Bioinformatics Analysis of the Relationship between Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Chronic Heart Failure

Objective: To screen and analyze the differentially expressed genes between dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and chronic heart failure (CHF) based on bioinformatics methods. Methods: The Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database was used for data retrieval, and the chip data GSE3585 was downloaded, which was the original data of DCM and normal control group. At the same time, the chip data GSE76701 was downloaded, which was the original data of CHF and control group. Differentially expressed mRNAs (DEmRNAs) were screened by R language limma package, the data were standardized, and the common differentially expressed genes were screened. GO function and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis were performed on the common differentially expressed genes. String11.0 online tool was used for data analysis to obtain differentially expressed genes, and the results were imported into Cytoscape 3.9.1 software. The results were imported into Cytoscape 3.9.1 software, and the common expression gene module was obtained by MOCDE algorithm. Nine Hub genes were obtained by 10 algorithms such as MCC. Results: A total of 248 differentially expressed genes were screened. GO analysis showed that differentially expressed genes were mainly concentrated in 9 different physiological and pathological processes. KEGG analysis showed that the main signaling pathways involved in differentially expressed genes were 2, and 9 key differentially expressed genes were predicted: NPPB, NPPA, MYH6, FRZB, ASPN, SFRP4, RPS4Y1, DDX3Y. Conclusion: This study preliminarily explored the molecular mechanism of DCM and CHF, and obtained the common differentially expressed genes of the two diseases. Further experimental studies are needed to verify the correlation between gene expression and clinicopathological features. Provide new ideas for clinical drug treatment research.

Methods to Reduce the Hypoglycemic Mortality of Alloxan in Diabetic Rabbit Model

Objective: To explore an intervention method to reduce the mortality of alloxan diabetes model, and to preliminarily analyze the mechanism of alloxan induced animal death. Methods: Healthy New Zealand rabbits were randomly divided into injection group, control group, experimental group and blank group. The single injection group was injected with 100 mg/kg alloxan once. The control group was given 5% glucose solution and 100 mg/kg alloxan was injected in two times. The experimental group was given 5% glucose solution orally, 100 mg/kg alloxan, 7 mL 0.9% NaCl intravenously and 5 mL 5% glucose intraperitoneally immediately, and blood glucose was continuously monitored, 10 mL 5% glucose intravenously and 10 mL 5% glucose intraperitoneally every 4 h in the hypoglycemic stage. The blank group does nothing. Liver and kidney tissues at different time periods were stained with HE and organ index was evaluated. Results: 1) A single injection of 100 mg/kg alloxan without any intervention resulted in 100% mortality. Before modeling, oral administration of 5% glucose solution, divided into two injections of 100 mg/kg alloxan, mortality reached 100%;A single injection of 100 mg/kg alloxan and continuous intervention of normal saline and glucose for 20 h can significantly reduce the mortality of alloxan induced diabetic rabbit model. 2) Liver and kidney tissues were damaged in different degrees at different time periods, and liver and kidney indexes were significantly increased after alloxan injection compared with the normal group, with statistical significance (P > 0.05). Conclusion: 1) Every 4 hours of hypoglycemia, 10 ml 5% glucose was injected intravenously 10 ml 5% glucose intraperitoneally. It can reduce the death rate of alloxan diabetic rabbit model and shorten the time of blood glucose measurement. 2) After the injection of alloxan, acute lesions of liver and kidney may occur in different degrees, or one of the causes of acute death of experimental animals.

Bioinformatics Analysis of the Biological Properties of Ewing Sarcoma

Purpose: Bioinformatics-based approach to screen and analyze differentially expressed genes associated with the biological characteristics of Ewing sarcoma. Means: The GSE17674 dataset was selected for analysis, obtained by data retrieval based on the GEO public database. The R language limma toolkit was used to screen DEmRNAs. After the data were normalized, the Metascape online analysis software and the R language clusterProfiler package were used to analyze the GO function and KEGG pathway enrichment of DEmRNAs lines, respectively. The string database was selected for PPI analysis, and the results were imported into Cytoscape software to derive the core modules and predicted core genes. The genes selected above were analyzed for tissue localization specificity. Results: Through the analysis of GSE17674, differentially expressed genes were screened out, and GO and KEGG analyses were performed on the differentially expressed genes. The GO functional enrichment analysis was mainly enriched in the process of muscle system, muscle contraction, myocyte development, contractile fibers, myogenic fibers, myofibers, myofibrillar segments, actin binding, structural composition of muscle, and actin filament binding. KEGG pathway analysis showed that the core pathways associated with the development of ES were the core genes for myocardial contraction, congestive cardiomyopathy, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Five Hub genes were obtained based on Cytoscape prediction. Tissue localization specificity analysis of Hub genes was performed, and a total of 2 Hub genes with tissue specificity were screened;MYH6 was specifically expressed in cardiac cells and MYL1 was specifically expressed in skeletal muscle cells. Conclusions: The differential genes screened will help to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the highly invasive and metastasis-prone biological characteristics of ES, as well as provide new ideas for clinical drug-targeted treatment of ES.

