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Nakazawa Y, Ma X, Li L, Tsukakoshi N, Ootsubo M, Amano S, Masuda Y, Nakayama Y. Characterization of eye bags in chinese women. Int J Cosmet Sci 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2494.2010.00579_5.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Gwak MS, Li L, Zuo Z. Morphine preconditioning reduces lipopolysaccharide and interferon-gamma-induced mouse microglial cell injury via delta 1 opioid receptor activation. Neuroscience 2010; 167:256-60. [PMID: 20156527 PMCID: PMC2849923 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Revised: 02/06/2010] [Accepted: 02/09/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Microglial cells play an important role in the inflammatory response of a broad range of brain diseases including stroke, brain infection and neurodegenerative diseases. However, there is very little information regarding how to protect microglial cells. Here, we showed that incubation of the C8-B4 mouse microglial cells with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) plus interferon-gamma (IFN gamma) induced cytotoxicity as assessed by the amount of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) released from the cells. Preconditioning the cells with morphine for 30 min concentration-dependently reduced LPS plus IFN gamma-induced cell injury. This morphine preconditioning effect was abolished by naloxone, a general opioid receptor antagonist, by naltrindole, a selective delta opioid receptor antagonist and by 7-benzylidenenaltrexone maleate, a selective delta(1) opioid receptor antagonist. However, this protective effect was not affected by beta-funaltrexamine, a selective mu opioid receptor antagonist, nor-binaltorphimine, a selective kappa opioid receptor antagonist or naltriben, a selective delta(2) opioid receptor antagonist. LPS plus IFN gamma induced the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), which was not affected by morphine preconditioning. Our results suggest that morphine induced a preconditioning effect in microglial cells. This effect may be mediated by delta 1 opioid receptors and may not be through inhibiting the expression of iNOS, a potentially harmful protein.
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Li L, Tong CS, Choy SK. Texture classification using refined histogram. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON IMAGE PROCESSING : A PUBLICATION OF THE IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY 2010; 19:1371-1378. [PMID: 20106736 DOI: 10.1109/tip.2010.2041414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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In this correspondence, we propose a novel, efficient, and effective Refined Histogram (RH) for modeling the wavelet subband detail coefficients and present a new image signature based on the RH model for supervised texture classification. Our RH makes use of a step function with exponentially increasing intervals to model the histogram of detail coefficients, and the concatenation of the RH model parameters for all wavelet subbands forms the so-called RH signature. To justify the usefulness of the RH signature, we discuss and investigate some of its statistical properties. These properties would clarify the sufficiency of the signature to characterize the wavelet subband information. In addition, we shall also present an efficient RH signature extraction algorithm based on the coefficient-counting technique, which helps to speed up the overall classification system performance. We apply the RH signature to texture classification using the well-known databases. Experimental results show that our proposed RH signature in conjunction with the use of symmetrized Kullback-Leibler divergence gives a satisfactory classification performance compared with the current state-of-the-art methods.
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Liu X, Li L, Tian W, Zhao C, Dogra V. Quantitative diffusion tensor imaging for evaluation of motor function in patients with brain infarcts. Acta Neurol Scand 2010; 121:315-9. [PMID: 20047565 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01254.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the quantitative diffusion value in ipsilateral cerebral peduncle of patients with differing motor function abilities and analyse the thresholds discriminating the poor motor function disability. METHOD Twenty-nine patients who previously suffered stroke underwent diffusion tensor imaging examinations. Motor function was evaluated 8 months after the event. The ipsilateral apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and fractional anisotropy (FA) of cerebral peduncle and ADC ratio and FA ratio of patients with different motor function scales were analysed. RESULTS The ipsilateral FA value and FA ratio were distinctly different in patients with different motor function scales, and significantly correlated with the motor function scales. There was no significant difference of ipsilateral ADC and ADC ratio, and neither had correlation with motor function scale. The patients with poor motor function scale could be discriminated by the cutoff value of ipsilateral FA of 0.453 and FA ratio of 0.623 with sensitivity of 90%, 75% and specificity of 88.9%, 88.9% respectively. CONCLUSIONS The ipsilateral FA value and FA ratio were feasible and better imaging indices in discriminating patients with poor motor function ability.
