Publications by authors named "Yujuan Duan"

CD3(+) CD4(-) CD8(-) double negative T cells (DNTs) manifest themselves in autoimmune diseases and associated inflammation. In the central nervous system, the increased presence of DNTs is associated with the progression of neurological conditions and brain injury. Active DNTs that produce IL-17 have been regarded as a pro-inflammatory phenotype.

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  • The study investigates the differences in how chronic pain affects the brain of male and female rats, highlighting the limited research on sex-specific mechanisms of brain changes related to pain.
  • Using advanced imaging techniques, researchers examined the brain structures and functional networks of male and female rats following nerve injury to understand the impact of chronic pain.
  • Results showed significant alterations in brain organization and microstructure in male rats, particularly in the hippocampus, while similar effects in female rats were not fully reported, indicating the need for further exploration.
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common liver malignancy with a poor prognosis and increasing incidence, remains a serious health problem worldwide. Immunotherapy has been described as one of the ideal ways to treat HCC and is transforming patient management. However, the occurrence of immunotherapy resistance still prevents some patients from benefiting from current immunotherapies.

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  • The study explored the prevalence of a specific pathogen causing trichomoniasis among men in Xinxiang, collecting 634 clinical samples from semen, prostate fluid, and urine over a 14-month period.
  • Out of these samples, 32 tested positive for the pathogen, leading to detection rates of 7.87% in semen, 4.65% in prostate fluid, and 2.97% in urine.
  • Genetic analysis identified the strains as genotype E, showing high homology with a previously published strain, highlighting the importance of these genetic markers in understanding trichomoniasis in men, though further research is needed on genotype-pathogenicity links.
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As a highly invasive thoracic malignancy with increasing prevalence, lung cancer is also the most lethal cancer worldwide due to the failure of effective early detection and the limitations of conventional therapeutic strategies for advanced-stage patients. Over the past few decades, nanotechnology has emerged as an important technique to obtain desired features by modifying and manipulating different objects on a molecular level and gained a lot of attention in many fields of medical applications. Studies have shown that in lung cancer, nanotechnology may be more effective and specific than traditional methods for detecting extracellular cancer biomarkers and cancer cells , as well as imaging cancer ; Nanoscale drug delivery systems have developed rapidly to overcome various forms of multi-drug resistance and reduce detrimental side effects to normal tissues by targeting cancerous tissue precisely.

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Background: Adherence to the surface of the host cell is the precondition for T. vaginalis parasitism and pathogenicity, causing urogenital infection. The AP65 of T.

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Trichomoniasis is caused by (), which is a widespread and serious sexually transmitted pathogen in humans. The procedure of adherence to the host cell is the precondition for parasitism and pathogenicity. The AP33 adhesin of (TvAP33) plays a key role in the process of adhesion.

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Background: Trichomoniasis resulting from Trichomonas vaginalis (T. vaginalis) has been considered as a commonly seen disease with the transmission way of sex. At present, the detection methods of T.

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