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Aaij R, Abellan Beteta C, Adametz A, Adeva B, Adinolfi M, Adrover C, Affolder A, Ajaltouni Z, Albrecht J, Alessio F, Alexander M, Ali S, Alkhazov G, Alvarez Cartelle P, Alves AA, Amato S, Amhis Y, Anderlini L, Anderson J, Andreassen R, Appleby RB, Aquines Gutierrez O, Archilli F, Artamonov A, Artuso M, Aslanides E, Auriemma G, Bachmann S, Back JJ, Baesso C, Baldini W, Barlow RJ, Barschel C, Barsuk S, Barter W, Bates A, Bauer T, Bay A, Beddow J, Bediaga I, Belogurov S, Belous K, Belyaev I, Ben-Haim E, Benayoun M, Bencivenni G, Benson S, Benton J, Berezhnoy A, Bernet R, Bettler MO, van Beuzekom M, Bien A, Bifani S, Bird T, Bizzeti A, Bjørnstad PM, Blake T, Blanc F, Blanks C, Blouw J, Blusk S, Bobrov A, Bocci V, Bondar A, Bondar N, Bonivento W, Borghi S, Borgia A, Bowcock TJV, Bowen E, Bozzi C, Brambach T, van den Brand J, Bressieux J, Brett D, Britsch M, Britton T, Brook NH, Brown H, Büchler-Germann A, Burducea I, Bursche A, Buytaert J, Cadeddu S, Callot O, Calvi M, Calvo Gomez M, Camboni A, Campana P, Carbone A, Carboni G, Cardinale R, Cardini A, Carranza-Mejia H, Carson L, Carvalho Akiba K, Casse G, Cattaneo M, Cauet C, Charles M, Charpentier P, Chen P, Chiapolini N, Chrzaszcz M, Ciba K, Cid Vidal X, Ciezarek G, Clarke PEL, Clemencic M, Cliff HV, Closier J, Coca C, Coco V, Cogan J, Cogneras E, Collins P, Comerma-Montells A, Contu A, Cook A, Coombes M, Corti G, Couturier B, Cowan GA, Craik D, Cunliffe S, Currie R, D'Ambrosio C, David P, David PNY, De Bonis I, De Bruyn K, De Capua S, De Cian M, De Miranda JM, De Paula L, De Simone P, Decamp D, Deckenhoff M, Degaudenzi H, Del Buono L, Deplano C, Derkach D, Deschamps O, Dettori F, Di Canto A, Dickens J, Dijkstra H, Diniz Batista P, Dogaru M, Domingo Bonal F, Donleavy S, Dordei F, Dosil Suárez A, Dossett D, Dovbnya A, Dupertuis F, Dzhelyadin R, Dziurda A, Dzyuba A, Easo S, Egede U, Egorychev V, Eidelman S, van Eijk D, Eisenhardt S, Ekelhof R, Eklund L, El Rifai I, Elsasser C, Elsby D, Falabella A, Färber C, Fardell G, Farinelli C, Farry S, Fave V, Fernandez Albor V, Ferreira Rodrigues F, Ferro-Luzzi M, Filippov S, Fitzpatrick C, Fontana M, Fontanelli F, Forty R, Francisco O, Frank M, Frei C, Frosini M, Furcas S, Gallas Torreira A, Galli D, Gandelman M, Gandini P, Gao Y, Garofoli J, Garosi P, Garra Tico J, Garrido L, Gaspar C, Gauld R, Gersabeck E, Gersabeck M, Gershon T, Ghez P, Gibson V, Gligorov VV, Göbel C, Golubkov D, Golutvin A, Gomes A, Gordon H, Grabalosa Gándara M, Graciani Diaz R, Granado Cardoso LA, Graugés E, Graziani G, Grecu A, Greening E, Gregson S, Grünberg O, Gui B, Gushchin E, Guz Y, Gys T, Hadjivasiliou C, Haefeli G, Haen C, Haines SC, Hall S, Hampson T, Hansmann-Menzemer S, Harnew N, Harnew ST, Harrison J, Harrison PF, Hartmann T, He J, Heijne V, Hennessy K, Henrard P, Hernando Morata JA, van Herwijnen E, Hicks E, Hill D, Hoballah M, Hombach C, Hopchev P, Hulsbergen W, Hunt P, Huse T, Hussain N, Hutchcroft D, Hynds D, Iakovenko V, Ilten P, Imong J, Jacobsson R, Jaeger A, Jans E, Jansen F, Jaton P, Jing F, John M, Johnson D, Jones CR, Jost B, Kaballo M, Kandybei S, Karacson M, Karbach TM, Kenyon IR, Kerzel U, Ketel T, Keune A, Khanji B, Kochebina O, Komarov V, Koopman RF, Koppenburg P, Korolev M, Kozlinskiy A, Kravchuk L, Kreplin K, Kreps M, Krocker G, Krokovny P, Kruse F, Kucharczyk M, Kudryavtsev V, Kvaratskheliya T, La Thi VN, Lacarrere D, Lafferty G, Lai A, Lambert D, Lambert RW, Lanciotti E, Lanfranchi G, Langenbruch C, Latham T, Lazzeroni C, Le Gac R, van Leerdam J, Lees JP, Lefèvre R, Leflat A, Lefrançois J, Leroy O, Lesiak T, Li Y, Li Gioi L, Liles M, Lindner R, Linn C, Liu B, Liu G, von Loeben J, Lopes JH, Lopez Asamar E, Lopez-March N, Lu H, Luisier J, Luo H, Mac Raighne A, Machefert F, Machikhiliyan IV, Maciuc F, Maev O, Maino M, Malde S, Manca G, Mancinelli G, Mangiafave N, Marconi U, Märki R, Marks J, Martellotti G, Martens A, Martin L, Martí Sánchez A, Martinelli M, Martinez Santos D, Martins Tostes D, Massafferri A, Matev R, Mathe Z, Matteuzzi C, Matveev M, Maurice