Publications by authors named "Shao Li"

Objective: Oxidative stress activates the reactive oxygen species (ROS) and excessive ROS can damage skin cells, initiating oxidative stress responses that contribute to inflammation, aging, and other skin issues. As a resident skin bacterium, Cutibacterium acnes (C. acnes) plays an important role in maintaining skin homeostasis and provides antioxidant benefits.

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Study Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the optimal duration of monitoring for patients with presumed opioid overdoses prior to a non-ICU admission, particularly in the context of the increasing prevalence of fentanyl analogs and other potent synthetic opioids. Given the critical role of emergency physicians in managing this public health crisis, the study aims to inform clinical decisionmaking regarding patient disposition after the initial overdose treatment.

Methods: The Fentalog Study, conducted through the American College of Medical Toxicology's Toxicology Investigators Consortium, is a prospective, multi-institutional project designed to identify patients presenting to the emergency department with acute opioid overdose, gather clinical details, and confirm substances through biologic testing.

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Voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav's), particularly Nav1.6, are crucial for action potential generation in neurons and are linked to brain disorders. This study explores the cell-type-specific expression of Nav1.

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The research and development of new traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) drugs have progressively established a novel system founded on the integration of TCM theory, human experience, and clinical trials (termed the "Three Combinations"). However, considering TCM's distinctive features of "syndrome differentiation and treatment" and "multicomponent formulations and complex mechanisms", current TCM drug development faces challenges such as insufficient understanding of the material basis and the overall mechanism of action and an incomplete evidence chain system. Moreover, significant obstacles persist in gathering human experience data, evaluating clinical efficacy, and controlling the quality of active ingredients, which impede the innovation process in TCM drug development.

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Inferring cell spatial profiles from histology images is critical for cancer diagnosis and treatment in clinical settings. In this study, we report a weakly-supervised deep-learning method, HistoCell, to directly infer super-resolution cell spatial profiles consisting of cell types, cell states and their spatial network from histology images at the single-nucleus-level. Benchmark analysis demonstrates that HistoCell robustly achieves state-of-the-art performance in terms of cell type/states prediction solely from histology images across multiple cancer tissues.

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The utilization of visible light to split water into H₂ and O₂ offers a promising solution to address the escalating global energy crisis and environmental pollution. Compared to conventional three-dimensional (3D) photocatalysts, anisotropic two-dimensional (2D) materials exhibit enhanced photocatalytic activity due to their ultrahigh surface area, reduced charge migration distance, and improved efficiency. In this study, we employ a swarm-intelligence search combined with density functional theory (DFT) calculations to propose a novel series of stable 2D phosphorus sulfides, PS (x, y=1-6), as promising candidates for photocatalytic water splitting.

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Spaceborne instruments have an irreplaceable role in detecting fundamental vegetation features that link physical properties to ecological theory, but their success depends on our understanding of the complex dynamics that control plant spectral properties-a scale-dependent challenge. We explored differences between the warmer and cooler areas of tree canopies with a ground-based experimental layout consisting of a spectrometer and a thermal camera mounted on a portable crane that enabled synergies between thermal and spectral reflectance measurements at the fine scale. Thermal images were used to characterise the thermal status of different parts of a dense circular cluster of containerised trees, and their spectral reflectance was measured.

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Sodium channels are necessary for electrical activity in modules of the nervous system. When such channels fail to work properly, it may cause different neurological diseases. This review will discuss how particular mutation in these channels leads to different diseases.

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Background: Programmed cell death (PCD) has emerged as a pivotal progress in pathogenesis of sepsis, but its role in identification of sepsis has not been fully understood.

Methods: Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified from the GEO database. PCD-related genes were intersected with DEGs, and key PcDEGs were identified through the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network.

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Plants have developed complex regulatory networks to adapt to various stresses, including cold stress. Trehalose (Tre), known as the "sugar of life," plays a crucial role in enhancing cold tolerance by triggering antioxidation. However, the underlying regulatory mechanisms remain unclear.

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Efficient virtual screening methods can expedite drug discovery and facilitate the development of innovative therapeutics. This study presents a novel transfer learning model based on network target theory, integrating deep learning techniques with diverse biological molecular networks to predict drug-disease interactions. By incorporating network techniques that leverage vast existing knowledge, the approach enables the extraction of more precise and informative drug features, resulting in the identification of 88,161 drug-disease interactions involving 7,940 drugs and 2,986 diseases.

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Background: The correlation between methylation of paired box gene 1 () and sex determining region Y-box 1 () with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and the progression of cervical lesions is not well understood. This study aims to explore the potential value of and as diagnostic biomarkers for cervical diseases.

