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rough TLR4/IL-22/STAT3 signaling in ileum, thereby resulting in the amelioration of ileal lipid intake and lower fat accumulation in eWAT. These results address a novel regulation of oral melatonin originating from gut microbiota to host distal tissues, suggesting that microbe-generated metabolites are potential therapies for melatonin-mediated improvement of circadian rhythm disruption and related metabolic syndrome.

CD4

T cells are regulated by activating and inhibitory cues, and dysregulation of these proper regulatory inputs predisposes these cells to aberrant inflammation and exacerbation of disease. We investigated the role of the inhibitory receptor paired immunoglobulin-like receptor B (PIR-B) in the regulation of the CD4

T-cell inflammatory response and exacerbation of the colitic phenotype.

We used Il10

spontaneous and CD4

CD45RB

T-cell transfer models of colitis with PIR-B-deficient (Pirb

) mice. Flow cytometry, Western blot, and RNA sequencing analysis was performed on wild-type and Pirb

CD4

T cells. In silico analyses were performed on RNA sequencing data set of ileal biopsy samples from pediatric CD and non-inflammatory bowel disease patients and sorted human memory CD4

T cells.

We identified PIR-B expression on memory CD4

interleukin (IL)17a

cells. We show that PIR-B regulates CD4

T-helper 17 cell (Th17)-dependent chronic intestinal inflammatory responses and the development of colitis. Mechanistically, we show that the PIR-B-SHP-1/2 axis tempers mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 signaling and mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1-dependent caspase-3/7 apoptosis, resulting in CD4

IL17a

cell survival. In silico analyses showed enrichment of transcriptional signatures for Th17 cells (RORC, RORA, and IL17A) and tissue resident memory (HOBIT, IL7R, and BLIMP1) networks in PIR-B

murine CD4

T cells and human CD4

T cells that express the human homologue LILRB3. High levels of LILRB3 expression were associated strongly with mucosal injury and a proinflammatory Th17 signature, and this signature was restricted to a treatment-naïve, severe pediatric CD population.

Our findings show an intrinsic role for PIR-B/LILRB3 in the regulation of CD4

IL17a

T-cell pathogenic memory responses.

Our findings show an intrinsic role for PIR-B/LILRB3 in the regulation of CD4+ IL17a+ T-cell pathogenic memory responses.

Accurate diagnosis of peritoneal metastasis in gastric cancer (GC) is important to determine the appropriate treatment. This study aimed to examine whether matrix metalloprotease-14 (MMP-14) was a candidate enzyme in fluorescence imaging for the diagnosis of peritoneal metastasis in GC.

GC and normal peritoneal (NP) tissues from 96 and 20 patients, respectively were evaluated for MMP-14 expression. Live cell imaging of GC cell lines (NUGC4, MKN45, MKN74, HGC-27, and Kato-III) was performed using the MMP-14-activatable fluorescence probe; BODIPY-MMP. Furthermore, the overall survival (OS) was calculated in all patients (n=96).

MMP-14 expression was significantly higher in GC tissues (median 3.57 ng/mg protein; range0.64-24.4 ng/mg protein) than in NP tissues (median 1.34 ng/mg protein; median 0.53-3.09 ng/mg protein) (P < 0.01). Receiver operating characteristic curves showed that the area under the curve, sensitivity, and specificity were 0.907, 84.4%, and 90.0%, respectively. ABTL0812 In live cell imaging using the BODIPY-MMP, fluorescence was observed in five GC cell lines. In the analysis of OS, the high expression of the MMP-14 group had a significantly poorer OS rate than the low expression of the MMP-14 group (P=0.02). In the multivariate analyses, MMP-14 expression was an independent risk factor for OS (hazard ratio 2.33; 95 % confidence interval 1.05-5.45; P=0.04).

MMP-14 is a promising enzyme in intraoperative fluorescence imaging for peritoneal metastasis in GC, especially in patients with poor prognosis.

MMP-14 is a promising enzyme in intraoperative fluorescence imaging for peritoneal metastasis in GC, especially in patients with poor prognosis.

This study aimed to quantify the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) and to use MRI-based scores to classify them in high-risk gravid patients.

The clinical data and MRI features of 65 high-risk gravid patients diagnosed with PAS were retrospectively reviewed. The MRI features of PAS were analysed and compared using the chi-squared test, and the odds ratios (ORs) for significant risk factors for classification of PAS were identified via a multivariate logistic regression model. A receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to calculate cut-off values and their corresponding sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy in classifying PAS.

We identified 3 significant risk features for classification of PAS, including placental heterogeneity (OR = 13.604), abnormal vascularization at the placental-maternal interface (OR = 9.528), and focal myometrial interruption (OR = 118.779). The significant risk features for classification of PAS were scored according to their OR values, as 3 points (OR ≥ 20), 2 points (10 ≤ OR < 20), or 1 point (OR < 10). Based on the scores of the 3 risk features, a cut-off score of 4.5 points achieved optimal sensitivity (94.3%), specificity (90%), and accuracy (92.3%) for classifying PAS in high-risk gravid patients.

