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Zhang YY, Hao J, Shi M. One pot cascade synthesis of fused heterocycles from furan-tethered terminal alkynes and aldehydes in the presence of amines and CuBr. Org Chem Front 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5qo00033e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel one-pot protocol for the construction of complex heterocycles through furan tethered terminal alkynes, aldehydes, amines and CuBr upon heating has been developed, giving the cycloadducts in moderate to high yields along with moderate to good regioselectivities.
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Bao JF, Hao J, Liu J, Yuan WJ, Yu Q. The abnormal expression level of microRNA in epithelial-mesenchymal transition of peritoneal mesothelial cells induced by high glucose. EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2015; 19:289-292. [PMID: 25683944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the expression level of the microRNA in the process of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of the peritoneal mesothelial cells (PMCs) induced by high glucose. MATERIALS AND METHODS The PMCs were cultured using M199 medium with 10% fetal bovine serum, and the EMT was induced by D-glucose stimulation. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition was determined by changes in cell morphology and the expression levels of the EMT marker genes. Changes in cell morphology were observed by inverted microscope, and the expression levels of the EMT marker genes were determined by real-time PCR. The expression levels of the microRNA were detected by real-time PCR with microRNA-specific stem-loop structure primer. RESULTS The PMCs changed to fusiformis following a high-glucose medium stimulated for 48 hours, and the EMT marker genes changed significantly, such as the decrease of E-cadherin and an increase of Vimentin (p < 0.01). These results proved the EMT had been induced by high-glucose. Applying real-time PCR with microRNA-specific stem-loop structure primer, miR-193a increased notably (p < 0.01), and miR-15a and let-7e decreased (p < 0.01), while miR-16 and miR-21 had no significant changes (p > 0.05). Most importantly, the increase of miR-193a was correlated with stimulus duration. CONCLUSIONS MicroRNA with abnormal expression levels have a primary role in regulating the EMT of PMCs induced by high glucose.
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Hao J, Liu X, Liu X, Liu X, Li N, Ma X, Zhang Y, Li Y, Zhao J. Ionic liquid electrodeposition of Ge nanostructures on freestanding Ni-nanocone arrays for Li-ion battery. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra15783d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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With the growing demand for portable and wearable electronic devices, it is imperative to develop high-performance Li-ion batteries with long lifetimes.
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Wu H, Huang H, Bai M, Liu P, Chao M, Hu J, Hao J, Cao T. An ultra-low detection-limit optofluidic biosensor based on all glass Fabry-Perot cavity. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:31977-31983. [PMID: 25607165 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.031977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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An all glass optofludic biosensor with high quality-factor Fabry-Perot cavity (FPC) channel was reported. The all glass sandwich structure can completely eliminate the etching roughness of the channel surface, and can extend the operating wavelength to visible and ultraviolet regions compared with that of Si-based sensor. The quality-factor of the FPC channel is 875, and the system noise can be reduced to 1.2 nV by combining optical differential detection with phase lock-in detection. A detection limit of 15ng/mL for glucose solution, which corresponds to a refractive index unit of 2.0 × 10-9, was experimentally demonstrated. The all glass FPC sensor features low cost and robust compared with surface-plasmon-resonance sensor and ring-resonator sensor.
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Zhao X, Gao S, Ren H, Huang H, Ji W, Hao J. Inhibition of autophagy strengthens celastrol-induced apoptosis in human pancreatic cancer in vitro and in vivo models. Curr Mol Med 2014; 14:555-63. [PMID: 24730520 DOI: 10.2174/1566524014666140414211223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Revised: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Celastrol, a quinone methide triterpenoid, could induce apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells. The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is protective autophagy after celastrol treatment in pancreatic cancer cells and the synergistic effects of celastrol and 3-MA in vitro and in vivo. METHODS The cells viability was measured using MTT assays. Degree of apoptosis and amount of autophagic vacuoles were measured by flow cytometry. Immunofluorescence was adapted to monitor the localization of autophagic protein LC3-II. Expression of LC3-II, cleaved caspase-3, Bax and bcl-2 was detected by immunoblot. Autophagosomes were observed by electron microscopy. The synergistic effect of celastrol and 3- MA in vivo was studied in the MiaPaCa-2 xenograft tumor model. RESULTS Celastrol increased the level of autophagy in pancreatic cancer cells. Furthermore in vitro, when inhibiting the autophagy with 3-MA, the level of celastrol-induced apoptosis elevated; after upgrading autophagy by starvation, the level of celastrol-induced apoptosis descended. 3-MA enhanced celastrol-induced apoptosis and inhibitory effect on tumor growth in vivo. CONCLUSIONS In pancreatic cancer, celastrol treatment increased the level of autophagy to protect cancer cells against apoptosis. Autophagy inhibitor 3-MA could improve the therapeutic effect of celastrol in vitro and in vivo.
