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Essential Trace Element Status in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: a Meta-analysis Based on Case-Control Studies
The homeostasis of trace elements is essential to regulate different aspects of the immune system and might play important roles in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, epidemiological evidences that c...
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Ambient air pollutants increase the risk of immunoglobulin E–mediated allergic diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Immunoglobulin E (IgE)–mediated allergic diseases, including eczema, atopic dermatitis (AD), and allergic rhinitis (AR), have increased prevalence in recent decades. Recent studies have proved that environment...
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Open AccessProton pump inhibitors induce changes in the gut microbiome composition of systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Currently, few studies focus on the association between gut microbiota and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and much less studies consider the effect of drug usage. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are commonl...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
New Application of Co-well Injection-Production Technology in Horizontal or Cluster Well by Self-flooding in the Same Layer and Well
The ultra-low permeability reservoirs in China generally feature low pressure, rapid formation energy depletion, poor water injection, strong reservoir stress sensitivity, large production declines, and limite...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Study on Integration Construction Technology of Natural Gas Gravity Drive to EOR and Oil Reservoir Underground Gas Storage
Compared with other countries, the construction of UGS in China started late. Even more, construction experiences lacks. China has a single type of UGS, mainly gas reservoir, which further limits the scale dev...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Integrated Evaluation on Development Effect of Cyclic Water Huff and Puff in Fractured-Vuggy Carbonate Reservoir
Cyclic water huff and puff is widely used to improve the development effect of naturally fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoir in China. How to quantitatively evaluate the performance of cyclic water huff and pu...
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Chapter
Cultural Epidemiology in China
Culture affects health by influencing individual behaviors and habits, and plays an important role in the occurrence and development of diseases. However, the extent of culture’s influence on identified diseas...
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Temperature might increase the hospital admission risk for rheumatoid arthritis patients in Anqing, China: a time-series study
Temperature has been studied in relation to many health outcomes. However, few studies have explored its effect on the risk of hospital admission for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A distributed lag non-linear mod...
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Open Access“Smoking paradox” is not true in patients with ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ischemic stroke (IS) is a common cause of death from vascular diseases. Studies have found that smoking increases the risk of ischemic stroke, but the association of smoking with the outcome of IS remains uncl...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Study on the Technology of Imbibition in Ultra-low Permeability Reservoir
In the development process of ultra-low permeability reservoir, due to the dual heterogeneity of matrix and fracture, it is difficult to establish effective pressure system, and water flooding occurs along the...
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Serum/plasma homocysteine levels in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published studies have shown contradictory results in the association of serum/plasma levels of homocysteine (HCY) with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This study is to systematically evaluate the associat...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A New Method for Evaluating the Dominant Channel of Reservoir
Most of the oilfields in China have entered the middle and high water cut stage. Because of the low recovery, high water cut and ineffective water circulation, the evaluation and prediction technology of domin...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Microscopic Oil Displacement Characteristics of Low Permeability Glutenite Reservoir in Qaidam Basin
Understanding of microscopic oil displacement characteristics is the key to improve recovery, which are obvious different between sandstone reservoirs and glutenite reservoirs. The sedimentary environment of g...
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Diagnostic accuracy of anti-keratin antibody for rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis
Anti-keratin antibody (AKA) is a serum antibody for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and it has a high specificity. Diagnostic role of AKA in RA was evaluated in this study.
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Comparison of plasma/serum levels of procalcitonin between infection and febrile disease flare in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis
Currently published data regarding the potential role of procalcitonin (PCT) for the discrimination between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) flare and infection are contradictory. To derive a more precise ev...
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Genetic variant of IL-10RA and susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis in a Chinese population
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of interleukin 10 alpha receptor (IL10RA) gene and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a Chinese population. W...
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Role of anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-4 and IL-13 in systemic sclerosis
The aim of this paper is to review the anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-4 and IL-13 and their receptor signals; we discuss new insight into their possible roles in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and their overlap** ...
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Therapeutic Potential of HO-1 in Autoimmune Diseases
Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), the inducible isoform of heme oxygenase (HO), has raised a lot of concerns in recent years due to its multiple functions. HO-1 was found to be a pivotal cytoprotective, antioxidant, an...
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Association of Interleukin 1 Family with Systemic Sclerosis
Systemic sclerosis is a connective tissue disease characterized with fibrosis of skin and/or internal organs, and its specific pathological mechanism remains incompletely understood. IL-1 family, whose biologi...
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Perspectives of the relationship between IL-7 and autoimmune diseases
Interleukin (IL)-7 is one of the IL-2 family cytokines comprised of IL-2, IL-4, IL-7, IL-9, IL-15, as well as IL-21. IL-7 is mainly secreted by stroma cells in primary lymphoid tissues, playing an essential ro...
