Diagnostic value of SAT-TB in stool and urine samples for intestinal and urinary tuberculosis.

Background: The simultaneous amplification/testing for tuberculosis (SAT-TB) targets specific 16s rRNA for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in real-time.

Objective: To evaluate SAT-TB's performance in detecting intestinal and urinary TB using stool and urine samples.

Methods: Stool (94) and urine samples (69) (From 2021 to 2022), were collected from pulmonary combined with suspected intestinal or urinary tuberculosis.

The U-shaped correlation between serum VD concentration and systemic immune-inflammatory index: results from the NHANES database prospective cohort study.

Background: Vitamin D (VD) plays a critical role in regulating systemic inflammation, but its correlation with the systemic immune-inflammatory index (SII) remains unclear. This study aimed to explore the relationship between serum VD concentration, dietary VD intake, and SII using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

Methods: Data from NHANES 2007-2018 and NHANES 2007-2020 were analyzed for serum VD levels and dietary VD intake, respectively.

Immune modulation of buffalo peripheral blood mononuclear cells by two asparaginyl endopeptidases from Fasciola gigantica.

Background: Fascioliasis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica, which poses a serious threat to global public health and livestock farming. Fasciola gigantica secretes and excretes various components to manipulate the immune response, thereby enhancing its invasion, migration, and survival in vivo. However, the roles of specific components in immune modulation, such as asparagine endopeptidase, remain unknown.

Long‑term survival after comprehensive treatment in a patient with advanced neuroendocrine neoplasm of the pancreas: A case report.

Neuroendocrine neoplasms of the pancreas (pNENs) are rare. In February 2021, a 54-year-old woman was diagnosed with pNEN and multiple metastases within the liver. The patient, diagnosed with grade G2 neuroendocrine neoplasm (T4N0M1), underwent an ultrasonography-guided liver biopsy and radiofrequency ablation.

Diffuse correlation tomography: a technique to characterize tissue blood flow abnormalities in benign and malignant breast lesions.

Accurate assessment and quantification of neoangiogenesis associated with breast cancer could be potentially used to improve the sensitivity and specificity of non-invasive diagnosis, as well as predict outcomes and monitor treatment effects. In this study, we adapted an emerging technology, namely diffuse correlation tomography (DCT), to image microvascular blood flow in breast tissues and evaluate the potential for discriminating between benign and malignant lesions. A custom-made DCT system was designed for breast blood flow imaging, with both the source-detector array and reconstruction algorithm optimized to ensure precise imaging of breast blood flow.