Publications by authors named "Zhiqiang Xue"

Background: Causes contributing to nasolabial fold (NLF) appearance can be multifactorial, hence requiring distinct dermal filler strategies. We devised 4 assessment, strategy, and treatment (AST) injection protocols, incorporating NLF etiology and severity, patient expectations, and the selection of Belotero Balance Lidocaine (BBL) and Belotero Volume Lidocaine (BVL) hyaluronic acid fillers.

Methods: The underlying etiology and photonumeric assessments of NLF severity guided protocol selection.

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Semen Armeniacae Amarum is a Chinese medicine. The Chinese Pharmacopoeia stipulates that the dried ripe seeds of these four plants (Prunus armeniaca L. var.

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Background: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a catastrophic complication after joint arthroplasty. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between laboratory tests and PJI and establish a nomogram for predicting risks of PJI after total hip arthroplasty (THA).

Materials And Methods: The clinical data of patients who underwent THA from January 2015 to December 2020 were retrospectively analyzed.

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Objectives: To examine how the glucose transporter SLC2A1 influences the proliferation and migration of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and explore the underlying molecular mechanisms.

Methods: We examined the differential expression of SLC2A1 between normal and LUAD tissues in the TCGA database and its prognostic implications. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect SLC2A1 protein levels in clinical samples of LUAD and adjacent tissues, and the association of SLC2A1 expression levels with clinicopathological features of the patients was analyzed.

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Background: Thymic carcinoma is a type of rare and highly malignant tumor that originates from the thymic epithelium. Treatment and prognosis of thymic carcinoma remain controversial. We retrospectively analyzed survival data from a large sample database in a single center in China to summarize the clinicopathological features of patients with thymic carcinoma and explore the factors affecting prognosis.

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In this work, we synthesized composites of ferrous disulfide and tin disulfide with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) using a straightforward hydrothermal method. The incorporation of carbon nanotubes significantly enhanced the dielectric loss capability of the composites. When the filling ratio of FeS/SnS@CNTs (20 wt%) in paraffin was 40%, the effective absorption bandwidth was 3.

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Infectious bursal disease (IBD) is a widespread problem in the poultry industry, and vaccination is the primary preventive method. However, moderately virulent vaccines may damage the bursa, necessitating the development of a safe and effective vaccine. The Newcastle disease virus (NDV) has been explored as a vector for vaccine development.

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  • The study investigated how myasthenia gravis (MG) influences the long-term outcomes of thymoma patients after surgery and aimed to identify key prognostic factors.
  • Involving 509 patients, the research included a matched comparison of 96 patients with and without MG, analyzing survival and recurrence rates.
  • Results showed no significant differences in 10-year survival and recurrence-free survival between the two groups, with Masaoka-Koga stage and postoperative adjuvant therapy identified as important factors influencing recurrence risk in thymoma patients.
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Owing to the decreased levels of receptors in the peripheral and central nervous systems, the functions of various organ systems decline in older patients. When administering anesthesia to older patients, it is necessary to consider the effects of medication on the homeostatic balance. Remimazolam, a new benzodiazepine, was recently developed as an anesthetic drug that has shown promise in clinical anesthesia application owing to its molecular structure, targets, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacokinetic characteristics.

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  • The study investigates the risk factors for developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients over 60 who underwent total knee arthroplasty (TKA) between 2015 and 2022.
  • It analyzes personal and clinical data from 661 patients and finds that factors like preoperative hematocrit levels, anesthesia mode, and diabetes are significant independent risk factors for postoperative DVT.
  • The research concludes that using neuraxial anesthesia for high hematocrit patients may help lower the risk of DVT after surgery.
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Newcastle disease (ND) and infectious bursal disease (IBD) are both one of the most economically important infectious diseases, which cause high infection rate and mortality of chickens and restrict the development of the poultry industry. Currently, vaccination is the most effective method to prevent ND and IBD. In this study, the biological adjuvant bivalent vaccine (rClone30-VP2L-chGM-CSF) was developed for preventing ND and IBD.

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Avian influenza (AI) and Newcastle disease (ND) are regarded as the leading viral infectious diseases affecting the global poultry industry. Vaccination is a successful therapeutic intervention to safeguard birds against both ND and AI infections. In this research, ND-AI bivalent vaccines were developed through the incorporation of HA and IRES-GMCSF gene fragments at varying locations of NDV rClone30 vectors.

