Publications by authors named "Tang Weihong"

This study aims to mine and analyze adverse events (AEs) of Vedolizumab based on the FAERS database to better understand its safety and potential risks in the real world. Data from the second quarter of 2014 to the third quarter of 2023 were collected, employing various signal mining methods such as Reporting Odds Ratio (ROR), Proportional Reporting Ratio (PRR), Bayesian Confidence Propagation Neural Network (BCPNN), and Empirical Bayesian Geometric Mean (EBGM). The study gathered 14,753,012 reports of AEs, of which 46,726 were related to Vedolizumab.

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Objective: To assess the impact of perceived stress levels in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) within a 6-month follow-up period postprocedure.

Methods: A cohort of 339 hospitalized patients with coronary heart disease undergoing initial PCI was prospectively enrolled in the Department of Cardiology at two branches of Zhongda Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University between January 2022 and July 2022. Baseline data including demographic and clinical characteristics, along with the Chinese Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS), were collected.

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Background:  This study aimed to identify novel plasma proteins associated with first-lifetime venous thromboembolism (VTE) and molecular pathways involved in VTE pathogenesis.

Methods:  A case-cohort comprising incident VTE cases ( = 294) and a randomly sampled age- and sex-weighted subcohort ( = 1,066) was derived from the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT3, n = 50,800). Blood samples were collected and stored at cohort inclusion (2006-2008), and participants were followed up to 5 years.

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  • The study investigates how lifestyle choices and air pollution impact adult asthma progression, focusing on new cases of asthma and hospital admissions.
  • Using data from 176,800 participants, the research highlighted that unhealthy lifestyles and air pollution, particularly from traffic-related particulate matter (PM), significantly increase asthma risk.
  • The findings emphasize the need for strategies to reduce air pollution, promote healthy living, and address socioeconomic disparities to help prevent and manage asthma effectively.
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Background: Biological age may be estimated by proteomic aging clocks (PACs). Previous published PACs were constructed either in smaller studies or mainly in white individuals, and they used proteomic measures from only one-time point. In this study, we created de novo PACs and compared their performance to published PACs at 2 different time points in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study of white and black participants (around 75% white and 25% black).

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  • Venous thromboembolism (VTE) poses significant health risks, with a notable difference in incidence rates between Black and White Americans.
  • Researchers developed polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for VTE using data from both European and African-ancestry populations to enhance predictive capability.
  • Results showed that multi-ancestry PRSs slightly outperformed ancestry-specific ones in predicting VTE risk, indicating potential benefits in using diverse data for better risk assessment across populations.
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Background: The study aimed to explore the association between manganese concentration and all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related, and cancer-related mortality in the general population of the United States.

Methods: We integrated the data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2011 to 2018. A total of 9,207 subjects were selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria.

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  • Venous thromboembolism (VTE) significantly affects health outcomes and shows disparities in incidence between Black and White Americans, necessitating improved risk assessment methods.* -
  • Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) derived from diverse ancestry data performed better than traditional PRSs, indicating their potential for accurately identifying high-risk individuals for VTE in both European and African ancestries.* -
  • The study found that using multi-ancestry PRSs could enhance risk stratification, with individuals in the highest risk category having a substantially increased likelihood of VTE, suggesting a path towards personalized treatment approaches.*
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Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has been recognized to be an effective therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, in China, the application of PR interventions is still less promoted. Therefore, this cross-sectional study aimed to understand COPD patients' intention to receive PR, capture the potential personal, social and environmental barriers preventing their willingness of receiving PR, and eventually identify demanding PR services with the highest priority from patients' point of view.

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This study aimed to investigate the changes of gut microbiota and allergic inflammation in mice with allergic enteritis caused by milk protein. In this study, female BALB\C mice in the whey protein (WP-sensitized) group were gavaged with WP and normal saline, the sham-sensitized group was given normal saline once a week for 5 weeks. One week later, the WP-sensitized mice were administered 60 mg β-lactoglobulin (BLG).

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Aging adults experience increased health vulnerability and compromised abilities to cope with stressors, which are the clinical manifestations of frailty. Frailty is complex, and efforts to identify biomarkers to detect frailty and pre-frailty in the clinical setting are rarely reproduced across cohorts. We developed a predictive model incorporating biological and clinical frailty measures to identify robust biomarkers across data sets.

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Gastric ulcers significantly impact the quality of life of patients, the pathogenesis of which is closely associated with (HP) infection. Oxidative stress is involved in the pathological mechanism of gastric ulcers. Recently, adenosine A2B Receptor (A2BR) was reported to activate the p38MAPK pathway.

