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Furthermore, airway stenosis with atelectasis or mucus plugging was associated with higher TGF-β1 levels, and airway stenosis with atelectasis, mucus plugging, right main bronchus stenosis or severe airway tracheal stenosis was associated with higher PINP levels. In addition, TGF-β1 and PINP levels increased after interventional bronchoscopy therapy and airway stenosis with recurrent stenosis was associated with higher baseline levels of both markers. Finally, TGF-β1 levels were positively correlated with PINP levels in patients with airway stenosis. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of TGF-β1 and PINP for distinguishing airway stenosis from non-stenosis cases was 0.824 (95% CI 0.748-0.900) and 0.863 (95% CI 0.796-0.930), respectively. Therefore, TGF-β1 and PINP are potential biomarkers that may be useful for diagnosing and monitoring PTTS.Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease is an inflammatory disease of ischemia or endothelial dysfunction caused by atherosclerosis, thereby causing high mortality. The viability and apoptosis of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) following oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) induction or transfection was detected by Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay and flow cytometry analysis. MicroRNA (miR)-301a-3p and Krueppel-like factor 7 (KLF7) mRNA expression was determined by reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). The levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and IL-6, activities of reactive oxygen species and superoxide dismutase and lactate dehydrogenase leakage were analyzed by respective commercial assay kits. The protein expression of IL-6, MCP-1, Bcl2, Bax, poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), cleaved PARP, pro-caspase3 and cleaved caspase-3 was detected by western blotting. miR-301a-3p expression is highly expressed in ox-LDL-induced HUVECs. miR-301a-3p is also a target of KLF7. Inhibition of miR-301a-3p suppressed oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis in ox-LDL-induced HUVECs, which was reversed by KLF7 inhibition. In conclusion, miR-301a-3p promotes oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis in ox-LDL-induced HUVECs via decreasing KLF7 expression.Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is the most serious among children with sleep disordered breathing. The present study aimed to investigate whether TNF-α could decrease the glucose transporter type 4 insulin-responsive (GLUT-4) expression to promote insulin resistance through the TNF-α/IKKβ/IKβ/NF-κB signaling pathway in OSAHS. In total, 30 obese children with OSAHS and 30 non-OSAHS obese children were enrolled into the present study. TNF-α expression in adenoid tissues was detected by western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry. The expression of inflammatory factors (IL-1β, IL-6 and IFN-γ) and TNF-α/IKKβ/IKβ/NF-κB signaling pathway-associated proteins was also detected by western blot analysis. The expression of insulin resistance-associated factors, insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1) and GLUT4, was determined by western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry. TNF-α expression was increased in adenoid tissues of children with OSAHS, which was also confirmed by immunohistochemistry. The expression levels of IL-1β, IL-6 and IFN-γ were all upregulated in adenoid tissues of children with OSAHS. The expression of IRS1 and GLUT4 was decreased in adenoid tissues of obese children with OSAHS and the result of immunohistochemistry was consistent with the result of western blot analysis. The protein level of TNF-α, and ratio of phosphorylated (p-)/total (t)-IKKβ, p/t-IKβ and p/t-NF-κB was increased in adenoid tissues of children with OSAHS. TNF-α could suppress the GLUT4 expression to promote insulin resistance by TNF-α/IKKβ/IKβ/NF-κB signaling pathway in OSAHS.Psoriasis is a common chronic, immune-mediated, inflammatory skin disorder, with a reported prevalence of 0.0-2.1% among children and 0.91-8.50% among adults, worldwide. Psoriasis is induced by several environmental factors, including infection, alcohol consumption, drugs, trauma, acute withdrawal of systemic or potent topical corticosteroids, body mass index and endocrine disorders. Increasing evidence suggest that a variety of microorganisms play key roles in the induction and exacerbation of psoriasis. Pathogens, such as streptococci and staphylococci are considered causal factors, presumably via superantigen activation of skin-seeking T cells. In addition, fungal pathogens, such as Candida and Malassezia, and viral agents, such as human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C virus infection and human papillomavirus, are also closely associated with psoriasis. Recently, several types of pathogens, such as Helicobacter pylori infection, Zika virus and scabies, have been reported to potentially trigger psoriasis. The present review discusses the underlying molecular mechanisms by which these infections influence psoriasis to provide a better understanding of the pathogenesis of psoriasis.Osteosarcoma is the most prevalent primary bone malignancy. Due to its high aggressiveness, novel treatment strategies are urgently required to improve survival of patients with osteosarcoma, especially those with advanced disease. Desmopressin (dDAVP) is a widely used blood-saving agent that has been repurposed as an adjuvant agent for cancer management due to its antiangiogenic and antimetastatic properties. dDAVP acts as a selective agonist of the vasopressin membrane receptor type 2 (AVPR2) present in the microvascular endothelium and in some cancer cells, including breast, lung, colorectal and neuroendocrine tumor cells. Despite the fact that dDAVP has demonstrated its antitumor efficacy in a wide variety of tumor types, exploration of its potential anti-osteosarcoma activity has, to the best of our knowledge, not yet been conducted. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the preclinical antitumor activity of dDAVP in osteosarcoma. CORT125134 clinical trial Human MG-63 and U-2 OS osteosarcoma cell lines were usedrs were associated with dDAVP treatment, confirming its good tolerability and safety. Finally, AVPR2 expression was detected by immunohistochemistry in 66% of all evaluated chemotherapy-naive human conventional osteosarcoma biopsies. Taking these findings into account, repurposed agent dDAVP may represent an interesting therapeutic tool for the management of osteosarcoma. Further preclinical exploration of dDAVP activity on orthotopic or metastatic osteosarcoma models are required.