Publications by authors named "Hongfeng Guo"

Fucosyltransferase 8 (Fut8) and core fucosylation play critical roles in regulating various biological processes, including immune response, signal transduction, proteasomal degradation, and energy metabolism. However, the function and underlying mechanism of Fut8 and core fucosylation in regulating adult neurogenesis remains unknown. We have shown that Fut8 and core fucosylation display dynamic features during the differentiation of adult neural stem/progenitor cells (aNSPCs) and postnatal brain development.

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Background: When tying knots, some surgeons do not pay particular attention to the direction in which they pull to lay down throws. We examine to what extent does pulling direction influence on knot security.

Methods: A total of 368 residents were instructed to tie knots with from 2 to 7 throws using silk braided suture in 3-0 gauge.

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Background: Traditional estimates can only provide static predictions of cancer outcomes and cannot assess the evolving effect of race on patient survival. This study aims to reveal the dynamic survival of patients with bladder cancer and to explore the evolving effect of race on patient prognosis.

Methods: Using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry, 99,590 white, 6,036 African American, and 4,685 Asian/Pacific Islander (API) patients with bladder cancer were identified.

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Purpose: () has caused sporadic, but recurring, fatal community-acquired pneumonia outbreaks worldwide, posing a serious threat to public health. Our understanding of host inflammatory responses to is limited, and many bronchitis cases of psittaci have rapidly progressed to pneumonia with deterioration.

Methods: To clarify the host inflammatory response in psittacosis, we analyzed clinical parameters, and compared transcriptomic data, concentrations of plasma cytokines/chemokines, and changes of immune cell populations in 17 laboratory-confirmed psittacosis cases, namely, 8 pneumonia and 9 bronchitis individuals, in order to assess transcriptomic profiles and pro-inflammatory responses.

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This article focuses on the mining dilemma of block withholding attack between the mining pools in the bitcoin system. In order to obtain the higher revenue, the rational mining pool usually chooses an infiltration attack, that is, the pool will falls into the mining dilemma of the PoW consensus algorithm. Thus the article proposes to apply zero-determinant strategies for optimizing the behavior selection of the mining pool under PoW consensus mechanism to increase the total revenues of the system, so as to solve the mining dilemma.

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Purpose: To evaluate the prognostic value of the controlling nutritional status score (CONUT) in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).

Methods: The clinical data of 81 newly diagnosed MDS patients treated with decitabine in the hematology ward of our hospital from October 2009 to September 2020 were analyzed retrospectively. According to the ROC curve of overall survival (OS), the best cutoff value of CONUT was obtained.

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Background: Effective first aid on the battlefield is vital to minimize deaths caused by war trauma and improve combat effectiveness. However, it is difficult for junior medical students, which have relatively poor human anatomy knowledge and first aid experience. Therefore, we aim to create a treatment simulation software for war trauma, and to explore its application for first aid training.

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Background: Chlamydia psittaci can infect a wide range of avian species, occasionally causing psittacosis (also known as parrot fever) in humans. Most human psittacosis cases are associated with close contact with pet birds or poultry. In December, 2020, an outbreak of severe community-acquired pneumonia of unknown aetiology was reported in a hospital in Shandong province, China, and some of the patients' close contacts had respiratory symptoms.

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Objectives: To establish a three-dimensional visualization model of percutaneous nephrolithotomy, apply it to guiding intraoperative puncture in a mixed reality environment, and evaluate its accuracy and clinical value.

Methods: Patients with percutaneous nephrolithotomy indications were prospectively divided into three-dimensional group and control group with a ratio of 1:2. For patients in three-dimensional group, positioning markers were pasted on the skin and enhanced computed tomography scanning was performed in the prone position.

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide hydrate (NAD+) acts as the essential component of the tricarboxylic citric acid (TCA) cycle and has important functions in diverse biological processes. However, the roles of NAD+ in regulating adult neural stem/progenitor cells (aNSPCs) remain largely unknown. Here, we show that NAD+ exposure leads to the reduced proliferation and neuronal differentiation of aNSPCs and induces the apoptosis of aNSPCs.

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Background: The Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score, a novel immuno-nutritional index, was reported as a predictor of overall survival (OS) in some tumors.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the association between baseline CONUT Score and clinical outcomes in patients with multiple myeloma (MM).

Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of 245 patients with MM.

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We explore global stock markets' connections during the financial crises or risks since 1995 with emphasis on the situation under COVID-19. We choose 40 countries/regions and take one index from each of them, and then compute the correlation coefficients and distances between each pair of the indices with a sliding window. We construct the complexes and carry out topological data analysis mainly through persistence landscapes and their -norms, which exhibit the complexes' daily changes.

