Background The long noncoding RNA HOTAIR has been reported as a poor prognostic
biomarker in patients with breast cancer. The aim of the present study is to examine the …

Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1(MALAT1), a long non-coding RNA
(lncRNA), is up-regulated in many solid tumors and associated with cancer metastasis and …

Background Most patients with acute biliary pancreatitis have stones in the biliary tract or
ampulla of Vater. Because these stones may be passed spontaneously soon after a patient is …

Materials and Methods. Data of 195 patients with HCC were retrospectively analyzed and
various clinical and pathological factors for survival and tumor-free survival were examined by …

There are more than 1000 microbial species living in the complex human intestine. The gut
microbial community plays an important role in protecting the host against pathogenic …

Background Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are highly prevalent in tumor tissue and can suppress
effective anti-tumor immune responses. However, the source of the increased tumor-…

We selected 42 early‐stage primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) patients and 30 healthy controls (HC).
Metagenomic sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene was used to characterize the fecal …

The aim of this study was to investigate whether the heterogeneity in tacrolimus dose
requirement is associated with ABCB1 and CYP3A5 gene polymorphisms in Chinese liver …

Background Recent studies have shown that high expression levels of class I histone
deacetylases (HDACs) correlate with malignant phenotype and poor prognosis in some human …

Background Liver transplantation is one of the most effective therapeutic options for patients
with end-stage liver diseases, and gut microbiota is actively involved in potential infections …