Percutaneous ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation for patients with liver metastases from gastrointestinal stromal tumors by Li Liu, Bing Wang, Zhong-Yi Zhang, Song Wang, Hao Wu, Hong Wang, Wei Wu, Kun Yan, Wei Yang

“…Based on the univariate analysis, the number of metastatic tumors and tyrosine kinase inhibitors(TKI) therapy before RFA were prognostic factors for HPFS. …”
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Lithium and Valproate Levels Do Not Correlate with Ketamine’s Antidepressant Efficacy in Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression by Annie J. Xu, Mark J. Niciu, Nancy B. Lundin, David A. Luckenbaugh, Dawn F. Ionescu, Erica M. Richards, Jennifer L. Vande Voort, Elizabeth D. Ballard, Nancy E. Brutsche, Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, Carlos A. Zarate

“…Ketamine and lithium both inhibit glycogen synthase kinase 3. In addition, lithium and ketamine have synergistic antidepressant-like effects at individually subeffective doses in rodents. …”
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Deletion of sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 in myeloid cells reduces hepatic inflammatory macrophages and attenuates MASH by Gopanandan Parthasarathy, Nanditha Venkatesan, Guneet Singh Sidhu, Myeong Jun Song, Chieh-Yu Liao, Fanta Barrow, Amy Mauer, Tejasav Sehrawat, Yasuhiko Nakao, P. Vineeth Daniel, Debanjali Dasgupta, Kevin Pavelko, Xavier S. Revelo, Harmeet Malhi

“…Gene ontology pathway analysis revealed significant suppression of the peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor gamma and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways in S1pr1 MKO consistent with attenuated MASH in mice. …”
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Second-line treatment patterns and outcomes in advanced HCC after progression on atezolizumab/bevacizumab by Meng Wu, Claudia A.M. Fulgenzi, Antonio D’Alessio, Alessio Cortellini, Ciro Celsa, Giulia F. Manfredi, Bernardo Stefanini, Y. Linda Wu, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Anwaar Saeed, Angelo Pirozzi, Tiziana Pressiani, Lorenza Rimassa, Martin Schoenlein, Kornelius Schulze, Johann von Felden, Yehia Mohamed, Ahmed O. Kaseb, Arndt Vogel, Natascha Roehlen, Marianna Silletta, Naoshi Nishida, Masatoshi Kudo, Caterina Vivaldi, Lorenz Balcar, Bernhard Scheiner, Matthias Pinter, Amit G. Singal, Joshua Glover, Susanna Ulahannan, Fredrich Foerster, Arndt Weinmann, Peter R. Galle, Neehar D. Parikh, Wei-Fan Hsu, Alessandro Parisi, Hong Jae Chon, David J. Pinato, Celina Ang

“…In the second line, 155 patients were treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), 45 with immune checkpoint inhibitor (IO)-based regimens, and 3 had missing data. …”
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Mannogalactoglucan from mushrooms protects pancreatic islets via restoring UPR and promotes insulin secretion in T1DM mice by Ting Liu, Si Chen, Yunhe Qu, Lujuan Zheng, Xiaoxuan Yang, Shuhan Men, Yuanning Wang, Hanrui Ma, Yifa Zhou, Yuying Fan

“…Besides that, AAMP-N promoted insulin synthesis via upregulating the expression of transcription factors, increased Ca2+ signals to stimulate intracellular insulin secretory vesicle transport via activating calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CamkII) and cAMP/PKA signals, and enhanced insulin secretory vesicle fusion with the plasma membrane via vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (VAMP2). …”
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Efficacy and safety of surufatinib plus toripalimab in treatment-naive, PD-L1-positive, advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer and previously treated small-cell lung can... by Ying Cheng, Panpan Zhang, Ming Lu, Zhendong Chen, Lijie Song, Si Shi, Feng Ye, Xing Zhang, Baorui Liu, Dongmei Ji, Yanqiao Zhang, Weiguo Su, Michael Shi, Songhua Fan, Panfeng Tan, Chen Zhong

“…Abstract Background Combining the programmed death-1 inhibitor toripalimab and the angio-immuno kinase inhibitor surufatinib showed preliminary antitumor activity in patients with advanced solid tumors in a phase I study. …”
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Kefir Prevents Adipose Tissue Growth Through the Induction of Apoptotic Elements in High-Fructose Corn Syrup-Fed Rats by Esra Aslan, Gokhan Sadi, Hilal Guzel, Cigdem Karaca, Omer Adil Korkmaz, Mine Kanat Pektas, Mehmet Celegen, Tugce Aladag, Seyma Oncu, Mehmet Bilgehan Pektas

