Publications by authors named "Zhi-Xin Li"

Recently, the emerging chemotherapy (CDT) has provided a new biocompatibility pathway for cancer therapy. Among them, Cu-based nanocatalysts with good biocompatibility and Fenton-like catalytic efficiency are considered to be a promising approach for enhancing CDT and CDT-involved multimodal synergies to improve the effectiveness of catalytic cancer therapy. Meanwhile, the emerging therapy strategy promoted by Cu-based nanocatalysts has proven to exhibit attractive clinical application potential in replacing traditional chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer therapy with significant toxic side effects.

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Polyoxometalates (POMs) are a class of anionic metal-oxygen clusters with versatile biological activities. Over the past decade, an increasing number of POMs, especially Sb-rich POMs, have been proven to exert antitumor activity. However, the antitumor effects and mechanisms of POMs in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remain largely unexplored.

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Background: Cerebral infarction is a local or extensive necrosis of brain tissue. Subsequently, the corresponding neurological deficits appear. The incidence of cerebrovascular diseases in China is increasing gradually.

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The feasibility of surgery after immunotherapy for mediastinal liposarcoma remains uncertain. Besides, the case of immunotherapy for liposarcoma is still lacking. We report a case of recurrence after resection of a left mediastinal liposarcoma.

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  • The study aimed to identify high-risk patients with pathologic stage I lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and evaluate the effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT).
  • Four key indicators were found to be associated with a higher risk of cancer recurrence, which included age (≥62 years), visceral pleural invasion (VPI), and lymphovascular invasion (LVI).
  • In high-risk patients who received ACT, there was a significant improvement in recurrence-free survival and overall survival compared to those who didn't receive it, while the same was not observed in low-risk patients.
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Background: This study aimed to construct an effective nomogram based on the clinical and laboratory characteristics to predict the prognosis of stage I lung adenocarcinoma with EGFR alteration.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed of 913 eligible patients with EGFR alteration after surgery at Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital. The peripheral blood indicators were included in the nomogram.

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  • In eukaryotes, autophagy acts as a defense mechanism against pathogens through self-degradation, and this study investigates its role in small intestinal cells during trichinellosis.
  • The research employed various techniques, such as electron microscopy and Western blotting, revealing that parasites induce the formation of autophagosomes and alter the expression of autophagy-related genes and proteins in the host's small intestine.
  • Additionally, serine protease inhibitors (SPIs) were found to enhance autophagy through specific pathways, with a particular advantage shown by AdSPI, highlighting their potential role in understanding intestinal dysfunction post-infection.
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  • This study aimed to determine if surgery benefits patients with a second primary non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after they’ve had a lobectomy for the first NSCLC, and to identify factors affecting their survival.
  • Data from 944 patients were analyzed, revealing that those who had surgery for their second NSCLC had a median survival of 52 months compared to 33 months for those who did not, indicating a significant survival advantage.
  • Lobectomy was found to be the most effective surgical option, but in cases where the tumor is 20 mm or smaller, both lobar and sublobar resections provided similar survival benefits.
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  • Developed a nomogram to predict recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with early-stage lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) by analyzing clinical and laboratory data.
  • Included 1585 surgery patients and validated the model using various statistical methods, showing strong agreement between predictions and actual outcomes.
  • The nomogram demonstrated good predictive capability with a concordance index of 0.736, identifying significant risk differences in survival rates between high-risk and low-risk patient groups.
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Objective: The integration of training in theory and practice across the medical education spectrum is being encouraged to increase student understanding and skills in the sciences. This study aimed to determine the deciding factors that drive students' perceived advantages in class to improve precision education and the teaching model.

Methods: A mixed strategy of an existing flipped classroom (FC) and a case-based learning (CBL) model was conducted in a medical morphology curriculum for 575 postgraduate students.

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Background: The current nodal (pN) classification still has limitations in stratifying the prognosis of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients with pathological classifications T1-2N0-2M0. Thus. This study aimed to develop and validate a modified nodal classification based on a multicenter cohort.

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Background: The efficacy of monotherapy of AMG-510 is limited. This study explored whether the AMG-510 and cisplatin combination increases the anti-tumor effect in lung adenocarcinoma with the mutation of Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene (KRAS) G12C.

