Publications by authors named "Lexiang Zeng"

Background: Long non-coding ribonucleic acids (lncRNAs) regulate messenger RNA (mRNA) expression and influence cancer development and progression. Cuproptosis, a newly discovered form of cell death, plays an important role in cancer. Nonetheless, additional research investigating the association between cuproptosis-related lncRNAs and prostate cancer (PCa) prognosis is required.

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  • - Prostate cancer is a common type of cancer that can spread to bones, making it harder for patients to survive.
  • - Researchers found a protein called SERPINH1 that might help doctors treat prostate cancer that has spread to bones.
  • - SERPINH1 helps cancer cells grow and survive by interacting with another protein, which causes more problems for patients with advanced prostate cancer.
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Background: The mechanism involved in prostate cancer (PCa) metastasis is still poorly understood, and several oncogenes are known to regulate this process. However, the role of spalt-like transcription factor 4 (SALL4) in PCa metastasis remains unclear.

Methods: We performed RNA-sequencing to compare the mRNA expression profiles of seven localized PCa tissues and six metastatic PCa tissues.

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Alcohol abuse is harmful to human health, and many strategies have been developed to retard this harm through protecting liver or activating relative enzymes. In this study, a new strategy of decreasing the alcohol absorption directly depending on the dealcoholization by the bacteria in the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract was reported. To realize this, a bacteria-loaded gastro-retention oral delivery system with pore structure was constructed through emulsification/internal gelation, which could relieve acute alcohol intoxication in mice successfully.

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Objective: To develop and validate a preoperative index-based nomogram for the prediction of hypokalemia in patients with pituitary adenoma (PA).

Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 205 patients with PAs between January 2013 and April 2020 in the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, China. The patients were randomly classified into either a training set ( = 143 patients) and a validation set ( = 62 patients) at a ratio of 7:3.

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Excessive expression of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) impedes healing of diabetic chronic wounds, thus wound dressing that could effectively inhibit the expression of MMP-9 offers significant clinical translation for diabetic wound healing. Herein, a hybrid hydrogel dressing was developed for localized and sustained delivery of MMP-9 siRNA (siMMP-9). siMMP-9 was complexed with Gly-TETA (GT), the GT/siMMP9 complex was then loaded into a thermosensitive hydrogel based on Pluronic F-127 (PF) and methylcellulose (MC).

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Purpose: Laparoscopic resection of giant hepatoblastoma (HB) in children has long been a subject of controversy. Here, a new procedure of two-stage laparoscopic resection of giant HB in infants was firstly reported and the feasibility was discussed.

Methods: The clinical data of three infants with HB were retrospectively reviewed, all of which received 3-5 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

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As one of the most common malignant tumors, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths around the world. Emerging studies have indicated that circular RNAs (circRNAs), which play a crucial role in HCC pathogenesis and metastasis, are differentially expressed in HCC. However, the regulatory mechanisms of circRNA on sorafenib resistance of HCC are still unknown.

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Hepatoblastoma (HB) is a malignant embryonal tumor of the liver that consists of heterogenous populations of stem/progenitor cells. Although circular RNAs (circRNAs) play an essential role in tumor development, the effects of circRNA on the proliferation of HB cells, especially cancer stem cells (CSCs), remain unclear. We found that the circRNA, CDR1as, was highly expressed in CSC-enriched populations of HB cell lines.

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Background: Systemic drug therapy is generally recommended for infant huge vascular anomalies associated with thrombocytopenia and coagulopathy, but some patients are not suitable due to drug unresponsiveness or life threatening conditions before the drug works, who will need to receive surgical treatment. This study retrospectively analyzed the clinical features, imaging features, and surgical outcomes of these patients.

Methods: The clinical data of 4 infants with huge vascular anomalies (2 vein malformations (VMs) and 2 kaposiform hemangioendothelioma (KHE)) associated with thrombocytopenia and coagulopathy treated from June 2016 to December 2017 were retrospectively analyzed.

