Publications by authors named "MingHui Yu"

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  • Chemotherapy is a common yet problematic cancer treatment due to issues like poor drug solubility, stability, and drug resistance that lead to limited effectiveness and severe side effects.
  • Researchers are exploring innovative combinations of therapies, focusing on targeted therapy, prodrug design, and drug delivery to create improved treatments, such as a self-assembled camptothecin (CPT) prodrug known as CPT-SS-FFEYp-Biotin.
  • This prodrug enhances the therapeutic effects on tumor cells while minimizing harm to normal cells, demonstrating greater efficacy and safety, and suggesting potential for developing more prodrugs for effective cancer treatments in the future.
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  • - Cancer is a leading global cause of death, and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a key tumor marker for its detection, but existing detection methods lack simplicity and sensitivity.
  • - Researchers synthesized copper ferrite nanoparticles (CuFeO NPs) modified with ABEI-gold nanoparticles (ABEI-GNPs), resulting in enhanced chemiluminescence (CL) properties and the ability to measure CEA levels effectively.
  • - The new label-free immunosensor developed showed high accuracy and sensitivity for CEA detection, with a broad range and low detection limit, paving the way for innovative diagnostic tools in cancer monitoring.
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  • Moderate vitamin A levels during pregnancy are crucial for normal embryonic development, while both deficiency and excess can lead to urinary tract abnormalities in offspring.
  • Using mouse models, the study showed that prenatal vitamin A deficiency led to increased rates of urinary tract malformations due to issues with ureteral bud and key developmental molecules.
  • Administering normal vitamin A diets during pregnancy can potentially reduce the harmful effects of prior vitamin A deficiency and help correct developmental issues in the offspring.
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2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20) is one of the high-energy oxidants, but has limited application due to its high sensitivity. In this work, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) was used as a co-oxidizer, which is expected to increase the safety of CL-20. One kind of novel graphene-based carbohydrazide complex (GCCo and GCNi) was employed to modify the properties of dual-oxidant CL-20@PVDF composites by the spray drying method and compared with traditional nanocarbon materials (CNTs and GO).

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Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an extremely aggressive cancer with a relatively low median survival rate after diagnosis. Treatment options such as chemotherapy or combination immunotherapy have shown clinical benefits, but resistance and relapse can occur. Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), as a novel class of biopharmaceutical compounds, have broad application prospects in the treatment of SCLC.

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Increasing evidence has demonstrated that oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) is closely associated with the progression of pancreatic cancer (PC). Given its central role in mitochondrial transcription, the human mitochondrial RNA polymerase (POLRMT) is a promising target for developing PC treatments. Herein, structure-activity relationship exploration led to the identification of compound , which was the first reported POLRMT inhibitor possessing single-digit nanomolar potency of inhibiting PC cells proliferation.

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Metastatic breast cancer (mBC) poses a significant threat to women's health and is a major cause of malignant neoplasms in women. Human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)3, an integral member of the ErbB/HER receptor tyrosine kinase family, is a crucial activator of the phosphoinositide-3 kinase/protein kinase B signaling pathway. HER3 overexpression significantly contributes to the development of resistance to drugs targeting other HER receptors, such as HER2 and epidermal growth factor receptors, and plays a crucial role in the onset and progression of mBC.

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Incomplete combustion of Al in solid propellants can be effectively resolved by coating of an oxidizer at the microscale. In this paper, Al@CL-20 composites with polydopamine as the interfacial layer were prepared using this strategy. The structure, heat of reaction, thermal decomposition properties, and combustion performances of these composites under the effects of graphene oxide (GO) and graphene-based carbohydrazide complexes (GO-CHZ-M, M = Co, Ni) have been comprehensively investigated.

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Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) presents a substantial population health concern. Previous studies have revealed that GDM can ultimately influence nephron endowment. In this study, we established a GDM mouse model to investigate the embryological alterations and molecular mechanisms underlying the development of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) affected by GDM.

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Background: Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) are prevalent birth defects. Although pathogenic CAKUT genes are known, they are insufficient to reveal the causes for all patients. Our previous studies indicated GEN1 as a pathogenic gene of CAKUT in mice, and this study further investigated the correlation between GEN1 and human CAKUT.

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Leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) is a serious and often fatal complication in patients with advanced lung cancer, resulting in significant neurological deficits, decreased quality of life, and a poor prognosis. This article summarizes current research advances in treating lung cancer with meningeal metastases, discusses clinical challenges, and explores treatment strategies. Through an extensive review of relevant clinical trial reports and screening of recent conference abstracts, we collected clinical data on treating patients with lung cancer with meningeal metastases to provide an overview of the current research progress.

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Bioimpedance analysis (BIA)-body composition monitoring (BCM) has been used to evaluate the hydration and nutritional status of adults and children on dialysis. However, its clinical application still has challenges, so further exploration is valuable. We used BIA-BCM to evaluate the hydration and nutritional status of children undergoing chronic peritoneal dialysis from 1 July 2021 to 31 December 2022 in the Children's Hospital of Fudan University to explore the clinical value of this method.

