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**ao-Feng Yu
Biomedicine
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Rab11b promotes M1-like macrophage polarization by restraining autophagic degradation of NLRP3 in alcohol-associated liver disease
Macrophage polarization is vital to mounting a host defense or repairing tissue in various liver diseases. Excessive activation of the NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome is related to th...
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Open AccessCinnamaldehyde inhibits the NLRP3 inflammasome by preserving mitochondrial integrity and augmenting autophagy in Shigella sonnei-infected macrophages
Worldwide, more than 125 million people are infected with Shigella each year and develop shigellosis. In our previous study, we provided evidence that Shigella sonnei infection triggers activation of the NACHT, L...
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Vascular smooth muscle-specific LRRC8A knockout ameliorates angiotensin II-induced cerebrovascular remodeling by inhibiting the WNK1/FOXO3a/MMP signaling pathway
Hypertensive cerebrovascular remodeling involves the enlargement of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), which activates volume-regulated Cl− channels (VRCCs). The leucine-rich repeat-containing family 8 A (LRRC...
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Thermoregulatory pathway underlying the pyrogenic effects of prostaglandin E2 in the lateral parabrachial nucleus of male rats
It has been shown that prostaglandin (PG) E2 synthesized in the lateral parabrachial nucleus (LPBN) is involved in lipopolysaccharide-induced fever. But the neural mechanisms of how intra-LPBN PGE2 induces fever ...
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Open AccessDownregulation of GPX8 in hepatocellular carcinoma: impact on tumor stemness and migration
GPX8, which is found in the endoplasmic reticulum lumen, is a member of the Glutathione Peroxidases (GPXs) family. Its role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unknown.
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The Angiotensin II Receptor Neprilysin Inhibitor LCZ696 Inhibits the NLRP3 Inflammasome By Reducing Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Macrophages and Alleviates Dextran Sulfate Sodium-induced Colitis in a Mouse Model
The intracellular sensor protein complex known as the NACHT, LRR, and PYD domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome plays a crucial role in regulating inflammatory diseases by overseeing the production ...
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Lonicerin promotes wound healing in diabetic rats by enhancing blood vessel regeneration through Sirt1-mediated autophagy
Among the numerous complications of diabetes mellitus, diabetic wounds seriously affect patients’ quality of life and result in considerable psychological distress. Promoting blood vessel regeneration in wound...
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Long Non-coding RNA LINC00342 Promotes the Proliferation, Invasion, and Migration of Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells by Regulating the Expression of miRNA-19a-3p, miRNA-545-5p, and miRNA-203a-3p
This study aimed to investigate the role of the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) LINC00342-207 (LINC00342) in the development and progression of primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Forty-two surgically resecte...
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Open AccessImmune persistence after different polio sequential immunization schedules in Chinese infants
Trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (tOPV) has been withdrawn and instead an inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) and bivalent type 1 and type 3 OPV (bOPV) sequential immunization schedule has been implemented s...
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Hesperetin derivative 2a inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced acute liver injury in mice via downregulation of circDcbld2
Acute liver injury (ALI) is a complex, life-threatening inflammatory liver disease, and persistent liver damage leads to rapid decline and even failure of liver function. However, the pathogenesis of ALI is st...
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Molecular Investigation and Preliminary Validation of Candidate Genes Associated with Neurological Damage in Heat Stroke
Heat stroke (HS) is a severe medical condition characterized by a systemic inflammatory response that may precipitate multi-organ dysfunction, with a particular predilection for inducing profound central nervo...
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A Stable Reverse Genetics System of Zika Virus Based on a Self-Splicing Group II Intron
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus of the Flaviviridae family first isolated from a sentinel monkey in the Zika Forest, Uganda, in 1947. Since 2007, the virus has had a vast geographic expansion tha...
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Open AccessGene delivery to breast cancer by incorporated EpCAM targeted DARPins into AAV2
The aim of this study is to evaluate an AAV vector that can selectively target breast cancer cells and to investigate its specificity and anti-tumor effects on breast cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo, of...
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Contactin-associated protein-like 2 antibody-associated autoimmune encephalitis in children: case reports and systematic review of literature
To ascertain the clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with contactin-associated protein-like 2 (CASPR2) antibody-associated autoimmune encephalitis (AEs).
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Targeted VEGFA therapy in regulating early acute kidney injury and late fibrosis
Damage to peritubular capillaries is a key process that contributes to acute kidney injury (AKI) progression. Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) plays a critical role in maintaining the renal microva...
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Chemotherapy-induced metastasis: molecular mechanisms and clinical therapies
Chemotherapy, the most widely accepted treatment for malignant tumors, is dependent on cell death induced by various drugs including antimetabolites, alkylating agents, mitotic spindle inhibitors, antitumor an...
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Open AccessDecoding the prognostic significance of integrator complex subunit 9 (INTS9) in glioma: links to TP53 mutations, E2F signaling, and inflammatory microenvironments
Gliomas, a type of brain neoplasm, are prevalent and often fatal. Molecular diagnostics have improved understanding, but treatment options are limited. This study investigates the role of INTS9 in processing s...
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Open AccessCircular RNA FEACR inhibits ferroptosis and alleviates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by interacting with NAMPT
Emerging research has reported that circular RNAs (circRNAs) play important roles in cardiac cell death after myocardial ischemia and reperfusion (I/R). Ferroptosis, a new form of cell death discovered in rece...
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GDF11 promotes wound healing in diabetic mice via stimulating HIF-1ɑ-VEGF/SDF-1ɑ-mediated endothelial progenitor cell mobilization and neovascularization
Non-healing diabetic wounds (DW) are a serious clinical problem that remained poorly understood. We recently found that topical application of growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) accelerated skin wound he...
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Open AccessAncient ubiquitous protein 1 (AUP1) is a prognostic biomarker connected with TP53 mutation and the inflamed microenvironments in glioma
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and lethal brain tumor. The current treatment is surgical removal combined with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, Temozolomide (TMZ). However, tumors tend to develop TMZ resi...
