In this review, we summarize the recent advance of nanozymes in the treatment of bacterial infection.

Malignant tumors constitute a major global public health burden. Chronic psychological stress (CPS) manifests as sustained dysregulation arising from prolonged adaptive responses to chronic endogenous and exogenous stimuli. Clinical evidence indicates that CPS markedly influences cancer progression, with most oncology patients developing detectable stress-related psychological disorders during disease management. This review synthesizes recent advances in understanding CPS-mediated oncogenic mechanisms and evaluates current intervention approaches. Mechanistically, CPS compromises immune surveillance through neuroendocrine-mediated hormonal dysregulation, impairing malignant cell recognition and clearance. Concurrently, CPS hormones promote tumor metabolic adaptation via hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis-driven metabolic reprogramming, enhancing glycolytic flux to support uncontrolled proliferation. CPS further accelerates tumor progression through reactive oxygen species-induced mitochondrial impairment, DNA damage accumulation, and inflammatory cascades. Notably, CPS induces gut microbiota perturbations that reciprocally amplify tumorigenic processes through microbial metabolite disturbances and neuroimmune crosstalk, creating a self-perpetuating pathogenic loop. Therapeutic strategies to address cancer-related CPS that encompass pharmacological agents targeting neuroendocrine pathways, psychosomatic behavioral interventions, social environment adjustments, and evidence-based traditional Chinese medicine formulations demonstrate potential in cancer prevention, treatment, and outcome optimization. However, challenges remain in achieving precise neuromodulation and minimizing intervention side effects, underscoring the need for mechanism-guided therapeutic innovations.

Chemotherapy-induced intestinal injury limits the clinical use of drugs. Intestinal injury involves multiple signaling pathways and gut microbiota disruption.

Mini‐chromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins play important roles in initiating eukaryotic genome replication. The MCM family of proteins includes several members associated with the development and progression of certain cancers. We performed online data mining to assess the expression of MCMs in gastric cancer (GC) and the correlation between their expression and survival in patients with GC. Notably, MCM8 expression was undoubtedly up‐regulated in GC, and higher expression correlated with shorter overall survival (OS) and progression‐free survival (PFS) in patients with GC. However, the role of MCM8 in GC has not been previously explored. Our in vitro experiments revealed that MCM8 knockdown inhibited cell growth and metastasis. Moreover, MCM8 knockdown induced apoptosis. Mechanistically, the expression levels of Bax and cleaved caspase‐3 were increased, whereas Bcl‐2 expression decreased. Additionally, we demonstrated that MCM8 knockdown suppressed tumorigenesis in vivo. Overall, these results suggest that MCM8 plays a significant role in GC progression.

Qingjie Fuzheng granule (QFG) is a traditional Chinese medicinal formula used extensively as an alternative medicine for cancer treatment, including colorectal cancer (CRC). But its pathological mechanism in CRC is unclear. To study antitumor treatment effects and mechanisms of QFG, we established a CRC HCT-116 xenograft mouse model and assessed QFG on EMT and autophagy progression in vivo. The mice were randomly divided into 2 groups (n=10 each group) and treated with intragastric administration of 1g/kg of QFG or saline 6 days a week for 28 days (4 weeks). Body weight was measured every other day with electronic balance. At the end of the treatment, the tumor weight was measured. Immunohistochemical (IHC) and western blot (WB) assay were used to detect the expression level of E-cadherin, N-cadherin, vimentin, and TWIST1 to evaluate the effect of QFG on tumor cell EMT progression. IHC and WB assay were also used to detect the expression level of beclin-1, LC3-II, and p62 to evaluate the effect of QFG on tumor cell autophagy progression. Furthermore, the expression level of relative proteins in mTOR pathway was detected by WB assay to investigate the mechanism of QFG effect on CRC. We discovered that QFG inhibited the rise of tumor weight while it had no effect on mice body weight, which proved that QFG could inhibit CRC growth progression without significant side effects in vivo. In addition, QFG treatment inhibited EMT and induced autophagy progression in CRC tumor cells, including that QFG upregulated the expression of E-cadherin, beclin-1, and LC3-II, but downregulated the expression of N-cadherin, vimentin, TWIST1, and p62. And, QFG decreased the ratio of p-PI3K/PI3K, p-AKT/AKT, and p-mTOR/mTOR, but increased the ratio of p-AMPK/AMPK. All findings from this research proved that QFG can induce autophagy and inhibit EMT progression in CRC via regulating the mTOR signaling pathway.