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Li ZH, Yang K, Yang XJ, Li L. Treatment of municipal wastewater using a contact oxidation filtration separation integrated bioreactor. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2010; 91:1237-1242. [PMID: 20189294 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2009] [Revised: 01/06/2010] [Accepted: 02/07/2010] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A new contact oxidation filtration separation integrated bioreactor (CFBR) was used to treat municipal wastewater. The CFBR was made up of a biofilm reactor (the upper part of the CFBR) and a gravitational filtration bed (the lower part of the CFBR). Polyacrylonitrile balls (50mm diameter, 237 m(2)/m(3) specific surface, 90% porosity, and 50.2% packing rate) were filled into the biofilm reactor as biofilm attaching materials and anthracite coal (particle size 1-2mm, packing density 0.947 g/cm(3), non-uniform coefficient (K(80)=d(80)/d(10))<2.0) was placed into the gravitational filtration bed as filter media. At an organic volumetric loading rate of 2.4 kg COD/(m(3)d) and an initial filtration velocity of 5m/h in the CFBR, the average removal efficiencies of COD, ammonia nitrogen, total nitrogen and turbidity were 90.6%, 81.4%, 64.6% and 96.7% respectively, but the treatment process seemed not to be effective in phosphorus removal. The average removal efficiency of total phosphorus was 60.1%. Additionally, the power consumption of the CFBR was less than 0.15 kWh/m(3) of wastewater treated, and less than 1.5 kWh/kg BOD(5) removal.
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Bennell KL, Hunt MA, Wrigley TV, Hunter DJ, McManus FJ, Hodges PW, Li L, Hinman RS. Hip strengthening reduces symptoms but not knee load in people with medial knee osteoarthritis and varus malalignment: a randomised controlled trial. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2010; 18:621-8. [PMID: 20175973 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2010.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2009] [Revised: 12/18/2009] [Accepted: 01/05/2010] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether hip abductor and adductor muscle strengthening reduces medial compartment knee load and improves symptoms in people with medial tibiofemoral OA and varus malalignment. METHODS In a randomised controlled trial, 89 participants were randomly allocated to a hip strengthening group or to a control group with no intervention. The strengthening group performed a physiotherapist-supervised home exercise program targeting the hip abductor and adductor muscles for 12 weeks. The primary outcome was the peak external knee adduction moment measured using three-dimensional gait analysis by a blinded assessor. Secondary outcomes included a pain numeric rating scale, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, step test, stair climb test, maximum isometric strength of hip and quadriceps muscles and participant-perceived rating of overall change. Intention-to-treat analyses were performed using linear regression modelling adjusting for baseline outcomes and other characteristics. RESULTS The trial was completed by 76/89 participants (85%). There was no significant between-group difference in change in the knee adduction moment [mean difference (95% confidence interval (CI)) 0.134 (-0.069 to 0.337) Nm/BW x HT%]. All pain, physical function and muscle strength measures showed significantly greater improvement in the strengthening group (all P<0.05). The relative risk (95% CI) of participant-perceived overall improvement in the strengthening group compared to the control group was 20.02 (6.21-64.47). CONCLUSIONS Although strengthening the hip muscles improved symptoms and function in this patient group, it did not affect medial knee load as measured by the knee adduction moment. Thus it is unlikely that hip muscle strengthening influences structural disease progression. TRIAL REGISTRATION ACTR12607000001493.
