Hepatic steatosis is one of the most important features of the pathogenesis for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Fat deposition in liver cells can influence hepatic lipogenesis along with other metabolic pathways and further lead to the irreversible liver cirrhosis and injury. However, the underlying mechanism of steatosis remains largely unexplored. Our previous study revealed that AQP7 played an important role in liver steatosis. In this study, we determined that the transcriptional level of AQP7 was...

Hepatic steatosis is one of the most important features of the pathogenesis for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Fat deposition in liver cells can influence hepatic lipogenesis along with other metabolic pathways and further lead to the irreversible liver cirrhosis and injury. However, the underlying mechanism of steatosis remains largely unexplored. Our previous study revealed that AQP7 played an important role in liver steatosis. In this study, we determined that the transcriptional level of AQP7 was...

The self-renewal of mammalian spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) supports spermatogenesis to produce spermatozoa, and this is precisely controlled in a stem niche microenvironment in the seminiferous tubules. Although studies have revealed the role of the surrounding factors in SSCs, little is known about whether the division of SSCs is controlled by extracellular vesicles. Here, extracellular vesicles were found in the basal compartment of seminiferous tubules in mouse, rat, rabbit and human testes. In the mice,...

Although long non-coding RNA (LncRNA) LINC00649 is reported to be closely associated with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), prostate cancer and colorectal cancer, its role in regulating other types of cancer, such as gastric cancer (GC), has not been studied. This study analyzed the expression status of LINC00649 in GC tissues and cells by performing Real-Time qPCR analysis, and we found that LINC00649 tended to be enriched in cancerous tissues and cells but not in their...

Biogenesis of autophagosomes is the early step of macroautophagy/autophagy and requires membrane acquisition mainly from ER-Golgi-sourced precursor vesicles. Matured autophagosomes fuse with lysosomes for final degradation. However, how this selective fusion is determined remains elusive. Here, we identified Sac1 by a high throughput screen in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to show it was critical for autophagosome-lysosome fusion through its PtdIns4P phosphatase activity. Sac1 deficiency caused a dramatic increase of PtdIns4P at early Golgi apparatus and abnormal incorporation...

Objective: Large international comparisons describing the clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19 are limited. The aim of the study was to perform a large-scale descriptive characterization of COVID-19 patients with asthma. Methods: We included nine databases contributing data from January to June 2020 from the US, South Korea (KR), Spain, UK and the Netherlands. We defined two cohorts of COVID-19 patients (‘diagnosed’ and ‘hospitalized’) based on COVID-19 disease codes. We followed patients from COVID-19 index...

There is growing evidence that circular RNAs (circRNAs) play a vital role in many kinds of diseases, including erectile dysfunction (ED). Nevertheless, the role of circRNAs in cavernous nerve-damaging ED (CNI-ED) is unknown. Here, we aimed to discover novel circRNAs, probed their potential role in the CNI-ED, and construct a ceRNA network of circRNAs. Twelve male Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into 2 groups by us: bilateral cavernous nerve crush (BCNC) and control groups....

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Additional file 2: Table S2. The result of feature genes by the intersection ofthe stable CAF-related DEGs and the prognosis-related genes.

Additional file 2: Table S2. The result of feature genes by the intersection ofthe stable CAF-related DEGs and the prognosis-related genes.

Additional file 4: Table S4. The predicted result of the CMAP database.

Additional file 8: Table S4. Marker genes / Differential expressed genes_ cluster cell type level 2. (Table 4.1) Overview of marker genes and references used to annotate and specify the respective clusters. (Table 4.2–4.30) Depicted are the differential expressed genes in each cluster compared to the remaining clusters of the cell type level 2 (marker genes). Listed for each gene is the Log fold change (log2-fold change), the p-value und the adjusted p-value (false discovery...

