Capsular contracture is a prevalent and severe complication that affects the post-operative outcomes of patients who receive silicone breast implants.At present,prosthesis replacement is the major treatment for capsul...Capsular contracture is a prevalent and severe complication that affects the post-operative outcomes of patients who receive silicone breast implants.At present,prosthesis replacement is the major treatment for capsular contracture after both breast augmentation procedures and breast reconstruction following breast cancer surgery.However,the mecha-nism(s)underlying breast capsular contracture remains unclear.This study aimed to identify the biological features of breast capsular contracture and reveal the potential underlying mechanism using RNA sequencing.Sample tissues from 12 female patients(15 breast capsules)were divided into low capsular contracture(LCC)and high capsular contracture(HCC)groups based on the Baker grades.Subsequently,41 lipid metabolism-related genes were identified through enrichment analysis,and three of these genes were identified as candidate genes by SVM-RFE and LASSO algorithms.We then compared the proportions of the 22 types of im-mune cells between the LCC and HCC groups using a CIBERSORT analysis and explored the Cor-relation between the candidate hub features and immune cells.Notably,PRKAR2B was positively correlated with the differentially clustered immune cells,which were M1 macro-phages and follicular helper T cells(area under the ROC=0.786).In addition,the expression of PRKAR2B at the mRNA or protein level was lower in the HCC group than in the LCC group.Potential molecular mechanisms were identified based on the expression levels in the high and low PRKAR2B groups.Our findings indicate that PRKAR2B is a novel diagnostic biomarker for breast capsular contracture and might also influence the grade and progression of capsularcontracture.展开更多
Necrosis of nipple-areola complex is one of the major complications of breast reduction in gigatomastia.Wie present a case study of a 32-year-old patient with severe gigantomastia,who required an immediate nipple reco...Necrosis of nipple-areola complex is one of the major complications of breast reduction in gigatomastia.Wie present a case study of a 32-year-old patient with severe gigantomastia,who required an immediate nipple reconstruction during breast reduction.The final reconstruction was satisfactory.No complications were observed within three months postoperatively.展开更多
文摘Capsular contracture is a prevalent and severe complication that affects the post-operative outcomes of patients who receive silicone breast implants.At present,prosthesis replacement is the major treatment for capsular contracture after both breast augmentation procedures and breast reconstruction following breast cancer surgery.However,the mecha-nism(s)underlying breast capsular contracture remains unclear.This study aimed to identify the biological features of breast capsular contracture and reveal the potential underlying mechanism using RNA sequencing.Sample tissues from 12 female patients(15 breast capsules)were divided into low capsular contracture(LCC)and high capsular contracture(HCC)groups based on the Baker grades.Subsequently,41 lipid metabolism-related genes were identified through enrichment analysis,and three of these genes were identified as candidate genes by SVM-RFE and LASSO algorithms.We then compared the proportions of the 22 types of im-mune cells between the LCC and HCC groups using a CIBERSORT analysis and explored the Cor-relation between the candidate hub features and immune cells.Notably,PRKAR2B was positively correlated with the differentially clustered immune cells,which were M1 macro-phages and follicular helper T cells(area under the ROC=0.786).In addition,the expression of PRKAR2B at the mRNA or protein level was lower in the HCC group than in the LCC group.Potential molecular mechanisms were identified based on the expression levels in the high and low PRKAR2B groups.Our findings indicate that PRKAR2B is a novel diagnostic biomarker for breast capsular contracture and might also influence the grade and progression of capsularcontracture.
文摘Necrosis of nipple-areola complex is one of the major complications of breast reduction in gigatomastia.Wie present a case study of a 32-year-old patient with severe gigantomastia,who required an immediate nipple reconstruction during breast reduction.The final reconstruction was satisfactory.No complications were observed within three months postoperatively.