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Dou XC, Li GH, Huang XH, Li L. Thermal Contraction of Electrodeposited Bi/BiSb Superlattice Nanowires. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2010; 5:1118-1123. [PMID: 20596460 PMCID: PMC2893938 DOI: 10.1007/s11671-010-9611-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2010] [Accepted: 04/12/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The lattice parameter of Bi/BiSb superlattice nanowire (SLNW) has been measured using in situ high-temperature X-ray diffraction method. The single crystalline Bi/BiSb SLNW arrays with different bilayer thicknesses have been fabricated within the porous anodic alumina membranes (AAMs) by a charge-controlled pulse electrodeposition. Different temperature dependences of the lattice parameter and thermal expansion coefficient were found for the SLNWs. It was found that the thermal expansion coefficient of the SLNWs with a large bilayer thickness has weak temperature dependence, and the interface stress and defect are the main factors responsible for the thermal contraction of the SLNWs.
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MicroRNAs (MiRNAs) belong to a class of small non-coding regulatory RNAs that act through repression of protein expression at post-transcriptional level and emerge to play important roles in many physiological and pathophysiological processes. MiR-146a is a miRNA supposed to regulate innate immune, inflammatory response and antiviral pathway negatively. In this review, we focus on the recent progress in functional role of miR-146a in innate immune, inflammatory response, virus infection and human diseases. Together, these findings indicate that manipulation of miR-146a expression may represent a potential new therapy for several human diseases. Potential use of miR-146a as a biomarker for disease diagnosis, prevention and treatment is also discussed.
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Huang X, Li G, Sun G, Dou X, Li L, Zheng L. Initial Growth of Single-Crystalline Nanowires: From 3D Nucleation to 2D Growth. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2010; 5:1057-1062. [PMID: 20672137 PMCID: PMC2893922 DOI: 10.1007/s11671-010-9602-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2010] [Accepted: 04/02/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The initial growth stage of the single-crystalline Sb and Co nanowires with preferential orientation was studied, which were synthesized in porous anodic alumina membranes by the pulsed electrodeposition technique. It was revealed that the initial growth of the nanowires is a three-dimensional nucleation process, and then gradually transforms to two-dimensional growth via progressive nucleation mechanism, which resulting in a structure transition from polycrystalline to single crystalline. The competition among the nuclei inside the nanoscaled-confined channel and the growth kinetics is responsible for the structure transition of the initial grown nanowires.
