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  • Frontiers Media SA  (57)
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    In: Frontiers in Oncology, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 11 ( 2021-4-22)
    Abstract: Increasing evidence shows that the extracellular matrix (ECM) is an important regulator of breast cancer (BC). The ECM comprises of highly variable and dynamic components. Compared with normal breast tissue under homeostasis, the ECM undergoes many changes in composition and organization during BC progression. Induced ECM proteins, including fibrinogen, fibronectin, hyaluronic acid, and matricellular proteins, have been identified as important components of BC metastatic cells in recent years. These proteins play major roles in BC progression, invasion, and metastasis. Importantly, several specific ECM molecules, receptors, and remodeling enzymes are involved in promoting resistance to therapeutic intervention. Additional analysis of these ECM proteins and their downstream signaling pathways may reveal promising therapeutic targets against BC. These potential drug targets may be combined with new nanoparticle technologies. This review summarizes recent advances in functional nanoparticles that target the ECM to treat BC. Accurate nanomaterials may offer a new approach to BC treatment.
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    ISSN: 2234-943X
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    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Frontiers Media SA ; 2021
    In:  Frontiers in Oncology Vol. 10 ( 2021-1-26)
    In: Frontiers in Oncology, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 10 ( 2021-1-26)
    Abstract: The role played by long noncoding RNA GCC2-AS1 in primary malignant tumors remains poorly understood. This study aimed to determine the expression levels and evaluate the clinical significance and biological effects of GCC2-AS1 in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). Methods We used data obtained from tissue samples and the TCGA database to determine the levels of GCC2-AS1 expression LUAD patients, and the prognostic value of those levels. Functional experiments were performed to investigate the effect of GCC2-AS1 on LUAD cells. Genes that were differentially expressed in GCC2-AS1-low and -high groups were analyzed by an enrichment analysis. Additionally, a nomogram model was created and subgroup analyses were performed to further determine the prognostic value of GCC2-AS1 in LUAD. Results GCC2-AS1 expression was significantly upregulated in lung adenocarcinoma tissues as compared with normal tissues. Depletion of GCC2-AS1 inhibited the proliferation and invasion of LUAD cells in vitro . An elevated level of GCC2-AS1 was strongly correlated with shorter overall survival time and was identified as an independent prognostic marker for LUAD patients. Enrichment analyses conducted using GO, KEGG, and GSEA databases were performed to identify biological pathways that might involve GCC2-AS1. Several subgroups were found to have a significant prognostic value for patients in the GCC2-AS1-low and -high groups. Conclusions Our findings suggest that GCC2-AS1 can serve as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for LUAD patients.
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    ISSN: 2234-943X
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    Publication Date: 2021
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    Frontiers Media SA ; 2021
    In:  Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology Vol. 9 ( 2021-9-7)
    In: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 9 ( 2021-9-7)
    Abstract: Silica-based nanoframeworks have been extensively studied for diagnosing and treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Several reviews have summarized the advantages and disadvantages of these nanoframeworks and their use as drug-delivery carriers. Encouragingly, these nanoframeworks, especially those with metal elements or small molecular drugs doping into the skeleton structure or modifying onto the surface of nanoparticles, could be multifunctional components participating in HCC diagnosis and treatment rather than functioning only as drug-delivery carriers. Therefore, in this work, we described the research progress of silica-based nanoframeworks involved in HCC diagnosis (plasma biomarker detection, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, photoacoustic imaging, fluorescent imaging, ultrasonography, etc.) and treatment (chemotherapy, ferroptotic therapy, radiotherapy, phototherapy, sonodynamic therapy, immunotherapy, etc.) to clarify their roles in HCC theranostics. Further, the future expectations and challenges associated with silica-based nanoframeworks were highlighted. We believe that this review will provide a comprehensive understanding for researchers to design novel, functional silica-based nanoframeworks that can effectively overcome HCC.
