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Zhou C, Dong W, Wu ZY, Jia MH, Li YF, Zhou YJ, Tan GJ, Chen X, Zheng J, Rou KM. [Changes of proportion regarding consistent condom use and syphilis infection among low-fee female sex workers aged 35 and above]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2019; 39:745-749. [PMID: 29936740 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2018.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the changes of proportion on both consistent condom use and syphilis infection among low-fee female sex workers aged 35 and above (LFSW), in order to provide evidence for targeted intervention strategies. Methods: A total of six cities-Liuzhou city and Pingnan couty of Guigang city of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jinghong city of Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture and Dali city of Dali Bai autonomous prefecture of Yunnan province, Zhangjiajie city and Jianghua Yao autonomous county of Yongzhou city Hunan province were involved in this study, with 60 eligible participants needed in each city, estimated through a pre-study. The first cross-sectional survey was completed from October 2012 to January 2013. Face-to-face questionnaire interview was carried out to collect information on socio-demography, work-related information and condom use situation. Blood was collected for syphilis testing. The second cross-sectional survey was carried out from June to September, 2015 under the same procedure. Results: A total of 371 and 403 eligible participants were included in the first and second survey, respectively. When comparing the two surveys, we noticed that the average age showed a slight change, from 42.4 years to 43.8 years old (t=3.537, P<0.001) and the average price for every commercial sex exchange increased from 36.8 RMB to 49.5 RMB (t=11.961, P<0.001). In the first survey, 46.9% (174/371) of the participants had more than two years of experience working as LFSW, compared to 61.3% (247/403) in the second survey (χ(2)=16.125, P<0.001). Also, 46.9% (174/371) of the participants consistently used condoms with clients in the past month in the first survey versus 64.3% (259/403) (χ(2)=23.641, P<0.001) in the second one. Rates of syphilis infection were found from 15.9% (59/371) in the first survey reduced to 7.2% (29/403) in the second survey (χ(2)=14.533, P<0.001). Conclusion: Compared with the first survey, the proportion of consistent condoms use showed an increase. Although the proportion of syphilis infection decreased in the second survey, the scope did not meet the criteria on syphilis, set by the government. Targeted intervention strategies on condom promotion and syphilis control should be implemented consistently in this population.
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- National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Yunan Provincial Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Kunming 650022, China
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- Yunan Provincial Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Kunming 650022, China
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- Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Nanning 530028, China
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- Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Nanning 530028, China
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- Hunan Provincial Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Changsha 410005, China
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- Hunan Provincial Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Changsha 410005, China
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- National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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Dong W, Setlow P. Fluoride movement into and out of Bacillus spores and growing cells and effects of fluoride accumulation on spore properties. J Appl Microbiol 2018; 126:503-515. [PMID: 30430725 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Revised: 11/04/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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AIMS To investigate effects of fluoride ion (F- ) on, and kinetics of its movement into and out of, spores and growing cells of Bacillus species. METHODS AND RESULTS Effects of F- on Bacillus cell growth, spore germination and outgrowth and heat resistance were investigated, as well as F- movement into and out of spores using 19 F-NMR. F- inhibited Bacillus subtilis spore germination and outgrowth, and YhdU, now named FluC, was crucial to prevent F- accumulation in growing cells and to minimize F- inhibition of spore germination. Dormant wild-type, yhdU and coat defective B. subtilis spores, and Bacillus cereus spores incubated in 40 mmol l-1 NaF for 48 h accumulated 2-2·6 mol l-1 F- and its movement into Bacillus spores was highest at low pH. Bacillus subtilis spores lacking Ca-dipicolinic acid accumulated higher F- levels than wild-type spores. CONCLUSIONS These results are consistent with F- incorporation into the dormant spore core, and as HF and/or NaF, but not CaF2 . YhdU played no significant role in F- uptake or efflux in dormant spores, but assisted in F- export early in spore germination. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF STUDY This knowledge provides new insight into effects of F- on Bacillus cells and spores and how this anion moves into, and out of spores.
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- School of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, China.,Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, USA
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Zhou C, Dong W, Lu DD, Zhong FJ, Jiang TF, Cheng H, Wu ZY, Rou KM. [A prospective cohort study to explore retention rate and behavior change among medium-to-low-tier female sex workers in Yuanzhou district, Yichun city]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 52:1295-1297. [PMID: 30522235 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2018.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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- C Zhou
- National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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OBJECTIVE The study aimed to identify the factors associated with the sexual lives of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women in China. METHODS A total of 426 participants were approached about this study from May 2012 to August 2013. In total, 252 cases were included in this study. One hundred and ninety-seven women who filled out the Quality of Sexual Life Questionnaire for Women (QSLQW) and the modified Kupperman Menopausal Index (KMI) had an active sexual life. Pearson's coefficient index was used to determine the correlation between the KMI and different domains of the QSLQW. Multivariable statistical analysis was performed to determine the correlation between different factors and the sexual life of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. RESULTS When the participants reported a higher KMI, they suffered lower sexual satisfaction (r = -0.16, p = 0.035), more severe sexual anxiety (r = -0.367, p = 4.9 × 10-7), and less sexual response (r = -0.21, p = 0.004). No correlation was found between the KMI and sexual communication, sexual attitude, and self-image. Multivariable statistical analysis showed that menopause status and higher KMI scores are associated with a decrease in sexual satisfaction among Chinese women (β = -9.76, 95% CI -16.89 to -2.64 and β = -0.41, 95% CI -0.68 to -0.15, respectively), and that the better the spousal relationship, the fewer deliveries and the higher the scores of sexual life quality (β = 8.86, 95% CI -0.91 to 18.63 and β = -6.65, 95% CI -11.83 to -1.48, respectively). CONCLUSION Factors including parity, spousal relationship, menopausal status, and menopausal symptoms are associated with the quality of sexual life of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women in China.
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- a Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics , Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing , P. R. China
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- b Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics , The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province , Kumming City, P. R. China
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- c Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics , Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital , Tianjin , P. R. China
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- a Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics , Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing , P. R. China
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- a Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics , Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing , P. R. China
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- a Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics , Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing , P. R. China
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- a Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics , Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing , P. R. China
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- a Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics , Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing , P. R. China
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Gettinger SN, Choi J, Mani N, Sanmamed MF, Datar I, Sowell R, Du VY, Kaftan E, Goldberg S, Dong W, Zelterman D, Politi K, Kavathas P, Kaech S, Yu X, Zhao H, Schlessinger J, Lifton R, Rimm DL, Chen L, Herbst RS, Schalper KA. A dormant TIL phenotype defines non-small cell lung carcinomas sensitive to immune checkpoint blockers. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3196. [PMID: 30097571 PMCID: PMC6086912 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05032-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The biological determinants of sensitivity and resistance to immune checkpoint blockers are not completely understood. To elucidate the role of intratumoral T-cells and their association with the tumor genomic landscape, we perform paired whole exome DNA sequencing and multiplexed quantitative immunofluorescence (QIF) in pre-treatment samples from non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) patients treated with PD-1 axis blockers. QIF is used to simultaneously measure the level of CD3+ tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), in situ T-cell proliferation (Ki-67 in CD3) and effector capacity (Granzyme-B in CD3). Elevated mutational load, candidate class-I neoantigens or intratumoral CD3 signal are significantly associated with favorable response to therapy. Additionally, a "dormant" TIL signature is associated with survival benefit in patients treated with immune checkpoint blockers characterized by elevated TILs with low activation and proliferation. We further demonstrate that dormant TILs can be reinvigorated upon PD-1 blockade in a patient-derived xenograft model.
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- Medical Oncology and Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
- Translational Immuno-oncology Laboratory, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
- Translational Immuno-oncology Laboratory, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Medical Oncology and Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
- Translational Immuno-oncology Laboratory, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Medical Oncology and Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Medical Oncology and Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
- Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
- Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Medical Oncology and Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Medical Oncology and Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Medical Oncology and Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA.
- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA.
- Translational Immuno-oncology Laboratory, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA.
