Publications by authors named "Meng-yu Zhang"

Schizophrenia is a kind of neurodevelopmental mental disorder in which patients begin to experience changes early in their development, typically manifesting around or after puberty and has a fluctuating course. Environmental disturbances during adolescence may be a risk factor for schizophrenia-like deficits. As a better treatment option, preventive intervention prior to schizophrenia may be more beneficial than direct treatment.

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  • Pyroptosis is significant in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), and the study investigates the expression of pyroptosis-related genes (PRGs) to find biomarkers that could help improve LUAD prognosis.
  • Research utilized data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Gene Expression Omnibus, employing various R packages for gene expression analysis and functional enrichment.
  • The study identified 44 differentially expressed PRGs and established a predictive risk model, linking it to immune cell infiltration and clinical outcomes, ultimately highlighting 12 independent prognostic genes.
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  • * Sixty male Wistar rats were divided into three groups: an experimental group exposed to diethylnitrosamine to induce HCC, a control group given saline, and a sham group with no treatment. After 12 weeks, HCC developed only in the experimental group.
  • * Analysis revealed that FXR expression was significantly lower in HCC tissue compared
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Background: In non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is the most common subtype. RNA modification has become the frontier and hotspot of current tumor research.

Results: In this study, 109 genes that regulate RNA modifications were identified according to The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA).

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The bacterial flagellum is an elongated filament that protrudes from the cell and is responsible for bacterial motility. It can also be a pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) that regulates the host immune response and is involved in bacterial pathogenicity. In contrast to motile bacteria, the Brucella flagellum does not serve a motile purpose.

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The involvement of CDC20 in promoting tumor growth in different types of human cancers and it disturbs the process of cell division and impedes tumor proliferation. In this work, a novel of Apcin derivatives targeting CDC20 were designed and synthesized to evaluate for their biological activities. The inhibitory effect on the proliferation of four human tumor cell lines (MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-468 and A549) was observed.

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Objectives: Anti-reflux mucosectomy (ARMS) is an emerging and promising endoscopic treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). In the current study we aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ARMS in treating Chinese GERD patients.

Methods: This was a single-center prospective cohort study.

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Metabolic reprogramming plays an important role in tumor progression and antitumor immunity. START domain-containing proteins (STARDs) are responsible for lipid metabolism. However, the underlying functions of STARDs in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) have not been clarified yet.

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We explored the relationship and the predictive value of serum fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) with all-cause mortality, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) and pneumonia in hemodialysis (HD) patients. A total of 388 Chinese HD patients from two HD centers were finally enrolled in this prospective cohort study (registration number: ChiCTR 1900028249) between January 2018 and December 2018. Serum FGF21 was detected.

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Objective: In this study we aimed to compare the need for further examination with conventional gastroscopy within 1 year after magnetically assisted capsule endoscopy (MCCE) examination between patients with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and asymptomatic individuals.

Methods: After propensity score matching analysis, 372 patients with GI symptoms and 372 asymptomatic individuals who had undergone MCCE at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University from January 1, 2019 to December 30, 2020 were retrospectively enrolled. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants and their MCCE and gastroscopic findings (performed within 1 year after MCCE) were analyzed.

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  • Pulmonary sclerosing pneumocytoma (PSP) is a rare benign lung tumor usually seen in middle-aged women but can show aggressive behavior, leading to recurrence or metastasis in some cases.
  • A 46-year-old female presented with a large PSP tumor, and while fine needle aspiration (FNA) helped in diagnosis, it wasn't definitive; she eventually had successful surgical resection.
  • The study highlights the need for updated awareness regarding the potentially malignant nature of PSP and emphasizes the importance of careful monitoring and follow-up after surgery.
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Pancreatic cancer is one of the digestive system tumors with a high degree of malignancy,and most of the patients are diagnosed in advanced stages.Because of limited available therapies,the mortality of this disease remains high.Tumor-associated macrophages(TAM),the main immune cells in the tumor microenvironment,are involved in the regulation of the occurrence and development of pancreatic cancer.

