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Sorafenib is the first-line therapeutic regimen targeting against advanced or metastatic stage of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, HCC patients at these stages will eventually fail sorafenib treatment due to the drug resistance. At present, molecular mechanisms underlying sorafenib resistance are not completely understood. Our past studies have shown that DJ-1 is upregulated in HCC, while DJ-1 knockdown inhibits HCC xenograft-induced tumor growth and regeneration, implying that DJ-1 may be a potential target in for HCC treatment. However, whether DJ-1 plays a regulatory role between tumor cells and vascular endothelial cells and whether DJ-1 contributes to sorafenib resistance in HCC cells are largely unclear. To address these questions, we have performed a series of experiments in the current study, and we found that (1) DJ-1, one of the molecules secreted from HCC cells, promoted angiogenesis and migration of vascular endothelial cells (i.e., ECDHCC-1), by inducing phosphorylation of fibroblast growth factor receptor-1 (FGFR-1), phosphorylation of mTOR, phosphorylation of ERK, and phosphorylation of STAT3; (2) downregulation of FGFR1 inhibited tube formation and migration of ECDHCC-1 cells stimulated by DJ-1; (3) FGFR1 knockdown attenuated the phosphorylation of FGFR1 and impaired the activity of Akt, ERK, and STAT3 signals induced by DJ-1 in ECDHCC-1 cells; (4) knocking down FGFR1 led to the elevated expression of proapoptotic molecules but deceased level of antiapoptotic molecules in sorafenib-resistant HCC cells; and (5) Downregulation of FGFR1 suppressed tumor growth and angiogenesis of sorafenib-resistant HCC cells in vivo. Altogether, our results hinted that DJ-1 plays vital roles in tumor microenvironment in HCC development, and DJ-1/FGFR1 signaling pathway may be a therapeutic target for overcoming sorafenib resistance in treating HCC patients at the late stage.

The rapid urbanization development has brought huge opportunities for the development of architectural landscape design, and naturally there will be various huge challenges accordingly. What this kind of development speed presents to people is the rapid emergence of new urban areas, endless new construction projects, and so on. This paper conducts research on urban landscape design based on data fusion and computer virtual reality technology. The purpose is to use the dual guidance of data fusion technology and virtual reality technology to demonstrate the feasibility of creating a more planned urban landscape design. This article uses SketchUp software for modeling and uses a digital camera for continuous digital photography. Firstly, multiple digital landscape images are merged into a complete panoramic image. Then, the simplified model is imported into the virtual reality platform to adjust the material and scene lighting of the model, and the plan is checked in the virtual reality platform, and the model and volume of the model are analyzed and compared. Finally, design an auxiliary program and export it together with the effect image. The research results show that when the virtual landscape reaches 400, the frame rate can be kept above 30. It can be seen that the efficiency of this algorithm is higher than that of the original algorithm. When the scene thread and the rendering thread are parallel, the frame floats up and down in 9, and the time spent on the frame is reduced by about 40%. The conclusion is that the accuracy of the landscape planning system based on virtual reality technology is higher than that of the traditional algorithm, and the degree of scene simulation is more realistic. It has contributed to the construction and application of landscape systems. The application of data fusion technology and virtual reality technology in urban landscape design can achieve considerable results in terms of modeling ability, design ability, innovation ability, and expression ability, and the design ability has reached a score of 8.82.

To investigate a quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (QRT-PCR) assay different from 21-gene assay which can be used to prognosticate the risk of recurrence in patients with estrogen receptor (ER) positive, lymph node (LN) negative breast cancer. To accurately determine the relationship between the Recurrence Score (RS) derived from our assay and the risk of distant recurrence in Chinese patients with LN negative and positive breast cancer through the analysis of paraffin tissues. We obtained archival paraffin-embedded tissues from patients with invasive breast cancer and varying axillary lymph node involvement. QRT-PCR reaction was performed by using the method of SYBR Green I dye with primers. Expression of the 21-genes was converted to RS by a prespecified algorithm. We then assessed the probability of the test to accurately predict distant recurrence-free survival in this retrospective cohort. Ninety-three patients were eligible based on gene expression profiles. In our population, most breast cancer patients were premenopausal (82.6%), at early stage (93.6%) and ER positive (91.4%). Median follow-up was 65.9 months. The 5-year recurrence-free survival rate for the group was 58.8%. The concordance between the reverse transcription-PCR and immunohistochemical (IHC) measurement for ER, progesterone receptor (PgR), and HER-2 determinations was high and comparable. High RS was predictive of an elevated risk of relapse (p

Purpose. To evaluate 2-year visual acuities and questionnaire after bilateral implantation of SN6AD1 multifocal intraocular lens (MIOL) or SN60WF IOL.Methods. Patients randomly scheduled for bilateral implantation of SN6AD1 MIOL and SN60WF IOL with 2-year follow-up were enrolled. Uncorrected/corrected distance and near visual acuity, uncorrected intermediate visual acuity at 63 cm under high and low contrast, reading activity, the defocus curve, and a quality-of-life questionnaire were evaluated.Results. Each group comprised 20 patients. Uncorrected intermediate visual acuities and uncorrected near visual acuity were better in SN6AD1 group than in SN60WF group (P=0.005,P=0.011, andP<0.001). In SN6AD1 group, the uncorrected intermediate and near visual acuities 1 year and 2 years postoperatively were reduced than postoperative 3-month outcomes, respectively. SN6AD1 group reported superior overall spectacle independence and inferior satisfaction. SN6AD1 group had a longer reading newspaper duration than SN60WF group (P=0.036). When using mobile phone, SN6AD1 group had a more comfortable distance than SN60WF group (P<0.001) and higher speed of reading fixed text message (P<0.001).Conclusion. SN6AD1 MIOL provided a satisfactory full range of visual acuities and questionnaire performance 2 years postoperatively. One-year and 2-year uncorrected near and intermediate visual acuities of SN6AD1 MIOL were lower than those 3 months postoperatively.