Publications by authors named "Na Yi"

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  • The study assessed how often hypoglycemia occurs in patients with diabetic kidney disease who are on maintenance hemodialysis and what factors contribute to its occurrence.
  • It included a meta-analysis of 24 studies involving 2388 patients, revealing a hypoglycemia incidence rate of 41.7%.
  • Key risk factors identified for hypoglycemia included older age, longer duration of DKD, usage of certain diabetes medications, low fasting plasma glucose levels, and poor medication compliance or self-care ability.
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N-methyladenosine (mA) modification is, a more common epigenetic modification, mainly found in mRNA. More and more researches have shown the important functions of mA on human cancers. This study seeks to explore the role of hnRNPA2B1 and mA-dependent mechanism in cervical cancer.

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  • Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a leading cause of heart failure, and while progress has been made in understanding it, more research is needed on diagnostic and treatment options.
  • The study found that a specific protein's mRNA levels were altered in DCM patients, and its knockdown in heart cells led to increased reactive oxygen species and decreased ATP production, worsening heart function in a mouse model.
  • The research highlighted that this protein impacts the STAT3 signaling pathway, affecting inflammation and mitochondrial function, suggesting it could be a potential target for DCM therapy.
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Background: Because spontaneous remission is common in IMN, and there are adverse effects of immunosuppressive therapy, it is important to assess the risk of progressive loss of renal function before deciding whether and when to initiate immunosuppressive therapy. Therefore, this study aimed to establish a risk prediction model to predict patient prognosis and treatment response to help clinicians evaluate patient prognosis and decide on the best treatment regimen.

Methods: From September 2019 to December 2020, a total of 232 newly diagnosed IMN patients from three hospitals in Liaoning Province were enrolled.

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Pathological myocardial hypertrophy is a common early clinical manifestation of heart failure, with noncoding RNAs exerting regulatory influence. However, the molecular function of circular RNAs (circRNAs) in the progression from cardiac hypertrophy to heart failure remains unclear. To uncover functional circRNAs and identify the core circRNA signaling pathway in heart failure, we construct a global triple network (microRNA, circRNA, and mRNA) based on the competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) theory.

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Breast cancer arises from the malignant transformation of mammary epithelial cells under the influence of various carcinogenic factors, leading to a gradual increase in its prevalence. This disease has become the leading cause of mortality among female malignancies, posing a significant threat to the health of women. The timely identification of breast cancer remains challenging, often resulting in diagnosis at the advanced stages of the disease.

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  • Zebrafish have become a popular research model since the 1980s, but current ethical guidelines for their treatment, especially concerning euthanasia, are insufficient.
  • A study in South Korea assessed local zebrafish research practices and highlighted the use of hypothermic shock as a common method for humane euthanasia.
  • Researchers advocated for national guidelines to improve zebrafish welfare and established best practices, aiming to raise awareness and address welfare concerns in the field.
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Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of different acupuncture and moxibustion therapies in improving cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to determine the optimal approach. This study aims to provide insights into the treatment of MCI patients for future randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and clinical decision-making.

Materials And Methods: RCT studies were retrieved from databases including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CNKI, WANFANG, VIP, and SinoMed.

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Background: Thyroid carcinoma (THCA) is one of the most commonly diagnosed malignancies. Collagen is the main component in extracellular matrix. Rising studies have determined the oncogenic effect of collagen in cancer progression, which is intriguing to be further explored.

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  • Recent research is focusing on tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) to change the tumor microenvironment (TME) and boost anti-tumor effects.
  • The study used single-cell RNA sequencing to explore how TAMs affect the TME during the early stages of tumor growth, finding that removing TAMs alters cancer cell behavior and activates CD8 T cells.
  • The research identified Galectin-1 (Gal-1) as a key factor in this process, where inhibiting Gal-1 can enhance immune responses and reduce tumor growth, indicating potential targets for cancer therapy.
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The Kv11.1 potassium channel encoded by the gene is crucial in conducting the rapid delayed rectifier K current in cardiomyocytes. Homozygous mutation in is embryonically lethal in humans and mice.

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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the clinical infection characteristics and analyze the resistance gene carrying status of carbapenem-resistant Providencia rettgeri via whole genome sequencing (WGS).

Methods: Carbapenem-resistant P. rettgeri were collected from clinical patients between January 2020 and December 2021, and their susceptibility to 19 antimicrobial drugs was determined using the VITEK 2 Compact system and Kirby-Bauer (KB) disk diffusion method.

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Macrophages are essential innate immune cells found throughout the body that have protective and pathogenic functions in many diseases. When activated, macrophages can mediate the phagocytosis of dangerous cells or materials and participate in effective tissue regeneration by providing growth factors and anti-inflammatory molecules. Ex vivo-generated macrophages have thus been used in clinical trials as cell-based therapies, and based on their intrinsic characteristics, they outperformed stem cells within specific target diseases.

