Publications by authors named "Diensn Xing"
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- Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a severe lung condition increasingly linked to methamphetamine use, and this study investigates trends and demographics of PAH patients with and without the drug.
- Data from national healthcare databases covering 2008-2020 revealed a notable 9.2-fold rise in hospitalization rates for PAH patients who also used methamphetamine, with a majority being middle-aged male, White, low-income individuals primarily from Western and Southern US regions.
- The findings indicate a significant correlation between methamphetamine use and increased PAH hospitalizations, with the prevalence among users being 32 times higher than non-users, particularly among males and those aged 41-64.
Adipose tissue is characterized as an endocrine organ that acts as a source of hormones and paracrine factors. In diseases such as cancer, endocrine and paracrine signals from adipose tissue contribute to cancer progression. Young individuals with estrogen receptor-alpha positive (ER-α) breast cancer (BC) have an increased resistance to endocrine therapies, suggesting that alternative estrogen signaling is activated within these cells.
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