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Ginsenoside Rg5 has been implicated in a variety of diseases. However, it is unknown whether Ginsenoside Rg5 can protect against hypoxia-induced neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (NRMs). The purpose of this study was to look into the effect of Ginsenoside Rg5 on hypoxia-induced NRMs apoptosis as well as the underlying molecular mechanism.

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Background: To explore the expression of hyaluronan mediated motility receptor (HMMR) in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and its relationship with clinicopathological features and tumor-infiltrating is not clear.

Methods: The expression of HMMR in Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE) and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)-LUAD. TCGA was employed to examine the relationship between the clinicopathological characteristics and HMMR expression and the LUAD patients' prognosis.

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This study evaluated the efficacy of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy (Io+Chemo) versus chemotherapy alone (Chemo) in resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in a real-world setting. The association of tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) with pathologic response to different neoadjuvant therapies was also explored.Stage I-III NSCLC patients who received Io+Chemo or Chemo alone followed by surgery were included in the study.

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This study focused on the epigenetic alterations of DNA methylation and miRNAs for lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) diagnosis and treatment using bioinformatics analyses. DNA methylation data and mRNA and miRNA expression microarray data were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. The differentially methylated genes (DMGs), differentially expressed genes (DEGs), and differentially expressed miRNAs were analyzed by using the limma package.

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  • - The study aimed to find out how common preoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is in elderly patients with intertrochanteric fractures and what factors increase the risk of developing DVT before surgery.
  • - An analysis of 358 patients showed an 8.38% prevalence of DVT, with independent risk factors identified including smoking, preoperative time, albumin levels, D-dimer levels, diabetes, and hypertension.
  • - The study concluded that recognizing these risk factors early could help tailor individualized assessments and prevent complications in elderly patients with these types of fractures.
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Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived mesenchymal stem cells (iMSCs) have been believed to be a promising alternative for the stem cell transplantation therapy. The exosomes (Exo) from iMSCs play an important role in several kinds of life activities. The role of exosomes from iMSCs in severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) induced myocardial injury (MI) has not been investigated.

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Anti-PD-1 treatment has shown unprecedented clinical success in the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Here, we performed temporal single-cell RNA and paired T-cell receptor sequencing on 47 tumor biopsies from 36 patients with NSCLC following PD-1-based therapies. We observed increased levels of precursor exhausted T (Texp) cells in responsive tumors after treatment, characterized by low expression of coinhibitory molecules and high expression of GZMK.

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  • * The researchers analyzed data from 233 TPF patients, looking at their general health, lab results, and imaging to pinpoint factors influencing costs and LOS through statistical models.
  • * Key findings included that low protein levels and severe fracture types led to higher hospital costs, and low hemoglobin in males significantly extended LOS and increased costs for those patients.
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Background: Heart failure (HF) is one of the main comorbidities in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis (HD). Sacubitril/valsartan (SAC/VAL) is widely used in HF patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) or HF mid-range ejection fraction (HFmrEF). However, the pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic properties of SAC/VAL in HD patients with HF remain uncertain.

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Background: Esophageal cancer (EC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide, with high morbidity and mortality rates. Circulating tumor cell (CTC) detection has become a novel approach in clinical study of EC. In this study, the relationship between CTCs/c-Kit expression of CTCs and the prognosis of EC patients was analyzed in EC.

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Existing biologically inert or unmodified implants to treat infectious bone defects or osteomyelitis still cannot effectively solve bacterial infection and osseointegration. In this work, a simple co-deposition strategy was developed to modify porous polyetheretherketone (PEEK) with improved antibacterial activity and controllable immunoregulatory ability. After PEEK was treated by HSO to obtain porous PEEK (SPEEK), the self-polymerization of dopamine was operated on SPEEK in the solution of dopamine and gentamicin sulfate (GS) to prepare polydopamine (pDA) and GS layer-modified SPEEK (labeled as SPEEK-pDA-GS).

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Objective: To investigate the efficacy of intravenous combined with aerosol inhalation of polymyxin B for the treatment of pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative (G) bacteria.

Methods: A observational study was conducted. The clinical data of 45 patients with pneumonia due to multidrug-resistant G bacteria admitted to intensive care unit of Fujian Medical University Union Hospital from January to October in 2020 were analyzed.

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Background: Increasing epidemic of ischemic stroke (IS) makes it urgent to understand the pathogenesis and regulatory mechanism, previous studies have described microRNAs (miRNAs) is part of the brain's response to ischemia.

Objective: The aim of this study was to screen potential biomarkers for the prediction and novel treatment of IS.

Methods: Differentially expressed miRNAs were screened from three newly diagnosed IS patients and three controls by RNA sequencing technology.

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