Publications by authors named "Xiaolu Pu"

Two addition orders, i.e., the layer-by-layer (L) and mixed biopolymer (M) orders, were used to generate sodium caseinate - sugar beet pectin electrostatically stabilized o/w emulsions with 0.

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Background: Associations between serum cadmium and diabetes had been reported in previous studies, however there was still considerable controversy regarding associations. Studies in general population that investigated the effects of serum cadmium on diabetes were currently lacking. We designed this cross-sectional study among U.

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Background: Visceral obesity index (VAI) is an empirical mathematical model used to evaluate the distribution and function of fat. Some studies have shown that VAI may be associated with the development of insulin resistance. In view of the differences in insulin resistance among different ethnic groups, this study attempts to analyze the special relationship between VAI and insulin resistance in American adults.

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Flame retardancy and recyclability are two important issues in the research field of thermosets, particularly for epoxy resin (EP) with the biggest market share. It is of great importance, but rarely achievable, to integrate these properties simultaneously into EP. Herein, we report a facile way to prepare intrinsically flame-retardant epoxy vitrimers combining rapid recycling and multiple shape memory effects by introducing dynamic ester-linkages with catalytic transesterification activity into the crosslinking networks of EP.

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In vitro dynamic aroma release over oil-in-water (o/w) and water-in-oil-in-water (w/o/w) emulsions stabilized with Tween 20 or octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA) starch as a hydrophilic emulsifier and polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) as a hydrophobic emulsifier was investigated. The equal-molecular-weight hydrophilic aroma diacetyl (2,3-butanedione) or relatively more-hydrophobic 3-pentanone was added to the emulsions prepared by high speed mixing, or membrane emulsification followed by thickened with xanthan gum removing droplet size distribution and creaming as variables affecting dynamic release. Results showed the differences of w/o/w emulsions in the dynamic release compared to o/w emulsions mainly depended on aroma hydrophobicity, emulsion type, emulsifier-aroma interactions, and creaming.

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Objective: To evaluate the prognostic significance of various clinicopathologic parameters in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), and to study the frequency of c-kit exon 11 mutations in this tumor.

Methods: One hundred and fifty-six cases of gastric or small intestinal GIST were retrieved from the archival files of the Department of Pathology, Chinese PLA General Hospital. The clinical features, site of occurrence, tumor diameter, mitotic index, coagulative tumor necrosis, and risk grade were studied and analyzed statistically.

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Meningeal melanocytomas are rare tumors and malignant transformation of these lesions is even rarer. The authors report on a case of a 57-year-old man who presented with a melanocytoma located at the L5-S1 level. After gross-total resection of the tumor, it recurred 1 year later as a malignant melanoma.

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Aims: The fragile histidine triad (FHIT) gene is frequently inactivated in human cancers; however, the FHIT gene remains unexplored in Hodgkin's lymphoma. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of FHIT expression in classical Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Methods: Classical Hodgkin's lymphomas were analysed for FHIT gene expression by two-step non-biotin immunohistochemical method and Western blotting.

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Objective: To study the expression of FHIT protein and its potential application in diagnosing classic Hodgkin lymphoma.

Methods: Immunohistochemical study using EnVision method for FHIT tumor suppressor protein, hematopoietic stem cell markers CD133/AC133 and CD34, B-cell marker CD20, T-cell marker CD3 and oncoprotein c-erbB2 was performed on 33 cases of classic Hodgkin lymphoma.

Results: Thirty-three of the Hodgkin lymphoma cases (90.

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