Publications by authors named "ChunLing Liu"

Detection of biomarkers was extremely important for the early diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy optimization of diseases. The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in serum metabolites between patients with heart failure (HF) and healthy control (HC) and to diagnose HF qualitatively. In this study, serum samples from 83 patients with HF and 35 HCs were used as the research subjects for untargeted metabolomic analysis using ultraperformance liquid chromatography combined with quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-QTOF/MS) technology.

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Purpose: Lung cancer is a severe malignant tumor. This study aims to more comprehensively characterize lung cancer patients and identify combination markers for immunotherapy.

Patients And Methods: We gathered data from 166 lung cancer patients at the Cancer Hospital Affiliated with Xinjiang Medical University.

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The deep learning technique has been shown to be effectively addressed several image analysis tasks in the computer-aided diagnosis scheme for mammography. The training of an efficacious deep learning model requires large data with diverse styles and qualities. The diversity of data often comes from the use of various scanners of vendors.

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  • Skin lesion segmentation is crucial for diagnosing and treating skin diseases, and using deep neural networks can improve accuracy in assessing conditions for better patient outcomes.
  • The paper introduces AFCF-Net, a new network designed to enhance segmentation performance through innovative techniques like spatial channel feature calibration and feature symmetric fusion convolution for better texture and edge sensitivity.
  • Experiments show that AFCF-Net outperforms existing networks in segmentation quality while requiring fewer resources, demonstrating improved efficiency and generalization across multiple skin image datasets.
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Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) is a rare, benign breast lesion characterized by collagen proliferation, often identified as an incidental microscopic finding. Clinically, it may present as a palpable, well-defined breast mass or, in rare instances, as a diffuse, bilateral process leading to significant breast enlargement. We herein report a case of extensive diffuse PASH with short-term recurrence following lesion resection at another hospital.

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Background: Anlotinib, a highly selective inhibitor of VEGFR2, has demonstrated significant anti-tumor effects in various cancers. However, its potential synergistic effects with DDP (cisplatin) in breast cancer (BRCA) remain to be fully elucidated. This study aims to discover the therapeutic efficacy of anlotinib on BRCA, specifically the synergistic effects with DDP, and to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms.

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Variants in RNA binding motif protein 20 (RBM20) are causative in a severe form of dilated cardiomyopathy referred to as RBM20 cardiomyopathy, yet the mechanisms are unclear. Moreover, the reason(s) for phenotypic heterogeneity in carriers with different pathogenic variants are similarly opaque. To gain insight, we carried out multi-omics analysis, including the first analysis of gene expression changes at the protein level, of mice carrying two different pathogenic variants in the RBM20 nuclear localization signal (NLS).

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  • The study examined the relationship between early pregnancy ultrasound measurements and reproductive hormone levels by comparing pregnant women in their first trimester to nonpregnant controls.
  • Key findings revealed strong positive correlations between hormone levels like hCG and ultrasound parameters such as crown-rump length and gestational sac diameter, while some hormones showed negative correlations.
  • The results suggest that reproductive hormones could serve as important biomarkers for monitoring pregnancy development, highlighting their potential utility in clinical settings.
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  • N and calcium (Ca) are crucial nutrients for apple growth, but the mechanisms of how nitrogen (N) affects Ca availability remain unclear.
  • The study employed various techniques to analyze the relationship between N and Ca in apple plants, revealing that high N levels significantly enhance oxalate accumulation, contributing to increased Ca content in leaves.
  • Findings demonstrated that N stimulates oxalate synthesis while inhibiting its breakdown, forming CaOx crystals via a specific biosynthesis pathway, which may lead to improved cultivation practices for Ca efficiency.
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Understanding protein corona composition is essential for evaluating their potential applications in biomedicine. Relative protein abundance (RPA), accounting for the total proteins in the corona, is an important parameter for describing the protein corona. For the first time, we comprehensively predicted the RPA of multiple proteins on the protein corona.

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  • Plants face various challenges as they grow, prompting the need to identify stress activators that can improve their resistance.
  • This study focused on three specific anti-stress activators for apple trees that boost proline content, enhancing the trees' ability to withstand stress.
  • The application of these activators significantly increased proline levels without negatively affecting fruit quality, suggesting their potential for use in the apple industry due to their effectiveness and low cost.
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  • Savolitinib has been approved in China for treating advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with specific genetic mutations, particularly in patients who haven't had prior treatments or can't undergo platinum-based chemotherapy.
  • A phase 3b study evaluated the drug's safety and effectiveness in treatment-naive patients with these mutations across 48 hospitals in China, administering different dosages based on patient weight.
  • Results showed a promising objective response rate of 62% based on independent assessments, with the majority of patients experiencing some treatment-related side effects, the most common being peripheral edema.
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Purpose: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a highly fatal malignancy. The Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene (KRAS) gene profoundly impacts patient prognosis. This study aims to explore the correlation between KRAS mutation subtypes, clinical data, and the impact of these subtypes on immunotherapy.

