Publications by authors named "Shaobo Zeng"
Background: Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is an important genetic material in eukaryotic cells. Mitochondrial DNA maintenance-related gene (mtDNA MRG) variants contribute to mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer progression and are associated with cancer prognosis. However, the mechanism of mtDNA MRGs in the tumor microenvironment (TME) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Grandparental care has become a common phenomenon, yet there is still limited research on the long-term psychological effects on children raised by their grandparents. This study aims to explore the impact of early grandparental care experiences on university students' social networking sites addiction, social anxiety, and loneliness.
Methods: A random cluster sampling method was employed to select college students from a medical school in Jiangxi for a questionnaire survey.
Objective: The incidence of mild cognitive impairment among the elderly in China was increasing. Widowhood, depression, and disability were significant factors that impacted cognitive function. Yet, there was currently no research, both domestically and internationally, that comprehensively examines all these factors together.
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- - This study examined the relationship between different types of obesity (measured by BMI and waist circumference) and the risk of dyslipidemia in people aged 35 and older in Ganzhou, China, involving 2030 residents.
- - It found a high prevalence of dyslipidemia at 39.31%, especially among those with compound obesity, who had a 58.79% prevalence rate, and higher risks of dyslipidemia were linked to central and compound obesity.
- - The research highlighted the importance of using BMI and waist circumference as effective screening tools for identifying individuals at risk of dyslipidemia, particularly the substantial risk associated with compound obesity.
Factors associated with oral health service utilization among young people in southern China.
BMC Oral Health
February 2024
Article Synopsis
- - The study aims to understand how and why college students in Southern China use oral health services, with the goal of informing policies for better oral health education and behavior interventions.
- - A survey of 678 students revealed that only 30.2% used oral health services in the past year, primarily for treatment rather than prevention, and many had existing oral health problems like dental caries and bleeding.
- - Factors influencing service utilization included positive beliefs about oral health, good hygiene practices (like frequent brushing and flossing), and prior dental issues, while living in rural areas and low concern for oral health were associated with lower usage rates.
Background: Hepatitis B virus can induce hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by inducing a host immune response against infected hepatocytes. C-terminally truncated middle surface protein (MHBSt) has been reported to contribute to HCC through transcriptional activation in epidemiology studies, while the underlying mechanism of MHBSt-induced HCC is unknown.
Methods: In this study, a premature stop at codon 167 in MHBS (MHBSt) was investigated into eukaryotic expression plasmid pcDNA3.
Long-Term Coffee Consumption and Risk of Gastric Cancer: A PRISMA-Compliant Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.
Medicine (Baltimore)
September 2015
Association between coffee consumption and gastric cancer risk remains controversial. Hence, we performed a meta-analysis to investigate and quantify the potential dose-response association between long-term coffee consumption and risk of gastric cancer.Pertinent studies were identified by searching PubMed and Embase from January 1996 through February 10, 2015 and by reviewing the reference lists of retrieved publications.
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