Folate alleviated skin inflammation and fibrosis resulting from impaired homocysteine metabolism by Jiefeng Huang, Wuyan Lu, Shenli Zhao, Zixin Cai, Linxiao Li, Zihao Hu, Yu Jiang, Jinyi Deng, Yiming Tang, Chenzhang Shi, Chen Wang, Guangpeng Liu, Shuaijun Li

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Ultrastructural studies distinguish skin diversities among Galápagos iguanas by Manuel Scimeca, Rita Bonfiglio, Giuliano Colosimo, Eleonora Candi, Glenn P. Gerber, Gregory A. Lewbart, Alessandro Mauriello, Gerry Melino, Christian Sevilla, Yufang Shi, Ying Wang, Gabriele Gentile

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Application of raman spectroscopy in the non-invasive diagnosis of urological diseases via urine by Ailiyaer Ainiwaer, ShuWen Sun, Ayinuer Bohetiyaer, Yuchao Liu, Yufeng Jiang, Wentao Zhang, JingCheng Zhang, Tianyuan Xu, Hanyang Chen, Xudong Yao, Chengyou Jia, Yang Yan

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Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of buthutin derivatives as cardioprotective agents by Yuan Liu, Fa-Qi Wang, Xin-Hao Hua, Shu-Han Yang, Li-Ning Wang, Yun-Sheng Xu, Chen-Yue Shao, Xiang-Bo Gou, Yu-Ming Liu

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Enhancement of CD8+T cell cytotoxicity activity by IFN-α implies alternative pathologic role in systemic lupus erythematosus by Chen-xing Zhang, You-ying Mao, Yu-pin Tan, Mei-yu Zhang, Kang Shao, Shu-jun Wang, Ping Ji, Jia-yuan Wang, Lei Yin, Ying Wang

“…Methods: Serum level of IFN-α was detected in SLE and healthy controls (HC). Surface expression of lysosome-associated membrane protein 1 (LAMP-1; CD107a) and secretion of granzyme B of CD8+T cells was measured in SLE and HC with or without IFN-α co-stimulation/PI3K inhibitor. …”
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Donafenib combined with sintilimab for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a single arm phase II trial by Xiaoyang Hong, Yongjian Guo, Wenbo Shi, Kangshun Zhu, Licong Liang, Liteng Lin, Ye Chen, Jingwen Zhou, Jingjun Huang, Jiabai Huang, Yaozhu Wu, Wensou Huang, Mingyue Cai

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Genomic epidemiology and phenotypic characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from atopic dermatitis patients in South China by Chao Yang, Xiaowei Chen, Min Li, Wenchang Yuan, Shunguang Li, Dexing Han, Junhui Feng, Haimin Luo, Minling Zheng, Jiaqi Liang, Cha Chen, Pinghua Qu, Song Li

“…Comparative genomic highlighted genes linked to AD, including enterotoxins (seh, selk, selq, entH), adhesion genes (fnbA, fnbB, sdrD, map, fib, narH). …”
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Mesenchymal stem cells from perinatal tissues promote diabetic wound healing via PI3K/AKT activation by Jiawei Huang, Qingwen Deng, Lai Ling Tsang, Guozhu Chang, Jinghui Guo, Ye Chun Ruan, Chi Chiu Wang, Gang Li, Hon Fai Chan, Xiaohu Zhang, Xiaohua Jiang

“…This study evaluates and compares the therapeutic potential of MSCs derived from perinatal tissues—human umbilical cord MSCs (hUCMSCs), human chorionic villi MSCs (hCVMSCs), and human decidua basalis MSCs (hDCMSCs)—in a diabetic wound healing model. …”
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miR-182 promoter hypermethylation predicts the better outcome of AML patients treated with AZA + VEN in a real-world setting by Yilan Xu, Danyang Li, Na Wang, Bei Ge, Chen Meng, Min Zhao, Zihan Lin, Min Li, Yigang Yuan, Yue Cai, Liuzhi Shi, Shenmeng Gao, Haige Ye

“…Abstract Background 5-Azacytidine (AZA) combined with the BCL2 inhibitor Venetoclax (VEN) is the standard treatment for elderly acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients or those who are unfit for intensive chemotherapy (elderly or unfit AML). …”
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Distal Femoral Replacement With a Metaphyseal Sleeve: Outcomes and Risk Factors for Subsidence by David Alexander George, MBChB, BMedSc, FRCS (Tr & Orth), Christopher Lee Buckle, MBBS, BSc, MSc (Oxon), FRCS (Tr & Orth), Abtin Alvand, BSc (Hons), MBBS, DPhil (PhD), FRCS (Tr & Orth), William Jackson, MBBS, BSc, FRCS (Tr & Orth), Adrian Taylor, MBBS, FRCS (Orth), Ben Kendrick, DPhil (PhD), FRCS (Tr & Orth)

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LDHA-mediated glycolysis in stria vascularis endothelial cells regulates macrophages function through CX3CL1-CX3CR1 pathway in noise-induced oxidative stress by Ying Yi, Min-Yu Wu, Kai-Tian Chen, An-Hai Chen, Lin-Qiu Li, Qin Xiong, Xian-Ren Wang, Wen-Bin Lei, Guan-Xia Xiong, Shu-Bin Fang

