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Medintz I, Jiang H, Han EK, Cui W, Michels CA. Characterization of the glucose-induced inactivation of maltose permease in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:2245-54. [PMID: 8636025 PMCID: PMC177932 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.8.2245-2254.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The addition of glucose to maltose-fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells causes a rapid and irreversible loss of the ability to transport maltose, resulting both from the repression of transcription of the maltose permease gene and from the inactivation of maltose permease. The latter is referred to as glucose-induced inactivation or catabolite inactivation. We describe an analysis of this process in a maltose-fermenting strain expressing a hemagglutinin (HA)-tagged allele of MAL61, encoding maltose permease. The transfer of maltose-induced cells expressing the Mal61/HA protein to rich medium containing glucose produces a decrease in maltose transport rates which is paralleled by a decrease in Mal61/HA maltose permease protein levels. In nitrogen starvation medium, glucose produces a biphasic inactivation, i.e., an initial, rapid loss in transport activity (inhibition) followed by a slower decrease in transport activity, which correlates with a decrease in the amount of maltose permease protein (proteolysis). The inactivation in both rich and nitrogen-starved media results from a decrease in Vmax with no apparent change in Km. Using strains carrying mutations in END3, REN1(VPS2), PEP4, and PRE1 PRE2, we demonstrate that the proteolysis of Mal61/HAp is dependent on endocytosis and vacuolar proteolysis and is independent of the proteosome. Moreover, we show that the Mal61/HA maltose permease is present in differentially phosphorylated forms.
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Wetzel JM, Salon JA, Tamm JA, Forray C, Craig D, Nakanishi H, Cui W, Vaysse PJ, Chiu G, Weinshank RL, Hartig PR, Branchek TA, Gluchowski C. Modeling and mutagenesis of the human alpha 1a-adrenoceptor: orientation and function of transmembrane helix V sidechains. RECEPTORS & CHANNELS 1996; 4:165-77. [PMID: 9014240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A 3-dimensional model of the seven transmembrane helical segments (TMs) of the human alpha 1a-adrenoceptor was initially built by analogy to the known structure of bacteriorhodopsin. However, the rotational orientation of TM V about its helical axis, and the roles of several TM V residues in ligand binding and receptor activation remained in question. Accordingly, we determined the effects of six site-specific mutations in TM V on binding affinity and functional potency of a structurally diverse series of agonists and antagonists. Mutation of Ser 192 and Phe 193 disrupted the binding of many of the tested ligands, as measured by displacement of [3H]prazosin. In addition, mutation of Ser 188, Ser 192, and Phe 193 disrupted receptor activation, as measured by [3H]inositol phosphate formation. On the basis of these results, a specific rotational orientation of TM V is proposed as part of a revised receptor model, which also takes into account more recently reported information about the structure of rhodopsin. This revised alpha 1a-adrenoceptor model accounts for direct interactions which are proposed between Ser 188 and Ser 192 and the meta and para hydroxyl groups of norepinephrine, respectively, in the G-protein coupled receptor state.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Humans
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Prazosin/pharmacology
- Protein Structure, Secondary/drug effects
- Radioligand Assay
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1/chemistry
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1/drug effects
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1/genetics
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1/physiology
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Zhang B, Cui W, Gao Y. [Mutation of P53 gene in a highly metastatic human lung cancer cell line]. ZHONGHUA ZHONG LIU ZA ZHI [CHINESE JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY] 1995; 17:279-82. [PMID: 7587895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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PG cell line, derived from a lung giant cell carcinoma, has the characteristics of rapid growth and high tumorigenicity. When transplanted to nude mice, spontanious metastasis to lung and lymphnode is high in frequency and stable. To understand the molecular basis of PG's biological behaviors, expression of tumor suppressor gene p53 was studied. It was found that expression of p53 protein was increased as demonstrated by immunohistochemical stainning. A change in polymorphsim in exon 7 of p53 gene was detected by nonisotopic PCR-SSCP, suggesting a change in base composition. Thermal cycling sequencing of both strands of exon 7 demonstrated a transversion of CGG to CTT at codon 248. Similar study with the same methods on Ki-ras oncogene was done, but no mutation was found. The relationship between p53 gene mutation and the metastatic potential of PG cells needs further exploration.
