Publications by authors named "Z Xuan"

Background: Written discharge instructions after hospitalization promote patient understanding and positive clinical outcomes. Despite the rising prevalence of patients with non-English language preference (NELP) in the U.S.

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Background: Megalobrama amblycephala presents unsynchronized growth, which affects its productivity and profitability. The liver is essential for substance exchange and energy metabolism, significantly influencing the growth of fish.

Results: To investigate the differential metabolites and genes governing growth, and understand the mechanism underlying their unsynchronized growth, we conducted comprehensive transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses of liver from fast-growing (FG) and slow-growing (SG) M.

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Chemoresistance severely deteriorates the prognosis of advanced gastric cancer (GC) patients. Several studies demonstrated that (HP)-positive GC patients showed better outcomes after receiving chemotherapy than HP-negative ones. This study aims to confirm the role of HP in GC chemotherapy and to study the underlying mechanisms.

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Introduction: Swisher Sweets, a leading brand of little cigars and cigarillos in the United States, switched its Twitter account to protected status, limiting access to its tweets. This study examines how the protected status of Swisher Sweets tweets influences post engagement, aiming to inform regulatory strategies for branded tobacco promotions on social media.

Method: Using natural language processing, we predicted the demographics of individuals replying to Swisher Sweets' public and protected tweets.

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Type 3 Innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) functions bear complex response during Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Here, our study first analyzed the main pharmacological components in Shen Ling Bai Zhu San n-butanol extracts (S-Nb), and then explored whether S-Nb administrated immune response of ILC3s, and how it regulates ILC3s. Shen Ling Bai Zhu San (SLBZS) or S-Nb were administrated for 7 days to analyze the frequency of ILC3s and their produced cytokine.

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