BackgroundMast cells are abundant throughout the lung, positioned near the airway epithelium, vasculature, and interstitium where they function as frontline sentinels to inhaled environmental and chemical stimuli. Through rapid release of cytokines, pr…
BackgroundChronic kidney disease involves progressive fibrosis and immune dysregulation. Aprotinin, a broad-spectrum serine protease inhibitor, has shown dose-dependent renal effects, but its role in obstructive nephropathy is unclear.MethodsA unilater…
Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (AE-IPF) remains a major cause of short-term mortality, yet its biological drivers are incompletely understood. Increasing evidence indicates that the distal lung is not sterile and that microbial bur…
Multiple primary malignancies (MPMs) are increasingly recognized, yet the impact of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) on the evolution of metachronous tumors remains poorly understood. Here, we report a rare case of metachronous triple primary malign…
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common chronic lung disease in preterm infants and is characterized by aberrant late-stage lung development driven by multiple factors. Although previous studies have demonstrated that BPD is associated with…
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is a major post-transcriptional RNA modification, and the demethylase ALKBH5 has emerged as a versatile but highly context-dependent regulator of RNA fate. This review integrates current evidence showing that ALKBH5 links epitr…
IntroductionMultiple sclerosis (MS) shows marked female predominance, particularly among women of childbearing age (WCBA, 15–49 years), yet their specific disease burden remains under characterized. Using Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 1990–2021 data, …
BackgroundTranscriptome−wide association study (TWAS) contributes to discovering novel susceptibility genes related to diseases. Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has been extensively applied to characterize cellular heterogeneity in various biolo…
BackgroundInfantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS) is a severe age-specific epileptic encephalopathy with unclear pathogenesis, and neuroinflammation is involved in its progression. The HMGB1-TLR4 signaling pathway, a key neuroinflammatory mediator i…
BackgroundChronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major global health burden with substantial morbidity and mortality. Proteinuria is strongly associated with adverse renal outcomes, and podocyte pyroptosis is increasingly recognized as a key driver of glome…
