Kastrupnolan2375

Cross-linked CH-Ca scaffold featured a sustained Ca2+ release up to 21 days in a humid environment. This porous and stable architecture allowed for human dental pulp cells (HDPCs) to spread throughout the scaffold, with cells exhibiting a widely stretched cytoplasm; whereas, the cells seeded onto CH scaffold were organized in clusters. HDPCs seeded onto CH-Ca featured significantly higher ALP activity, and gene expressions for ALP, Col1, DMP-1, and DSPP in comparison to CH, leading to a significant 3.5 times increase in calcium-rich matrix deposition. In sum, our findings suggest that CH-Ca scaffolds are attractive candidates for creating a highly porous and bioactive substrate for dentin tissue engineering. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.BACKGROUND Diabetic cutaneous ulcers are subjected to several physiological and biochemical defects, which contribute to wound chronicity and therapeutic failure. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has been used for stimulating tissue regeneration, and mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have demonstrated therapeutic properties in all phases of skin regeneration in cell therapy studies. AIMS The objective of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic effects related to the use of a biomembrane composed of autologous MSCs and PRP on chronic wounds of diabetic patients (pre-post pilot study). PATIENTS/METHODS Six diabetic patients with chronic wounds for more than 6 months were subjected to adipose tissue collection for isolation of MSCs, blood collection for PRP preparation, and topical administration of a biomembrane of MSCs and PRP on each chronic wound. The statistical difference regarding the evolution of ulcers was calculated by means of paired t test. RESULTS There was granulation tissue formation starting from 7 days after topical application. VBIT-12 Total re-epithelialization occurred in 5 of the 9 lesions treated, and the mean wound healing rate (WHR) was 74.55% (±32.55%) after 90 days. No cicatricial hypertrophy or retraction was observed. CONCLUSION Mesenchymal stromal cells topical therapy associated with PRP is well-tolerated and able to provide a reduction in ulcer area of diabetic chronic wounds. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.BACKGROUND Long noncoding RNA (LncRNA) XIST is one of the genes that exists in different types of cancers. Earlier researches showed that XIST can advance the progression of colorectal cancer. Nevertheless, the potential molecular mechanism of XIST in combination with miR-93-5p has not been explored in colorectal cancer. METHODS We performed qRT-PCR to explore the level of XIST. And a serious experiments in vitro and in vivo were performed to explore the function of XIST. The relationship between XIST/HIF-1A and miR-93-5p was confirmed by RIP and dual-luciferase assays. RESULTS In the present research, our team demonstrated the upregulation of XIST expression, which was related to tumor progression, and the downregulation of miR-93-5p in cells and tissues of colorectal cancer. XIST is the competitive endogenous RNA of miR-93-5p to promote HIF-1A, and then the upregulated AXL level facilitates the EMT process, migration, and proliferation of colorectal cancer. At last, we proved that XIST enhanced the in vivo and in vitro activities of colorectal cancer by regulating AXL signaling. CONCLUSION In summary, the above results indicate that XIST promotes colorectal cancer tumorigenesis by regulating miR-93-5p/HIF-1A/AXL signaling pathway, which will supply a novel perspective to diagnose and treat colorectal cancer disease. © 2020 The Authors. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.In response to environmental temperature depression in the fall and winter, American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) brumate. Brumation is characterized by lethargy, fasting, decreased metabolism, and decreased body temperature. During brumation, alligators will periodically emerge for basking or other encounters when environmental conditions permit. This sporadic activity and lack of nutrient intake may place strain on nutrient reserves. Nutrient scarcity, at the cellular and/or organismal level, promotes autophagy, a well-conserved subcellular catabolic process used to maintain energy homeostasis during periods of metabolic or hypoxic stress. An analysis of the putative alligator autophagy-related proteins has been conducted, and the results will be used to investigate the physiological role of autophagy during the brumation period. Using published genomic data, we have determined that autophagy is highly conserved, and alligator amino acid sequences exhibit a high percentage of identity with human homologs. Transcriptome analysis conducted using liver tissue derived from alligators confirmed the expression of one or more isoforms of each of the 34 autophagy initiation and elongation genes assayed. Five autophagy-related proteins (ATG5, ATG9A, BECN1, ATG16L1, and MAP1-LC3B), with functions spanning the major stages of autophagy, have been detected in alligator liver tissue by western blot analysis. In addition, ATG5 was detected in alligator liver tissue by immunohistochemistry. This is the first characterization of autophagy in crocodylians, and the first description of autophagy-related protein expression in whole blood. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.The novel HLA-A*11155 allele differs from the closest allele A*11010101 in exon 3. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Two satellite DNAs (satDNAs) have been isolated and characterized from three populations of Atlantolacerta andreanskyi. One satDNA (AAN-TaqI) has been isolated here from the first time. It is characterized by a tendency to AT enrichment (AT = 54.2%) and monomer length ranging from 187 to 199 bp. FISH experiments showed that this element occurs in subterminal position on the short arms of all chromosomes of the complement. The analyses of genetic variability of AAN-TaqI showed that the concerted evolution is acting effectively on these repeats that form separate clusters consistent with the geographic origin in the phylogenetic tree, thus supporting the hypothesis that A. andreanskyi would be a species complex. In addition, in the population from Jbel Aoulime this satDNA is already differentiated into two subfamilies. The other satDNA belongs to the family of IMO-TaqI already isolated in other lacertids. Differently from AAN-TaqI, concerted evolution does not seem to act effectively on this element that is not differentiated between populations. These results confirm that IMO-TaqI (AT = 53.4%) is conserved in both chromosomal position and most of its sequence in the lacertids from which it has been characterized so far. Its remarkable evolutionary conservation for about 45 million years could indicate that this satDNA may have a functional role that future investigations could unveil. Once again, this study shows how satDNAs coexisting in the same genome may differ in their evolutionary pattern, even though the reasons underlying this phenomenon in the species here studied have still to be fully understood. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Hepatitis E virus (HEV), of the family Herpeviridae, is a virus which infects nearly 20 million people per year throughout the world. HEV is most commonly transmitted via the fecal-oral route and has long been described as a virus which afflicts only those in resource-poor countries. However, HEV has been detected in numerous animal carriers, various food sources, and even in human blood products in resource-rich regions of the world. HEV is of importance in the transplant patient population, for its ability to cause chronic viral infection in these patients can lead to graft loss and cirrhosis. In this review, we discuss the current knowledge of HEV as it pertains to the liver transplant patient population and discuss diagnosis and treatment of this infection. Copyright © 2020 by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.The spatial variability of hepatic fat reduction in potential living liver donors with hepatic steatosis (HS) who undergo lifestyle modification has not been investigated. Here, we aimed to examine the intra- and inter-segmental variability of changes in liver attenuation on computed tomography (CT) in potential living liver donors with HS after diet modification and exercise. A total of 87 living liver donor candidates (30.5±7.0 years; 74 men) with biopsy-proven macrovesicular fat≥10% were included. All underwent diet modification and exercise to improve HS, baseline and follow-up unenhanced CT scans and liver biopsies. Attenuation and its variability (mean and standard deviation, respectively, Hounsfield units) in segmental, lobar, superficial, deep, and whole areas of liver were measured across 32 different regions-of-interest on both baseline and follow-up CT. At baseline, the right lobe and superficial areas of liver showed significantly lower and more variable attenuation than left lobe and deep areas. Greater variability was noted in subjects with more severe HS. Mean interval changes in liver attenuation and variability before and after diet modification and exercise were 13.7 (range, -10.6-46.2) and 4.7 (1.3-10.6), respectively. The mean interval change in liver attenuation was significantly higher in right lobe than in left (14.7 vs. 12.7; P less then 0.001), and in superficial areas than in deep areas (14.0 vs. 13.4; P=0.02). Greater variability and larger interval changes in liver attenuation were noted in those who responded (≥ 20% decrease in macrovesicular fat) to diet modification and exercise than in those who did not. In conclusion, potential living liver donors with HS show significant intra- and inter-segmental variability in hepatic fat reduction on CT before and after diet modification and exercise. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.This study traced intravenously administered induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) and assessed the impact of iPSC-MSC on preserving renal function in SD rat after 5/6 nephrectomy. The results of in vitro study showed that FeraTrack™Direct contrast particles (ie intracellular magnetic labelling) in the iPSC-MSC (ie iPS-MSCSPIONs ) were clearly identified by Prussian blue stain. Adult-male SD rats (n = 40) were categorized into group 1 (SC), group 2 [SC + iPS-MSCSPIONs (1.0 × 106 cells)/intravenous administration post-day-14 CKD procedure], group 3 (CKD), group 4 [CKD + iPS-MSCSPIONs (0.5 × 106 cells)] and group 5 [CKD + iPS-MSCSPIONs (1.0 × 106 cells)]. By day-15 after CKD induction, abdominal MRI demonstrated that iPS-MSCSPIONs were only in the CKD parenchyma of groups 4 and 5. By day 60, the creatinine level/ratio of urine protein to urine creatinine/kidney injury score (by haematoxylin and eosin stain)/fibrotic area (Masson's trichrome stain)/IF microscopic finding of kidney injury molecule-1 expression was lowest in groups 1 and 2, highest in group 3, and significantly higher in group 4 than in group 5, whereas IF microscopic findings of podocyte components (ZO-1/synaptopodin) and protein levels of anti-apoptosis ((Bad/Bcl-xL/Bcl-2) exhibited an opposite pattern to creatinine level among the five groups (all P  less then  .0001). The protein expressions of cell-proliferation signals (PI3K/p-Akt/m-TOR, p-ERK1/2, FOXO1/GSK3β/p90RSK), apoptotic/DNA-damage (Bax/caspases8-10/cytosolic-mitochondria) and inflammatory (TNF-α/TNFR1/TRAF2/NF-κB) biomarkers displayed an identical pattern to creatinine level among the five groups (all P  less then  .0001). The iPS-MSCSPIONs that were identified only in CKD parenchyma effectively protected the kidney against CKD injury. © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine published by Foundation for Cellular and Molecular Medicine and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.