Publications by authors named "Zhuowei Tang"
The application of Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) on Pleistocene sites in Europe and northern Asia has resulted in the discovery of important new hominin fossils and has expanded the range of identified fauna. However, no systematic, large-scale application of ZooMS on Palaeolithic sites in East Asia has been attempted thus far. Here, we analyse 866 morphologically non-diagnostic bones from Jinsitai Cave in northeast China and Yumidong Cave in South China, from archaeological horizons dating to 150-10 ka BP.
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- Cattle have been significant in Chinese history, but the introduction of Chinese taurine cattle remains unclear despite previous ancient DNA studies suggesting they are exotic.
- Researchers analyzed mitochondrial genomes from 34 ancient taurine cattle samples dated from the late Neolithic to the Qin and Han dynasties, successfully sequencing 14 genomes.
- The study found genetic exchange among domestic taurine cattle across regions, indicating cultural and trade interactions, and suggests that ancient northern Chinese taurine cattle contributed genetically to modern Tibetan cattle through the spread of agriculture and pottery culture.
Background: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive subtype of breast cancer. In the elderly (≥70 years old) primary operable (TNM) TNBC, individualized treatment modalities for this population are pivotal and important, but limited studies are explored.
Methods: The clinicopathological features of elderly primary operable TNBC patients were retrospectively selected from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database between January 2010 and December 2015.
The peripheral neutrophil-monocyte/lymphocyte ratio (NMLR) and intratumoral CD16/CD8 ratio (iMLR) may have prognostic value in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients after curative resection. In this study, the circulating NMLR was examined 387 HCC patients who underwent curative resection between 2006 and 2009. Intratumoral levels of CD4, CD8, CD16 and CD68 and the CD16/CD8 ratio were determined immunohistologically.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been identified as a predictor for the recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but the cut-off of NLR is inconsistent in various studies. Thus, we detected the prognostic value of preoperative NLR in the single-nodule small HCC (SHCC) patients using X-tile for cutpoint.
Methods: Between January 2007 and December 2010, a total of 222 single-nodule SHCC patients underwent curative resection and were examined for the prognostic roles of preoperative NLR by X-tile.