E, Mazurov A, McCarthy J, McNulty R, Meadows B, Meissner M, Merk M, Milanes DA, Minard MN, Molina Rodriguez J, Monteil S, Moran D, Morawski P, Mountain R, Mous I, Muheim F, Müller K, Muresan R, Muryn B, Muster B, Naik P, Nakada T, Nandakumar R, Nasteva I, Needham M, Neufeld N, Nguyen AD, Nguyen TD, Nguyen-Mau C, Nicol M, Niess V, Nikitin N, Nikodem T, Nisar S, Nomerotski A, Novoselov A, Oblakowska-Mucha A, Obraztsov V, Oggero S, Ogilvy S, Okhrimenko O, Oldeman R, Orlandea M, Otalora Goicochea JM, Owen P, Pal BK, Palano A, Palutan M, Panman J, Papanestis A, Pappagallo M, Parkes C, Parkinson CJ, Passaleva G, Patel GD, Patel M, Patrick GN, Patrignani C, Pavel-Nicorescu C, Pazos Alvarez A, Pellegrino A, Penso G, Pepe Altarelli M, Perazzini S, Perego DL, Perez Trigo E, Pérez-Calero Yzquierdo A, Perret P, Perrin-Terrin M, Pessina G, Petridis K, Petrolini A, Phan A, Picatoste Olloqui E, Pietrzyk B, Pilař T, Pinci D, Playfer S, Plo Casasus M, Polci F, Polok G, Poluektov A, Polycarpo E, Popov D, Popovici B, Potterat C, Powell A, Prisciandaro J, Pugatch V, Puig Navarro A, Qian W, Rademacker JH, Rakotomiaramanana B, Rangel MS, Raniuk I, Rauschmayr N, Raven G, Redford S, Reid MM, Dos Reis AC, Ricciardi S, Richards A, Rinnert K, Rives Molina V, Roa Romero DA, Robbe P, Rodrigues E, Rodriguez Perez P, Rogers GJ, Roiser S, Romanovsky V, Romero Vidal A, Rouvinet J, Ruf T, Ruiz H, Sabatino G, Saborido Silva JJ, Sagidova N, Sail P, Saitta B, Salzmann C, Sanmartin Sedes B, Sannino M, Santacesaria R, Santamarina Rios C, Santovetti E, Sapunov M, Sarti A, Satriano C, Satta A, Savrie M, Schaack P, Schiller M, Schindler H, Schleich S, Schlupp M, Schmelling M, Schmidt B, Schneider O, Schopper A, Schune MH, Schwemmer R, Sciascia B, Sciubba A, Seco M, Semennikov A, Senderowska K, Sepp I, Serra N, Serrano J, Seyfert P, Shapkin M, Shapoval I, Shatalov P, Shcheglov Y, Shears T, Shekhtman L, Shevchenko O, Shevchenko V, Shires A, Silva Coutinho R, Skwarnicki T, Smith NA, Smith E, Smith M, Sobczak K, Sokoloff MD, Soler FJP, Soomro F, Souza D, Souza De Paula B, Spaan B, Sparkes A, Spradlin P, Stagni F, Stahl S, Steinkamp O, Stoica S, Stone S, Storaci B, Straticiuc M, Straumann U, Subbiah VK, Swientek S, Szczekowski M, Szczypka P, Szumlak T, T'jampens S, Teklishyn M, Teodorescu E, Teubert F, Thomas C, Thomas E, van Tilburg J, Tisserand V, Tobin M, Tolk S, Tonelli D, Topp-Joergensen S, Torr N, Tournefier E, Tourneur S, Tran MT, Tresch M, Tsaregorodtsev A, Tsopelas P, Tuning N, Ubeda Garcia M, Ukleja A, Urner D, Uwer U, Vagnoni V, Valenti G, Vazquez Gomez R, Vazquez Regueiro P, Vecchi S, Velthuis JJ, Veltri M, Veneziano G, Vesterinen M, Viaud B, Vieira D, Vilasis-Cardona X, Vollhardt A, Volyanskyy D, Voong D, Vorobyev A, Vorobyev V, Voß C, Voss H, Waldi R, Wallace R, Wandernoth S, Wang J, Ward DR, Watson NK, Webber AD, Websdale D, Whitehead M, Wicht J, Wiedner D, Wiggers L, Wilkinson G, Williams MP, Williams M, Wilson FF, Wishahi J, Witek M, Witzeling W, Wotton SA, Wright S, Wu S, Wyllie K, Xie Y, Xing F, Xing Z, Yang Z, Young R, Yuan X, Yushchenko O, Zangoli M, Zavertyaev M, Zhang F, Zhang L, Zhang WC, Zhang Y, Zhelezov A, Zhong L, Zvyagin A. Observation of D0-D0 oscillations. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 110:101802. [PMID: 23521252 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.101802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report a measurement of the time-dependent ratio of D(0) → K(+) π- to D(0) → K(-) π(+) decay rates in D(*+)-tagged events using 1.0 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity recorded by the LHCb experiment. We measure the mixing parameters x('2) = (-0.9 ± 1.3) × 10(-4), y' = (7.2 ± 2.4) × 10(-3), and the ratio of doubly-Cabibbo-suppressed to Cabibbo-favored decay rates R(D) = (3.52 ± 0.15) × 10^{-3}, where the uncertainties include statistical and systematic sources. The result excludes the no-mixing hypothesis with a probability corresponding to 9.1 standard deviations and represents the first observation of D0-D0 oscillations from a single measurement.
