Integrating bioinformatics and machine learning to unravel shared mechanisms and biomarkers in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and type 2 diabetes.

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are on the rise. While there is evidence of a link between the two diseases, the pathophysiological mechanisms they share are not fully understood.

Methods: In this study, the co-expressed genes of COPD and T2DM in Gene Expression Omnibus database were identified by bioinformatics method, and the functional enrichment analysis was performed.

Analysis of early warning indicators of death in patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.

Background: Since its discovery, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) has been characterized by rapid progression and poor prognosis, and no specific treatment is available. The aim of this study was to investigate the early warning indicators of mortality in SFTS patients.

Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Development and validation of a risk nomogram to estimate risk of hyponatremia after spinal cord injury: A retrospective single-center study.

Objective: This study aimed to establish a nomogram-based assessment for predicting the risk of hyponatremia after spinal cord injury (SCI).

Design: The study is a retrospective single-center study.

Participants: SCI patients hospitalized in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University.

Systematically Investigating the Pharmacological Mechanism of in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury by Network Pharmacology and Experimental Verification.

Objective: This study aimed to explore the molecular mechanism of (MG) in spinal cord injury (SCI) by network pharmacology analysis.

Methods: We searched for potential active MG compounds using the TCMSP database and the BATMAN-TCM platform. The Swiss target prediction database was used to find MG-related targets and the targets of SCI from the CTD, GeneCards, and DrugBank databases.

Evaluation of a community intervention program on knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in Anhui Province, China.

Background: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a novel infectious disease with no specific therapeutics and vaccines. We hypothesize that health education in vulnerable people would ameliorate their knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding SFTS and reduce its prevalence.

Methods: A four-stage cluster cross-section study in sixteen community units was performed.

Effect of intracutaneous pyonex on analgesia and sedation in critically ill patients with mechanical ventilation.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of intracutaneous pyonex on analgesia and sedation in critically ill patients who underwent mechanical ventilation. A total of 88 critically ill patients were divided into a control group and an intervention group. Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) and Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale (RASS) were used to evaluate pain and agitation.

Level of Decoy Receptor 3 for Monitoring Clinical Progression of Severe Burn Patients.

The clinical value of Decoy receptor 3 (DcR3) in severe burn is investigated. Ten patients with severe burns were monitored for DcR3, PCT, CRP, IL6, SOFA score, white blood cell (WBC), and platelet. The correlations were analyzed.

Epidemiological and Genomic Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in 10 Patients From a Mid-Sized City Outside of Hubei, China in the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Outbreak.

A novel coronavirus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In this study, we performed a comprehensive epidemiological and genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from 10 patients in Shaoxing (Zhejiang Province), a mid-sized city outside of the epicenter Hubei province, China, during the early stage of the outbreak (late January to early February, 2020). We obtained viral genomes with >99% coverage and a mean depth of 296X demonstrating that viral genomic analysis is feasible via metagenomics sequencing directly on nasopharyngeal samples with SARS-CoV-2 Real-time PCR C values <28.

PNCK depletion inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells and .

Recent studies indicate that pregnancy upregulated non-ubiquitous calmodulin kinase (PNCK) is significantly up-regulated in breast and renal carcinomas. However, the expression profile and its biological relevance of PNCK in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) have not been elucidated. The expression level of PNCK was detected in specimens of NPC (n=10) and normal tissues (n=10) by real-time PCR and immunohistochemistry.

Lack of Association Between CTLA-4 Genetic Polymorphisms and Noncardiac Gastric Cancer in a Chinese Population.

Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) is a key negative immunoregulatory molecule with characteristics of gene polymorphisms. Genetically predisposed CTLA-4 alteration in humans was associated with gastric cancer (GC) development. To explore the association of CTLA-4 polymorphism with susceptibility of noncardiac GC (NCGC), 490 NCGC patients and 1476 control individuals were studied.

[Efficacy of compound digestive enzyme tablet for dyspeptic symptoms: a randomized double-blind parallel controlled multicenter clinical trial in China].

Objective: To explore the clinical efficacy and safety of compound digestive enzyme tablet in the treatment of dyspepsia.

Methods: A randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, positive drug parallel controlled, multicenter clinical trial was conducted for 203 dyspeptic patients from October 2011 to August 2012. And they were randomized into group A (experimental, n = 106) and group B (control, n = 97).