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Liu J, Xu G, Dong W, Xu N, Xin F, Ma J, Fang Y, Zhou J, Jiang M. Biodegradation of diethyl terephthalate and polyethylene terephthalate by a novel identified degraderDelftiasp. WL-3 and its proposed metabolic pathway. Lett Appl Microbiol 2018; 67:254-261. [DOI: 10.1111/lam.13014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering; College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering; Nanjing Tech University; Nanjing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering; College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering; Nanjing Tech University; Nanjing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering; College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering; Nanjing Tech University; Nanjing China
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM); Nanjing Tech University; Nanjing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering; College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering; Nanjing Tech University; Nanjing China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomass-Based Energy and Enzyme Technology; Huaiyin Normal University; Huaian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering; College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering; Nanjing Tech University; Nanjing China
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM); Nanjing Tech University; Nanjing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering; College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering; Nanjing Tech University; Nanjing China
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM); Nanjing Tech University; Nanjing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering; College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering; Nanjing Tech University; Nanjing China
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM); Nanjing Tech University; Nanjing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering; College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering; Nanjing Tech University; Nanjing China
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM); Nanjing Tech University; Nanjing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering; College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering; Nanjing Tech University; Nanjing China
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM); Nanjing Tech University; Nanjing China
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Chu MT, Dong W, Chi R, Pan L, Li HY, Hu DY, Yang X, Deng FR, Guo XB. [Effects of high-efficiency particulate air purifiers on indoor fine particulate matter and its constituents in a district of Beijing during winter]. Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 2018; 50:482-487. [PMID: 29930417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the effect of domestic high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) purifiers on the concentrations of indoor fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and its elementary constituents in 20 residences in a district of Beijing during winter. METHODS From November 2015 to January 2016, 20 residences in a district of Beijing were selected, where indoor and outdoor PM2.5 data were collected simultaneously in three time periods according to the operating of air purifiers (Group 0 h: 24 hours before operating; Group 24 h: 24 hours after operating; Group 48 h: 24 to 48 hours after operating). The content of 21 elements in PM2.5 samples were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Indoor/outdoor particle concentration ratio (I/O ratios) and ΔI/O ratios were used to describe the pollution levels and the variation range of PM2.5 and its 21 elementary constituents. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) for repeated measurement data was applied to compare the I/O ratios of PM2.5 and its elementary constituents among the different groups, and Bonferroni method was used for comparison in pairs. Wilcoxon signed rank test for paired-samples was used to compare ΔI/O ratios of 21 elementary constituents with that of PM2.5. RESULTS The median I/O ratios of PM2.5 in the three groups were 1.27 (P25-P75: 0.50-2.68), 0.45 (P25-P75: 0.27-1.03) and 0.36 (P25-P75: 0.28-2.48), respectively. Compared with Group 0 h, the I/O ratios of PM2.5 in Group 24 h (P=0.042) and Group 48 h (P=0.006) decreased significantly. However, there was no significant difference between Group 24 h and Group 48 h. Significant differences were found comparing ΔI/O ratios of aluminium, ferrum and titanium to that of PM2.5, in both Group 24 h and Group 48 h (P<0.05). No significant change was found in the I/O ratios of these three elements among the three groups before and after air purifier operating (P>0.05). Distances from residences to traffic arteries could affect I/O ratios of some elements from traffic-related source (P<0.05). CONCLUSION Domestic HEPA air purifiers could effectively reduce indoor PM2.5 concentration, and the pollution level of PM2.5 tend to be stable after the purifier operating for a time. The purifiers had different effects on different elements, among which most showed statistical significances.
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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Yang X, Jia X, Dong W, Wu S, Miller MR, Hu D, Li H, Pan L, Deng F, Guo X. Cardiovascular benefits of reducing personal exposure to traffic-related noise and particulate air pollution: A randomized crossover study in the Beijing subway system. Indoor Air 2018; 28:777-786. [PMID: 29896813 DOI: 10.1111/ina.12485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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To assess the cardiovascular benefits of protecting against particulate air pollution and noise, we conducted a randomized crossover study with 40 young healthy college students from March to May 2017 in the underground subway, Beijing. Participants each received 4 treatments (no intervention phase [NIP], respirator intervention phase [RIP], headphone intervention phase [HIP], respirator plus headphone intervention phase [RHIP]) in a randomized order during 4 different study periods with 2-week washout intervals. We measured personal exposure to particulate matter (PM), noise and electrocardiogram (ECG) parameters (heart rate variability (HRV), heart rate (HR) and ST segment changes), ambulatory blood pressure (BP) continuously for 4 hours to investigate the cardiovascular effects. Compared with NIP, most of the HRV parameters increased, especially high frequency (HF) [21.1% (95% CI: 15.7%, 26.9%), 18.2% (95% CI: 12.8%, 23.9%), and 35.5% (95% CI: 29.3%, 42.0%) in RIP, HIP, and RHIP, respectively], whereas ST segment elevation and HR decreased for all 3 modes of interventions. However, no significant differences were observed in BP among the 4 treatments. In summary, short-term wearing of a respirator and/or headphone may be an effective way to minimize cardiovascular risk induced by air pollution in the subway by improving autonomic nervous function.
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Queens Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Fujii T, Kogawa T, Dong W, Sahin AA, Moulder S, Litton JK, Tripathy D, Iwamoto T, Hunt KK, Pusztai L, Lim B, Shen Y, Ueno NT. Revisiting the definition of estrogen receptor positivity in HER2-negative primary breast cancer. Ann Oncol 2018; 28:2420-2428. [PMID: 28961844 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Although 1% has been used as cut-off for estrogen receptor (ER) positivity, several studies have reported that tumors with ER < 1% have characteristics similar to those with 1% ≤ ER < 10%. We hypothesized that in patients with human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2)-negative breast cancer, a cut-off of 10% is more useful than one of 1% in discriminating for both a better pathological complete response (pCR) rate to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and a better long-term outcome with adjuvant hormonal therapy. Our objectives were to identify a percentage of ER expression below which pCR was likely and to determine whether this cut-off value can identify patients who would benefit from adjuvant hormonal therapy. Patients and methods Patients with stage II or III HER2-negative primary breast cancer who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by definitive surgery between June 1982 and June 2013 were included. Logistic regression models were used to assess the association between each variable and pCR. Cox models were used to analyze time to recurrence and overall survival. The recursive partitioning and regression trees method was used to calculate the cut-off value of ER expression. Results A total of 3055 patients were analyzed. Low percentage of ER was significantly associated with high pCR rate (OR = 0.99, 95% CI = 0.986-0.994, P < 0.001). The recommended cut-off of ER expression below which pCR was likely was 9.5%. Among patients with ER ≥ 10% tumors, but not those with 1%≤ER < 10% tumors, adjuvant hormonal therapy was significantly associated with long time to recurrence (HR = 0.24, 95% CI = 0.16-0.36, P < 0.001) and overall survival (HR = 0.32, 95% CI = 0.2-0.5, P < 0.001). Conclusion Stage II or III HER2-negative primary breast cancer with ER < 10% behaves clinically like triple-negative breast cancer in terms of pCR and survival outcomes and patients with such tumors may have a limited benefit from adjuvant hormonal therapy. It may be more clinically relevant to define triple-negative breast cancer as HER2-negative breast cancer with <10%, rather than <1%, of ER and/or progesterone receptor expression.
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- Department of Breast Medical Oncology
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- Department of Breast Medical Oncology
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- Department of Biostatistics
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
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- Department of Breast Medical Oncology
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- Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- Department of Breast Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
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- Department of Breast Medical Oncology
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- Department of Biostatistics
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- Department of Breast Medical Oncology.
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Dong W, Pan L, Li H, Miller MR, Loh M, Wu S, Xu J, Yang X, Shan J, Chen Y, Deng F, Guo X. Association of size-fractionated indoor particulate matter and black carbon with heart rate variability in healthy elderly women in Beijing. Indoor Air 2018; 28:373-382. [PMID: 29315830 DOI: 10.1111/ina.12449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Associations between size-fractionated indoor particulate matter (PM) and black carbon (BC) and heart rate variability (HRV) and heart rate (HR) in elderly women remain unclear. Twenty-nine healthy elderly women were measured for 24-hour HRV/HR indices. Real-time size-fractionated indoor PM and BC were monitored on the same day and on the preceding day. Mixed-effects models were applied to investigate the associations between pollutants and HRV/HR indices. Increases in size-fractionated indoor PM were significantly associated with declines in power in the high-frequency band (HF), power in the low-frequency band (LF), and standard deviation of all NN intervals (SDNN). The largest decline in HF was 19% at 5-minute moving average for an interquartile range (IQR) increase (24 μg/m3 ) in PM0.5 . The results showed that smaller particles could lead to greater reductions in HRV indices. The reported associations were modified by body mass index (BMI): Declines in HF at 5-minute average for an IQR increase in PM0.5 were 34.5% and 1.0% for overweight (BMI ≥25 kg/m2 ) and normal-weight (BMI <25 kg/m2 ) participants, respectively. Moreover, negative associations between BC and HRV indices were found to be significant in overweight participants. Increases in size-fractionated indoor PM and BC were associated with compromised cardiac autonomic function in healthy elderly women, especially overweight ones.
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University, School of Public Health, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University, School of Public Health, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University, School of Public Health, Beijing, China
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- University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Queens Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University, School of Public Health, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University, School of Public Health, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University, School of Public Health, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University, School of Public Health, Beijing, China
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- Respiratory Department, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University, School of Public Health, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University, School of Public Health, Beijing, China
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Liang Y, Zhuo Y, Lin Z, Jiang F, Dai Q, Lu J, Dong W, Zhu X, Han Z, Zhong W. Decreased Expression of MYPT1 Contributes to Tumor Angiogenesis and Poor Patient Prognosis in Human Prostate Cancer. Curr Mol Med 2018; 18:100-108. [PMID: 29974831 PMCID: PMC6302349 DOI: 10.2174/1566524018666180705111342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2017] [Revised: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Our previous study demonstrated that Myosin Phosphatase Targeting subunit 1 (MYPT1) may function as a direct target of microRNA-30d, which promotes tumor angiogenesis and tumor growth of prostate cancer (PCa). Here, we aimed to investigate the clinical significance of MYPT1 expression and its functions in PCa. METHODS Roles of MYPT1 deregulation in tumor angiogenesis of PCa was determined in vitro and in vivo experiments. Expression patterns of MYPT1 and CD31 proteins were examined by immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence, respectively. Associations of MYPT1/CD31 combination with various clinicopathological features and patients' prognosis of PCa were also statistically evaluated. RESULTS Through gain- and loss-of-function experiments, MYPT1 inhibited capillary tube formation of endothelial cells and in vivo tumor angiogenesis in a mouse model with the downregulation of VEGF and CD31 expression. In addition, MYPT1 expression was significantly decreased, while CD31 expression was dramatically increased in PCa tissues compared to benign prostate tissues. Notably, MYPT1 expression levels in PCa tissues were negatively correlated with that of CD31. Statistically, MYPT1-low/CD31- high expression was distinctly associated with high Gleason score, positive biochemical recurrence, and reduced overall survival of PCa patients. Moreover, PCa patients with MYPT1-low/CD31-high expression more frequently had shorter overall, biochemical recurrence-free and metastasis-free survivals. MYPT1/CD31 combination was identified as an independent factor to predict biochemical recurrence-free and metastasis-free survivals of PCa patients. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that MYPT1 may inhibit angiogenesis and contribute favorable prognosis in PCa patients, implying that MYPT1 might be a potential drug candidate in anticancer therapy.