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Wang J, Xia Y, Li L, Gong D, Yao Y, Luo H, Lu H, Yi N, Wu H, Zhang X, Tao Q, Gao F. Double restriction-enzyme digestion improves the coverage and accuracy of genome-wide CpG methylation profiling by reduced representation bisulfite sequencing. BMC Genomics 2013; 14:11. [PMID: 23324053 PMCID: PMC3570491 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Accepted: 01/11/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Reduced representation bisulfite sequencing (RRBS) was developed to measure DNA methylation of high-CG regions at single base-pair resolution, and has been widely used because of its minimal DNA requirements and cost efficacy; however, the CpG coverage of genomic regions is restricted and important regions with low-CG will be ignored in DNA methylation profiling. This method could be improved to generate a more comprehensive representation. RESULTS Based on in silico simulation of enzyme digestion of human and mouse genomes, we have optimized the current single-enzyme RRBS by applying double enzyme digestion in the library construction to interrogate more representative regions. CpG coverage of genomic regions was considerably increased in both high-CG and low-CG regions using the double-enzyme RRBS method, leading to more accurate detection of their average methylation levels and identification of differential methylation regions between samples. We also applied this double-enzyme RRBS method to comprehensively analyze the CpG methylation profiles of two colorectal cancer cell lines. CONCLUSION The double-enzyme RRBS increases the CpG coverage of genomic regions considerably over the previous single-enzyme RRBS method, leading to more accurate detection of their average methylation levels. It will facilitate genome-wide DNA methylation studies in multiple and complex clinical samples.
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Aaij R, Abellan Beteta C, Adametz A, Adeva B, Adinolfi M, Adrover C, Affolder A, Ajaltouni Z, Albrecht J, Alessio F, Alexander M, Ali S, Alkhazov G, Alvarez Cartelle P, Alves AA, Amato S, Amhis Y, Anderlini L, Anderson J, Andreassen R, Appleby RB, Aquines Gutierrez O, Archilli F, Artamonov A, Artuso M, Aslanides E, Auriemma G, Bachmann S, Back JJ, Baesso C, Baldini W, Barlow RJ, Barschel C, Barsuk S, Barter W, Bates A, Bauer T, Bay A, Beddow J, Bediaga I, Belogurov S, Belous K, Belyaev I, Ben-Haim E, Benayoun M, Bencivenni G, Benson S, Benton J, Berezhnoy A, Bernet R, Bettler MO, van Beuzekom M, Bien A, Bifani S, Bird T, Bizzeti A, Bjørnstad PM, Blake T, Blanc F, Blanks C, Blouw J, Blusk S, Bobrov A, Bocci V, Bondar A, Bondar N, Bonivento W, Borghi S, Borgia A, Bowcock TJV, Bowen E, Bozzi C, Brambach T, van den Brand J, Bressieux J, Brett D, Britsch M, Britton T, Brook NH, Brown H, Büchler-Germann A, Burducea I, Bursche A, Buytaert J, Cadeddu S, Callot O, Calvi M, Calvo Gomez M, Camboni A, Campana P, Carbone A, Carboni G, Cardinale R, Cardini A, Carranza-Mejia H, Carson L, Carvalho Akiba K, Casse G, Cattaneo M, Cauet C, Charles M, Charpentier P, Chen P, Chiapolini N, Chrzaszcz M, Ciba K, Cid Vidal X, Ciezarek G, Clarke PEL, Clemencic M, Cliff HV, Closier J, Coca C, Coco V, Cogan J, Cogneras E, Collins P, Comerma-Montells A, Contu A, Cook A, Coombes M, Corti G, Couturier B, Cowan GA, Craik D, Cunliffe S, Currie R, D'Ambrosio C, David P, David PNY, De Bonis I, De Bruyn K, De Capua S, De Cian M, De Miranda JM, De Paula L, De Simone P, Decamp D, Deckenhoff M, Degaudenzi H, Del Buono L, Deplano C, Derkach D, Deschamps O, Dettori F, Di Canto A, Dickens J, Dijkstra H, Diniz Batista P, Dogaru M, Domingo Bonal F, Donleavy S, Dordei F, Dornan P, Dosil Suárez A, Dossett D, Dovbnya A, Dupertuis F, Dzhelyadin R, Dziurda A, Dzyuba A, Easo S, Egede U, Egorychev V, Eidelman S, van Eijk D, Eisenhardt S, Ekelhof R, Eklund L, El Rifai I, Elsasser C, Elsby D, Falabella A, Färber C, Fardell G, Farinelli C, Farry S, Fave V, Fernandez Albor V, Ferreira Rodrigues F, Ferro-Luzzi M, Filippov S, Fitzpatrick C, Fontana M, Fontanelli F, Forty R, Francisco O, Frank M, Frei C, Frosini M, Furcas S, Gallas Torreira A, Galli D, Gandelman M, Gandini P, Gao Y, Garofoli J, Garosi P, Garra Tico J, Garrido L, Gaspar C, Gauld R, Gersabeck E, Gersabeck M, Gershon T, Ghez P, Gibson V, Gligorov VV, Göbel C, Golubkov D, Golutvin A, Gomes A, Gordon H, Grabalosa Gándara M, Graciani Diaz R, Granado Cardoso LA, Graugés E, Graziani G, Grecu A, Greening E, Gregson S, Grünberg O, Gui B, Gushchin E, Guz Y, Gys T, Hadjivasiliou C, Haefeli G, Haen C, Haines SC, Hall S, Hampson T, Hansmann-Menzemer S, Harnew N, Harnew ST, Harrison J, Harrison PF, Hartmann T, He J, Heijne V, Hennessy K, Henrard P, Hernando Morata JA, van Herwijnen E, Hicks E, Hill D, Hoballah M, Hombach C, Hopchev P, Hulsbergen W, Hunt P, Huse T, Hussain N, Hutchcroft D, Hynds D, Iakovenko V, Ilten P, Imong J, Jacobsson R, Jaeger A, Jans E, Jansen F, Jaton P, Jing F, John M, Johnson D, Jones CR, Jost B, Kaballo M, Kandybei S, Karacson M, Karbach TM, Kenyon IR, Kerzel U, Ketel T, Keune A, Khanji B, Kochebina O, Komarov V, Koopman RF, Koppenburg