[HTML][HTML] Cardiovascular risks and elevation of serum DHT vary by route of testosterone administration: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SE Borst, JJ Shuster, B Zou, F Ye, H Jia, A Wokhlu… - BMC medicine, 2014 - Springer
Background Potential cardiovascular (CV) risks of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT)
are currently a topic of intense interest. However, no studies have addressed CV risk as a …

Muscular responses to testosterone replacement vary by administration route: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

JW Skinner, DM Otzel, A Bowser… - Journal of cachexia …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Inconsistent fat‐free mass (FFM) and muscle strength responses have been
reported in randomized clinical trials (RCTs) administering testosterone replacement …

Factors and reasons associated with low COVID-19 vaccine uptake among highly hesitant communities in the US

S Khairat, B Zou, J Adler-Milstein - American journal of infection control, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The inability to achieve high COVID-19 vaccination rates can continue to have
serious harm to our communities. Vaccine hesitancy is a major barrier towards high …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-thymocyte globulin/G-CSF treatment preserves β cell function in patients with established type 1 diabetes

MJ Haller, SE Gitelman, PA Gottlieb… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND. Previous efforts to preserve β cell function in individuals with type 1
diabetes (T1D) have focused largely on the use of single immunomodulatory agents …

[HTML][HTML] Permutation-based identification of important biomarkers for complex diseases via machine learning models

X Mi, B Zou, F Zou, J Hu - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Study of human disease remains challenging due to convoluted disease etiologies and
complex molecular mechanisms at genetic, genomic, and proteomic levels. Many machine …

Clinically derived early postoperative pain trajectories differ by age, sex, and type of surgery

PJ Tighe, LT Le-Wendling, A Patel, B Zou, RB Fillingim - Pain, 2015 - journals.lww.com
The objective of this study was to determine the effects of age, sex, and type of surgery on
postoperative pain trajectories derived in a clinical setting from pain assessments in the first …

Relationship between patient satisfaction and physician characteristics

JG Chen, B Zou, J Shuster - Journal of patient experience, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Physician care influences patient satisfaction. Inherent physician attributes may
also affect scores. Objective: To determine the relationship between physician …

Antithymocyte globulin plus G-CSF combination therapy leads to sustained immunomodulatory and metabolic effects in a subset of responders with established type 1 …

MJ Haller, SE Gitelman, PA Gottlieb, AW Michels… - Diabetes, 2016 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Low-dose antithymocyte globulin (ATG) plus pegylated granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
(G-CSF) preserves β-cell function for at least 12 months in type 1 diabetes. Herein, we …

Type 1 Interferons Potentiate Human CD8+ T-Cell Cytotoxicity Through a STAT4- and Granzyme B–Dependent Pathway

BN Newby, TM Brusko, B Zou, MA Atkinson… - Diabetes, 2017 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Events defining the progression to human type 1 diabetes (T1D) have remained elusive
owing to the complex interaction between genetics, the immune system, and the …

Testosterone alters iron metabolism and stimulates red blood cell production independently of dihydrotestosterone

LA Beggs, JF Yarrow, CF Conover… - American Journal …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Testosterone (T) stimulates erythropoiesis and regulates iron homeostasis. However, it
remains unknown whether the (type II) 5α-reduction of T to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) …