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- Department of Urology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, The Second Affliated Hospital of South China University of Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, China
- Department of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, China
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- Department of Urology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, The Second Affliated Hospital of South China University of Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, China
- Department of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, China
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- Department of Urology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, The Second Affliated Hospital of South China University of Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, China
- Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510260, China
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- Department of Urology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, The Second Affliated Hospital of South China University of Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, China
- Department of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, China
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- Department of Urology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, The Second Affliated Hospital of South China University of Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, China
- Department of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, China
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- Department of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, China
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- Department of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, China
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- Department of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, China
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- Department of Urology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, The Second Affliated Hospital of South China University of Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, China
- Department of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, China
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- Department of Urology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, The Second Affliated Hospital of South China University of Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, China
- Department of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, China
- Department of Urology, Huadu District People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510800, China
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Shan J, Ni Y, Dong W, Xu JH, Pan L, Li HY, Yang X, Wu SW, Chen YH, Deng FR, Guo XB. [The effect of short-term exposure to ambient NO(2) on lung function and fractional exhaled nitric oxide in 33 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2017; 51:527-532. [PMID: 28592098 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2017.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objectives: To investigate the effect of short-term exposure to ambient NO(2) has influence on lung function and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. Methods: A panel of doctor-diagnosed stable COPD patients (n=33) were recruited and repeatedly measured for lung function and FeNO from December 2013 to October 2014. The patients who lived in Beijing for more than one year and aged between 60 and 85 years old were included in the study. We excluded patients with asthma, bronchial tensor, lung cancer and other respiratory disorders other than chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and occupational exposure and chest trauma surgery patients. Because the frequency of each subject visiting to the hospital was different, a total of 170 times of lung function measurements and 215 times of FeNO measurements were conducted. At the same time, the atmospheric NO(2) data of Beijing environmental monitoring station near the residence of each patient during the study period were collected from 1 day to 7 days lag before the measurement. Effects of short-term NO(2) exposure on lung function and FeNO in COPD patients were estimated by linear mixed-effects models. Results: The subjects' forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV(1)), peak expiratory flow (PEF), and exhaled NO of subjects were (3.26±0.83) L, (1.66±0.61) L, (4.13±1.77) L/s, and (48.99±14.30) μg/m(3), respectively. The concentration of NO(2) was (70.3±34.2) μg/m(3) and the interquartile range (IQR) was 39.0 μg/m(3). Short-term exposure to NO(2) resulted in a significant decrease in FVC among COPD patients' which was most obvious in 2 days lag. Every quartile range increased in NO(2) (39 μg/m(3), 2 day) would cause a 1.84% (95%CI: -3.20%- -0.48%) reduction in FVC. The effects of exposure to higher concentration of NO(2) (≥58.0 μg/m(3)) on FVC estimate was -2.32% (95%CI: -4.15%- -0.48%)(P=0.02). No significant relevance of FeNO and NO(2) was observed in this study. Conclusions: Short term exposure to ambient NO(2) may bring down pulmonary function in COPD patients.
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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Zhou J, Wei K, Wang C, Dong W, Ma N, Zhu L, Hu LP, Huang H, Zhu R. Oral immunisation with Taishan Pinus massoniana pollen polysaccharide adjuvant with recombinant Lactococcus lactis-expressing Proteus mirabilis ompA confers optimal protection in mice. Allergol Immunopathol (Madr) 2017. [PMID: 28629671 DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2017.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Proteus mirabilis poses a critical burden on the breeding industry, but no efficient vaccine is available for animals. METHOD A recombinant Lactococcus lactis expressing the ompA of P. mirabilis was used to develop a vaccine. The mucosal and systemic immune responses of the recombinant vaccine were evaluated in mice after oral immunisation. The inhibition on P. mirabilis colonisation of vaccines was also determined. Moreover, Taishan Pinus massoniana pollen polysaccharides (TPPPS) were used as adjuvants to examine the immunomodulatory effects. RESULTS The pure recombinant L. lactis vaccine significantly induced the production of specific IgA and IgG, IL-2, IL-4, IFN-γ, and T lymphocyte proliferation, and the immunised mice exhibited significant resistance to P. mirabilis colonisation. Notably, the TPPPS adjuvant vaccines induced higher levels of immune responses than the pure L. lactis. CONCLUSIONS The L. lactis as a vaccine vehicle combined with TPPPS adjuvant provides a feasible method for preventing P. mirabilis infection.
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong Taian 271018, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong Taian 271018, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong Taian 271018, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong Taian 271018, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong Taian 271018, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong Taian 271018, PR China
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- Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center of Shandong Province, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau of Shandong Province, Shandong Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Shandong New Hope Liuhe Co., Ltd, New Hope Group, Shandong Qingdao, 266061, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong Taian 271018, PR China.
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Dong W, Chen MH, Yang YH, Zhang X, Huang MJ, Yang XJ, Wang HZ. The effect of dexmedetomidine on expressions of inflammatory factors in patients with radical resection of gastric cancer. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2017; 21:3510-3515. [PMID: 28829488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of dexmedetomidine on the expressions of inflammatory factors, T-lymphocyte subgroups and nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) in peripheral blood monocytes in the perioperative period of radical resection of gastric cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS We selected 74 patients who were admitted to our hospital for radical resection of gastric cancer between January 2012 and October 2015. All patients were randomly divided into the dexmedetomidine group and the control group. Within 15 min before anesthesia induction, patients in the dexmedetomidine group received the intravenous injection of dexmedetomidine, while the same volume saline in the control group. During the operation, the initial dosage in the dexmedetomidine group was set as 1 μg/kg followed by 0.2 μg/kg•h intravenous injection to the end of operation. Three time points were selected: 15 min before anesthesia induction (T0), 1 h before the end of operation (T1) and 24 h after operation (T2). At these time points, we detected the levels of serum inflammatory factors using enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA), immunoturbidimetry, and flow cytometer, respectively. RESULTS The levels of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, NF-κB and CRP at T1 and T2 were significantly elevated compared with the levels at T0, and the amplitude of elevation in the control group was significantly larger than that in the dexmedetomidine group. The expression levels of T-lymphocyte subgroup in patients in both groups were decreased at T1 (compared with the levels at T0), and the decreasing extent of the ratio of CD4+ to CD8+ in the control group was significantly larger than that in the dexmedetomidine group. Meanwhile, we found that the percentages of CD3+ and CD4+ at T1 and T2 in the control group were significantly lower than those in the dexmedetomidine group. CONCLUSIONS Dexmedetomidine can effectively reduce the release of inflammatory factors in patients that received the radical resection of gastric cancer, and the anti-inflammation effect may be exerted through downregulating the expression of NF-κB. Besides, dexmedetomidine can also alleviate the reduction in subgroups of CD3+ and CD4+, thereby ameliorating the impaired immune functions.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medicine College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, China.
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It appears to be a common sense to measure the crowdedness of a fluid system by the densities of the species constituting it. In the present work, we show that this ceases to be valid for confined fluids under some conditions. A quite thorough investigation is made for a hard sphere (HS) fluid adsorbed in a hard sphere matrix (a quench-annealed system) and its corresponding equilibrium binary mixture. When fluid particles are larger than matrix particles, the quench-annealed system can appear much more crowded than its corresponding equilibrium binary mixture, i.e., having a much higher fluid chemical potential, even when the density of each species is strictly the same in both systems, respectively. We believe that the insight gained from this study should be useful for the design of functionalized porous materials.