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    ISSN: 2296-4185
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    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Frontiers Media SA ; 2021
    In:  Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 14 ( 2021-2-5)
    In: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 14 ( 2021-2-5)
    Abstract: Background: Slit2 is a member of the Slit family of secreted glycoproteins that plays highly conserved roles in neuronal axon guidance and cellular migration. Our previous experimental results showed Alzheimer's disease-like alterations and increased permeability of the blood–brain barrier in Slit2-overexpressing transgenic (Slit2-Tg) mice aged 8–9 months. Nevertheless, relatively little is known about behavioral alterations in adult Slit2-Tg mice (2–6 months of age). To observe the age-related behavioral effects of Slit2 overexpression in adult mice, we performed a battery of behavioral tests with adult Slit2-Tg mice at 2–6 months of age. Results: The body weight of Slit2-Tg mice was lower than that of the wild-type mice from 15 weeks of age. Compared with the control mice, depression-like behaviors were found in Slit2-Tg mice from 15 to 21 weeks of age in the sucrose preference test, although Slit2-Tg mice were hyperactive in the tail suspension test. The anxiety-like behaviors were found in Slit2-Tg mice in the open field test, as well as increased locomotor activity. The anxiety-like behaviors were also found in adult Slit2-Tg mice in the elevated plus maze. Compared to wild-type mice at 23 weeks old, impairment of the hippocampal neurons were found in Slit2-Tg mice at the same age in hematoxylin–eosin staining (H & amp;E), including some eccentric dispersion and expansion of neuronal bodies. In addition, the messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of TNF-α was elevated in the hippocampus of adult Slit2-Tg mice. Conclusions: Slit2 overexpression causes depression-/anxiety-like behaviors in adult mice that may be related to an increase in inflammatory factors and damage to hippocampal neurons.
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    ISSN: 1662-5153
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    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2021
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    In: Frontiers in Pharmacology, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 9 ( 2018-10-23)
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    ISSN: 1663-9812
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    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2018
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    Frontiers Media SA ; 2023
    In:  Frontiers in Psychiatry Vol. 14 ( 2023-2-6)
    In: Frontiers in Psychiatry, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 14 ( 2023-2-6)
    Abstract: Symptoms of depression are associated with the dysfunction of neural systems such as the emotion, reward system, and the default mode network. These systems were suggested by the model of neuroaesthetics as key contributions to aesthetic experience, leading to the prediction of atypical aesthetic orientation in depression. Here we investigated the aesthetic characteristics of depression and the corresponding neural underpinnings. Methods Fifty-two (25 depression patients, 27 healthy controls) participants were asked to make aesthetic judgments on faces and landscapes in an electroencephalographic (EEG) experiment. Results Our results indicate that relative to the controls, the depression tended to give ugly judgments and refrained from giving beautiful judgments, which was observed only for faces but not for landscapes. We also found that the face-induced component N170 was more negative in the depression group than the control group for ugly and neutral faces. Moreover, the aesthetic evaluation of ugly faces was associated with decreased N200 negativity in the depression group than in the control group, while the evaluation of beautiful faces was associated with decreased brain synchronization at the theta band. Discussion These results suggested a face-specific negative aesthetic bias in depression which can help to design and develop aesthetics-oriented schemes in assisting the clinical diagnosis and therapy of depression.
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    ISSN: 1664-0640
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    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2023
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    Frontiers Media SA ; 2022
    In:  Frontiers in Neuroanatomy Vol. 16 ( 2022-12-22)
    In: Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 16 ( 2022-12-22)
    Abstract: The duration of postsurgical pain is closely correlated with perioperative stress. Most patients suffer short-term sleep disorder/deprivation before and/or after surgery, which leads to extended postsurgical pain by an undetermined mechanism. The paraventricular thalamus (PVT) is a critical area that contributes to the regulation of feeding, awakening, and emotional states. However, whether the middle PVT is involved in postoperative pain or the extension of postoperative pain caused by perioperative sleep deprivation has not yet been investigated. Methods We established a model of postoperative pain by plantar incision with perioperative rapid eye movement sleep deprivation (REMSD) 6 h/day for 3 consecutive days in mice. The excitability of the CaMKIIα + neurons in the middle PVT (mPVT CaMKIIα ) was detected by immunofluorescence and fiber photometry. The activation/inhibition of mPVT CaMKIIα neurons was conducted by chemogenetics. Results REMSD prolonged the duration of postsurgical pain and increased the excitability of mPVT CaMKIIα neurons. In addition, mPVT CaMKIIα neurons showed increased excitability in response to nociceptive stimuli or painful conditions. However, REMSD did not delay postsurgical pain recovery following the ablation of CaMKIIα neurons in the mPVT. The activation of mPVT CaMKIIα neurons prolonged the duration of postsurgical pain and elicited anxiety-like behaviors. In contrast, inhibition of mPVT CaMKIIα neurons reduced the postsurgical pain after REMSD. Conclusion Our data revealed that the CaMKIIα neurons in the mPVT are involved in the extension of the postsurgical pain duration induced by REMSD, and represented a novel potential target to treat postoperative pain induced by REMSD.
