Enhancing healthcare utilization and reducing preventable hospitalizations: exploring the healthcare-seeking propensity of patients with non-communicable diseases in Rural China by Yanqiu Hou, Wenyu Li, Shangai Li, Linxuan Chen, Jiayu An, Shan Lu

“…Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2023 in rural areas of Dangyang city, Hubei province, and Xishui county, Guizhou province. A sample of 780 patients, including those with hypertension, diabetes, or both, was obtained using multistage stratified cluster sampling. …”
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TangBi Formula for Painful Diabetic Distal Symmetric Polyneuropathy: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double‐Blind, Placebo‐Controlled and Parallel‐Group Trial by Xuefei Zhao, Xuedong An, Yashan Cui, Liu Dong, Zhaohui Fang, Zhonghua Zheng, Xinhe Zuo, Huailin Gao, Tianshu Gao, Qing Ni, Fengmei Lian, Xiaolin Tong

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A Case Study Identified a New Mutation in the TTN Gene for Inherited Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Dong J, Liu M, Chen Q, Zha L

“…Jiangtao Dong,1– 4,* Meilin Liu,1– 3,* Qianwen Chen,1– 3,5 Lingfeng Zha1– 3 1Department of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China; 2Hubei Key Laboratory of Biological Targeted Therapy, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China; 3Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center of Immunological Diagnosis and Therapy for Cardiovascular Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430070, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Lingfeng Zha, Department of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-15827177185, Email zhalf@hust.edu.cnBackground: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common hereditary cardiomyopathy, with variable pathogenesis, clinical presentation, and prognosis. …”
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Elucidating the degradation mechanism of beef myofibrillar proteins under hydroxyl radical oxidation through the lens of cysteine oxidation modifications by Jiale Li, Jun Liu, Hui Yue, Yuanyuan Ma, He Li, Yuanliang Hu, Xiang Yu, Weiwei Dong, Yanli Feng

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Spatial distribution and influencing factors of secondhand smoke exposure in Chinese healthcare facilities: a cross-sectional survey by Ying LIU, Xinying ZENG, Lin XIAO, Shiwei LIU

“…Local spatial autocorrelation analysis showed that Qinghai province, Sichuan province, Chongqing city, Guizhou province, Hunan province, and Hubei province were all in high-high cluster areas, Hebei province was in a low-low cluster area, and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Yunnan province, and Guangdong province were all in low-high cluster areas. …”
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Development, validation, and clinical application of a machine learning model for risk stratification and management of cervical cancer screening based on full-genotyping hrHPV tes... by Binhua Dong, Zhen Lu, Tianjie Yang, Junfeng Wang, Yan Zhang, Xunyuan Tuo, Juntao Wang, Shaomei Lin, Hongning Cai, Huan Cheng, Xiaoli Cao, Xinxin Huang, Zheng Zheng, Chong Miao, Yue Wang, Huifeng Xue, Shuxia Xu, Xianhua Liu, Huachun Zou, Pengming Sun

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Xi Lei San Attenuates Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis in Rats and TNF-α-Stimulated Colitis in CACO2 Cells: Involvement of the NLRP3 Inflammasome and Autophagy by Zhang Tao, Xiaoqing Zhou, Yan Zhang, Wenfeng Pu, Yi Yang, Fuxia Wei, Qian Zhou, Lin Zhang, Zhonghan Du, Ji Wu

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Relationship between obesity indicators and hypertension–diabetes comorbidity among adults: a population study from Central China by Li Li, Ling Li, Ying Wang, Wenwen Wu, Xiaodong Tan, Fen Yang, Jinru Yang, Yifan Wu, Donghan Sun, Ziling Ni, Yaofei Xie

“…Objective To identify the relationship between obesity indicators and hypertension–diabetes comorbidity (HDC) among adults in central China.Design and setting A cross-sectional study was conducted from 1 June 2015 to 30 September 2018 in 11 districts of Hubei Province, China.Participants A total of 29 396 participants aged 18 years or above were enrolled in the study. 2083 subjects with missing data were excluded. …”
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Efficacy of natural killer T and gammadelta T cells in mesothelin-targeted immunotherapy of pancreatic cancer by Yuankui Zhu, Yaxi Yang, Linghe Yue, Lei Wan, Xuqian Ma, Qing Yang, Xuan Tian, Yuguan Li, Ke Wang, Shaozhong Wei, Shaozhong Wei, Shaozhong Wei, Dianbao Zuo, Mingqian Feng, Mingqian Feng