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- C Z Qiao
- Université de Lyon, CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie, UMR 5182, 46, Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- School of Chemical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, 200237 Shanghai, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, 200237 Shanghai, China
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie, UMR 5182, 46, Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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Maxwell S, Wallis D, Zhou N, Baker D, Mousavi-Fard S, Loesch K, Galaviz S, Sun Q, Threadgill D, Rojas C, O'Brien M, Clubb F, Ioerger T, DeJesus M, Dong W, Seemann G, Fossum T, Sacchettini J. DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL, NON-TOXIC RIFAMYCINS THAT REVERSE DRUG RESISTANCE IN DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA (DLBCL). Hematol Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.2438_118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Molecular & Cellular Medicine; Texas A&M Health Science Center; College Station USA
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- Genetics Research Division; University of Alabama; Birmingham AL USA
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- Biochemistry & Biophysics; Texas A&M University, College Station; USA
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- Biochemistry & Biophysics; Texas A&M University, College Station; USA
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- Molecular & Cellular Medicine; Texas A&M Health Science Center; College Station USA
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- Biochemistry & Biophysics; Texas A&M University, College Station; USA
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- Biochemistry & Biophysics; Texas A&M University, College Station; USA
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- Biochemistry & Biophysics; Texas A&M University, College Station; USA
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- Molecular & Cellular Medicine; Texas A&M Health Science Center; College Station USA
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- Molecular & Cellular Medicine; Texas A&M Health Science Center; College Station USA
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- Veterinary Medical Pathobiology; Texas A&M University, College Station; USA
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- Veterinary Medical Pathobiology; Texas A&M University, College Station; USA
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- Computer Science; Texas A&M University, College Station; USA
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- Computer Science; Texas A&M University, College Station; USA
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- Biochemistry & Biophysics; Texas A&M University, College Station; USA
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- Biochemistry & Biophysics; Texas A&M University, College Station; USA
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- Research and Strategic Initiatives; Midwestern University; Downers Grove USA
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- Biochemistry & Biophysics; Texas A&M University, College Station; USA
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Cui W, Lu X, Min X, Liu M, Guan S, Wang Y, Luo M, Li W, Li Q, Dong W, Miao L, Luo P. Therapy of tacrolimus combined with corticosteroids in idiopathic membranous nephropathy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 50:e5976. [PMID: 28355356 PMCID: PMC5423753 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20175976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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We evaluated the efficacy and safety of tacrolimus (TAC) combined with corticosteroids in treating patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN). One hundred seventy-seven biopsy-proven IMN patients were recruited in this retrospective clinical study. Sixty patients received TAC (target blood concentration of 4–8 ng/mL) and 117 patients received daily cyclophosphamide (CYC, 100 mg) combined with prednisone. Remission rates at the end of the first, second and third month in the TAC group were significantly higher than that in the CYC group (1st: 35.0 vs 19.7%, P<0.05; 2nd: 56.7 vs 38.5%, P<0.05; 3rd: 76.7 vs 59.0%, P<0.05). In the first 3 months, daily urinary protein and serum albumin in the TAC group obtained a better improvement than that in the CYC group (P<0.05). At the end of the sixth and the twelfth month, the remission rates, daily urinary protein and serum albumin were all comparable between the two groups (P>0.05). No significant difference of relapse rate between the groups was found (16.3 vs 12.0%, P>0.05). Patients were more likely to develop glucose intolerance in the TAC group. The TAC regimen obtained more benefits in treating IMN patients, especially in the first 3 months, than the CYC regimen.
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- Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, China.,Department of Nephrology, Central Hospital of Jilin City, Jilin, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, China.,Department of Nephrology, General Hospital of Daqing Oil Field, Daqing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, China
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Wang H, Dong W, Qi MC, Sun H, Feng XJ, Wen LM. [Effect of zoledronate on protein interaction between Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinaseⅡ and calmodulin and expression of downstream genes during osteoclast differentiation]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2017; 52:120-125. [PMID: 28253589 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1002-0098.2017.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the effect of zoledronate on protein interaction between Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinaseⅡ(CaMKⅡ) and calmodulin and protein expression of nuclear factor of activation of T cells-1 (NFATc1) and tartrate resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) during osteoclast differentiation. Methods: Mouse RAW264.7 cells were divided into group A and B and were cultured. Group A was induced with 50 mg/L receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL) for osteoclastogenesis, and group B was treated with 1×10(-6) zoledronate for two days from day 2. Co-immunoprcipitation (Co-IP) and reverse Co-IP were used to detect the protein-binding between CaMKⅡ and calmodulin. Western-blotting and immunofluorescent cytochemistry were also used to detect the protein level of NFATc1 and TRAP in both groups. Osteoclast formation was also analyzed. Results: In group B, the number of osteoclasts, number and size of dentin resorption lacunaes were 11.3±1.5, 8.7±2.1 and (5 034.4±775.4) μm(2) respevtively, which were significantly lower than those (37.7±5.7, 23.0±4.0 and [15 042.7±1 906.0] μm(2)) in group A (P<0.01). Co-IP and reverse Co-IP examination indicated that protein-binding between CaMKⅡ and calmodulin significantly decreased by 59.8% and 50.9% in group B compared with group A (P<0.01). The protein level of calmodulin and CaMKⅡ in total cellular proteins also significantly decreased by 52.1% and 51.5% in group B compared with group A (P<0.01). NFATc1 and TRAP protein decreased by 52.4% and 38.9% in group B than in group A (P<0.01), respectively. Conclusions: Zoledronate could significantly inhibit protein-binding between CaMKⅡ and calmodulin and down-regulate protein level of NFATc1 and TRAP.
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Stomatology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan Hebei 063000, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Stomatology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan Hebei 063000, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Stomatology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan Hebei 063000, China
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Pathology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan Hebei 063000, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Stomatology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan Hebei 063000, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Stomatology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan Hebei 063000, China
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Dong W. 87P Therapeutic effect of harmonic scalpel versus electrocautery in axillary dissection of breast cancer. Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw575.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Dong W, Zhang GN, Gao SH. Preliminary in vitro analysis of mechanism of cardiac microvascular endothelial barrier function. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr-15-gmr15048864. [PMID: 27813591 DOI: 10.4238/gmr15048864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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To preliminarily clarify the mechanism of cardiac microvascular endothelial barrier function leading to heart failure, primary HMVEC-D cells were selected and cultured for amplification. The cells were infected with adenovirus vector containing the ADP-ribosylation factor 6 (Arf6) Q67L gene. Full-length and functional fragments of myeloid differentiation primary response 88 and ARF nucleotide-binding site opener genes were established and transfected into HEK293T cells. GTP-Arf6 pull-down experiment, fluorescent quantitative real-time PCR, immuno-coprecipitation, and transendothelial electrical resistance analysis were conducted. Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) induced increase in vascular permeability, whereas inhibitor SC514 blocked IL-1β-induced transfer of nuclear factor-κB into the nucleus, from the cytoplasm. Increase in amount of activated Arf6 promoted reduction in transendothelial electrical resistance. In addition, SecinH3 significantly inhibited increase in vascular permeability, and the progression of heart failure was significantly relieved. Cardiac microvascular endothelial barrier function can lead to heart failure. However, IL-1β induced increase in vascular permeability, which nullified the function of cardiac microvascular endothelial barrier. These findings are closely related to the activation of the Arf6-VE-cadherin signaling pathway.
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- Intensive Care Unit, Jining No. 1 People's Hospital, Jining, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Jining No. 1 People's Hospital, Jining, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Nursing, Jining No. 1 People's Hospital, Jining, Shandong Province, China
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Milgrom S, Smith G, Pinnix C, Dong W, Akhtari M, Mawlawi O, Rohren E, Garg N, Chuang H, Reddy J, Gunther J, Osborne E, Yehia ZA, Oki Y, Fanale M, Dabaja B. Prognostic Significance of the Postchemotherapy Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/Computed Tomography in Early-Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma: Can PET-Positive Patients Be Cured With Radiation Alone? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.06.421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Chen W, Zhao SL, Holovko M, Chen XS, Dong W. Scaled Particle Theory for Multicomponent Hard Sphere Fluids Confined in Random Porous Media. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:5491-504. [PMID: 27294670 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b02957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The formulation of scaled particle theory (SPT) is presented for a quite general model of fluids confined in a random porous media, i.e., a multicomponent hard sphere (HS) fluid in a multicomponent hard sphere or a multicomponent overlapping hard sphere (OHS) matrix. The analytical expressions for pressure, Helmholtz free energy, and chemical potential are derived. The thermodynamic consistency of the proposed theory is established. Moreover, we show that there is an isomorphism between the SPT for a multicomponent system and that for a one-component system. Results from grand canonical ensemble Monte Carlo simulations are also presented for a binary HS mixture in a one-component HS or a one-component OHS matrix. The accuracy of various variants derived from the basic SPT formulation is appraised against the simulation results. Scaled particle theory, initially formulated for a bulk HS fluid, has not only provided an analytical tool for calculating thermodynamic properties of HS fluid but also helped to gain very useful insight for elaborating other theoretical approaches such as the fundamental measure theory (FMT). We expect that the general SPT for multicomponent systems developed in this work can contribute to the study of confined fluids in a similar way.
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Lyon 1 , Laboratoire de Chimie, UMR 5182, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France.,Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences , P.O. Box 349, 100190 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , 130 Meilong Road, 200237 Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, National Academy of Sciences , 1 Svientsitskii Street, 79011 Lviv, Ukraine
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- State Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , P.O. Box 2735, 100190 Beijing, China
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Lyon 1 , Laboratoire de Chimie, UMR 5182, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France.,State Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , P.O. Box 2735, 100190 Beijing, China
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Shan J, Li HY, Liu GF, Yang X, Dong W, Jian WY, Deng FR, Guo XB. [Effect of air pollution on health service demand of the elderly and middle-age patients with hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: based on analysis of data from CHARLS]. Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 2016; 48:460-464. [PMID: 27318908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the association of air pollution with health service demand of the elderly and middle-age patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and to provide a scientific basis for development of environmental protection policy and health service policy of the Chinese government. METHODS This study included survey data on self-evaluated health, outpatient service demand and inpatient service demand of the patients with hypertension, heart disease and stroke in 62 cities of 17 provinces from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2011 and 2013, and combined it with the data on the annual concentrations of inhalable particulate matter (PM(10)), sulfur dioxide(SO(2)) and nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)) of those provinces and cities. Conditional Logistic regression was carried out to assess the possible effects of air pollutants on self-evaluated health and health service utilization. RESULTS The results showed that turning points existed in the effects of concentrations of NO(2) and SO(2) on the health service demand of the patients with hypertension, heart disease and stroke. The inpatient service demand of the hypertension patients increased with NO(2) concentration when it was lower than 35.1 μg/m(3) and decreased with NO(2) concentration for higher value. Self-evaluated health of the patients with heart disease and stroke decreased with SO(2) concentration when it was lower than 63.8 μg/m(3) and increased with SO(2) concentration for higher value. In addition, no evidence was found for the association between PM(10) and health service demand. CONCLUSION Air pollution may have effects on health service demand of the patients with hypertension,cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and different air pollutants at high or low concentration may have different health effects.
