N7-methylguanosine(m7G)modification occurs at the 5'cap of mRNA in eukaryotes,and is also found at specific sites on tRNA and rRNA,showing wide conservation across various biological organisms.Aberrant m7G modification is involved in the dysregulation of gene expression and serves as a biomarker for multiple cancers,with significant potential for applications in tumor diagnosis and therapy.This review summarizes the biological functions and regulatory mechanisms of m7G modification,and outlines its potential clinical applications.It also highlights the oncogenic roles of aberrant m7G modification and its association with prognosis,providing a detailed discussion of the role and molecular mechanisms of abnormal m7G modification in regulating drug resistance in various cancers.

Renal cancer is a common and increasingly prevalent malignancy with a complex pathogenesis influenced by genetics,smoking,and obesity.Current treatment mainly involves surgery with adjunctive chemotherapy,radiation,and immunotherapy,but high rates of recurrence and metastasis indicate its limited effectiveness,emphasizing the need for better therapeutic targets.Growing evidence indicates that epigenetic modifications,particularly RNA modifications,play a critical role in renal cancer development and progression.This review highlights recent advances in renal cancer epigenetics,focusing on RNA modifications such as N6-methyladenosine(m6 A),N7-methylguanosine(m7G),5-methylcytosine(m5C),N1-methyladenosine(m1A),adenosine-to-inosine(A-to-I),N6,2'-O-dimethyladenosine(m6Am),and N4-acetylcytidine(ac4C),along with their regulatory factors.It also explores the diagnostic and therapeutic potential of targeting RNA modifications and associated proteins.

N7-methylguanosine(m7G)modification occurs at the 5'cap of mRNA in eukaryotes,and is also found at specific sites on tRNA and rRNA,showing wide conservation across various biological organisms.Aberrant m7G modification is involved in the dysregulation of gene expression and serves as a biomarker for multiple cancers,with significant potential for applications in tumor diagnosis and therapy.This review summarizes the biological functions and regulatory mechanisms of m7G modification,and outlines its potential clinical applications.It also highlights the oncogenic roles of aberrant m7G modification and its association with prognosis,providing a detailed discussion of the role and molecular mechanisms of abnormal m7G modification in regulating drug resistance in various cancers.

Renal cancer is a common and increasingly prevalent malignancy with a complex pathogenesis influenced by genetics,smoking,and obesity.Current treatment mainly involves surgery with adjunctive chemotherapy,radiation,and immunotherapy,but high rates of recurrence and metastasis indicate its limited effectiveness,emphasizing the need for better therapeutic targets.Growing evidence indicates that epigenetic modifications,particularly RNA modifications,play a critical role in renal cancer development and progression.This review highlights recent advances in renal cancer epigenetics,focusing on RNA modifications such as N6-methyladenosine(m6 A),N7-methylguanosine(m7G),5-methylcytosine(m5C),N1-methyladenosine(m1A),adenosine-to-inosine(A-to-I),N6,2'-O-dimethyladenosine(m6Am),and N4-acetylcytidine(ac4C),along with their regulatory factors.It also explores the diagnostic and therapeutic potential of targeting RNA modifications and associated proteins.

【Objective】 To explore the clinical features, treatment and prognosis of paraganglioma of the urinary bladder (PUB). 【Methods】 The clinical data of 41 PUB patients treated at our hospital during Sep.2012 and Sep.2022 were collected. The clinical features, surgical records, pathological reports and follow-up records were retrospectively analyzed. Patients’ survival was estimated with Kaplan-Meier estimator. The differences among groups were compared with Log-rank test. 【Results】 Among the 41 patients, 20 were male and 21 were female, with a median age of 52 years. All patients were treated with surgery, including transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) in 16 cases, partial cystectomy (PC) in 23 cases, and radical cystectomy (RC) in 2 cases. All patients were followed up for 4.0 to 125.0 months, with a median of 59.0 months. Local recurrence occurred in 5 patients, and distant metastasis occurred in 5 patients. Survival analysis showed that the 5-year overall survival (OS) rate and 5-year relapse-free survival (RFS) rate were 95.7% and 84.8%, respectively. Further analysis showed statistically significant differences in OS and RFS among groups with different maximum tumor diameters, growth patterns, and Ki-67 expressions (P<0.05). For patients with a maximum tumor diameter ≤2.8 cm, there was no significant difference in OS and RFS among different surgical groups. 【Conclusion】 PUB is rare, and a definitive diagnosis is based on pathology. In addition, the main treatment is surgery and the prognosis is good.

