Publications by authors named "Wei-Qiang Zheng"

is a rod-shaped, gram-negative bacterium with flagella. It causes visceral white spot disease and high mortality in during culture, resulting in serious economic loss. Analysis of transcriptome and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) data showed that gene expression was significantly up-regulated after 48 h of infection with (log FC=3.

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Host-pathogen interactions are highly complex, involving large dynamic changes in gene expression during infection. These interactions are fundamental to understanding anti-infection immunity of hosts, as well as the pathogenesis of pathogens. For bacterial pathogens interacting with animal hosts, time-resolved dual RNA-seq of infected tissue is difficult to perform due to low pathogen load in infected tissue.

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Cryptocaryon irritans infection could cause huge economic losses to the marine fish industry. Larimichthys crocea, a special economic species in China, suffered from the threat of serious infection, and L. crocea could enhance the level of piscidin 5-like to defense against the infection.

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The marine white spot disease caused by protozoan ectoparasite Cryptocaryon irritans is a severe problem to the large yellow croaker farming industry. To understand the molecular immune mechanisms and improve its immune capacity are particular important. STING, one of the important second messengers in innate immune response process, plays pivotal roles in defensing against different pathogenic microorganisms.

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The white-spot disease caused by marine ciliate Cryptocryon irritans hindered the sustainable development of large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea industry. Better understandings about the parasite-host interactions in the molecular level will facilitate the prevention of mass mortality of the L. crocea caused by white-spot disease.

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As fundamental immunologic mechanism, the innate immunity system is more important than the specific immunity system in teleost fishes during pathogens infection. Antimicrobial peptides are integral parts of the innate immune system, and play significant roles against pathogens infection. NK-lysin, the compounds of the natural killer cells and cytotoxic T cells, are potent and effective antimicrobial peptides widely distributed in animals.

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The large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) is an economically important marine fish cultured in China and East Asian countries and is facing a serious threat from Cryptocaryon irritans, which is a protozoan ectoparasite that infects most reared marine fish species. To understand the molecular immune mechanisms underlying the response to C. irritans, we first performed a comparative gene transcription analysis using livers from C.

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The large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea is an important mariculture fish species in China, and the bacterium Vibrio harveyi (V. harveyi) and the ciliate protozoan Cryptocaryon irritans (C. irritans) are the two major pathogens in its aquaculture sector.

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The heterogeneity of breast cancer makes its diagnosis and treatment far from being optimal. Analysis of traditional pathological and prognostic markers based on immunohistochemistry (IHC) is inadequate in elucidating the inherent heterogeneity of breast cancer, especially basal-like breast carcinoma (BLBC) which displays complex and unique epidemiological, phenotypic, and molecular features with distinctive relapse patterns and poor clinical outcomes. Gene expression profiling opened an avenue in research as independent predictors by classifying breast cancers into discrete groups with prognostic references, but it is not cost-effective in clinical application.

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Objective: To study the clinical characteristics, diagnosis, treatment and prognostic factors of gastrointestinal stromal tumor(GIST).

Methods: Clinicopathological data of 217 GIST patients from January 2005 to September 2010 in Wuhan Union Hospital were analyzed retrospectively and the prognostic factors were evaluated.

Results: There were 103 males and 114 females with a median age of 55 years old.

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Unlabelled: Perivascular epithelioid cells (PECs) are constantly present in a group of tumors called PEComas, including angiomyolipoma (AML), clear-cell "sugar" tumor (CCST) of the lung and extrapulmonary sites, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, clear-cell myomelanocytic tumor of the falciform ligament/ligamentum teres and rare clear-cell tumors of other anatomic sites. PECs have distinctive morphologic, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural and genetic characteristics, including an epithelioid appearance with a clear to granular cytoplasm, a round to oval, centrally located nucleus, and an inconspicuous nucleolus. PECs also express melanocytic and myogenic markers like HMB45 and smooth muscle actin.

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In the present study, we reported distribution of ER alpha and ER beta mRNAs in the hypothalamus of young and old ovariectomized (OVX) rhesus macaques. The ER alpha were detected in all six major vestiblular nuclei which included arcuate nucleus (ARC) , paraventricularis nucleus (PVN) , periventricular nucleus (PeriV) , supraoptic nucleus (SON) , medial prioptic nucleus (MPN) and lateral hypothalamus area (LHA). However, the ER beta mRNA can also detected in those nuclei excerpt SON, but the signals of ER beta mRNA were weaker than those of ER alpha mRNA.

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Hepatic angiomyolipoma (HAML) is an unusual mesenchymal lesion that can be misdiagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma or sarcoma. We sought to better define the morphological variations and immunohistochemical and molecular features of this unusual tumor. Forty-nine sporadic HAMLs were investigated for immunopathologic characteristics with EnVision Plus.

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Objective: To describe the histologic distribution of elastin in the nonpregnant human uterus, uterine leiomyomas, adenomyosis and adenomyomas.

Study Design: Uteri were obtained from women undergoing hysterectomy for benign conditions, including 26 cases of uterine leiomyomas, 24 cases of adenomyosis, 18 adenomyomas and 6 cases of autopsy specimens. Specific histochemical staining techniques were employed in order to demonstrate the distribution of elastin.

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  • * The study focused on the role of Skp2, a protein involved in the breakdown of p27 (a cell cycle regulator), to see if it could be a therapeutic target for aggressive breast carcinomas.
  • * Results showed that higher Skp2 levels were more common in ER-negative tumors and those that had spread to lymph nodes, suggesting that targeting Skp2 could be a potential strategy for treating these challenging cancer types.
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Objective: To investigate the clinical pathology of cavernous venous malformations of the body surface.

Methods: Tissue samples of cavernous venous malformations from 42 cases were stained with hematoxylin and eosin to observe the pathologic structure. The clinical manifestations and case history were summarized accordingly.

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Objective: To study the expression and significance of structural proteins, VEGF and Ang-1 in cavernous venous malformations of the body surface.

Methods: Tissue samples came from 25 cases of cavernous venous malformations, 12 cases of normal moderate veins and 12 cases of normal small veins. Envision immunohistochemical stain was used to investigate the expression of IV collagen, fibronectin, laminin, VEGF and Ang-1.

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Aims And Background: Laminin is a major glycoprotein component of basement membrane which is an important barrier to tumor cells which must be breached before metastatic spread can occur. Proteolytic enzymes play an important role in mediating the passage of cancer cells through the basement membrane (BM) and extracellular matrix. We have compared the patterns of laminin and cathepsin D (CD) expressions in a range of benign and malignant breast lesions to better understand the process of tumor progression.

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