Publications by authors named "Mohan Li"

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  • - This study reviewed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) focusing on how traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treats angina pectoris in coronary heart disease patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), analyzing various research design elements and outcomes.
  • - A total of 188 RCTs were included, encompassing 15,521 patients, with variations in sample sizes and treatment groups that combined TCM with guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT).
  • - The study identified common TCM syndromes among patients and categorized numerous outcome indicators used to measure treatment effectiveness, pointing out that most trials lacked a defined follow-up period.
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Background: Cardiac fibrosis, including reactive fibrosis and replacement fibrosis, is a common pathological process in most cardiovascular diseases. The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) plays an important role in the development of fibrosis by mediating the degradation and synthesis of proteins involved in transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β)-dependent and TGF-β-independent fibrous pathways.

Aim Of Review: This review aims to provide an overview of ubiquitinated and deubiquitinated molecules that participating in cardiac fibrosis, with the ultimate purpose to identify promising targets for therapeutic strategies.

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Objective: Spectral CT and material decomposition methods are crucial for precise material identification and quantitative composition analysis in preclinical research and clinical diagnosis. The empirical material decomposition method is widely used for its straightforward modeling approach, independence from spectral and detector response knowledge, and operational convenience. However, this method has limited decomposition accuracy and its precision depends on the choice of calibration phantoms.

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  • * These disturbances can cause complications such as endothelial dysfunction and vascular stenosis, leading to low patency rates and potential cardiac issues.
  • * The review discusses various techniques and modifications, including surgical methods and graft designs, aimed at correcting hemodynamic problems to improve long-term patient outcomes.
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  • The study evaluated a four-week TOGU training program that used specialized equipment to enhance core strength, balance, and golf swing performance in athletes compared to a control group.
  • Results showed significant improvements in functional movement scores, balance, and club head speed for the TOGU group, while the control group showed no significant changes.
  • The findings suggest that integrating TOGU training can effectively boost golfers' neuromuscular control and overall performance on the course.
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Options for the continuous and non-invasive monitoring of blood pressure are limited. Cuff-based sphygmomanometers are widely available, yet provide only discrete measurements. The clinical gold-standard approach for the continuous monitoring of blood pressure requires an arterial line, which is too invasive for routine use.

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Garlic peels are frequently disposed of as agro-waste; their bioactivity and physiological activity for health benefits and disease protection are neglected. This study aims to examine the potential inhibitory effects of garlic peel extract as an antioxidant on 4 T1 triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) tumors in mice. The bioactive constituents of garlic peel were identified through HPLC-MS/MS analysis, while the antioxidant properties of garlic peel extract were assessed using peroxyl radical scavenging capacity (PSC) and cellular antioxidant activity (CAA) assays.

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The occurrence and death rates of primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are increasing, and there remains a shortage of effective oral medications with minimal side effects. We aim to identify potential biomarkers and compounds from Radix Astragali (RA) and Pueraria Mirifica (PM) to treat liver cancer and improve prognosis. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) associated with HCC were identified by bioinformatics analysis of three datasets, GSE112791, GSE101685, and GSE45114.

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Lactic acid bacteria derived extracellular vesicles (LAB-EVs) are nano-sized and carry a variety of biological cargoes. LAB-EVs have proven to be potential mediators of intercellular communication, serving not only the parental bacteria but also the host cell in both physiology and pathology. LAB-EVs are therapeutically beneficial in various diseases through a cell-free strategy.

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Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), the most common type of diabetic retinopathy, is a main cause of visual and impairment blindness. Abnormal neovascularization, endothelial dysfunction, and vascular inflammation are important mechanisms for the development of PDR. Ets2 regulates angiogenesis-related genes and inflammation, however, the effect of Ets2 in PDR procession has not been clarified.

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  • * Out of 10,210 SCA cases, most (85.6%) were non-shockable; both shockable and non-shockable cases peaked in the morning (08:00 - 11:59) and decreased significantly during the early morning hours (00:00 - 03:59).
  • * The findings suggest that there is a distinct daily rhythm in SCA occurrences, indicating that increased focus on first-aid and resuscitation resources is essential during morning hours in the community.
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The volatile characteristics of lemongrass essential oil (LO) have seriously hindered its further application, and encapsulation it with multilayer modified liposomes may be an effective strategy to improve this dilemma. This study selected chitosan (CH) and three anionic polymers, pectin (P) / gum arabic (GA) / carrageenan (C), as the first and second coating polymers to modify nano liposomes (NL) by layer-by-layer electrostatic deposition, obtaining three bilayer liposomes, P-CH-NL, GA-CH-NL, and C-CH-NL as high-quality stabilized carriers of LO. The bilayer liposomes showed a dense membrane structure ranging from 110 to 150 nm uniformly, with good antioxidant properties.