P, Korolev M, Kozlinskiy A, Kravchuk L, Kreplin K, Kreps M, Krocker G, Krokovny P, Kruse F, Kucharczyk M, Kudryavtsev V, Kvaratskheliya T, La Thi VN, Lacarrere D, Lafferty G, Lai A, Lambert D, Lambert RW, Lanciotti E, Lanfranchi G, Langenbruch C, Latham T, Lazzeroni C, Le Gac R, van Leerdam J, Lees JP, Lefèvre R, Leflat A, Lefrançois J, Leroy O, Lesiak T, Li Y, Li Gioi L, Liles M, Lindner R, Linn C, Liu B, Liu G, von Loeben J, Lopes JH, Lopez Asamar E, Lopez-March N, Lu H, Luisier J, Luo H, Mac Raighne A, Machefert F, Machikhiliyan IV, Maciuc F, Maev O, Maino M, Malde S, Manca G, Mancinelli G, Mangiafave N, Marconi U, Märki R, Marks J, Martellotti G, Martens A, Martin L, Martín Sánchez A, Martinelli M, Martinez Santos D, Martins Tostes D, Massafferri A, Matev R, Mathe Z, Matteuzzi C, Matveev M, Maurice E, Mazurov A, McCarthy J, McNulty R, Meadows B, Meissner M, Merk M, Milanes DA, Minard MN, Molina Rodriguez J, Monteil S, Moran D, Morawski P, Mountain R, Mous I, Muheim F, Müller K, Muresan R, Muryn B, Muster B, Naik P, Nakada T, Nandakumar R, Nasteva I, Needham M, Neufeld N, Nguyen AD, Nguyen TD, Nguyen-Mau C, Nicol M, Niess V, Nikitin N, Nikodem T, Nisar S, Nomerotski A, Novoselov A, Oblakowska-Mucha A, Obraztsov V, Oggero S, Ogilvy S, Okhrimenko O, Oldeman R, Orlandea M, Otalora Goicochea JM, Owen P, Pal BK, Palano A, Palutan M, Panman J, Papanestis A, Pappagallo M, Parkes C, Parkinson CJ, Passaleva G, Patel GD, Patel M, Patrick GN, Patrignani C, Pavel-Nicorescu C, Pazos Alvarez A, Pellegrino A, Penso G, Pepe Altarelli M, Perazzini S, Perego DL, Perez Trigo E, Pérez-Calero Yzquierdo A, Perret P, Perrin-Terrin M, Pessina G, Petridis K, Petrolini A, Phan A, Picatoste Olloqui E, Pietrzyk B, Pilař T, Pinci D, Playfer S, Plo Casasus M, Polci F, Polok G, Poluektov A, Polycarpo E, Popov D, Popovici B, Potterat C, Powell A, Prisciandaro J, Pugatch V, Puig Navarro A, Qian W, Rademacker JH, Rakotomiaramanana B, Rangel MS, Raniuk I, Rauschmayr N, Raven G, Redford S, Reid MM, dos Reis AC, Ricciardi S, Richards A, Rinnert K, Rives Molina V, Roa Romero DA, Robbe P, Rodrigues E, Rodriguez Perez P, Rogers GJ, Roiser S, Romanovsky V, Romero Vidal A, Rouvinet J, Ruf T, Ruiz H, Sabatino G, Saborido Silva JJ, Sagidova N, Sail P, Saitta B, Salzmann C, Sanmartin Sedes B, Sannino M, Santacesaria R, Santamarina Rios C, Santovetti E, Sapunov M, Sarti A, Satriano C, Satta A, Savrie M, Schaack P, Schiller M, Schindler H, Schleich S, Schlupp M, Schmelling M, Schmidt B, Schneider O, Schopper A, Schune MH, Schwemmer R, Sciascia B, Sciubba A, Seco M, Semennikov A, Senderowska K, Sepp I, Serra N, Serrano J, Seyfert P, Shapkin M, Shapoval I, Shatalov P, Shcheglov Y, Shears T, Shekhtman L, Shevchenko O, Shevchenko V, Shires A, Silva Coutinho R, Skwarnicki T, Smith NA, Smith E, Smith M, Sobczak K, Sokoloff MD, Soler FJP, Soomro F, Souza D, Souza De Paula B, Spaan B, Sparkes A, Spradlin P, Stagni F, Stahl S, Steinkamp O, Stoica S, Stone S, Storaci B, Straticiuc M, Straumann U, Subbiah VK, Swientek S, Szczekowski M, Szczypka P, Szumlak T, T'Jampens S, Teklishyn M, Teodorescu E, Teubert F, Thomas C, Thomas E, van Tilburg J, Tisserand V, Tobin M, Tolk S, Tonelli D, Topp-Joergensen S, Torr N, Tournefier E, Tourneur S, Tran MT, Tresch M, Tsaregorodtsev A, Tsopelas P, Tuning N, Ubeda Garcia M, Ukleja A, Urner D, Uwer U, Vagnoni V, Valenti G, Vazquez Gomez R, Vazquez Regueiro P, Vecchi S, Velthuis JJ, Veltri M, Veneziano G, Vesterinen M, Viaud B, Vieira D, Vilasis-Cardona X, Vollhardt A, Volyanskyy D, Voong D, Vorobyev A, Vorobyev V, Voß C, Voss H, Waldi R, Wallace R, Wandernoth S, Wang J, Ward DR, Watson NK, Webber AD, Websdale D, Whitehead M, Wicht J, Wiedner D, Wiggers L, Wilkinson G, Williams MP, Williams M, Wilson FF, Wishahi J, Witek M, Witzeling W, Wotton SA, Wright S, Wu S, Wyllie K, Xie Y, Xing F, Xing Z, Yang Z, Young R, Yuan X, Yushchenko O, Zangoli M, Zavertyaev M, Zhang F, Zhang L, Zhang WC, Zhang Y, Zhelezov A, Zhong L, Zvyagin A. First evidence for the decay B(s)(0)→μ+ μ-. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 110:021801. [PMID: 23383888 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.021801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A search for the rare decays B(s)(0)→μ+ μ- and B(0)→μ+ μ- is performed with data collected in 2011 and 2012 with the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. The data samples comprise 1.1 fb(-1) of proton-proton collisions at sqrt[s]=8 TeV and 1.0 fb(-1) at sqrt[s]=7 TeV. We observe an excess of B(s)(0)→μ+ μ- candidates with respect to the background expectation. The probability that the background could produce such an excess or larger is 5.3×10(-4) corresponding to a signal significance of 3.5 standard deviations. A maximum-likelihood fit gives a branching fraction of B(B(s)(0)→μ+ μ-)=(3.2(-1.2)(+1.5))×10(-9), where the statistical uncertainty is 95% of the total uncertainty. This result is in agreement with the standard model expectation. The observed number of B(0)→μ+ μ- candidates is consistent with the background expectation, giving an upper limit of B(B(0)→μ+ μ-)<9.4×10(-10) at 95% confidence level.