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Background: Pathological axillary lymph node (pALN) burden is an important factor for treatment decision-making in clinical T1-T2 (cT1-T2) stage breast cancer. Preoperative assessment of the pALN burden and prognosis aids in the individualized selection of therapeutic approaches.

Purpose: To develop and validate a machine learning (ML) model based on clinicopathological and MRI characteristics for assessing pALN burden and survival in patients with cT1-T2 stage breast cancer.

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Tuberculosis has plagued mankind since ancient times, and the struggle between humans and tuberculosis continues. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the leading cause of tuberculosis, infecting nearly one-third of the world's population. The rise of peptide drugs has created a new direction in the treatment of tuberculosis.

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  • A study called ANEAS compared two cancer treatments, aumolertinib and gefitinib, for patients with advanced lung cancer that had spread to the brain.
  • The results showed that aumolertinib worked much better, helping patients live longer without their brain cancer getting worse compared to gefitinib.
  • Overall, more patients treated with aumolertinib responded well to the treatment, showing an improvement in their condition compared to those who received gefitinib.
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  • The FURLONG study compared the effectiveness of furmonertinib and gefitinib as first-line treatments for patients with EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with a focus on patient-reported outcomes (PROs).
  • In this Phase 3 trial, 357 patients were randomly assigned to receive either furmonertinib or gefitinib, and their quality of life was measured using specific questionnaires.
  • Results showed furmonertinib had better scores in various health aspects like physical functioning and reduced symptoms (e.g., nausea, appetite loss) compared to gefitinib, though some statistical improvements did not reach the level of clinical significance.
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  • Immunochemotherapy is the main treatment for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), and adding anti-angiogenesis may enhance its effectiveness.
  • The ETER701 trial tested a new treatment combining benmelstobart (a PD-L1 inhibitor) and anlotinib (an anti-angiogenic drug) with standard chemotherapy in newly diagnosed ES-SCLC patients.
  • The results showed that those receiving benmelstobart and anlotinib had significantly longer overall survival compared to the standard chemotherapy alone, with manageable side effects, indicating this combination could be a promising first-line treatment.
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Objectives: To develop and validate machine learning models for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-zero and HER2-low using MRI features pre-neoadjuvant therapy (NAT).

Methods: Five hundred and sixteen breast cancer patients post-NAT surgery were randomly divided into training (n = 362) and internal validation sets (n = 154) for model building and evaluation. MRI features (tumour diameter, enhancement type, background parenchymal enhancement, enhancement pattern, percentage of enhancement, signal enhancement ratio, breast oedema, and apparent diffusion coefficient) were reviewed.

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  • * A notable yield of 49.3% for 1,2-PeD was achieved by reacting xylose under specific conditions (200 °C, 3 MPa hydrogen pressure) with a specific catalyst and co-catalyst.
  • * The catalyst showcased excellent performance and reusability, effectively facilitating the necessary reaction steps to convert xylose into 1,2-PeD without significant loss of effectiveness over five cycles.
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Potassium (K) and magnesium (Mg) play analogous roles in regulating plant photosynthesis and carbon and nitrogen (C-N) metabolism. Based on this consensus, we hypothesize that appropriate Mg supplementation may alleviate growth inhibition under low K stress. We monitored morphological, physiological, and molecular changes in G935 apple plants under different K (0.

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Lung cancer is one familiar cancer that threatens the lives of humans. circCTNNB1 has been disclosed to have regulatory functions in some diseases. However, the functions and related regulatory mechanisms of circCTNNB1 in lung cancer remain largely indistinct.

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Purpose: Telisotuzumab vedotin (Teliso-V) is a c-Met-directed antibody-drug conjugate with a monomethyl auristatin E cytotoxic payload. The phase II LUMINOSITY trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03539536) aimed to identify the optimal c-Met protein-overexpressing non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) population for treatment with Teliso-V (stage I) and expand the selected group for efficacy evaluation (stage II).

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Background: Telehealth has emerged as a popular channel for providing outpatient services in many countries. However, the majority of telehealth systems focus on operational functions and offer only a sectional patient journey at most. Experiences with incorporating longitudinal real-world medical record data into telehealth are valuable but have not been widely shared.

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