Publications by authors named "Xueqing Fang"
Background: Some pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines were significantly elevated in patients with candidemia patients, but no studies have included these cytokines in the analysis of risk factors for mortality of candidemia. This study aims to analyze the risk factors of short-term mortality of candidemia and the predictive value of serum cytokines.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed and compared the clinical features, risk factors and cytokine interleukin (IL)-6, interferon-γ (IFN-γ), IL-10 and IL-17 between survival group and death group in 53 patients with candidemia.
Objective: To investigate the mechanism of ultrasound microbubbles (UTMB) promoting stem cells homing to fibrotic liver.
Methods: Bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) were divided into 5 groups with or without ultrasound microbubbles and continuously irradiated with ultrasound conditions of frequency 1 MHZ and output power 0.6 W/cm for different times, and then injected into a mouse model of liver fibrosis through the tail vein with or without ultrasound microbubbles, with sound intensity.
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- Researchers discovered that defreezing glassy ferroelectric states can enhance energy storage capabilities, especially under low electric fields, using simulations and experiments.
- They achieved an impressive energy storage density of over 2.7 J/cm with an efficiency above 80% in specific BNBT-BMN ceramic compositions at low electric fields.
- The energy storage performance remains stable across a wide temperature range, with optimal performance observed at elevated temperatures, making these materials promising for high-temperature energy storage applications and leading the way for lead-free dielectrics.
Background And Aim: The aim of our study was to investigate the immunomodulatory effect and short-term efficacy and long-term prognosis of decompensated liver cirrhosis patients caused by hepatitis B after a double transplantation with human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUCMSCs).
Methods: Fifty inpatients were recruited and given the same medical treatments, receiving hUCMSCs injection intravenously. Fifty-three patients (Group B) matched for age, sex, and baseline alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, albumin, total bilirubin, prothrombin time, and model for end-stage liver disease score and Child-Pugh classification, acted as the control group.
Background: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been suggested to be involved in the development and progression of malignancies. However, the investigation of small nucleolar RNA host gene 20 (SNHG20) on cancer progression remains unknown. The present study aims to explore the clinical significance of SNHG20 and its potential molecular mechanism in colorectal cancer (CRC).
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