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Health Policy and Administration, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Health Policy and Administration, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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Woolliams ER, Anhalt K, Ballico M, Bloembergen P, Bourson F, Briaudeau S, Campos J, Cox MG, del Campo D, Dong W, Dury MR, Gavrilov V, Grigoryeva I, Hernanz ML, Jahan F, Khlevnoy B, Khromchenko V, Lowe DH, Lu X, Machin G, Mantilla JM, Martin MJ, McEvoy HC, Rougié B, Sadli M, Salim SGR, Sasajima N, Taubert DR, Todd ADW, Van den Bossche R, van der Ham E, Wang T, Whittam A, Wilthan B, Woods DJ, Woodward JT, Yamada Y, Yamaguchi Y, Yoon HW, Yuan Z. Thermodynamic temperature assignment to the point of inflection of the melting curve of high-temperature fixed points. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2016; 374:20150044. [PMID: 26903099 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2015.0044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The thermodynamic temperature of the point of inflection of the melting transition of Re-C, Pt-C and Co-C eutectics has been determined to be 2747.84 ± 0.35 K, 2011.43 ± 0.18 K and 1597.39 ± 0.13 K, respectively, and the thermodynamic temperature of the freezing transition of Cu has been determined to be 1357.80 ± 0.08 K, where the ± symbol represents 95% coverage. These results are the best consensus estimates obtained from measurements made using various spectroradiometric primary thermometry techniques by nine different national metrology institutes. The good agreement between the institutes suggests that spectroradiometric thermometry techniques are sufficiently mature (at least in those institutes) to allow the direct realization of thermodynamic temperature above 1234 K (rather than the use of a temperature scale) and that metal-carbon eutectics can be used as high-temperature fixed points for thermodynamic temperature dissemination. The results directly support the developing mise en pratique for the definition of the kelvin to include direct measurement of thermodynamic temperature.
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- E R Woolliams
- National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Abbestrasse 2-12, Berlin 10587, Germany
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- Temperature Standards, National Measurement Institute Australia (NMIA), Bradfield Road, West Lindfield, New South Wales 2070, Australia
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- Research Institute for Physical Measurement, National Metrology Institute of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan Division of Thermophysics and Process Measurements, National Institute of Metrology (NIM), No. 18 Bei San Huan Dong Lu, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- High Temperature Metrology Department, Laboratoire commun de métrologie (LNE-Cnam), 61 rue du Landy, Saint Denis 93210, France
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- High Temperature Metrology Department, Laboratoire commun de métrologie (LNE-Cnam), 61 rue du Landy, Saint Denis 93210, France
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- Optical Institute, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Serrano, 144, Madrid 28006, Spain
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- National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK
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- Centro Español de Metrologia, C/del Alfar, 2, Tres Cantos 28760, Spain
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- Division of Thermophysics and Process Measurements, National Institute of Metrology (NIM), No. 18 Bei San Huan Dong Lu, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK
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- All-Russian Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements (VNIIOFI), Ozernaya 46, Moscow 119361, Russia
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- All-Russian Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements (VNIIOFI), Ozernaya 46, Moscow 119361, Russia
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- Optical Institute, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Serrano, 144, Madrid 28006, Spain
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- Temperature Standards, National Measurement Institute Australia (NMIA), Bradfield Road, West Lindfield, New South Wales 2070, Australia
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- All-Russian Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements (VNIIOFI), Ozernaya 46, Moscow 119361, Russia
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- Sensor Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK
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- Division of Thermophysics and Process Measurements, National Institute of Metrology (NIM), No. 18 Bei San Huan Dong Lu, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK
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- Centro Español de Metrologia, C/del Alfar, 2, Tres Cantos 28760, Spain
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- Centro Español de Metrologia, C/del Alfar, 2, Tres Cantos 28760, Spain
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- National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK
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- High Temperature Metrology Department, Laboratoire commun de métrologie (LNE-Cnam), 61 rue du Landy, Saint Denis 93210, France
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- High Temperature Metrology Department, Laboratoire commun de métrologie (LNE-Cnam), 61 rue du Landy, Saint Denis 93210, France
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- High Temperature Metrology Department, Laboratoire commun de métrologie (LNE-Cnam), 61 rue du Landy, Saint Denis 93210, France Radiometry and Photometry Division, National Institute of Standards (NIS), PO Box 136, President Sadat Street, El-Haram, Giza, Egypt
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- Research Institute for Physical Measurement, National Metrology Institute of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Abbestrasse 2-12, Berlin 10587, Germany
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- National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK
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- Temperature Standards, National Measurement Institute Australia (NMIA), Bradfield Road, West Lindfield, New South Wales 2070, Australia
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- Division of Thermophysics and Process Measurements, National Institute of Metrology (NIM), No. 18 Bei San Huan Dong Lu, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Abbestrasse 2-12, Berlin 10587, Germany
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- National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Sensor Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- Research Institute for Physical Measurement, National Metrology Institute of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan
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- Research Institute for Physical Measurement, National Metrology Institute of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan
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- Sensor Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- Division of Thermophysics and Process Measurements, National Institute of Metrology (NIM), No. 18 Bei San Huan Dong Lu, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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Patsahan T, Holovko M, Dong W. Erratum: “Fluids in porous media. III. Scaled particle theory” [J. Chem. Phys. 134, 074503 (2011)]. J Chem Phys 2016; 144:099903. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4943572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Fujii T, Kogawa T, Dong W, Moulder S, Litton JK, Tripathy D, Lim B, Shen Y, Ueno NT. Abstract P1-14-07: Association between quantitative values of estrogen receptor expression level and pathological complete response in human epidermal growth factor 2-negative breast cancer: Should the clinical definition of triple-negative breast cancer be redefined? Cancer Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs15-p1-14-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: The American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists recommended that the cut-off for negative status of estrogen receptor (ER) should be <1% positively staining cells, although a 10% cut-off has often been used clinically. Prior studies reported that patients with ER ranging from 1% to 9% showed survival outcomes and molecular features similar to those of patients with ER positivity of <1%; however, those studies did not take into account patients' human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2) status. This means we have yet to clarify the exact clinical definition of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) on the basis of response to preoperative chemotherapy. Previous studies reported that hormone receptor–positive tumors were less sensitive to systemic chemotherapies. On the basis of these facts, we hypothesized that in patients with HER2-negative breast cancer ER expression level as a continuous variable has an inverse linear association with pathological complete response (pCR) rate. Our primary objective was to determine whether a quantitative value of ER between 0% and 10% is predictive of pCR rate in HER2-negative patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Secondary objective was to find the ideal cut-off value of ER expression.
Methods: We included newly diagnosed stage I-III HER2-negative breast cancer patients with available ER (0%≤ER<10%) who were treated with neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy. ER status was determined by immunohistochemical (IHC) staining; HER2 status was determined by IHC and/or FISH. We used univariate and multivariate logistic regression models to determine the association between baseline variables and pCR. A backward stepwise method was used to select the covariates for the multivariate analysis. Recursive partitioning and regression tree method were used to identify the potential significant cut-off of ER.
Results: The analysis included 1155 patients with newly diagnosed HER2-negative invasive breast cancer. The univariate logistic regression analysis showed that ER as a continuous variable was not a statistically significant factor for predicting pCR (ER: OR=0.98, 95%CI: 0.9-1.07, P=0.68). In the multivariate analysis, ER status again was not a significant factor for predicting pCR (OR=0.97, 95%CI 0.9-1.06, P=0.55). ER as a categorical variable, there was no significant difference of the pCR rate between 0<ER<1 and 1≤ER<10 groups (OR=1.27, 95%CI: 0.62-2.62, P=0.52). Among ER> 0 (n=229), the recommended cut-off value of ER was 5.5. However, the odds ratio of pCR rate divided by this value of 5.5 was not significant (ER≤5 vs ER>5; OR 1.94 95%CI 0.54-6.95 P=0.31).
Conclusion: Evaluating ER (<10%) as a continuous variable showed no association with pCR rate, and no cut-off of ER was identified with which to stratify patients into groups more or less likely to achieve pCR. A potential meaningful cut-off ER value might exist between 10% and 100% in HER2-negative patients. We will explore whether a meaningful cut-off ER value exists that will change the pCR rate and possibly lead to redefining the clinical definition of TNBC.
Citation Format: Fujii T, Kogawa T, Dong W, Moulder S, Litton JK, Tripathy D, Lim B, Shen Y, Ueno NT. Association between quantitative values of estrogen receptor expression level and pathological complete response in human epidermal growth factor 2-negative breast cancer: Should the clinical definition of triple-negative breast cancer be redefined?. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: 2015 Dec 8-12; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P1-14-07.
