Publications by authors named "Aihua Lin"

Importance: Approximately 20% to 30% of patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) experience disease relapse despite definitive chemoradiotherapy. The programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) blockade camrelizumab has demonstrated considerable value in recurrent or metastatic NPC, while its role in locoregionally advanced NPC is unclear.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of adjuvant camrelizumab for patients with locoregionally advanced NPC.

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Severe toxicities caused by concurrent cisplatin are a critical problem in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) treatment. In this phase 2 multicenter PLATINUM trial (NCT03984357), we recruited 152 NPC patients who received 12-cycle nivolumab plus induction chemotherapy and radiotherapy without concurrent cisplatin. After a median follow-up of 43 months, the 3-year failure-free survival (FFS) was 88.

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  • The study utilized advanced mass spectrometry techniques to identify the chemical components of Xiaochaihu Granules and their absorption in rats after oral intake.
  • A total of 112 chemical components were found in the granules, primarily comprising flavonoids and saponins, and 18 of these components were detected in the rat plasma.
  • This research provides a basis for future investigations into the therapeutic effects and quality control of Xiaochaihu Granules.
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Background: There is increasing evidence that gut fungi dysbiosis plays a crucial role in the development and progression of colorectal cancer (CRC). It has been reported that gut fungi exacerbate the severity of CRC by regulating tumor immunity. Our previous studies have shown that the opportunistic pathogenic fungal pathogen, Candida tropicalis (C.

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  • This clinical trial explored the effectiveness of adding sintilimab, a PD-1 inhibitor, to standard chemoradiotherapy for patients with high-risk, locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
  • Results showed that the sintilimab group had significantly better event-free survival rates compared to the standard therapy group at a median follow-up of nearly 42 months.
  • The trial also reported that a high percentage of patients experienced grade 3-4 adverse events, indicating a need for monitoring side effects in this treatment approach.
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Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a random forest (RF) model in predicting clinical pregnancy outcomes from intrauterine insemination (IUI) and identifying significant factors affecting IUI pregnancy in a large Chinese population.

Methods: RESULTS: A total of 11 variables, including eight from female (age, body mass index, duration of infertility, prior miscarriage, and spontaneous abortion), hormone levels (anti-Müllerian hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone), and three from male (smoking, semen volume, and sperm concentration), were identified as the significant variables associated with IUI clinical pregnancy in our Chinese dataset. The RF-based prediction model presents an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.

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The analysis of energy use not only sheds light on lightening the increasing pressures from energy systems but also improves the flexibility and reliability of power systems. As the highest carbon emission country in the world, detailed evaluation of China's carbon emission trading scheme (ETS) on the energy use is sensitive to energy sectors and highlights the importance of energy utilization in current society. Yet, because of the presence of a possible discontinuity caused by policy implementation, this study uses synthetic control method (SCM) to confirm whether there is a cutoff for energy use after the ETS implementation.

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  • Schizophrenia has a genetic overlap with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, suggesting shared genetic factors may influence both conditions.
  • A study analyzed recent genome-wide association data and found significant genetic links, particularly with smoking initiation and body mass index (BMI), indicating that people with schizophrenia may have a genetic tendency to start smoking but a lower genetic risk for obesity.
  • The differences in genetic influences on various CVD risk factors suggest that not all individuals with schizophrenia have the same level of risk for developing CVD, highlighting the need for tailored approaches in understanding and treating these conditions.
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heritable condition with a large variation in cognitive function. Here we investigated the shared genetic architecture between cognitive traits (intelligence (INT) and educational attainment (EDU)), and risk loci jointly associated with ASD and the cognitive traits. We analyzed data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of INT (n = 269,867), EDU (n = 766,345) and ASD (cases n = 18,381, controls n = 27,969).

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C-reactive protein (CRP) tends to be elevated in individuals with psychiatric disorders. Recent findings have suggested a protective effect of the genetic liability to elevated CRP on schizophrenia risk and a causative effect on depression despite weak genetic correlations, while causal relationships with bipolar disorder were inconclusive. We investigated the shared genetic underpinnings of psychiatric disorders and variation in CRP levels.

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  • * Researchers conducted a study that analyzed genetic data to uncover new risk loci for AN, identifying 58 novel loci specific to AN and 38 loci shared with major psychiatric disorders (like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder).
  • * The findings indicate genetic overlap between AN and these psychiatric disorders, suggesting that shared characteristics may have a genetic foundation, and revealed involvement in numerous biological pathways, including important signaling mechanisms.
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Objective: This study aims to clarify the clinical significance of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOs)/nitric oxide (NO) signaling pathway and endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) in traumatic shock (TS) and the mechanism of action, so as to offer a novel direction for the emergency treatment of TS in the future.

Methods: The clinical data of 90 patients with TS treated in our hospital between June 2019 and January 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into mild (n = 30), moderate (n = 30), and severe group (n = 30) based on their disease severity.