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  • * Rats received human skin grafts and were then subjected to either triple PBS injections, one ADSC injection with double PBS injections, or triple ADSC injections to evaluate immunomodulatory effects.
  • * Results showed that triple ADSC injections significantly improved graft survival by reducing immune cell infiltration and decreasing proinflammatory cytokines while increasing immunosuppressive factors, compared to fewer injections.
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  • There is a significant connection between cellular metabolism and the immune response of macrophages, particularly in the context of Mycobacteroides massiliense infections.
  • The intracellular replication of this bacterium relies on the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK), prompting macrophages to shift their metabolic processes toward increased glycolysis and decreased oxidative phosphorylation upon infection.
  • Treatment with dichloroacetate (DCA), a PDK inhibitor, can reverse this metabolic shift, activate autophagy, and limit bacterial growth within macrophages, highlighting it as a potential therapeutic approach for managing severe M. massiliense infections.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) probiotics in radiation enteritis using in vivo mice. A total of 40 mice were randomly assigned to four groups: control, probiotics, radiotherapy (RT), and RT + probiotics. For the group of probiotics, 0.

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We report a case of a patient who presented with ipsilateral oculomotor nerve palsy after a spontaneous left temporoparietal lobar hemorrhage with mass effect. Primary symptomatology included ipsilateral ptosis, dilated fixed pupil, and a lack of superior and medial movement with limited inferior left eye movements. Brain imaging revealed compression of the left upper midbrain due to subtentorial herniation of the hemorrhage, and susceptibility-weighted images sequences showed cerebral microbleed in the left midbrain substantia nigra.

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The removal of bacterium and free radicals is important for wound healing. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare biological dressings with antibacterial and antioxidant properties. In this study, high-performance calcium alginate/carbon polymer dots/forsythin composite nanofibrous membrane (CA/CPDs/FT) was explored under the influence of carbon polymer dots and forsythin.

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Hydrogen sulfide (H S) is an important gaseous signal molecule that regulates plant growth and stress resistance. However, research on the H S synthase (HSase) genes is still limited in the model legume plant Medicago truncatula Gaertn. In the present study, a total of 40 HSase family members were first identified and analyzed in the M.

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Background: Acne is a highly prevalent skin disease, and inflammation plays an important role. Compound Huangbai Liquid (CHL) is a classical traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) with remarkable clinical therapeutic effects on acne. However, a holistic network pharmacological approach to explain the mechanism of CHL in the treatment of acne has not been explored.

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Carbonized polymer dots (CPDs) with satisfactory excitation-dependent-emission and biocompatibility had great potential in anti-counterfeiting fibres field. However, it was difficult for CPDs to combined into the fibres due to the unstable interaction between CPDs and spinnable polymer matrix. Polyethyleneimine (PEI) was used to modify CPDs (namely PEI-CPDs) for achieving stable interactions with sodium alginate (SA) by a simple method, which including the physical interaction between the amino groups of PEI-CPDs and carboxyl groups of SA and the chain entanglement between two types of polymer chains.

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Immunotoxicity has been an important topic in toxicology since inadvertent exposures to xenobiotics were found to alter immune functions in humans. While rodent toxicity tests can reveal some levels of immunotoxicity, alternative methods must be developed to identify the detailed mechanisms. In this study, a method of in vitro prediction of innate immune suppression by substances was developed using a genomics approach.

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Though many biological roles of ethylene have been investigated intensively, the molecular mechanism of ethylene's action in woody plants remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the effects of exogenous 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC), the precursor of ethylene, on the growth of Neolamarckia cadamba seedlings, a fast-growing tropical tree. After 14 days of ACC treatment, the plants showed a reduced physiological morphology while stem diameter increased; however, this did not occur after the addition of 1-MCP.

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  • * The researchers modified a clickable albumin nanoplatform (CAN) by attaching mannose molecules, enhancing its imaging capabilities and pharmacokinetics for better visualization of lung lesions.
  • * Imaging techniques like SPECT/CT and PET demonstrated that the modified albumin (MSA) could effectively identify metastatic lesions in the lung, showing a strong link between its signal and the extent of metastases.
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Normal heart development is vital for maintaining its function, and the development process is involved in complex interactions between different cell lineages. How mammalian hearts develop differently is still not fully understood. In this study, we identified several major types of cardiac cells, including cardiomyocytes (CMs), fibroblasts (FBs), endothelial cells (ECs), ECs/FBs, epicardial cells (EPs), and immune cells (macrophage/monocyte cluster, MACs/MONOs), based on single-cell transcriptome data from embryonic hearts of both human and mouse.

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