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Abazov VM, Abbott B, Abolins M, Acharya BS, Adams M, Adams T, Aguilo E, Ahsan M, Alexeev GD, Alkhazov G, Alton A, Alverson G, Alves GA, Ancu LS, Aoki M, Arnoud Y, Arov M, Askew A, Asman B, Atramentov O, Avila C, BackusMayes J, Badaud F, Bagby L, Baldin B, Bandurin DV, Banerjee S, Barberis E, Barfuss AF, Baringer P, Barreto J, Bartlett JF, Bassler U, Bauer D, Beale S, Bean A, Begalli M, Begel M, Belanger-Champagne C, Bellantoni L, Benitez JA, Beri SB, Bernardi G, Bernhard R, Bertram I, Besançon M, Beuselinck R, Bezzubov VA, Bhat PC, Bhatnagar V, Blazey G, Blessing S, Bloom K, Boehnlein A, Boline D, Bolton TA, Boos EE, Borissov G, Bose T, Brandt A, Brock R, Brooijmans G, Bross A, Brown D, Bu XB, Buchholz D, Buehler M, Buescher V, Bunichev V, Burdin S, Burnett TH, Buszello CP, Calfayan P, Calpas B, Calvet S, Camacho-Pérez E, Cammin J, Carrasco-Lizarraga MA, Carrera E, Carvalho W, Casey BCK, Castilla-Valdez H, Chakrabarti S, Chakraborty D, Chan KM, Chandra A, Cheu E, Chevalier-Théry S, Cho DK, Cho SW, Choi S, Choudhary B, Christoudias T, Cihangir S, Claes D, Clutter J, Cooke M, Cooper WE, Corcoran M, Couderc F, Cousinou MC, Cutts D, Cwiok M, Das A, Davies G, De K, de Jong SJ, De la Cruz-Burelo E, DeVaughan K, Déliot F, Demarteau M, Demina R, Denisov D, Denisov SP, Desai S, Diehl HT, Diesburg M, Dominguez A, Dorland T, Dubey A, Dudko LV, Duflot L, Duggan D, Duperrin A, Dutt S, Dyshkant A, Eads M, Edmunds D, Ellison J, Elvira VD, Enari Y, Eno S, Evans H, Evdokimov A, Evdokimov VN, Facini G, Ferapontov AV, Ferbel T, Fiedler F, Filthaut F, Fisher W, Fisk HE, Fortner M, Fox H, Fuess S, Gadfort T, Galea CF, Garcia-Bellido A, Gavrilov V, Gay P, Geist W, Geng W, Gerbaudo D, Gerber CE, Gershtein Y, Gillberg D, Ginther G, Golovanov G, Gómez B, Goussiou A, Grannis PD, Greder S, Greenlee H, Greenwood ZD, Gregores EM, Grenier G, Gris P, Grivaz JF, Grohsjean A, Grünendahl S, Grünewald MW, Guo F, Guo J, Gutierrez G, Gutierrez P, Haas A, Haefner P, Hagopian S, Haley J, Hall I, Hall RE, Han L, Harder K, Harel A, Hauptman JM, Hays J, Hebbeker T, Hedin D, Hegeman JG, Heinson AP, Heintz U, Hensel C, Heredia-De la Cruz I, Herner K, Hesketh G, Hildreth MD, Hirosky R, Hoang T, Hobbs JD, Hoeneisen B, Hohlfeld M, Hossain S, Houben P, Hu Y, Hubacek Z, Huske N, Hynek V, Iashvili I, Illingworth R, Ito AS, Jabeen S, Jaffré M, Jain S, Jakobs K, Jamin D, Jesik R, Johns K, Johnson C, Johnson M, Johnston D, Jonckheere A, Jonsson P, Juste A, Kajfasz E, Karmanov D, Kasper PA, Katsanos I, Kaushik V, Kehoe R, Kermiche S, Khalatyan N, Khanov A, Kharchilava A, Kharzheev YN, Khatidze D, Kirby MH, Kirsch M, Kohli JM, Kozelov AV, Kraus J, Kumar A, Kupco A, Kurca T, Kuzmin VA, Kvita J, Lacroix F, Lam D, Lammers S, Landsberg G, Lebrun P, Lee HS, Lee WM, Leflat A, Lellouch J, Li L, Li QZ, Lietti SM, Lim JK, Lincoln D, Linnemann J, Lipaev VV, Lipton R, Liu Y, Liu Z, Lobodenko A, Lokajicek M, Love P, Lubatti HJ, Luna-Garcia R, Lyon AL, Maciel AKA, Mackin D, Mättig P, Magaña-Villalba R, Mal PK, Malik S, Malyshev VL, Maravin Y, Martin B, Martínez-Ortega J, McCarthy R, McGivern CL, Meijer MM, Melnitchouk A, Mendoza L, Menezes D, Mercadante PG, Merkin M, Meyer A, Meyer J, Mondal NK, Moore RW, Moulik T, Muanza GS, Mulhearn M, Mundal O, Mundim L, Nagy E, Naimuddin M, Narain M, Nayyar R, Neal HA, Negret JP, Neustroev P, Nilsen H, Nogima H, Novaes SF, Nunnemann T, Obrant G, Onoprienko D, Orduna J, Osman N, Osta J, Otec R, Otero y Garzón GJ, Owen M, Padilla M, Padley P, Pangilinan M, Parashar N, Parihar V, Park SJ, Park SK, Parsons J, Partridge R, Parua N, Patwa A, Penning B, Perfilov M, Peters K, Peters Y, Pétroff P, Piegaia R, Piper J, Pleier MA, Podesta-Lerma PLM, Podstavkov VM, Pogorelov Y, Pol ME, Polozov P, Popov AV, Prewitt M, Protopopescu S, Qian J, Quadt A, Quinn B, Rangel MS, Ranjan K, Ratoff PN, Razumov I, Renkel P, Rich P, Rijssenbeek M, Ripp-Baudot I, Rizatdinova F, Robinson S, Rominsky