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Wang H, Luo X, Shi WB, Zhang BW. Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci of the Chinese muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi). GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH 2014; 13:1905-8. [PMID: 24668678 DOI: 10.4238/2014.march.17.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Eight polymorphic microsatellite markers for Muntiacus reevesi were identified and characterized in this study. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 3 to 10 across 24-48 samples. The loci showed expected and observed heterozygosities of 0.577-0.876 and 0.387-0.933, respectively, with an average polymorphic information content value of 0.682. These markers should be a useful tool for further population and conservation genetic studies of Muntiacus reevesi.
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Luo X, Dong Z, Chen Y, Yang L, Lai D. Enrichment of ovarian cancer stem-like cells is associated with epithelial to mesenchymal transition through an miRNA-activated AKT pathway. Cell Prolif 2014; 46:436-46. [PMID: 23869765 DOI: 10.1111/cpr.12038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2013] [Accepted: 04/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Evidence has indicated that ovarian epithelial cancer-type cells under serum-free culture conditions can form spheroid cells and exhibit characteristics expected of cancer stem-like cells (CSCs). However, the mechanism by which differentiated ovarian cancer cells acquire stem-cell properties during CSC enrichment has needed to be elucidated. Recent studies have demonstrated that induction of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) can generate CSCs and be associated with tumour aggressiveness and metastasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ovarian epithelial cancer cell lines, SKOV3 and HO8920, were cultured for spheroid cells and adherent cells. CSC enrichment was investigated using MTT assay, flow cytometery and qRT-PCR and expression level of PI3K/AKT pathway components was analysed by western blotting. RESULTS Compared to adherent cells, the spheroid cells expressed mesenchymal markers highly and exhibited significantly more motility; we also observed increases in phosphate AKT1 levels in the spheroid cells. Moreover, transfection of miR-20a or miR-200c led to corresponding reduction in endogenous PTEN protein, while AKT1 and phosphate AKT1 levels were upregulated in miRNAs-transfected cells. Finally, PI3K/AKT pathway inhibitor LY294002 reduced expressions of mesenchymal markers and stem-cell gene activity in spheroid cells, enhancing sensitivity of spheroid cells to paclitaxel treatment. CONCLUSIONS Our findings demonstrate that EMT contributed to enrichment of ovarian CSCs in vitro, making EMT targeting in epithelial ovarian cancer a novel therapeutic option.
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Adamczyk L, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Alford J, Anson CD, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Averichev GS, Balewski J, Banerjee A, Barnovska Z, Beavis DR, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bhattarai P, Bichsel H, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Borowski W, Bouchet J, Brandin AV, Brovko SG, Bültmann S, Bunzarov I, Burton TP, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Cebra D, Cendejas R, Cervantes MC, Chaloupka P, Chang Z, Chattopadhyay S, Chen HF, Chen JH, Chen L, Cheng J, Cherney M, Chikanian A, Christie W, Chwastowski J, Codrington MJM, Corliss R, Cramer JG, Crawford HJ, Cui X, Das S, Davila Leyva A, De Silva LC, Debbe RR, Dedovich TG, Deng J, Derevschikov AA, Derradi de Souza R, Dhamija S, di Ruzza B, Didenko L, Dilks C, Ding F, Djawotho P, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Du CM, Dunkelberger LE, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Engelage J, Engle KS, Eppley G, Eun L, Evdokimov O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Fedorisin J, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Flores CE, Gagliardi CA, Gangadharan DR, Garand D, Geurts F, Gibson A, Girard M, Gliske S, Grosnick D, Guo Y, Gupta A, Gupta S, Guryn W, Haag B, Hajkova O, Hamed A, Han LX, Haque R, Harris JW, Hays-Wehle JP, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hoffmann GW, Hofman DJ, Horvat S, Huang B, Huang HZ, Huck P, Humanic TJ, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jang H, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Kesich A, Khan ZH, Kikola DP, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Koetke DD, Kollegger T, Konzer J, Koralt I, Korsch W, Kotchenda L, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulakov I, Kumar L, Kycia RA, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, Landry KD, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Leight W, LeVine MJ, Li C, Li W, Li X, Li X, Li Y, Li ZM, Lima LM, Lisa MA, Liu F, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Longacre RS, Luo X, Ma GL, Ma YG, Madagodagettige Don DMMD, Mahapatra DP, Majka R, Margetis S, Markert C, Masui H, Matis HS, McDonald D, McShane TS, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Morozov DA, Munhoz MG, Mustafa MK, Nandi BK, Nasim M, Nayak TK, Nelson JM, Nogach LV, Noh SY, Novak J, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Ohlson A, Okorokov V, Oldag EW, Oliveira RAN, Pachr M, Page BS, Pal SK, Pan YX, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlak T, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Peryt W, Peterson A, Pile P, Planinic M, Pluta J, Plyku D, Poljak N, Porter J, Poskanzer AM, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Pujahari PR, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Ramachandran S, Raniwala R, Raniwala S, Ray RL, Riley CK, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Ross JF, Roy A, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Sakrejda I, Salur S, Sandacz A, Sandweiss J, Sangaline E, Sarkar A, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmah AM, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Seger J, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Sharma B, Shen WQ, Shi SS, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Singaraju RN, Skoby MJ, Smirnov D, Smirnov N, Solanki D, Sorensen P, deSouza UG, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stevens JR, Stock R, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Sumbera M, Sun X, Sun XM, Sun Y, Sun Z, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Symons TJM, Szanto de Toledo A, Takahashi J, Tang AH, Tang Z, Tarnowsky T, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Tokarev M, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Trzeciak BA, Tsai OD, Turnau J, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vanfossen JA, Varma R, Vasconcelos GMS, Vasiliev AN, Vertesi R, Videbæk F, Viyogi YP, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Vossen A, Wada M, Walker M, Wang F, Wang G, Wang H, Wang JS, Wang XL, Wang Y, Wang Y, Webb G, Webb JC, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu YF, Xiao Z, Xie W, Xin K, Xu H, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu Y, Xu Z, Yan W, Yang C, Yang Y, Yang Y, Ye Z, Yepes P, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Zawisza Y, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang JB, Zhang S, Zhang XP, Zhang Y, Zhang ZP, Zhao F, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhu X, Zhu YH, Zoulkarneeva Y, Zyzak M. Energy dependence of moments of net-proton multiplicity distributions at RHIC. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 112:032302. [PMID: 24484135 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.032302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We report the beam energy (sqrt[sNN]=7.7-200 GeV) and collision centrality dependence of the mean (M), standard deviation (σ), skewness (S), and kurtosis (κ) of the net-proton multiplicity distributions in Au+Au collisions. The measurements are carried out by the STAR experiment at midrapidity (|y|<0.5) and within the transverse momentum range 0.4<pT<0.8 GeV/c in the first phase of the Beam Energy Scan program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. These measurements are important for understanding the quantum chromodynamic phase diagram. The products of the moments, Sσ and κσ2, are sensitive to the correlation length of the hot and dense medium created in the collisions and are related to the ratios of baryon number susceptibilities of corresponding orders. The products of moments are found to have values significantly below the Skellam expectation and close to expectations based on independent proton and antiproton production. The measurements are compared to a transport model calculation to understand the effect of acceptance and baryon number conservation and also to a hadron resonance gas model.
