Publications by authors named "Hai-Xia Tang"

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  • * A study of 733 nondialysis CKD patients revealed that the UHR was higher in those with CAD, with female patients showing a 4.7 times greater risk of CAD with elevated UHR levels.
  • * The UHR was found to be a better predictor for CAD and severity of coronary artery stenosis than uric acid or HDL-C alone, particularly in women.
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Growing evidences have confirmed the effect of Sacubitril/Valsartan (SV) on antihypertension and cardiac protection in general population. However, there was no prospective study about the effect and safety of SV on resistant hypertension and myocardial work in hemodialysis patients. In this single-center, prospective, before-after study, enrolled patients were endured with resistant hypertension for more than 6 months.

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Background/aims: To investigate the effect of Arsenic Trioxide (ATO) on endothelial cells injury and explore the role of transient receptor potential melastatin 4 channel (TRPM4) in ATO-induced endothelial injury.

Methods: qRT-PCR was used to examine the mRNA expression of TRPM4 in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). The protein levels were measured by Western blot and immunostaining.

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Objective: To observe the effect of Ningdong Granule (NG) on serum levels of interleukin-12 (IL-12) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) of children patients with Tourette's syndrome (TS).

Methods: Totally 90 TS children patients were randomly assigned to the NG group, the NG + Tiapride group (abbreviated as the combined treatment group), and the Tiapride group, 30 in each group. Besides,another 30 healthy children were recruited as the healthy control group.

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Objective: To observe the effect of Ningdong Granule (NDG) on stereotyped behaviors in Tourette's syndrome (TS) model rats of different Chinese medical syndromes.

Methods: Thirty-two Wistar rats were used to establish TS models of different Chinese medical syndromes (n =8) induced by TS children patients' sera of 4 syndromes, i.e.

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