Publications by authors named "Ning Han"

Importance: Childhood adverse experiences have been linked with long-term risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), yet the transgenerational associations between interparental behaviors and CVD remain poorly understood.

Objectives: To explore the association between exposure to childhood interparental physical violence and the subsequent risk of CVD and to examine whether the association is modified by adult depressive symptoms.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This population-based cohort study included data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), an ongoing study recruiting individuals aged 45 years or older, dated between June 1, 2011, and December 31, 2020, with a follow-up duration of 9 years.

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Vessel scaffolds are crucial for treating cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). It is currently feasible to fabricate vessel scaffolds from a variety of materials using traditional fabrication methods, but the risks of thrombus formation, chronic inflammation, and atherosclerosis associated with these scaffolds have led to significant limitations in the clinical usages. Bioprinting, as an emerging technology, has great potential in constructing implantable vessel scaffolds.

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This study investigates the differences in peripheral blood parameters between patients with non-neurosyphilis and neurosyphilis, aiming to identify potential serum biomarkers to predict the occurrence of neurosyphilis and avoid unnecessary lumbar punctures. A retrospective analysis was conducted on 110 HIV-negative syphilis patients in this study. We found that the serum homocysteine (Hcy) levels in the non-neurosyphilis group, asymptomatic neurosyphilis group, and symptomatic neurosyphilis group were 12.

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Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Xanthohumol (XN), an isoprenylated flavonoid natural product found only in hops, possesses a variety of biological activities such as anticancer, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, and anti-obesity.

Aim Of The Study: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects and mechanisms of XN on the treatment of colitis.

Materials And Methods: First, acute colitis was induced by using distilled water containing 3% DSS for 10 consecutive days.

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  • Niemann-Pick Type C1 (NPC1) is linked to liver diseases and liver cancer, with high NPC1 levels in tumor tissues correlating to poor patient prognosis.
  • In laboratory studies, reducing NPC1 expression decreased the growth, invasion, and spread of liver cancer cells, while also triggering cell death and lowering activation of a key signaling pathway (Wnt/β-catenin).
  • Animal studies confirmed that blocking NPC1 effectively slowed liver cancer growth, suggesting NPC1 inhibition could be a promising treatment approach for this type of cancer.
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Cancer has emerged as a significant threat that gravely endanger human health. Anti-tumor immunotherapy has now emerged as an important treatment for cancer. However, immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment limits the antitumor immunity.

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The natural process of photosynthesis involves a series of consecutive energy transfers, but achieving more steps of efficient energy transfer and photocatalytic organic conversion in artificial light-harvesting systems (ALHSs) continues to pose a significant challenge. In the present investigation, a range of ALHSs showcasing a sophisticated three-step energy transfer mechanism is designed, which are meticulously crafted using pillar[5]arene (WP[5]) and p-phenylenevinylene derivative (PPTPy), utilizing host-guest interactions as energy donors. Three distinct types of fluorescent dyes, namely Rhodamine B (RhB), Sulforhodamine 101 (SR101), and Cyanine 5 (Cy5), are employed as acceptors of energy.

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strain m318 is an arsenite-oxidizing rhizobacterium isolated from the rhizosphere of an arsenic hyperaccumulator plant, beneficial for arsenic phytoremediation. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of this strain, which consists of a circular chromosome assembled using long reads sequenced on Nanopore and polished with Illumina paired-end reads.

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Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the major ocular complication of diabetes caused by chronic hyperglycemia, which leads to incurable blindness. Currently, the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions is limited. This study aimed to investigate the function of piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1 (PIEZO1) and its potential regulatory mechanism in DR progression.

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Aluminum-air battery has the advantages of high energy density, low cost and environmental protection, and is considered as an ideal next-generation energy storage conversion system. However, the slow oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in air cathode leads to its unsatisfactory performance. Here, we report an electrode made of N and Ni co-doped MnO nanotubes.

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Background: The metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) leads to a poor prognosis, wherein the activation of Notch1 is an essential contributor. Cepharanthine (Cep) has been identified for its effective antiviral function and versatile intracellular targets. Our previous study has only reported the anti-cancer efficacy of Cep in lung cancer, without an in-depth exploration.

