Publications by authors named "Lei-Lei Wen"

This study uses an integrated model of resource conservation theory and social learning theory to explore the antecedents of hotel interns' perceptions of occupational stigma and to explore the mechanisms inherent to retention willingness. This study first manipulated relevant subjects' experimental materials through a contextual experiment and used a one-way ANOVA to test the effects of competence stereotypes and occupational stereotypes on hotel interns' stigma perceptions, respectively, and then used partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) as a statistical tool and the SmartPLS 3.0 program to validate the model of hotel interns' occupational stigma perceptions-intention.

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  • Researchers studied the impact of onset age on genetic association results in psoriasis patients, aiming to understand inconsistencies among previous studies.
  • They divided patients into subgroups by age of onset and performed genetic analyses in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region, discovering that younger patients had more genetic risk variants.
  • The findings suggest that the age at which psoriasis begins significantly influences genetic study outcomes, indicating that careful sample selection is essential to avoid confounding factors related to onset age.
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune and inflammatory disease with a strong genetic contribution and characterized by kinds of immune reactions. Our previous genome-wide association studies have identified IL-28RA as a susceptibility gene for SLE. In this study, we performed a quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in 62 patients with SLE and 69 controls to investigate the different expression levels of IL-28RA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from SLE patients and healthy controls and the association between IL-28RA expression and systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index (SLEDAI) or the variant of the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs4649203.

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Introduction: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease. Currently, numerous genetic loci of SLE have been confirmed. Here we try to further explore additional genes contributing to SLE susceptibility in this study.

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Our previous genome-wide association studies on SLE have identified several susceptibility genes involved in NF-κB signaling pathway, including TNFSF4, TNFAIP3, TNIP1, BLK, SLC15A4 and UBE2L3. The aim of this study is to investigate the association model (additive, dominant, recessive) of these genes and search for possible gene-gene interactions between them. In this study, we explored the association model of these six genes and search for possible gene-gene interactions based on identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) among them by using logistic regression analysis in the combined sample of 4,199 cases and 8,255 controls.

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  • IKZF1 is a zinc finger transcription factor that regulates lymphocyte differentiation and acts as a tumor suppressor in hematological diseases.
  • Genome-wide association studies have identified genetic variants in IKZF1 linked to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), suggesting its involvement in the disease.
  • Lower expression of IKZF1 may activate pathways connected to SLE, and its role in various blood disorders points to its significance in the pathogenesis of SLE, highlighting potential therapeutic strategies.
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