Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs)are closely related to the tumorigenesis,proliferation, metastasis and clinical outcome,whihc play important roles in the process of drug resistance of many tumor cells.Recently,research indicates that many lncRNAs regulate drug resistance of tumor cells through a variety of signaling pathways both in vitro and in vivo.Furthermore,it is also found that after blocking the relevant tar-gets can reverse this chemoresistance.

Langerhans cell histiocytosis is an uncommon disease, involvement of the thyroid by langerhans cell histiocytosis is rare. Two cases of Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the thyroid confirmed by pathology were reported in this paper. The main clinical feature was enlargement of the thyroids. One patient had hypothyroidism. Meanwhile, the lungs and pituitaries of the two patients were affected. Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the thyroid had no typical symptoms and specific laboratory examination, and might be clinically diagnosed as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, benign or malignant thyroid tumors. Thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology might be useful in confirming the diagnosis. The effective treatments include systemic chemotherapy, local radiation therapy and surgical excision. The chemotherapy is still the major technological approach. Most patients can relieve partially after receiving the systemic chemotherapy.

The disturbance of intestinal flora is closely related to the development of tumors. Studies showed that oral symbiotic strain Fusobacterium nucleatum was significantly enriched in a variety of tumors and promoted the disease progression, indicating poor prognosis of patients. Molecular mechanism studies found that Fusobacterium nucleatum could activate host cell cancer-related signaling pathways, trigger chronic inflammation, and suppress immune surveillance to enhance cancer cell proliferation, invasion, metastasis and anti-apoptosis. This article reviewed advances in research on relationship between Fusobacterium nucleatum and cancer.

Background and aims:Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC),which is prevalent worldwide and has a high mortality rate,needs to be effectively diagnosed.We aimed to evaluate the significance of plasma microRNA-15a/16-1(miR-15a/16)as a biomarker of hepatitis B virus-related HCC(HBV-HCC)using the machine learning model.This study was the first large-scale investigation of these two miRNAs in HCC plasma samples. Methods:Using quantitative polymerase chain reaction,we measured the plasma miR-15a/16 levels in a total of 766 participants,including 74 healthy controls,335 with chronic hepatitis B(CHB),47 with compensated liver cirrhosis,and 310 with HBV-HCC.The diagnostic performance of miR-15a/16 was examined using a machine learning model and compared with that of alpha-fetoprotein(AFP).Lastly,to validate the diagnostic efficiency of miR-15a/16,we performed pseudotemporal sorting of the samples to simulate progression from CHB to HCC. Results:Plasma miR-15a/16 was significantly decreased in HCC than in all control groups(P＜0.05 for all).In the training cohort,the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve(AUC),sensitivity,and average precision(AP)for the detection of HCC were higher for miR-15a(AUC=0.80,67.3％,AP=0.80)and miR-16(AUC=0.83,79.0％,AP=0.83)than for AFP(AUC=0.74,61.7％,AP=0.72).Combining miR-15a/16 with AFP increased the AUC to 0.86(sensitivity 85.9％)and the AP to 0.85 and was significantly superior to the other markers in this study(P＜0.05 for all),as further demonstrated by the detection error tradeoff curves.Moreover,miR-15a/16 impressively showed potent diagnostic power in early-stage,small-tumor,and AFP-negative HCC.A validation cohort confirmed these results.Lastly,the simulated follow-up of patients further validated the diagnostic efficiency of miR-15a/16. Conclusions:We developed and validated a plasma miR-15a/16-based machine learning model,which exhibited better diagnostic performance for the early diagnosis of HCC compared to that of AFP.

Purpose/significance To explore strategies for improving the health information service mode of public libraries,so as to realize the transformation of users from passive health to active health.Method/Process According to the influence factors such as user's health information behavior,expected status and health information concern degree,the public library health information service mode is constructed by using 5W1H analysis method.Result/Conclusion The health information service mode of public library is constructed from 5 aspects:"subject""content""object""method"and"place".

Purpose/Significance To analyze the text content of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)policies issued by the central govern-ment in China,to identify hot topics,and to carry out thematic evolution analysis.Method/Process The paper retrieves TCM policies issued in China from 2006 to 2023,applies LDA theme model for theme extraction,hotspot analysis,and theme evolution analysis for each policy stage.Result/Conclusion TCM policies in China focus on clinical medical services,scientific research and innovation,education development,industrial construction,and cultural transmission.The hotspots of these policies exhibit unique characteristics at different stages.The evolution of TCM policies in our country shows a trend towards basic construction standardization,refinement,and comprehensive development.

Purpose/Significance To review the existing literature,and to analyze the main research directions of community elderly care services,so as to provide scientific suggestions for improving community elderly care services.Method/Process The literature data are obtained from CNKI database and combined with the life cycle theory,the related research process is divided into 3 stages.The topic changes in each stage are identified by LDA model,and the research hotspots and development trends in this field are analyzed and opin-ions are put forward.Result/Conclusion The researches on domestic community elderly care services focus on the elderly care mode,service system construction,rural and community services,aiming to provide comprehensive and professional services,improve service quality,and meet the diverse needs of the elderly.Community elderly care service is still a hot spot of social concern.In the future,we should strengthen service evaluation,pay attention to talent construction,and make full use of digital technology in this field.

Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain charac-terized by abnormal neuron excitability.However,the underlying molecular mechanism of neuron excitability modulation remains elusive.With the help of bioinformatic methods,we have identified receptor-type tyrosine-pro-tein phosphatase-like N(PTPRN)as a critical gene dur-ing epileptogenesis.PTPRN recruits NEDD4L ubiquitin E3 ligase to NaV1.2 sodium channels,facilitating NEDD4L-mediated ubiquitination and endocytosis.Knockout of PTPRN endows hippocampal granule cells with augmented depolarization currents and higher intrinsic excitability,which is reflected by increased seizure susceptibility of transgenic mice.On the contrary,reduced neuron excit-ability and decreased seizure susceptibility are observed after PTPRN overexpression.Meanwhile,we find that a 133 aa fragment recaptures modulation effect of PTPRN full-length,and this fragment shows therapeutic potential towards epilepsy caused by NaV1.2 gain of function vari-ants.In brief,our results demonstrate PTPRN playsa criti-calroleinregulatingneuronexcitability,providing a poten-tial therapeutic approach for epilepsy.

Objective: To analyze the differentially expressed genes related to the chemosensitivity with the TPF regimen for hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma and to measure potential functional targeting genes expressions. Methods: Twenty-nine patients with primary hypopharyngeal cancer who underwent induction chemotherapy with TPF from January 2013 to December 2017 in Beijing Tongren Hospital were enrolled for microarray analysis, including 28 males and 1 female, aged from 43 to 73 years old. Among them, 16 patients were sensitive to chemotherapy while 13 patients were non-sensitive. Illumina Human HT-12 Bead Chip was applied to analyze the gene expressions and online bioinformatics analysis was used to analyze the differentially expressed genes. Reverse transcription and quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) was used to measure the mRNA expression of potential functional genes of TPF induction chemotherapy in 43 samples, 29 from original patients and 14 from additional patients. Graphpad prism 7.0 software was used for statistical analysis. Results: A total of 1 381 significantly differentially expressed genes were screened out. By GO analysis, up-regulated genes included sequestering in extracellular matrix, chemokine receptor binding and potassium channel regulator activity; down-regulated genes included regulation of angiogenesis, calcium ion binding and natural killer cell activation involved in immune response. With KEGG database analysis, down-regulated pathways included ECM-receptor interaction and peroxisome and up-regulated pathways included Glutathione metabolism and PPAR signaling pathway. The expressions of CD44 and IL-6R were significantly different and appeared biologically significant. CD44 was significantly upregulated in insensitive tissues (0.54±0.06) compared with sensitive tissues (0.33±0.04)(P<0.01). IL-6R was significantly downregulated in insensitive tissues (0.44±0.03) compared with sensitive tissues. (0.68±0.03) (P<0.01). Conclusion CD44 and IL-6R may be potentially functional genes of TPF induction chemotherapy in hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Objective:To study the significance of induction chemotherapy and subsequent comprehensive therapy for overall survival rate (OS) and larynx dysfunction-free survival rate (LDFS) in patients with advanced hypopharyngeal carcinoma.Methods:Patients who met the inclusion criteria with the diagnoses of advanced hypopharyngeal carcinoma between 2011 and 2017 received 2 or 3 cycles of TPF regimen induction chemotherapy. Patients who attained complete response (CR) received radical chemotherapy. Patients who attained partial response (PR) and the reduction of tumor volume was more than 70% were defined as large PR and received concurrent chemoradiotherapy. When the tumor volume reduction of PR patients was less than 70%, they were defined as small PR. (CR+large PR) group was defined as effective group. Patients who did not reach CR and large PR were defined as uneffective group and underwent radical surgery and received adjuvant radiotherapy as appropriate after the surgery. The end points of the study were OS, progression-free survival (PFS) and LDFS. Chi-square (χ 2) test was used for correlation analysis. Survival analysis was performed by the Kaplan-Meier method with a Log-rank test. Cox proportional hazards model was used for univariate and multivariate survival analysis. Results:A total of 260 patients were enrolled in the study. The follow-up period ranged from 5 to 83 months, with an average of 24.7 months. The 3-year and 5-year OS rate was 46.0% and 32.6%, respectively. The 3-year and 5-year PFS rate was 41.0% and 26.6%, respectively. The 3-year and 5-year LDFS rate was 37.9% and 24.8%, respectively. Poor outcome of induction chemotherapy, advanced N stage, strong positive Ki-67 immunohistochemistry (all P<0.001) were negative prognostic factors. The advanced clinical stage was positively related to the poor outcome of induction chemotherapy ( P=0.015). There was no significant difference in OS and PFS between the large PR group and the small PR group (all P>0.005). Conclusion:TPF regimen induction chemotherapy and subsequent comprehensive therapy for patients with advanced hypopharyngeal carcinoma may improve the quality of life of patients, with high OS rate and LDFS rate.