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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Dong W, Huang Z. A Method to Evaluate Critical Factors for Successful Implementation of Clinical Pathways. Appl Clin Inform 2015; 6:650-68. [PMID: 26763576 DOI: 10.4338/aci-2015-05-ra-0054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 09/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Clinical pathways (CPs) have been viewed as a multidisciplinary tool to improve the quality and efficiency of evidence-based care. Despite widespread enthusiasm for CPs, research has shown that many CP initiatives are unsuccessful. To this end, this study provides a methodology to evaluate critical success factors (CSFs) that can aid healthcare organizations to achieve successful CP implementation. DESIGN This study presents a new approach to evaluate CP implementation CSFs, with the aims being: (1) to identify CSFs for implementation of CPs through a comprehensive literature review and interviews with collaborative experts; (2) to use a filed study data with a robust fuzzy DEMATEL (the decision making trial and evaluation laboratory) approach to visualize the structure of complicated causal relationships between CSFs and obtain the influence level of these factors. PARTICIPANTS The filed study data is provided by ten clinical experts of a Chinese hospital. RESULTS 23 identified CSF factors which are initially identified through a review of the literature and interviews with collaborative experts. Then, a number of direct and indirect relationships are derived from the data such that different perceptions can be integrated into a compromised cause and effect model of CP implementation. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that the proposed approach can systematically evaluate CSFs and realize the importance of each factor such that the most common causes of failure of CP implementation could be eliminated or avoided. Therefore, the tool proposed would help healthcare organizations to manage CP implementation in a more effective and proactive way.
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- Cardiology Department, Chinese PLA General Hospital , Beijing, China
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- College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou, China
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Zhao N, Zhong Y, Huang ML, Ma HT, Dong W. Growth kinetics of Cu6Sn5 intermetallic compound at liquid-solid interfaces in Cu/Sn/Cu interconnects under temperature gradient. Sci Rep 2015; 5:13491. [PMID: 26311323 PMCID: PMC4550914 DOI: 10.1038/srep13491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The growth behavior of intermetallic compounds (IMCs) at the liquid-solid interfaces in Cu/Sn/Cu interconnects during reflow at 250 °C and 280 °C on a hot plate was investigated. Being different from the symmetrical growth during isothermal aging, the interfacial IMCs showed clearly asymmetrical growth during reflow, i.e., the growth of Cu6Sn5 IMC at the cold end was significantly enhanced while that of Cu3Sn IMC was hindered especially at the hot end. It was found that the temperature gradient had caused the mass migration of Cu atoms from the hot end toward the cold end, resulting in sufficient Cu atomic flux for interfacial reaction at the cold end while inadequate Cu atomic flux at the hot end. The growth mechanism was considered as reaction/thermomigration-controlled at the cold end and grain boundary diffusion/thermomigration-controlled at the hot end. A growth model was established to explain the growth kinetics of the Cu6Sn5 IMC at both cold and hot ends. The molar heat of transport of Cu atoms in molten Sn was calculated as + 11.12 kJ/mol at 250 °C and + 14.65 kJ/mol at 280 °C. The corresponding driving force of thermomigration in molten Sn was estimated as 4.82 × 10−19 N and 6.80 × 10−19 N.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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Dong W, Hu L, Xu XW. Neuroprotective Effect of Insulin-like Growth Factor-II on 1- Methyl-4-Phenyl Pyridinium-Induced Oxidative Damage in Cortical Neuronal Cells. TROP J PHARM RES 2015. [DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v14i7.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Kan G, Dong W. The expression of PD-L1 APE1 and P53 in hepatocellular carcinoma and its relationship to clinical pathology. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2015; 19:3063-3071. [PMID: 26367730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the expression of programmed death-ligand1 (PD-L1) in hepatocellular carcinoma and its relationship with clinicopathological characteristics and, prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma and APE1, P53 protein expression levels. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 128 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma were enrolled in this study. The expression of PD-L1, APE1 and P53 were detected by immunohistochemistry.Use immunohistochemical ABC staining method to detect the expression levels of PD-L1, APE1 and P53 protein in the hepatocellular carcinoma of 128 cases. RESULTS Positive The positive expression rates levels of PD-L1, APE1, and P53 protein in hepatocellular carcinoma tissues are were 82.03%, 92.19%, and 60.94%. PD-L1 positive expression were significantly associated with clinical stage, The PD-L1 protein has a high expression in patients with I ~ II stage liver cancerHBV infection positive and nonportal vein thrombosis (p=0.041; p=0.030; p=0.014). It is inversely correlated with P53 and PD-L1 expression (correlation coefficient -0.227, p=0.010), and positively correlated with APE1 expression (correlation coefficient 0.189, p=0.032). The expression of PD-L1 is associated with the survival time of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, and the median survival time of patients with high expression of PD-L1 is ten months. The median survival time of patients with low expression is five months (p=0.001). The relationship between the expression of APE1 and P53 protein and overall survival time of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma has not been found. CONCLUSIONS The PD-L1 and APE1 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma are related to the level of the expression of P53 protein. The expression state of PD-L1 may be a prognostic factor in hepatocellular carcinoma.
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- Cancer Center of Research Institute of field surgery of the Third Military Medical University Daping Hospital, Chongqing, China.
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Dong Y, Huang J, Li G, Li L, Li W, Li X, Liu X, Liu Z, Lu Y, Ma A, Sun H, Wang H, Wen X, Xu D, Yang J, Zhang J, Zhao H, Zhou J, Zhu L, Committee Members:, Bai L, Cao K, Chen M, Chen M, Dai G, Ding W, Dong W, Fang Q, Fang W, Fu X, Gao W, Gao R, Ge J, Ge Z, Gu F, Guo Y, Han H, Hu D, Huang W, Huang L, Huang C, Huang D, Huo Y, Jin W, Ke Y, Lei H, Li X, Li Y, Li D, Li G, Li X, Li Z, Liang Y, Liao Y, Liu G, Ma A, Ma C, Ma D, Ma Y, Shen L, Sun J, Sun C, Sun Y, Tang Q, Wan Z, Wang H, Wang J, Wang S, Wang D, Wang G, Wang J, Wu Y, Wu P, Wu S, Wu X, Wu Z, Yang J, Yang T, Yang X, Yang Y, Yang Z, Ye P, Yu B, Yuan F, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Zhang R, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhao S, Zhou X. Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infective endocarditis in adults: The Task Force for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis in Adults of Chinese Society of Cardiology of Chinese Medical Association, and of the Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Cardiology. Eur Heart J Suppl 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/suv031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Yang S, Zhao X, Huang J, Li H, Yan Y, Dong W, Huang L, Zhang Y. Anti-Tumor Effect of Autologous Cytokine-Induced Killer (CIK) Cells in Patients With Advanced Primary Hepotic Carcinoma. Cytotherapy 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2015.03.373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Wang ZW, Luan ZP, Zhang W, Dong W, Fu CR, Wang YN, Li BS. Postoperative chemoradiotherapy improves survival in esophageal squamous cell cancer with extracapsular lymph node extension. Neoplasma 2015; 61:732-8. [PMID: 25150318 DOI: 10.4149/neo_2014_089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), extracapsular extention (ECE) in metastatic lymph nodes portends high rate of recurrence and poor prognosis. To our knowledge, the effectiveness of postoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in these patients has never been investigated. In this retrospective study, we compared the outcomes of surgery with or without postoperative chemoradiotherapy in ESCC patients with ECE. From 2008 to 2009, 90 ECSS patients with ECE were included. Among those patients, 47 only received curative surgery alone, and 43 received additional postoperative concurrent CRT which consisted of radiotherapy (median dose 50 Gy) and chemotherapy (5-fluorouracil 1000 mg/m(2), days 1-4 and 29-32; cisplatinum 25 mg/m(2), days 1-3 and 29-31). Patients treated with postoperative CRT had significantly more T3/4 tumors (p=0.023). Based on log-rank stratified by T stage, postoperative adjuvant CRT significantly improved the overall survival (p=0.017) and progression free survival (p=0.002). In multivariate analysis, adjuvant CRT was identified as an independent prognostic factor (HR=0.494, CI 0.290-0.844, p=0.010). Compared with surgery alone, the CRT group had significantly fewer cases of regional recurrence (P=0.048) and overall recurrence (P=0.024). However, there was no significant difference in distant metastasis between two groups (P=0.755). In conclusion, our data suggest that the postoperative adjuvant CRT might be beneficial in selected subgroups of ESCC patients with ECE. To further verify these results, a prospective trial with a large sample size is needed.