“…Accordingly, HFCS boosted protein kinase B (Akt) and p-Akt while reducing nuclear factor κB (NF-κB), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) levels and kefir treatment restored Akt induction in HFCS-treated rats despite raising NF-κB, and TNFα. …”
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Shexiang Tongxin dropping pills ameliorate myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury progression via the S1PR2/RhoA/ROCK pathway by Ying Sun, Boyang Jiao, Yizhou Liu, Ran Wang, Qiong Deng, David N. Criddle, Yulin Ouyang, Wei Wang, Xuegong Xu, Chun Li

“…The mechanisms of STDP (50 and 100 ng/mL) were evaluated by examining the expression of sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 2 (S1PR2), Ras Homolog family member A (RhoA), and Rho-associated coiled-coil-containing protein kinase (ROCK) proteins and the distribution of ZO-1, VE-cadherin, and F-actin proteins in an oxygen and glucose deprivation/reoxygenation model. …”
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PGC-1α Promotes mitochondrial biosynthesis and energy metabolism of goose fatty liver by Jiahui Li, Mengqing Lv, Zijin Yuan, Jing Ge, Tuoyu Geng, Daoqing Gong, Minmeng Zhao

“…The abundance of mitochondrial biosynthesis-related and energy metabolism-related genes, including mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM), mitochondrial transcription factor B1 (TFB1M), mitochondrial transcription factor B2 (TFB2M), nuclear respiratory factor 1 (NRF1), DNA topoisomerase I mitochondrial (TOP1MT), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-beta (PGC-1β), sirtuin 3 (SIRT3), mitochondrially encoded cytochrome B (CYTB), and AMP-activated protein kinase alpha (AMPKα) were significantly increased in fatty liver. …”
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Mitochondrial dysfunction-driven AMPK-p53 axis activation underpins the anti-hepatocellular carcinoma effects of sulfane sulfur by Xue Zheng, Yuhua Luo, Rui Huo, Yiwen Wang, Youbang Chen, Mianrong Chen, Qi Zhao, Kexin Li, Hanyi Zhang, Xiaotong Li, Xiang Li, Hui Zhang, Zaopeng He, Li Huang, Chun-tao Yang

“…The impact of PSCP on HCC was assessed in vitro and in vivo, focusing on the expression and activity of p53 and AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), as well as mitochondrial function. …”
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In the coevolution of cotton and pathogenic fungi, resistant cotton varieties lead to an escalation in the virulence of Verticillium dahliae by Yalin Zhang, Lifang Cui, Ruibing Liu, Zili Feng, Hongjie Feng, Jinglong Zhou, Lihong Zhao, Feng Wei, Heqin Zhu

“…Additionally, the transcriptome analysis revealed that the 4th and 6th generations of strains differentially expressed genes (DEGs) accumulated a significant number of response genes associated with pathogen pathogenicity differentiation, including the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway, amino and antibiotic biosynthesis, phenylpropanoid metabolism. …”
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Development and Validation of a Nomogram for Predicting Long-Term Net Adverse Clinical Events in High Bleeding Risk Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Junyan Zhang, Zhongxiu Chen, Ran Liu, Yuxiao Li, Hongsen Zhao, Yanning Li, Minggang Zhou, Hua Wang, Chen Li, Li Rao, Yong He

“…These were then utilized to construct a prognostic prediction nomogram, including chronic kidney disease, left main stem lesion, multivessel disease, triglycerides (TG), and creatine kinase-myocardial band (CK-MB). The nomogram exhibited strong predictive ability (the area under the curve (AUC) to predict 1-year NACE-free survival was 0.728), displaying favorable levels of accuracy, discrimination, and clinical usefulness in the internal validation cohort. …”
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Multi-tissue network analysis reveals the effect of JNK inhibition on dietary sucrose-induced metabolic dysfunction in rats by Hong Yang, Cheng Zhang, Woonghee Kim, Mengnan Shi, Metin Kiliclioglu, Cemil Bayram, Ismail Bolar, Özlem Özdemir Tozlu, Cem Baba, Nursena Yuksel, Serkan Yildirim, Shazia Iqbal, Jihad Sebhaoui, Ahmet Hacımuftuoglu, Matthias Uhlen, Jan Boren, Hasan Turkez, Adil Mardinoglu

“…The c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway plays a crucial role in response to dietary stressors, and it was demonstrated that the inhibition of the JNK pathway could potentially be used in the treatment of MAFLD. …”
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miR-9-5p/HMMR regulates the tumorigenesis and progression of clear cell renal cell carcinoma through EMT and JAK1/STAT1 signaling pathway by Xinyang Niu, Dingheng Lu, Weitao Zhan, Jiazhu Sun, Yuxiao Li, Yuchen Shi, Kai Yu, Suyuelin Huang, Xueyou Ma, Xiaoyan Liu, Ben Liu

