Publications by authors named "Xue-Li Niu"
Vetiver grass () has received extensive attention in recent years due to its diverse applications in soil and water conservation, heavy metal remediation, as well as essential oil and phenolic acids extraction. In 2019, the emergence of tar spot disease on was documented in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China. Initially, the disease manifested as black ascomata embedded within leaf tissue, either scattered or clustered on leaf surfaces.
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- * A four-gene prognostic model involving BASP1-AS1 and others was developed using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas and validated with an external series.
- * BASP1-AS1 promotes melanoma cell growth and spread by interacting with YBX1 to activate the Notch signaling pathway, leading to the expression of oncogenes that drive cancer progression.
As an economically important tropical and subtropical fruit crop, passion fruit ( Sims) is widely planted in many provinces of southern China. In April 2017, postharvest fruit rot was observed on 15% to 25% of passion fruit in several fruit markets of Zhanjiang City in Guangdong Province. Initial disease symptoms on infected fruit were irregular, brown, water-soaked lesions, which enlarged into large black and sunken patches.
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- Sarcomas are rare cancers, making up about 1% of solid tumors in adults, and consist of over 70 subtypes with varying characteristics.
- Researchers analyzed RNA-seq data and clinical information to identify prognostic biomarkers in sarcomas, focusing on four pathological subtypes: dedifferentiated liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcomas, and myxofibrosarcoma.
- The study found that the drug Tanespimycin inhibits the spread of leiomyosarcoma and could be a potential treatment, leading to new insights into sarcoma pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
Background: Hyperthermia in combination with DnaJA4-knockout (KO) obviously affects the anti-viral immunity of HaCaT cells. The mechanisms of this process are not yet fully explored. However, it is known that DnaJA4 interacts with actin cytoskeleton after hyperthermia.
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- IL-18 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that significantly impacts the development of atopic dermatitis (AD) in mice, with effects seen in skin lesions and immune response.
- The study involved four groups of mice, including wild-type and IL-18 knockout, with MC903 applied to induce AD-like symptoms.
- Results showed that IL-18 knockout reduced AD symptoms, altered cytokine levels, and affected skin protein expression, suggesting IL-18's crucial role in the severity of AD.
Previous studies on the correlation between positive autologous serum skin test (ASST) responses and the clinical features of patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) have provided conflicting results. To evaluate the significance of ASST responses in CSU, a variety of databases were searched from inception to March 2018 to identify relevant studies on CSU. Data were analyzed with use of the Cochrane Collaboration's Review Manager 5.
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- IL-18 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine linked to the severity of psoriasis, with higher levels found in active psoriatic lesions and correlating with the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI).
- In a study using IL-18 knockout (KO) and wild-type (WT) mice, researchers examined how the absence of IL-18 affected psoriasis development through the imiquimod (IMQ) model, tracking various cytokine levels and skin changes.
- Results showed that IL-18 KO mice had milder skin lesions and less cellular infiltration, but also demonstrated increased levels of certain cytokines (IL-1β, IL-4, IL-27) while having reduced IL-17 expression compared to WT mice.
A female Cushing's syndrome patient had been suffering from extensive viral warts for months. She was diagnosed with flat warts, common warts and plantar warts. The plantar warts on her right foot were initially treated using local hyperthermia at 44°C for 30 min according to a defined protocol, followed by treatment targeting a common wart on her left thumb.
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