M, Royon C, Rubinov P, Ruchti R, Safronov G, Sajot G, Sánchez-Hernández A, Sanders MP, Sanghi B, Savage G, Sawyer L, Scanlon T, Schaile D, Schamberger RD, Scheglov Y, Schellman H, Schliephake T, Schlobohm S, Schwanenberger C, Schwienhorst R, Sekaric J, Severini H, Shabalina E, Shamim M, Shary V, Shchukin AA, Shivpuri RK, Simak V, Sirotenko V, Skubic P, Slattery P, Smirnov D, Snow GR, Snow J, Snyder S, Söldner-Rembold S, Sonnenschein L, Sopczak A, Sosebee M, Soustruznik K, Spurlock B, Stark J, Stolin V, Stoyanova DA, Strandberg J, Strang MA, Strauss E, Strauss M, Ströhmer R, Strom D, Stutte L, Sumowidagdo S, Svoisky P, Takahashi M, Tanasijczuk A, Taylor W, Tiller B, Titov M, Tokmenin VV, Torchiani I, Tsybychev D, Tuchming B, Tully C, Tuts PM, Unalan R, Uvarov L, Uvarov S, Uzunyan S, van den Berg PJ, Van Kooten R, van Leeuwen WM, Varelas N, Varnes EW, Vasilyev IA, Verdier P, Vertogradov LS, Verzocchi M, Vesterinen M, Vilanova D, Vint P, Vokac P, Wagner R, Wahl HD, Wang MHLS, Warchol J, Watts G, Wayne M, Weber G, Weber M, Wenger A, Wetstein M, White A, Wicke D, Williams MRJ, Wilson GW, Wimpenny SJ, Wobisch M, Wood DR, Wyatt TR, Xie Y, Xu C, Yacoob S, Yamada R, Yang WC, Yasuda T, Yatsunenko YA, Ye Z, Yin H, Yip K, Yoo HD, Youn SW, Yu J, Zeitnitz C, Zelitch S, Zhao T, Zhou B, Zhu J, Zielinski M, Zieminska D, Zivkovic L, Zutshi V, Zverev EG. Search for the associated production of a b quark and a neutral supersymmetric Higgs boson that decays into tau pairs. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 104:151801. [PMID: 20481981 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.104.151801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2009] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We report results from a search for production of a neutral Higgs boson in association with a b quark. We search for Higgs decays to tau pairs with one tau subsequently decaying to a muon and the other to hadrons. The data correspond to 2.7 fb(-1) of pp collisions recorded by the D0 detector at square root(s)=1.96 TeV. The data are found to be consistent with background predictions. The result allows us to exclude a significant region of parameter space of the minimal supersymmetric model.
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Zheng M, Li L, Tang YL, Liang XH. Biomarkers in tongue cancer: understanding the molecular basis and their clinical implications. Postgrad Med J 2010; 86:292-8. [DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.086504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Xu ZW, Fang FZ, Zhang SJ, Zhang XD, Hu XT, Fu YQ, Li L. Fabrication of micro DOE using micro tools shaped with focused ion beam. OPTICS EXPRESS 2010; 18:8025-8032. [PMID: 20588646 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.008025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A novel method is proposed to fabricate micro Diffractive Optical Elements (DOE) using micro cutting tools shaped with focused ion beam (FIB) milling. Micro tools with nanometric cutting edges and complicated shapes are fabricated by controlling the tool facet's orientation relative to the FIB. The tool edge radius of less than 30 nm is achieved for the nano removal of the work materials. Semi-circular micro tools and DOE-shaped micro tools are developed to fabricate micro-DOE and sinusoidal modulation templates. Experiments show that the proposed method can be a high efficient way in fabricating micro-DOE with nanoscale surface finishes.