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  • - The study aimed to create dynamic, gender-based reference intervals (RIs) for neuron-specific enolase (NSE) that consider age and seasonal variations, moving away from static reference values.
  • - Researchers analyzed NSE data from 4,097 individuals, determining that while male NSE levels stay consistent with age, female levels increase significantly after age 50, also influenced by seasonal variations.
  • - The findings show that the newly developed continuous RIs for NSE offer a more accurate understanding of health by accounting for individual differences, particularly for women, compared to traditional static RIs.
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  • The study investigates how silica exposure causes macrophages to polarize towards a pro-inflammatory state (M1 polarization) through mechanisms involving mitochondrial damage and pyroptosis.
  • Quercetin (Que) is evaluated as a potential treatment that can reverse this polarization and mitigate associated lung inflammation and fibrosis.
  • The findings suggest that Que binds to TOM70, helping to restore mitochondrial function and reduce macrophage-driven inflammatory responses, which could lead to new therapeutic strategies for treating silicosis.
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  • Chemotherapy for colorectal cancer (CRC) needs effective yet low-toxicity treatments, and cepharanthine (Cep) shows promise due to its anti-tumor effects.
  • The study investigates how Cep affects mitochondrial function and induces ferroptosis in CRC cells, revealing that it down-regulates TOM20 and TOM70 expression and disrupts the NRF2 signaling pathway, leading to increased oxidative stress and cell death.
  • The findings suggest that targeting TOM proteins and the NRF2 pathway through Cep could provide a new, innovative approach to treating colorectal cancer.
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  • Nonreciprocity in acoustics is essential for various applications, but current methods using nonlinear media and moving fluids often face challenges like bulk size, high power needs, and integration difficulties.
  • The study introduces a framework that leverages asymmetric Peierls phases for designing nonreciprocal acoustic devices, controllable through active components, overcoming limitations of traditional approaches tied to Hermiticity.
  • Findings include an equivalence between transmission phases in isolators and the Peierls phase, and reveal that unique behaviors in gyrators and circulators are influenced by these phases, offering insights for compact, effective nonreciprocal devices.
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Combined chemo-phototherapy has shown considerable advantages and potential in cancer treatment. For this purpose, self-assembled nanoparticles by gambogic acid (GA) and IR780 (referred to as GA-IR780 NPs) were prepared. Herein, GA, an active compound derived from Garcinia hanburyi Hook.

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Mature embryos are the main explants of tissue culture used in rice transgenic technology. However, the mechanism of mature embryo callus formation remains unclear. In this study, a microRNA-mediated gene regulatory network of rice calli was established using degradome sequencing.

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Bacterial infections pose a great threat to human health. Therefore, the development of new antibacterial agents or methods is in urgent need. In this study, we prepared polytannic acid (pTA)-coated PLGA nanoparticles decorated with Dermaseptin-PP (Der), an antimicrobial peptide (AMP), on the surface to obtain PLGA-pTA-Der.

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  • High rates of HIV and Treponema pallidum coinfection exist, and HIV can worsen the incidence of neurosyphilis, but risk factors for symptomatic neurosyphilis (SNS) are not well understood.
  • A study reviewed the medical records of 60 male inpatients with syphilis and HIV, finding that 75% were diagnosed with SNS, with meningo-vascular neurosyphilis being most common.
  • Significant factors linked to SNS include the absence of early syphilis treatment and a higher cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) white blood cell count, suggesting that closer monitoring and treatment are crucial, especially regarding young patients with unexplained strokes.
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The process data in computer-based problem-solving evaluation is rich in valuable implicit information. However, its diverse and irregular structure poses challenges for effective feature extraction, leading to varying degrees of information loss in existing methods. Process-response behavior exhibits similarities to textual data in terms of the key units and contextual relationships.

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  • There has been an increasing annual incidence of infection in children, highlighting the need for timely and accurate diagnosis to prevent unnecessary antibiotic use and reduce virus transmission.
  • This study involved 770 pediatric patients with various respiratory infections and aimed to identify changes in blood parameters that could serve as useful diagnostic indicators for distinguishing between infections.
  • Key findings indicate that specific blood parameters, particularly Mono% and Lymp%, are significant independent risk factors for diagnosing different types of infections, with their respective optimal cutoff values providing good accuracy in differentiation.
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Unlabelled: The number of pediatric respiratory tract infection cases in China has significantly increased this year, and is one of the main pathogens. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiological characteristics of in children in the Anhui region and to provide evidence for the prevention and control strategies of in children in this region. A total of 66,488 pediatric patients with respiratory tract infection were enrolled from January 2015 to November 2023 in this study.

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LiSrSiO:Eu is a promising substitute for traditional YAlO:Ce (YAG:Ce) owing to its strong orange-yellow emission of 4f-5d transition originating from Eu dopant, covering the more red-light region. However, its inevitable luminescence thermal quenching at high temperatures and the self-oxidation of Eu strongly impede their applications. Their remediation remains highly challenging.

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