Research Progress of Radical Treatment of Helicobacter Pylori Based on Drug Sensitivity Test as First-Line Treatment

Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection is a global problem that affects about half of the world’s population and requires sufficient attention in clinical and scientific work. Due to differences in economic and medical conditions among countries around the world, there is currently no unified treatment plan for anti-HP. In China, empirical quadruple therapy is mainly used. With the abuse of antibiotics, many patients face the problem of secondary eradication after failure, and the resistance rate of HP is gradually increasing. After eradication failure, drug sensitivity cultivation is carried out to choose sensitive antibiotics for treatment. A new strategy is currently needed to address how to improve the eradication rate of HP during the first eradication. This article aims to discuss the first-line treatment plans and research progress for eradicating HP based on drug sensitivity testing before eradication. Compared with traditional empirical therapies, treatment based on drug sensitivity results can effectively improve the eradication rate of HP, and reduce drug resistance rates, and adverse reactions, among other benefits. .

Spin Dynamics and Phonons in Chromites CoCr_(2)O_(4)and MnCr_(2)O_(4)

Spinel compounds are of great interest in both fundamental and application-oriented perspectives due to the geometric magnetic frustration inherent to their lattice and the resulting complex magnetic states.Here,we applied x-ray diffraction,magnetization,heat capacity and powder inelastic neutron scattering measurements,along with theoretical calculations,to study the exotic properties of chromite-spinel oxides CoCr_(2)O_(4) and MnCr_(2)O_(4).The temperature dependence of the phonon spectra provides an insight into the correlation between oxygen motion and the magnetic order,as well as the magnetoelectric effect in the ground state of MnCr_(2)O_(4).Moreover,spin-wave excitations in CoCr_(2)O_(4) and MnCr_(2)O_(4) are compared with Heisenberg model calculations.This approach enables the precise determination of exchange energies and offers a comprehensive understanding of the spin dynamics and relevant exchange interactions in complicated spiral spin ordering.

Low-temperature heat transport of the zigzag spin-chain compound SrEr_(2)O_(4)

Low-temperature thermal conductivity(κ),as well as the magnetic properties and specific heat,are studied for the frustrated zigzag spin-chain material Sr Er_(2)O_(4)by using single-crystal samples.The specific heat data indicate the longrange antiferromagnetic transition at~0.73 K and the existence of strong magnetic fluctuations.The magnetizations at very low temperatures for magnetic field along the c axis(spin chain direction)or the a axis reveal the field-induced magnetic transitions.Theκshows a strong dependence on magnetic field,applied along the c axis or the a axis,which is closely related to the magnetic transitions.Furthermore,high magnetic field induces a strong increase ofκ.These results indicate that thermal conductivity along either the c axis or the a axis are mainly contributed by phonons,while magnetic excitations play a role of scattering phonons.

Bioinformatics Analysis of the Association between Osteosarcoma and Ewing Sarcoma Comorbidity

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the genetic correlation between osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing’s sarcoma (EWS) by bioinformatics, and to find the common differentially expressed genes between the two in order to provide reference for early clinical diagnosis. Method: The GEO gene chip public database in NCBI was used for data retrieval, and the chip data GSE17674 and GSE16088 were selected as the analysis objects. DEmRNAs were screened by R language limma kit, and the data were standardized. The common differentially expressed genes were screened by Venn diagram. The R language clusterProfiler package was used to perform GO function and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis on the common differentially expressed genes. The String database was used for PPI analysis, and the results were imported into Cytoscape software to obtain PPI interaction map, core module and Hub gene. Result: In this study, 1482 differentially expressed genes were screened from GSE17674 and 933 differentially expressed genes were screened from GSE16088. The Wayne diagram analyzed 335 common differentially expressed genes. GO/KEGG analysis suggested that the above common differentially expressed genes were mainly involved in cell cycle, ECM receptor interaction, sister chromatid separation, ossification, etc. Five core genes NCAPG, MAD2L1, CDK1, RRM2 and RFC4 were screened from the PPI network. The five genes were highly expressed in sarcoma. Conclusion: The five core common differentially expressed genes and related signaling pathways screened by bioinformatics analysis are helpful to understand the molecular mechanism of OS and ES pathogenesis, and are related to the prognosis of patients. They may become potential biomarkers for future research on OS comorbid ES, provide a basis for early diagnosis of OS combined with ES, and provide new ideas for clinical drug treatment research.

Asymmetric ferromagnetic criticality in pyrochlore ferromagnet Lu2V2O7

We study the ferromagnetic criticality of the pyrochlore magnet Lu2 V2 O7 at the ferromagnetic transition TC% 70 K from the isotherms of magnetization MeHT via an iteration process and the Kouvel-Fisher method. The critical exponents associated with the transition are determined: b = 0.32(1), c = 1.41(1),and d ? 5:38. The validity of these critical exponents is further verified by scaling all the MeHT data in the vicinity of TConto two universal curves in the plot of M=jejbversus H=jejbtc, where e ? T=TCà 1.The obtained b and c values show asymmetric behaviors on the T < TCand the T > TCsides, and are consistent with the predicted values of 3 D Ising and cubic universality classes, respectively. This makes Lu2 V2 O7 a rare example in which the critical behaviors associated with a ferromagnetic transition belong to different universality classes. We describe the observed criticality from the Ginzburg-Landau theory with the quartic cubic anisotropy that microscopically originates from the anti-symmetric Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction as revealed by recent magnon thermal Hall effect and theoretical investigations.

