Prognostic value of the pre-treatment albumin-to-alkaline phosphatase ratio in patients with lower-grade glioma: a propensity score matching study.

Introduction: The albumin-to-alkaline phosphatase ratio (AAPR) has recently emerged as a novel prognostic biomarker in various solid tumors. However, its clinical value in lower-grade glioma (LGG) remains unclear.

Methods: We performed propensity score matching (PSM) to balance baseline characteristics between groups.

Microglial Histaminergic Signaling Promotes Interleukin-10 Production and Ameliorates Motor Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease.

Histamine functions as a neurotransmitter regulating multiple neural processes, whereas interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine with recognized neuroprotective properties. Previous research suggests that histamine can stimulate the release of various inflammatory mediators, including IL-10. However, the precise molecular mechanisms governing the interaction between histamine and IL-10, particularly their role in safeguarding dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease (PD), have not been fully elucidated.

Health-related quality of life and related factors among esophageal cancer survivors after esophagectomy in the 6-month postoperative period: A multicenter cross-sectional study in north China.

Objective: Esophagectomy is a primary curable treatment and a highly challenging procedure for esophageal cancer (EC) survivors. EC survivors experience various unmet needs. This study is aimed to assess unmet needs, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and psychological distress of postoperative EC survivors.

A case report of acute intermittent porphyria presenting with reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome.

Rationale: Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), an autosomal dominant genetic disorder, is primarily characterized by neuropsychiatric abnormalities and intermittent abdominal pain; however, it is extremely rare for AIP to present with reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS).

Patient Concerns: Herein, we report a case of AIP presenting with RCVS in a patient admitted to our hospital.

Diagnoses: We present a case of a 16-year-old female patient with clinical manifestations including abdominal pain, seizures, headache, and peripheral nerve lesions.

[Research Advances in the Roles of High-Altitude Hypoxic Stress in Hepatocellular Carcinoma].

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most prevalent malignant tumors causing the highest mortality globally, imposes an especially heavy burden of disease in China. Individuals living in high-altitude areas have a lower incidence of and mortality resulting from HCC compared with those in low-altitude regions do, potentially due to adaptive evolution in responses to hypoxic stress. Notably, high-altitude hypoxic stress is associated with the development and progression of HCC.

Comprehensive analysis reveals that LTBR is a immune-related biomarker for glioma.

Glioma is a common malignant brain tumor with great heterogeneity and huge difference in clinical outcomes. Although lymphotoxin (LT) beta receptor (LTBR) has been linked to immune system and response development for decades, the expression and function in glioma have not been investigated. To confirm the expression profile of LTBR, integrated RNA-seq data from glioma and normal brain tissues were analyzed.

Seasonal dynamics of the microbial community in a strong-flavor baijiu fermentation.

Background: The microbial community plays a crucial role in Chinese strong-flavor baijiu (SFB) fermentation. However, the seasonal dynamics of the microbial community in the SFB fermentation system and its contribution to the unique flavor of SFB have not been fully elucidated. In this study, we investigated the seasonal dynamics of the microbial community through 16S rRNA and ITS gene sequencing.

Functional conservation of microbial communities determines composition predictability in anaerobic digestion.

A major challenge in managing and engineering microbial communities is determining whether and how microbial community responses to environmental alterations can be predicted and explained, especially in microorganism-driven systems. We addressed this challenge by monitoring microbial community responses to the periodic addition of the same feedstock throughout anaerobic digestion, a typical microorganism-driven system where microorganisms degrade and transform the feedstock. The immediate and delayed response consortia were assemblages of microorganisms whose abundances significantly increased on the first or third day after feedstock addition.

More persistent weather causes a pronounced soil microbial legacy but does not impact subsequent plant communities.

A soil history of exposure to extreme weather may impact future plant growth and microbial community assembly. Currently, little is known about whether and how previous precipitation regime (PR)-induced changes in soil microbial communities influence plant and soil microbial community responses to a subsequent PR. We exposed grassland mesocosms to either an ambient PR (1 day wet-dry alternation) or a persistent PR (30 days consecutive wet-dry alternation) for one year.

Toxicological safety evaluation of zengye granule through acute and 30-day toxicity studies in rats.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Zengye granule (ZYG), a traditional Chinese medicine formula composed of Radix Scrophulariae, Radix Ophiopogonis, and Radix Rehmanniae in the ratio of 1.0:0.8:0.

Interconnected versus unconnected microorganisms: Does it matter in anaerobic digestion functioning.

