Publications by authors named "Wanwen Li"
The diagnostic value of endoscopic ultrasound for esophageal subepithelial lesions: A review.
Medicine (Baltimore)
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- Esophageal subepithelial lesions (ESELs) include a range of tumors and diseases, such as leiomyomas and hemangiomas, often going undetected due to asymptomatic presentations.
- Common imaging methods for ESEL diagnosis involve conventional endoscopy, spiral computed tomography, and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), with EUS being the most accurate.
- Recent advancements in EUS technology, including artificial intelligence and enhanced imaging techniques, have improved diagnostic accuracy for ESELs and helped reduce missed cases.
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- * Conducted a comprehensive study with 250 mother-infant pairs, analyzing breast milk, infant, and maternal faecal samples for connections between breastfeeding duration, AA levels, and AD incidence.
- * Found that high AA levels are associated with gut dysbiosis and immune responses linked to AD, including changes in immune cell ratios and increased inflammatory markers in both infants and mice models.
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- Diabetes nephropathy (DN) is a major complication of diabetes, marked by issues like high blood pressure and decreased kidney function, with Xuebijing injection often used for treatment.
- This research aimed to systematically evaluate how effective Xuebijing injection, combined with alprostadil, is for treating DN.
- The study analyzed data from 14 randomized controlled trials with over 1200 participants, revealing that the combination treatment significantly reduced blood glucose levels compared to the control group.
Objective: This pilot study was designed to investigate the antidepressant effects of dexmedetomidine (DEX), a selective α2-adrenergic receptor agonist, in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). The antidepressant effects of dexmedetomidine was compared with ECT, which is widely used in clinical practice for treatment of patients with TRD.
Methods: Seventy six patients with TRD were randomly assigned to receive 10 sessions of DEX infusions or electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatment.
A conserved Toll-like receptor-to-NF-κB signaling pathway in the endangered coral Orbicella faveolata.
Dev Comp Immunol
February 2018
Herein, we characterize the Toll-like receptor (TLR)-to-NF-κB innate immune pathway of Orbicella faveolata (Of), which is an ecologically important, disease-susceptible, reef-building coral. As compared to human TLRs, the intracellular TIR domain of Of-TLR is most similar to TLR4, and it can interact in vitro with the human TLR4 adapter MYD88. Treatment of O.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe BaZrSi O :Cr phosphors were prepared by a high temperature solid state method. Their structures were confirmed with XRD and their luminescence properties were investigated. Under excitation at 455 nm, BaZrSi O :Cr phosphors exhibited a broad near infrared emission band peaked at 800 nm, which was assigned to the T → A transition of Cr .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn current study, a self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (SNEDDS) of persimmon (Diospyros kaki) leaf extract (PLE) was developed and characterized to compare its in vitro dissolution and relative bioavailability with commercially available tablets (Naoxinqing tablets). Pseudo-ternary phase diagrams were constructed by phase diagram by micro plate dilution (PDMPD) method, of which the evaluation method was improved to use Multiskan Ascent for identifying turbidity. The formulation of PLE-loaded SNEDDS was optimized by an extreme vertices experimental design.
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