Publications by authors named "Weijuan Qin"
Background: The precise identification of pathogens responsible for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children is essential for effective treatment. However, the performance of targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS) in the detection of pathogens associated with CAP in children remains unclear.
Methods: In this study, 216 children diagnosed with CAP were enrolled, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) samples underwent detection through tNGS, culture, and multiplex quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR).
Background: This study aimed to explore the risk factors for BK virus (BKV) infection in renal transplant recipients (RTRs) routinely treated with tacrolimus.
Methods: Forty-two cases with BKV infections and 51 patients without BKV infections were enrolled in the study. Eighty-seven healthy individuals and 77 patients undergoing dialysis were randomly included as controls.
Background: WNT1-inducible signaling pathway protein 1 (WISP1) is a member of the CCN protein family and a downstream target of β-catenin. Aberrant WISP1 expression may be involved in carcinogenesis. To date, no studies have investigated the association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of WISP1 and gastric cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: To investigate the influence of polymorphisms in the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) gene and circulating soluble RAGE (sRAGE) levels on susceptibility to gastric cancer, and identify whether these polymorphisms were correlated with serum sRAGE levels.
Methods: We performed a hospital-based case-control study involving 200 gastric cancer patients and 207 cancer-free controls. Four well-characterized genetic polymorphisms, namely, rs1800624, rs1800625, rs184003, and rs2070600 were genotyped by PCR-RFLP.