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SHARPIN contributes to sevoflurane-induced neonatal neurotoxicity through up-regulating HMGB1 to repress M2 like-macrophage polarization
Sevoflurane exposure can result in neurotoxicity especially among children, which remains an important complication after surgery. However, its related mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we investigated the biol...
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Exome sequencing reveals genetic heterogeneity and clinically actionable findings in children with cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common motor disability in children. To ascertain the role of major genetic variants in the etiology of CP, we conducted exome sequencing on a large-scale cohort with clinical m...
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Open AccessPrevalence and genotype distribution of HPV infections among women in Chengdu,China
Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection among female is the cause of cervical cancer and genital warts. In China, the HPV vaccination rate and the target population screening rate among females are low, and the ...
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Astrocyte Activation in the ACC Contributes to Comorbid Anxiety in Chronic Inflammatory Pain and Involves in The Excitation-Inhibition Imbalance
Neurons within the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) orchestrate the co-occurrence of chronic pain and anxiety. The ACC hyperactivity plays a crucial role in the emotional impact of neuropathic pain. Astrocyte-m...
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation-Mediated Ghrelin Restoration Improves Neurological Functions After Traumatic Brain Injury: Evidence from 16S rRNA Sequencing and In Vivo Studies
This study aimed to investigate how gut microbiota dysbiosis impacts the repair of the blood-brain barrier and neurological deficits following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Through 16S rRNA sequencing analysis...
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Open AccessHigh B7-H3 expression with low PD-L1 expression identifies armored-cold tumors in triple-negative breast cancer
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is generally regarded as the most aggressive subtype among breast cancers, but exhibits higher chemotherapeutic and immunotherapeutic responses due to its unique immunogeni...
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Open AccessHypoxic tumor cell-derived small extracellular vesicle miR-152-3p promotes cervical cancer radioresistance through KLF15 protein
Radiotherapy is widely used in treating cervical cancer patients, however, radioresistance unavoidably occurs and seriously affects the treatment effect. It is well known that hypoxia plays an important role i...
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Open AccessElectroacupuncture Inhibits Pain Memory and Related Anxiety-Like Behaviors by Blockading the GABAB Receptor Function in the Midcingulate Cortex
Pain memory is commonly considered an underlying cause of chronic pain and is also responsible for a range of anxiety. Electroacupuncture (EA) has been shown to ameliorate pain memories and exert anti-anxiety ...
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Expression of Angiopoietin-2 in Lung Tissue of Juvenile SD Rats with Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Acute Lung Injury and the Role of Ulinastatin
This study aimed to observe the expression of angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) in the lung tissue of juvenile SD rats with lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury (ALI) and to clarify the role of ulinastatin ...
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Improved dynamic functional connectivity estimation with an alternating hidden Markov model
Dynamic functional connectivity (DFC) analysis has been widely applied to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data to reveal the time-varying functional interactions between brain regions. Although th...
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Open AccessIntricacies of TGF-β signaling in Treg and Th17 cell biology
Balanced immunity is pivotal for health and homeostasis. CD4+ helper T (Th) cells are central to the balance between immune tolerance and immune rejection. Th cells adopt distinct functions to maintain tolerance ...
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Open AccessEffect of perioperative acupoint electrical stimulation on macrophages in mice under operative stress
The strong perioperative stress response caused by surgical anesthesia can significantly suppress immune function, and the body is in a state of immunosuppression for 3 to 4 days after surgery, which leads to ...
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Open AccessA heparin-binding protein of Plasmodium berghei is associated with merozoite invasion of erythrocytes
Malaria caused by Plasmodium species is a prominent public health concern worldwide, and the infection of a malarial parasite is transmitted to humans through the saliva of female Anopheles mosquitoes. Plasmodium
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Open AccessThe occurrence and development of radiation-induced lung injury after interstitial brachytherapy and stereotactic radiotherapy in SD rats
To compare the severity of radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) after the right lung of SD rats received interstitial brachytherapy and stereotactic radiotherapy (SBRT).
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miR-18a-5p shuttled by mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles alleviates early brain injury following subarachnoid hemorrhage through blockade of the ENC1/p62 axis
Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs) have therapeutic potential in various diseases due to their capacity to transfer bioactive cargoes such as microRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) to recipient...
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Anti-Ferroptotic Effects of bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Loaded with Ferrostatin-1 in Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion Injury Associate with the GPX4/COX-2 Axis
Accumulating evidence of the critical role of Ferrostatin-1 (Fer-1, ferroptosis inhibitor) in cerebral ischemia has intrigued us to explore the molecular mechanistic actions of Fer-1 delivery by bone marrow me...
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Open AccessThe Importance of Using Exosome-Loaded miRNA for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a major traumatic disease of the central nervous system characterized by high rates of disability and mortality. Many studies have shown that SCI can be divided into the two stages ...
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The Early Stage of Abnormal Aging: Cognitive Impairment
Cognitive impairment has become an important aspect affecting the health and quality of life of middle-aged and elderly people, which is defined as the difficulty of thought processing and leads to memory loss...
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The Late Stage of Abnormal Aging: Dementia
With the growth of the aging population, more age-related diseases endanger the health of the elderly, and therefore more research attention has been put on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Dementia does not ...