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Luo KH, Shi YK, Sun Y, Wang QL, Wu GQ, Feng FY, Cui W, Liu HB. A practical procedure for the cryopreservation of marrow cells intended for autotransplantation. Leuk Lymphoma 1995; 17:495-9. [PMID: 7549843 DOI: 10.3109/10428199509056863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A simple and practical method of unfractionated bone marrow processing and cryopreservation was studied. The date shows that RBCs can be rapidly sedimented by methylcellulose or sodium carboxymethyl starch within 15-45 min. The cells can be cryopreserved in a mixture consisting of 5% DMSO, 6% HES and 4% Albumin prepared in a Lactated Ringer solution which is widely used, and can be simply immersed into a -80 degrees C freezer and stored in liquid nitrogen until infusion. Recovery percentages of nucleated cell, cell viability and CFU-G were similar to those cryopreserved with the conventional method. Clinical toxicity was mild in 12 infused patients. Of them 8 patients had received high dose chemotherapy +/- TBI and their peripheral WBC recovery was rapid. The recovery of WBC or Platelet (PLT) in the study group was similar to that of the control group whose marrow cells were cryopreserved in 10% DMSO. Therefore, cells cryopreserved with this method can also accelerate the hematopoietic recovery in myeloablatively treated patients.
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Cui W, Fowlis DJ, Cousins FM, Duffie E, Bryson S, Balmain A, Akhurst RJ. Concerted action of TGF-beta 1 and its type II receptor in control of epidermal homeostasis in transgenic mice. Genes Dev 1995; 9:945-55. [PMID: 7774812 DOI: 10.1101/gad.9.8.945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) is a modulator of cellular proliferation, differentiation, and extracellular matrix deposition. It is a potent epithelial growth inhibitor and can alter the differentiative properties of keratinocytes, in vitro, but little is known about its normal physiological function in the epidermis in vivo. Transgenic mice were generated using a keratin 10 (K10) gene promoter to drive constitutive expression of TGF-beta 1 in the suprabasal keratinocyte compartment. Surprisingly, these mice showed a two- to threefold increase in epidermal DNA labeling index over control mice, in the absence of hyperplasia. The transgene, however, acted in the expected fashion, as a negative regulator of cell growth, when hyperplasia was induced by treatment by 12-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA). Epidermal TGF-beta type I and II receptor (T beta RI and T beta RII) levels were examined in control and transgenic mice during induction of hyperplasia by TPA. Whereas T beta RI levels remained relatively constant, T beta RII expression was strongly induced in TPA-treated skins, prior to the induction of the growth inhibitory response to TGF-beta 1, and its level of expression correlated with growth sensitivity to TGF-beta 1 in vivo and in vitro. These results suggest that TGF-beta 1 and its type II receptor are part of the endogenous homeostatic regulatory machinery of the epidermis.
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Cui W, Eskin N, Biliaderis C, Mazza G. Synergistic interactions between yellow mustard polysaccharides and galactomannans. Carbohydr Polym 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0144-8617(95)00041-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cui W, Eskin N, Biliaderis C. NMR characterization of a water-soluble 1,4-linked β-d-glucan having ether groups from yellow mustard (Sinapis alba L.) mucilage. Carbohydr Polym 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0144-8617(95)00040-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cui W, Kemp CJ, Duffie E, Balmain A, Akhurst RJ. Lack of transforming growth factor-beta 1 expression in benign skin tumors of p53null mice is prognostic for a high risk of malignant conversion. Cancer Res 1994; 54:5831-6. [PMID: 7954410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Expression of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1) protein was examined in chemically induced benign skin tumors with genetically defined empirical risks for malignant conversion. Benign tumors induced in mice which have both alleles of the p53 gene deleted have a malignant conversion frequency of approximately 50%, whereas similar tumors induced in wildtype and heterozygous p53 mice have conversion probabilities of 3 and 8%, respectively (Kemp et al., Cell, 74: 813-822, 1993). The TGF beta 1 antibody, anti-CC (1-30-1), was shown to stain either the proliferative keratinocyte compartment of the tumor or the tumor stroma, whereas another TGF beta 1 antibody, anti-LC (1-30-1), stained highly differentiated granular cells of the tumors. A strong correlation was found between staining of the proliferative keratinocyte compartment of tumors with the anti-CC (1-30-1) antibody and tumor genotype. Only 18% (6 of 32) of homozygous p53 null tumors showed any basal keratinocyte staining with this antibody, whereas over 80% (32 of 38) of heterozygous and wild-type tumors showed positive staining. Additionally, in most tumors examined, the spatial distribution of staining for the proliferating cell nuclear antigen appeared to be mutually exclusive with that of TGF beta 1 on adjacent serial sections. This suggests that, in these cases, tumor keratinocytes are sensitive to negative growth regulation by TGF beta. TGF beta 1 protein staining in benign tumors is thus prognostic for a low probability of malignant conversion, and its expression may be mechanistically involved in limiting malignant conversion since, at the benign tumor stage examined, keratinocytes are still sensitive to growth inhibition by TGF beta 1.
