Mingxia Zhang

ORCID: 0009-0008-4500-0991
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Research Areas
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Merger and Competition Analysis
  • Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Ideological and Political Education
  • Lymphatic Disorders and Treatments
  • Emotional Intelligence and Performance

Capital Medical University
2007-2025

Beijing Shijitan Hospital
2024-2025

Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2021-2025

Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2015-2024

Peking University
2007-2024

Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital
2012-2024

Northwest University
2015-2024

Peking University People's Hospital
2014-2024

First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University
2024

Anhui Medical University
2024

The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, December 2019, and continuously poses a serious threat to public health. Our previous study has shown that cytokine storm occurred during SARS-CoV-2 infection, while detailed role cytokines disease severity progression remained unclear due limited case number. In this study, we examined 48 plasma samples from 53 COVID-19 cases, among whom 34 were...

10.1101/2020.03.02.20029975 preprint EN medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2020-03-06

Complement functions as an important host defense system and complement C5 C7 have been implicated in immunopathology of tuberculosis. However, little is known about the role other components tuberculosis.Complement gene expression peripheral blood mononuclear cells tuberculosis patients controls were determined using whole genome transcriptional microarray assays. The mRNA protein levels three C1q components, C1qA, C1qB, C1qC, further validated by qRT-PCR enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay,...

10.1371/journal.pone.0092340 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2014-03-19

Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is associated with a spectrum of clinical outcomes, from long-term latent to different manifestations progressive disease. Pro-inflammatory pathways, such as those controlled by IL-1β, have the contrasting potential both prevent disease restricting bacterial replication, and promote inflicting tissue damage. Thus, ultimate contribution individual inflammatory pathways outcome M. remains ambiguous. In this study, we identified naturally-occurring...

10.1371/journal.ppat.1004426 article EN cc-by PLoS Pathogens 2014-10-16

Abstract Studies of agricultural research benefits usually assume perfectly competitive markets. that have allowed for market power agribusiness firms generally assumed unrealistic pure monopsony or monopoly behavior. This paper allows processing to exhibit a range degrees oligopsony in buying raw farm products and oligopoly selling processed products. The results indicate different types research‐induced technical change can exacerbate ameliorate distortions from the exercise by firms,...

10.2307/1244282 article EN American Journal of Agricultural Economics 1997-11-01

The roles of multifunctional CD4 T cells in human tuberculosis are not well defined. In this study, we found that patients with had decreased PMA/ionomycin stimulated and increased Mycobacterium antigen-specific cells, when compared to individuals latent infection healthy controls. IFN-γ+IL-2+TNF-α+ cell responses were smear-positive those smear-negative tuberculosis. percentage smear positive negatively correlated the grade sputum Acid-Fast Bacilli high-resolution computed tomography score....

10.1038/srep00216 article EN cc-by-nc-sa Scientific Reports 2012-01-10

Rapidly increasing concentration in food manufacturing and retailing has heightened concern about the exercise of market power by manufacturers retailers to detriment farm producers consumers. Although industry been studied rather extensively, prior analyses have focused on selling power, either or retailers. This study develops a simple but flexible model channel both buyer (oligopsony) seller (oligopoly) potential impacts successive at multiple stages magnitude distribution economic...

10.1002/1520-6297(200124)17:1<59::aid-agr1003>3.0.co;2-d article EN Agribusiness 2001-01-01

BackgroundGenetic variation influences susceptibility or resistance to tuberculosis. Interleukin 6 (IL-6) contributes protection against tuberculosis in mice. However, its role regulating humans is unclear.

10.1093/infdis/jis266 article EN The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2012-03-28

// Xiaorong Lin 2,4,* , Lijun Chen 3,* Yandang Yao 1,2,* Ruihua Zhao 2,6,* Xiuying Cui 1,2 Jun 5 Kailian Hou 3 Mingxia Zhang Fengxi Su Jingqi and Erwei Song 1 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, University, Guangzhou, People's Republic China 2 Breast Center, SunYat-Sen Department Medical Oncology, No. Affiliated Guangzhou 4 Diagnosis Treatment Center Diseases, Shantou Shantou, Province, Tumor, The Third Hospital...

10.18632/oncotarget.4107 article EN Oncotarget 2015-05-12

Background: Primary thoracic lymphangioma is a rare disease. Most of the previous studies are comprised individual case reports, with very limited number patients included. Objective: This study aims to investigate chest computed tomography (CT) imaging features and clinical manifestations lymphangioma, thereby enhancing our understanding condition. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 62 diagnosed comprising 32 males 30 females. The focused analyzing CT observed in these...

10.2174/0115734056346925241226125948 article EN cc-by Current Medical Imaging Formerly Current Medical Imaging Reviews 2025-01-03

Background: Temozolomide (TMZ) is the first-line therapy for glioblastoma (GBM), but its clinical efficacy limited by short half-life, poor brain targeting, adverse side effects, and development of drug resistance. Ligustilide (LIG) has been shown to enhance blood-brain barrier permeability reduce P-glycoprotein activity, thereby potentiating synergistic effect TMZ against GBM. Methods: The dual-drug-loaded nanoparticles encapsulating both LIG (TMZ/LIG-NPs) were prepared using Poly...

10.3390/pharmaceutics17020191 article EN cc-by Pharmaceutics 2025-02-04

To explore the blood level and its change trend of primary secondary school students aged 6 ~ 18 years in high altitude area (4300 m above sea level), to provide a reference basis for establishment interval cell analysis children area. Primary Ali, Tibet level) were used as study subjects. Routine tests performed during routine physical examinations compare levels different genders four age groups 6–9, 10–12, 13–15, 16–18 old analyze trends changes with gender. The differences indicators...

10.1186/s12887-025-05480-4 article EN cc-by-nc-nd BMC Pediatrics 2025-03-18

Recent studies showed that IL-22 plays a protective role in the host defense. However, contribution of polymorphisms gene to human TB susceptibility remains untested. We have designed computational approach select functional SNPs and genotyped them two-stage case-control study Chinese (479 cases 358 controls). found rs2227473, an SNP promoter region IL-22, is associated with at both stages our study. The shows associations p-values 0.028 0.034 respectively, combined p-value 0.0086, odds...

10.1038/srep00020 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Scientific Reports 2011-06-21

Although behavioral and neuropsychological studies have suggested two distinct routes of phonological access, their neural substrates not been clearly elucidated. Here, we designed an artificial language (based on Korean Hangul) that can be read either through addressed (i.e., whole word mapping) or assembled grapheme-to-phoneme phonology. Two matched groups native English-speaking participants were trained in one the conditions, hour per day for eight days. Behavioral results showed both...

10.1371/journal.pone.0093548 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2014-03-27
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