Publications by authors named "ZhiXiong Wei"

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  • A rapid online extraction method combined with HPLC was developed to analyze antioxidants in different parts of Polygonum Chinense, revealing 22 chromatographic peaks, including 8 new components.
  • 19 of these peaks exhibited antioxidant properties, with leaf and flower extracts showing more than three times the antioxidant activity of the stem.
  • Key antioxidants identified include neochlorogenic acid and quercetin-3-O-malonylglucoside in the leaf, and geraniin and quercetin-3-O-malonylglucoside in the flower, marking the first report on antioxidant components in Polygonum Chinense.
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Adropin, a secreted protein, coded by energy homeostasis-associated gene (Enho), is recently reported to modulate atherogenesis, with endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) involved in the early process. We explored whether adropin may alleviate atherosclerosis by regulating EndMT. We found that an intraperitoneal injection of adropin [105 μg/(kg·d) for 13 weeks] inhibited the progression of high-fat diet (HFD)-induced aortic atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice (ApoE) and those with double gene deletion (ApoE/Enho), as detected by Oil Red O and haematoxylin-eosin staining.

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Background Pro-NTs (precursor of neurotrophins) and their receptor p75 are potential targets for preventing microvascular dysfunction induced by myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). p75ECD (ectodomain of neurotrophin receptor p75) may physiologically produce neurocytoprotective effects by scavenging pro-NTs. We therefore hypothesized that p75ECD may have a cardioprotective effect on IRI through microvascular mechanisms.

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The aim of this study was to investigate whether intermediate kissing balloon dilation (IKBD) is necessary during mini-culotte stenting (MCS) and how it can be properly conducted. MCS was emulated in a bifurcation model with a branch diameter difference (BDD) in three-step sizes of 0.50, 0.

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Objective: To study the effect of allitridum on rapidly delayed rectifier potassium current (IKr) in HEK293 cell line.

Methods: HEK293 cells were transiently transfected with HERG channel cDNA plasmid pcDNA3.1 via Lipofectamine.

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Four new ent-kaurane diterpenoids, rabdonervosins G-J (1-4, resp.), were isolated from the leaves and stems of Isodon nervosus. Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analyses, including 1D-, 2D-NMR and HR mass spectra.

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Background And Objective: Hirsutanol A is a novel sesquiterpene compound purified from fungus chondrostereum sp in Sarcophyton tortuosum. Its pharmacologic effect has not been reported yet. This study aimed to investigate cytotoxic effect of Hirsutanol A on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells and its mechanism.

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