Methods: A total of 139 cervical biopsy tissue samples were obtained from the Department of Pathology, the Seventh Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital from 2021 to 2023.

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Background: Accelerated continuous theta burst stimulation (acTBS) is a more intensive and rapid protocol than continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS). However, it remains uncertain whether acTBS exhibits anxiolytic effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of acTBS on anxiety model mice and elucidate the underlying mechanisms involved, in order to provide a more comprehensive understanding of its effects.

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Purifying methane from natural gas using adsorbents not only requires the adsorbents to possess excellent separation performance but also to overcome additional daunting challenges such as humidity interference and durability requirements for sustainable use. Herein, porous organic crystals of a new macrocycle () with superhydrophobic and self-healing features are prepared and employed for the purification of methane (>99.99% purity) from ternary methane/ethane/propane mixtures under 97% relative humidity.

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In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of was sequenced by Illumina high-throughput sequencing and its characteristics were analyzed. The mitogenome of is 16,635 bp long, and it encodes the standard set of 13 PCGs, 22 tRNA genes, and two rRNA genes. The mitogenome has a GC content of 29.

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Saponins are responsible for the clinical effects of leaves, which are traditionally produced as the single herb resource of 'Qiye Shenan Pian' in Chinese patent medicine. In this study, the metabolic characteristics of PNLSs were explored in rat feces. PNLSs as well as their metabolites were analyzed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography tandem/quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-QTOF-MS/MS).

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The comparison between traditional Chinese medicine Jinzhen oral liquid (JZOL) and Western medicine in treating children with acute bronchitis (AB) showed encouraging outcomes. This trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of the JZOL for improving cough and expectoration in children with AB. 480 children were randomly assigned to take JZOL or ambroxol hydrochloride and clenbuterol hydrochloride oral solution for 7 days.

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Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a persistent neurodevelopmental disorder affecting brains of children. Mounting evidences support the associations between gut microbial dysbiosis and ASD, whereas detailed mechanisms are still obscure.

Methods: Here we probed the potential roles of gut microbiome in ASD using fecal metagenomics and metabolomics.

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The research and development of new traditional Chinese medicine drugs has gradually formed a new system based on the combination of traditional Chinese medicine theory, human experience, and clinical trials(referred to as the "three combinations"). However, given the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine's "syndrome differentiation and treatment" and "diverse components and complex mechanisms", there are still problems in the current research and development of new traditional Chinese medicine drugs, such as insufficient research on the material basis and overall mechanism of action, and incomplete evidence chain system. At the same time, there are still many challenges in collecting human experience, evaluating clinical efficacy, and controlling the quality of active ingredients, which restrict the innovation process of research and development of new traditional Chinese medicine drugs.

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Background & Aims: Stimulated by injury or disease, hepatocytes can regenerate and repair liver tissues through proliferation and differentiation. Partial hepatectomy and liver transplantation are effective treatments for liver diseases. This study investigated the effect of FOXA3 on cell differentiation in HepaRG cell lines under 2- and 3-dimensional culture conditions.

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Intestinal barrier injury contributes to multiple diseases such as obesity and diabetes, whereas no treatment options are available. Due to close interactions between mucosal microbiome and intestinal barrier, we evaluated the potential of mucosal bacteria in providing targets for high-fat diet (HFD)-related intestinal barrier injury. Whole-genome metagenomics was used to evaluate mucosal microbiome, while intestinal barrier injury was estimated using serum LPS, FITC-dextran intensity, and ZO-1 protein.

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Traditional Chinese Medicine Network Pharmacology (TCM-NP) is an interdisciplinary discipline that integrates information science, systems biology, network science and pharmacology, providing a systematic research methodology for TCM studies. With the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-omics technologies, TCM-NP has entered a new era and can incorporate multimodal and high-dimensional data in the context of big data to enhance both theoretical foundations and technical capabilities. Despite its advancement, TCM-NP still faces challenges, particularly in ensuring the quality of data and research, as well as achieving more profound scientific discoveries.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study highlights the rising number of oral cancer survivors and examines the various causes of death among these patients after their diagnosis.
  • Researchers analyzed data from the SEER database between 2004 and 2015, noting that out of 30,538 patients, 17,654 died during follow-up, with a significant portion of deaths being due to non-cancer causes.
  • The findings reveal that as survival time increases, non-cancer deaths become more prevalent, with cardiovascular disease being the leading cause, emphasizing the need for comprehensive long-term care for oral cancer survivors.
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