Publications by authors named "Cai Feng Li"

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  • Degos disease, or malignant atrophic papulosis (MAP), is an autoinflammatory condition that primarily impacts small- to medium-sized arteries.
  • It most frequently affects the gastrointestinal and nervous systems.
  • The report discusses a specific case where Degos disease began in infancy, leading to significant neurological complications.
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Soft scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccidae) are important pests of various agricultural and horticultural crops and ornamental plants. They have negative impacts on agriculture and forestry. The tribe Coccini represents one of the most ancient evolutionary lineages of soft scale insects.

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to comprehensively evaluate the lipid profiles in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

Methods: The literature and relevant reviews were searched for published clinical studies on the relationship between JIA and blood lipid levels. The Newcastle-Ottawa scale (NOS) was applied to evaluate the risk and methodological value of the included case‒control and cohort studies.

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Paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) is a rare autoimmune skin disease closely related to tumors, characterized by a maculopapular rash with mucosal pain, bronchiole occlusion, and respiratory failure may occur over time, even resulting in death. We report a rare case of a child with autoimmune PNP misdiagnosed as juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), and summarize the key points of differentiation of clinical manifestations and auxiliary examinations of PNP and JDM. When the diagnosis is not clear because the patient has features not typical of JDM, then skin biopsy and other diagnostic studies should be considered prior to any immunosuppressive therapy, as this could potentially obscure and delay the diagnosis of malignancy.

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Juvenile idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is a common rheumatic disorder in children that can cause multiple systems to be affected simultaneously, leading to severe clinical symptoms and a high mortality rate in those with pulmonary involvement. Pleurisy is the most common manifestation of pulmonary involvement. At the same time, other conditions, such as pneumonia, interstitial lung disease, occlusive bronchiectasis, and alveolar protein deposition, have been increasingly reported in recent years.

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Background: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease in children. With the gradual expansion of the incidence of JIA in the population, the pathogenesis and treatment of JIA were further explored and analyzed, and JIA has achieved some success in drug therapy.

Data Sources: A systemic literature search was conducted on PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, ISI Web of Science, the US National Institutes of Health Ongoing Trials Register, and the EU Clinical Trials Register.

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  • The study utilized a high-fat diet hamster model to investigate the anti-hyperlipidemic effects of Moringa oleifera leaf extracts (WEMOL), revealing that it significantly reduced serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels while improving liver health.
  • WEMOL was tested against groups including normal diet, high-fat diet, and simvastatin over a 66-day period, with observable positive changes in body weight and serum lipid profiles.
  • Network pharmacology analysis identified 219 and 185 potential targets for M. oleifera's active components related to hyperlipidemia, linking various signaling pathways to its mechanism of action, including those involved in liver health and metabolic inflammation.
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  • Chinese materia medica (CMM) is crucial for the growth of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) because of its ecological, medical, and cultural significance, but challenges like resource shortages and quality issues threaten its development.
  • Ensuring sustainable use of CMM resources is vital, and this can be accomplished by enriching these resources through methods like expanding medicinal parts, finding substitutes, and exploring ethnic and folk medicines.
  • The study outlines strategies for positioning the efficacy of new CMM resources, using various modern techniques to support the ongoing enrichment and advancement of CMM and TCM's quality.
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Membrane fouling is a prominent problem that hinders the stable and efficient operation of the reverse osmosis (RO) system for wastewater reclamation. Previous studies showed that chlorine disinfection, which was commonly used in industrial RO systems as pretreatment, could lead to significant change in microbial community structure and resulted in serious biofouling. In order to prevent biofouling during wastewater reclamation, the effect of ultraviolet (UV) disinfection on RO membrane fouling was investigated and the mechanism was also revealed in this study.

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The network pharmacology and molecular docking methods were used to explore the mechanism of Jinweitai Capsules in the treatment of acute and chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, and chronic colitis. The chemical components of herbs in Jinweitai Capsules were collected through TCMSP, CNKI and PubMed. Target prediction was performed through PubChem and SwissTargetPrediction databases; genes relating to acute and chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, chronic colitis were collected from OMIM database; potential targets of Jinweitai Capsules for relevant gastrointestinal diseases were obtained by Venny analysis; DAVID database was used to perform GO and KEGG enrichment analysis; protein interactions were obtained by STRING database and visua-lized by Cytoscape; AutoDockVina was used for molecular docking of AKT1, EGFR, PTPN11 and its reverse-selected chemical components.