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Hao J, Su Y. Deaf children's use of clear visual cues in mindreading. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2014; 35:2849-2857. [PMID: 25104224 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2014] [Revised: 07/15/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Previous studies show that typically developing 4-year old children can understand other people's false beliefs but that deaf children of hearing families have difficulty in understanding false beliefs until the age of approximately 13. Because false beliefs are implicit mental states that are not expressed through clear visual cues in standard false belief tasks, the present study examines the hypothesis that the deaf children's developmental delay in understanding false beliefs may reflect their difficulty in understanding a spectrum of mental states that are not expressed through clear visual cues. Nine- to 13-year-old deaf children of hearing families and 4-6-year-old typically developing children completed false belief tasks and emotion recognition tasks under different cue conditions. The results indicated that after controlling for the effect of the children's language abilities, the deaf children inferred other people's false beliefs as accurately as the typically developing children when other people's false beliefs were clearly expressed through their eye-gaze direction. However, the deaf children performed worse than the typically developing children when asked to infer false beliefs with ambiguous or no eye-gaze cues. Moreover, the deaf children were capable of recognizing other people's emotions that were clearly conveyed by their facial or body expressions. The results suggest that although theory-based or simulation-based mental state understanding is typical of hearing children's theory of mind mechanism, for deaf children of hearing families, clear cue-based mental state understanding may be their specific theory of mind mechanism.
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Hao H, Xu F, Hao J, He YQ, Zhou XY, Dai H, Wu LQ, Liu FR. Lipoxin A4 Suppresses Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Hela Cell Proliferation and Migration via NF-κB Pathway. Inflammation 2014; 38:400-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s10753-014-0044-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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She S, Bian S, Hao J, Zhang J, Zhang J, Wei Y. Aliphatic Organoimido Derivatives of Polyoxometalates Containing a Bioactive Ligand. Chemistry 2014; 20:16987-94. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Shi BJ, Jiang Y, Gao T, Xiao S, Xue M, Liu Y, Hao J, Diao QC. Epidermolysis bullosa pruriginosa: two novel mutations (A2054V and G2233R) in the COL7A1 gene. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2014; 30:175-8. [PMID: 25284350 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.12683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Bayaguud A, Zhang J, Khan RNN, Hao J, Wei Y. A redox active triad nanorod constructed from covalently interlinked organo-hexametalates. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:13150-2. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc06297c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Wang H, Fu J, Lu Q, Tao F, Hao J. Physical activity, body mass index and mental health in Chinese adolescents: a population based study. J Sports Med Phys Fitness 2014; 54:518-525. [PMID: 25034554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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AIM The aim of the present study was to examine the association between physical activity, BMI level and mental health among Chinese adolescents. METHODS Three thousand ninety-six adolescents aged 11 to 13 were analyzed from 6 middle schools of Xuzhou. Physical activity level was measured using self-designed questionnaires. BMI was calculated according to the results of these students' physical examinations. Anxiety symptoms were assessed by using the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorder, depression via the Children's Depression Inventory. Data were analyzed using chi-square test and logistic regression. RESULTS Adolescents' self-reported rate of insufficient physical activity was 58.1%. The overweight and obesity rates were 18.4%, 16.0%. The point prevalence rates on anxiety and depression were 15.2%, 11.5%. Insufficient physical activity was positively associated with anxiety and depression (OR [95%CI]: 1.31 [1.06-1.63]; 1.33 [1.04-1.70]). Obesity was positively associated with depression (OR [95%CI]: 1.48 [1.10-2.00]). IS-OB was positively associated with anxiety and depressive (OR [95%CI]: 1.71 [1.19-2.45]; 1.99 [1.33-2.97]). CONCLUSION Physical inactivity and overweight/obesity were negatively association with mental health of adolescents, respectively. Meanwhile, to explore the combined effects of physical inactivity and obesity would increase the risk of anxiety and depression in adolescents.
