45 results match your criteria: "The First Hospital of Changsha City[Affiliation]"

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  • The study investigates the differences in blood microbiota between HIV-infected and uninfected patients suspected of having sepsis, using metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS).
  • It analyzed 233 patients, revealing that HIV-infected individuals had a higher presence of mycobacterium, fungi, and viruses, while bacterial levels were lower compared to their uninfected counterparts.
  • Key findings highlighted elevated rates of non-tuberculous mycobacteriosis, Pneumocystis jirovecii, Talaromyces marneffei, and cytomegalovirus in HIV-infected patients, indicating significant disparities in their blood microbiota profiles.
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Background: CDK4 is highly expressed and associated with poor prognosis and decreased survival in advanced neuroblastoma (NB). Targeting CDK4 degradation presents a potentially promising therapeutic strategy compared to conventional CDK4 inhibitors. However, the autophagic degradation of the CDK4 protein and its anti-proliferation effect in NB cells has not been mentioned.

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This study aimed to compare the efficacy and effect on lipid profiles of Ainuovirine (ANV)- and efavirenz (EFV) -based regimens in treatment-naïve people living with HIV-1 (PLWH) at week 24. The proportion of PLWH achieving HIV-1 RNA < the limit of quantification in the ANV group was significantly higher than that in the EFV group (89.18% vs.

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Ainuovirine (ANV), a novel non-nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), was approved in China in 2021. In a previous randomized phase 3 trial, ANV demonstrated non-inferior efficacy relative to efavirenz (EFV) and was associated with lower rates of dyslipidemia. In this study, we aimed to explore lipid changes in treatment-experienced people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 (PWH) switching to ANV from EFV in real world.

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Is circulating tumor cell count-driven cost-effective for first-line therapy choice in HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer in the United States?

Breast

April 2024

Shengli Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Province Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350001, PR China. Electronic address:

Background: Circulating tumor cell (CTC) counting may be a useful non-invasive biomarker that helps patients choose first-line treatment options. Nevertheless, the cost of CTC inspection may impose an economic burden on patients, necessitating the simultaneous consideration of both its clinical effectiveness and cost. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of CTC count-guided chemotherapy and endocrine therapy as first-line therapy for HR+/HER2-metastatic breast cancer (MBC) from the perspective of US payers.

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Serum levels of IL-6/IL-10/GLDH may be early recognition markers of anti-tuberculosis drugs (ATB) -induced liver injury.

Toxicol Appl Pharmacol

September 2023

Department of Pharmacy, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China; Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China. Electronic address:

To explore the potential value of serum glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) combined with inflammatory cytokines as diagnostic biomarkers for anti-tuberculosis drug -induced liver injury (ATB-DILI). We collected the residual serum from the patients who met the criteria after liver function tests. We have examined these parameters including GLDH which were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and cytokines which were determined by cytokine combination detection kit.

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Comparison of lung microbiomes between HIV-infected and uninfected patients with pulmonary infection by metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has not been described in China. The lung microbiomes detected in bronchoalveolar fluid (BALF) by mNGS among HIV-infected and uninfected patients with pulmonary infection were reviewed in the First Hospital of Changsha between January 2019 and June 2022. In total, 476 HIV-infected and 280 uninfected patients with pulmonary infection were enrolled.

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  • The study investigates the effectiveness of specific serum biomarkers (GLDH, FECH, HO-1, GST-α) in diagnosing liver injury caused by antituberculosis drugs in both a rat model and hospitalized tuberculosis patients.
  • Results show that GLDH levels rise during drug administration, while FECH, HO-1, and GST-α levels increase after stopping the drugs, with GLDH and FECH demonstrating good diagnostic capabilities.
  • Combining GLDH and FECH improves diagnostic accuracy and reduces false positives, highlighting the potential for these tests in clinical settings despite some limitations in specificity and predictive value for GLDH alone.
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Isoalantolactone (Iso) is a bioactive lactone isolated from the root of Inula helenium L, which has been reported to have many pharmacological effects. To investigate the role and mechanism of isoalantolactone in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), we first investigated isoalantolactone's anti-proliferative effects on imatinib-sensitive and imatinib-resistant CML cells by CCK8. Flow cytometry was used to detect isoalantolactone-induced cell apoptosis.

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Introduction: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a group of antibody-mediated inflammatory demyelinating central nervous system diseases. T lymphocytes participate in NMOSD pathogenesis, with regulatory T cells (Treg) being the core in maintaining immune homeostasis. Studies have revealed that different Treg subsets play different roles in autoimmune diseases.

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The reactivation of astrocytes plays a critical role in spinal cord injury (SCI) repairment. In this study, IL1RAP expression has been found to be upregulated in SCI mice spinal cord, SCI astrocytes, and LPS-stimulated NHAs. Genes correlated with IL1RAP were significantly enriched in cell proliferation relative pathways.

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Background: Ki-67 is a key indicator of the proliferation activity of tumors. However, no standardized criterion has been established for Ki-67 index calculation. Scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT) algorithm can identify the robust invariant features to rotation, translation, scaling and linear intensity changes for matching and registration in computer vision.

