Publications by authors named "Ziqi Shao"

Liver cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors worldwide. Although some progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the diagnosis and treatment of HCC is still facing great challenges because of the high mortality rate and poor prognosis of HCC. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between adhesion-regulating molecule1 (ADRM1), and liver cancer, and the relationship between prognoses.

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a significant global health challenge, with increasing rates of incidence and mortality. Despite advancements in immunotherapy, resistance, particularly due to T cell exhaustion, remains a major hurdle. This study explores the role of YWHAH, mediated by N4-acetylcytidine (ac4C) modification, in CRC progression and its impact on CD8 T cell exhaustion.

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  • Varicosis is a common venous condition usually treated surgically, but selecting the best surgical method can be difficult due to biases in previous studies comparing endovenous laser treatment (EVLT) and traditional surgery.
  • The aim of the study was to evaluate the perioperative and postoperative outcomes of EVLT compared to conventional surgery specifically for the treatment of great saphenous vein varicosis, using a more reliable method to reduce selection bias.
  • After analyzing records of 772 patients and applying propensity score matching, the study found no significant differences in outcomes between the EVLT and conventional surgery groups after accounting for various demographic and health-related factors.
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The synthesis of ammonia through photocatalysis or photoelectrochemistry (PEC) and nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) has become one of the recent research hotspots in the field, where the catalyzed materials and strategies are critical for the NRR. Herein, a Ni-doped MoS/Si nanowires (Ni-MoS/Si NWs) photocathode is prepared, where the Si NWs are formed on the surface of a Si slice by the metal-assisted chemical etching method, and the hydrothermally synthesized Ni-MoS nanosheets are then cast-coated on the Si NWs electrode. Porous water with high solubility of N is prepared by treating a hydrophobic porous coordination polymer with hydrophilic bovine serum albumin for subsequent aqueous dispersing.

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Histopathological images contain morphological markers of disease progression that have diagnostic and predictive values, with many computer-aided diagnosis systems using common deep learning methods that have been proposed to save time and labour. Even though deep learning methods are an end-to-end method, they perform exceptionally well given a large dataset and often show relatively inferior results for a small dataset. In contrast, traditional feature extraction methods have greater robustness and perform well with a small/medium dataset.

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African swine fever virus (ASFV) is an important viral pathogen infecting pigs worldwide throughout the pig industry. CD2v (an outer-membrane glycosylated protein of ASFV)-unexpressed lower-virulence mutants have appeared in China and other countries in recent years. Using OIE-recommended quantitative PCR and ELISA methods, people can accurately judge whether pigs are infected with wild-type ASFV.

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Orexin-A (OXA) is a neuropeptide with neuroprotective effect by reducing cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury (CIRI). Inflammation and apoptosis mediated by astrocyte activation are the key pathological mechanisms for CIRI. We thus attempted to confirm neuroprotective effects of OXA on astrocytic inflammation and apoptosis in CIRI and clarify the relative mechanisms.

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Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and the deposition of Lewy bodies. Mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and autophagy dysfunction are involved in the pathogenesis of PD. Ghrelin is a brain-gut peptide that has been reported that protected against 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6- tetrahydropyran (MPTP)/MPP-induced toxic effects.

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Oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction are involved in cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury-induced neuronal apoptosis. Mitophagy is the main method to eliminate dysfunctional mitochondria. Apelin-36, a type of neuropeptide, has been reported to exert protective effects in cerebral I/R (I/R) injury, but its precise mechanisms remain to be elucidated.

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Mitochondria are important places for eukaryotes to carry out energy metabolism and participate in the processes of cell differentiation, cell information transmission, and cell apoptosis. Autophagy is a programmed intracellular degradation process. Mitophagy, as a selective autophagy, is an evolutionarily conserved cellular process to eliminate dysfunctional or redundant mitochondria, thereby fine-tuning the number of mitochondria and maintaining energy metabolism.

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Ghrelin is a regulatory peptide that is the endogenous ligand of the growth hormone secretagogue 1a (GHS-R1a) which belongs to the G protein-coupled receptor family. Ghrelin and GHS-R1a are widely expressed in the central and peripheral tissues and play therapeutic potential roles in the cytoprotection of many internal organs. Endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS), oxidative stress, and autophagy dysfunction, which are involved in various diseases.

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Apelin-13 is a novel endogenous ligand for an angiotensin-like orphan G-protein coupled receptor, and it may be neuroprotective against cerebral ischemia injury. However, the precise mechanisms of the effects of apelin-13 remain to be elucidated. To investigate the effects of apelin-13 on apoptosis and autophagy in models of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury, a rat model was established by middle cerebral artery occlusion.

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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common progressive and multifactorial neurodegenerative disease. Current pharmacological therapies for PD are inadequate and often accompanied by serious side effects. In search of neuroprotective agents being considered to be beneficial to PD therapy.

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Objective And Design: Allergic rhinitis (AR) is an immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated inflammatory respiratory hypersensitivity characterized by elevated Th2 cytokines and infiltration of inflammatory cells to nasal tissues. BX471 is a small-molecule C-C chemokine receptor type 1 (CCR1) antagonist involved in suppression of inflammation via blocking of primary ligands. In this study, we examined the anti-inflammatory effect of BX471 on ovalbumin (OVA)-induced AR mice model.

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Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common progressive neurodegenerative disorder, the important pathology of PD due to the prominent loss of the dopaminergic neurodegeneration in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) and striatum (STR). Although the etiology of PD is not fully understood, aggregation of α-synuclein, impaired autophagy, and endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) are involved in the pathogenesis of PD. Previously it has been demonstrated that Ghrelin is a kind of peptide protected dopaminergic neurons against 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyran (MPTP)-induced neurotoxicity, but the detailed mechanism remains to be elucidated.

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Parkinson's disease (PD), a common human neurodegenerative disorder, is characterized by the presence of intraneuronal Lewy bodies composed principally of abnormal aggregated and post-translationally modified α-synuclein. In our previous research, we have demonstrated the neuroprotective effect of Apelin-36, a neuroendocrine peptide in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridin (MPTP)-lesioned PD model mice. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the neuroprotective mechanism of Apelin-36 against MPTP-induced neurotoxicity in mice.

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