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Feng YS, Lin XY, Hao J, Xu HJ. Pd–Co bimetallic nanoparticles supported on graphene as a highly active catalyst for Suzuki–Miyaura and Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions. Tetrahedron 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.05.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Yin P, Bayaguud A, Cheng P, Haso F, Hu L, Wang J, Vezenov D, Winans RE, Hao J, Li T, Wei Y, Liu T. Back Cover: Spontaneous Stepwise Self-Assembly of a Polyoxometalate-Organic Hybrid into Catalytically Active One-Dimensional Anisotropic Structures (Chem. Eur. J. 31/2014). Chemistry 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201490131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Yin P, Bayaguud A, Cheng P, Haso F, Hu L, Wang J, Vezenov D, Winans RE, Hao J, Li T, Wei Y, Liu T. Spontaneous Stepwise Self-Assembly of a Polyoxometalate-Organic Hybrid into Catalytically Active One-Dimensional Anisotropic Structures. Chemistry 2014; 20:9589-95. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201402974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Hao J, Chou J, Kuroda S, Otsuka M, Kasugai S, Lang NP. Strontium hydroxyapatitein situgel-forming system - a new approach for minimally invasive bone augmentation. Clin Oral Implants Res 2014; 26:581-5. [DOI: 10.1111/clr.12446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hao J, Huang YM, Zhao MH, Chen M. The interaction between C5a and sphingosine-1-phosphate in neutrophils for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody mediated activation. Arthritis Res Ther 2014; 16:R142. [PMID: 25000985 PMCID: PMC4227110 DOI: 10.1186/ar4604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Introduction C5a plays an crucial role in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-mediated neutrophil recruitment and activation. The current study further investigated the interaction between C5a and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) in neutrophils for ANCA-mediated activation. Methods The plasma levels of S1P from 29 patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) in active stage and in remission were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The generation of S1P was tested in C5a-triggered neutrophils. The effect S1P receptor antagonist was tested on respiratory burst and degranulation of C5a-primed neutrophils activated with ANCA. Results The plasma level of circulating S1P was significantly higher in patients with AAV with active disease compared with patients in remission (2034.2 ± 438.5 versus 1489.3 ± 547.4 nmol/L, P < 0.001). S1P can prime neutrophils for ANCA-induced respiratory burst and degranulation. Compared with non-triggered neutrophils, the mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) value for CD88 expression was up-regulated significantly in S1P-triggered neutrophils. S1P receptor antagonist decreased oxygen radical production in C5a primed neutrophils induced by ANCA-positive IgG from patients. Blocking S1P inhibited C5a-primed neutrophil migration. Conclusions S1P triggered by C5a-primed neutrophils could further activate neutrophils. Blocking S1P could attenuate C5a-induced activation of neutrophils by ANCA. The interaction between S1P and C5a plays an important role in neutrophils for ANCA-mediated activation.
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Jiang H, Lu W, Yang K, Ma G, Xu M, Li J, Yao J, Wan W, Deng H, Wu S, Zhu S, Hao J. Enhancement of Neighbouring-Group Participation in Cu0-Promoted Cross-Couplinggem-Difluoromethylenation of Aryl/Alkenyl Halides with 1,3-Azolic Difluoromethyl Bromides. Chemistry 2014; 20:10084-92. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201402205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Shi BJ, Xiao S, Zhang Z, Lü J, Xue M, Jiang Y, Liu Y, Hao J, Diao QC. The ATP2C1 gene in Hailey-Hailey disease patients: one novel deletion and one novel splicing mutation. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2014; 29:2495-7. [PMID: 24981372 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.12603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Xu L, Jiang H, Hao J, Zhao G. One-pot synthesis of trifluoromethylated phthalans via intramolecular cyclization from 2-alkynylbenzaldehydes. Tetrahedron 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.04.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bösing B, Susenbeth A, Hao J, Ahnert S, Ohm M, Dickhoefer U. Effect of concentrate supplementation on herbage intake and live weight gain of sheep grazing a semi-arid grassland steppe of North-Eastern Asia in response to different grazing management systems and intensities. Livest Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2014.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Sun Y, Wei D, Shi J, Mojović L, Han Z, Hao J. Two-Stage Fermentation for 2-Ketogluconic Acid Production by Klebsiella pneumoniae. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 24:781-7. [DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1401.01038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Hao Z, Fan W, Hao J, Wu X, Zeng GQ, Zhang LJ, Nie SF, Wang XD. Efficient delivery of micro RNA to bone-metastatic prostate tumors by using aptamer-conjugated atelocollagen in vitro and in vivo. Drug Deliv 2014; 23:874-81. [PMID: 24892627 DOI: 10.3109/10717544.2014.920059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Bone is the primary site of skeletal metastasis in prostate cancer (PCa). Atelocollagen (ATE)-mediated siRNA delivery system can be used to silence endogenous genes involved in PCa metastatic tumor cell growth. However, we hope that the delivery system can target PCa cells to reduce damage to the bone tissue and improve the therapeutic effect. RNA aptamer (APT) A10-3.2 has been used as a ligand to target PCa cells that express prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA). APT was investigated as a PSMA-targeting ligand in the design of an ATE-based microRNA (miRNA; miR-15a and miR-16-1) vector to PCa bone metastasis. To observe the targeted delivery and transfection efficiency of ATE-APT in PSMA-overexpressing cells, luciferase activity and biodistribution of nanoparticles in Balb/c mice was analyzed. The anticancer effect of nanoparticles in vivo was investigated using the survival times of human PCa bone metastasis mice model. Luciferase assays of pGL-3 expression against PC3 (PSMA(-)) and LNCaP (PSMA(+)) cells showed that the transfection efficiency of the synthesized DNA/ATE-APT complex was higher than that of the DNA/ATE complex. The anticancer efficacy of miRNA/ATE-APT was superior to those of other treatments in vivo. This PSMA-targeted system may prove useful in widening the therapeutic window and allow for selective killing of PCa cells in bone metastatic foci.