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Background: Statins exert pleiotropic anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects in addition to their cholesterol-lowering properties. This study aimed to investigate whether statin use is associated with improved outcomes of sepsis.

Methods: Data from sepsis patients were extracted from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV database.

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Background And Aims: Angiopoietin-like 3 (ANGPTL3) and 4 (ANGPTL4) inhibit lipoprotein lipase to regulate tissue fatty acid uptake from triglyceride-rich lipoproteins such as VLDL. While pharmacological inhibition of ANGPTL3 is being evaluated as lipid-lowering strategy, systemic ANGPTL4 inhibition is not pursued due to adverse effects. This study aimed to compare the therapeutic potential of liver-specific Angptl3 and Angptl4 silencing to attenuate hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis development in APOE*3-Leiden.

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Brown adipose tissue (BAT) combusts lipids and glucose to generate heat. Via this process of nonshivering thermogenesis, BAT plays a pivotal role in thermoregulation in cold environments, but its contribution to immune-induced fever is less clear. Male APOE∗3-Leiden.

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Platinum-Ruthenium (PtRu) bimetallic nanoparticles are promising catalysts for methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) required by direct methanol fuel cells. However, existing catalyst synthesis methods have difficulty controlling their composition and structures. Here, a direct Joule heating method to yield highly active and stable PtRu catalysts for MOR is shown.

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Background: Fall detection is of great significance in safeguarding human health. By monitoring the motion data, a fall detection system (FDS) can detect a fall accident. Recently, wearable sensors-based FDSs have become the mainstream of research, which can be categorized into threshold-based FDSs using experience, machine learning-based FDSs using manual feature extraction, and deep learning (DL)-based FDSs using automatic feature extraction.

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  • Lactoferrin is a special protein found in milk that can do many things for our body, like binding iron and helping with our immune system.
  • The paper talks about how lactoferrin works, what it is made of, and where we can find it in different types of milk.
  • It also explains the cool things lactoferrin can do, like fighting germs, reducing inflammation, helping bones heal, and improving health issues, to help create new products using lactoferrin.
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Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) is a pivotal event in diabetic retinopathy (DR). This study explored the role of circRNA zinc finger protein 532 (circZNF532) in regulating EndMT in DR progression. Human retinal microvascular endothelial cells (HRMECs) were exposed to high glucose (HG) to induce the DR cell model.

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Information regarding protein expression and phosphorylation modifications in the bovine milk fat globule membrane is scarce, particularly throughout various lactation periods. This study employed a complete proteome and phosphoproteome between bovine colostrum and mature milk. A total of 11 proteins were seen in both protein expression and phosphorylation levels.

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Purpose: Uveitis is a common, sight-threatening inflammatory ocular disease and is the main cause of blindness, which is caused by autoimmune response, infection, and injury. The contribution of 14-3-3ζ in uveitis remains obscure. This study aims to investigate the role of 14-3-3ζ in regulating ferroptosis in retinal inflammation and its contribution to uveitis.

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Previous studies have progressively elucidated the involvement of E3 ubiquitin (Ub) ligases in regulating lipid metabolism. Ubiquitination, facilitated by E3 Ub ligases, modifies critical enzymes in lipid metabolism, enabling them to respond to specific signals. In this review, we aim to present a comprehensive analysis of the role of E3 Ub ligases in lipid metabolism, which includes lipid synthesis and lipolysis, and their influence on cellular lipid homeostasis through the modulation of lipid uptake and efflux.

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Background: Amino acids (AAs) are one of the primary metabolic substrates for cardiac work. The correlation between AAs and both atrial fibrillation (AF) and aging has been documented. However, the relationship between AAs and age-related AF remains unclear.

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The impact of recrystallization conditions and drying temperatures on the crystallization and digestibility of native waxy maize (Zea mays L.) starch (NWMS) was explored. This study involved subjecting NWMS to concurrent debranching and crystallization at 50 °C for up to 7 days.

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