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Abelev BI, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alakhverdyants AV, Alekseev I, Anderson BD, Arkhipkin D, Averichev GS, Balewski J, Barnby LS, Baumgart S, Beavis DR, Bellwied R, Betancourt MJ, Betts RR, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bichsel H, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Biritz B, Bland LC, Bonner BE, Bouchet J, Braidot E, Brandin AV, Bridgeman A, Bruna E, Bueltmann S, Bunzarov I, Burton TP, Cai XZ, Caines H, Calderon M, Catu O, Cebra D, Cendejas R, Cervantes MC, Chajecki Z, Chaloupka P, Chattopadhyay S, Chen HF, Chen JH, Chen JY, Cheng J, Cherney M, Chikanian A, Choi KE, Christie W, Chung P, Clarke RF, Codrington MJM, Corliss R, Cramer JG, Crawford HJ, Das D, Dash S, Leyva AD, De Silva LC, Debbe RR, Dedovich TG, DePhillips M, Derevschikov AA, Derradi de Souza R, Didenko L, Djawotho P, Dogra SM, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Dunlop JC, Dutta Mazumdar MR, Efimov LG, Elhalhuli E, Elnimr M, Engelage J, Eppley G, Erazmus B, Estienne M, Eun L, Evdokimov O, Fachini P, Fatemi R, Fedorisin J, Fersch RG, Filip P, Finch E, Fine V, Fisyak Y, Gagliardi CA, Gangadharan DR, Ganti MS, Garcia-Solis EJ, Geromitsos A, Geurts F, Ghazikhanian V, Ghosh P, Gorbunov YN, Gordon A, Grebenyuk O, Grosnick D, Grube B, Guertin SM, Gupta A, Gupta N, Guryn W, Haag B, Hamed A, Han LX, Harris JW, Hays-Wehle JP, Heinz M, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hjort E, Hoffman AM, Hoffmann GW, Hofman DJ, Hollis RS, Huang B, Huang HZ, Humanic TJ, Huo L, Igo G, Iordanova A, Jacobs P, Jacobs WW, Jakl P, Jena C, Jin F, Jones CL, Jones PG, Joseph J, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kajimoto K, Kang K, Kapitan J, Kauder K, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Kettler D, Kikola DP, Kiryluk J, Kisiel A, Klein SR, Knospe AG, Kocoloski A, Koetke DD, Kollegger T, Konzer J, Kopytine M, Koralt I, Koroleva L, Korsch W, Kotchenda L, Kouchpil V, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Krus M, Kumar L, Kurnadi P, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, LaPointe S, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee CH, Lee JH, Leight W, Levine MJ, Li C, Li L, Li N, Li W, Li X, Li Y, Li Z, Lin G, Lindenbaum SJ, Lisa MA, Liu F, Liu H, Liu J, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Longacre RS, Love WA, Lu Y, Luo X, Ma GL, Ma YG, Mahapatra DP, Majka R, Mal OI, Mangotra LK, Manweiler R, Margetis S, Markert C, Masui H, Matis HS, Matulenko YA, McDonald D, McShane TS, Meschanin A, Milner R, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mischke A, Mitrovski MK, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Morozov B, Morozov DA, Munhoz MG, Nandi BK, Nattrass C, Nayak TK, Nelson JM, Netrakanti PK, Ng MJ, Nogach LV, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Okada H, Okorokov V, Olson D, Pachr M, Page BS, Pal SK, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlak T, Peitzmann T, Perevoztchikov V, Perkins C, Peryt W, Phatak SC, Pile P, Planinic M, Ploskon MA, Pluta J, Plyku D, Poljak N, Poskanzer AM, Potukuchi BVKS, Powell CB, Prindle D, Pruneau C, Pruthi NK, Pujahari PR, Putschke J, Qiu H, Raniwala R, Raniwala S, Ray RL, Redwine R, Reed R, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Rose A, Roy C, Ruan L, Sahoo R, Sakai S, Sakrejda I, Sakuma T, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sangaline E, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmitz N, Schuster TR, Seele J, Seger J, Selyuzhenkov I, Seyboth P, Shahaliev E, Shao M, Sharma M, Shi SS, Sichtermann EP, Simon F, Singaraju RN, Skoby MJ, Smirnov N, Sorensen P, Sowinski J, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Staszak D, Stevens JR, Stock R, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Suarez MC, Subba NL, Sumbera M, Sun XM, Sun Y, Sun Z, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Symons TJM, Szanto de Toledo A, Takahashi J, Tang AH, Tang Z, Tarini LH, Tarnowsky T, Thein D, Thomas JH, Tian J, Timmins AR, Timoshenko S, Tlusty D, Tokarev