Publications by authors named "Wudi Wei"

The HIV/AIDS epidemic poses a severe global health challenge. While antiretroviral therapy is crucial, it has limitations, including high costs and resistance, and requires long-term use. Consequently, novel antiviral agents with unique structures and innovative mechanisms are needed for better management of HIV/AIDS.

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Emerging evidence underscores the pivotal role of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) as crucial regulators within the HIV life cycle. However, the precise functions and detailed mechanisms by which lncRNAs operate in HIV-1 highly exposed but persistently seronegative (HESN) individuals remain currently unknown. Through RNA sequencing analysis of the HESN individual and the matched control, we identified potential lncRNAs.

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() is a widely disseminated betaherpesvirus that typically induces latant infections. In immunocompromised populations, especially transplant and HIV-infected patients, infection increases in-hospital mortality. Although machine learning models have been widely used in clinical diagnosis and prognosis prediction, reports on machine learning model predictions for the in-hospital mortality of HIV/AIDS patients with infection have not been reported.

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Identifying the prevalence and risk factors of secondary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission from people living with HIV (PLWH) to other people is crucial for ending the HIV epidemic. However, the data among antiretroviral therapy (ART) patients is limited. This study aims to assess the prevalence and risk factors of secondary HIV transmission among PLWH receiving ART by longitudinal molecular networks in China.

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  • This study introduces a new method called Single-cell m6A Analysis (Scm6A), which uses machine learning to quantify N6-methyladenosine (m6A) levels in individual cells, overcoming the challenges of existing methods.
  • Scm6A was validated through experiments on CD4+ and CD8+ T cells from blood samples, showing a strong correlation with results from another established method, m6A-seq.
  • The method was also applied to analyze m6A levels in lung cancer tissues and blood samples from COVID-19 patients, highlighting its potential for m6A-related research across various diseases.
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Objective: To develop and validate a machine learning model for predicting mortality-associated prognostic factors in order to reduce in-hospital mortality rates among HIV/AIDS patients with Cryptococcus infection in Guangxi, China.

Methods: This retrospective prognostic study included HIV/AIDS patients with cryptococcosis in the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning from October 2011 to June 2019. Clinical features were extracted and used to train ten machine learning models, including Logistic Regression, KNN, DT, RF, Adaboost, Xgboost, LightGBM, Catboost, SVM, and NBM, to predict the outcome of HIV patients with cryptococcosis infection.

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The inactivated COVID-19 vaccine has demonstrated high efficacy in the general population through extensive clinical and real-world studies. However, its effectiveness in immunocompromised individuals, particularly those living with HIV (PLWH), remains limited. In this study, 20 PLWH and 15 HIV-seronegative individuals were recruited to evaluate the immunogenicity of an inactivated COVID-19 vaccine in PLWH through a prospective cohort study.

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  • * In 2021, the age-standardised rates (ASR) indicated a global incidence rate of 21,668.40 per 100,000 population, with higher burdens observed in males and among those aged 5-9 years, while the elderly had the highest age-standardised rates.
  • * The study highlighted Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Mali as the countries with the highest age-standardised rates for fungal skin diseases, emphasizing the need
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Hypertension remains a major global public health crisis due to various contributing factors, such as age and environmental exposures. This study delves into exploring the intricate association between biological aging, blood lead levels, and hypertension, along with examining the mediating role of blood lead levels in the relationship between biological aging and hypertension. We analyzed data from two cycles of the NHANES, encompassing 4473 individuals aged 18 years and older.

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is the third most common infectious pathogen in AIDS patients and leads to the highest death rate in Guangxi, China. The lack of reliable biomarkers is one of the major obstacles in current clinical diagnosis, which largely contributes to this high mortality. Here, we present a study that aimed at identifying diagnostic biomarker candidates through genome-wide prediction and functional annotation of secreted proteins.

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Talaromyces marneffei (TM) immune evasion is an important factor leading to the high mortality rate of Penicilliosis marneffei. N -methyladenosine (m A) plays important roles in host immune response to various pathogen infections, yet its role in TM and HIV/TM coinfection remains largely unexplored. Here we reported genome-wide transcriptional m A profiles of TM mono-infection and HIV/TM coinfection.