“…We found that CX3CL1 secretion from SV-ECs was decreased following LDHA inhibition and exhibited anti-inflammatory effects on Mφ via the CX3CR1 pathway. …”
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A population-based study on the burden of hospitalized pediatric pneumococcal disease in Taiwan before and after the introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine into t... by Ting-An Yen, Jhong-Lin Wu, Chi-Chuan Wang, Ling-Ya Huang, See-Hwee Yeo, Dony Patel, Cindy Thiow Koon Lim, Hung-Wei Lin, Eriko Yamada, Isaya Sukarom

“…The overall annual incidence rates of invasive pneumococcal disease, non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia, and acute otitis media were 3.31, 64.61, and 59.62 episodes per 100,000 person-years, respectively. …”
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Airway microbiota dysbiosis and metabolic disorder in ozone and PM2.5 co-exposure induced lung inflammatory injury in mice by Lin Yang, Fei Xu, Shuaiqi Zhao, Yuling Zeng, Qiong Wu, Ling Zhang, Saige Shi, Fengquan Zhang, Juan Li, Zhen An, Huijun Li, Hui Wu, Jie Song, Weidong Wu

“…The scenario for O3 exposure was 0.6 ppm, 4 h/d, for 30 consecutive days while that for PM2.5 exposure was oral inhalation of PM2.5 suspension (5.6 mg/kg bw) once every other day and 4 h prior to O3 exposure. …”
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Meteorological Characteristics during Periods of Greatly Reduced PM2.5 Concentrations in March 2020 in Seoul by Il-Soo Park, Moon-Soo Park, Sang-Heon Kim, Yu Woon Jang, Joonsuk Lee, Jeffrey S. Owen, Chang-Rae Cho, Joon-Bum Jee, Jung-Hoon Chae, Minsoo Kang

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Association of liver biopsy pathology on outcome of patients undergoing heart transplantation by Lauren S. Eichenwald, MD, Raffi Karagozian, MD, Adam J. Eichenwald, PhD, John Morrissey, MD MBA, Saurav Kini, MD, Ariella Stein, MSCIS-HI, Amanda R. Vest, MBBS MPH

“…Results: There was no significant difference in the survival of patients with advanced fibrosis and early fibrosis over time (HR 1.54, CI 0.59–4.02, p = 0.5). Similarly, there was also no significant survival difference within groups who did (HR 0.78, CI = 0.26–2.33, p = 0.8) or did not (HR 1.00, CI 0.09–11.43, p = 0.9) receive transplants. …”
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Tracing the change of the volatile compounds of soy sauce at different fermentation times by PTR-TOF-MS, E-nose and GC–MS by Qixin Kan, Longbipei Cao, Liping He, Peipei Wang, Guangdie Deng, Jun Li, Jiangyan Fu, Qingrong Huang, Chi-Tang Ho, Yunqi Li, Chunhui Xie, Yong Cao, Linfeng Wen

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Dihydroquercetin attenuated Prevotella copri-caused intestinal injury by modulating gut microbiota and bile acids in weaned piglets by Long Wang, Ruizhi Hu, Siqi Ma, Xizi Yang, Jiatai Gong, Hongkun Xiang, Mingkun Shi, Xupeng Yuan, Liang Chen, Hongfu Zhang, Bie Tan, Xi He, Jianhua He, Shusong Wu

“…Moreover, DHQ increased the expression of tight junction proteins (claudin-2, occludin and tight junction protein zonula occludens protein-1 (ZO-1) and the mRNA expression of glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX-4) in ileum (P < 0.001). …”
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Offloading Interventions for the Management of Charcot Neuroarthropathy in Diabetes by Thomas Berhane MSc (Rehab), PostGradDip(Biomech), PostGradDip(Gait analysis), Kanakamani Jeyaraman FRACP(Endo), Mark Hamilton FRACS(Vasc), Henrik Falhammar MD, FRACP(Endo), PhD

“…At the end of the whole offloading treatment (median duration 13.1 months; range 10-24), patients treated with PTB initially had better outcomes compared with patients treated with removable devices. …”
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The mediating role of social support in self-management and quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis by Ying Zhang, LeYao Xiao, Qian Liu, XinYi Zhang, MingDan Li, YaLi Xu, Mei Dai, Fei Zhao, YouShu Shen, Jordan Tovera Salvador, Ping Yang

“…Data were analyzed using SPSS and PROCESS software. (1) Patients in the decompensated stage of liver cirrhosis and those classified in Child–Pugh class B/C had lower scores in self-management, quality of life, and social support compared to patients in the compensated stage of liver cirrhosis and those classified in Child–Pugh Class A. (2) Quality of life was positively correlated with both social support and self-management (r = 0.668, r = 0.665, both P < 0.001). (3) Mediation analysis showed that self-management had a direct predictive effect on quality of life. …”
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Short communication: Genomic prediction based on unbiased estimation of the genomic relationship matrix in pigs by M.Y. Li, L.Y. Shi, D.E. MacHugh, X.Q. Wang, J.J. Tian, L.G. Wang, Y.J. Deng, L.X. Wang, F.P. Zhao

“…In the simulated dataset, VanRaden2 method and the UKin+VanRaden1 method achieved relatively higher prediction accuracies, averaging 0.561 and 0.558 for the six traits, respectively. …”
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