BACKGROUND: The clinical features of enthesitis in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have been reported in some Western countries, but data in China are very limited. This study aimed to describe the characteristics of enthesitis in Chinese patients with PsA and compared them with those in other cohorts. METHODS: Patients with PsA enrolled in the Chinese Registry of Psoriatic Arthritis (CREPAR) (December 2018 to June 2021) were included. Data including demographics, clinical characteristics, disease activity measures, and treatment were collected at enrollment. Enthesitis was assessed by the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC), Maastricht ankylosing spondylitis enthesitis score (MASES), and Leeds enthesitis index (LEI) indices. A multivariable logistic model was used to identify factors related to enthesitis. We also compared our results with those of other cohorts. RESULTS: In total, 1074 PsA patients were included, 308 (28.7%) of whom had enthesitis. The average number of enthesitis was 3.3 ± 2.8 (range: 1.0-18.0). More than half of the patients (165, 53.6%) had one or two tender entheseal sites. Patients with enthesitis had an earlier age of onset for both psoriasis and arthritis, reported a higher proportion of PsA duration over 5 years, and had a higher percentage of axial involvement and greater disease activity. Multivariable logistic regression showed that axial involvement (odds ratio [OR] 2.21, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.59-3.08; P <0.001), psoriasis area and severity index (PASI) (OR: 1.03, 95% CI: 1.01-1.04; P = 0.002), and disease activity score 28-C reactive protein (DAS28-CRP) (OR: 1.25, 95% CI: 1.01-1.55; P = 0.037) were associated with enthesitis. Compared with the results of other studies, Chinese patients with enthesitis had a younger age, lower body mass index (BMI), a higher rate of positive human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27, more frequent dactylitis, and a higher proportion of conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs' (csDMARDs) use. CONCLUSIONS Enthesitis is a common condition among Chinese patients with PsA. It is important to evaluate entheses in both peripheral and axial sites.
Humans ; Arthritis, Psoriatic/drug therapy* ; East Asian People ; Enthesopathy/complications* ; Registries ; Severity of Illness Index ; Spondylarthritis/epidemiology*

Objective:To construct a simple, precise and personalized comprehensive nomogram for prediction the risk of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and to evaluate its prediction value among individuals with previous tuberculosis history (PTBH).Methods:A matched case-control study (1∶2 ratios) was performed in 1 881 patients with PTBH treated in 12 designated tuberculosis hospitals in Hangzhou City between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2019, and there were 1 719 patients in training set, and 162 in validation set. A multivariable Cox regression analysis was used to evaluate independent predictors for the incident of MDR-TB in individuals with PTBH. A comprehensive nomogram was developed based on the multivariable Cox model. The accuracy of the prediction was assessed using concordance index (C-index), calibration curve and area under the receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve.Results:The nomogram constructed based on the multivariable Cox regression model incorporated 10 independent predictors of the risk of MDR-TB. A history of direct contact (grade 1, 0-100.0 points) ranked on the top of all risk factors, followed by duration of positive sputum culture (grade 2, 0-84.5 points), unfavorable treatment outcome (grade 3, 0-52.0 points), human immunodeficiency virus infection (grade 4, 0-48.5 points), retreated tuberculosis history (grade 5, 0-40.0 points), non-standardized treatment regimens of retreated tuberculosis (grade 6, 0-32.5 points), duration of pulmonary cavities (grade 7, 0-31.0 points), passive mode of tuberculosis case finding (grade 8, 0-25.0 points), age<60 years (grade 9, 0-17.5 points), and standard frequencies of chest X-ray examination (grade 10, 0-14.0 points). The C-indexes of this nomogram for the training and validation sets were 0.833 (95% confidence interval ( CI) 0.807-0.859) and 0.871 (95% CI 0.773-0.969), respectively, indicating that the nomogram had good fitting effect. The calibration curves for the risk of incident MDR-TB showed an optimal agreement between nomogram prediction and actual observation in the training and validation sets, respectively.The areas under ROC curve of the 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year MDR-TB risk probability of the training set were 0.904, 0.921, and 0.908, respectively, and those of the validation set were 0.954, 0.970, and 0.919, respectively. Conclusion:Through this nomogram model, clinicians could precisely predict the risk of incident MDR-TB among individuals with PTBH in the clinical practice.

Objective:To investigate the clinical efficacy of multi-point acupuncture and lavage on removing facial filling material.Methods:From May 2015 to May 2020, the Department of Plastic Surgery of Tianjin Time Plastic Aesthetic Clinic removed the filling materials from 38 patients (4 males, 34 females; 19-55 years, with average 28 years). During the operation, multi-point acupuncture were performed with an 18G needle to perforate different cavities of the fillers to press them out; with injection syringe flushing fluid was injected with a needle into the filling material area with repeated lavage through puncture points.Results:On average, 90% of the filling materials were recovered by this method, 5 cases were removed twice; follow-up for 6-12 months after operation showed that postoperative appearance was natural, and no scar and hyperpigmentation occurred; there were no cases of postoperative infection with ideal effects.Conclusions:Multi-point acupuncture and lavage treatment can remove more facial filling material; although there is also small amount of filling material left, it is not affect clinical efficacy. This method basically does not damage the surrounding normal tissue, and therefore it is worthy of clinical application.

The social problems and medical burdens caused by obesity have become more serious in recent years. Obesity is mainly caused by the imbalance of energy intake and consumption in the body. The central nervous system and related neurons regulate the balance of energy metabolism. The hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) contains anorexigenic proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons and orexigenic neuropeptid Y(NPY)/agouti-related protein (AgRP) neurons that regulate the feeding behavior of body. High-fat diet induces phosphorylation of Rb protein in POMC neurons, and inactivation of Rb phosphorylation leads to re-entry of POMC neurons from the resting-state into the cell cycle, which rapidly shifts to apoptosis. High-fat diet also causes the inhibition of neuronal regeneration, induces inflammation and neuronal damage, loss of neuronal homeostasis, leptin resistance, and ultimately leads to obesity. This review discusses the relationship between loss of neuronal homeostasis and dietary obesity, as well as the underlying mechanisms, which might provide the evidence for prevention and treatment of these diseases.
Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus ; Homeostasis ; Humans ; Leptin ; Obesity ; Pro-Opiomelanocortin