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The cooperation mechanism between miR-200c NPs and radiotherapy was also explored in vitro.

Compared with naked miR-200c mimics, miR-200c NPs significantly downregulated PD-L1 expression of gastric cancer cells. The combination of miR-200c NPs and radiotherapy showed significantly synergistic inhibitory effect on gastric cancer cells by inhibiting immune escape mediated by PD-L1, reversing EMT phenotype as well as abrogating cancer stem cells (CSCs)-associated properties of tumor cells.

MiR-200c NPs sensitized gastric cancer cells to radiotherapy by regulating PD-L1 expression and EMT.
MiR-200c NPs sensitized gastric cancer cells to radiotherapy by regulating PD-L1 expression and EMT.
The transcriptional regulator YAP is frequently overexpressed in human cancers, such as breast and pancreatic cancers, plays an important role in tumorigenesis and can regulate many factors affecting cancer progression. These observations encouraged us to investigate the effect of YAP expression on bladder cancer.

The changes in multiple cellular functions associated with tumor progression including cell proliferation, cell migration, cell cycle, and cell apoptosis were assessed after YAP knockdown/overexpression in bladder cancer cell lines. Additionally, Western blot was developed to verify the change of proteins caused by YAP knockdown/overexpression.

YAP had relatively higher expression in bladder cancer tissues than in normal tissues. The proliferation and migration of bladder cancer cells were inhibited by YAP knockdown but were promoted by its overexpression. This promoting effect was accompanied by the increased activity of MAPK/ERK pathway.

Our data established that YAP is an oncogene involved in bladder cancer and thus can be a potential target for treatment.
Our data established that YAP is an oncogene involved in bladder cancer and thus can be a potential target for treatment.
This study aimed to evaluate the value of serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels in the diagnosis of abscess and sepsis following transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) therapy among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

In this study, a retrospective review of patient charts was performed in 2221 patients who suffered from hepatocellular carcinoma and had undergone 8656 TACE procedures from January 2012 to January 2018. According to the diagnosis of infection and abscess after TACE, these participants were divided into infection group (group A, n=48) and abscess group (group B, n=35). Group B included subgroup B1 (suffered from liver abscess but no sepsis, n=16) and subgroup B2 (suffered from liver abscess and sepsis, n=19). The main observational indexes included sociodemographic characteristics and laboratory and clinical parameters.

The results showed that the mean PCT and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were higher in group B, but receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) analysis showed low sensitivity and specificity. Only the mean PCT level was higher in subgroup B2 than in subgroup B1 (P<0.001); the ROC analysis had high sensitivity and specificity. However, all other data such as NEUT (neutrophil count) and NEUTP (neutrophil percentage) showed no significant differences.

Serum PCT level was a promising inexpensive marker for the diagnosis of liver abscess and sepsis following TACE therapy among patients with primary liver cancer. A cutoff level of 5.1 ng/mL for PCT had high sensitivity and specificity in predicting liver abscess with sepsis.
Serum PCT level was a promising inexpensive marker for the diagnosis of liver abscess and sepsis following TACE therapy among patients with primary liver cancer. A cutoff level of 5.1 ng/mL for PCT had high sensitivity and specificity in predicting liver abscess with sepsis.
LACTB, regulated by a variety of microRNAs (miRNAs), is proven to be a tumor suppressor. However, there are few reports that LACTB in colon cancer cells is regulated by miRNA. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the miRNAs that regulate LACTB in colon cancer.

Data from TCGA were analyzed in starBase and GEPIA2, and Western blot and quantitative PCR (qPCR) were used to detect the expression of LACTB in colon cancer cell lines. IDO-IN-2 TDO inhibitor MiRNAs targeting LACTB were predicted by MicroT-CDS, starBase, miRDB, mirDIP, and DIANA. The relationship between LACTB and miRNA was explored by dual-luciferase assay. MTT, propidium iodide (PI), Western blot, Annexin V-FITC/PI Kit, qPCR and transwell assay were used to detect the changes in cell proliferation, cell cycle, autophagy, apoptosis, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), cell migration, and invasiveness in colon cancer cells that overexpressed miR-1276 and/or LACTB.

The results showed that the LACTB mRNA level was lower and the miR-1276 level was higher in colon cancer than in normal tissue. MiR-1276 inhibited the expression of LACTB. Furthermore, overexpression of miR-1276 in colon cancer cells increased proliferation, migration, invasiveness and EMT, and decreased autophagy and apoptosis. Supplementing LACTB suppressed these effects of miR-1276.

In conclusion, miR-1276, which may be a potential therapy for colon cancer, inhibits cell growth and promotes apoptosis by targeting LACTB in colon cancer cells.
In conclusion, miR-1276, which may be a potential therapy for colon cancer, inhibits cell growth and promotes apoptosis by targeting LACTB in colon cancer cells.
To develop an application dynamically monitoring the prostate cancer (PCa) risk for patients to assess their own progression of PCa risk at home.