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To explore effective treatment of large abdominal malignancies in children complicated with abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS).Six children with large abdominal malignancies complicated with ACS were admitted to our department from January 2013 to January 2016, and the changes in their breathing, heart rate, oxygen saturation, abdominal circumference, bladder pressure, and urine output, as well as the treatment measures and outcomes, were retrospectively analyzed.The 6 children included 1 child with bilateral nephroblastoma, 1 child with abdominal alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, 1 child with right ovarian malignant teratoma complicated with abdominal glioma, 1 child with abdominal malignant teratoma, 1 child with right nephroblastoma, and 1 child with left adrenal gland neuroblastoma.

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miR-101 is an outstanding tumor suppressor in various cancers, while its role in pancreatic cancer (PC) is still unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of miR-101 in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and its clinical relevance in PC. Our data showed that the miR-101 expression was significantly decreased in human PC tissues, compared to non-tumor counterparts (p<0.

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SHARPIN emerges higher expression in prostate cancerous tissues than in benign prostate hyperplasia by means of immunohistochemistry in our previous study. In this work, we performed the gain of function assay and find that overexpression of SHARPIN in LNCaP, DU145 and PC-3 cells promoted cell proliferation, invasiveness and reduced apoptosis. Furthermore, SHARPIN overexpression displayed elevated Bcl-2 and Survivin expression and reduced levels of Bax, cleaved caspase-3.

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Introduction: This clinical analysis compared the characteristics and outcomes of modified laparoscopic Swenson (MLSw) and laparoscopic Soave (LS) procedures for short-segment Hirschsprung disease (HD) in children.

Patients And Methods: This clinical analysis involved a retrospective series of 42 pediatric patients with HD who underwent surgery from March 2007 to July 2012. Patients were divided into two groups: the LS group (n = 15) and the MLSw group (n = 27).

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Background: Nuclear factor κB (NFκB) signaling is strongly associated with tumor progression, and studies have shown that SHANK-associated RH domain interacting protein (SHARPIN) is crucial for NFκB pathway activation. However, the expression and functions of SHARPIN in prostate cancer (PCa) have not yet been defined.

Methods: The expression of SHARPIN in PCa cell lines and tissues was evaluated with western blotting, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, and immunohistochemistry.

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Objective: To summarize the experience and characteristics of the modified laparoscopic splenectomy for massive splenomegaly in the treatment of children with hematologic disease.

Methods: The clinical data of 30 cases of laparoscopic splenectomy for massive splenomegaly of children with hematologic disease from March 2007 to December 2011 was analyzed retrospectively. There were 18 male and 12 female patients, aging from 2 to 14 years.

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Background & Aims: microRNA-122 is the only identified liver-specific miRNA and plays a crucial role in liver development, maintenance of hepatic homeostasis as well as tumourigenesis. In our previous differentiation of ESCs into hepatocytes, microRNA-122 (miR-122) was expressed at a relatively low level. Here, we aim to elucidate the effect and underlying mechanisms of miR-122 during differentiation of ESCs into hepatocytes.

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Purpose: With the optimal acceptance of its clinical advantages, laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) emerged as a gold standard procedure as compared with open splenectomy (OS). However, it is still controversial and even counted as contraindication for massive splenomegaly. Here, we aim to summarize the experiences, characteristics and trends of modified LS for massive splenomegaly in children with hematological disorders.

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Unlabelled: BACKGROUD/AIM: Because of the oncogenic risk, it is important to gain the homogeneous and purified cells from differentiated ESCs before transplantation. Here, we aim to select hepatocyte-like cells from differentiated ESCs, and investigate their growth, differentiation and neoplastic formation after intrahepatic transplantation.

Methods: Mouse ESCs were primarily induced by Dexamethesone, FGF-4 and HGF sequentially, then placed to a conditioning selection media consisting of 5% cholestatic sera and cultivated for 2 wks.

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Prostate-specific membrane antigen is a type II membrane protein with folate hydrolase activity produced by prostatic epithelium. It has been demonstrated that prostate-specific membrane antigen over-expression may be correlated with prostate cancer, particularly in advanced cancer. The aim of the current study was to explore the possibility of prostate-specific membrane antigen as a therapeutic target for the treatment of prostate cancer.

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