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Habitual physical activity (PA) impacts the plasma proteome and reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). Using a large-scale proteome-wide approach in Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study participants, we aimed to identify plasma proteins associated with PA and determine which of these may be causally related to lower T2D risk. PA was associated with 92 plasma proteins in discovery (P < 1.

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  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) has a significant genetic component, with a study identifying 141 genetic associations, including 97 that were previously unknown.
  • The research highlighted key biological pathways related to AAA, such as lipid metabolism, vascular development, and inflammation, indicating how these factors contribute to the disease's progression.
  • The study also suggests that lowering non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol could be beneficial for AAA patients, advocating for the use of PCSK9 inhibitors based on evidence from a mouse model where PCSK9 loss prevented AAA development.
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Background: Thrombosis is a major complication after cardiac surgery in children with congenital heart disease. The mechanisms underlying thrombosis development remain poorly understood. We aimed to identify novel circulating metabolites before cardiac surgery that are associated with thrombosis after surgery in children with congenital heart disease.

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Biological age may be estimated by proteomic aging clocks (PACs). Previous published PACs were constructed either in smaller studies or mainly in White individuals, and they used proteomic measures from only one-time point. In the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study of about 12,000 persons followed for 30 years (around 75% White, 25% Black), we created de novo PACs and compared their performance to published PACs at two different time points.

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Objective: To examine the association between the fecal microbiota of acute diarrhea in children and provide gut microbiota information related the acute diarrhea with rotavirus.

Patients And Methods: Children with acute diarrhea aged 3-60 months were selected for the study. Routine stool examination was performed, and stool samples were collected and stored at -80 °C until further analysis.

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Aims: Neutrophil activity contributes to adverse cardiac remodelling in experimental acute cardiac injury and is modifiable with pharmacologic agents like colchicine.

Methods And Results: Neutrophil activity-related plasma proteins known to be affected by colchicine treatment were measured at Visit 3 (1993-1995) and Visit 5 (2011-2013) of the ARIC cohort study. A protein-based neutrophil activity score was derived from 10 candidate proteins using LASSO Cox regression.

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Background: Antithrombin, PC (protein C), and PS (protein S) are circulating natural anticoagulant proteins that regulate hemostasis and of which partial deficiencies are causes of venous thromboembolism. Previous genetic association studies involving antithrombin, PC, and PS were limited by modest sample sizes or by being restricted to candidate genes. In the setting of the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology consortium, we meta-analyzed across ancestries the results from 10 genome-wide association studies of plasma levels of antithrombin, PC, PS free, and PS total.

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Background: Risk for venous thromboembolism has a strong genetic component. Whole genome sequencing from the TOPMed program (Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine) allowed us to look for new associations, particularly rare variants missed by standard genome-wide association studies.

Methods: The 3793 cases and 7834 controls (11.

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Background: The MHC class I chain-related protein A (MICA) and protein B (MICB) participate in tumor immunosurveillance and may be important in colorectal cancer, but have not been examined in colorectal cancer development.

Methods: sMICA and sMICB blood levels were measured by SomaScan in Visit 2 (1990-92, baseline) and Visit 3 (1993-95) samples in cancer-free participants in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. We selected rs1051792, rs1063635, rs2516448, rs3763288, rs1131896, rs2596542, and rs2395029 that were located in or in the vicinity of MICA or MICB and were associated with cancer or autoimmune diseases in published studies.

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Introduction: Most strategies for prevention of venous thromboembolism focus on preventing recurrent events. Yet, primary prevention might be possible through approaches targeting the whole population or high-risk patients. To inform possible prevention strategies, population-based information on the ability of genetic risk scores to identify risk of incident venous thromboembolism is needed.

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  • The study identifies 23 gene loci linked to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and aims to explore the proteomic signatures related to these genetic factors to better understand AAA's genetic risk.
  • Researchers analyzed plasma proteins from over 8,000 participants, revealing important associations between 118 plasma proteins and genetic risk variants, with significant findings replicated in both Black and White populations.
  • Notably, low levels of neogenin and kit ligand were found to be associated with increased AAA risk, suggesting they could serve as potential targets for reducing AAA susceptibility.
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  • The study investigates the correlation of protein measurements between two multiplex technologies: aptamer-based (SomaScan) and proximity-extension immunoassays (OLINK).
  • Findings show moderate average correlations (r = 0.46) between the two methods, with 19% of comparisons having high correlations (r ≥ 0.8).
  • When comparing 18 protein measurements from SomaScan to targeted immunoassays, six showed strong correlations (r ≥ 0.8), while ten exhibited weak correlations (r < 0.5), indicating variability across different testing platforms.
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Background: Statins are prescribed to reduce LDL-c and risk of CVD. Statins have pleiotropic effects, affecting pathophysiological functions beyond LDL-c reduction. We compared the proteome of statin users and nonusers (controls).

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