Perceived resource support for chronic illnesses among diabetics in north-western China.

abstract：:Swallowing multiple magnets is not uncommon worldwide and it frequently leads to serious consequences. However, most patients fail to receive timely and correct diagnosis and treatment. A literature search was performed to establish an algorithm for these accidents by the authors to identify relevant articles publishe...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Liu S,Li J,Lv Y

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zebrafish is an emerging animal model for studies on auditory system. This model presents high comparability with humans, good accessibility to the hearing organ, and high throughput capacity. To better utilize this animal model, methodologies need to be used to quantify the hearing function of the zebrafish. Zebrafis...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Yang Q,Sun P,Chen S,Li H,Chen F

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory environment that surrounds the lesion site and the lack of intrinsic regenerative capacity of the adult mammalian central nervous system (CNS) impede the regrowth of injured axons and thereby the reestablishment of neural circuits required for functional recovery after spinal cord injuries (SCI). To cir...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Yu B,Gu X

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although type 2 diabetes is a disease often associated with aging, the global prevalence of early-onset diabetes has been increasing due to man's sedentary lifestyle, low-physical activity, obesity, and some nonmodifiable risk factors. Many studies have found that individuals with early-onset type 2 diabetes were at h...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Pan J,Jia W

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-end rule pathway is a unique branch of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in which the determination of a protein's half-life is dependent on its N-terminal residue. The N-terminal residue serves as the degradation signal of a protein and thus called N-degron. N-degron can be recognized and modifed by several steps...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Liu Y,Liu C,Dong W,Li W

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) increases the risk of post-surgery complications. This study uses Berlin Questionnaire (BQ) to identify Chinese adult surgical patients who are at a high risk of OSAS and to determine if the BQ could be used to detect potential high risk of adverse respiratory events in the post...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Liu F,Liu L,Zheng F,Tang X,Bao Y,Zuo Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rationale for the antibiotic treatment of viral community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in adults was analyzed to develop a clinical reference standard for this condition. Clinical data from 166 patients diagnosed with viral pneumonia across 14 hospitals in Beijing from November 2010 to December 2017 were collected. Th...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Jiang R,Han B,Dou C,Zhou F,Cao B,Li X

更新日期：2020-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of the driver mutations in cancer has resulted in the development of a new category of molecularly targeted anti-cancer drugs. However, as was the case with conventional chemotherapies, the effectiveness of these drugs is limited by the emergence of drug-resistant variants. While most cancer therapies a...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Wang L,Bernards R

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, gastric carcinoma (GC) is one of the common and fatal digestive malignancies worldwide. The prognosis of GC is not always satisfactory because of late diagnosis. Scholars are keen on discovering novel accurate and economical biomarkers in body liquids for GC screening to detect and evaluate the lesion before ...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Huang L,Xu A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Netrin-1 (NT-1) is one of the axon-guiding molecules that are critical for neuronal development. Because of its structural homology to the endothelial mitogens, NT-1 may have similar effects on vascular network formation. NT-1 was shown to be able to stimulate the proliferation and migration of human cerebral endothel...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Lu H,Wang Y,Yuan F,Liu J,Zeng L,Yang GY

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many drugs and therapeutic strategies have been developed for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment, numerous patients with RA fail to respond to currently available agents. In this review, we provide an overview of the complexity of this autoimmune disease by showing the rapidly increasing number of genes asso...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Wu X,Sheng X,Sheng R,Lu H,Xu H

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to define the most consistent white matter microarchitecture pattern in Parkinson's disease (PD) reflected by fractional anisotropy (FA), addressing clinical profiles and methodology-related heterogeneity. Web-based publication databases were searched to conduct a meta-analysis of whole-brain diffusio...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Suo X,Lei D,Li W,Li L,Dai J,Wang S,Li N,Cheng L,Peng R,Kemp GJ,Gong Q

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Inappropriate cell proliferation during oncogenesis is often accompanied by inactivation of components involved in the cell cycle machinery. Here, we report that cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2C (CDKN2C) as a member of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors is a target of the PML/RARα oncofusion protein in leukemo...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Wang X,Tan Y,Li Y,Li J,Jin W,Wang K

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs), an important class of small non-coding RNAs, regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. miRNAs are involved in a wide range of biological processes and implicated in different diseases, including cancers. In this study, miRNA profiling and qRT-PCR validation revealed that miR-142-3...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Tsang FH,Au SL,Wei L,Fan DN,Lee JM,Wong CC,Ng IO,Wong CM

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β regulates a wide variety of cellular responses, including cell growth arrest, apoptosis, cell differentiation, motility, invasion, extracellular matrix production, tissue fibrosis, angiogenesis, and immune function. Although tumor-suppressive roles of TGF-β have been extensively stud...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Miyazono K,Katsuno Y,Koinuma D,Ehata S,Morikawa M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 caused by a novel strain of coronavirus has been spreading rapidly since its occurrence in December 2019. It is highly communicable through human-to-human transmission. China has been making unprecedented efforts in treating the confirmed cases, identifying and isolating their close contacts and suspected...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Gong F,Xiong Y,Xiao J,Lin L,Liu X,Wang D,Li X