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Objective: Exploring the clinical efficacy of camrelizumab in combination with first-line chemotherapy in patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC).

Methods: The clinical data of 35 patients with ES-SCLC who received camrelizumab combined with EC or EP regimen in First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from January 2020 to January 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS), and the secondary endpoints were OS, ORR and DCR.

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The combustion efficiency of Al plays a critical role in the combustion of high-energy aluminum-based solid propellants. For traditional formulations, the Al powders are dispersed in the binder matrix, leading to limited contact with the oxidizers and hence usually insufficient combustion and higher values of the pressure exponent. In this paper, various core-shell structural Al/oxidizer composites such as Al@HMX, Al@AP, and AP@Al have been prepared by a spray-drying technique based on which solid propellants with precise interfacial control between Al particles and oxidizers were realized.

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Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) is a general term for a class of diseases that are mostly caused by intrauterine genetic development limitation. Without timely intervention, certain children with CAKUT may experience progressive decompensation and a rapid decline in renal function, which will ultimately result in end-stage renal disease. At present, a comprehensive understanding of the pathogenic signaling events of CAKUT is lacking.

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  • Aluminum hydride (AlH) shows promise as a replacement for aluminum in energetic materials used in solid propellants, and research has focused on creating composite particles using AlH with coatings like ammonium perchlorate (AP) and perfluoropolyether (PFPE).
  • The study involved formulating and fabricating composite propellants, analyzing their thermal reactivity, energy output, and combustion performance, revealing significant improvements in energy release over traditional propellants.
  • Notably, the specially designed propellant with the PFPE coating (AHAPs-F) delivered the highest combustion performance, with total heat releases 1.7 times greater than conventional mixtures, indicating enhanced efficiency and higher temperatures during combustion.
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In this article, a method of railway catenary insulator defects detection is proposed, named RCID-YOLOv5s. In order to improve the network's ability to detect defects in railway catenary insulators, a small object detection layer is introduced into the network model. Moreover, the Triplet Attention (TA) module is introduced into the network model, which pays more attention to the information on the defective parts of the railway catenary insulator.

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Background: Various experimental studies demonstrated that atorvastatin exerted additive effects with anticancer drugs to impair tumor growth, delay relapse, and prolong survival time in lung cancer. However, it is indistinct whether there are survival benefits of atorvastatin in the treatment of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients with dyslipidemia. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of atorvastatin plus first-line standard chemotherapy in SCLC combined dyslipidemia.

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  • Aluminum hydride (AlH) is being explored as a solid propellant fuel, but it faces stability issues that researchers are working to address.
  • A new approach involved applying a hydrophobic surface functionalization using perfluoropolyether (PFPE) and coating with ammonium perchlorate (AP), resulting in composites called AHFPs.
  • These AHFPs showed significant improvements, including higher initial decomposition temperatures and enhanced flame intensity, indicating that the PFPE and AP coatings effectively stabilize AlH.
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The excessive input of nutrients into rivers can lead to contamination and eutrophication, which poses a threat to the health of aquatic ecosystems. It is crucial to identify the sources of contaminants to develop effective management plans for eutrophication. However, traditional methods for identifying pollution sources have been insufficient, making it difficult to manage river health effectively.

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Background: As one of the most aggressive neuroendocrine tumors, small cell lung cancer (SCLC) has the most disappointing prognosis of all lung cancers. Although SCLC responds well to initial chemotherapy, the majority of patients experience disease recurrence within one year, and patient survival is poor. It is still necessary to explore the application of ICIs in SCLC since the beginning of the road to immunotherapy, which broke the 30-year treatment deadlock of SCLC.

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Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) have been attributed to genetic and environmental factors. However, monogenic and copy number variations cannot sufficiently explain the cause of the majority of CAKUT cases. Multiple genes through various modes of inheritance may lead to CAKUT pathogenesis.

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High-energy-density photosensitive pyrotechnics with good thermal stability have been in increasing demand in recent years. In this paper, graphene oxide (GO)-intercalated energetic coordination polymers (ECPs) are prepared with improved thermostability but great photosensitivity by using high nitrogen compounds azotetrazole (AT) and 5,5'-bistetrazole-1,1'-diolate dehydrate (BTO) as ligands. The decomposition activation energy () of Cu-AT has been increased from 135.

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Gastric cancer (GC) is a highly fatal malignant tumor in the world. Most of the patients are in an unresectable state when they have symptoms. Systemic treatment is the primary treatment for advanced patients.

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  • Changes in land-use patterns can heighten ecological risks in Eco-Fragile regions, making it essential to evaluate these risks for effective ecological restoration and management.
  • The study focuses on developing a regional ecological assessment model that connects ecosystem health and services with ecological risk, implementing a Vigor-Organization-Resilience (VOR) model for ecosystem health assessment.
  • Findings from the Fen River Basin reveal that high ecological risks are mostly in the central and southwest areas, while low risks are in the northern, eastern, and western areas, demonstrating a clear correlation between land-use changes and ecological risk levels.
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