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Similarly, patients with AML or CLL displayed lower Per2 expression levels compared with healthy controls. Per2 overexpression inhibited KCL22 cell proliferation in nude mice and in vitro, and induced cell cycle arrest at the G1 phase. By contrast, the results also indicated that KCL22 cell apoptosis was not regulated by Per2. The present study identified Per2 as a potential tumor suppressor in human CML.This study aimed to investigate the clinical efficacy of oxcarbazepine and lamotrigine combined with escitalopram in treating patients with epilepsy and depressive disorder, and their influence on the prognostic quality of life. A total of 108 patients with epilepsy and depression were selected as research participants. Among them, 53 patients were treated by oxcarbazepine combined with escitalopram (group A) and 55 patients were treated by lamotrigine combined with escitalopram (group B). Following six-month treatment, efficacy, epilepsy frequency and duration, Hamilton Depression Rating (HAMD) and Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating (MADRS) scores, adverse reactions, improvement of electroencephalogram (EEG) epileptic discharge, quality of life, 1-year drug retention rate and withdrawal reasons of the two groups were compared. There was no remarkable difference in the total efficacy rate between both groups. The number and duration of epileptic seizures, improvement of EEG epileptic discharge and quality of life in the two groups significantly improved after treatment, with no marked difference. HAMD and MADRS scores of patients from group B were significantly lower after treatment compared with those of patients from group A. The incidence rate of adverse reactions in group B was dramatically lower compared with group A, and the 1-year drug retention rate of group B was dramatically higher compared with that in group A. Both oxcarbazepine and lamotrigine combined with escitalopram exhibited good efficacy in patients with epilepsy and depressive disorder, and they may effectively improve the prognostic quality of life of patients. Lamotrigine combined with escitalopram presented with a better antidepressant effect and safety, with higher patient tolerance.Human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUCMSCs) are a promising tool to attenuate cisplatin (CP)-induced acute kidney injury (AKI). However, whether the transplantation of human cord blood mononuclear cells (hCBMNCs) exhibits similar protective effects and their potential underlying mechanisms of action remain unclear. The present study aimed to determine the protective effects of hUCMSCs and hCBMNCs transplantation therapies on an established CP-induced rat model and explore their underlying mechanisms of action. A total of 24 Sprague-Dawley rats, selected based on body weight, were randomly assigned into 4 groups i) normal control; ii) model (CP); iii) hCBMNCs (CP + hCBMNCs); and iv) hUCMSCs (CP + hUCMSCs). hUCMSCs (2.0x106 cells) and hCBMNCs (2.0x106 cells) were injected into the femoral vein of rats 24 h after CP (8 mg/kg) treatment. To determine the effects of hCBMNCs and hUCMSCs on CP-induced rats, renal function assessment and histological evaluations were performed. Expression levels of high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) and the ratio of Bax/Bcl2 in renal tissues were detected to elucidate their underlying molecular mechanisms of action. The results demonstrated that transplantation of hUCMSCs and hCBMNCs significantly improved renal function in CP-induced AKI rats, as evidenced by the enhancement of renal morphology; decreased concentrations of blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine; and a lower percentage of apoptotic renal tubular cells. The expression of HMGB1 and the ratio of Bax/Bcl-2 were significantly reduced in the hUCMSCs and hCBMNCs groups compared with CP group. In conclusion, the present study indicated that hCBMNCs exert similar protective effects to hUCMSCs on CP-induced AKI. hUCMSCs and hCBMNCs protect against CP-induced AKI by suppressing HMGB1 expression and preventing cell apoptosis.With advances in neonatology, a greater percentage of premature infants now survive and consequently, diseases of lung development, including bronchopulmonary dysplasia and neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, have become more common. However, few studies have addressed the association between fetal lung development and long non-coding RNA (lncRNA). In the present study, right lung tissue samples of fetuses at different gestational ages were collected within 2 h of the induction of labor in order to observe morphological discrepancies. An Affymetrix Human GeneChip was used to identify differentially expressed lncRNAs. Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway analyses were performed. A total of 687 lncRNAs were identified to be differentially expressed among three groups of fetal lung tissue samples corresponding to the three embryonic periods. Hormones antagonist A total of 34 significantly upregulated and 12 significantly downregulated lncRNAs (fold-change, ≥1.5; P less then 0.05) were detected at different time points (embryonic weeks 7-16, 16-25 and 25-28) of fetal lung development and compared with healthy tissues Expression changes in lncRNAs n340848, n387037, n336823 and ENST00000445168 were validated by reverse transcription-quantitative PCR and the results were consistent with the GeneChip results. These novel identified lncRNAs may have roles in fetal lung development and the results of the present study may lay the foundation for subsequent in-depth studies into lncRNAs in fetal lung development and subsequent clarification of the pathogenesis of neonatal pulmonary diseases.A limited number of studies have investigated the significance of cystatin C, creatinine, uric acid and urea in prostate cancer. The present study aimed to explore the correlation between these molecules and total prostate-specific antigen (tPSA) levels using big data from patients of different Chinese ethnicities. Patients undergoing physical examination at the Medical Examination Center of West China Hospital (Chengdu, China) between January 2010 and May 2019 were retrospectively included. A χ2 test or Fisher's test and Kruskal-Wallis rank-sum test were used to compare categorical and continuous variables. Pearson's correlation coefficients (r) with 95% CI were also determined to assess the correlation between tPSA and cystatin, uric acid, creatinine and urea in the entire patient population and in different ethnicities. A total of 253,281 male patients were included and their mean age was 47.83±14.28 years. The mean tPSA level of these patients was 1.15±1.88 ng/ml. The mean levels of the renal function-associated parameters cystatin C, uric acid, creatinine and urea were 0.