M, Trainor TA, Tram VN, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tsai OD, Ulery J, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Van Buren G, van Leeuwen M, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vanfossen JA, Varma R, Vasconcelos GMS, Vasiliev AN, Videbaek F, Viyogi YP, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Wada M, Walker M, Wang F, Wang G, Wang H, Wang JS, Wang Q, Wang XL, Wang Y, Webb G, Webb JC, Westfall GD, Whitten C, Wieman H, Wingfield E, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xie W, Xu H, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu W, Xu Y, Xu Z, Xue L, Yang Y, Yepes P, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yue Q, Zawisza M, Zbroszczyk H, Zhan W, Zhang J, Zhang S, Zhang WM, Zhang XP, Zhang Y, Zhang ZP, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou J, Zhou W, Zhu X, Zhu YH, Zoulkarneev R, Zoulkarneeva Y. Observation of an Antimatter Hypernucleus. Science 2010; 328:58-62. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1183980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Gao J, Ren J, Zhou L, Ren D, Li L, Xiao S, Yang B, Huang L. A genome scan for quantitative trait loci affecting the length of small intestine in a White Duroc × Chinese Erhualian intercross resource population. J Anim Breed Genet 2010; 127:119-24. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2009.00816.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Matin L, Li W, Li L, Shavit AY. Influence of roll-tilt, interpoint separation, and length of linear points-arrays on a frontoparallel plane on visually perceived eye level (VPEL). J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/6.6.972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Li C, Liu H, Sun Y, Wang H, Guo F, Rao S, Deng J, Zhang Y, Miao Y, Guo C, Meng J, Chen X, Li L, Li D, Xu H, Wang H, Li B, Jiang C. PAMAM Nanoparticles Promote Acute Lung Injury by Inducing Autophagic Cell Death through the Akt-TSC2-mTOR Signaling Pathway. J Mol Cell Biol 2010. [DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjq003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Zhang X, Chen S, Li L, Wang Q, Le W. Decreased level of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate: a potential biomarker for pre-symptomatic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Neurol Sci 2010; 293:102-5. [PMID: 20334883 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2009] [Revised: 02/20/2010] [Accepted: 02/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Several studies have reported that homocysteine (Hcy) is associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease without special biomarkers for early diagnosis. Here, we examined the levels of Hcy, folic acid and its metabolic molecule 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF) in SOD1(G93A) transgenic mouse model of ALS in an attempt to determine whether the change in those molecules can be used as potential biomarkers for the disease. METHODS According to the disease progression, SOD1(G93A) transgenic mice were divided into early stage group (30d); pre-symptom group (60d); symptom group (90d) and terminal stage group (120d). LC-MS/MS was used to measure the level of Hcy, folic acid and 5-MTHF in the plasma, spinal cord and cortex of the ALS transgenic SOD1(G93A) mice at different disease stages. Nissl staining was used to detect the motor neurons survival in the anterior horn of the spinal cord of the SOD1(G93A) mice. RESULTS In this study, we demonstrated that the level of 5-MTHF is significantly decreased in the plasma, spinal cord and cortex at the early stages of pre-symptomatic ALS transgenic SOD1(G93A) mice while folic acid is decreased at the middle to late stages of the disease. Furthermore, we found that the level of Hcy is markedly elevated after the motor symptoms appeared in the ALS mice. CONCLUSION Our study suggests that decreased 5-MTHF level may be a potential biomarker for the early stage of the disease in the ALS mice, which may warrant further validating study of 5-MTHF level in ALS patients.
