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Meanwhile, the protein expression of BAX and c-caspase-3 were up-regulated and Bcl2, PI3K, AKT and NF-κB p65 were down-regulated in 300, 400 mmol/L BET groups as compared with the control group. After BAY11-7082 treatment alone, Bcl2, BAX, c-caspase-3, NF-κB p65 protein expression trend was consistent with that of the 300 mmol/L BET treated group, and Bcl2, NF-κB p65 protein expression levels were lower and BAX and c-caspase-3 protein expression levels were higher in BET combined with BAY11-7082 treated group. Conclusion BET can inhibit C4-2B cell proliferation and induce its apoptosis by blocking PI3K/AKT/NF-κB signaling pathway.Objective To investigate the interaction between Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein and SCAR homolog (WASH) and heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1 (hnRNP A1) and its biological functions. Methods The interaction between WASH/FAM21, the core member of WASH complex, and hnRNP A1 was identified by mass spectrometry and co-immunoprecipitation. Telomere lengths of shWASH and shScramble cells were measured by Real-time qPCR. RNA-seq was used to generate the transcription profiles of shWASH and shScramble cells. Results Mass spectrometry results indicated that a variety of hnRNP family members, including hnRNP A1, interact with FAM21-d219N. The interaction between endogenous WASH/FAM21 and hnRNP A1 was confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation results. Depletion of WASH did not affect the relative length of telomeres, but it significantly increased the exon skipping and led to the variation of transcriptional expression of hundreds of genes, including some NF-κB target genes. Conclusion WASH in the nucleus interacts with hnRNP A1 to participate in the regulation of alternative splicing and gene transcription.Objective To investigate the effect of silencing calreticulin (CALR) gene on the apoptosis and intracellular Ca2+ concentration in HSC-LX2 human hepatic stellate cells. Methods Small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting CALR was designed and transfected into HSC-LX2 cells by lipofectamine transfection, and then the cells with CALR knockdown were screened out. Apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry combined with annexin V-FITC/PI labeling. The intracellular Ca2+ concentration which was loaded with Fluo3-AM (calcium ion fluorescent probe) was observed by laser confocal microscope. The mRNA and protein levels of CALR, Bcl2 and BAX were detected by reverse-transcription PCR and Western blotting. Results Knockdown of CALR led to the increase of intracellular Ca2+ concentration, the increased apoptosis of HSC-LX2 cells, the up-regulation of BAX expression, down-regulation of Bcl2 and the obvious raise of BAX/Bcl2 ratio. Conclusion Knockdown of CALR can increase intracellular Ca2+ concentration, up-regulate the ratio of BAX/Bcl2 and promote the apoptosis of HSC-LX2 cells.Objective To establish a novel hepatocyte injury model induced by lipopolysaccharide/D-galactosamine (LPS/D-GalN) in vitro. Methods Freshly isolated mouse primary hepatocytes were cultured in vitro and treated with different doses of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and 5 mg/mL of D-GalN. The supernatants from hepatocyte culture were detected for alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activity by chemiluminescence assay. Bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) were stimulated with 1 μg/mL of LPS and the level of TNF-α in supernatants were detected by ELISA. Primary hepatocytes were treated with the BMDM supernatants combined with 5 mg/mL D-GalN or 50 ng/mL actinomycin D (ActD) for 24 hours. The level of ALT from hepatocyte supernatant was detected and morphology of hepatocytes was observed with microscopy. BMDMs and hepatocytes were co-cultured and treated with 1 μg/mL of LPS combined with D-GalN or ActD for 24 hours. Hepatocyte injury was reflected by the ALT activity and hepatocyte morphology. Results The ALT activity was significantly increased in the supernatants of hepatocytes treated with TNF-α and D-GalN, indicating the obvious hepatocyte injury. Co-treatment with LPS-primed BMDM supernatants and D-GalN or ActD could cause hepatocyte injury, as reflected by markedly increased ALT activity and the deformed and cracked hepatocytes. In the context of co-culture of BMDM and hepatocytes, treatment with LPS and D-GalN led to obvious hepatocyte injury as expected. LPS combined with ActD could not cause hepatocyte injury, since the BMDMs started to die earlier than they could secret TNF-α to destruct hepatocytes. Hepatocytes with normal morphology and deformed BMDMs were observed. Conclusion LPS/D-GalN can be used to induce hepatocyte injury in vitro. D-GalN, rather than ActD, should be used as a transcriptional inhibitor when the TNF-α -induced hepatocyte injury is evaluated in a co-culture system of BMDMs and hepatocytes.Objective To predict the epitopes of B cells, cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), and T helper (Th) cells of SARS-CoV-2 by immunoinformatics. Methods The SARS-CoV-2 protein sequences were retrieved from NCBI database and screened, and the sequences with antigenicity ≥0.5 and amino acid number ≥100 were used for epitopes prediction. The Phyre2 server was used to predict the three-dimensional (3D) structure, the GalaxyRefine system to optimize the 3D structure, and the SWISS-MODEL system to evaluate the accuracy of the optimized structure. The CTL, Th cells, and sequential B-cell antigen peptide prediction was based on the sequences of proteins, and the structural B-cell antigen peptide prediction on the 3D structures of proteins. The cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) and Th cell epitopes of SARS-CoV-2 were predicted by the IEDB database. The sequential B-cell antigen peptide prediction and the structural B-cell antigen peptide prediction were performed by BepiPred-2.0 Sequential B-Cell Epitope Predictor and ElliPro-a structure-based tool for the prediction of epitopes, respectively. Results Twenty seven SARS-CoV-2 protein sequences were obtained from the NCBI database. After removing the proteins with antigenicity less then 0.5 and amino acid number less then 100, nine proteins were selected for antigen peptide prediction. Finally, 24 epitopes from CTLs, 20 epitopes from Th cells, and 12 sequential epitopes and 16 structural epitopes from B cells were obtained. Conclusion The epitopes obtained can be used for developing multi-epitope SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Compared with epitopes that only target a single protein, multi-target epitopes have stronger immunogenicity. These epitopes have certain reference value for the development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.Objective To explore the mechanism of mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan (ManLAM) lipopolysaccharide of mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) inducing exosomes of mast cells to recruit macrophages and influence macrophage polarization for immune evasion. Methods H37Rv MTB was cultured and ManLAM extracted and identified. The extracted ManLAM was used to treat mast cells, and the exosomes secreted by mast cells were collected. The protein components of the exosomes were analyzed and identified by proteomic analysis and Western blotting. The collected exosomes were co-cultured with macrophages differentiated from THP-1 cells. Isoprenaline Adrenergic Receptor agonist The chemotaxis of exosomes released by mast cells on macrophages was detected by TranswellTM assay. The macrophage polarization induced by ManLAM was detected by flow cytometry and real-time quantitative PCR. Results ManLAM was successfully extracted and purified, and the ratio of mannose to arabinose was about 12.69.4 identified by gas chromatography. ManLAM bound to Toll-like receptor 2 of mast cells, the exosomes produced by those mast cells had a high levels of CCL2, IL-4, and IL-13. ManLAM-induced mast cell exosomes recruited macrophages and promoted high expression of M2 polarization of macrophages molecular markers arginase-1, IL-10, and FIZZ-1. Conclusions ManLAM stimulates mast cells to secrete exosomes and indirectly induces M2 polarization of macrophages, which makes MTB evade immune clearance.