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Autophagy plays an important role in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We aimed to establish novel autophagy-related tumor subtypes to distinguish the prognosis of NSCLC. In this study, gene expression profiles, mutation data and clinical information obtained from the Cancer Genome Atlas.

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In this study, a novel aerobic mesophilic bacterial strain with capable of degrading chitin, designated YIM B06366, was isolated and classified. The rod-shaped, Gram-stain-negative, on-spore-forming bacterium originated from rhizosphere soil sample collected in Kunming City, Yunnan Province, southwest PR China. Strain YIM B06366 exhibited growth at temperatures between 20 and 35 °C (optimum, 30 °C) and at pH 6.

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Purpose: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is currently a problem in the clinic and in society. Tumor-related macrophages (TAMs) in the tumor microenvironment (TME) play a vital role in the development of NSCLC.

Patients And Methods: Bioinformatics was used to analyze the role of Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) in NSCLC and the correlation of its expression with CD163 expression.

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A new Gram-negative, rod-shaped, flagellated bacterium was isolated from soil in the Guishan, Xinping County, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, China, and named YIM B01952. Growth occurred at 10-40 °C (optimum, 30 °C), pH 6.0-9.

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the improvement effect of clinical pharmacist intervention on renal function impairment in patients with antimicrobial-induced acute kidney injury (AKI).

Methods: A total of 145 patients with AKI caused by antibiotics admitted to the ICU department were selected as the research subjects. The patients were divided into the control group (n=57) and the intervention group (n=88) according to whether there were ICU specialist clinical pharmacists involved in clinical treatment.

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Objective: Attractin (ATRN) is a widely expressed member of the cell adhesion and guidance protein family in humans that is closely related to cellular immunity and neurodevelopment. However, while previous studies in our laboratory have confirmed the effect of ATRN mutations on long-term memory, its specific role and the molecular mechanism by which it influences spatial cognition are poorly understood.

Methods: This study aimed to examine the effect of ATRN mutations on working memory in water maze with a novel ATRN-mutant rat generated by the CRISPR/Cas9 system; the mutation involved the substitution of the 505th amino acid, glycine (G), with cysteine (C), namely, a mutation from GGC to TGC.

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A new aerobic bacterial strain, designated strain YIM B02290, was isolated from the soil of Machangqing, Dali city, Yunnan Province, China. Cells were Gram-stain-positive, sporogenous, rod-shaped, and motile with peritrichous flagella. Strain YIM B02290 showed the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Brevibacillus laterosporus (97.

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an interstitial pulmonary disease with an extremely poor prognosis. Autophagy is a fundamental intracellular process involved in maintaining cellular homeostasis and regulating cell survival. Autophagy deficiency has been shown to play an important role in the progression of pulmonary fibrosis.

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The study objective was to observe the treatment effect of the farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonist GW4064 in a rat model of hilar cholangiocarcinoma to explore a new therapeutic target for gene therapy for hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Eighty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups (treatment group, model group, control group and sham operation group, 20 rats in each group). The four groups were fed a standard diet.

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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the major complication of rhabdomyolysis (RM) clinically, which is usually mimicked by glycerol injection in basic research. Oxidative stress, inflammatory response and apoptosis are recognized to play important roles in development of this disease. Recently, numerous studies have reported the therapeutic effects of molecular hydrogen (H) on oxidative stress and inflammation-related diseases.

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Forkhead box P (FOXP) family was introduced as a double-edged sword in tumorigenesis and influenced immunotherapy response by modulating host immunity. This study aimed to summarize the involvement of the FOXP family in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The UALCAN, Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis (GEPIA), and Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT‒qPCR) were used to analyse the expression levels of the FOXP family in NSCLC.

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  • A leaf spot disease affected 25-year-old trees at Nanjing Forestry University, with a 61% incidence rate, initially showing dark brown spots that expanded over time.
  • Three isolates of the causal organism were collected, characterized by their white to grayish-white colonies and specific sizes of their conidia and conidiophores.
  • Molecular analysis of the isolates was conducted, using various genes and regions, and the sequence data was deposited in GenBank for further research.
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