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Background: N6-methyladenosine (m6A) methylation has become an active research area in viral infection, while little bibliometric analysis has been performed. In this study, we aim to visualize hotspots and trends using bibliometric analysis to provide a comprehensive and objective overview of the current research dynamics in this field.

Methods: The data related to m6A methylation in viral infection were obtained through the Web of Science Core Collection form 2000 to 2022.

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Talaromycosis, caused by Talaromyces marneffei (T. marneffei), is a systemic fungal disease that involves dissemination throughout the body. The ability of T.

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Talaromyces marneffei (T. marneffei) immune escape is essential in the pathogenesis of talaromycosis. It is currently known that T.

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Objectives: Talaromyces marneffei (T. marneffei) is an opportunistic fungal infection (talaromycosis), which is common in subtropical regions and is a leading cause of death in HIV-1-infected patients. This study aimed to determine the characteristics and risk factors associated with hospital readmissions in HIV patients with T.

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Objective: To establish a murine model of Talaromyces marneffei (T. marneffei) latent infection and reactivation, providing a foundation for exploring the molecular mechanisms underlying disease relapse.

Methods: BALB/c mice were tail vein injected with T.

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Background: Cryptococcosis and talaromycosis are known as 'neglected epidemics' due to their high case fatality rates and low concern. Clinically, the skin lesions of the two fungal diseases are similar and easily misdiagnosed. Therefore, this study aims to develop an algorithm to identify cryptococcosis/talaromycosis skin lesions.

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Monkeypox is a critical public health emergency with international implications. Few confirmed monkeypox cases had previously been reported outside endemic countries. However, since May 2022, the number of monkeypox infections has increased exponentially in non-endemic countries, especially in North America and Europe.

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Background: Talaromyces marneffei (formerly Penicillium marneffei) is an important thermally dimorphic fungus endemic which is characterized by one of the most frequent opportunistic infections in HIV/AIDS patients, mainly prevalent in Southeast Asia, southern China, and northeastern India. Cotrimoxazole(CTX) inhibits folic acid synthesis which is important for the survival of many bacteria, protozoa, and fungi, thereby commonly used to prevent several opportunistic infections among HIV/AIDS patients. In addition to preventing other HIV-associated opportunistic infections, CTX prophylaxis are considered to have the potential to prevent T.

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tends to induce systemic infection in immunocompromised individuals, which is one of the causes of the high mortality. The underlying molecular mechanisms of -induced abnormal liver function are still poorly understood. In this study, we found that -infected patients could develop abnormal liver function, evidenced by reduced albumin and increased levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and AST/alanine aminotransferase (ALT).

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Objective: Talaromycosis is a serious regional disease endemic in Southeast Asia. In China, Talaromyces marneffei (T. marneffei) infections is mainly concentrated in the southern region, especially in Guangxi, and cause considerable in-hospital mortality in HIV-infected individuals.

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The natural process of human immunodeficiency virus type 1(HIV-1) infection is characterized by high viral load, immune cell exhaustion, and immunodeficiency, which eventually leads to the stage of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and opportunistic infections. Rapidly progressing HIV-1 individuals often die of AIDS several years after infection without treatment. The promotion of ART greatly prolongs the survival time of HIV-infected persons.

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Adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a prerequisite to improve immunity and reduce the morbidity and mortality of people living with HIV (PLWH). To describe ART adherence and associated factors among PLWH, patients who initiated ART in Liuzhou between 1998 and 2013 were recruited. Socio-demographic characteristics, HIV infection-related characteristics and clinical tests were analyzed.

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Little is known about how , a thermally dimorphic fungus that causes substantial morbidity and mortality in Southeast Asia, evades the human immune system. Polarization of macrophages into fungal-inhibiting M1-like and fungal-promoting M2-like types has been shown to play an important role in the innate immune response against fungal pathogens. This mechanism has not been defined for .

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Little is known about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and willingness among male rural-to-urban migrant workers, a high-risk population of HIV infection and transmission in China. The aim of this study was to assess the awareness of and willingness to use PrEP among this vulnerable population in two cities in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, a province in southwestern China. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among male rural-to-urban migrant workers in Guangxi province, during June to August, 2015.

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