Extracellular vesicles (EV) miRNAs are a class of small non-coding RNAs that are encapsulated in membrane-containing vesicles from a variety of cells, and which can mediate intercellular communication and transfer of functional molecules. EV miRNAs in circulation can be served as novel molecular markers for cancer diagnosis, monitoring and prognosis, and also the most promising liquid biomarkers for clinical translation and utility currently, while optimal research strategy is crucial for identifying valuable EV miRNAs in clinical study. Moreover, EV miRNAs have recently also been implicated in cancer progression as direct regulators of metabolic reprogramming, mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition, angiogenesis, anti-cancer immune response and drug resistance in the tumor microenvironment. Study on some key EV miRNAs involving in those processes may highlight their potential utility as liquid biopsies in early diagnosis, companion diagnosis, metastasis, therapeutic control, prognosis analysis as their therapeutic potential for patients with cancer.

Objective To observe the clinical curative effect of Danhong injection combined with atorvastatin calcium in the treatment of lacunar cerebral infarction of the elderly.. Methods 125 elderly patients with lacunar cerebral infarction were randomly recruited into two groups, a control group(n=60 cases) was treated with atorvastatin calcium on the basis of conventional symptomatic treatment, and an observation group (n=65 cases) was treated with Danhong injection combined with atorvastatin calcium on the basis of conventional symptomatic treatment, the courses of two groups were 14 d. The clinical curative effect, the degree of nerve function defect score, the changes of hemorheology of two groups before and after the treatment were compared. Results The total effective rate of the observation group(89.2%)was significantly higher than that of the control group(71.7%)(P<0.05). The degree of nerve function defect score(16.24±4.63)of observation group after treatment improved significantly better than that of control group(22.17±7.38), P<0.05, and the whole blood viscosity(high), whole blood viscosity(low), plasma viscosity and fibrinogen [(3.62±0.64)mPa?s,(8.07±2.45)mPa?s, (1.61±0.30)mPa?s, (2.76±0.28)g/L]decreased significantly than that of the control group[(4.73±0.85)mPa?s, (9.86±3.26)mPa?s, (2.05±0.33)mPa?s,(3.94±0.35)g/L], P<0.05. Conclusion The treatment of Danhong injection combined with atorvastatin calcium for elderly lacunar cerebral infarction had a good therapeutic effect. It could improve nerve function defect degree and blood rheology indexes.

High density lipoprotein ( HDL ) has been considered as an important mediator in favoring cardioprotective effects .However , recent studies revealed that HDL-C-raising therapeutics alone failed to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases , suggesting that the HDLfunctionalitymay be more critical for its cardioprotective properties than the simple HDL-C levels.microRNAs ( miRNAs) have been identified as the novel regulators of lipid metabolism and played essential roles in the key steps of reverse cholesterol transport, involving in HDL biogenesis , cellular cholesterol mobilization , hepatic HDL uptake and excretion.The intensive research on lipid metabolism-related miRNAs may provide further clarification on the molecular regulatory mechanisms for HDL-mediated reverse cholesterol transport and plasma HDL-C levels, advancing our knowledge on the effects of HDL in pathogenesis and progression of cardiovascular diseases.

Epidemiological and pathological evidence has demonstrated that adverse in utero environment,such as protein restriction,hypercholesterolemia,diabetes and smoking,can increase the risk of vascular disease in the offspring.In utero,the placenta and fetus are exposed to the metabolic,antioxidant and pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory signals from the mother and likely to make specific responses,which may lead to permanent changes either in DNA methylation or chromatin modification or both,and these changes,in turn,may result in increased atherosclerosis susceptibility in adulthood.In this review,we briefly summarize the possible signals crossing the placental barrier and discuss the molecular mechanisms of epigenetic programming in the developing fetus that may lead to increased athero-susceptibility of the vessel wall.

Leptin,a proteohormone primarily made by adipocytes,directly interacts with the hypothalamus for energy balance regulation.It plays an important role in the morbility of obesity.The soluble leptin receptor(sOb-R) is one of the leptin receptor isoforms.The examination of the sOb-R concentration is valuable because of its function in the regulation of leptin concentration.Leptin shows a great potential as a childhood obesity biomarker,and its concentration could be used in assessing the responsiveness of obese children to intervention programs.

Dyslipidemia is one of the most important pathogenic factors of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.Detection of lipid and lipid metabolism related indicators is important in diagnosis and treatment for dyslipidemia,as well as risk assessment and prevention of cardiovascular disease.In recent years,with advances in technology and research,focuses on lipoproteins gradually extended from quantity changes toqualitative changes.The emphasis also turns to some lipid metabolism related proteins,susceptibility genes,DNA methylation,miRNA and lipidomics.Relevant researches have become a hot topic in this field.

Matrix metalloproteinases(MMP) are a family of Zn~(2+)-dependent endopeptidases capable of cleaving components of extracellular matrix(ECM).MMP-1 was the first vertebrate collagenase purified as a protein and cloned as a cDNA,and is considered the prototype for all the interstitial collagenases.It is synthesized as a zymogen.Its N-terminal residues are removed by proteolysis and it shares with other MMPs a catalytic domain and a carboxy terminal domain with the sequence similar to hemopexin.(MMP-1) should be considered as a multifunctional molecule since it participates not only in the turnover of collagen fibrils in the extracellular space but also in the cleavage of a number of nonmatrix substrates and cell surface molecules,suggesting an important role in the regulation of cellular behaviour.Furthermore,an extensive body of evidence indicates that MMP-1 plays an important role in diverse physiologic processes such as growth,tissue morphogenesis,and wound repair.Likewise,it seems to be implicated in a variety of human diseases including atherosclerosis,rheumatoid arthritis,pulmonary emphysema,and fibrotic disorders,suggesting that its inhibition or stimulation may open therapeutic avenues.

Cholesteryl ester transfer protein(CETP) plays an important role in the transfer and exchange of cholesteryl esters,phospholipid and triacyglycerols.It affects lipid composition,concentration,particle size and function of lipoproteins, partcipating in the development of atherosclerosis.The role of CETP in human atherosclerosis has not been fully elucidated.Gene variations of the CETP were associated with altered CETP plasma levels and activity,lipid metabolism disorder.The relationships between CETP gene variation,lipid parameters and cardiovascular risk was reviewed.

Regular checking blood lipids may be served as the important approach for the risk assessment and prevention of the atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). It has been emphasized by several dyslipidemia management guidelines that the low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) was the primary intervention target for prevention of ASCVD risk. Recent studies have demonstrated that small dense low density lipoprotein (sdLDL) or sdLDL cholesterol (sdLDL-C) levels as the biomarker for the prediction and risk assessment of ASCVD may be more sensitive than LDL-C. The isolation and detection methods of sdLDL or sdLDL-C were developed from the traditional ultracentrifugation or gel electrophoresis to the efficient, fast, accurate automated processing system. The continuous advances and popularization in analytical techniques of LDL subcomponents provided new methods and ideas for their application in the risk assessment and prevention of ASCVD.

Early growth is associated with later health outcomes including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.It has been suggested that these associations are mediated through classical risk factors , for example dyslipidemia .It has confirmed that post-prandial levels of many risk factors have been proposed to be more important than fasting levels in the initiation and progression of a -dulthood diseases .The studies about the effect of early growth on postprandial responses have attracted considerable attention .This re-view focuses on the relationship between early growth and postprandial responses , and the role of both in adulthood diseases , aiming to further discuss the relationship and possible mechanism between early growth and later diseases .