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Long‐Term Effects of Ambient Particulate Matter (With an Aerodynamic Diameter ≤2.5 μm) on Hypertension and Blood Pressure and Attributable Risk Among Reproductive‐Age Adults in China

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018
BackgroundEpidemiological evidence on the association between long‐term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (with an aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5 μm; PM2.5) and hypertension is mixed.
Xiaoxu Xie, Yuanyuan Wang, Ying Yang, Jihong Xu, Ya Zhang, Wenbin Tang, Tongjun Guo, Qiaomei Wang, Haiping Shen, Yiping Zhang, Donghai Yan, Zuoqi Peng, Yixin Chen, Yuan He, Xu Ma   +14 more
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Effects of single and multiple transplantations of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells on the recovery of ovarian function in the treatment of premature ovarian failure in mice

Journal of Ovarian Research, 2021
Background Currently, there is no effective treatment for premature ovarian failure (POF), and stem cell therapy is considered the most promising treatment. Human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) have shown good regenerative ability
Xiaodan Lv, Chunyi Guan, Ying Li, Xing Su, Lu Zhang, Xueqin Wang, Hong-Fei Xia, Xu Ma   +7 more
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Association of Husband Smoking With Wife's Hypertension Status in Over 5 Million Chinese Females Aged 20 to 49 Years

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2017
Background The effect of second‐hand smoking, especially husband smoking, on wife's hypertension has not been well studied. The current study was aimed to assess the association of husband smoking with wife's hypertension among females aged 20 to 49 ...
Ying Yang, Fangchao Liu, Long Wang, Qian Li, Xingyu Wang, Julia C. Chen, Qiaomei Wang, Haiping Shen, Yiping Zhang, Donghai Yan, Man Zhang, Yuan He, Zuoqi Peng, Yuanyuan Wang, Jihong Xu, Jun Zhao, Ya Zhang, Hongguang Zhang, Xiaona Xin, Yan Wang, Dujia Liu, Tongjun Guo, Qiaoyun Dai, Xu Ma   +23 more
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Identification of two novel pathogenic variants of PIBF1 by whole exome sequencing in a 2-year-old boy with Joubert syndrome

BMC Medical Genetics, 2020
Background Joubert syndrome (OMIM 213300) is an autosomal recessive disorder with gene heterogeneity. Causal genes and their variants have been identified by sequencing or other technologies for Joubert syndrome subtypes. Case presentation A two-year-old
Yue Shen, Hao Wang, Zhimin Liu, Minna Luo, Siyu Ma, Chao Lu, Zongfu Cao, Yufei Yu, Ruikun Cai, Cuixia Chen, Qian Li, Huafang Gao, Yun Peng, Baoping Xu, Xu Ma   +14 more
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Genetic variants in the MicroRNA biosynthetic pathway Gemin3 and Gemin4 are associated with a risk of cancer: a meta-analysis [PDF]

PeerJ, 2016
The effects of the microRNA (miRNA) processing genes Gemin3 and Gemin4 on cellular signaling pathways could have a major impact on the risk of cancer.
Wenbo Zhu, Jun Zhao, Jieyu He, Daxun Qi, Lina Wang, Xu Ma, Pei Liu   +6 more
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Growth factors in the treatment of Achilles tendon injury

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023
Achilles tendon (AT) injury is one of the most common tendon injuries, especially in athletes, the elderly, and working-age people. In AT injury, the biomechanical properties of the tendon are severely affected, leading to abnormal function.
Meina Lin, Wei Li, Wei Li, Xiang Ni, Yu Sui, Huan Li, Xinren Chen, Yongping Lu, Miao Jiang, Chenchao Wang   +9 more
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Family planning is back on the international development agenda: why should New Zealand play a greater role in the Pacific?

, 2012
Since the mid-1990s, access to comprehensive family planning services has been widely recognised as a basic human right. Despite this, family planning has been and remains one of the most under-resourced and politically sensitive development issues of ...
International, Family Planning, Family Planning International   +1 more
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Community-based financing of family planning in developing countries: A systematic review [PDF]

, 2016
In this systematic review, we gather evidence on community financing schemes and insurance programs for family planning in developing countries, and we assess the impact of these programs on primary outcomes related to contraceptive use.
Karra, Mahesh, Ali, Moazzam, Craig Lissner, Mahesh Karra, Moazzam Ali, Canning, David, Lissner, Craig, David Canning, Janice Hu, Hu, Janice   +9 more
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Contraceptive knowledge and attitudes among 14–24‐year‐olds in New South Wales, Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Objectives: To investigate correlates of contraceptive knowledge and attitudes and describe differences in contraceptive knowledge by contraceptive category among young people in New South Wales.
Todd Ritter, Anne Dore, Kevin McGeechan
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Mapping heterogeneity in family planning indicators in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Nigeria, 2000–2020

BMC Medicine
Background Family planning is fundamental to women’s reproductive health and is a basic human right. Global targets such as Sustainable Development Goal 3 (specifically, Target 3.7) have been established to promote universal access to sexual and ...
GBD Local and Small Area Estimation Family Planning Collaborators
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