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    Identification of Circulating Inflammatory Proteins Associated with Calcific Aortic Valve Stenosis by Multiplex Analysis

    Calcific aortic valve stenosis (CAVS) is characterized by increasing inflammation and progressive calcification in the aortic valve leaflets and is a major cause of death in the aging population. This study ai...

    Rui Lin, Yuexin Zhu, Weiyao Chen, Zhiao Wang, Yuan Wang in Cardiovascular Toxicology (2024)

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    Fibroblast-Secreted Phosphoprotein 1 Mediates Extracellular Matrix Deposition and Inhibits Smooth Muscle Cell Contractility in Marfan Syndrome Aortic Aneurysm

    Fibrillin 1 (Fbn1) mutation causes Marfan syndrome (MFS) with thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) as the main complication. The mechanisms for extracellular matrix (ECM) homeostasis disruption in MFS TAA are unclea...

    Mei Zhou, Yuexin Zhu, Zeyi Zhou, Feiran Qi in Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Re… (2022)

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    Cellular crosstalk of glomerular endothelial cells and podocytes in diabetic kidney disease

    Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a serious microvascular complication of diabetes and is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Persistent proteinuria is an important feature of DKD, which is cau...

    Shan Jiang, Manyu Luo, Xue Bai, ** Nie in Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling (2022)

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    Influence of zinc levels and Nrf2 expression in the clinical and pathological changes in patients with diabetic nephropathy

    We investigated the correlation between zinc levels and Nrf2 expression and potential effects on the clinicopathology of patients with diabetic nephropathy (DN).

    ** Nie, Yan Lou, Xue Bai, Yuexin Zhu, Qiaoyan Guo, ** Luo in Nutrition & Diabetes (2022)

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    Administration of mesenchymal stem cells in diabetic kidney disease: mechanisms, signaling pathways, and preclinical evidence

    Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a serious microvascular complication of diabetes. Currently, the prevalence and mortality of DKD are increasing annually. However, with no effective drugs to prevent its occurr...

    Yuexin Zhu, Manyu Luo, Xue Bai, Yan Lou, ** Nie in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry (2022)

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    Validation of the renal risk score for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated glomerulonephritis in a Chinese population

    In 2018, a renal risk score of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated glomerulonephritis (AAGN) based on estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), normal glomeruli, and tubular atrophy/inters...

    Xue Bai, Qiaoyan Guo, Yan Lou, ** Nie, Yuexin Zhu, Bing Li in Clinical Rheumatology (2021)

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    Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells reduce oxidative damage and apoptosis in diabetic nephropathy by activating Nrf2

    Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have a therapeutic effect on diabetic nephropathy (DN) but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. This study was conducted to investigate whether human umbilical cord-MSCs (hUC...

    ** Nie, Xue Bai, Yan Lou, Yuexin Zhu, Shan Jiang in Stem Cell Research & Therapy (2021)

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    Multi-label Learning with Missing Labels Based on Instance-Wise and Label-Wise Correlations for Image Classification

    In recent years, multi-label learning has been widely concerned, especially in the fields of image annotation and classification. However, the problem of missing labels is still an urgent issue to be addressed...

    Weisheng Li, Yuexin Zhu, Ying Lu in Advances in Natural Computation, Fuzzy Sys… (2021)