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Cui W, Hourcade D, Post T, Greenlund AC, Atkinson JP, Kumar V. Characterization of the promoter region of the membrane cofactor protein (CD46) gene of the human complement system and comparison to a membrane cofactor protein-like genetic element. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 1993; 151:4137-46. [PMID: 7691939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Membrane cofactor protein (MCP; CD46) is a widely expressed C regulatory protein that inhibits C activation on self-tissue. MCP binds C3b and C4b deposited on autologous cells and then serves as a cofactor for their inactivation by limited proteolytic cleavage. To characterize the DNA sequence elements responsible for controlling MCP expression, the 5' flanking region of the human MCP gene was cloned. Sequencing of 1350 nucleotides upstream from the ATG codon revealed a GC-rich region in the initial 500 nucleotides that is especially rich in the CpG dinucleotide. A CAAT box in reverse orientation, surrounded by four putative SP1 binding sites but lacking a typical TATA element, was within the first 200 nucleotides of this GC-rich region. The major transcriptional initiation site for HeLa cells, determined by primer extension and S1 nuclease protection analyses, was located 105 nucleotides from the translational start site. This overall orientation of the promoter region is characteristic of "housekeeping" genes. The MCP promoter region was further examined in HEp-2 cells by the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene assay, using various constructs derived from the 5' region of the MCP gene. The MCP promoter activity was confined to the GC-rich region from -624 to +96 (start site of transcription being +1). Inclusion of an AT-rich sequence from -624 to -1204 resulted in a 42% reduction in CAT activity suggesting that an inhibitor is present among the AT-rich sequences. The 5' flanking region of a highly homologous partial duplication of the MCP gene was also cloned and sequenced, and various constructs were assessed in the CAT reporter system. Many of the functionally relevant sequences seen in MCP are also found in the MCP-like 5' UT region, which is 85% homologous to MCP. The most striking difference was a 224 nucleotide deletion that was upstream from the corresponding MCP region harboring most of the promoter activity. Although expression of an MCP-like protein has not been reported, the MCP-like promoter region produced promoter activity comparable with that of MCP. These results serve as a basis for subsequent analyses of the expression of MCP in various cells and tissues and for understanding the mechanism of its modulation in inflammatory conditions. Also, through a comparison of the 5' region of MCP with other genes in the regulators of C activation gene cluster (at 1 q32), we propose a model for the evolution of the promoters in this tight linkage group.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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Cui W, Hourcade D, Post T, Greenlund AC, Atkinson JP, Kumar V. Characterization of the promoter region of the membrane cofactor protein (CD46) gene of the human complement system and comparison to a membrane cofactor protein-like genetic element. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1993. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.151.8.4137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Membrane cofactor protein (MCP; CD46) is a widely expressed C regulatory protein that inhibits C activation on self-tissue. MCP binds C3b and C4b deposited on autologous cells and then serves as a cofactor for their inactivation by limited proteolytic cleavage. To characterize the DNA sequence elements responsible for controlling MCP expression, the 5' flanking region of the human MCP gene was cloned. Sequencing of 1350 nucleotides upstream from the ATG codon revealed a GC-rich region in the initial 500 nucleotides that is especially rich in the CpG dinucleotide. A CAAT box in reverse orientation, surrounded by four putative SP1 binding sites but lacking a typical TATA element, was within the first 200 nucleotides of this GC-rich region. The major transcriptional initiation site for HeLa cells, determined by primer extension and S1 nuclease protection analyses, was located 105 nucleotides from the translational start site. This overall orientation of the promoter region is characteristic of "housekeeping" genes. The MCP promoter region was further examined in HEp-2 cells by the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene assay, using various constructs derived from the 5' region of the MCP gene. The MCP promoter activity was confined to the GC-rich region from -624 to +96 (start site of transcription being +1). Inclusion of an AT-rich sequence from -624 to -1204 resulted in a 42% reduction in CAT activity suggesting that an inhibitor is present among the AT-rich sequences. The 5' flanking region of a highly homologous partial duplication of the MCP gene was also cloned and sequenced, and various constructs were assessed in the CAT reporter system. Many of the functionally relevant sequences seen in MCP are also found in the MCP-like 5' UT region, which is 85% homologous to MCP. The most striking difference was a 224 nucleotide deletion that was upstream from the corresponding MCP region harboring most of the promoter activity. Although expression of an MCP-like protein has not been reported, the MCP-like promoter region produced promoter activity comparable with that of MCP. These results serve as a basis for subsequent analyses of the expression of MCP in various cells and tissues and for understanding the mechanism of its modulation in inflammatory conditions. Also, through a comparison of the 5' region of MCP with other genes in the regulators of C activation gene cluster (at 1 q32), we propose a model for the evolution of the promoters in this tight linkage group.