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Li L, Roddam A, Gitlin M, Taylor A, Shepherd S, Jick S, Baskar S, Obrenovic K, Hirsch G, Paul A, Lanyon P, Erb N, Rowe IF, Roddy E, Zwierska I, Dawes P, Hider SL, Jordan KP, Packham J, Stevenson K, Hay E, Saeed A, Khan M, Morrissey S, Fraser A, Walmsley S, Williams AE, Ravey M, Graham A. Concurrent Oral 8 - Innovations [OP54-OP58]: OP54. Non-Persistence to Anti-Osteoporosis Medications in the UK using the General Practice Research Database (GPRD). Rheumatology (Oxford) 2010. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Chen J, Li L. Active control of lane keeping uses optic flow, bearing, and splay angle information. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/9.8.1120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Peng X, Stone LS, Li L. Humans can control heading independent of visual path information. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/8.6.1160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Cheng JC, Khuu SK, Li L. Implied FOE from form influences human heading perception. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/8.6.1161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Li L, Stone L, Chan E. Visual control of steering toward a goal uses heading but not path information. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/8.6.1162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Li L, Sweet BT, Stone LS. Heading off the beaten path. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/5.8.313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Nock NL, Patrick-Melin A, Cook M, Thompson C, Kirwan JP, Li L. Higher Bone Density is Associated with a Decreased Risk of Colon Adenomas in Women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010. [DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-19-3-aspo07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Purpose: Bone mass has been proposed as a biomarker of the cumulative exposure to calcium, vitamin D and endogenous and exogenous estrogens. Postmenopausal women with higher levels of bone mass have a decreased risk of colon cancer. No prior studies, however, have examined the role between bone mass and the risk of colon adenomas, which are precursor lesions that, if not removed, may lead to colon cancer.
Methods: We evaluated the potential association between bone mass, as measured by bone mineral density (BMD) using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and colon adenomas in 167 patients who underwent colonoscopy screening at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio.
Results: We found that women with a total body BMD exceeding 1.294 g/cm2 (third tertile) compared to those with a total body BMD less than 1.167 g/cm2 (first tertile) had a much lower risk of colon adenomas (OR = 0.10; 95% C.I.: 0.02-0.74; P = 0.02). Similarly, women with a total body BMD between 1.167 and 1.294 g/cm2 (second tertile) compared to those with a BMD less than 1.167 g/cm2 had a decreased risk for colon adenomas (OR = 0.15; 95% C.I.: 0.03-0.80; P = 0.03; p-trend = 0.01). Postmenopausal women with a total body BMD in the second and third highest tertiles combined compared to those in the first tertile also had a decreased risk of colon adenomas.
Conclusions: Our results show, for the first time, that bone mass, as measured by total body BMD, is inversely associated with colon adenomas in women, which suggests the mechanisms underlying the synergistic actions of calcium, vitamin D, estrogen exposure and other factors affecting BMD including exercise are key to preventing the development of colonic lesions, particularly among women.
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Li L, Guo Y. Effectiveness of “positive prevention” among people living with HIV/AIDS in Yunnan Province, China. Int J Infect Dis 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.1662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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