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Dong CF, Luo H, Xiao K, Ding Y, Li PH, Li XG. Electrochemical Behavior of 304 Stainless Steel in Marine Atmosphere and Its Simulated Solution. ANAL LETT 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2012.706847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Kun P, Liu Y, Pei X, Luo H. Regional and urban-rural disparities in prevalence of over-weight among old people in China: evidence from four Chinese provinces. J Nutr Health Aging 2013; 17:859-64. [PMID: 24257569 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-013-0343-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study is a systematic analysis of regional and local (urban-rural) rates of over-weight among elderly people in China. The primary goal is to update the different trends in over-nutrition by gender and location among elderly Chinese. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Data used for this study were obtained from the comprehensive longitudinal data collected in the most recent waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey in 2000 and 2006. Comparative data on four provinces, two located in the poorer west (Guangxi, Guizhou) and the other two located in the richer east (Jiangsu, Shandong) were selected from the nine provinces of China participating in the survey. The study population included elderly adults aged 60 years or older interviewed during either of the two survey waves. A total of 1996 individuals (998 in 2000 and 998 in 2006) aged 60 years or older made up the sample for the analysis. We compared changes in body mass index (BMI) with changes in the prevalence of over-nutrition across the 6 years. RESULTS The mean BMI values observed ranged from 20.8 kg/m² to 23.2 kg/m². The prevalence of over-weight ranged from 10.5% to 39.0% in both surveys. There were increases in the prevalence of overweight that were greater than the reduction in the prevalence of underweight among Chinese elderly people. Elderly people in the eastern regions and in urban areas were significantly more likely to be overweight compared with those in western regions and rural areas. CONCLUSION This study found that the rates of overweight in elderly Chinese increased overall between 2000 and 2006. China must act quickly to curb continued increases in overweight and the associated economic costs, with particular focus on target groups.
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Bao Y, Fang J, Peng L, Yi Y, Liu K, Li W, Luo H. Comparison of Preincisional and Postincisional Parecoxib Administration on Postoperative Pain Control and Cytokine Response After Total Hip Replacement. J Int Med Res 2012. [PMID: 23206461 DOI: 10.1177/030006051204000518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Objective: To investigate whether preincisional parecoxib administration can reduce postoperative pain and modulate the inflammatory cytokine response to a greater extent than preincisional parecoxib administration in total hip replacement patients. Methods: Patients were randomized to receive 40 mg parecoxib intravenously either before or after skin incision (preincisional and postincisional groups, respectively). Morphine was administered for postoperative analgesia. Visual analogue pain scale (VAS) scores and morphine consumption were recorded at 1, 6, 18 and 24 h postoperation. Plasma levels of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8 and tumour necrosis factor-a were measured 30 min before skin incision and 6 h postoperation. Results: Compared with the post - incisional group, VAS pain scores at 1 and 6 h postoperation were significantly lower in the preincisional group. Morphine consumption was significantly lower in the preincisional group at 6, 18 and 24 h postoperation. In both groups, IL-6 and IL- 8 levels increased significantly at 6 h postoperation compared with pre - operation, and the preincisional group had significantly lower levels of IL-6 and IL-8 at 6 h postoperation compared with the postincisional group. Conclusions: Preincisional parecoxib administration reduced postoperative pain and morphine consumption compared with post - incisional administration, and attenuated IL-6 and IL-8 production 24 h after hip replacement surgery.
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Luo H, Li XG, Dong CF, Xiao K. The influence of Cu on the electrochemical behaviour of 304 stainless steel in 0.1M H3
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Pang X, Luo H, Sun C. Assessing the potential of candidate DNA barcodes for identifying non-flowering seed plants. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2012; 14:839-844. [PMID: 22309105 DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00554.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In plants, matK and rbcL have been selected as core barcodes by the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) Plant Working Group (PWG), and ITS/ITS2 and psbA-trnH were suggested as supplementary loci. Yet, research on DNA barcoding of non-flowering seed plants has been less extensive, and the evaluation of DNA barcodes in this division has been limited thus far. Here, we evaluated seven markers (psbA-trnH, matK, rbcL, rpoB, rpoC1, ITS and ITS2) from non-flowering seed plants. The usefulness of each region was assessed using four criteria: the success rate of PCR amplification, the differential intra- and inter-specific divergences, the DNA barcoding gap and the ability to discriminate species. Among the seven loci tested, ITS2 produced the best results in the barcoding of non-flowering seed plants. In addition, we compared the abilities of the five most-recommended markers (psbA-trnH, matK, rbcL, ITS and ITS2) to identify additional species using a large database of gymnosperms from GenBank. ITS2 remained effective for species identification in a wide range of non-flowering seed plants: for the 1531 samples from 608 species of 80 diverse genera, ITS2 correctly authenticated 66% of them at the species level. In conclusion, the ITS2 region can serve as a useful barcode to discriminate non-flowering seed plants, and this study will contribute valuable information for the barcoding of plant species.