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This study aimed to explore the optimal indications and mechanism of Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncis(UR)-Eucommiae Cortex(EC) in lowering blood pressure based on network pharmacology and molecular docking. Chemical constituents were collected and screened by TCMSP database. Swiss Target Prediction platform was used to predict the related targets of the drug.

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Background: Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare and disabling heritable connective tissue disease that is difficult to treat. This study seeks to explore the clinical characteristics, clinical manifestations, treatment and prognosis of FOP to provide a clinical basis for its early diagnosis and treatment.

Methods: Twenty-six children with FOP were retrospectively analyzed in terms of their onset, clinical manifestations, auxiliary examinations and treatment.

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The genus Orobanche, Cistanche and Boschniakia are taxonomically classified as members of Orobanchaceae. The medicinal plants of these three genera are closely related, and their traditional curative effects are similar. As representative compounds, phenethyl glycosides are predominantly dominant type both in amount and in chemical structural varieties, which are considered to be the important bioactive material basis of these genera.

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Background: Approximately 15-20% cases of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are diagnosed in children. There have been a few studies reporting the epidemiological data of pediatric-onset SLE (cSLE) in China, neither comparing the differences between cSLE and adult-onset SLE (aSLE). The aim of this study was to describe the impact of age of onset on clinical features and survival in cSLE patients in China based on the Chinese SLE Treatment and Research group (CSTAR) database.

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Microbial community structure and functions of rhizosphere soil of rice were investigated after applying low and high doses of nitrogenous fertilizer and Phomopsis liquidambari. Average well color development, substrate richness, catabolic diversity and soil enzymes activities varied after applying N-fertilizer and P. liquidambari and were greater in P.

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Orobanche caerulescens is an important medicinal resource in Orobanchaceae. The present study aims to establish methods for determination of acteoside, crenatoside, and total phenylethanoid glycosides in O. caerulescens, and determine the content in 15 samples to evaluate the resource utilization of this medicinal plant.

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To study the effect of saline-alkali stress on dry mass, rhizosphere soil enzyme activities and soil microbial quantities, pot experiments were designed two sugar beet varieties, 'KWS0143' (strong tolerance to saline-alkali) and 'Beta464' (weak tolerance to saline-alkali) planted in different NaCO concentrations [0% (control), 0.4%, 0.8% and 1.

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Objective: To explore the correlation of serum ferritin (SF) and systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SOJIA) so as to determine the prognostic values of SF for SOJIA.

Methods: All samples were collected from 92 juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients at Beijing Children's Hospital between February 2005 to September 2012. Their age range was 2-15 years.

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Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in the treatment of systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA).

Methods: Thirty-five patients with a confirmed diagnosis of SoJIA who had received initial treatment were randomly divided into control (n=15), MMF1 (n=7) and MMF2 groups (n=13). The control group received conventional treatment, the MMF1 group received MMF after 2 weeks of conventional treatment that had not led to remission, and the MMF2 group received combination therapy with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, prednisone and MMF.

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Objective: To explore the association of HLA-DM gene with childhood systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Methods: DMA and DMB genes were genotyped by sequence-based typing(SBT)in 79 SLE patients at our hospital from 2003 to 2006 and 57 normal controls.

Results: The frequency of DMB*0101/0102 was lower significantly in SLE patients than that in controls (5.

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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of thalidomide in the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

Methods: Twelve children with JIA who did not respond to conventional treatment were administered with thalidomide (2 mg/kg daily). The symptoms, signs, and laboratory test results were compared before and after treatment.

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Oat products are abundant in β-glucan, which could lower the glycemic index of products or foods. A low glycemic index is beneficial in the control of postprandial glycemia. The study examined the hypoglycemic effects of oat products that had the same percentage of oat β-glucan and were added into the diet fed to streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice for 6 weeks, and potential mechanisms are discussed here.

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