Publications by authors named "Xiuming Zhong"

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  • * This study surveyed 462 midwives and conducted interviews with 12 skilled midwives to assess their training needs and preferences for providing sexual health education.
  • * Findings revealed that 82.5% of midwives want more education on topics like reproductive health and sexual psychology, with a strong preference for online training methods.
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Monoubiquitination of FANCD2 is a central step in the activation of the Fanconi anemia (FA) pathway after DNA damage. Defects in the FA pathway centered around FANCD2 not only lead to genomic instability but also induce tumorigenesis. At present, few studies have investigated FANCD2 in tumors, and no pan-cancer research on FANCD2 has been conducted.

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Urothelial carcinoma (UC) with deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) is a specific subtype of UC characterized by the loss of mismatch repair (MMR) proteins and its association with Lynch syndrome (LS). However, comprehensive real-world data on the incidence, clinicopathological characteristics, molecular landscape, and biomarker landscape for predicting the efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in the Chinese patients with dMMR UC remains unknown. We analyzed 374 patients with bladder urothelial carcinoma (BUC) and 232 patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) using tissue microarrays, immunohistochemistry, and targeted next-generation sequencing.

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Objectives: To find an effective molecule that controls glioma stem cell (GSC) proliferation and differentiation for the development of future therapeutic interventions against glioblastoma.

Material And Methods: Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) were infected with a lentiviral vector to express BMP2. Cell viability, cell counting, and tumor sphere formation assays, as well as flow cytometry, immunofluorescence staining, and Western blotting were used to investigate the effects of BMSC-BMP2 on GSCs.

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to understand the current status and existing responses of obstetricians and obstetric nurses in Guangdong Province regarding sex education during pregnancy and to understand their acceptance of sex education during pregnancy and the knowledge and information they would like to obtain in sex education courses.

Methods: A phenomenological research method was used to conduct in-depth interviews with 12 obstetricians and obstetric nurses in a tertiary hospital in Guangdong Province to understand their perceptions and attitudes toward providing sex education to pregnant women. A self-designed questionnaire was used to survey 462 obstetricians and obstetric nurses in Guangdong Province to understand their needs for sex education.

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Solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytomas (SFT/HPCs) are mesenchymal tumors characterized by "staghorn" blood vessels and collagen deposition. Little is known about SFT/HPCs with papillary architecture. We summarized the clinicopathologic features of 12 patients with papillary SFT/HPCs (8 males and 4 females; median age: 59 years), including 8 previously reported cases.

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  • The study aimed to investigate the infection levels of the parasitic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis in two types of snails, Achatina fulica and Pomacea canaliculata, from the Panyu region of Guangzhou City.
  • Researchers analyzed snails by digesting them in artificial stomach fluid, examining the third-stage larvae of the parasite under a microscope, and infecting laboratory rats with these larvae.
  • Findings showed that 22.62% of Achatina fulica and 3.08% of Pomacea canaliculata were infected, with notable variations in infection rates across different towns in the region, indicating a more serious infection in Achatina fulica compared to Pomacea canaliculata.
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