Additional file 8: Table S4. Marker genes / Differential expressed genes_ cluster cell type level 2. (Table 4.1) Overview of marker genes and references used to annotate and specify the respective clusters. (Table 4.2–4.30) Depicted are the differential expressed genes in each cluster compared to the remaining clusters of the cell type level 2 (marker genes). Listed for each gene is the Log fold change (log2-fold change), the p-value und the adjusted p-value (false discovery...

Additional file 9: Table S5. DE genes / Differential expressed genes MS vs Control cell type level 2. Depicted are the differential expressed genes in MS compared to control (Ctrl) for each cluster of cell type level 1 (DE genes). Listed for each gene is the Log fold change (log2-fold change), the p-value und the adjusted p-value (false discovery rate). We used the Welch’s t-test (cellxgene or diffxpy) for the discovery of differentially expressed genes...

Additional file 2: Table S1. Meteorological characteristics of experimental sites. Table S2. Transgenic lines planted in 2018. Table S3. Transgenic lines planted in 2019. Table S4. Gene Ontology enrichment analysis of all 717 genes from 2018 and 2019. Table S5. Classification of Gene Ontology biological processes. Table S6. Information on candidate regulatory genes associated with good plasticity.

Tree peony is a famous flower plant in China, but the short and concentrated flowering period limits its ornamental value and economic value. Brassinolide (BR) plays an important role in plant growth and development including flowering. There have been a large number of reports on the molecular aspects of the flowering process, but the genetic mechanism that was responsible for miRNA-guided regulation of tree peony is almost unclear. In this study, the leaves of tree...

Cardiac remodeling is the primary pathological feature of chronic heart failure. Prompt inhibition of remodeling in acute coronary syndrome has been a standard procedure, but the morbidity and mortality are still high. Exploring the characteristics of ischemia in much earlier stages and identifying its biomarkers are essential for introducing novel mechanisms and therapeutic strategies. Metabolic and structural remodeling of mitochondrion is identified to play key roles in ischemic heart disease. The mitochondrial metabolic features in...

Additional file 1. Table S1: Patient demography.

We aimed to explore the role of antithrombin III (AT-III) activity in diagnosing patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) and chronic bronchitis, and its relationship with all-cause mortality of AECOPD patients. We performed univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses of the factors determining all-cause mortality. We recruited 279 patients with AECOPD and 91 with chronic bronchitis. On admission, patients with AECOPD had lower AT-III activity (80.7 vs. 86.35%, p = 0.002)...

The emergence of HIV drug resistance seriously affects the quality of life of patients. However, there has been no extensive study of CSF resistance. The aim of this study is to evaluate common HIV-1 resistance in CSF and compare it with resistance in matched plasma, and analyse the influencing factors of cerebrospinal fluid drug resistance. The matched CSF and plasma samples of 62 HIV-1 patients were tested at one study site in China (Chongqing; 2019–2022)....

The detailed information of sampling stations, the carbon, nitrogen, and amino acids levels in DOM and POM, as well as other parameters including temperature, salinity, nutrients, chlorophyll-a, and biological parameters (heterotrophic bacteria, Synechococcus, and picoeukaryotes) are dispalyed in this dataset.

Additional file 1: Supplementary Figures. The full-length blots of WB in Fig. 5B. Whole-cell extracts were resolved on 10% SDS-PAGE by bio-rad Mini-PROTEAN with 10 sample Wells (1Marker, 2space, 3Blank group, 4CSP I-plus group, 5Endostar group, 6rES-CSP group, 7rES-CSP+ heparin group, 8DDP group, 9space, 10Marker), and then electrotransferred onto a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membrane (Millipore). The membranes were then probed with respective primary antibodies against VEGFA, MMP2, integrinβ1, and E-cadherin procured from Abcam, β-actin from...

Decreased dietary protein intake (DPI) may lead to protein-energy malnutrition and may be associated with increased mortality risk. We hypothesized that longitudinal changes in dietary protein intake have independent associations with survival in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. 668 stable PD patients were selected in the study from January 2006 to January 2018 and were followed up until December 2019. Their three-day dietary records were collected at the baseline (the sixth month after PD) and thereafter...

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