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In major depressive disorder (MDD), not only the pathophysiology of this disease is unknown but also the mechanisms of clinical efficacy across its therapeutic strategies are unclear. Although neuroimaging studies adopted activation likelihood estimation (ALE) approach to identify the convergent abnormalities of human brain in the MDD patients, the common alterations after antidepressant therapies were not summarized. Thus, we extracted the coordinates of brain regions in the MDD patients that showed differences in resting-state function, gray matter morphometry, and task-evoked neuronal responses after therapies. The ALE algorithm (GingerALE2.0.3) was employed in all 53 studies (64 experiments with 1406 MDD patients). Consistent results across treatment therapies were reported in the affective control network, including the bilateral thalamus, bilateral amygdala/parahippocampal gyrus, right anterior cingulate cortex/middle frontal gyrus, and right insular cortex/claustrum. Only electroconvulsive therapy partially replicated above findings. Our results indicate the antidepressant therapies efficiently influence core structures of the affective control network, which might be the underlying mechanism of remission in depression and provides potential targets for further treatment strategies.Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and its target organ injuries cause distressing impacts on personal health and put an enormous burden on the healthcare system, and increasing attention has been paid to T2D-associated cognitive dysfunction (TDACD). TDACD is characterized by cognitive dysfunction, delayed executive ability, and impeded information-processing speed. Brain imaging data suggest that extensive brain regions are affected in patients with T2D. Based on current findings, a wide spectrum of non-specific neurodegenerative mechanisms that partially overlap with the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases is hypothesized to be associated with TDACD. However, it remains unclear whether TDACD is a consequence of T2D or a complication that co-occurs with T2D. Theoretically, anti-diabetes methods are promising neuromodulatory approaches to reduce brain injury in patients with T2D. In this review, we summarize potential mechanisms underlying TDACD and promising neurotropic effects of anti-diabetes methods and some neuroprotective natural compounds. Constructing screening or diagnostic tools and developing targeted treatment and preventive strategies would be expected to reduce the burden of TDACD.Developmental dyslexia is a special learning disorder which is prevalent in all languages. A central question in dyslexia is whether the neural mechanism of their defects is universal or distinct in different writing systems. Using meta-analytic approach, we created meta-images using activation abnormalities in Chinese and alphabetic children with dyslexia to find convergence and divergence under different writing systems. The results revealed that dyslexic children have a universal attention-related dysfunction with hypoactivation in the left inferior frontal cortex (IFC) and the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) under different writing systems, in spite of differences of degree and spatial extent in those regions. Alphabetic dyslexic children additionally showed hypoactivation in the left occipito-temporo-parietal regions. Chinese dyslexic children showed specific hyperactivation in the right postcentral gyrus, the left rectus, and the right middle temporal gyrus. The present meta-analysis for the first time showed both shared and distinct abnormalities in children with dyslexia under Chinese and alphabetic writing systems.In this work, a noble-metal-free composite electrode was prepared based on PMo12O403- (PMo12), C9H5FeO7 (MIL-100(Fe), a Fe-based metal organic framework) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), and served as a high performance electrochemical sensor for synchronous detection of dopamine (DA) and uric acid (UA). The PMo12@MIL-100(Fe)@PVP composite electrode was fabricated by a in-situ hydrothermal method. Thanks to the synergistic effect of three active components (PMo12, MIL-100 and PVP), the electrode possesses large specific surface area and high electrical conductivity and therefore it shows high electrocatalytic oxidation performance of DA and UA with a spacing of 0.146 V between the two peak positions. These benefits of the electrode enable its electrochemical sensor to synchronously detect of DA and UA. Namely, the linear ranges can achieve 1-247 μM for DA and 5-406 μM for UA. Meanwhile, the detection limits are 0.586 μM for DA and 0.372 μM for UA. Moreover, the sensor can be applied to simultaneous determination of UA and DA in human serums with satisfactory recovery values.In this work, a lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) with peptide functionalized gold nanoparticles (termed as biotin-ppeptide-AuNPs) has been developed for rapid, semi-quantitative detection of PTP1B activity without using any sophisticated equipment. In this method, the anti-phosphotyrosine (anti-pY) monoclonal antibody and streptavidin were used as test line and control line, respectively. The biotin-ppeptide-AuNPs contain 10% biotinylated peptide ligand carry a motif SDGHEpYIYVDP with pY (phosphotyrosine) and 90% pentapeptide (CALNN) ligand, which are used as PTP1B substrates and LFIA labelling probes. The experimental results demonstrate that the as-proposed LFIA with biotin-ppeptide-AuNPs exhibits a wide linear range (from 50 ng/mL to 10 μg/mL), a relatively low limit of detection (LOD, 44 ng/mL), and good specificity. In addition, the LFIA with biotin-ppeptide-AuNPs has been successfully used to evaluate activity levels of PTP1B in four cell lysates and the detection results exhibit a consistent trend with that of commercial kit.Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the most common complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which highly increases the morbidity and mortality of RA. Lycopodii herba (SJC) has been used as a widespread traditional Chinese medicine to treat RA and the related complications for more than 500 years. However, its therapeutic effect on RA-ILD and related mechanisms are not clear. The purpose of this work was to confirm the efficacy of SJC for RA-ILD and clarify its mechanism. In this study, we first determined the efficacy of SJC on RA-ILD. Then, 15 potential biomarkers of SJC were identified by metabolomics in rat serum, which were mainly associated with ether lipid metabolism and arachidonic acid metabolism. 21 pathways were related to SJC by network pharmacology. Combined with the results of metabolomics and network pharmacology and real-time PCR (RT-PCR) validation, the mechanism of SJC for RA-ILD may be related to the Ras signaling pathway and PI3K-Akt signaling pathway by regulating the expression of PLA2G1B and PI3KCA. This work preliminary confirmed the preventive and therapeutic effects of SJC on RA-ILD and elucidated the mechanism from the metabolic perspective.Uterine leiomyomas, or fibroids, are very common smooth muscle tumors. Their potential to metastasize or transform into leiomyosarcomas is extremely low. Here, we report a patient who underwent hysterectomy due to a large leiomyoma and who was diagnosed with pulmonary tumors seven and nine years later. Histopathological re-evaluation confirmed the cellular leiomyoma diagnosis for the uterine tumor, whereas the pulmonary tumors met the diagnostic criteria of a leiomyosarcoma. Whole-exome sequencing revealed very similar mutational profiles in all three tumors, including a somatic homozygous deletion in a rare, but well-established leiomyoma driver gene FH. Tumor evolution analysis confirmed the clonal origin of all three tumors. In addition to mutations shared by all three tumors, pulmonary tumors harbored additional alterations affecting e.g. the cancer-associated genes NRG1 and MYOCD. The second pulmonary leiomyosarcoma harbored additional changes, including a mutation in FGFR1. In global gene expression profiling, the uterine tumor showed similar expression patterns as other FH-deficient leiomyomas. Taken together, this comprehensive molecular data supports the occasional metastatic capability and malignant transformation of uterine leiomyomas. Further studies are required to confirm whether FH-deficient tumors and/or tumors with cellular histopathology have higher malignant potential than other uterine leiomyomas.Fusion of plasma membranes is essential for skeletal muscle development, regeneration, exercise-induced adaptations, and results in a cell that contains hundreds to thousands of nuclei within a shared cytoplasm. The differentiation process in myocytes culminates in their fusion to form a new myofiber or fusion to an existing myofiber thereby contributing more synthetic material to the syncytium. The choice for two cells to fuse and become one could be a dangerous event if the two cells are not committed to an allied function. Thus, fusion events are highly regulated with positive and negative factors to fine-tune the process, and requires muscle-specific fusogens (Myomaker and Myomerger) as well as general cellular machinery to achieve the union of membranes. 2,4-Thiazolidinedione While a unified vertebrate myoblast fusion pathway is not yet established, recent discoveries should make this pursuit attainable. Not only does myocyte fusion impact the normal biology of skeletal muscle, but new evidence indicates dysregulation of the process impacts pathologies of skeletal muscle. Here, I will highlight the molecular players and biochemical mechanisms that drive fusion events in muscle, and discuss how this key myogenic process impacts skeletal muscle diseases.The protozoan parasite Giardia lamblia acquires cholesterol from the environment since it is unable to synthesise cholesterol de novo and this is vital for trophozoite growth. Conversely, the lack of cholesterol was described as an essential event to trigger encystation, the differentiation of trophozoites to mature cysts. During the G. lamblia cell cycle, cholesterol is acquired as a free molecule as well as through receptor-mediated endocytosis (RME) of lipoproteins. In this work, we describe the involvement of RME in the cell differentiation process of G. lamblia. We found that a reduction in the expression of the medium subunit (Glµ2) of the giardial adaptin protein GlAP2 impaired RME, triggering the process of encystation in growing cells. Contrary to expectations, decreasing Glµ2 expression produced a cohort of trophozoites that yielded significantly less mature cysts when cells were induced to encyst. Analysis of the subcellular localization of Glµ2 and the cyst wall protein 1 (CWP1) during encystation was later performed, to dissect the process. Our results showed, on one hand, that blocking RME by inhibiting Glµ2 expression, and probably cholesterol entry, is sufficient to induce cell differentiation but not to complete the process of encystation. On the other hand, we observed that GlAP2 is necessary to accomplish the final steps of encystation by sorting CWP1 to the plasma membrane for cyst wall formation. The understanding of the mechanisms involved in cyst formation should provide novel insights into the control of giardiasis, an endemic worldwide neglected disease.