Publications by authors named "Jin-Hua Tang"
Alterations in the nasopharyngeal microbiota associated with active and latent tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis (Edinb)
September 2022
Objective: To investigate the characteristic of nasopharyngeal microbiota at different states of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection.
Methods: Participants were recruited from a chest hospital and were divided into three groups: the active tuberculosis (ATB) group, the latent TB infection (LTBI) group and the healthy control (HC) group. Nasopharyngeal microbiota was analyzed by 16S rRNA sequencing and clinical laboratory test results of ATB patients were collected and statistically analyzed.
Objectives: The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether elasticity quantification of the levator ani muscle (LAM) using shear wave elastography (SWE) is different between women with and without pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and to determine whether LAM elasticity is associated with the prolapse stage or the dimensions of the levator hiatus. The secondary aim was to evaluate the intraobserver and interobserver reliability of LAM elasticity measurements using SWE.
Methods: The study participants included 20 women with normal pelvic support and 38 women with prolapse (stages I-III).
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the role of delayed perihematomal edema (DHE) as a potential predictor of poor outcomes in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH).
- Researchers analyzed data from 121 sICH patients to identify risk factors for DHE and its association with prognosis.
- Findings show that DHE is linked to factors like age and initial hematoma volume, with DHE itself increasing the risk of poor outcomes for sICH patients.
Objective: To study the radiobiological effects of fast neutron/photon mixed irradiation on human cancer cell in vitro and to discuss the mechanism in relation with cell cycle and apoptosis, thus to provide experimental support for the further application of fast neutron radiotherapy of cancer.
Methods: Exponentially growing human nasopharyngeal cancer cell line CNE-1 was irradiated in vitro with 35 MeV p-->Be fast neutron and 6 MV-X ray in grading doses (0 cGy, 40 cGy, 80 cGy, 120 cGy, 160 cGy, 240 cGy, 320 cGy and 400 cGy for neutron, and 0 cGy, 100 cGy, 200 cGy, 300 cGy, 400 cGy, 600 cGy, 800 cGy and 1000 cGy for X ray). Clonogenic assay was performed, and relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of fast neutron was determined with D(10) by means of cell survival curves.