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics of neonates born to SARS-CoV-2 infected mothers and increase the current knowledge on the perinatal consequences of COVID-19. Nineteen neonates were admitted to Tongji Hospital from January 31 to February 29, 2020. Their mothers were clinically diag...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Liu W,Wang J,Li W,Zhou Z,Liu S,Rong Z

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ongoing pandemic of Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is caused by a newly discovered β Coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). How long the adaptive immunity triggered by SARS-CoV-2 can last is of critical clinical relevance in assessing the probability of second infection ...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Tan Y,Liu F,Xu X,Ling Y,Huang W,Zhu Z,Guo M,Lin Y,Fu Z,Liang D,Zhang T,Fan J,Xu M,Lu H,Chen S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foodborne disease is one of the most important public health issues worldwide. China faces various and unprecedented challenges in all aspects of the food chain. Data from laboratory-based foodborne disease surveillance systems from 2013 to 2016, as well as different regions and ages, can be found along with differenc...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Liu J,Bai L,Li W,Han H,Fu P,Ma X,Bi Z,Yang X,Zhang X,Zhen S,Deng X,Liu X,Guo Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidences suggested that cyclic guanosine monophosphate-specific phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitor represents an important therapeutic target for cardiovascular diseases. Whether and how it ameliorates cardiac fibrosis, a major cause of diastolic dysfunction and heart failure, is unknown. The purpose of this...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Gong W,Yan M,Chen J,Chaugai S,Chen C,Wang D

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) is the main inhibitor of tissue factor-mediated coagulation. TFPI is expressed by endothelial and smooth muscle cells in the vasculature. Endothelium-derived TFPI has been reported to play a regulatory role in arterial thrombosis. However, the role of endogenous TFPI in vascular ...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Yang J,Jin K,Xiao J,Ma J,Ma D

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:γδ T cells display unique developmental, distributional, and functional patterns and can rapidly respond to various insults and contribute to diverse diseases. Different subtypes of γδ T cells are produced in the thymus prior to their migration to peripheral tissues. γδ T cells are enriched in the liver and exhibit li...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Wang X,Tian Z

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidence suggests that somatic hypermutational status and programmed cell death-1 overexpression are potential predictive biomarkers indicating treatment benefits from immunotherapy using immune checkpoint inhibitors. However, biomarker-matched trials are still limited, and many of the genomic alterations rema...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Chen A,Zhang S,Li J,Ji C,Chen J,Li C

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perioperative parecoxib administration reduces postoperative pain, opioid consumption, and adverse events in adult patients. However, the efficacy and safety of parecoxib in children remain unclear. This metaanalysis included related published studies to address this concern. Eight databases in the literature until Fe...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Bu X,Yang L,Zuo Y

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy is a novel cellular immunotherapy that is widely used to treat hematological malignancies, including acute leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma. Despite its remarkable clinical effects, this therapy has side effects that cannot be underestimated. Cytokine release sy...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Chen H,Wang F,Zhang P,Zhang Y,Chen Y,Fan X,Cao X,Liu J,Yang Y,Wang B,Lei B,Gu L,Bai J,Wei L,Zhang R,Zhuang Q,Zhang W,Zhao W,He A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) investigates the clinical diagnosis and treatment regularities in a typical schema of personalized medicine, which means that individualized patients with same diseases would obtain distinct diagnosis and optimal treatment from different TCM physicians. This principle has been recogn...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Zhou X,Li Y,Peng Y,Hu J,Zhang R,He L,Wang Y,Jiang L,Yan S,Li P,Xie Q,Liu B

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood obesity and obesity-related metabolic complications are induced by a high-fat postnatal diet. The lack of a suitable animal model, however, remains a considerable challenge in obesity studies. In the current study, we provided high-fat diet (HFD) to dams during lactation and to pups after weaning. We also de...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Ullah R,Su Y,Shen Y,Li C,Xu X,Zhang J,Huang K,Rauf N,He Y,Cheng J,Qin H,Zhou YD,Fu J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The teeth are highly differentiated chewing organs formed by the development of tooth germ tissue located in the jaw and consist of the enamel, dentin, cementum, pulp, and periodontal tissue. Moreover, the teeth have a complicated regulatory mechanism, special histologic origin, diverse structure, and important functi...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Zhai Q,Dong Z,Wang W,Li B,Jin Y

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antitumor angiogenic therapy has been shown promising in the treatment of several advanced cancers since the approval of the first antiangiogenic drug Avastin in 2004. Although the current antiangiogenic drugs reduce the density of tumor blood vessels and result in tumor shrinkage at the early stage of treatment, rece...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： Shang B,Cao Z,Zhou Q

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed the effect of Dianxianning, which was used as additive treatment to treat 206 epilepsy patients, on the epilepsy seizure rate. Based on a multicenter, prospective, randomized, and controlled clinical trial design, we used the seizure rate of epilepsy as the main index. For the treatment group comprising 13...

journal_title：Frontiers of medicine

authors： He L,Wen T,Yan S,Li R,Liu Z,Ren H,Liu J,Zhang F,Wu J,Liu J

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00