Publications by authors named "Jing Ling"

Background: Haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (Haplo-HSCT) serves as an important option for patients without an HLA matched donor in treating hematological disorders, while patients may experience various complications after transplantation. Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), a cornerstone drug for graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) prophylaxis, effectively reduces the incidence of acute GvHD, and the efficacy of MMF varies among individuals associated with MMF-related transporters and metabolic enzymes single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). However, limited studies have systematically reported the correlations between the MMF-related SNPs and post-transplant complications.

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Oral peptide therapeutics are increasingly favored in the pharmaceutical industry for their ease of use and better patient adherence. However, they face challenges with poor oral bioavailability due to their high molecular weight and surface polarity. Permeation enhancers (PEs) like salcaprozate sodium (SNAC) have shown promise in clinical trials, achieving about 1% bioavailability.

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Protein drugs exhibit challenges of biophysical and biochemical instability due to their structural complexity and rich dynamics. Solid-state biologics aim to enhance stability by increasing molecular rigidity within the formulation matrix, representing a primary category of drug products alongside sterile liquid formulations. Understanding the molecular mechanisms behind the stabilization and destabilization of protein drugs, influenced by formulation composition and drying processes, provides scientific rationale for drug product design.

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  • * This study specifically investigates the high-concentration monoclonal antibody pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and its behavior in frozen solutions using advanced techniques like dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) and solid-state NMR (ssNMR).
  • * Findings reveal how these methods allow detailed analysis of the protein's structure, dynamics, and the behavior of its excipients at low temperatures, highlighting their potential for improving the stability assessment of biological drugs in frozen conditions.
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Objective: This study aimed to develop a population pharmacokinetic (PPK) model for oral apatinib in Chinese oncology patients and investigate the factors influencing the pharmacokinetics of apatinib.

Methods: We gathered 199 blood concentration monitoring data points from 91 inpatient oncology participants receiving oral apatinib at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University. Covariates, such as age, gender, body weight, and indices of liver and renal function, were examined to assess their influence on the pharmacokinetic parameters of apatinib.

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Rhodamines have been continuously optimized in brightness, biocompatibility, and color to fulfill the demands of modern bioimaging. However, the problem of phototoxicity caused by the excited fluorophore under long-term illumination has been largely neglected, hampering their use in time-lapse imaging. Here we introduce cyclooctatetraene (COT) conjugated rhodamines that span the visible spectrum and exhibit significantly reduced phototoxicity.

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Lactate is the highest turnover circulating metabolite in mammals. While traditionally viewed as a waste product, lactate is an important energy source for many organs, but first must be oxidized to pyruvate for entry into the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle). This reaction is thought to occur in the cytosol, with pyruvate subsequently transported into mitochondria via the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC).

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  • Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a serious blood cancer that needs new treatment options, and this study highlights phosphodiesterase 3A (PDE3A) as a potential drug target.
  • Researchers found that PDE3A is overexpressed in AML cells compared to normal cells, and high levels of PDE3A are linked to worse outcomes for patients.
  • The study revealed that the PDE3A inhibitor anagrelide (ANA) can effectively suppress the growth of AML cells with high PDE3A levels, especially when used in combination with the chemotherapy drug idarubicin (IDA), which leads to enhanced anti-cancer effects through a process called pyroptosis.
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  • The virtual boundary meshfree Galerkin method (VBMGM) is introduced as a high-precision technique for solving 2D anisotropic heat conduction problems involving complex boundaries.
  • The method utilizes a combination of virtual boundary element techniques and radial basis function interpolation to accurately express temperature and heat flux, along with detailed integral equations and discrete formulas.
  • Numerical examples demonstrate that VBMGM achieves effective results with significantly fewer computational resources compared to traditional methods, showcasing its efficiency for tackling complex heat conduction challenges.
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Background: Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-NK cell therapy has shown remarkable clinical efficacy and safety in the treatment of hematological malignancies. However, this efficacy was limited in solid tumors owing to hostile tumor microenvironment (TME). Radiotherapy is commonly used for solid tumors and proved to improve the TME.

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Fruit volatiles play a crucial role in the host localization by the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae). This study focused on identifying the fruit volatiles from Sanyue plum and Sanhua plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.), which are 2 varieties of the same species, and examined their impact on the behavior of B.