Between January 2010 and December 2019, all of the 1697 patients underwent transrectal ultrasound prostate biopsy at the cancer center, which is one of the Chinese Prostate Cancer Consortium. Patients' clinical parameters from January 2010 to May 2018 were used to establish models that consisted of several risk factors with P value <0.1 in univariate analysis and with P value <0.05 in multivariate analysis (n=1113), including model 1 (predicting PCa), model 2 (predicting PCa with high Gleason scores (7 or higher)) and model 3 (predicting PCa with the high clinical stage (T2b or higher)). Other patients from June 2018 to December 2019 were used to validate models (n=440). Patients with a lack of sufficient data were eventually excluded (n=144).

A total of 1553 patients were involved in this study, and an application was used to perform the models. The predictive cut-off value and area under the curves (AUCs) of model 1, 2 and 3 were, respectively, calculated (cut-off 0.53, 0.38 and 0.40, AUCs 0.88, 0.89 and 0.89). Using a cut-off value of 10%, three models obtained a high sensitivity (>95%). Besides, more patients can be correctly reclassified via our models (42.9 to 55.5%). Decision curve analyses revealed a decent net benefit in any probability for models. These results were well verified in the validation cohort.

This application showed decent performance in predicting the risk of PCa and clinicopathology, which was available and convenient for patients to self-assess the progress of PCa risks so that being better to participate in disease management.
This application showed decent performance in predicting the risk of PCa and clinicopathology, which was available and convenient for patients to self-assess the progress of PCa risks so that being better to participate in disease management.
The goal of the current study was to identify potential prognostic biomarkers of rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS).

We screened chip sequencing datasets of RMS through the gene expression omnibus (GEO) database. A total of 74 RMS patient tissues and 39 normal muscle cell tissues were analyzed. Limma R software was used to identify the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between RMS tissues and normal controls. The GO plot R package was used to visualize the results of the GO analysis. We screened for pathaffy package enrichment of DEGs by the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG). The cutoff criterion was a P-value <0.05. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was applied to validate the expression of CDK1 (cyclin-dependent kinases 1) and MAD2L1 (Mitotic Arrest Deficient 2 Like 1) in RMS.

We obtained a total of 498 up- and 480 down-regulated DEGs. The hub genes are mainly involved in the cell cycle and P53 singling pathway. CDK1 expression was associated with tumor size and COG-STS (Children's Oncology Group-soft tissue sarcoma) staging of RMS. For the low CDK1 expression group and high CDK1 expression group, the 5-year overall survival (OS) rate was 83.0% vs 63.5% (P = 0.004), and the 5-year event-free survival (EFS) rate was 47.5% vs 27.5% (P = 0.049) respectively. When compared low MAD2L1 expression group with high MAD2L1 expression group, the 5-year OS rate was 80.0% vs 43.2% (P = 0.001), and the 5-year EFS rate was 45.1% vs 21.8% (P = 0.038), respectively. If patients were divided into three groups low CDK1 and low MAD2L1 expression group, high CDK1 or high MAD2L1 expression group, and high CDK1 and high MAD2L1 expression group, the 5-year OS rate was 87.1%, 58.6%, 39.6% (P = 0.001), while the 5-year EFS rate of RMS patients was 54.2%, 23.2%, 21.7% (P = 0.028), respectively.

This study has identified that CDK1 and MAD2L1 were adverse prognostic factors of RMS.
This study has identified that CDK1 and MAD2L1 were adverse prognostic factors of RMS.
Globally, sixty-two percent of cerebrovascular disease and forty-nine percent of ischemic heart disease are attributable to increased blood pressure. Half of the patients with stroke and heart disease were due to hypertension.

This study aimed to identify prevalence of hypertension and its associated factors in Gimbi town, Ethiopia.

We conducted a community-based cross-sectional study from May to June 2017 on 471 participants in Gimbi town, western Ethiopia. A systematic sampling method was used to recruit study participants. Data collectors used structured questionnaires to gather data through face to face interview. The standardized procedure followed to measure blood pressure and anthropometric measurements by trained extension health workers. We entered data into Epi-data and exported to SPSS version 20.00 for analysis. Variables having a P-value less than or equal to 0.05 were declared as statistically significant in multivariable analysis.

Four hundred seventy-one participants were included withograms at the community level.
Femoral fracture is the most painful bone injury and performing spinal anesthesia is extremely challenging due to very poor positioning unless we have a very good mode of analgesia. Intravenous strong opioids are commonly used but to date nerve blocks are also being utilized. The reliability and effectiveness of the aforementioned methods are not conclusive to practice worldwide. The objective of the study was to compare the analgesic effect of intravenous fentanyl, femoral nerve block (FNB) and fascia iliaca block (FICB) during positioning patients with femoral fracture for spinal anesthesia.

A randomized controlled trial study was conducted on 72 elective adult patients with femoral fracture aged 18-65 years and ASA I and II those were allocated randomly into three groups. The intravenous fentanyl (IVFE) group received 1µg/kg IV fentanyl, FNB group received nerve stimulator guided FNB with 30 mL of 1% lidocaine with adrenaline and FICB group received FICB with 30 mL of 1% lidocaine with adrenaline. Pain intensity in numeric rating score (NRS), time to perform spinal anesthesia, quality of positioning and patient acceptance were assessed.
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