Objective Bariatric surgery is recommended for patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Recent evidence suggested a strong connection between gut microbiota and bariatric surgery. …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death
worldwide due to its high degree of malignancy, high incidence, and low survival rate. However, …

Background Cancer chemoprevention is a new approach in cancer prevention, in which
chemical agents are used to prevent cancer in normal and/or high-risk populations. Although …

Background Obesity in adolescents is associated with numerous health risks and co-morbidities,
including type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia. Bariatric surgery on adolescents induces …

Background The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing rapidly among
Chinese adults, and limited data are available on T2DM management and the status of …

Purposes Our purpose was to use computed tomography (CT) Hounsfield unit (HU) values to
identify the undiagnosed spinal osteoporosis in patients with lumbar degenerative diseases…

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays an important role in renal interstitial fibrosis
(RIF) with diabetic nephropathy (DN). Smad7 (a inhibitory smad), a downstream signaling …

Significant efforts have been made to fabricate drug-loaded nanoparticles for drug delivery.
Nanoprecipitation is a simple and versatile method for making various types of polymer …

Cell membrane-coated nanoparticles are emerging as a new type of promising nanomaterials
for immune evasion and targeted delivery. An underlying premise is that the unique …

Study Design. Retrospective analysis. Objective. To investigate the prevalence of osteoporosis
(OP) in patients undergoing lumbar fusion for lumbar degenerative diseases (LDD). …