The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

Sacral Neural Crest‐Derived Extracellular Vesicles Promote Pelvic Ganglion Repair Through Anti‐Pyroptotic Effects Involving ANXA1–FPR2 Signaling

ABSTRACT Pelvic autonomic nerve injury is a major cause of postoperative bowel dysfunction, yet effective strategies for restoring damaged pelvic ganglia remain lacking. Here, we demonstrate that extracellular vesicles derived from human pluripotent stem cell‐derived sacral neura...

An expert routing-driven graph framework from tongue multi-task features to liver fibrosis prediction

Liver fibrosis is a global health concern where early detection is crucial for timely intervention. Traditional Chinese Medicine tongue diagnosis offers a promising non-invasive assessment, but suffers from inter-observer variability and subjective interpretation. Current artific...

Phosphorylated STYK1 Promotes Gemcitabine Resistance via Autophagy‐Mediated Cancer Stemness in Pancreatic Cancer

ABSTRACT Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal malignancies, with gemcitabine resistance remaining a major clinical challenge. Although cancer stemness and autophagy have both been implicated in PDAC chemoresistance, the mechanism by which their crosst...

Predicting recovery outcomes following mild traumatic brain injury in an Australian community cohort: Results from the Concussion Recovery Study (CREST)

Background Most people recover well following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). However, some experience persisting post-concussion symptoms (PPCS) for months or years. Our aims were (i) to evaluate the presence and impact of PPCS on return to functional activities over a 12-mo...

Monitoring neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) related citrullinated histone H3: a novel biomarker of recurrence and metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Abstract Objectives Blood-based biomarkers play a crucial role in tumor monitoring. However, for nasopharyngeal carcinoma with recurrence or metastasis (R/M-NPC), there is a notable scarcity of sensitive markers. Citrullinated histone H3 (H3Cit), a key marker of neutrophil extrac...

The Oxidized Phospholipid PGPC Impairs Angiogenesis by Inhibiting Endothelial Autophagosomal–Lysosomal Fusion Through NPC1-Induced Syntaxin 17 Acetylation and Ubiquitination

BACKGROUND: Angiogenesis is essential for the recovery of ischemic hearts with coronary artery disease (CAD). PGPC (1-palmitoyl-2-glutamyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) is a major phospholipid oxidation product in atherosclerotic lesions. Autophagy participates in angiogenesis. Ho...

When to stop? assessing the appropriate cycle of ovulation induction with timed intercourse in letrozole- or clomiphene citrate-sensitive polycystic ovary syndrome

To study how many cycles of ovulation induction with timed intercourse were appropriate for PCOS patients sensitive to letrozole or clomiphene citrate. A prospective study. A total of 655 women with PCOS were included who underwent 2633 cycles with ovulation induction followed by...

Interpretable CT-Based Radiomics for Prediction of High-Affinity Neoantigens Associated Immunogenic States in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with TACE Plus Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy

Objectives: To develop and validate a CT radiomics-based machine learning model for the noninvasive prediction of HANS status in advanced HCC and to investigate the prognostic and genomic characteristics associated with HANS status. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study...

D-allose reprogrammes the mitophagy–mtDNA–cGAS–STING–ADM2 axis to restore nucleus pulposus cell homeostasis in intervertebral disc degeneration

Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) is driven by progressive loss of nucleus pulposus cell (NPC) homeostasis, yet the stress-responsive mechanisms governing this process remain incompletely defined. Here, we identify a mitochondrial stress-innate immune signalling axis in whi...

Tumor specific cytokine pattern explored in renal cell carcinoma

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a common urological malignancy, yet the cytokine landscape of the tumor microenvironment, especially in early-stage tumors, remains poorly defined. Using antibody arrays, 174 tumor-related cytokines were measured in 20 sets of normal, para-cancerous,...

The Piezo1/Ca²⁺/NOTCH2 axis mediates matrix stiffness-induced osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow‑derived mesenchymal stem cells

Human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) are key seed cells with multi‑lineage differentiation potential, and their osteogenic differentiation capacity forms the basis of bone regeneration. Extracellular matrix stiffness acts as a potent biophysical cue directing...

Exploring the Mechanism of Postpartum Cognitive Dysfunction in a Preeclampsia Rat Model via Multimodal Imaging

Preeclampsia (PE) affects 3%-5% of pregnancies worldwide and is a leading cause of maternal/perinatal mortality, yet its etiology remains unknown. We established a PE rat model using L-NAME to investigate postpartum cognitive dysfunction and its mechanisms, evaluated brain micros...

Effectiveness and Safety of Fixed‐Dose Combination Metformin and Empagliflozin in Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective, Multicenter, Real‐World Study From China

BACKGROUND: This study assessed the real-world effectiveness and safety of a fixed-dose combination (FDC) of metformin and empagliflozin in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS: This prospective, multicenter, real-world study enrolled consecutive patient...

Selective Denitrificative Fluorination and Desulfurative Fluorination Controlled by AgF/AgF2

Abstract The development of novel N-fluoroalkylated phosphoramidates will enrich the toolbox of organophosphorus chemistry. Here, we report the synthesis of [19F]/[18F] phosphoramidofluoridates and N-CF3 phosphoramidates via two controllable fluorinations of phenyl phosphorylcarb...

Magnetically Guided Macrophage Immunobots Coordinate Iron‐Metabolic Cascades and Immunogenic Ferroptosis for Tumor Immunotherapy

ABSTRACT Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) remains challenging in solid tumors, where poor tumor infiltration, metabolic heterogeneity, and an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) constrain therapeutic efficacy. Here, we developed magnetically and metabolically programmed mac...

A positive feedback loop between HNRNPF and GRHL2 drives NEK8-mediated prostate cancer progression

Prostate cancer (PCa) remains a major cause of cancer-related mortality in men, especially in advanced stages. The role of Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein F (HNRNPF) in PCa progression is poorly defined. The function and mechanism of HNRNPF were investigated using in vitr...

Perioperative prediction of ideal postoperative recovery after kidney transplantation: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

Kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for end-stage renal disease, but early postoperative outcomes remain heterogeneous. Textbook outcome (TO), a composite measure of an ideal postoperative recovery trajectory, has emerged as a meaningful indicator of surgical qualit...

Coronary plaque phenotypes, inflammation and cardiovascular prognosis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) correlates with cardiovascular events. We sought to assess the association of coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA)-detected high-risk plaque characteristics (HRPC) and coronary inflammation with MASLD an...

Postoperative radiotherapy for limited-stage high-grade neuroendocrine cervical carcinoma: a retrospective multi-center study from two Chinese institutions

Current treatment guidelines rely on limited retrospective data due to the rarity of high-grade neuroendocrine cervical carcinoma, which lacks consensus on the efficacy of postoperative radiotherapy. To facilitate decision-making support for individual patients, a recursive parti...

Remimazolam versus sevoflurane for maintenance of anesthesia and postoperative nausea and vomiting in laparoscopic gynecologic oncology surgery: a randomized controlled trial

Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) remains a frequent complication following laparoscopic gynecologic surgery, particularly in female patients with multiple established risk factors receiving volatile anesthetics. Remimazolam, a short-acting benzodiazepine, is an alternativ...