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Ye Z, Yin Z, Huang J, Sun H, Luo X. FRI0098 The expression of plasma MIR-155 and MIR-146A in RA patients. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.2555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Adamczyk L, Adkins J, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal M, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Alford J, Anson C, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer E, Averichev G, Balewski J, Banerjee A, Barber B, Barnovska Z, Beavis D, Bellwied R, Betancourt M, Bhasin A, Bhati A, Bhattarai P, Bichsel H, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland L, Bordyuzhin I, Borowski W, Bouchet J, Brandin A, Bridgeman A, Brovko S, Bültmann S, Bunzarov I, Burton T, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Cebra D, Cendejas R, Cervantes M, Chaloupka P, Chang Z, Chattopadhyay S, Chen H, Chen J, Chen L, Cheng J, Cherney M, Chikanian A, Christie W, Chwastowski J, Codrington M, Corliss R, Cramer J, Crawford H, Cui X, Das S, Davila Leyva A, De Silva L, Debbe R, Dedovich T, Deng J, Derevschikov A, Derradi de Souza R, Dhamija S, di Ruzza B, Didenko L, Dilks C, Ding F, Dion A, Djawotho P, Dong X, Drachenberg J, Draper J, Du C, Dunkelberger L, Dunlop J, Efimov L, Engelage J, Engle K, Eppley G, Eun L, Evdokimov O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Fedorisin J, Fersch R, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Flores C, Gagliardi C, Gangadharan D, Garand D, Geurts F, Gibson A, Girard M, Gliske S, Grosnick D, Guo Y, Gupta A, Gupta S, Guryn W, Haag B, Hajkova O, Hamed A, Han LX, Haque R, Harris J, Hays-Wehle J, He W, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hoffmann G, Hofman D, Horvat S, Huang B, Huang H, Huck P, Humanic T, Igo G, Jacobs W, Jang H, Jena C, Judd E, Kabana S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kauder K, Ke H, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Kesich A, Khan Z, Kikola D, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Koetke D, Kollegger T, Konzer J, Koralt I, Korsch W, Kotchenda L, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulakov I, Kumar L, Kycia R, Lamont M, Landgraf J, Landry K, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee J, Leight W, LeVine M, Li C, Li W, Li X, Li X, Li Y, Li Z, Lima L, Lisa M, Liu F, Ljubicic T, Llope W, Longacre R, Luo X, Ma G, Ma Y, Madagodagettige Don D, Mahapatra D, Majka R, Manweiler R, Margetis S, Markert C, Masui H, Matis H, McDonald D, McShane T, Minaev N, Mioduszewski S, Mohanty B, Mondal M, Morozov D, Munhoz M, Mustafa M, Naglis M, Nandi B, Nasim M, Nayak T, Nelson J, Nogach L, Noh S, Nord P, Novak J, Nurushev S, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Ohlson A, Okorokov V, Oldag E, Oliveira R, Olson D, Pachr M, Page B, Pal S, Pan Y, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlak T, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Peryt W, Peterson A, Pile P, Planinic M, Pluta J, Plyku D, Pochron W, Poljak N, Porter J, Poskanzer A, Powell C, Pruneau C, Pruthi N, Przybycien M, Pujahari P, Putschke J, Qiu H, Ramachandran S, Raniwala R, Raniwala S, Ray R, Riley C, Ritter H, Roberts J, Rogachevskiy O, Romero J, Ross J, Roy A, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Sahoo N, Sahu P, Sakrejda I, Salur S, Sandacz A, Sandweiss J, Sangaline E, Sarkar A, Schambach J, Scharenberg R, Schaub J, Schmah A, Schmidke W, Schmitz N, Seger J, Selyuzhenkov I, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan P, Shao M, Sharma B, Shen W, Shi S, Shou Q, Sichtermann E, Singaraju R, Skoby M, Smirnov D, Smirnov N, Solanki D, Sorensen P, deSouza U, Spinka H, Srivastava B, Stanislaus T, Stevens J, Stock R, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide A, Sumbera M, Sun X, Sun X, Sun Y, Sun Z, Surrow B, Svirida D, Symons T, Szanto de Toledo A, Takahashi J, Tang A, Tang Z, Tarnowsky T, Thomas J, Timmins A, Tlusty D, Tokarev M, Trentalange S, Tribble R, Tribedy P, Trzeciak B, Tsai O, Turnau J, Ullrich T, Underwood D, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vanfossen J, Varma R, Vasconcelos G, Vasiliev A, Vertesi R, Videbæk F, Viyogi Y, Vokal S, Voloshin S, Vossen A, Wada M, Walker M, Wang F, Wang G, Wang H, Wang J, Wang Q, Wang X, Wang Y, Wang Y, Webb G, Webb J, Westfall G, Wieman H, Wissink S, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao Z, Xie W, Xin K, Xu H, Xu N, Xu Q, Xu W, Xu Y, Xu Z, Yan W, Yang C, Yang Y, Yang Y, Ye Z, Yepes P, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Zawisza Y, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang J, Zhang S, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Zhao F, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhu X, Zhu Y, Zoulkarneeva Y, Zyzak M. Neutral pion cross section and spin asymmetries at intermediate pseudorapidity in polarized proton collisions ats=200 GeV. Int J Clin Exp Med 2014. