Abstract This study aimed to identify potential therapeutic targets in osteosarcoma (OS) through the network analysis of competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs). The differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMIs) and mRNAs (DEMs) were identified between OS cell lines and human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) from the data deposited under GSE70415 using limma package. Functional analysis of DEMs was performed using DAVID and clusterProfiler to identify significantly enriched Gene Ontology biological processes and KEGG pathways, respectively. The DEMI-DEM interaction network was constructed using Cytoscape. LncRNA–miRNA interactions were predicted using starBase database. The ceRNA regulatory network was constructed by integrating mRNAs, miRNAs, and lncRNAs, and functional enrichment analysis was performed for the genes involved. The analysis revealed a total of 326 DEMs and 54 DEMIs between OS cells and hMSCs. We identified several novel therapeutic targets involved in the progression and metastasis of OS, such as CBX7, RAD9A, SNHG7 and miR-34a-5p. The miRNA, miR-543 (target gene: CBX7) was found to be associated with the pathway Mucin type O-glycan biosynthesis. Using the ceRNA network, we established the following regulatory interactions: NEAT1/miR-543/CBX7, SNHG7/miR-34a-5p/RAD9A, and XIST/miR-34a-5p/RAD9A. CBX7, RAD9A, lncRNA SNHG7, miR-543, and miR-34a-5p may be explored as novel therapeutic targets for treatment of OS.

Background: In recent years, obesity has become the major public health problems worldwide. The detection rate of obesity is alarmingly rising among children and adolescents in China, whose population of 120 million are in range of obesity. It was estimated that 8% of her children are obese. Methods: Publications between 2009 and 2014 on the obesity prevalence among primary school students in China were retrieved from PubMed, online Chinese periodical full-text databases of VIP, CNKI and Wanfang. Meta Analyst software was used to sum up and analyze the detection rates included in the previously retrieved literatures. Results: After evaluation of the quality of the articles, 18 papers were finally included in our study, and the total sample sizes on the obesity investigation were 247547, in which 26466 were obesity. Meta-analysis findings showed that the pooled prevalence of obesity in primary school students is 10.0 %( 95% CI: 7.2%-13.5%). Conclusion: Our results indicated that the obesity prevalence status in China was still troublesome, for the situation will go worse if we currently fail to take effective and practical measures.

Introducción: En los últimos años, la obesidad se ha convertido en el principal problema de salud pública a nivel mundial. La tasa de detección de obesidad infantil está creciendo alarmantemente entre los niños y los adolescentes en China, cuya población de 120 millones se sitúa en el rango de obesidad. Se calculó que el 8% de los niños son obesos. Métodos: Se recopilaron publicaciones entre 2009 y 2014 sobre la prevalencia de obesidad entre los alumnos de primaria en China de PubMed, textos completos de bases de datos de periódicos chinos online de VIP, CNKI y Wanfang. Se empleó software de meta-análisis para resumir y analizar las tasas de detección incluidas en la bibliografía previamente obtenida. Resultados: Después de la evaluación de la calidad de los artículos, finalmente incluimos 18 artículos en nuestro estudio, y los tamaños de la muestra total en la investigación sobre obesidad fueron 247547, donde 26466 presentaron obesidad. Los resultados de los meta-análisis mostraron que la prevalencia de la obesidad en los alumnos de primaria es del 10,0% (IC del 95%: 7,2% - 13,5%). Conclusión: Nuestros resultados indican que la prevalencia de obesidad en China todavía supone un problema preocupante, dado que la situación será peor si no se toman medidas eficaces y prácticas.