Publications by authors named "Wenxi Zhong"
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- The transition from pediatric to adult healthcare for adolescents with HIV in China requires careful planning, and the HIV Adolescent Readiness for Transition Scale (HARTS) aims to fill the gap by assessing readiness across crucial areas.
- The scale comprises 15 items that predict successful post-transition health outcomes, such as viral suppression, and it has undergone a comprehensive validation process involving translation, expert review, and reliability testing among adolescents.
- Results show that HARTS has strong reliability and validity in the Chinese context, with an overall Cronbach's alpha value of 0.943, making it a valuable tool for improving healthcare transition strategies for youth living with HIV.
Purpose: Acupoint autohemotherapy (A-AHT) has been proposed as an alternative and complementary treatment for atopic dermatitis (AD), yet the exact role of its blood component in terms of therapeutic efficacy and mechanism of action is still largely unknown.
Methods: This study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic efficacies and action mechanisms of intramuscular injections of autologous whole blood (AWB) and mouse immunoglobulin G (IgG) (autologous or heterologous) at acupoints on 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB)-induced AD mouse models. Serum levels of total immunoglobulin E (IgE), IgG, interleukin-10 (IL-10), and interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) were measured, as well as mRNA expression levels of Forkhead box P3 (FoxP3), IL-10 and IFN-γ in dorsal skin lesions, and IL-10, IFN-γ and FoxP3CD4T cells in murine spleen.
The electrophysiological signal can reflect the basic activity of cardiomyocytes, which is often used to study the working mechanism of heart. Intracellular recording is a powerful technique for studying transmembrane potential, proving a favorable strategy for electrophysiological research. To obtain high-quality and high-throughput intracellular electrical signals, an integrated electrical signal recording and electrical pulse regulating system based on nanopatterned microelectrode array (NPMEA) is developed in this work.
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