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.89.012001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Kim K, Svedbom A, Luo X, Sutradhar S, Kanis JA. Comparative cost-effectiveness of bazedoxifene and raloxifene in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis in Europe, using the FRAX algorithm. Osteoporos Int 2014; 25:325-37. [PMID: 24114398 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-013-2521-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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UNLABELLED Bazedoxifene and raloxifene were evaluated in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis from health economic perspective in Europe. Based on a computer-based algorithm calculating efficacy of the treatments, bazedoxifene appears to be a cost-effective strategy compared to raloxifene, particularly in patients at high fracture risk. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to compare cost-effectiveness of bazedoxifene and raloxifene in eight European countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. METHODS The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool, which is a computer-based algorithm to calculate fracture probability using clinical risk factors alone or with bone mineral density, was incorporated in a Markov Tunnel model to evaluate cost-effectiveness of bazedoxifene 20 or 40 mg vs. raloxifene 60 mg in postmenopausal osteoporotic women. The efficacy of bazedoxifene and raloxifene for vertebral and non-vertebral fractures was measured as a function of the 10-year probability of a major osteoporotic fracture. The model estimated the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio and net monetary benefit (NMB) from a healthcare perspective, given the willingness to pay <euro>30,000. RESULTS In postmenopausal osteoporotic women, bazedoxifene was a cost saving strategy compared to raloxifene in the countries studied. The median NMB of bazedoxifene compared to raloxifene increased monotonically with the 10-year fracture probability. In general, the median NMB became greater than 0 in women with 10-year probabilities of a major osteoporotic fracture between 5 and 10% or above. The impact on results by varying the assumptions in the model was examined in sensitivity analysis. CONCLUSION Bazedoxifene appears to be a cost-effective strategy compared to raloxifene for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporotic women in Europe, particularly in patients at high fracture risk.
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Lerret NM, Luo X. IL-15 expanded CD8+CD122+ cells: when do they suppress? Am J Transplant 2014; 14:7-8. [PMID: 24165560 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Weaver CL, Li H, Luo X, Cui XT. A graphene oxide/conducting polymer nanocomposite for electrochemical dopamine detection: origin of improved sensitivity and specificity. J Mater Chem B 2014; 2:5209-5219. [DOI: 10.1039/c4tb00789a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This work describes the performance of a graphene oxide/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) nanocomposite material as a sensitive and selective electrochemical dopamine sensor.
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Xu K, Liu H, Li H, Tang Y, Womer F, Jiang X, Chen K, Zhou Y, Jiang W, Luo X, Fan G, Wang F. Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in bipolar disorder: a resting state fMRI study. J Affect Disord 2014; 152-154:237-42. [PMID: 24120087 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2013] [Revised: 08/08/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The spontaneous low frequency fluctuations (LFF) of blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) signal in resting state have been identified as a biological measure of baseline spontaneous activity in the brain. Increasingly, studies of spontaneous resting state functional connectivity have demonstrated neural network abnormalities in bipolar disorder (BD). This study used the amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (ALFF) to explore the regional functional changes in BD during resting state. METHODS Twenty-nine BD participants and 29 matched healthy controls (HC) were recruited to undergo resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scan on a 3.0T magnetic resonance imaging system. The ALFF of BOLD signal in gray matter for each participant was calculated, and then was compared between BD and HC using ALFF maps. RESULTS Compared to the HC group, the BD group showed increased ALFF in ventral prefrontal cortex, dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex, frontal eye field, insula, and putamen with extension into the ventral striatum, as well as decreased ALFF in the lingual gyrus (p<0.05, corrected). LIMITATIONS Although we observed differences in ALFF between BD and HC, we cannot conclusively state that these differences are caused by the pathophysiology of BD since most of BD participants were being treated with medications at the time of scanning. CONCLUSIONS Our results revealed altered regional brain activity in BD during resting state. The affected regions have been associated with BD pathophysiology. This suggests that methods using ALFF method may potentially be useful in further studies of this disorder.