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Adult neurogenesis is regulated by diverse factors including the local environment, i.e. the neurogenic niche.

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To compare the efficacy and safety of a single-use digital flexible ureteroscope (f-URS) and a reusable digital f-URS (URF-V) for the treatment of renal stones in adults. In this randomized open-label noninferiority trial, we randomly selected patients with renal stones to receive ureteroscopy through a single-use digital f-URS (ZebraScope; Happiness Workshop, Beijing, China) or a URF-V (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan). The primary endpoint was the 1-month postsurgical stone-free rate (SFR).

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Certain immunophenotypes in multiple myeloma (MM), including CD56 and CD117, have been reported to be associated with overall survival (OS). However, previous reports have ignored the impact of different treatment regimens and the long-term prognostic value of immunophenotyping in MM when treated with novel agents, including thalidomide and bortezomib, in the absence of transplantation for autologous stem cell transplantation and allo-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. To further understand the long-term prognostic value of immunophenotyping in MM, when treated with bortezomib combined with thalidomide-based regimens without transplantation, 80 patients who were newly diagnosed between January 2007 and December 2015, were analyzed retrospectively.

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BACKGROUND Recently, improvement in overall survival (OS) was demonstrated in elderly patients with multiple myeloma (MM). Our aim here was to analyze treatment outcomes in elderly Chinese patients with MM in real-world practice. MATERIAL AND METHODS This retrospective study enrolled 122 newly diagnosed MM patients ages 65-84 between January 2007 and December 2015 in a single hematology department.

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Objectives This study was performed to analyze the risk factors for early mortality (EM) in elderly patients undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma (MM) in real-world clinical practice. Methods Retrospective data from 108 elderly patients who were newly diagnosed with MM from January 2007 to July 2015 were analyzed in a single hematology center. EM was defined as death of any cause within 12 months after diagnosis.

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Background: The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) at diagnosis has been identified as an independent prognostic marker in several malignancies. Recently, a few studies have reported that an elevated pretreatment NLR is associated with poor survival among multiple myeloma (MM) patients. However, the role of NLR at diagnosis in patients with MM treated with regimens containing bortezomib has been less explored.

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Background: Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been reported as an inflammatory biomarker and a predictor of prognosis in different types of cancer. However, the role of RDW at diagnosis in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) has been less explored.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the association between RDW and the response to treatment and overall survival (OS) in patients with MM.

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Objective: To explore the influence of chromosome abnormality on therapeutic efficacy and prognosis of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma(MM) treated with bortezomib.

Methods: The clinical data of 152 patients with newly diagnosed MM were collected from January 2008 to December 2011. All patients received bortezo-mib-based chemotherapy and the therapeutic efficacy were investigated for 4 cycles later.

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Synthetic grafts are of limited use in small-diameter vessels (Φ<6mm) due to the poor patency rate. The inability of such grafts to achieve early endothelialization together with the compliance mismatch between the grafts and the native vessels promote thrombosis, which eventually leads to graft occlusion. In the current study, stromal cell-derived factor (SDF)-1α/vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-loaded polyurethane (PU) conduits were simply prepared via electrospinning.

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Synthetic small-diameter vascular grafts are of limited use mainly due to the lack of endothelial cells (ECs), which inhibit intraluminal thrombosis and intimal hyperplasia. Grafts loaded with homing factors for circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) have the potential to achieve in situ endothelialization. In view of the important role that EPCs play in the construction of small-diameter artificial blood vessels, antioxidant therapy aiming to inhibit oxidative stress-induced EPC apoptosis should be the focus of clinical interest.

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Background: Recently, calreticulin (CALR) gene mutations have been identified in patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET). A high-frequency of ET cases without Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) mutations contain CALR mutations and exhibit clinical characteristics different from those with mutant JAK2. Thus, we investigated the frequency and clinical features of Chinese patients of Han ethnicity with CALR mutations in ET.

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Aims: The ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1 (UBA1, E1), the apex of the ubiquitin proteasome pathway, plays a critical role in protein degradation and in pathological processes. Whether UBA1 participates the development of vascular restenosis remains unknown. This study aims to determine the role of UBA1 in the development of balloon injury induced neointimal formation.

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Objectives: Our aim was to retrospectively investigate the real-world outcome and healthcare costs associated with the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) in a Chinese single center.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted for 93 patients between January 2008 and December 2013 in a Chinese hematology department. Total monthly costs attributable to each cost component were described across all regimens and for bortezomib-based treatment regimens.

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