Introduction:The difficulty in treating lung adenocarcinoma(LUAD)is caused by a shortage of knowledge about the biological mechanisms and a lack of treatment choices.Objectives:The aim of this study was to identify a ...Introduction:The difficulty in treating lung adenocarcinoma(LUAD)is caused by a shortage of knowledge about the biological mechanisms and a lack of treatment choices.Objectives:The aim of this study was to identify a valuable molecular target for the treatment of LUAD.Methods:Using multiple databases,we screened for hub genes in LUAD using Cytoscape and explored the expression and prognosis of DLG associated protein 5(DLGAP5)in LUAD.We investigated the genetic variation,functional enrichment,and epigenetic activity of DLGAP5.Furthermore,we evaluated the relationship between the tumor microenvironment(TME)and DLGAP5.Results:Our study identified 10 hub genes in LUAD:CDC45,KIAA0101,DLGAP5,CDT1,NCAPG,CCNB1,CDCA5,CDC20,KIF11,and AURKA.We discovered that DLGAP5 was overexpressed and associated with poor prognosis in LUAD.DLGAP5 exhibited an overall genetic variation frequency of 2%,and its DNA promoter was hypomethylated in LUAD(p<0.05).The expression of DLGAP5 in LUAD showed a positive correlation with the majority of N6-methyladenosine(m6A)-methylation genes.Additionally,DLGAP5 was primarily associated with the cell cycle in LUAD.Notably,there was a significant favorable association between DLGAP5 and CD274,CTLA4,HAVCR2,and LAG3 in LUAD.Conclusion:DLGAP5 may be a therapeutic target for LUAD,as it affects cancer cells proliferation and development through the regulation of cell-cycle checkpoints and modulation of immune cell infiltration and immune checkpoints in the TME.展开更多
Dynamic surface patterns(DSPs)have attracted significant interest in anti-counterfeiting,enabling information to be stored,encrypted and decrypted in response to external stimuli.However,creating dynamic surface patte...Dynamic surface patterns(DSPs)have attracted significant interest in anti-counterfeiting,enabling information to be stored,encrypted and decrypted in response to external stimuli.However,creating dynamic surface patterns,capable of controlling wrinkling time and independently modulating different information in both wrinkled and fluorescent states,remains a tremendous challenge.These limit DSPs to further enhance tamper-proofing capacity and extend the information storage density.Here,a rationally designed patterning strategy based on controllable elastic modulus was demonstrated to fabricate self-erasable dynamic surface patterns(S-DSPs)that increase information storage density.These novel S-DSPs strategically integrated amino co-oligomers(ACOs)with the 9-anthracenemethanol(9-AM)as skin layers,designing a bilayer multi-encoding system which could carry several different types of information with wrinkled and fluorescent patterns.The ACOs with relatively low molecular weight can endow the elastic modulus of skin layers with a wide range of regulation.As a result,the difference between the compressive strain and the critical wrinkle strain in the bilayer system would be precisely modulated by photo-dimerization to form quick-response(minimum<1 min)and self-erasable(3 min–8 days)wrinkled patterns for S-DSPs.Meanwhile,the fluorescence pattern could be independently erased and reprogrammed without affecting the change in the wrinkle pattern under modulus-controlled conditions.Moreover,controllable self-erasure in S-DSPs significantly develops tamper-proof capabilities in a supply chain.This original strategy could provide a new approach to the tamper-proof,high-density,and multi-encoded information storage in the product security or inkless printing.展开更多
基金funded by the supporting funds for scientific research of the Sixth Affiliated Hospital,Sun Yat-sen University(P20200217202404781).
文摘Introduction:The difficulty in treating lung adenocarcinoma(LUAD)is caused by a shortage of knowledge about the biological mechanisms and a lack of treatment choices.Objectives:The aim of this study was to identify a valuable molecular target for the treatment of LUAD.Methods:Using multiple databases,we screened for hub genes in LUAD using Cytoscape and explored the expression and prognosis of DLG associated protein 5(DLGAP5)in LUAD.We investigated the genetic variation,functional enrichment,and epigenetic activity of DLGAP5.Furthermore,we evaluated the relationship between the tumor microenvironment(TME)and DLGAP5.Results:Our study identified 10 hub genes in LUAD:CDC45,KIAA0101,DLGAP5,CDT1,NCAPG,CCNB1,CDCA5,CDC20,KIF11,and AURKA.We discovered that DLGAP5 was overexpressed and associated with poor prognosis in LUAD.DLGAP5 exhibited an overall genetic variation frequency of 2%,and its DNA promoter was hypomethylated in LUAD(p<0.05).The expression of DLGAP5 in LUAD showed a positive correlation with the majority of N6-methyladenosine(m6A)-methylation genes.Additionally,DLGAP5 was primarily associated with the cell cycle in LUAD.Notably,there was a significant favorable association between DLGAP5 and CD274,CTLA4,HAVCR2,and LAG3 in LUAD.Conclusion:DLGAP5 may be a therapeutic target for LUAD,as it affects cancer cells proliferation and development through the regulation of cell-cycle checkpoints and modulation of immune cell infiltration and immune checkpoints in the TME.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundations of China(Nos.51903058,51873042,and 51833011)Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education(No.PCFM-2922A02)Guangzhou Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(No.202201010382).
文摘Dynamic surface patterns(DSPs)have attracted significant interest in anti-counterfeiting,enabling information to be stored,encrypted and decrypted in response to external stimuli.However,creating dynamic surface patterns,capable of controlling wrinkling time and independently modulating different information in both wrinkled and fluorescent states,remains a tremendous challenge.These limit DSPs to further enhance tamper-proofing capacity and extend the information storage density.Here,a rationally designed patterning strategy based on controllable elastic modulus was demonstrated to fabricate self-erasable dynamic surface patterns(S-DSPs)that increase information storage density.These novel S-DSPs strategically integrated amino co-oligomers(ACOs)with the 9-anthracenemethanol(9-AM)as skin layers,designing a bilayer multi-encoding system which could carry several different types of information with wrinkled and fluorescent patterns.The ACOs with relatively low molecular weight can endow the elastic modulus of skin layers with a wide range of regulation.As a result,the difference between the compressive strain and the critical wrinkle strain in the bilayer system would be precisely modulated by photo-dimerization to form quick-response(minimum<1 min)and self-erasable(3 min–8 days)wrinkled patterns for S-DSPs.Meanwhile,the fluorescence pattern could be independently erased and reprogrammed without affecting the change in the wrinkle pattern under modulus-controlled conditions.Moreover,controllable self-erasure in S-DSPs significantly develops tamper-proof capabilities in a supply chain.This original strategy could provide a new approach to the tamper-proof,high-density,and multi-encoded information storage in the product security or inkless printing.