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Montoro Lopez M, Pons De Antonio I, Itziar Soto C, Florez Gomez R, Alonso Ladreda A, Rios Blanco J, Refoyo Salicio E, Moreno Yanguela M, Lopez Sendon J, Guzman Martinez G, Van De Heyning CM, Magne J, Pierard L, Bruyere P, Davin L, De Maeyer C, Paelinck B, Vrints C, Lancellotti P, Michalski B, Krzeminska-Pakula M, Lipiec P, Szymczyk E, Chrzanowski L, Kasprzak J, Leao RN, Florencio AF, Oliveira AR, Bento B, Lopes S, Calaca J, Palma Reis R, Krestjyaninov M, Gimaev R, Razin V, Arangalage D, Chiampan A, Cimadevilla C, Touati A, Himbert D, Brochet E, Iung B, Nataf P, Vahanian A, Messika-Zeitoun D, Guvenc T, Karacimen D, Erer H, Ilhan E, Sayar N, Karakus G, Eren M, Iriart X, Tafer N, Roubertie F, Mauriat P, Thambo J, Wang J, Fang F, Yip GW, Sanderson J, Feng W, Yu C, Lam Y, Assabiny A, Apor A, Nagy A, Vago H, Toth A, Merkely B, Kovacs A, Castaldi B, Vida V, Guariento A, Padalino M, Cerutti A, Maschietto N, Biffanti R, Reffo E, Stellin G, Milanesi O, Baronaite-Dudoniene K, Urbaite L, Smalinskas V, Veisaite R, Vasylius T, Vaskelyte J, Puodziukynas A, Wieczorek J, Rybicka-Musialik A, Berger-Kucza A, Hoffmann A, Wnuk-Wojnar A, Mizia-Stec K, Melao F, Ribeiro V, Amorim S, Araujo C, Torres J, Cardoso J, Pinho P, Maciel M, Storsten P, Eriksen M, Boe E, Estensen M, Erikssen G, Smiseth O, Skulstad H, Miglioranza M, Gargani L, Sant`Anna R, Rover M, Martins V, Mantovanni A, Kalil R, Leiria T, Luo X, Fang F, Lee P, Zhang Z, Lam Y, Sanderson J, Kwong JS, Yu C, Borowiec A, Dabrowski R, Wozniak J, Jasek S, Chwyczko T, Kowalik I, Janas J, Musiej-Nowakowska E, Szwed H, Palinsky M, Petrovicova J, Pirscova M, Baricevic Z, Lovric D, Cikes M, Skoric B, Ljubas Macek J, Reskovic Luksic V, Separovic Hanzevacki J, Milicic D, Elmissiri A, El Shahid G, Abdal-Wahhab S, Vural MG, Yilmaz M, Cetin S, Akdemir R, Yoldas TK, Yeter E, Karamanou A, Hamodraka E, Lekakis I, Paraskevaidis I, Kremastinos D, Appiah-Dwomoh EK, Wang V, Otto C, Mayar F, Bonaventura K, Sunman H, Canpolat U, Kuyumcu M, Yorgun H, Sahiner L, Ozer N. Club 35 Poster Session Wednesday 11 December: 11/12/2013, 09:30-16:00 * Location: Poster area. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cao Y, Li W, Shen J, Malison RT, Zhang Y, Luo X. Health-related quality of life and symptom severity in Chinese patients with major depressive disorder. Asia Pac Psychiatry 2013; 5:276-83. [PMID: 23857826 DOI: 10.1111/appy.12059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Patients suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD) have been reported to have substantial long-lasting limitations in multiple domains of health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The thoughtful assessment of HRQoL and the impact of treatment response on HRQoL are emerging as important issues in the care of patients with major depressive disorder. METHODS One hundred and three patients meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) criteria for MDD took fluoxetine (20 mg/d) for 6 weeks and were assessed by the Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36), the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating (HAMD-17) and the Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scales. Relationships between SF-36 scores and depressive symptom severity and early change of these symptoms were tested. RESULTS SF-36 component scores at week 6 were higher than those at baseline (all P ≤ 0.0058). Scores for general health were significantly higher in responders than non-responders (P = 0.0009). The overall HAMD-17 and CGI scores at 2- and 6-week follow-up were significantly lower than those at baseline (P ≤ 0.0001). Higher scores for anxiety/somatization were significantly associated with poorer SF-36 scores at baseline (P = 0.0001); role-physical scores at week 6 were positively correlated with reduction rate of anxiety/somatization in 2-week follow-up (P = 0.0002). DISCUSSION Depressive symptom severity was associated with HRQoL in patients with MDD. HRQoL may vary with severity of depression and/or anxiety-somatization at baseline.
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Zuo L, Wang K, Zhang X, Pan X, Wang G, Krystal JH, Zhang H, Luo X. Sex chromosome-wide association analysis suggested male-specific risk genes for alcohol dependence. Psychiatr Genet 2013; 23:233-8. [PMID: 23907288 PMCID: PMC3941913 DOI: 10.1097/ypg.0b013e328364b8c7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alcohol dependence is more common among men than among women. Potential explanations for this include the role of genes in sex chromosomes (X and Y). In the present study, we scanned the entire Y chromosome and its homologs on the X chromosome in men to identify male-specific risk genes for alcohol dependence. METHODS Two thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven individuals in two independent cohorts were analyzed. The European-American male cohort (883 cases with alcohol dependence and 445 controls) served as the discovery cohort and the European-American female cohort (526 cases and 1073 controls) served as a contrast group. All individuals were genotyped on the Illumina Human 1M beadchip. Two thousand two hundred and twenty-four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on the Y chromosome or in the homologs on the X chromosome were analyzed. The allele frequencies were compared between cases and controls within each cohort using logistic regression analysis. RESULTS We found that, after experiment-wide correction, two SNPs on the X chromosome were associated significantly with alcohol dependence in European-American men (P = 1.0 × 10 for rs5916144 and P = 5.5 × 10 for rs5961794 at 3' UTR of NLGN4X), but not in the women. A total of 26 SNPs at 3'UTR of or within NLGN4X were nominally associated with alcohol dependence in men (5.5 × 10 ≤ P ≤ 0.05), all of which were not statistically significant in women. CONCLUSION We conclude that NLGN4X was a significant male-specific risk gene for alcohol dependence in European-Americans. NLGN4X might harbor a causal variant(s) for alcohol dependence. A defect of synaptogenesis in neuronal circuitry caused by NLGN4X mutations is believed to play a role in alcohol dependence.