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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Cui W. [Blepharoplasty and oculocardiac reflex]. ZHONGHUA ZHENG XING SHAO SHANG WAI KE ZA ZHI = ZHONGHUA ZHENG XING SHAO SHANG WAIKF [I.E. WAIKE] ZAZHI = CHINESE JOURNAL OF PLASTIC SURGERY AND BURNS 1993; 9:355-6, 397. [PMID: 8143207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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100 patients have undergone electrocardiograph before and during blepharoplasty and after anaesthesia. The results show that the positive rate of oculocardiac reflex is 65%. The mechanism of occurrence of oculocardiac reflex is analysed. It has also been pointed out that great attention should be paid to the phenomenon and appropriate measures should be taken to prevent the occurrence of oculocardiac reflex.
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Zhang J, Cui W, Juda M, McCammon D, Kelley RL, Moseley SH, Stahle CK, Szymkowiak AE. Hopping conduction in partially compensated doped silicon. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1993; 48:2312-2319. [PMID: 10008623 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.48.2312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Cui W, Shi ZZ. [Relation between bone gla protein and bone metabolism in weightlessness]. SHENG LI KE XUE JIN ZHAN [PROGRESS IN PHYSIOLOGY] 1993; 24:281-283. [PMID: 8160003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Cui W, Eskin N, Biliaderis C. Chemical and physical properties of yellow mustard (Sinapis alba L.) mucilage. Food Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0308-8146(93)90032-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cui W, Eskin N, Biliaderis C. Water-soluble yellow mustard (Sinapis alba L.) polysaccharides: partial characterization, molecular size distribution and rheological properties. Carbohydr Polym 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0144-8617(93)90153-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cui W, Wang N, Chance B. Study of photon migration depths with time-resolved spectroscopy. OPTICS LETTERS 1991; 16:1632-4. [PMID: 19784091 DOI: 10.1364/ol.16.001632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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In this study a light-shielding plate with a hole was placed in an intralipid emulsion. The probability distribution for photons emitted from a surface light source, passing through the hole at different depths, and reaching a surface detector at the other side of the plate was experimentally assessed. We provide qualitative verification for a model derived by Weiss et al. [J. Mod. Opt. 36, 349 (1989)] that the migration depths for the measured photons follow a distribution in depth and that this distribution has a maximum probability at a describable depth beneath the surface. This agreement, corroborated by a parallel study, suggests that we may have assessed the maximum migration depth distribution of photons that reached the detector and that the random walk model may describe the maximum migration depth distribution. The experimental results indicate that photons with the same path lengths within the medium reach a wide range of depths and suggest difficulties in resolving optical structure with time-resolved measurement. The results also provide experimental evidence that, for a given source-detector separation, the photons that migrate deeper have longer mean path lengths with larger variation in their path lengths.
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Cui W, Talbot IC, Northover JM. Restriction enzyme analysis of mitochondrial DNA in colorectal tumours. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1991; 180:85-90. [PMID: 1656979 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(05)81258-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Total cellular DNA samples were isolated from 15 colorectal adenocarcinomas, 8 colon adenomas and their adjacent histologically normal colon mucosa. These DNA samples were digested separately with 13 different restriction endonucleases and analysed by Southern blot hybridization using a purified 32P-labelled human mtDNA probe. The fragment patterns from tumour mtDNA were compared to those from corresponding normal mtDNA. No evidence for large deletions, insertions, rearrangements or single base mutations in the detectable regions was detected. This suggests that other mechanisms may be responsible for the changes of colorectal tumour mitochondria.
