Biomedical subjects

Xiaofeng He

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PubMed2026

Skin barrier repairing and anti-aging effects evaluation of a comprehensive topical regimen incorporating niacinamide, Pro-Xylane, and panthenol after PicoWay laser: a randomized controlled study.

Pro-Xylane is a potent anti-aging ingredient; however, there is limited knowledge regarding whether a comprehensive post-procedure regimen incorporating a combination of Pro-Xylane, niacinamide, and panthenol alongside other active agents can deliver synergistic benefits for both skin barrier repair and anti-aging. This study assesses the effectiveness of the REGENMEDIC cream (anti-aging cream) and REGENMEDIC serum (anti-aging serum) in promoting skin barrier recovery and enhancing anti-aging effects following PicoWay laser treatment. A 112-day randomized controlled trial was conducted with 88 Chinese females, who were divided into two groups: the test group, using REGENMEDIC cream and Serum following PicoWay laser treatment, and the control group, using standard care regimen consisting of a standard cream. Skin barrier-repairing effects were assessed during the initial 14 days following a single use of REGENMEDIC cream, while skin elasticity, firmness, wrinkles and skin tone were evaluated over the 112-day study period after the combined use of REGENMEDIC cream and Serum. The test group exhibited lower transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and higher hydration after 14 days compared to the control group, along with a more significant reduction in skin redness. After 112-day use of REGENMEDIC cream and serum, test group showed increased skin elasticity and firmness, reduced wrinkles, and an overall improvement in skin tone and texture. Dermatologists reported excellent tolerability, with minimal adverse events. Initial application of the REGENMEDIC cream facilitated rapid skin barrier repair, while the subsequent sequential regimen incorporating the serum yielded significant long-term anti-aging benefits following PicoWay laser treatment. This study demonstrates that targeting multiple physiological pathways-specifically hydration, barrier integrity, and cellular senescence-provides a robust therapeutic option for amplifying the anti-aging outcomes of aesthetic procedures.

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PubMed2005

Identification of functional modules in protein complexes via hyperclique pattern discovery.

Proteins usually do not act isolated in a cell but function within complicated cellular pathways, interacting with other proteins either in pairs or as components of larger complexes. While many protein complexes have been identified by large-scale experimental studies, due to a large number of false-positive interactions existing in current protein complexes 10, it is still difficult to obtain an accurate understanding of functional modules, which encompass groups of proteins involved in common elementary biological function. In this paper, we present a hyperclique pattern discovery approach for extracting functional modules (hyperclique patterns) from protein complexes. A hyperclique pattern is a type of association pattern containing proteins that are highly affiliated with each other. The analysis of hyperclique patterns shows that proteins within the same pattern tend to present in the protein complex together. Also, statistically significant annotations of proteins in a pattern using the Gene Ontology suggest that proteins within the same hyperclique pattern more likely perform the same function and participate in the same biological process. More interestingly, the 3-D structural view of proteins within a hyperclique pattern reveals that these proteins physically interactwith each other. In addition, we show that several hyperclique patterns corresponding to different functions can participate in the same protein complex as independent modules. Finally, we demonstrate that a hyperclique pattern can be involved in different complexes performing different higher-order biological functions, although the pattern corresponds to a specific elementary biological function.

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PubMed2004

A unified representation of multiprotein complex data for modeling interaction networks.

The protein interaction network presents one perspective for understanding cellular processes. Recent experiments employing high-throughput mass spectrometric characterizations have resulted in large data sets of physiologically relevant multiprotein complexes. We present a unified representation of such data sets based on an underlying bipartite graph model that is an advance over existing models of the network. Our unified representation allows for weighting of connections between proteins shared in more than one complex, as well as addressing the higher level organization that occurs when the network is viewed as consisting of protein complexes that share components. This representation also allows for the application of the rigorous MinMaxCut graph clustering algorithm for the determination of relevant protein modules in the networks. Statistically significant annotations of clusters in the protein-protein and complex-complex networks using terms from the Gene Ontology indicate that this method will be useful for posing hypotheses about uncharacterized components of protein complexes or uncharacterized relationships between protein complexes.

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PubMed2003

Expression of HO-1 in chronic renal insufficiency. Rat kidney and implication.

The expression, activity and clinical implication of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in the chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) rat kidney and its mechanism were investigated. The 5/6 nephrectomized rats were assigned to sham operation group, CRI group and Hemin group. At the 8th week after second operation, blood pressure, urinary protein, serum creatinine (Scr) and BUN were measured. Renal pathologic changes were observed. The activity of HO and contents of erythropoietin (EPO) in serum and renal tissue were determined. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression and distribution of HO-1 in the CRI rat kidney. As compared with CRI group, the urinary protein, blood pressure, Scr and BUN in Hemin group were reduced significantly (P < 0.05). The glomerular mesangial proliferation, inflammatory cellular infiltration of renal interstitium and interstitial fibrosis were ameliorated significantly. Immunohistochemistry and measurement of HO-1 activity revealed that the expression and activity of HO-1 was decreased in renal tissues and increased in serum in CRI group as compared with normal rats. HO-1 distributed mainly in tubular epithelial cells. The EPO contents in Hemin group were significantly higher than in CRI group. Through up-regulating the EPO level in serum and renal tissues, HO-1 retards the progression of CRI.

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Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: evaluation of two kinds of dosages of anticancer drugs and analysis of prognostic factors.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: To evaluate the efficacy of TACE (transcatheter arterial chemoembolization) with use of low-dose versus conventional-dose anticancer drugs in hepatocellular carcinoma patients with cirrhosis and to analyze their prognostic factors. METHODOLOGY: Eight-two patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma underwent super-selective TACE. Patients in group A (n = 40) received low-dose anticancer drugs. Patients in group B (n = 42) were given conventional-dose of anticancer drugs. Tumor response and survival time in the two groups were compared. Cox proportion-hazards modeling was used to evaluate the relative importance of prognostic variables. RESULTS: There was no significant difference between the two groups in initial tumor response (P < 0.05). The median survival in all patients was 18 months (mo). The median survival in groups A and B were 20 mo and 16 mo respectively. The cumulative survival rates at 6, 12, 18, 24, 30 mo were 68.4%, 57.6%, 38.4%, 26.6%, 19.9% in group A, and 62.6%, 43.8%, 31.9%, 26.5%, 26.5% in group B. There was no significant difference in survival between the two groups (P > 0.05). The factors influencing prognosis were Child-Pugh scores (P < 0.0001), tumor thrombus in the portal vein (P < 0.0001), tumor size (P < 0.0001), method of embolization (P < 0.0001), TACE times (P < 0.001). The dosage of anticancer drugs employed in TACE was not relevant to the survival rates (P = 0.883). CONCLUSIONS: TACE with use of large-dose anticancer drugs does not significantly enhance the anticancer effects and survival compared that with lowdose anticancer drugs. The therapeutic effect of TACE was mainly attributed to embolization of the artery rather than to anticancer drugs.

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