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Yan L, Luo H, Gao X, Liu K, Zhang Y. Vascular endothelial growth factor-induced expression of its receptors and activation of the MAPK signaling pathway during ovine oocyte maturation in vitro. Theriogenology 2012; 78:1350-60. [PMID: 22898011 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2011] [Revised: 06/01/2012] [Accepted: 06/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has beneficial effects on ovine oocytes during in vitro maturation and their subsequent early embryonic development, but the biochemical pathway underlying this effect has not been elucidated. Therefore, the focus of the present study was to investigate the activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway in response to the addition of VEGF to the maturation medium, and to study the subcellular localization of VEGF and its receptors during ovine oocyte maturation. We concluded that: (1) VEGF mainly localized in the cytoplasm, whereas its receptors, fms-tyrosine kinase-1 and kinase domain region (KDR), were localized on the plasma membrane of oocytes; (2) the addition of 5 ng/mL VEGF increased the percentage of oocytes with extruded first polar bodies (50.9 ± 2.2% vs. 34.6 ± 2.9%; treatment vs. control, respectively; P < 0.01) and the rate of oocytes competent to undergo nuclear maturation (70.6 ± 0.9% vs. 62.9 ± 1.9%, P < 0.01); and (3) as the expression of VEGF, fms-tyrosine kinase-1, and KDR increased after supplementation with 5 ng/mL, expression of VEGF, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK), and MAPK mRNA, as well as MAPK phosphorylation, were stimulated in a time-dependent manner. We inferred that, in a paracrine manner, exogenous VEGF bound to KDR, its main receptor, and then activated the MAPK signaling pathway, which promoted maturation of ovine oocytes. However, the VEGF system also had an autocrine regulatory loop that contributed to creating an environment optimal for oocyte maturation.
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Yang P, Feng KX, Luo H, Wang D, Hu ZH. Acute biliary pancreatitis treated by early endoscopic intervention. Panminerva Med 2012; 54:65-69. [PMID: 22525561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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AIM Acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP) is a worldwide disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical efficacy of early endoscopic treatment of ABP. METHODS From 2004 to 2010, 120 inpatients (42 male, 78 female) with ABP were randomly divided into two groups, each of which contains 60 patients. Before the intervention, patients in the two groups did not show significant differences in the age, gender, APACHE-II score, CT grading and other clinical characteristics. The early intervention group was managed with endoscopic treatment within 72 h after the initial symptom, whereas no endoscopic treatment for the control group. The mortality, complication rate, hospital stay, and the costs were compared. RESULTS Compared with the control group, the complication rate (10% vs. 26.7%, experiment group vs. control group, the same hereinafter) and the time of pain relief (2.36±1.91 d vs. 6.52±2.39 d), time of bellyache disappeared (5.95±1.81 d vs. 7.66±3.01 d), time of temperature recovery (3.74±2.06 d vs. 5.33±2.15 d), and hospital stay (18.3±4.1 d vs. 27.1±14.6 d) of the experiment group were all shortened (P<0.05). However, the mortality (1.7% vs. 10%, P>0.1), time of serum amylase recovery (3.98±2.02 d vs. 5.11±2.22 d, P>0.1), and hospital costs (P>0.1) did not show significant difference. Early endoscopic treatment can reduce the complication of ABP and shorten the hospital stay. It could be adopted as the preferred treatment for ABP in hospitals.
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Luo H, Pan Y, Min L, Zhao L, Li J, Leung J, Xue L, Yin Z, Liu X, Liu Z, Sun A, Li C, Wu K, Guo X, Fan D. Transgastric endoscopic gastroenterostomy using a partially covered occluder: a canine feasibility study. Endoscopy 2012; 44:493-8. [PMID: 22531984 DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1291689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS The use of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) for gastroenterostomy has been previously reported, but it remains technically challenging and additional assistance is often needed. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a novel method for the creation of a gastroenterostomy using NOTES with an occluder. METHODS Transgastric endoscopic gastroenterostomy was performed in 12 healthy female dogs using a therapeutic upper gastrointestinal endoscope and a partially covered occluder. The occluder was removed with a snare 1 week later. The patency of the gastroenterostomy was confirmed by endoscopy, contrast radiological study, necropsy, and histological examination after 2 weeks. RESULTS NOTES gastroenterostomy with an occluder was successful in all 12 dogs. The mean operative time was 32.3 ± 10.3 min (range 20.3 - 53.5). One dog (the first; 8.3 %) died 4 days after the operation of severe intra-abdominal infection due to incorrect deployment of the occluder and poor bowel preparation. Minor bleeding occurred at the anastomosis after removal of the occluder in two of the remaining dogs (18.2 %). Necropsy revealed postoperative adhesions that had developed at the anastomotic site in one dog (9.1 %). No anastomotic leakage or intestinal obstruction was observed. Complete healing of the anastomosis was confirmed on histological evaluation. CONCLUSION Gastroenterostomy performed entirely by NOTES using an occluder was technically feasible in this survival animal model.