“…HMMR might influence ccRCC growth via the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) pathway and the Janus Kinase 1/Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 1 (JAK1/STAT1) pathway. …”
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Traditional pediatric massage enhanced the skeletal muscle mass in OVA-exposed adolescent rats via regulating SCFAs-FFAR2-IGF-1/AKT pathway by Lin Lin, Siyuan Li, Que Liu, Xingxing Zhang, Ying Xiong, Shaoyun Zhao, Liyue Cao, Jiaxuan Gong, Yaping Liu, Rong Wu

“…The activity of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)/protein kinase B (PKB/AKT) pathway in SM was detected by western blotting test.ResultsOVA exposure caused obvious AAI and poor PF in adolescent rats. …”
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Genome-wide association analysis of key genes for feed efficiency in Qingyuan Partridge chickens by Fei Ye, Hongwei Jie, Jiankang Gan, Kunyu Liu, Zhengfen Zhang, Hai Xiang, Wei Liu, Qiong Yin, Siyu Chen, Hui Yu, Hua Li

“…Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis showed that the expression levels of four genes—exocyst complex component 4(EXOC4), fibrosin like 1(FBRSL1), methionine adenosyltransferase 2 non-catalytic beta subunit (MAT2B), and cytidine/uridine monophosphate kinase 1(CMPK1)—related to significant SNPs exhibited significant differences in the liver tissues of high residual feed intake group compared with low residual feed intake group. …”
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Deciphering the therapeutic effects of Xiyanping injection: insights into pulmonary and gut microbiome modulation, SerpinB2/PAI-2 targeting, and alleviation of influenza a virus-in... by Tengwen Liu, Shuping Li, Xuerui Wang, Mingjiang Liu, Yuchen Wang, Jie Ying, Shuwen Zhang, Yan Lin, Ning Wang, Yungjing Bai, Lan Xie, Tengfei Chen, Quansheng Feng, Xiaolong Xu

“…KEGG pathway analysis indicated significant modifications in genes associated with influenza A, mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling, nuclear factor kappa-B signaling, and apoptosis following XYP injection. …”
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Hepatocyte-derived liver progenitor-like cells attenuate liver cirrhosis via induction of apoptosis in hepatic stellate cells by Xu Zhou, Wen-Ming Liu, Han-Yong Sun, Yuan Peng, Ren-Jie Huang, Cai-Yang Chen, Hong-Dan Zhang, Shen-Ao Zhou, Hong-Ping Wu, Dan Tang, Wei-Jian Huang, Han Wu, Qi-Gen Li, Bo Zhai, Qiang Xia, Wei-Feng Yu, He-Xin Yan

“…Furthermore, synergistic effects between amphiregulin and FGF19 within HepLPC-secretomes were identified, contributing to HSC apoptosis and exerting antifibrotic effects via activation of the janus kinase-STAT1 pathway. Conclusions:. HepLPCs have the potential to ameliorate liver cirrhosis by inducing STAT1-dependent apoptosis in HSCs. …”
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Monocyte STAT1 phosphorylation and treatment response of JAK inhibitors in chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis by Motoshi Sonoda, Keishiro Kinoshita, Nobutaka Harada, Sungyeon Park, Shunichi Adachi, Yutaro Yada, Katsuhide Eguchi, Toshifumi Fujiwara, Makiko Kido-Nakahara, Noriko Kinjo, Masataka Ishimura, Shouichi Ohga

“…The early diagnosis and management are challenging due to the lack of reliable diagnostic markers and the occasional intractable cases despite conventional anti-inflammatory treatments. Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors have recently shown potential utility; however, reports on their use for pediatric patients with CNO remain limited, and no established biomarkers exist to monitor disease activity. …”
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CT45A1‐mediated MLC2 (MYL9) phosphorylation promotes natural killer cell resistance and outer cell fate in a cell‐in‐cell structure, potentiating the progression of microsatellite... by Hao‐Wei Teng, Hsiang‐Yueh Huang, Chun‐Chi Lin, Yuh‐Ching Twu, Wen‐Hao Yang, Wen‐Chun Lin, Hsin‐Yi Lan, Yen‐Yu Lin, Wei‐Lun Hwang

“…Inactivating RHO‐ROCK/MLCK‐MLC2 signaling with small‐molecule inhibitors or short‐hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) targeting myosin light chain kinase (MYLK) abolished NK cell resistance and reduced the outer cell fate of CT45A1‐expressing MSI‐H CRC cells. …”
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