Quantifying these MRI features including placental heterogeneity, abnormal vascularization at the placental-maternal interface, and focal myometrial interruption can make a classification of PAS in high-risk gravid patients.

Quantifying these MRI features including placental heterogeneity, abnormal vascularization at the placental-maternal interface, and focal myometrial interruption can make a classification of PAS in high-risk gravid patients.

This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of expiratory time constant (RC

) to continuously calculate the airway resistance (R

).

A Respironics V60 ventilator was connected to a lung simulator for modeling different profiles of respiratory mechanics.

During assisted ventilation, the respiratory system compliance (C

) calculation was always overestimated in most lung models. The R

estimation using the expiratory resistance (R

) method was close to the calculated value with the occlusion method during volume-controlled ventilation (VCV). In expiratory flow limitation (EFL) lung models, similar results were obtained in the estimation of inspiratory resistance (R

), but different variations were observed in the calculation of the R

. The results estimated with RC

and with dynamic signal analysis had significant variation and accuracy (p < 0.001).

The RC

method is a robust approach to provide real-time assessments of R

and R

in spontaneously breathing patients during noninvasive ventilation. An underestimation of R

was observed in EFL lung models.

The RCexp method is a robust approach to provide real-time assessments of Rinsp and Rexp in spontaneously breathing patients during noninvasive ventilation. An underestimation of Rexp was observed in EFL lung models.Extensive tissue engineering studies have supported the enhanced spinal cord regeneration by implantable scaffolds loaded with bioactive cues. However, scaffolds with single-cue delivery showed unsatisfactory effects, most likely due to the complex nature of hostile niches in the lesion area. In this regard, strategies of multi-modal delivery of multiple heterogeneous cell-regulatory cues are unmet needs for enhancing spinal cord repair, which requires a thorough understanding of the regenerative niche associated with spinal cord injury. Here, by combining hierarchically aligned fibrin hydrogel (AFG) and functionalized self-assembling peptides (fSAP), a novel multifunctional nanofiber composite hydrogel AFG/fSAP characterized with interpenetrating network is designed. Serving as a source of both biophysical and biochemical cues, AFG/fSAP can facilitate spinal cord regeneration via guiding regenerated tissues, accelerating axonal regrowth and remyelination, and promoting angiogenesis. Giving the synergistic effect of multiple cues, AFG/fSAP implantation contributes to anatomical, electrophysiological, and motor functional restorations in rats with spinal cord hemisection. This study provides a novel multi-modal approach for regeneration in central nervous system, which has potentials for clinical practice of spinal cord injury.Stressful and emotionally arousing experiences create strong memories that seem to lose specificity over time. It is uncertain, however, how the stress system contributes to the phenomenon of time-dependent fear generalization. Here, we investigated whether post-training corticosterone (CORT-HBC) injections, given after different training intensities, affect contextual fear memory specificity at several time points. We trained male Wistar rats on the contextual fear conditioning (CFC) task using two footshock intensities (mild CFC, 3 footshocks of 0.3 mA, or moderate CFC, 3x 0.6 mA) and immediately after the training session we administered CORT-HBC systemically. We first tested the animals in a novel context and then in the training context at different intervals following training (2, 14, 28 or 42 days). By measuring freezing in the novel context and then contrasting freezing times shown in both contexts, we inferred contextual fear generalization for each rat, classifying them into Generalizers or Discriminators. Following mild CFC training, the glucocorticoid injection promoted an accurate contextual memory at the recent time point (2 days), and increase the contextual memory accuracy 28 days after training. In contrast, after the moderate CFC training, CORT-HBC facilitated contextual generalization at 14 days, compared to the control group that maintained contextual discrimination at this timepoint. For this training intensity, however, CORT-HBC did not have any effect on recent memory specificity. These findings indicate that treatment with CORT-HBC immediately after the encoding of mild or moderately arousing experiences may differentially modulate memory consolidation and time-dependent fear generalization.Cell-based medicine has made great advances in clinical diagnosis and therapy for various refractory diseases, inducing a growing demand for cell preservation as support technology. However, the bottleneck problems in cell preservation include low efficiency and poor biocompatibility of traditional protectants. In this review, cell preservation technologies are categorized according to storage conditions hypothermic preservation at 1 °C~35 °C to maintain short-term cell viability that is useful in cell diagnosis and transport, while cryopreservation at -196 °C~-80 °C to maintain long-term cell viability that provides opportunities for therapeutic cell product storage. Firstly, the background and developmental history of the protectants used in the two preservation technologies are briefly introduced. Secondly, the progress in different cellular protection mechanisms for advanced biomaterials are discussed in two preservation technologies. In hypothermic preservation, the hypothermia-induced and extracellular matrix-loss injuries to cells are comprehensively summarized, as well as the recent biomaterials dependent on regulation of cellular ATP level, stabilization of cellular membrane, balance of antioxidant defense system, and supply of mimetic ECM to prolong cell longevity are provided.