Self-organization of various“phase-separated”nanostructures in a single chemical vapor deposition

Chemical vapor deposition(CVD)is one of the most versatile techniques for the controlled synthesis of functional nanomaterials.When multiple precursors are induced,the CVD process often gives rise to the growth of doped or alloy compounds.In this work,we demonstrate the self-assembly of a variety of‘phase-separated’functional nanostructures from a single CVD in the presence of various precursors.In specific,with silicon substrate and powder of Mn and SnTe as precursors,we achieved self-organized nanostructures including Si/SiOx core-shell nanowire heterostructures both with and without embedded manganese silicide particles,Mn11Si19 nanowires,and SnTe nanoplates.The Si/SiOx core-shell nanowires embedded with manganese silicide particles were grown along the<111>direction of the crystalline Si via an Au-catalyzed vapor-liquid-solid process,in which the Si and Mn vapors were supplied from the heated silicon substrates and Mn powder,respectively.In contrast,direct vapor-solid deposition led to particle-free<110>-oriented Si/SiOx core-shell nanowires and<100>-oriented Mn11Si19 nanowires,a promising thermoelectric material.No Sn or Te impurities were detected in these nanostructures down to the experimental limit.Topological crystalline insulator SnTe nanoplates with dominant{100}and{111}facets were found to be free of Mn(and Si)impurities,although nanoparticles and nanowires containing Mn were found in the vicinity of the nanoplates.While multiple-channel transport was observed in the SnTe nanoplates,it may not be related to the topological surface states due to surface oxidation.Finally,we carried out thermodynamic analysis and density functional theory calculations to understand the‘phase-separation’phenomenon and further discuss general approaches to grow phase-pure samples when the precursors contain residual impurities.

Extremely low-energy collective modes in a quasi-one-dimensional topological system

We have investigated the quasiparticle dynamics and collective excitations in the quasi-one-dimensional material ZrTe_(5) using ultrafast optical pump-probe spectroscopy.Our time-domain results reveal two coherent oscillations having extremely low energies of hω_(1)~0.33 me V(0.08 THz)and hω_(2)-1.9 me V(0.45 THz),which are softened as the temperature approaches two different critical temperatures(~54 K and~135 K).We attribute these two collective excitations to the amplitude mode of photoinduced dynamic charge density waves in ZrTe_(5) with tremendously small nesting wave vectors.Furthermore,a peculiar quasiparticle decay process associated with the hω_(2) mode with a timescale of~1-2 ps is found below the transition temperature T*(~135 K).Our findings provide pivotal information for studying the fluctuating order parameters and their associated quasiparticle dynamics in various low-dimensional topological systems and other materials.

Fly ash and zero-valent iron-based in situ advanced anaerobic digestion with emphasis on the removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes from sewage sludge

This study investigated the removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes from sewage sludge by using fly ash(FA)-based in situ advanced anaerobic digestion(AAD)under mesophilic conditions.Five antibiotics(sulfadiazine,sulfameth-oxazole,ofloxacin,tetracycline,and roxithromycin)and 11 corresponding antibiotic resistance genes(Ib-cr,qnrS,ermF,ermT,ermX,sul1,sul2,sul3,tetA,tetB,and tetG)were selected as the targets.Adding FA to anaerobic digestion to remove antibiotics and resistance genes allows waste to be treated with waste.FA-based in situ AAD of sewage sludge effectively enhanced the process stability and methane yield,and the optimal FA-added dosage was 50 mg/L.The cumulative methane yield could be well described with the improved Gompertz model.FA addition effectively increased the overall removal of ofloxacin,by up to 85.3%at 50 mg/L FA and 10μg/L antibiotics,and the combination of zero-valent iron and FA enhanced only the overall removal of ofloxacin to 92.4%and tetracycline to 85.6%.However,FA-based in situ AAD could not enhance the overall removal of other antibiotics from sewage sludge.Not all the same types of antibiotic resistance genes were strongly positively correlated with the concentrations of antibiotics.The removal of antibiotic resistance genes influenced by FA addition varied largely with the types of antibiotic resistance genes,FA dosage,antibiotic content,and the combination with zero-valent iron.FA addition could not be verified to enhance the removal of antibiotic resistance genes.The addition of FA or zero-valent iron and the antibiotic concentrations significantly changed the microbial community structure during in situ AAD,and the combination of zero-valent iron and FA significantly reduces the species diversity and microbial abundance.The most abundant bacteria were Methanogarcina,Methanoberium,unidentified_Archaea,Terrimonas,Methomethoxychlo-rovorans,and Candidatus_Cloacimonas in the ZVI-FA test.