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Akt-1 and Akt-2 are the major isoforms of the serine/threonine Akt family that play a key role in controlling immune responses. However, the involvement of Akt-1 and Akt-2 isoforms in antifungal innate immunity is completely unknown. In this study, we show that , but not , mice are protected from lethal infection.

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P62/SQSTM1 mediates the autophagy-lysosome degradation of CDK2 protein undergoing PI3Kα/AKT inhibition.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun

October 2022

Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 201999, China. Electronic address:

CDK2 forms a complex with cyclin A and cyclin E to promote the progress of cell cycle, but when cyclin A and cyclin E are dissociated from the complex and degraded by the ubiquitin proteasome pathway, the fate of the inactive CDK2 is unclear. In this study, we found that the inactive CDK2 protein was degraded by autophagy-lysosome pathway. In the classic model of G0/G1 phase arrest induced by serum starvation, we found that the mRNA level in CDK2 did not change but the protein level decreased.

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This study was aimed at exploring the transmission and drug resistance characteristics of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) caused by human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1). The query expansion algorithm based on Candecomp Parafac (CP) decomposition was adopted to construct a data information retrieval system for semantic web and tensor decomposition. In the latent variable model based on tensor decomposition, the three elements in the triples generated feature vectors to calculate the training samples.

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Background: Lymphoplasma exchange (LPE), a technique combining plasma exchange with leukapheresis, is emerging as promising treatment for autoimmune diseases. Data on the efficacy and safety of LPE in myasthenia gravis (MG) therapy are scarce. In this study, we aimed to comprehensively review the clinical efficacy, safety, and immunological characteristics of LPE therapy in MG patients.

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Comprehensive analysis of expression and prognosis for LMNB family genes in human sarcoma.

Medicine (Baltimore)

March 2022

Department of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China,Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Hospital ofChangsha, Changsha, Hunan, China,Department of Spine Surgery, Longhui People's Hospital, Shaoyang, Hunan, China,Department of Orthopedics, The FirstPeople's Hospital of Changde City, Changde, Hunan, China,Department of Emergency, The First Hospital of Changsha City, Changsha, Hunan, China,Departmentof Orthopedics, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, Hunan, China.

Previous studies indicated that lamin proteins were thought to be related to gene expression, chromatin structure, and unclear stability. There are 2 types of vertebrate lamins, including A and B. The 2 B type proteins are encoded by lamin B1 (LMNB1) and lamin B2 (LMNB2).

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Background: To observe the clinicopathological and prognostic value of long non-coding RNA five prime to X inactive specific transcript (lncFTX) in multiple tumors.

Methods: Eligible studies for lncFTX were identified by searching PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and Cochrane Library databases from inception to December 01, 2020. Stata 12.

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Case Report: Clinical Features of a COVID-19 Patient With Cirrhosis.

Front Med (Lausanne)

November 2021

Department of Anesthesiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in December 2019. At present, COVID-19 has emerged as a global pandemic. The clinical features of this disease are not fully understood, especially the interaction of COVID-19 and preexisting comorbidities and how these together further impair the immune system.

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Genetic characteristics of human papillomavirus type 16, 18, 52 and 58 in southern China.

Genomics

November 2021

BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Unknown Pathogen Identification, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China; School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510000, China. Electronic address:

Persistent infections of high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are the leading cause of cervical cancers. We collected cervical exfoliated cell samples from females in Changsha city, Hunan Province and obtained 338 viral genomes of four major HPV types, including HPV 16 (n = 82), 18 (n = 35), 52 (n = 121) and 58 (n = 100). The lineage/sublineage distribution of the four HPVs confirmed previous epidemiological reports, with the predominant prevailing sublineage as A4 (50%), A1 (37%) and A3 (13%) for HPV16, A1 (83%) for HPV18, B2 (86%) for HPV52 and A1 (65%), A3 (19%) and A2 (12%) for HPV58.

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Epithelioid angiosarcoma is a rare and highly aggressive soft tissue angiosarcoma most commonly arising in the deep soft tissues. Given that abundant vascular cavities anastomose with each other, most angiosarcomas prone to metastasis recur quickly, and the overall prognosis is poor. We report a 25-year-old woman at 24 weeks' gestation who presented with a 1-month history of abdominal distension.

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Effectiveness of Convalescent Plasma Therapy for COVID-19 Patients in Hunan, China.

Dose Response

December 2020

Department of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.

Article Synopsis
  • - The study aimed to assess the effectiveness and safety of convalescent plasma (CP) therapy in patients with severe or critical COVID-19, involving a total of 7 patients admitted between late January and mid-February 2020.
  • - Results showed significant clinical improvements post-therapy, including better respiratory function, reduced dependence on oxygen, and quicker recovery markers, with no major side effects reported.
  • - Ultimately, while CP therapy proved effective for most patients, it did not save the life of one critically ill patient, indicating the treatment’s limitations in terminal cases.
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