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Pan Y, Luo X, Liu X, Wu LY, Zhang Q, Wang L, Wang W, Zuo L, Wang KS. Genome-wide association studies of maximum number of drinks. J Psychiatr Res 2013; 47:1717-24. [PMID: 23953852 PMCID: PMC4286179 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2013] [Revised: 06/25/2013] [Accepted: 07/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Maximum number of drinks (MaxDrinks) defined as "Maximum number of alcoholic drinks consumed in a 24-h period" is an intermediate phenotype that is closely related to alcohol dependence (AD). Family, twin and adoption studies have shown that the heritability of MaxDrinks is approximately 0.5. We conducted the first genome-wide association (GWA) study and meta-analysis of MaxDrinks as a continuous phenotype. 1059 individuals were from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) sample and 1628 individuals were from the Study of Addiction - Genetics and Environment (SAGE) sample. Family sample with 3137 individuals was from the Australian twin-family study of alcohol use disorder (OZALC). Two population-based Caucasian samples (COGA and SAGE) with 1 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were used for gene discovery and one family-based Caucasian sample was used for replication. Through meta-analysis we identified 162 SNPs associated with MaxDirnks (p < 10(-4)). The most significant association with MaxDrinks was observed with SNP rs11128951 (p = 4.27 × 10(-8)) near SGOL1 gene at 3p24.3. Furthermore, several SNPs (rs17144687 near DTWD2, rs12108602 near NDST4, and rs2128158 in KCNB2) showed significant associations with MaxDrinks (p < 5 × 10(-7)) in the meta-analysis. Especially, 8 SNPs in DDC gene showed significant associations with MaxDrinks (p < 5 × 10(-7)) in the SAGE sample. Several flanking SNPs in above genes/regions were confirmed in the OZALC family sample. In conclusions, we identified several genes/regions associated with MaxDrinks. These findings can improve the understanding about the pathogenesis of alcohol consumption phenotypes and alcohol-related disorders.
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Lu W, Xia YH, Qu JJ, He YY, Li BL, Lu C, Luo X, Wan XP. p21-activated kinase 4 regulation of endometrial cancer cell migration and invasion involves the ERK1/2 pathway mediated MMP-2 secretion. Neoplasma 2013; 60:493-503. [PMID: 23790167 DOI: 10.4149/neo_2013_064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Endometrial cancer (EC) is one of the most common malignancy of the female genital tract. Patients with metastatic disease have a poor prognosis. So far, however, the underlying molecular mechanisms of EC metastasis are largely unknown. P21-activated kinase 4 (Pak4) is important in cell motility and oncogenesis. Here we investigated a role of Pak4 in EC cell migration and invasion. Pak4 overexpression was observed in multiple human EC cell lines. In clinical samples, expression of total and phosphorylated Pak4 (Pak4 and p-Pak4, respectively) increased significantly with progression of EC from normal tissue to lymph node metastasis; both were positively correlated with depth of myometrial and vascular space invasion, lymph nodes metastasis, and poor histological differentiation. In two human EC cell lines, Pak4 overexpression promoted cell migration and invasion in vitro. Short hairpin RNA (shRNA)-mediated stable knockdown of Pak4 inhibited the metastatic potential of EC in an ERK1/2-MMP-2-dependent manner. These results suggest that Pak4 is an important regulator of EC cell migration and invasion. Therefore, Pak4 may be a promising target for the treatment of metastatic EC.
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Lu L, Wu Y, Zuo L, Luo X, Large PJ. Intestinal microbiome and digoxin inactivation: meal plan for digoxin users? World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 30:791-9. [PMID: 24105082 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-013-1507-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2013] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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There is an increasing interest in the role of intestinal microbiome in human diseases and therapeutic agents' bioavailability, activity and toxicity. Epidemiological data show that the bioavailability of digoxin, a widely used agent for heart disease, varies among individuals. The inactivation of digoxin was found when it was incubated with gut bacterium Eggerthella lenta in vitro decades ago. However, the underlying mechanisms of digoxin inactivation are still unclear. A recent study using animal models uncovered this mystery, which suggested that arginine supplements might be a potential intervention in increasing digoxin activity by inhibiting the expression of cardiac glycoside reductase gene operons that inactivated digoxin. This perspective summarizes the connections among the intestinal microbiome, the digoxin inactivation, the metabolism of arginine. We also discuss several issues yet to be addressed in the future, making better strategies in the application of dietary arginine supplements for digoxin users.
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Wang KS, Xu N, Wang L, Aragon L, Ciubuc R, Arana TB, Mao C, Petty L, Briones D, Su BB, Luo X, Camarillo C, Escamilla MA, Xu C. NRG3 gene is associated with the risk and age at onset of Alzheimer disease. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2013; 121:183-92. [PMID: 24061483 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-013-1091-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The Neuregulin 3 (NRG3) gene at 10q22-q24 has been implicated in multiple psychiatric traits such as cognitive impairment. We therefore hypothesized that NRG3 gene polymorphisms may play a role in Alzheimer disease (AD). This present study explored the association of NRG3 with the age at onset (AAO) of AD and the risk of developing AD. Secondary data analysis of 257 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in NRG3 gene was performed in 806 Alzheimer's disease patients and 782 controls using logistic regression and linear regression analyses. Eight SNPs were associated with the risk of AD (p < 0.05), while linear regression analysis showed 33 SNPs associated with the AAO of AD (p < 0.05). Two-SNP haplotype analyses based on UNPHASED revealed that the G-C haplotype from rs17685233 and rs17101017 was significantly associated with AD (p = 0.0031) and the A-G haplotype from rs504522 and rs474018 as well as the A-G haplotype from rs504522 and rs2483295 were more significantly associated with the AAO of AD (p = 6.72 × 10(-5)). Using an independent family-based sample, we found one SNP rs11192423 associated with AAO both in the case-control sample (p = 0.0155) and in the family sample (p = 0.0166). In addition, we observed nominally significant associations with AD and AAO for several flanking SNPs (p < 0.05). This is the first study demonstrating that genetic variants in the NRG3 gene play a role in AD. Our results also revealed that SNPs in the NRG3 genes were more strongly associated with AAO of AD.
