Publications by authors named "Ji-qing Ma"

Plaque vulnerability has been the subject of several recent studies aimed at reducing the risk of stroke and carotid artery stenosis. Atherosclerotic plaque development is a complex process involving inflammation mediated by macrophages. Plaques become more vulnerable when the equilibrium between macrophage recruitment and clearance is disturbed.

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This study aimed to provide diagnostic clues for patients with elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in the absence of liver tumors and rectify some previously confused concepts about hepatoid carcinoma of the lung through a systematic review on hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the lung (HAL). A thorough search for original articles on HAL published prior to November 2020 was performed using the PubMed, EBSCOhost, Embase, WanFang Data, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) databases. Ninety-four patients from 88 studies met the eligibility criteria.

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