Publications by authors named "Wen-xiu Wang"

Objective: To investigate the effects of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block (ESPB) on acute and chronic post-surgical pain in patients underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy.

Methods: A total of 94 patients, who underwent elective unilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic lobotomy from August 2021 to December 2021 were randomly divided into general anesthesia group (group A, n = 46) and ESPB combined with general anesthesia group (group B, n = 48) by computer. Patient controlled intravenous analgesia(PCIA) was performed in both groups after operation.

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Background: Growing evidence have demonstrated that thyroid hormones have been involved in the processes of cardiovascular metabolism. However, the causal relationship of thyroid function and cardiometabolic health remains partly unknown.

Methods: The Mendelian randomization (MR) was used to test genetic, potentially causal relationships between instrumental variables and cardiometabolic traits.

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China is facing a heavy burden of chronic diseases, so it is urgent to promote the relevant researches for early prevention of chronic diseases. Large population cohorts are one of the primary study designs for etiology evidence of chronic diseases, which are helpful to explore feasible intervention measures. Moreover, clarifying the genetic associations between risk factors and diseases from the genetic level of large population cohort can also open up a new way to the exploration of causality.

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  • Self-management is crucial for hemodialysis patients, and a study explored how social support and sense of coherence (SOC) relate to it.
  • The research involved 402 patients and found significant correlations among social support, SOC, and self-management, revealing that social support directly impacts self-management while SOC partially mediates this effect.
  • The study suggests that healthcare providers should focus on enhancing social support and strengthening SOC strategies to improve self-management outcomes for hemodialysis patients.
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This cross-sectional study assessed the overall symptom burden, including the prevalence, frequency, severity, and distress of symptoms among hemodialysis patients, and explored the relationship between demographic characteristics, clinical variables, self-management, sense of coherence, social support, and symptom burden in these patients. Herein, a regression analysis was performed to determine associations with symptom burden. The mean score of symptom burden among the participants (n = 382) was 74.

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Objective: To study the association between serum level of high-mobility group box 1(HMGB1) and neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS).

Methods: A total of 35 infants with NRDS and 35 normal neonates (control group) were enrolled. Peripheral venous blood samples were collected with 12-24 hours after birth.

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For dual band visible/near infrared spectroscopy system (350~1 100 and 1 000~2 500 nm), there exsits a band overlap and for the same sample the reflectivity data were unlike due to the performance difference between instruments. A band connection and data fusion method was proposed in this paper to make better use of the dual-band data. A dual-band visible/near-infrared spectroscopy system was built in the study to collect 60 pork samples’ reflectance spectra.

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Cryptochromes (CRY) are blue-light photoreceptors that mediate various light responses in plants and animals. It has long been demonstrated that Arabidopsis CRY (CRY1 and CRY2) C termini (CCT1 and CCT2) mediate light signaling through direct interaction with COP1. Most recently, CRY1 N terminus (CNT1) has been found to be involved in CRY1 signaling independent of CCT1, and implicated in the inhibition of gibberellin acids (GA)/brassinosteroids (BR)/auxin-responsive gene expression.

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The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is an endangered species and indigenous to China. Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) is the only member of type □ IFN and is vital for the regulation of host adapted immunity and inflammatory response. Little is known aboutthe FN-γ gene and its roles in giant panda.

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To investigate the efficacy of dendritic cells and natural killer cells in the inhibition of lung metastasis, we injected dendritic cells and natural killer cells intravascularly into mice bearing B16F10 tumour melanoma cells. This efficiently inhibited tumor growth and prolonged survival. In addition, surviving mice developed a long-lasting memory response against the original tumor when re-challenged with live tumor cells.

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Paramyxovirus Tianjin strain is a novel strain of virus causing common cotton-eared marmoset fatal infection. To investigate the relationship between the gene structure and function of nucleoprotein (NP) of Tianjin strain, NP gene of paramyxovirus Tianjin strain was cloned and three domains of NP were expressed. The homologous and phylogenetic analysis of NP sequences among the paramyxovirus Tianjin strain and eight strains of Sendai viruses from GenBank were performed.

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Paramyxovirus Tianjin strain is the high-pathogenic virus to primate and might also cause human lower respiratory tract infection. To determine the genome structure, variation features and phylogenetic position, the complete nucleotide sequence of paramyxovirus Tianjin strain was analyzed. The homology comparison and phylogenetic analysis of the nucleotide and the deduced amino acid sequences among paramyxovirus Tianjin strain and the 28 strains in seven genera and the 7 unclassified viruses of Paramyxoviridae were performed.

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Objective: To explore the inhibitory effect of KAI1 gene on breast cancer cell growth in vitro.

Methods: Highly metastatic human breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 was transfected with pCMV-KAI1 or mock transfected plasmid pCMV with lipofectamine. Western blot was used to determine the expression of target protein of KAI1.

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