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    ISSN: 1662-5129
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    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2022
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    Frontiers Media SA ; 2019
    In:  Frontiers in Chemistry Vol. 7 ( 2019-4-24)
    In: Frontiers in Chemistry, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 7 ( 2019-4-24)
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    ISSN: 2296-2646
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    Publication Date: 2019
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    In: Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 12 ( 2021-11-10)
    Abstract: Cashmere fineness is one of the important factors determining cashmere quality; however, our understanding of the regulation of cashmere fineness at the cellular level is limited. Here, we used single-cell RNA sequencing and computational models to identify 13 skin cell types in Liaoning cashmere goats. We also analyzed the molecular changes in the development process by cell trajectory analysis and revealed the maturation process in the gene expression profile in Liaoning cashmere goats. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis explored hub genes in cell clusters related to cashmere formation. Secondary hair follicle dermal papilla cells (SDPCs) play an important role in the growth and density of cashmere. ACTA2 , a marker gene of SDPCs, was selected for immunofluorescence (IF) and Western blot (WB) verification. Our results indicate that ACTA2 is mainly expressed in SDPCs, and WB results show different expression levels. COL1A1 is a highly expressed gene in SDPCs, which was verified by IF and WB. We then selected CXCL8 of SDPCs to verify and prove the differential expression in the coarse and fine types of Liaoning cashmere goats. Therefore, the CXCL8 gene may regulate cashmere fineness. These genes may be involved in regulating the fineness of cashmere in goat SDPCs; our research provides new insights into the mechanism of cashmere growth and fineness regulation by cells.
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    ISSN: 1664-8021
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    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Frontiers Media SA ; 2021
    In:  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Vol. 15 ( 2021-10-12)
    In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 15 ( 2021-10-12)
    Abstract: Background and Objective: Although depression is one of the most common non-motor symptoms in essential tremor (ET), its pathogenesis and diagnosis biomarker are still unknown. Recently, machine learning multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) combined with connectivity mapping of resting-state fMRI has provided a promising way to identify patients with depressed ET at the individual level and help to reveal the brain network pathogenesis of depression in patients with ET. Methods: Based on global brain connectivity (GBC) mapping from 41 depressed ET, 49 non-depressed ET, 45 primary depression, and 43 healthy controls (HCs), multiclass Gaussian process classification (GPC) and binary support vector machine (SVM) algorithms were used to identify patients with depressed ET from non-depressed ET, primary depression, and HCs, and the accuracy and permutation tests were used to assess the classification performance. Results: While the total accuracy (40.45%) of four-class GPC was poor, the four-class GPC could discriminate depressed ET from non-depressed ET, primary depression, and HCs with a sensitivity of 70.73% ( P & lt; 0.001). At the same time, the sensitivity of using binary SVM to discriminate depressed ET from non-depressed ET, primary depression, and HCs was 73.17, 80.49, and 75.61%, respectively ( P & lt; 0.001). The significant discriminative features were mainly located in cerebellar-motor-prefrontal cortex circuits ( P & lt; 0.001), and a further correlation analysis showed that the GBC values of significant discriminative features in the right middle prefrontal gyrus, bilateral cerebellum VI, and Crus 1 were correlated with clinical depression severity in patients with depressed ET. Conclusion: Our findings demonstrated that GBC mapping combined with machine learning MVPA could be used to identify patients with depressed ET, and the GBC changes in cerebellar-prefrontal cortex circuits not only posed as the significant discriminative features but also helped to understand the network pathogenesis underlying depression in patients with ET.
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    ISSN: 1662-5161
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    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2021
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