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Adamczyk L, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Alford J, Anson CD, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer E, Averichev GS, Balewski J, Banerjee A, Barnovska Z, Beavis DR, Bellwied R, Betancourt MJ, Betts RR, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bhattarai P, Bichsel H, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Borowski W, Bouchet J, Brandin AV, Brovko SG, Bruna E, Bültmann S, Bunzarov I, Burton TP, Butterworth J, Cai XZ, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Cebra D, Cendejas R, Cervantes MC, Chaloupka P, Chang Z, Chattopadhyay S, Chen HF, Chen JH, Chen JY, Chen L, Cheng J, Cherney M, Chikanian A, Christie W, Chung P, Chwastowski J, Codrington MJM, Corliss R, Cramer JG, Crawford HJ, Cui X, Das S, Davila Leyva A, De Silva LC, Debbe RR, Dedovich TG, Deng J, Derradi de Souza R, Dhamija S, di Ruzza B, Didenko L, Ding F, Dion A, Djawotho P, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Du CM, Dunkelberger LE, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Elnimr M, Engelage J, Eppley G, Eun L, Evdokimov O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Fedorisin J, Fersch RG, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Flores E, Gagliardi CA, Gangadharan DR, Garand D, Geurts F, Gibson A, Gliske S, Grebenyuk OG, Grosnick D, Gupta A, Gupta S, Guryn W, Haag B, Hajkova O, Hamed A, Han LX, Harris JW, Hays-Wehle JP, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hoffmann GW, Hofman DJ, Horvat S, Huang B, Huang HZ, Huck P, Humanic TJ, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jena C, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kang K, Kapitan J, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Kesich A, Kikola DP, Kiryluk J, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Klein SR, Koetke DD, Kollegger T, Konzer J, Koralt I, Korsch W, Kotchenda L, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulakov I, Kumar L, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, Landry KD, Lapointe S, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Leight W, LeVine MJ, Li C, Li W, Li X, Li X, Li Y, Li ZM, Lima LM, Lisa MA, Liu F, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Longacre RS, Lu Y, Luo X, Luszczak A, Ma GL, Ma YG, Madagodagettige Don DMMD, Mahapatra DP, Majka R, Margetis S, Markert C, Masui H, Matis HS, McDonald D, McShane TS, Mioduszewski S, Mitrovski MK, Mohammed Y, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Munhoz MG, Mustafa MK, Naglis M, Nandi BK, Nasim M, Nayak TK, Nelson JM, Nogach LV, Novak J, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Ohlson A, Okorokov V, Oldag EW, Oliveira RAN, Olson D, Pachr M, Page BS, Pal SK, Pan YX, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlak T, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Peryt W, Pile P, Planinic M, Pluta J, Poljak N, Porter J, Poskanzer AM, Powell CB, Pruneau C, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Pujahari PR, Putschke J, Qiu H, Ramachandran S, Raniwala R, Raniwala S, Ray RL, Riley CK, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Ross JF, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Sakrejda I, Salur S, Sandacz A, Sandweiss J, Sangaline E, Sarkar A, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmah AM, Schmidke B, Schmitz N, Schuster TR, Seger J, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shao M, Sharma B, Sharma M, Shi SS, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Singaraju RN, Skoby MJ, Smirnov D, Smirnov N, Solanki D, Sorensen P, Desouza UG, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stevens JR, Stock R, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Suarez MC, Sumbera M, Sun XM, Sun Y, Sun Z, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Symons TJM, Szanto de Toledo A, Takahashi J, Tang AH, Tang Z, Tarini LH, Tarnowsky T, Thomas JH, Tian J, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Tokarev M, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Trzeciak BA, Tsai OD, Turnau J, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vanfossen JA, Varma R, Vasconcelos GMS, Videbæk F, Viyogi YP, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Vossen A, Wada M, Wang F, Wang G, Wang H, Wang JS, Wang Q, Wang XL, Wang Y, Webb G, Webb JC, Westfall GD, Whitten C, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu YF, Xiao Z, Xie W, Xin K, Xu H, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu W, Xu Y, Xu Z, Xue L, Yang Y, Yang Y, Yepes P, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Zawisza M, Zbroszczyk H, Zhang JB, Zhang S, Zhang XP, Zhang Y, Zhang ZP, Zhao F, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhu X, Zhu YH, Zoulkarneeva Y, Zyzak M. Measurement of J/ψ azimuthal anisotropy in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s(NN)]=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 111:052301. [PMID: 23952389 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.052301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Revised: 05/10/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The measurement of J/ψ azimuthal anisotropy is presented as a function of transverse momentum for different centralities in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s(NN)]=200 GeV. The measured J/ψ elliptic flow is consistent with zero within errors for transverse momentum between 2 and 10 GeV/c. Our measurement suggests that J/ψ particles with relatively large transverse momenta are not dominantly produced by coalescence from thermalized charm quarks, when comparing to model calculations.