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Liang W, Feng L, Xu C, Xiang N, Zhang Y, Shu Y, Wang H, Luo H, Yu H, Liang X, Li D, Lee CK, Feng Z, Hou Y, Wang Y, Chen Z, Yang W. Response to the first wave of pandemic (H1N1) 2009: experiences and lessons learnt from China. Public Health 2012; 126:427-36. [PMID: 22516790 PMCID: PMC7111655 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2010] [Revised: 09/26/2011] [Accepted: 02/08/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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More than 2 years after the start of pandemic H1N1, the world is fortunate that the impact, to date, has been moderate. An evaluation of the global response to the first wave of the pandemic is still ongoing. The results of an analysis of the situation in China is presented in order to gain a better understanding of the episode; to summarize the experiences in preparedness, control and mitigation of the pandemic; and to identify issues for further consideration and investigation in order to improve the response to possible next waves of the pandemic. China's response shows how a huge challenge can be transformed into an opportunity, and may offer some valuable lessons to face another wave of the pandemic or other potential public health emergencies in the future, not only for China but also for the international community.
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Gorfman S, Glazer AM, Noguchi Y, Miyayama M, Luo H, Thomas PA. Observation of a low-symmetry phase in Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3crystals by optical birefringence microscopy. J Appl Crystallogr 2012. [DOI: 10.1107/s0021889812008217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Single crystals of sodium bismuth titanate (Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3, NBT) (pure and Mn-doped) have been investigated by means of optical birefringence microscopy. For both crystals, it was found that, above ∼573 K, the optical axis is perfectly aligned with one of the pseudocubic 〈001〉PCdirections, while the domain walls appearing in the images are parallel to the pseudocubic 〈011〉PCdirections. These observations are consistent with a tetragonal symmetry. Below ∼573 K, the observed optical orientation of both crystals shows a broad angular distribution, with no clearly visible crystallographically oriented domain walls. These results are consistent with monoclinic symmetry. Most importantly, the direct observation of the temperature-driven rotation of the optical axis within the monoclinic plane is reported for the first time in a perovskite oxide material, in the present case for Mn-doped NBT. This has consequences for the understanding of phase transitions in technologically relevant compounds, such as PbZr1−xTixO3, which are considered to have monoclinic structure in some parts of the phase diagram.
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Gao F, Luo H, Zhang CT. DeOri: a database of eukaryotic DNA replication origins. Bioinformatics 2012; 28:1551-2. [DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bts151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Luo H, Dong C, Li X, Xiao K. The electrochemical behaviour of 2205 duplex stainless steel in alkaline solutions with different pH in the presence of chloride. Electrochim Acta 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Chen J, Wang N, Wang Z, Wang D, Luo H, Mo S. 10 ELLAGIC ACID ANTI-ANGIOGENESIS EFFECTS VIA VEGFR-2 SIGNALING PATHWAY IN BREAST CANCER. Maturitas 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5122(12)70121-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Huang C, Yang YF, Zhang H, Xie L, Chen JL, Wang J, Tan ZP, Luo H. Microdeletion on 17p11.2 in a Smith-Magenis syndrome patient with mental retardation and congenital heart defect: first report from China. GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH 2012; 11:2321-7. [DOI: 10.4238/2012.august.13.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Xu Z, Li H, Fu M, Luo H, Sun H, Zhang L, Li K, Wei B, Lu J, Zhao X. Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes synthesized by pyrolysis of nitrogen-rich metal phthalocyanine derivatives for oxygen reduction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2jm33568a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Wang J, Jiang H, Ji G, Gao F, Wu M, Sun J, Luo H, Wu J, Wu R, Zhang X. High resolution profiling of human exon methylation by liquid hybridization capture-based bisulfite sequencing. BMC Genomics 2011; 12:597. [PMID: 22151801 PMCID: PMC3295804 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2011] [Accepted: 12/08/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background DNA methylation plays important roles in gene regulation during both normal developmental and disease states. In the past decade, a number of methods have been developed and applied to characterize the genome-wide distribution of DNA methylation. Most of these methods endeavored to screen whole genome and turned to be enormously costly and time consuming for studies of the complex mammalian genome. Thus, they are not practical for researchers to study multiple clinical samples in biomarker research. Results Here, we display a novel strategy that relies on the selective capture of target regions by liquid hybridization followed by bisulfite conversion and deep sequencing, which is referred to as liquid hybridization capture-based bisulfite sequencing (LHC-BS). To estimate this method, we utilized about 2 μg of native genomic DNA from YanHuang (YH) whole blood samples and a mature dendritic cell (mDC) line, respectively, to evaluate their methylation statuses of target regions of exome. The results indicated that the LHC-BS system was able to cover more than 97% of the exome regions and detect their methylation statuses with acceptable allele dropouts. Most of the regions that couldn't provide accurate methylation information were distributed in chromosomes 6 and Y because of multiple mapping to those regions. The accuracy of this strategy was evaluated by pair-wise comparisons using the results from whole genome bisulfite sequencing and validated by bisulfite specific PCR sequencing. Conclusions In the present study, we employed a liquid hybridisation capture system to enrich for exon regions and then combined with bisulfite sequencing to examine the methylation statuses for the first time. This technique is highly sensitive and flexible and can be applied to identify differentially methylated regions (DMRs) at specific genomic locations of interest, such as regulatory elements or promoters.