Microorganisms in anaerobic digestion (AD) are essential for wastes/pollutants treatment and energy recovery. Due to microbial enormous diversity, developing effective perspectives to understand microbial roles therein is urgent. This study conducted AD of swine manure, used an ensemble-based network analysis to distinguish interconnected, unconnected, copresence (positively interconnected) and mutual-exclusion (negatively interconnected) microorganisms within microbial communities, and explored their importance towards AD performances, using amplicon sequencing of 16S rRNA and 16S rRNA gene.

Microbial life strategy with high rRNA operon copy number facilitates the energy and nutrient flux in anaerobic digestion.

Microbial life strategy, reflected by rRNA operon (rrn) copy number, determines microbial ecological roles. However, the relationship between microbial life strategy and the energy and nutrient flux in anaerobic digestion (AD) remains elusive. This study investigated microbial rrn copy number and expression ratio using amplicon sequencing of 16S rRNA gene and 16S rRNA, and monitored CH daily production to approximate the status of energy and nutrient flux in semi-continuous AD.

Substrate complexity affects the prevalence and interconnections of antibiotic, metal and biocide resistance genes, integron-integrase genes, human pathogens and virulence factors in anaerobic digestion.

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is widely used to treat livestock manure that harbors diverse pollutants (resistance genes (ARGs), metal/biocide resistance genes (MBRGs), integron-integrase genes, human pathogens and pathogen virulence factors (VFs)). However, the interplays of these pollutants and the effects of substrate complexity on pollutants in AD are elusive. This study investigated the dynamics of these pollutants and bacterial communities during AD of swine manure, by metatranscriptomic sequencing and amplicon sequencing of 16 S rRNA and 16 S rRNA gene.

Effect of Family Participatory Nursing Model Based on WeChat Platform on Psychological Elasticity and Quality of Life of Patients with Lung Cancer.

Objective: To explore the effect of family participatory nursing model based on WeChat platform on psychological elasticity and life quality of patients with lung cancer.

Methods: One hundred patients with lung cancer treated in our hospital from February 2019 to April 2021 were enrolled. The patients were randomly assigned into control group and study group.

Microbial phylogenetic relatedness links to distinct successional patterns of bacterial and fungal communities.

The mechanisms underlying microbial community dynamics and co-occurrence patterns along ecological succession are crucial for understanding ecosystem recovery but remain largely unexplored. Here, we investigated community dynamics and taxa co-occurrence patterns in bacterial and fungal communities across a well-established chronosequence of post-mining lands spanning 54 years of recovery. Bacterial community structures became increasingly phylogenetically clustered with soil age at early successional stages and varied less at later successional stages.

Labile carbon feedstocks trigger a priming effect in anaerobic digestion: An insight into microbial mechanisms.

The mechanisms underlying the advanced performance in anaerobic co-digestion (AcoD) are crucial but remain elusive. This study conducted AcoD of swine manure, rice straw and apple waste (AW, mainly consisting of labile carbon) or fructose (a pure labile carbon), and monitored microbial community abundances, activities and transcriptional profiles in the digestate and on straw. The transformation efficiencies of manure (not straw) to CH were promoted in AcoD co-fed manure and AW (by 39 ± 13%) or fructose (by 65 ± 14%), compared to the control mono-fed manure, implying labile carbon could trigger a priming effect underlying AcoD advantage.

Resistance and resilience of soil prokaryotic communities in response to prolonged drought in a tropical forest.

Global climate changes such as prolonged duration and intensity of drought can lead to adverse ecological consequences in forests. Currently little is known about soil microbial community responses to such drought regimes in tropical forests. In this study, we examined the resistance and resilience of topsoil prokaryotic communities to a prolongation of the dry season in terms of diversity, community structure and co-occurrence patterns in a French Guianan tropical forest.

Driving forces for recovery of forest vegetation after harvesting a subalpine oak forest in eastern Tibetan Plateau.

Uncertainty regarding how subalpine forest ecosystems respond to tree harvesting hinders their sustainable management and conservation strategies. To investigate the impact of oak (Quercus aquifolioides Rehd. et Wils.

Dynamics of Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities During the Secondary Succession Following Swidden Agriculture IN Lowland Forests.

Elucidating dynamics of soil microbial communities after disturbance is crucial for understanding ecosystem restoration and sustainability. However, despite the widespread practice of swidden agriculture in tropical forests, knowledge about microbial community succession in this system is limited. Here, amplicon sequencing was used to investigate effects of soil ages (spanning at least 60 years) after disturbance, geographic distance (from 0.