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Radiomics predict the WHO/ISUP nuclear grade and survival in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

This study aimed to assess the predictive value of radiomics derived from intratumoral and peritumoral regions and to develop a radiomics nomogram to predict preoperative nuclear grade and overall survival (OS...

**aoxia Li, **glai Lin, Hongliang Qi, Chenchen Dai, Yi Guo… in Insights into Imaging (2024)

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Study protocol: a core outcome set for perioperative exercise clinical effectiveness trials for lung cancer patients

Outcome assessment in perioperative exercise trials for lung cancer is heterogeneous, often omitting those that are important and patient-relevant. This heterogeneity hinders the synthesis of evidence. To addr...

Wanjun Zhou, Yawen Zhang, Zhiwei Wang, Liang Zhang, **nqiong Zhang in Trials (2024)

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Analysis of factors related to osteoporotic vertebral fracture in prostate cancer patients

This study was aimed at exploring the osteoporotic vertebral fracture rate and the related causal factors in prostate cancer patients before and after treatment.

Shunfa Huang, Lilan Wu, Shuting Lin, Siqing Cai, Jianjun Zhou in Discover Oncology (2024)

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Liver fat volume fraction measurements based on multi-material decomposition algorithm in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: the influences of blood vessel, location, and iodine contrast

In recent years, spectral CT-derived liver fat quantification method named multi-material decomposition (MMD) is playing an increasingly important role as an imaging biomarker of hepatic steatosis. However, th...

Liuhong Zhu, Funan Wang, Heqing Wang, **hui Zhang, Anjie **e… in BMC Medical Imaging (2024)

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The CD2v protein of African swine fever virus inhibits macrophage migration and inflammatory cytokines expression by downregulating EGR1 expression through dampening ERK1/2 activity

African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a highly contagious and deadly virus that leads to high mortality rates in domestic swine populations. Although the envelope protein CD2v of ASFV has been implicated in immu...

Min Zhang, Lilei Lv, Huaye Luo, Hongming Cai, Lingxue Yu… in Veterinary Research (2023)

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Systematic review: interventions to quit tobacco products for young adults

Young adulthood is an important period for smoking cessation; however, there is limited evidence of smoking-cessation interventions for young adults. The aims of this study were to identify evidence-based smok...

Eunhee Park, Yanjun Zhou, Chiahui Chen, Thomas Chacko, Martin Mahoney… in BMC Public Health (2023)

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Correction: Perinatal outcomes of singletons following double vitrification-warming procedures: a retrospective study using propensity score analysis

**aoyue Shen, Min Ding, Yuan Yan, Chenyang Huang… in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2023)

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An update on fractional picosecond laser treatment: histology and clinical applications

Picosecond lasers have a very short pulse duration and a high peak power density. When fractional optical delivery systems are attached to picosecond lasers, they generate an array of concentrated microspots w...

Yanjun Zhou, Michael R. Hamblin, **ang Wen in Lasers in Medical Science (2023)

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Perinatal outcomes of singletons following double vitrification-warming procedures: a retrospective study using propensity score analysis

Although repeated cryopreservation is an occasional occurrence, the effect on perinatal outcomes is unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the perinatal outcomes of singletons after embryo r...

**aoyue Shen, Min Ding, Yuan Yan, Chenyang Huang… in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2023)

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Study of T2 map** in quantifying and discriminating uterine lesions under different magnetic field strengths: 1.5 T vs. 3.0 T

MRI is the best imaging tool for the evaluation of uterine tumors, but conventional MRI diagnosis results rely on radiologists and contrast agents (if needed). As a new objective, reproducible and contrast-age...

Liuhong Zhu, Weihong Lu, Funan Wang, Yanwei Wang, Pu-Yeh Wu… in BMC Medical Imaging (2023)

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Instruments to measure e-cigarette related constructs: a systematic review

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are relatively new tobacco products that are attracting public attention due to their unique features, especially their many flavor options and their potential as an altern...

Eunhee Park, Misol Kwon, Thomas Chacko, Yanjun Zhou, Chiahui Chen… in BMC Public Health (2022)

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Excess fatty acids induce pancreatic acinar cell pyroptosis through macrophage M1 polarization

Free fatty acid derived from hyperlipidemia contributes to the development of inflammation in the pancreas. Here we explore the molecular mechanisms of fatty acid-induced pancreatitis through cellular experime...

Wenwen **a, Zhaomin Lu, Wei Chen, Jianjun Zhou, Yan Zhao in BMC Gastroenterology (2022)

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Melatonin enhances SIRT1 to ameliorate mitochondrial membrane damage by activating PDK1/Akt in granulosa cells of PCOS

Mitochondrial injury in granulosa cells (GCs) is associated with the pathophysiological mechanism of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Melatonin reduces the mitochondrial injury by enhancing SIRT1 (NAD-depende...

Bo Zheng, Junan Meng, Yuan Zhu, Min Ding, Yuting Zhang… in Journal of Ovarian Research (2021)

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Platelet-expressed immune checkpoint regulator GITRL in breast cancer

Owing to their key role in several diseases including cancer, activating and inhibitory immune checkpoint molecules are increasingly exploited as targets for immunotherapy. Recently, we demonstrated that plate...

Yanjun Zhou, Jonas S. Heitmann, Kim L. Clar… in Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy (2021)

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Influence of surgical evacuation on pregnancy outcomes of subsequent embryo transfer cycle following miscarriage in an initial IVF cycle: a retrospective cohort study

It is still uncertain whether surgical evacuation adversely affects subsequent embryo transfer. The present study aims to assess the influence of surgical evacuation on the pregnancy outcomes of subsequent emb...

Junan Meng, Mengchen Zhu, Wenjuan Shen, **aomin Huang… in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2019)

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Hippocampal metabolic differences implicate distinctions between physical and psychological stress in four rat models of depression

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a heterogeneous and multi-factorial disorder, and the underlying molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. However, many studies have indicated that the molecular mechanis...

Lanxiang Liu, **nyu Zhou, Yuqing Zhang, Juncai Pu, Lining Yang… in Translational Psychiatry (2018)

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Low-dose lymphocyte immunotherapy rebalances the peripheral blood Th1/Th2/Treg paradigm in patients with unexplained recurrent miscarriage

The published results regarding lymphocytes immunotherapy for unexplained recurrent miscarriage (uRM) patients are conflicting due to different screening criteria and therapeutic protocols. The objective of th...

Mengyuan Liu, **n Zhen, Hongyan Song, Junhao Chen… in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology (2017)

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Activating transcription factor 3 promotes embryo attachment via up-regulation of leukemia inhibitory factor in vitro

A receptive endometrium is essential for maternal-embryonic molecular communication during implantation. However, the specific molecular regulatory mechanisms of the endometrial capacity remain poorly understo...

** Cheng, **gyu Liu, Huizhi Shan, Lihua Sun… in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology (2017)

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Increased Krüppel-like factor 12 in recurrent implantation failure impairs endometrial decidualization by repressing Nur77 expression

Decidualization is a prerequisite for successful implantation and the establishment of pregnancy. A critical role of impaired decidualization in subfertility has been established. In human endometrial stromal ...

Chenyang Huang, Yue Jiang, Jianjun Zhou… in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology (2017)

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Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma in the lung: asymptomatic lung mass with severe anemia

Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (EMC) is a rare soft-tissue sarcoma, which primarily occurs deep in the extremities, especially in skeletal muscle, or tendon. EMC of the pleura has been described, however,...

Qianjun Zhou, Guangzhong Lu, Aiqun Liu, Tadasu Kohno in Diagnostic Pathology (2012)