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Zhang H, Zhang X, Ji S, Hao C, Mu Y, Sun J, Hao J. Sohlh2 inhibits ovarian cancer cell proliferation by upregulation of p21 and downregulation of cyclin D1. Carcinogenesis 2014; 35:1863-71. [DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgu113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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El-Shahawy MA, Rasmussen HS, Lavin PT, Yang A, Packham DK, Singh B, Rasmussen HS, Lavin PT, Yang A, Roger SD, Fusaro M, Dalle Carbonare L, Dusso A, Arcidiacono MV, Pasho S, Gallieni M, Ormanji MS, Korkes F, Meca R, Baia LC, Ferraz RR, Heilberg IP, Roger SD, Rasmussen HS, Lavin PT, Yang A, El-Shahawy MA, Nistor I, Bararu I, Apavaloaie MC, Voroneanu L, Donciu MD, Nagler EV, Covic A, Gil HW, Park SH, Hong SY, Ponte B, Alwan H, Pruijm M, Ackermann D, Guessous I, Ehret G, Paccaud F, Mohaupt M, Pechere-Bertschi A, Burnier M, Martin PY, Bochud M, Filiopoulos V, Biblaki D, Manolios N, Karatzas I, Arvanitis D, Vlassopoulos D, Altuntas A, Kidir V, Inal S, Diker S, Cil N, Orhan H, Sezer MT, Verdelho M, Rodrigues N, Ribeiro F, Roger SD, Rasmussen HS, Lavin PT, Yang A, Qunibi WY, Azar H, Ossman R, Flamant M, Chelala D, Ria P, Fabris A, Branco C, Gambaro G, Lupo A, Hao J, Qiu L, Li Y, Li R, Li X, Chen L, Verdesca S, Cucchiari D, Podesta M, Badalamenti S, Veldhuijzen NMH, Gerritsen KGF, Boer WH, Abrahams AC, Packham DK, Rasmussen HS, Lavin PT, Yang A, Qunibi WY, Mangione F, Albrizio P, Sepe V, Esposito P, Manini A, Muciaccia S, Dal Canton A. ACID BASE, ION DISORDERS, LITHISASIS. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Hao J, He XD. Haplotype analysis of ApoAI gene and sepsis-associated acute lung injury. Lipids Health Dis 2014; 13:79. [PMID: 24885977 PMCID: PMC4040506 DOI: 10.1186/1476-511x-13-79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) is the major apoprotein constituent of high density lipoprotein (HDL) which exerts innate protective effects in systemic inflammation. However, its role in the acute lung injury (ALI) has not been well studied. In the present study we investigated the association between polymorphisms of ApoA1 gene and ALI in a Chinese population. METHODS Three polymorphisms of the ApoA1 gene (rs11216153, rs2070665, and rs632153) were genotyped by TaqMan method in 290 patients with sepsis-associated ALI, 285 patients sepsis alone and 330 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. RESULTS We found rs11216153 polymorphism of ApoA1 was associated with ALI, the GG genotype and G allele was common in the ALI patients (76.9%, 88.1%, respectively) than both in the control subjects (55.8%, 75.8%, respectively) and in the sepsis alone patients (58.2%, 78.4%, respectively). Haplotype consisting of these three SNPs strengthened the association with ALI susceptibility. The frequency of haplotype GTG in the ALI samples was significantly higher than that in the healthy control group (OR = 2.261, 95% CI: 1.735 ~ 2.946, P <0.001) and the sepsis alone group (OR = 1.789, 95% CI: 1.373 ~ 2.331.P < 0.001). Carriers of the haplotype TTG had a lower risk for ALI compared with healthy control group (OR = 0.422, 95% CI: 0.310 ~ 0.574, P < 0.001) and sepsis alone group (OR = 0.491, 95% CI: 0.356 ~ 0.676, P <0.001). CONCLUSIONS These results indicated that genetic variants in the ApoA1 gene might be associated with susceptibility to sepsis-associated ALI in Han Chinese population.
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