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Jiao H, Su GQ, Dong W, Zhang L, Xie W, Yao LM, Chen P, Wang ZX, Liou YC, You H. Chaperone-like protein p32 regulates ULK1 stability and autophagy. Cell Death Differ 2015:xyza201534. [PMID: 26001217 DOI: 10.1038/xyza.2015.34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Revised: 02/06/2015] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Mitophagy mediates clearance of dysfunctional mitochondria, and represents one type of mitochondrial quality control, which is essential for optimal mitochondrial bioenergetics. p32, a chaperone-like protein, is crucial for maintaining mitochondrial membrane potential and oxidative phosphorylation. However, the relationship between p32 and mitochondrial homeostasis has not been addressed. Here, we identified p32 as a key regulator of ULK1 stability by forming complex with ULK1. p32 depletion potentiated K48-linked but impaired K63-linked polyubiquitination of ULK1, leading to proteasome-mediated degradation of ULK1. As a result, silencing p32 profoundly impaired starvation-induced autophagic flux and the clearance of damaged mitochondria caused by mitochondrial uncoupler. Importantly, restoring ULK1 expression in p32-depleted cells rescued autophagy and mitophagy defects. Our findings highlight a cytoprotective role of p32 under starvation conditions by regulating ULK1 stability, and uncover a crucial role of the p32-ULK1-autophagy axis in coordinating stress response, cell survival and mitochondrial homeostasis.Cell Death and Differentiation advance online publication, 24 April 2015; doi:10.1038/cdd.2015.34.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361003, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361003, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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Jiao H, Su GQ, Dong W, Zhang L, Xie W, Yao LM, Chen P, Wang ZX, Liou YC, You H. Chaperone-like protein p32 regulates ULK1 stability and autophagy. Cell Death Differ 2015; 22:1812-23. [PMID: 25909887 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2015.34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Revised: 02/06/2015] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Mitophagy mediates clearance of dysfunctional mitochondria, and represents one type of mitochondrial quality control, which is essential for optimal mitochondrial bioenergetics. p32, a chaperone-like protein, is crucial for maintaining mitochondrial membrane potential and oxidative phosphorylation. However, the relationship between p32 and mitochondrial homeostasis has not been addressed. Here, we identified p32 as a key regulator of ULK1 stability by forming complex with ULK1. p32 depletion potentiated K48-linked but impaired K63-linked polyubiquitination of ULK1, leading to proteasome-mediated degradation of ULK1. As a result, silencing p32 profoundly impaired starvation-induced autophagic flux and the clearance of damaged mitochondria caused by mitochondrial uncoupler. Importantly, restoring ULK1 expression in p32-depleted cells rescued autophagy and mitophagy defects. Our findings highlight a cytoprotective role of p32 under starvation conditions by regulating ULK1 stability, and uncover a crucial role of the p32-ULK1-autophagy axis in coordinating stress response, cell survival and mitochondrial homeostasis.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361003, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361003, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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Luo W, Chen M, Chen A, Dong W, Hou X, Pu B. Isolation of lactic acid bacteria from pao cai, a Chinese traditional fermented vegetable, with inhibitory activity against Salmonella associated with fresh-cut apple, using a modelling study. J Appl Microbiol 2015; 118:998-1006. [PMID: 25785432 DOI: 10.1111/jam.12741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Revised: 11/28/2014] [Accepted: 12/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS To isolate lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from pao cai, a Chinese traditional fermented vegetable, with outstanding inhibitory activity against Salmonella inoculated on fresh-cut apple, using a modelling method. METHODS AND RESULTS Four kinds of pao cai were selected. A total of 122 isolates exhibited typical LAB characteristics: Gram-positive and catalase negative, among which 104 (85·24%) colonies showed antibacterial activity against Salmonella by the well diffusion assay. Four colonies showing maximum antibacterial radius against Salmonella were selected to co-inoculate with Salmonella on fresh-cut apple and stored at 10°C, further identified as three strains of Lactobacillus plantarum and one strain of Lactobacillus brevis by 16s rRNA gene sequence analysis. The modified Gompertz model was employed to analyse the growth of the micro-organisms on apple wedges. Two of the four selected strains showed antagonistic activity against Salmonella on fresh-cut apple, one of which, RD1, exhibited best inhibitory activity (Salmonella were greatly inhibited when co-inoculated with RD1 at 10°C at 168 h). No deterioration in odour or appearance of the apple piece was observed by the triangle test when fresh-cut apple was inoculated with RD1. CONCLUSIONS The mathematical modelling method is essential to select LAB with outstanding inhibitory activity against Salmonella associated with fresh-cut apple. LAB RD1 holds promise for the preservation of fresh-cut apple. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This study provided a new method on fresh-cut product preservation. Besides, to make the LAB isolating procedure a more correct one, this study first added the mathematical modelling method to the isolating procedure.
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- College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan, China
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UNLABELLED microRNA-24 has been reported to participate in tumorgenesis and progression by several signaling pathways in various tumors. However, its potential as a serum diagnostic factor and predictive biomarker for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) has not been studied. In the present study, serum samples were collected from 105 pathologically proven ESCC patients and 30 healthy volunteers. All patients were treated with concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Real-time polymerase chain reaction was carried out to measure the serum miR-24 expression level in all patients and volunteers. The data were compared among radio-sensitive group (CR+PR, 62 patients), radio-resistant group (SD+PD, 43 patients) and healthy volunteers to elucidate the diagnostic value of serum miR-24 testing for ESCC and the predictive value of miR-24 expression of treatment response. In the result, of the 105 ESCC patients enrolled in the study, 62 patients achieved partial or complete response. The serum miR-24 level in ESCC patients is 4.82 times as high as that in healthy subjects(P<0.01), indicating that serum miR-24 expression could be an excellent diagnostic factor. The mean miR-24 serum levels differ by 2.05 folds between radiosensitive group and radioresistant group, indicating that it may serve as a biomarker for predicting the response of ESCC patient to CRT. Furthermore, the responsiveness of therapy is significantly correlated with Cyfra21-1(P<0.05), serum miR-24 level (P<0.05) and the myelosuppression (P<0.01). In the prsent study, we come to the conclusion that serum miR-24 has the potential to serve as a noninvasive biomarker for both ESCC diagnosis and predicting treatment responses to concurrent chemo-radiation therapy. ESCC patients with lower Cyfra21-1, higher miR-24, and severer myelosupression were much more sensitive to CRT. KEYWORDS miR-24 expression, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, chemo-radiation therapy, radiosensitivity.
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Bi S, Wang X, Dong W, Wang X, Ma T, Zhang W. ASSA14-06-02 Correction of Tetralogy of Fallot in 252 Adult Patients. Heart 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-307109.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Ahern CH, Shih YCT, Dong W, Parmigiani G, Shen Y. Cost-effectiveness of alternative strategies for integrating MRI into breast cancer screening for women at high risk. Br J Cancer 2014; 111:1542-51. [PMID: 25137022 PMCID: PMC4200098 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Revised: 07/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is recommended for women at high risk for breast cancer. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of alternative screening strategies involving MRI. METHODS Using a microsimulation model, we generated life histories under different risk profiles, and assessed the impact of screening on quality-adjusted life-years, and lifetime costs, both discounted at 3%. We compared 12 screening strategies combining annual or biennial MRI with mammography and clinical breast examination (CBE) in intervals of 0.5, 1, or 2 years vs without, and reported incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs). RESULTS Based on an ICER threshold of $100,000/QALY, the most cost-effective strategy for women at 25% lifetime risk was to stagger MRI and mammography plus CBE every year from age 30 to 74, yielding ICER $58,400 (compared to biennial MRI alone). At 50% lifetime risk and with 70% reduction in MRI cost, the recommended strategy was to stagger MRI and mammography plus CBE every 6 months (ICER=$84,400). At 75% lifetime risk, the recommended strategy is biennial MRI combined with mammography plus CBE every 6 months (ICER=$62,800). CONCLUSIONS The high costs of MRI and its lower specificity are limiting factors for annual screening schedule of MRI, except for women at sufficiently high risk.
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- C H Ahern
- Department of Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, The Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, BCM600, Houston TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine, The University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, MC 5000, Chicago IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1411, Houston TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston MA 02115, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1411, Houston TX 77030, USA
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Wang ZW, Zhang W, Dong W, Li BS, Mu DB, Huang W, Zhang J, Li HS, Zhang ZC, Lin HQ, Yi Y. Pathological analysis of extracapsular extension of metastatic lymph node and its potential impact on nodal clinical target volume in the radiotherapy of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Neoplasma 2014; 61:324-30. [PMID: 24824935 DOI: 10.4149/neo_2014_042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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There is no consensus regarding the clinical target volume (CTV) margins which surround the gross tumor volume of metastatic lymph nodes (LN) in radiotherapy of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). This study retrospectively assessed the distance of extracapsular extension (ECE) of metastatic LN in thoracic ESCC and defined nodal CTV margins. Histological sections of metastatic LNs from 217 patients with thoracic ESCC were re-examined. The incidence and maximal distance of ECE of metastatic LNs were assessed. The relationships between ECE and clinicopathologic features were also investigated. The ECE was found in 37.3% of patients (81/217) and 23.1% of metastatic LN (159/689), and the incidences had a significant relationship with N stage and LN size. The median distance of ECE was 1.0 mm (range, 0.2-9.7 mm). The distance of ECE showed a positive correlation with LN size (Spearman's correlation coefficient = 0.419; p<0.001). The ECE distances of LN with <10 mm diameter were significantly smaller than LN with 10-30 mm diameter (p<0.001). The 95th percentiles of ECE distances for these two groups were 3 mm and 5 mm, respectively. For pathologic LN <10 mm in diameter, a 3-mm CTV margin appears to be adequate to encompass 95% of the microscopic ECE, and for LN 10-30 mm, a 5-mm CTV margin is recommended.
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Sun YM, Dong W, Yan XH. Coverage effect on reactivity can be more complicated than what you believe: H2 dissociation on H-precovered Pd(111). J Chem Phys 2014; 140:244703. [PMID: 24985664 DOI: 10.1063/1.4883238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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A systematic investigation based on density-functional-theory calculations is presented for elucidating the effect of adatoms on the energetics of H2 dissociation on H-precovered Pd(111) surfaces. Surprisingly, we found that the H-adatoms do not only have a poisoning effect but can also promote H2 dissociation when they are adsorbed on sites which are sufficiently far from the dissociating H2 molecule. The presence of these antagonistic effects produces many crossovers of the minimum energy profiles for H2 dissociation when coverage is varied and thus leads to a quite perplexing picture for the adatom effects. We devised a sorting procedure which allows for rationalizing nicely the influence of H-adatoms on the energetics of H2 dissociation on H-precovered Pd(111) surfaces.