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  • The study investigates the genetic links between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and psychiatric, as well as gastrointestinal disorders, using data from a large genome-wide association study (GWAS).
  • Researchers identified over 12,000 genetic variants related to IBS and discovered 132 new specific genomic loci connected to both IBS and psychiatric conditions.
  • Functional analysis indicated that these shared genetic factors are enriched in biological pathways related to the nervous and immune systems, highlighting the complex interplay between IBS and mental health issues.
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Background: Associations between trace elements and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) have been speculated but not thoroughly examined.

Methods: This study registered a total of 225 newly diagnosed patients with NPC and 225 healthy controls matched by sex and age from three municipal hospitals in Guangdong Province, southern China between 2011 and 2015. Information was collected by questionnaire on the demographic characteristics and other possibly confounding lifestyle factors.

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Endophytes confer fitness advantages to host plants. However, the ecological communities of endophytic fungi in the different tissues (rhizomes, stems, and leaves) of and the relationship of their endophytic fungi with polyphyllin levels remain unclear. In this study, the community diversity and differences of endophytic fungi in the rhizomes, stems, and leaves of var.

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Personality and cognitive function are heritable mental traits whose genetic foundations may be distributed across interconnected brain functions. Previous studies have typically treated these complex mental traits as distinct constructs. We applied the 'pleiotropy-informed' multivariate omnibus statistical test to genome-wide association studies of 35 measures of neuroticism and cognitive function from the UK Biobank (n = 336,993).

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  • A study explored the connections between brain structure (cortical surface area and thickness) and immune markers (like white blood cell counts and C-reactive protein) in over 30,000 participants from the UK Biobank.
  • Results showed that there are mainly negative associations between brain structure and immune markers, indicating that changes in one often relate to changes in the other.
  • The research suggests a shared genetic basis for these traits, with specific genes linked to both brain structure and immune responses, particularly highlighting monocyte counts as significantly overlapping with cortical structure genetics.
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Background: Immune mechanisms are indicated in schizophrenia (SCZ). Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified genetic variants associated with SCZ and immune-related phenotypes. Here, we use cutting edge statistical tools to identify shared genetic variants between SCZ and white blood cell (WBC) counts and further understand the role of the immune system in SCZ.

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Endophytic bacteria play crucial roles in the growth and bioactive compound synthesis of host plants. In this study, the composition and diversity of endophytic bacteria in the roots, stems, and leaves from 3-year-old artificially cultivated were investigated using Illumina HiSeq sequencing technology. Total effective reads were assigned to 936 operational taxonomic units (OTUs), belonging to 12 phyla and 289 genera.

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  • - Low vitamin D levels are linked to schizophrenia, indicating possible shared genetic factors, but research on these mechanisms is limited.
  • - A study analyzing large genetic data sets found 72 genetic loci associated with both schizophrenia and vitamin D, with many variants showing complex effects.
  • - The findings suggest overlapping biological pathways between schizophrenia and vitamin D deficiency, hinting at shared genetic variants that could impact both conditions simultaneously.
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Frontline power grid workers are always facing plenty of stressors such as aerial work and high job demands, which may lead them to be less satisfied with their job. Therefore, this study aims to investigate frontline power grid workers' job satisfaction (JS) and explore how it can be improved by its relationship with personality traits and work-family support (WFS). Data from 535 frontline power grid workers were collected from two power supply bureaus in Guangdong Province, China.

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  • Patients with schizophrenia exhibit notable brain volume abnormalities, indicating both potential causes and effects of the disorder.
  • Using advanced statistical methods, researchers explored the genetic links between schizophrenia and brain volume through large-scale studies involving over 130,000 schizophrenia cases and nearly 34,000 brain volume assessments.
  • The study identified a strong genetic overlap (74-96%) between schizophrenia and brain volumetric traits, uncovering 107 specific genetic loci that suggest disrupted neurodevelopmental processes during early brain development could play a role in the onset of schizophrenia.
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Objective: Mental disorders are heritable and polygenic, and genome-wide genetic correlations (r) have indicated widespread shared genetic risk across multiple disorders and related traits, mirroring their overlapping clinical characteristics. However, r may underestimate the shared genetic underpinnings of mental disorders and related traits because it does not differentiate mixtures of concordant and discordant genetic effects from an absence of genetic overlap. Using novel statistical genetics tools, the authors aimed to evaluate the genetic overlap between mental disorders and related traits when accounting for mixed effect directions.

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Background: Chlorine-based disinfectants are often used to sanitize fruit and vegetables to produce a product called ready-to-eat (RTE) vegetables. During the disinfection process, disinfection byproducts (DBPs), such as trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs), might be formed via chlorination.

Objective: To determine the amounts of DBPs that occur in RTE vegetables in Taiwan, an analytical method which can detect THMs and HAAs simultaneously was developed for this study.

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