Publications by authors named "Zikai Lin"

Background: The relationship between childhood and adulthood obesity and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) remains unclear. To clarify the independent and joint effects of childhood and adulthood body size on GDM risk, and explore inflammation's role.

Methods: Using female-specific UK Biobank genome-wide association study data, genetic instruments for childhood/adult body size ("thinner," "about average," "plumper") and C-reactive protein (CRP) were identified.

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Purpose: This study aims to predict human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER-2) expression in breast cancer based on radiomics of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) habitat and ultrasound (US).

Patients And Methods: This retrospective study included 182 breast cancer patients confirmed by pathology from May 25, 2019 to April 15, 2025. The data set was randomly divided into a training set (n=145) and a testing set (n=37) with an 8:2 ratio.

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Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is a prevalent form of non-scarring hair loss, affecting approximately 32.13% of the population. Seborrheic alopecia is the most frequently observed among its various types, contributing to over 25% of hair loss cases in men.

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Recent advances in neuroimaging modeling highlight the importance of accounting for subgroup heterogeneity in population-based neuroscience research through various investigations in large scale neuroimaging data collection. To integrate survey methodology with neuroscience research, we present an imaging data analysis and yield population generalizability with screened subsets of data. The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study has enrolled a large cohort of participants to reflect the individual variation of the U.

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Background: Human bronchial epithelial cell-derived extracellular vesicles have demonstrated the ability to attenuate fibroblasts activation. However, the specific key effector cell populations mediating this inhibitory effect remain unidentified. Airway basal stem cells (BSCs), which serve as progenitor cells for bronchial epithelial cells, play a critical role in fibrotic remodeling processes and possess significant therapeutic potential.

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Background: Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP) is a rare interstitial lung disease with diverse clinical manifestations and outcomes. However, there are limited data on the heterogeneity of PAP, as well as its prognosis, cause of death and genetic mechanisms. This study aims to elucidate mortality, prognostic features, and genetic mechanisms in patients with PAP.

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Background: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a prevalent condition that manifests a spectrum of symptoms, including gastroesophageal-related cough (GERC). Antireflux procedures have been employed to alleviate these symptoms, yet their efficacy varies. This systematic review and meta-analysis aim to evaluate the improvement in gastroesophageal-related cough and other reflux symptoms following antireflux procedures.

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Objectives: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease with an unsatisfactory state of treatment. We aim to explore novel targets for SLE from a genetic standpoint.

Methods: Cis-expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) for whole blood from 31,684 samples provided by the eQTLGen Consortium as well as two large SLE cohorts were utilized for screening and validating genes causally associated with SLE.

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Image-on-scalar regression has been a popular approach to modeling the association between brain activities and scalar characteristics in neuroimaging research. The associations could be heterogeneous across individuals in the population, as indicated by recent large-scale neuroimaging studies, for example, the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. The ABCD data can inform our understanding of heterogeneous associations and how to leverage the heterogeneity and tailor interventions to increase the number of youths who benefit.

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  • Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (PEH) is a rare vascular tumor, difficult to diagnose early, prompting a study to analyze and predict its imaging characteristics.
  • The research involved assessing 96 cases (25 from a center and 71 published) and created a deep learning model using CT images for accurate PEH identification.
  • Findings revealed diverse imaging features, with specific patterns and a deep learning model showing a promising accuracy, indicating potential clinical application for future use.
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L. has been extensively studied for its potential medicinal properties in traditional Chinese medicine and is often consumed as a tea by traditional folk. It has the potential to be exploited in the treatment of inflammation, immunological disorders, and diabetic nephropathy.

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Background: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare interstitial lung disease characterised by the accumulation of lipoprotein material in the alveoli. Although dyslipidaemia is a prominet feature, the causal effect of lipid traits on PAP remains unclear. This study aimed to explore the role of lipid traits in PAP and evaluate the potential of lipid-lowering drug targets in PAP.