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  • Voriconazole is an antifungal drug whose effectiveness can be influenced by factors like genetics and inflammation, specifically looking at how C-reactive protein (CRP) affects its pharmacokinetics in different individuals.
  • This study investigates the combined effects of genetic differences and inflammation on voriconazole levels in Chinese patients, utilizing data from adult patients treated for invasive fungal infections.
  • The research found that various factors, including age, albumin, gender, CRP, and genetic variations, significantly impact the drug's clearance rate and distribution volume, with CRP levels notably decreasing the drug clearance in certain genetic metabolizers.
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Background: The severity of complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is dictated by the degree of immune reconstitution. However, the connection between immune reconstitution and the prognosis of pediatric patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) remains unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of lymphocyte subsets in children diagnosed with refractory or relapsed acute myeloid leukemia (R/R-AML) after allo-HSCT.

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We propose a robust and accurate compensation method for phase aberrations based on the iterative outlier detection and refinement (ODR) rule. This method does not require additional steps to select the known flat region manually or by image segmentation. Based on the proposed method, the phase aberration in regions of a specimen can be detected and refined iteratively.

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Macrocyclic peptides show promise in targeting high-value therapeutically relevant binding sites due to their high affinity and specificity. However, their clinical application is often hindered by low membrane permeability, which limits their effectiveness against intracellular targets. Previous studies focused on peptide conformations in various solvents, leaving a gap in understanding their interactions with and translocation through lipid bilayers.

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The clinical therapy for treating acute myocardial infarction is primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). PPCI is effective at reperfusing the heart; however, the rapid reintroduction of blood can cause ischemia-reperfusion (I/R). Reperfusion injury is responsible for up to half of the total myocardial damage, but there are no pharmacological interventions to reduce I/R.

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Background: Nursing occupational fatigue has emerged as a critical issue affecting the safety and health of nurses. This phenomenon not only impairs nurses' performance and mental well-being but also poses risks to patient safety and the quality of care provided. This study focuses on endoscopic nurses to explore the mediating role of positive coping styles between sleep quality and occupational fatigue, aiming to identify effective strategies to alleviate fatigue, thereby improving the work environment and enhancing healthcare quality.

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Oral delivery of potent peptide drugs provides key formulation challenges in the pharmaceutical industry: stability, solubility, and permeability. Intestinal permeation enhancers (PEs) can overcome the low oral bioavailability by improving the drug permeability. Conventional and models for assessing PEs fail to predict efficacy .

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Doxorubicin is a frequently used chemotherapeutic agent for treating various malignancies. However, it leads to severe cardiotoxic side effects, such as heart failure, and elevates the risk of sudden cardiac death among cancer patients. While oxidative stress has been identified as the primary cause of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity, therapeutic antioxidant approaches have yielded unsatisfactory outcomes.

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Introduction: Reduced doses of emicizumab improve the affordability among patients in developing countries. However, the relationship between variant dose selection and efficacy in the real world of China is still unclear.

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of emicizumab especially in those on reduced dose regimens in a real-world setting.

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Glutathione (GSH) redox control and arginine metabolism are critical in regulating the physiological response to injury and oxidative stress. Quantification assessment of the GSH/arginine redox metabolism supports monitoring metabolic pathway shifts during pathological processes and their linkages to redox regulation. However, assessing the redox status of organisms with complex matrices is challenging, and single redox molecule analysis may not be accurate for interrogating the redox status in cells and in vivo.

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The aim of this study is to analyze the resorption rate of bone graft materials after crestal sinus floor elevation, study its influencing factors, and improve the long-term success rate of implants after crestal maxillary sinus floor elevation. Measurement and analysis were conducted at six postoperative timepoints (0 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, and 30 months) using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) data on 31 patients from the Chenghuaxinguanghua Dental Clinic who underwent crestal maxillary sinus floor elevation, involving 38 graft sites. The materials resorption rates of the bone graft height (BH) and bone graft width (BW) were assessed.

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  • Mechanical unloading with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) can significantly improve heart function in some advanced heart failure patients, and researchers are studying the related clinical and biological changes.
  • In a study involving 208 patients, a combination of clinical data and RNA sequencing was used to identify predictors of heart recovery after LVAD implantation, focusing on factors like ejection fraction and heart size.
  • The results showed that specific clinical indicators and a biological variable (LRRN4CL) were linked to potential recovery, suggesting that this research could enhance diagnosis and treatment strategies for advanced heart failure.
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