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Meng J, Guo C, Luo H, Chen S, Ma X. A case of destructive calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease of the temporomandibular joint: a diagnostic challenge. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011; 40:1431-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2011.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2010] [Revised: 04/25/2011] [Accepted: 05/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Zhu J, Jiang Z, Gao F, Hu X, Zhou L, Chen J, Luo H, Sun J, Wu S, Han Y, Yin G, Chen M, Han Z, Li X, Huang Y, Zhang W, Zhou F, Chen T, Fa P, Wang Y, Sun L, Leng H, Sun F, Liu Y, Ye M, Yang H, Cai Z, Gui Y, Zhang X. A systematic analysis on DNA methylation and the expression of both mRNA and microRNA in bladder cancer. PLoS One 2011; 6:e28223. [PMID: 22140553 PMCID: PMC3227661 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2011] [Accepted: 11/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND DNA methylation aberration and microRNA (miRNA) deregulation have been observed in many types of cancers. A systematic study of methylome and transcriptome in bladder urothelial carcinoma has never been reported. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The DNA methylation was profiled by modified methylation-specific digital karyotyping (MMSDK) and the expression of mRNAs and miRNAs was analyzed by digital gene expression (DGE) sequencing in tumors and matched normal adjacent tissues obtained from 9 bladder urothelial carcinoma patients. We found that a set of significantly enriched pathways disrupted in bladder urothelial carcinoma primarily related to "neurogenesis" and "cell differentiation" by integrated analysis of -omics data. Furthermore, we identified an intriguing collection of cancer-related genes that were deregulated at the levels of DNA methylation and mRNA expression, and we validated several of these genes (HIC1, SLIT2, RASAL1, and KRT17) by Bisulfite Sequencing PCR and Reverse Transcription qPCR in a panel of 33 bladder cancer samples. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE We characterized the profiles between methylome and transcriptome in bladder urothelial carcinoma, identified a set of significantly enriched key pathways, and screened four aberrantly methylated and expressed genes. Conclusively, our findings shed light on a new avenue for basic bladder cancer research.
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Chen S, Luo H, Li Y, Sun Y, Wu Q, Niu Y, Song J, Lv A, Zhu Y, Sun C, Steinmetz A, Qian Z. 454 EST analysis detects genes putatively involved in ginsenoside biosynthesis in Panax ginseng. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2011; 30:1593-1601. [PMID: 21484331 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1070-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2011] [Revised: 03/29/2011] [Accepted: 04/01/2011] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer is one of the most highly valued medicinal plants in the world. To analyze the transcriptome of P. ginseng and discover the genes involved in ginsenoside biosynthesis, cDNAs derived from the total RNA of 11-year-old, wood-grown P. ginseng roots were analyzed by 454 sequencing. A total of 217,529 high quality reads (expressed sequence tags, ESTs), with an average length of 409 bases, were generated from a one-quarter run to yield 31,741 unique sequences. The majority (20,198; 63.6%) of the unique sequences were annotated using BLAST similarity searches. A total of 16,810 and 16,577 unique sequences were assigned to functional classifications and biochemical pathways based on Gene Ontology analysis and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes assignment, respectively. Nine genes involved in the biosynthesis of ginsenoside skeletons and many candidate genes putatively responsible for modification of the skeletons, including 133 cytochrome P450s and 235 glycosyltransferases, were identified. From these candidates, six transcripts encoding UDP-glycosyltransferases that were most likely to be involved in ginsenoside biosynthesis were selected. These results open a new avenue by which to explore and exploit biosynthetic and biochemical properties that may lead to drug improvement. These 454 ESTs will provide the foundation for further functional genomic research into the traditional herb P. ginseng or its closely related species.
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Wang J, Cao C, Luo H, Xiong S, Xu Y, Xiong W. Tumour necrosis factor alpha -308G/A polymorphism and risk of the four most frequent cancers: a meta-analysis. Int J Immunogenet 2011; 38:311-20. [PMID: 21624061 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2011.01014.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The latest data show that breast, prostate, lung and colorectal cancer are the four most frequent cancers in both sexes worldwide. A number of molecular epidemiological studies have been conducted to examine the association between TNF alpha -308G/A and the risk of those cancers. However the results have been inconclusive or inconsistent. We then performed a meta-analysis to derive a precise estimation of this association. We carried out a comprehensive search in Medline, EMBASE, OVID and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database for studies using related keywords. The inclusion criteria were (i) in English or Chinese; (ii) case-control study on this association; (iii) provide usable genotype frequencies; and (iv) sufficient published data for estimating an odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). ORs and 95% CIs were calculated to assess the strength of this association under homozygote comparison (AA vs GG), heterozygote comparison (GA vs GG), dominant (AA/GA vs GG) and recessive (AA vs GA/GG) genetic model comparison. Thirty case-control studies with a total number of 16,507 cases and 19,749 controls were selected for analysis. Overall, no significant association was found between this polymorphism and the risk of total four cancers (GA vs GG: OR=1.02, 95% CI=0.91-1.14, P=0.78). However, there was a significant association between this polymorphism and breast cancer risk in western populations (GA vs GG: OR=0.91, 95% CI=0.85-0.96, P=0.002). This meta-analysis also revealed that this polymorphism was not associated with susceptibility to the other three cancers.
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Xu R, Ruan D, Oiu M, Zeng Z, Zhang H, Luo H, Zhu Z, Sun B. Prognostic classifier for stage II gastric cancer based by support vector machine. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.e14565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Luo H, Samarth N, Furdyna JK, Jeon H, Ding J, Pelekanos N, Nurmikko AV. Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Znl-x Cdx
Se/ZnSe Heterostructures And Their Optical Properties. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1557/proc-228-301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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ABSTRACTSuperlattices and quantum wells of Znl-xCdxSe/ZnSe,
and heterostructures based on ZnSe/CdSe digital alloys have been grown by
molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Their optical properties were studied with
particular emphasis on excitonic absorption and photopumped stimulated
emission. Excitonic absorption is easily observable up to 400 K, and is
characterized by extremely large absorption coefficients (α =
2×105cm−1). Optically pumped lasing action is
obtained at room temperature with a typical threshold intensity of 100
kW/cm2. The lasing mechanism in these II-VI quantum wells
appears to be quite different from that in the better studied III-V
materials: in our case, the onset of stimulated emission occurs
before the saturation of the excitonic absorption, and
the stimulated emission occurs at an energy lower than that
of the excitonic absorption.
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