Publications by authors named "Xin-Ran Gao"

: Sleep deprivation (SD), defined as the disruption or loss of normal sleep, negatively affects energy metabolism, immune function, and gut microbiota in both humans and animals. Although SD has detrimental effects, it is often unavoidable due to work or study demands. Exercise has been shown to improve sleep quality, regulate metabolism, and enhance immune function.

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BackgroundType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are major global health concerns, characterized by rising prevalence, high healthcare costs, and significant reductions in patients' quality of life. Emerging evidence suggests that individuals with T2DM have nearly double the risk of developing AD, potentially due to overlapping mechanisms such as insulin resistance, oxidative stress, and neuroinflammation.ObjectiveThis study aims to systematically explore the evolving research landscape at the intersection of T2DM and AD over the past two decades, identifying major contributors, shifting research focuses, and emerging trends to inform future investigations and therapeutic development.

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  • Sleep deprivation (SD) reduces body weight and increases resting metabolic rate (RMR) in C57BL/6J mice, indicating enhanced energy metabolism.
  • The study observed significant increases in thermogenic gene expression in both brown adipose tissue (BAT) and skeletal muscle during a 7-day SD period, particularly for genes related to AMPK activation.
  • Findings suggest that SD triggers adaptive thermogenesis through specific molecular pathways (AMPK - PGC1α - UCP1 in BAT, and AMPK - UCP3 in skeletal muscle), highlighting a potential physiological response to lack of sleep.
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  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is linked to cognitive issues and mood disorders, with melatonin (MLT) potentially influencing these neuropsychiatric functions.
  • Researchers studied 126 T2DM patients, measuring MLT levels and correlating them with inflammation markers, cognitive executive functions, and depression tendencies.
  • Findings showed that lower MLT levels in patients with higher blood glucose (HbA1c) correlated with greater cognitive and depressive symptoms, suggesting MLT could be a key factor for therapy and predicting these impairments in T2DM.
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Purpose: To investigate the changes of plasma 25(OH)D levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients and explore its role in the dysfunction of glucose and lipid metabolism and cognition.

Methods: One hundred and thirty-two T2DM patients were enrolled and the demographic and clinical data were collected. The plasma concentration of 25(OH)D was detected and the patients were divided into two groups including a Vitamin D insufficient (VDI) group and a normal VD group according to the clinical diagnostic criterial of VDI with the plasma 25(OH)D level less than 29 ng/mL.

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Resveratrol (RES) is a polyphenol with diverse beneficial pharmacological activities, and our previous results have demonstrated its neuroprotective potential. The purpose of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effect of RES in Alzheimer's disease (AD)-like behavioral dysfunction induced by streptozotocin (STZ) and explore it's potential mechanism of action. STZ was microinjected bilaterally into the dorsal hippocampus of C57BL/6J mice at a dose of 3 mg/kg, and RES was administered intragastrically at a dose of 25 mg/kg for 5 weeks.

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Background: Quercetin (QUE) is a flavonol reported with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities, and previous results from the group of this study have demonstrated its neuroprotective effect against lipopolysaccharide-induced neuropsychiatric injuries. However, little is known about its potential effect on neuropsychiatric injuries induced or accompanied by metabolic dysfunction of glucose and lipids.

Methods: A nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) rat model was induced via a high-fat diet (HFD), and glucolipid parameters and liver function were measured.

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Resveratrol (RES) is a polyphenol with diverse beneficial biological and pharmacological activities, and our previous results have demonstrated its neuroprotective effects in several metabolic diseases, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The aim of the present study is to investigate the potential effect of RES against oleic acid (OA)-induced cell injuries in SH-SY5Y cells and explore the possible mechanism. Based on the dose- and time-dependent effects of OA on cell proliferation and LDH release, SH-SY5Y cells were challenged with OA and incubated with or without RES (10-10 mM) or sitagliptin (STG, 10 mM).

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive cognitive decline, psychiatric symptoms and behavioral disorders, resulting in disability, and loss of self-sufficiency. To establish an AD-like mice model, investigate the behavioral performance, and explore the potential mechanism. Streptozotocin (STZ, 3 mg/kg) was microinjected bilaterally into the dorsal hippocampus of C57BL/6 mice, and the behavioral performance was observed.

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Nutritional and microbiological psychiatry, especially the contribution of the gut microbiota to depression, has become a promising research field over the past several decades. An imbalance in the "microbiota-gut-brain axis", which reflects the constant bidirectional communication between the central nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract, has been used as a hypothesis to interpret the pathogenesis of depression. Alterations in gut microbiota composition could increase the permeability of the gut barrier, activate systemic inflammation and immune responses, regulate the release and efficacy of monoamine neurotransmitters, alter the activity and function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, and modify the abundance of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), eventually leading to depression.

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Background: Increasing evidence has shown the important role of exosomes in the maintenance of brain function and pathogenesis of brain disease, but little is known about their association with depression. The aim of this project was to explore the miRNA profile of exosomes in the serum of rats with depression induced by chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS).

Methods: A rat model of depression was replicated via CUMS.

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  • Quercetin is a polyphenol that showed potential in reducing immobility in mice during tests designed to assess depressive behaviors.
  • In a study with LPS-challenged rats, quercetin improved bodyweight gain, increased preferences in behavioral tests, and reduced immobility, but had no effect on learning tasks or certain plasma markers.
  • The findings suggest that quercetin helps counteract depression-like behaviors and memory issues by normalizing expression levels of specific proteins related to brain health in key brain areas.
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Chronic stress is a contributing risk factor in the pathogenesis of depression. Although the mechanisms are multifaceted, the relationship can be ascribed partly to stress-related alterations in immune activation and brain plasticity. Considering the increasing evidence regarding the role of Copine 6 in the regulation of synaptic plasticity, the aim of the present study is to investigate Copine 6 expression in the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in a stress-induced depression rat model.

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Objective: To investigate the prognostic value of F-FDG PET/CT scan quantization parameters, max standardized uptake value (SUVmax), metabolic tumor volume (MTV), total lesion glycolysis (TLG) and other clinical factors for prognostic evaluation of paticnts with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

Methods: PET/CT scan and clinical data of a total of 65 newly diagnosed DLBCL patients who received Rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone (R-CHOP) chemotherapy as first-line treatment were analyzed. All patients received a PET/CT scan at diagnosis and an interim PET/CT after 2-4 circles of chemotherapies.

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