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Zuo L, Wang KS, Zhang XY, Li CSR, Zhang F, Wang X, Chen W, Gao G, Zhang H, Krystal JH, Luo X. Rare SERINC2 variants are specific for alcohol dependence in individuals of European descent. Pharmacogenet Genomics 2013; 23:395-402. [PMID: 23778322 PMCID: PMC4287355 DOI: 10.1097/fpc.0b013e328362f9f2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVES We have previously reported a top-ranked risk gene [i.e., serine incorporator 2 gene (SERINC2)] for alcohol dependence in individuals of European descent by analyzing the common variants in a genome-wide association study. In the present study, we comprehensively examined the rare variants [minor allele frequency (MAF)<0.05] in the NKAIN1-SERINC2 region to confirm our previous finding. MATERIALS AND METHODS A discovery sample (1409 European-American patients with alcohol dependence and 1518 European-American controls) and a replication sample (6438 European-Australian family participants with 1645 alcohol-dependent probands) were subjected to an association analysis. A total of 39,903 individuals from 19 other cohorts with 11 different neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders served as contrast groups. The entire NKAIN1-SERINC2 region was imputed in all cohorts using the same reference panels of genotypes that included rare variants from the whole-genome sequencing data. We stringently cleaned the phenotype and genotype data, and obtained a total of about 220 single-nucleotide polymorphisms in individuals of European descent and about 450 single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the individuals of African descent with 0 RESULTS Using a weighted regression analysis implemented in the program SCORE-Seq, we found a rare variant constellation across the entire NKAIN1-SERINC2 region that was associated with alcohol dependence in European-Americans (Fp: overall, P=1.8×10(-4); VT: overall, P=1.4×10(-4); Collapsing, P=6.5×10(-5)) and European-Australians (Fp: overall, P=0.028; Collapsing, P=0.025), but not in African-Americans, and not associated with any other disorder examined. Association signals in this region came mainly from SERINC2, a gene that codes for an activity-regulated protein expressed in the brain that incorporates serine into lipids. In addition, 26 individual rare variants were nominally associated with alcohol dependence in European-Americans (P<0.05). The associations of five of these rare variants that lay within SERINC2 showed region-wide significance (P<α=0.0006) and 25 associations survived correction for a false discovery rate (q<0.05). The associations of two rare variants at SERINC2 were replicated in European-Australians (P<0.05). CONCLUSION We concluded that SERINC2 was a replicable and significant risk gene specific for alcohol dependence in individuals of European descent.
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Zhang XY, Chen DC, Xiu MH, Haile CN, He SC, Luo X, Zuo L, Rosenheck R, Kosten TA, Kosten TR. Cigarette smoking, psychopathology and cognitive function in first-episode drug-naive patients with schizophrenia: a case-control study. Psychol Med 2013; 43:1651-1660. [PMID: 23149169 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291712002590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although patients with chronic schizophrenia have substantially higher smoking rates than either the general population or patients with other mental illnesses, drug-naive patients with a first episode of schizophrenia have received little systemic study. This study examined smoking rates, the association between smoking and symptom severity and cognitive function in Chinese first-episode schizophrenia (FES) patients using cross-sectional and case-control designs. METHOD Two hundred and forty-four drug-naive FES patients and 256 healthy controls matched for gender, age and education completed the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) and the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS). Patients were also rated on the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS). RESULTS The rate and quantity of smoking were not significantly higher among FES patients compared to the general population. Among patients, smokers scored higher than non-smokers on the total PANSS and the positive symptom subscale scores. There were no significant associations between cognitive function and smoking in either FES patients or healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS In contrast to studies in patients with chronic schizophrenia, drug-naive FES patients did not smoke more frequently than the general population. Furthermore, patients with psychotic disorders who smoked did not exhibit significant cognitive differences compared with those who did not smoke. However, smoking may have other detrimental effects on physical and mental health, for example on positive symptoms.
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Zuo L, Wang K, Zhang XY, Pan X, Wang G, Tan Y, Zhong C, Krystal JH, State M, Zhang H, Luo X. Association between common alcohol dehydrogenase gene (ADH) variants and schizophrenia and autism. Hum Genet 2013; 132:735-43. [PMID: 23468174 PMCID: PMC3683370 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-013-1277-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2012] [Accepted: 02/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Humans express at least seven alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) isoforms that are encoded by ADH gene cluster (ADH7-ADH1C-ADH1B-ADH1A-ADH6-ADH4-ADH5) at chromosome 4. ADHs are key catabolic enzymes for retinol and ethanol. The functional ADH variants (mostly rare) have been implicated in alcoholism risk. In addition to catalyzing the oxidation of retinol and ethanol, ADHs may be involved in the metabolic pathways of several neurotransmitters that are implicated in the neurobiology of neuropsychiatric disorders. In the present study, we comprehensively examined the associations between common ADH variants [minor allele frequency (MAF) >0.05] and 11 neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders. A total of 50,063 subjects in 25 independent cohorts were analyzed. The entire ADH gene cluster was imputed across these 25 cohorts using the same reference panels. Association analyses were conducted, adjusting for multiple comparisons. We found 28 and 15 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), respectively, that were significantly associated with schizophrenia in African-Americans and autism in European-Americans after correction by false discovery rate (FDR) (q < 0.05); and 19 and 6 SNPs, respectively, that were significantly associated with these two disorders after region-wide correction by SNPSpD (8.9 × 10(-5) ≤ p ≤ 0.0003 and 2.4 × 10(-5) ≤ p ≤ 0.0003, respectively). No variants were significantly associated with the other nine neuropsychiatric disorders, including alcohol dependence. We concluded that common ADH variants conferred risk for both schizophrenia in African-Americans and autism in European-Americans.