Methods: Patients' data were used to analyze the proportion of KRAS G12C mutation.

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To facilitate the manufacturing of the thin-walled components of 2219 aluminum alloy, the quenching-forming-aging (Q-F-A) process has been increasingly utilized. However, natural aging (NA) after quenching significantly affects the cold forming performance of this alloy. In this study, experiments are conducted to investigate the effect of NA time on the cold forming performance of 2219 aluminum alloy.

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Allergic asthma is a chronic, heterogeneous and inflammatory respiratory disease, and there are few medicines at present. An increasing number of studies indicate that Trichinella spiralis (T. spiralis) and its excretory-secretory (ES) antigens are inflammatory modulator.

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This study aimed to construct an effective nomogram based on the clinical and oxidative stress-related characteristics to predict the prognosis of stage I lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). A retrospective study was performed on 955 eligible patients with stage I LUAD after surgery at our hospital. The relationship between systematic-oxidative-stress biomarkers and the prognosis was analyzed.

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Unlabelled: The eighth TNM staging system proposal classifies lung cancer with partial or complete atelectasis/obstructive pneumonia into the T2 category. We aimed to develop nomograms to predict the possibility of lymph node metastasis (LNM) and the prognosis for NSCLC based on atelectasis and obstructive pneumonitis.

Methods: NSCLC patients over 20 years old diagnosed between 2004 and 2015 were selected from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database.

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Background: The study on skip-N2 metastasis in small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is lacking. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the prognostic significance of skip-N2 metastasis based on a multicenter cohort.

Methods: We collected 176 SCLC patients with pathological categories T1-4N1-2M0 from four hospitals in China.

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Background: The survival of patients with stage IA-IIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after surgery is heterogeneous. This study aimed to construct a prognostic risk model to predict the overall survival (OS) of these patients.

Methods: Data from patients (n=9,914) from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database were analyzed.

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Objective: We aimed to use the cancer genome atlas and gene expression omnibus databases to explore the characterization of tumor microenvironment (TME) infiltration and construct a predictive index of prognosis and treatment effect based on cuproptosis-related genes (CRGs) in primary lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD).

Methods: We described the alterations of CRGs in 954 LUAD samples from genetic and transcriptional fields and evaluated their expression patterns from three independent datasets. We identified two distinct molecular subtypes and found that multi-layer CRG alterations were correlated with patient clinicopathological features, prognosis, and TME cell infiltrating characteristics.

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OsVP1 and Sdr4 play an important role in regulating seed dormancy that involved in multiple metabolism and regulatory pathways. Seed dormancy and germination are critical agricultural traits influencing rice grain yield. Although there are some genes have identified previously, the comprehensive understanding based on transcriptome is still deficient.

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Background: Rosacea is a common and complex chronic inflammatory skin disorder, the pathophysiology and etiology of which remain unclear. Recently, significant new insights into rosacea pathogenesis have enriched and reshaped our understanding of the disorder. A systematic analysis based on current studies will facilitate further research on rosacea pathogenesis.

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This study aimed to explore the clinical and prognostic characteristics of primary salivary gland-type carcinoma (SGC). The entire cohort from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database was used to calculate the SGC proportion. In total, 253,096 eligible patients, including 165,715 adenocarcinomas (ADCs), 87,062 squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs), and 319 SGCs, were selected to perform survival analyses.

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Chronic stress-induced diarrhea is a common clinical condition, characterized by an abnormal bowel movement and loose stools, which lacks effective treatment in the clinic. Si-Ni-San (SNS) is a compound traditional Chinese medicine extensively used in China for stress-related diarrhea. However, the mechanism is unclear.

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Background: Back muscle injury is the most common illness involved in aged people. Muscular satellite cells, playing a key role in the muscle repairing process, are gradually losing their regenerative ability with aging, which attenuates the injured muscle repairing process. Electroacupuncture at Weizhong acupoint has been widely used in the treatment of young and aged patients with back muscle damage.

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This study constructed and validated a prognostic model to evaluate the survival of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients following surgery, and shed light on the strategy of postoperative radiotherapy. A total of 882 patients from Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital and the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results database after lung resection were selected. Multivariable Cox analysis was used to identify the indicators affecting long-term survival in patients.

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