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Upregulated astrocyte HDAC7 induces Alzheimer-like tau pathologies via deacetylating transcription factor-EB and inhibiting lysosome biogenesis by Jinwang Ye, Suyue Zhong, Huali Wan, Xing Guo, Xuanbao Yao, Qiong Liu, Liming Chen, Jian-Zhi Wang, Shifeng Xiao

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Global assessment of leukemia care quality: insights from the quality of care index (QCI) from 1990 to 2021Research in context by Yuzhe Pan, Qian Liu, Nan Zhang, Shuang Peng, Xinqi Li, Fuling Zhou

“…Funding: This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program) (No. 82370176) and the Key Research and Development Program of Hubei Province (No. CZKYXM2023036JZ).…”
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Severity Assessment of COVID-19 Using a CT-Based Radiomics Model by Zhigao Xu, Lili Zhao, Guoqiang Yang, Ying Ren, Jinlong Wu, Yuwei Xia, Xuhong Yang, Milan Cao, Guojiang Zhang, Taisong Peng, Jiafeng Zhao, Hui Yang, Jinfeng Hu, Jiangfeng Du

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High-selenium exposure is associated with modulation of serum lipid metabolism by Yong Tan, Zixiong Zhang, Jinru Yang, Li Wang, Guogen Sun, Yishan Guo, Ying Xiang, Yi Zou, Xiusheng Song, Minglong Li, Chuying Huang

“…We used serum untargeted metabolomics analysis to evaluate whether high-Se exposure is cross-sectionally associated with lipid metabolism in adults from high-Se exposure area (n = 112) and control area (n = 101) in Hubei Province, China. An untargeted liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS)-based metabolomic analysis identified 144 differential pathways and yielded 204 differentially abundant metabolites, including 32 lipid metabolites associated with lipids profiles. …”
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Rapid assessment of the osteogenic capacity of hydroxyapatite/aragonite using a murine tibial periosteal ossification model by Emma Steijvers, Yunshong Shi, Hong Lu, Weixin Zhang, Yitian Zhang, Feihu Zhao, Baichuan Wang, Louise Hughes, Jake E. Barralet, Giulia Degli-Alessandrini, Igor Kraev, Richard Johnston, Zengwu Shao, Frank H. Ebetino, James T. Triffitt, R. Graham G. Russell, Davide Deganello, Xu Cao, Zhidao Xia

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Microbial mechanisms underlying the reduction of N2O emissions from submerged plant covered system by Yongxia Huang, Min Deng, Shuni Zhou, Yunpeng Xue, Senbati Yeerken, Yuren Wang, Lu Li, Kang Song

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Association of extreme high temperature weather with non-accidental deaths among residents of Yichang city: a time-stratified case-crossover analysis by Xiaoyan MING, Yang HAN, Zhongcheng YANG, Zaoxia WANG, Shuguang XIE, Chuangang FAN

“…ObjectiveTo analyze the correlation between extreme high temperature weather and non-accidental deaths among residents in Yichang city, Hubei province, and to provide a reference for reducing the risk of non-accidental deaths. …”
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Niraparib restricts intraperitoneal metastases of ovarian cancer by eliciting CD36-dependent ferroptosis by Ning Jin, Yi-yu Qian, Xiao-fei Jiao, Zhen Wang, Xin Li, Wen Pan, Jin-kai Jiang, Pu Huang, Si-yuan Wang, Ping Jin, Qing-lei Gao, Dan Liu, Yu Xia

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Physical and emotional abuse with internet addiction and anxiety as a mediator and physical activity as a moderator by Jinyin Peng, Yang Liu, Xubo Wang, Zhenxiu Yi, Lei Xu, Fulan Zhang

“…A total of 1591 participants (806 males and 692 females) from Shanxi, Henan, Hunan and Hubei provinces in China were investigated. Subsequently, the relationships among the variables were explored using pearson correlation analysis. …”
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