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Zuo L, Saba L, Wang K, Zhang X, Krystal JH, Tabakoff B, Luo X. Exome-wide association study of replicable nonsynonymous variants conferring risk for alcohol dependence. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2013; 74:622-5. [PMID: 23739027 PMCID: PMC3711352 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2013.74.622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Accepted: 02/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE In the present study, we scanned the whole exome in three independent samples to search for replicable risk nonsynonymous (ns) variants (ns single-nucleotide polymorphisms [nsSNPs]) for alcohol dependence. METHOD A total of 10,554 subjects in three independent samples were analyzed for association with alcohol dependence, including one European American sample (1,409 cases with alcohol dependence and 1,518 controls), one African American sample (681 cases and 508 controls), and one European Australian sample (a total of 6,438 family subjects with 1,645 alcohol-dependent probands). RNA expression of the risk genes in human, mouse, and rat brains was also explored. RESULTS We identified a total of 70 nsSNPs at 65 genes with nominally replicable associations; 22 nsSNPs at 21 genes among them survived corrections for multiple testing in meta-analysis (α = .0007). By incorporating the information from bioinformatics and RNA expression analyses, we identified at least two of the most promising risk genes for alcohol dependence: APOER2 and UBAP2. CONCLUSIONS The gene coding for apolipoprotein E receptor 2 (APOER2) and the gene coding for ubiquitin-associated protein-2 (UBAP2) are among the most appropriate for follow-up in human and nonhuman species as contributors to risk for alcohol dependence.
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Liu C, Duan W, Li R, Xu S, Zhang L, Chen C, He M, Lu Y, Wu H, Pi H, Luo X, Zhang Y, Zhong M, Yu Z, Zhou Z. Exposure to bisphenol A disrupts meiotic progression during spermatogenesis in adult rats through estrogen-like activity. Cell Death Dis 2013; 4:e676. [PMID: 23788033 PMCID: PMC3702305 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2013.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2013] [Revised: 05/07/2013] [Accepted: 05/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The effect of bisphenol A (BPA) on the reproductive system is highly debated but has been associated with meiotic abnormalities. However, evidence is lacking with regard to the mechanisms involved. In order to explore the underlying mechanisms of BPA-induced meiotic abnormalities in adult male rats, we exposed 9-week-old male Wistar rats to BPA by gavage at 0, 2, 20 or 200 μg/kg body weight (bw)/day for 60 consecutive days. 17β-Estradiol (E2) was administered at 10 μg/kg bw/day as the estrogenic positive control. Treatments with 200 μg/kg bw/day of BPA and E2 significantly decreased sperm counts and inhibited spermiation, characterized by an increase in stage VII and decrease in stage VIII in the seminiferous epithelium. This was concomitant with a disruption in the progression of meiosis I and the persistence of meiotic DNA strand breaks in pachytene spermatocytes,and the ataxia-telangiectasia-mutated and checkpoint kinase 2 signal pathway was also activated; Eventually, germ cell apoptosis was triggered as evaluated by terminal dUTP nick-end labeling assay and western blot for caspase 3. Using the estrogen receptor (ER) antagonist ICI 182780, we determined that ER signaling mediated BPA-induced meiotic disruption and reproductive impairment. Our results suggest that ER signaling-mediated meiotic disruption may be a major contributor to the molecular events leading to BPA-related male reproductive disorders. These rodent data support the growing association between BPA exposure and the rapid increase in the incidence of male reproductive disorders.
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Wang L, Liu X, Luo X, Zeng M, Zuo L, Wang KS. Genetic Variants in the Fat Mass- and Obesity-Associated (FTO) Gene are Associated with Alcohol Dependence. J Mol Neurosci 2013; 51:416-24. [DOI: 10.1007/s12031-013-0044-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 06/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Kong L, Chen K, Womer F, Jiang W, Luo X, Driesen N, Liu J, Blumberg H, Tang Y, Xu K, Wang F. Sex differences of gray matter morphology in cortico-limbic-striatal neural system in major depressive disorder. J Psychiatr Res 2013; 47:733-9. [PMID: 23453566 PMCID: PMC3626116 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2012] [Revised: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 02/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Sex differences are observed in both epidemiological and clinical aspects of major depressive disorder (MDD). The cortico-limbic-striatal neural system, including the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, and striatum, have shown sexually dimorphic morphological features and have been implicated in the dysfunctional regulation of mood and emotion in MDD. In this study, we utilized a whole-brain, voxel-based approach to examine sex differences in the regional distribution of gray matter (GM) morphological abnormalities in medication-naïve participants with MDD. Participants included 29 medication-naïve individuals with MDD (16 females and 13 males) and 33 healthy controls (HC) (17 females and 16 males). Gray matter morphology of the cortico-limbic-striatal neural system was examined using voxel-based morphometry analyzes of high-resolution structural magnetic resonance imaging scans. The main effect of diagnosis and interaction effect of diagnosis by sex on GM morphology were statistically significant (p < 0.05, corrected) in the left ventral prefrontal cortex, right amygdala, right hippocampus and bilateral caudate when comparing the MDD and HC groups. Posthoc analyzes showed that females with MDD had significant GM decreases in limbic regions (p < 0.05, corrected), compared to female HC; while males with MDD demonstrated significant GM reduction in striatal regions, (p < 0.05, corrected), compared to HC males. The observed sex-related patterns of abnormalities within the cortico-limbic-strial neural system, such as predominant prefrontal-limbic abnormalities in MDD females vs. predominant prefrontal-striatal abnormalities in MDD males, suggest differences in neural circuitry that may mediate sex differences in the clinical presentation of MDD and potential targets for sex-differentiated treatment of the disorder.
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Catlett I, Luo X, Penney M, Pray M, Spencer-Green G, Botfield M, Hoock T. THU0141 Biomarker assessment of VX-509, an investigational selective JAK3 inhibitor, in healthy volunteers. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.2106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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