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In addition to measuring the strain, stress, and Young's modulus of materials through tension and compression, in-plane shear modulus measurement is also an important part of parameter testing of composites. Tensile testing of ±45° composite laminates is an economical and effective method for measuring in-plane shear strength. In this paper, the in-plane shear modulus of T800 carbon fiber/epoxy composites were measured through tensile tests of ±45° composite laminates, and acoustic emission (AE) was used to characterize the damage of laminates under in-plane shear loading.

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  • The study investigates the clinical value of FDG PET/CT imaging in relapsing polychondritis (RP) patients with airway involvement, looking at its ability to predict disease patterns, severity, and prognosis.
  • A total of 52 RP patients were analyzed, with the majority showing increased FDG uptake in the airways and three distinct patterns of involvement identified (focal, multifocal, and diffuse).
  • Findings indicate that while PET/CT is effective in assessing airway involvement, higher FDG uptake is associated with worse overall patient well-being, although it does not directly correlate with symptom control or pulmonary function.
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Background: Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages in the world, coffee consumption has been growing in the United States over the past 20 years. Periodontitis is defined by the pathologic loss of the periodontal ligament and destruction of the connective tissue attachment and alveolar bone loss and is related to different systemic diseases and conditions. However, the causality has remained unclarified, thus we regarded discovering the causal relationship between coffee consumption and the liability to periodontitis as the objective of the study.

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Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients often exhibit gastrointestinal symptoms, A potential association between COPD and Colorectal Cancer (CRC) has been indicated, warranting further examination.

Methods: In this study, we collected COPD and CRC data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, genome-wide association studies, and RNA sequence for a comprehensive analysis. We used weighted logistic regression to explore the association between COPD and CRC incidence risk.

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Background: Refractory chronic cough (RCC) has a significant impact on patient's health-related quality of life and represents a challenge in clinical management. However, the optimal treatment for RCC remains controversial. This study aimed to investigate and compare the efficacy and safety of the current pharmacological therapeutic options for RCC.

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Background: Asthma is a public health problem worldwide. However, only a few studies have reported the epidemiology of asthma in various age groups in East Asia. The present study aimed to analyze and predict trends in the incidence of asthma in East Asia through the Global Burden of Disease 2019 (GBD 2019) study and provide information for prevention and control strategies.

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Background: Asthma is a common respiratory disease caused by genetic and environmental factors, but the contribution of insulin use to the risk of asthma remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the association between insulin use and asthma in a large population-based cohort, and further explore their causal relationship by Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis.

Methods: An epidemiological study including 85,887 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001-2018 was performed to evaluate the association between insulin use and asthma.

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Background: Because stomach adenocarcinoma (STAD) has a poor prognosis, it is necessary to explore new prognostic genes to stratify patients to guide existing individualized treatments.

Methods: Survival and clinical information, RNA-seq data and mutation data of STAD were acquired from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. Fifty-one nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) metabolism-related genes (NMRGs) were obtained from the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) and Reactome databases.

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  • The anterior insular cortex (AIC) plays a crucial role in integrating feelings and bodily states to influence decision-making, particularly in heavy drinkers facing delay discounting (DD), which is the tendency to favor immediate rewards over delayed ones.
  • A study with 29 heavy drinkers using functional MRI found that certain brain regions, including the right dorsal AIC, were activated during DD tasks and showed a negative correlation with impulsive choices and alcohol consumption.
  • The research suggests that better engagement of the right dAIC in intertemporal choices leads to lower impulsivity and drinking behavior, indicating that the AIC may be important in making decisions about future rewards.
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Background: Gastric cancer (GC) is a globally important disease. It is the 5th most common malignancy and the 4th most common cause of death from cancer in the world. Patients with GC are often at an advanced stage when they are first diagnosed, and their overall prognosis is poor due to locally advanced and distant metastasis.

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Background: It is now recognized that the symptoms of colon cancer differ according to whether the tumor is located on the left or right side of the patient. The results of the present study point to the differences in the tissue and embryonic origins of left- and right-sided colon cancer that cause the variations in molecular typing. The research purpose of this study is to establish a core differential gene scoring model and proved its effect.

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