Owing to the increasing prevalence of diabetes, the workload related to diabetic macular oedema and proliferative diabetic retinopathy is rising, making it difficult for hospital eye services to meet demands.

The objective was to evaluate the diagnostic performance, cost-effectiveness and acceptability of a new pathway using multimodal imaging interpreted by ophthalmic graders to detect reactivation of diabetic macular oedema/proliferative diabetic retinopathy in previously treated patients.

This was a prospective, case-referent, cross-sectional diagnostic study.

The setting was ophthalmic clinics in 13 NHS hospitals.

Adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes with previously successfully treated diabetic macular oedema/proliferative diabetic retinopathy in one/both eyes in whom, at the time of enrolment, diabetic macular oedema/proliferative diabetic retinopathy could be active or inactive.

For the ophthalmic grader pathway, review of the spectral domain optical coherence tomography scans to detect dito users.

Lack of fundus fluorescein angiography to confirm diagnosis of active proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Could refinement of the new pathway increase its sensitivity to detect proliferative diabetic retinopathy? Could artificial intelligence be used for automated reading of images in this previously treated population?

Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN10856638 and ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03490318.

This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme and will be published in full in

Vol. 25, No. 32. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.

This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme and will be published in full in Health Technology AssessmentVol. 25, No. 32. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.

Preferences and wishes of patients is an important indicator of primary health care provision, although there are differences between national primary care systems.

The aim of this paper is to describe and evaluate the preferences and values of Hungarian primary care (PC) patients before accessing and to analyse their experiences after attending PC services.

In the Hungarian arm of the European QUALICOPC Study, in 2013-2014, information was collected with questionnaires; the Patient Values contained 19 and the Patient Experiences had 41 multiple-choice questions.

The questionnaires were filled by 2149 (840 men, 1309 women) using PC services, aged 49.1 (SD ± 16.7) years, 73% of them having chronic morbidities. Women preferred to be accompanied and rated their own health better. Patients in the lowest educational category and women visited their GPs more often, and they are consulted more frequently by other doctors as well. Men, older and secondary educated people reported more frequently chronic morbi the provision.Despite the introduction of effective combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) AIDS-related Kaposi Sarcoma (AIDS-KS) remains the most common malignancy in HIV positive patients. In advanced stage or progressive forms, chemotherapy (CT) in combination with cART is the treatment of choice. The aim of the study is to evaluate efficacy and tolerability of Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin (PLD) as first line CT in AIDS-KS. In this single institution retrospective study PLD (20 mg/m2 IV every 2 weeks for 6 or 12 cycles) in combination with cART was administered in poor risk and some cases of good prognosis or limited cutaneous disease. Response rate and adverse events to treatment was evaluated. We enrolled 33 patients with AIDS-KS median age 44ys, male 90.9%, Caucasian 72.7%, cART-naïve (simultaneous diagnosis of HIV infection and KS) 84.4%, median lymphocyte CD4+ count 134cells, median HIV viral load 4.9 log10 copies/ml. 32 patients were assigned to a Poor Risk KS stage. Grade 3-4 toxicity was reported in 9 patients.