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Cui W, Du BJ, Wang YF. [Right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction estimated by two-dimensional echocardiography]. ZHONGHUA XIN XUE GUAN BING ZA ZHI 1989; 17:350-1, 382-3. [PMID: 2637131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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UNLABELLED The right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction (RVEF) obtained from two-dimensional echocardiography and from right ventricular angiography were compared in 20 patients with congenital heart disease. Single plane area-length method of apical four-chamber view was used to estimate echocardiographic right ventricular volumes and single plane right anterior oblique projection was used to calculate angiographic right ventricular volumes. The results showed that right ventricular volumes estimated by echocardiography correlated highly with that calculated by angiography, the correlation coefficients of end-diastolic volume, end-systolic volume and stroke volume were 0.983, 0.976, 0.973 respectively. Echocardiographic RVEF also correlated strongly with angiographic RVEF (r = 0.992, P less than 0.001), and there were no significant difference between the two methods (P greater than 0.05). CONCLUSION two-dimensional echocardiography can be used to accurately estimate right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction.
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Cui W, Wang FF, Qi HG. [Evaluation of right ventricular function using a two-dimensional echocardiographic apical four-chamber view]. ZHONGHUA XIN XUE GUAN BING ZA ZHI 1988; 16:356-7, 383-4. [PMID: 3248515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Seya T, Ballard LL, Bora NS, Kumar V, Cui W, Atkinson JP. Distribution of membrane cofactor protein of complement on human peripheral blood cells. An altered form is found on granulocytes. Eur J Immunol 1988; 18:1289-94. [PMID: 3046951 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830180821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Membrane cofactor protein (MCP) of human complement is an iC3/C3b-binding glycoprotein with a characteristic two-band (63 kDa and 55 kDa) pattern on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Using affinity chromatography, it has been found on human mononuclear cells and platelets. MCP has been purified and shown to be a cofactor for the I-mediated cleavage of C3b. A rabbit polyclonal antibody was produced to the purified protein and this reagent employed to analyze the distribution of MCP on human peripheral blood cells. Flow cytometric analysis indicated that MCP is unimodally present on all platelets, granulocytes, T helper lymphocytes, T suppressor/cytotoxic lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, natural killer cells and monocytes but not erythrocytes. The presence of MCP on granulocytes was unexpected. To evaluate this, MCP was isolated by immunoprecipitation and analyzed by SDS-PAGE followed by autoradiography. The Mr of granulocyte MCP was that of a single broad band in which the typical two-band pattern could not be distinguished. Alterations in the conditions of the affinity column procedure increased the efficiency of the isolation of monocyte MCP and led to the reproducible isolation of granulocyte MCP. These results indicate that MCP of granulocytes has both structural and functional differences compared to MCP of plateletes and mononuclear cells. The wide distribution of MCP among peripheral blood cells supports the concept that MCP is important in the protection of host cells from complement-mediated damage.
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Fan XJ, Xie JG, Lin PZ, Cui W, Zhang JS, Shen H, Ha XW, Okada M. [Photodynamic therapy (PDT) of bladder cancer in the rat]. ZHONGHUA ZHONG LIU ZA ZHI [CHINESE JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY] 1986; 8:181-3. [PMID: 3743345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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PDT of rat bladder cancer, induced by N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl) nitrosamine (BBN) was studied. All animals were divided at random into three groups. Group 2 and 3 were treated by hematoporphyrin derivative (HPD)-laser PDT while group 1, without treatment, served as control. The results showed that the malignant lesions could be selectively and obviously destroyed, if the whole tumor area were sufficiently exposed to the laser irradiation. However, the normal bladder epithelium and muscle layer showed no histologic change. Similar reactions were found in papilloma of bladder which was considered as precancerous lesion. Thus, PDT may be beneficial to cancer prevention. Its role in prevention and treatment of bladder cancer should be further studied experimentally and clinically.
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Kang ZQ, Wang Z, Cui W, Li W. [Studies on platelet aggregation and 14C-serotonin release in patients with uremia]. ZHONGGUO YI XUE KE XUE YUAN XUE BAO. ACTA ACADEMIAE MEDICINAE SINICAE 1985; 7:429-33. [PMID: 3011296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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