Publications by authors named "Jianguo Rao"

Article Synopsis
  • COVID-19, while not deemed a public health emergency anymore, still requires accurate testing due to ongoing regional impacts, with a study assessing over 3,000 negative tests revealing consistently low pass rates across samples.
  • Analysis of 132 positive samples highlighted key factors affecting test quality, including the experience of samplers, the condition of the samples at various stages, and seasonal influences, with children's samples showing lower quality.
  • The study emphasizes the importance of standardized practices and quality control among sampling staff, noting that reliable internal references can help in identifying and minimizing factors that interfere with nucleic acid test results.
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Background: A pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has infected more than 79 million people and killed exceeding 1.7 million people around the world by the end of 2020.

Method: We obtained the clinical data of all diagnosed patients and lung function test of followed-up patients in Fuyang, Anhui province to investigate laboratory predictors of severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the impairment of lung function.

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Objective: To explore the correlation between serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) level and hepatic tissue pathological staging in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).

Methods: Clinical data was collected from our hospital's records for 302 CHB patients with HBsAg-positive status for more than 6 months and who had undergone hepatic biopsy. The HBsAg level,HBV DNA level and other clinical data were measured using commercial diagnostic assays.

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The EMAGE (Electronic Mouse Atlas of Gene Expression) database (http://www.emouseatlas.org/emage) allows users to perform on-line queries of mouse developmental gene expression.

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EMAGE (http://www.emouseatlas.org/emage/) is a freely available database of in situ gene expression patterns that allows users to perform online queries of mouse developmental gene expression.

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eMouseAtlas (www.emouseatlas.org) is a comprehensive online resource to visualise mouse development and investigate gene expression in the mouse embryo.

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In the mouse embryo the anterior ectoderm undergoes extensive growth and morphogenesis to form the forebrain and cephalic non-neural ectoderm. We traced descendants of single ectoderm cells to study cell fate choice and cell behaviour at late gastrulation. In addition, we provide a comprehensive spatiotemporal atlas of anterior gene expression at stages crucial for anterior ectoderm regionalisation and neural plate formation.

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EMAGE (http://www.emouseatlas.org/emage) is a freely available online database of in situ gene expression patterns in the developing mouse embryo.

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The Edinburgh MouseAtlas Project (EMAP) is a time-series of mouse-embryo volumetric models. The models provide a context-free spatial framework onto which structural interpretations and experimental data can be mapped. This enables collation, comparison, and query of complex spatial patterns with respect to each other and with respect to known or hypothesized structure.

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