaps with different durations of ischemia by thrombolysis and prevention of ischemia-reperfusion injury by Linzhong Yang, Yuanchen Liu, Cheng Tao, Zichen Cao, Shilin Guo, Zheng Wei, Yanyi Wang, Tao Liu, Lin Chen, Ke Xiong, Xingyu Luo, Jianchuan Ran, Wei Han

“…Flap transplantation is a critical part of the recovery process for patients who have undergone tumor resection. However, the process of ischemia-reperfusion injury during flap transplantation and the resulting high-risk thrombotic microenvironment are unavoidable. …”
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