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- College of Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratoire de Chimie, UMR 5182 CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46, Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- College of Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, People's Republic of China
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Wang Y, Solano Canchaya JG, Dong W, Alcamí M, Busnengo HF, Martín F. Chain-Length and Temperature Dependence of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Alkylthiolates on Au(111) and Ag(111) Surfaces. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:4138-46. [DOI: 10.1021/jp412285v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Y. Wang
- Departamento
de Química Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio
de Colisiones Atómicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Ingeniería
y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) and Instituto de Física de Rosario, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Av. Pellegrini 250, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Laboratoire
de Chimie, UMR 5182 CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d’Italie, F-69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- Departamento
de Química Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio
de Colisiones Atómicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Ingeniería
y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) and Instituto de Física de Rosario, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Av. Pellegrini 250, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Departamento
de Química Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Song J, Zhang J, Wang J, Guo X, Yu S, Wang J, Liu Y, Dong W. Meta-analysis of the effects of endoscopy with narrow band imaging in detecting dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus. Dis Esophagus 2014; 28:560-6. [PMID: 24758693 DOI: 10.1111/dote.12222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Narrow band imaging (NBI) is a real-time imaging technique. The aim of this meta-analysis was to estimate the sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy on the role of NBI in the detection and characterization of specialized intestinal metaplasia (SIM), high-grade dysplasia (HGD) in the Barrett's esophagus. We identified studies by performing a literature search of Medline, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library databases up to May 2013. We performed data analysis using Meta-DiSc (version 1.4) software. To assess study quality and potential for bias, we used the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2 tool (QUADAS-2). Overall, seven eligible studies including over 3988 lesions of 502 patients were retrieved. The results showed that endoscopic diagnosis of dysplasia performed using NBI has a high diagnostic performance, with an area under the summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curve near 0.90 both in HGD lesions and SIM lesions. We also found that NBI has a sensitive and specificity of 0.91 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.86-0.94) and 0.85 (95% CI = 0.76-0.92) on a per-patient element, and 0.97 (95% CI = 0.95-0.98) and 0.64 (95% CI = 0.59-0.68) on a per-lesion element for SIM diagnosis, respectively. The pooled per-patient sensitivity and specificity for identifying HGD are 0.91 (95% CI = 0.75-0.98) and 0.95 (95% CI = 0.91-0.97). The pooled per-lesion sensitivity and specificity for identifying HGD are 0.69 (95% CI = 0.63-0.74) and 0.90 (95% CI = 0.88-0.91). In conclusion, we found that endoscopic diagnosis with NBI is an accurate test to diagnosis dysplasia of Barrett's esophagus.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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An J, Zhang X, Qin J, Wan Y, Hu Y, Liu T, Li J, Dong W, Du E, Pan C, Zeng W. The histone methyltransferase ESET is required for the survival of spermatogonial stem/progenitor cells in mice. Cell Death Dis 2014; 5:e1196. [PMID: 24763053 PMCID: PMC4001319 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2014] [Revised: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Self-renewal and differentiation of spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) are the foundation of spermatogenesis throughout a male's life. SSC transplantation will be a valuable solution for young male patients to preserve their fertility. As SSCs in the collected testis tissue from the patients are very limited, it is necessary to expansion the SSCs in vitro. Previous studies suggested that histone methyltransferase ERG-associated protein with SET domain (ESET) represses gene expression and is essential for the maintenance of the pool of embryonic stem cells and neurons. The objective of this study was to determine the role of ESET in SSCs using in vitrocell culture and germ cell transplantation. Cell transplantation assay showed that knockdown of ESET reduced the number of seminiferous tubules with spermatogenesis when compared with that of the control. Knockdown of ESET also upregulated the expression of apoptosis-associated genes (such as P53, Caspase9, Apaf1), whereas inhibited the expression of apoptosis-suppressing genes (such as Bcl2l1, X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein). In addition, suppression of ESET led to increase in expression of Caspase9 and activation of Caspase3 (P17) as well as cleavage of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase. Among the five ESET-targeting genes (Cox4i2, spermatogenesis and oogenesis Specific Basic Helix-Loop-Helix 2, Nobox, Foxn1 and Dazl) examined by ChIP assay, Cox4i2 was found to regulate SSC apoptosis by the rescue experiment. BSP analyses further showed that DNA methylation in the promoter loci of Cox4i2was influenced by ESET, indicating that ESET also regulated gene expression through DNA methylation in addition to histone methylation. In conclusion, we found that ESET regulated SSC apoptosis by suppressing of Cox4i2 expression through histone H3 lysine 9 tri-methylation and DNA methylation. The results obtained will provide unique insights that would broaden the research on SSC biology and contribute to the treatment of male infertility.
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- J An
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China
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A Piezo Tip/Tilt Platform (PT(2)P) is presented with its structure, kinematics, and preliminary experiments. Two essential models of the presented PT(2)P, an equivalent hinge of the flexure hinge and a simplified model of the transmission mechanism, are discussed with the analysis on the structure of the PT(2)P. Based on these models, the inverse kinematics of the PT(2)P is derived. Two experiments are conducted on a prototype of the PT(2)P. The kinematic model is verified with experimental results, which also indicate that the resolution and the repeatability of the PT(2)P is, respectively, better than 0.50 μrad and 0.25 μrad.
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- Z Du
- State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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Hou Y, Dong W, Wang F, Li J, Shen W, Li Y, Cui Z. Degradation of acetochlor by a bacterial consortium of Rhodococcus sp.T3-1, Delftia sp.T3-6 and Sphingobium sp.MEA3-1. Lett Appl Microbiol 2014; 59:35-42. [PMID: 24605783 DOI: 10.1111/lam.12242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2013] [Revised: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 02/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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UNLABELLED Owing to acetochlor persistence in the environment and its perceptible threats to the ecosystem and human health, it is urgent to search for effective approaches to decontaminate acetochlor. In this study, an acetochlor-degrading enrichment culture was obtained by continuous enrichment from acetochlor-contaminated soil and named T3. T3 could completely degrade 100 mg l(-1) acetochlor and butachlor within 6 days. Two bacterial strains Rhodococcus sp.T3-1 and Delftia sp.T3-6 and one strain Sphingobium sp.MEA3-1 were isolated and identified from T3 by using acetochlor and MEA as sole carbon source, respectively. These three bacteria could completely mineralize acetochlor by the cooperative metabolism. The biochemical pathway of acetochlor degradation by these three bacteria in a consortium was proposed: acetochlor to 2'-methyl-6'-ethyl-2-chloroacetanilide (CMEPA) by Rhodococcus sp. T3-1, CMEPA to 2-methyl-6-ethyl aniline (MEA) by Delftia sp.T3-6 and MEA by Sphingobium sp.MEA3-1 based on the identified degradation intermediates. Under laboratory conditions, the consortium was effective in the acetochlor mineralization. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This study presents a bacterial consortium consisting of Rhodococcus sp.T3-1, Delftia sp.T3-6 and Sphingobium sp.MEA3-1 could completely mineralize acetochlor by biochemical cooperation. The study reveals the metabolic mechanism of acetochlor biodegradation and highlights the potential of the bacterial consortium for cleaning up acetochlor and its metabolites subsisting in the environment.
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- Y Hou
- Key Lab of Microbiology of Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China; College of Food and Bioengineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China
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Dong W, Chen Z, Zhu P. Authors' reply. Scand J Rheumatol 2014; 43:174-5. [PMID: 24588446 DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2013.869408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- W Dong
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Xijing Hospital , Xi'an , China
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An X, Wang J, Dong W. Pharmacokinetics study of bronchial artery infusion chemotherapy in dog lung on the basis of microdialysis technique. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2013.12.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Wang T, Chen S, Sun J, Cai J, Cheng X, Dong H, Wang X, Xing J, Dong W, Yao H, Dong Y. Identification of factors influencing the pharmacokinetics of voriconazole and the optimization of dosage regimens based on Monte Carlo simulation in patients with invasive fungal infections. J Antimicrob Chemother 2014; 69:463-470. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
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Shen XJ, Lozano A, Dong W, Busnengo HF, Yan XH. Towards bond selective chemistry from first principles: methane on metal surfaces. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:046101. [PMID: 24580470 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.046101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Controlling bond-selective chemical reactivity is of great importance and has a broad range of applications. Here, we present a molecular dynamics study of bond selective reactivity of methane and its deuterated isotopologues (i.e., CH(4-x)D(x), x=0,1,2,3,4) on Ni(111) and Pt(111) from first principles calculations. Our simulations allow for reproducing the full C-H bond selectivity recently achieved experimentally via mode-specific vibrational excitation and explain its origin. Moreover, we also predict the hitherto unexplored influence of the molecular translational energy on such a selectivity as well as the conditions under which the full selectivity can be realized for the a priori less active C-D bond.
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- X J Shen
- Laboratoire de Chimie, UMR 5182 CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Site Jacques Monod, 46, Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France and College of Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- Grupo de Fisicoquímica en Interfases y Nanoestructuras, Instituto de Física Rosario and Universidad Nacional de Rosario, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Laboratoire de Chimie, UMR 5182 CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Site Jacques Monod, 46, Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- Grupo de Fisicoquímica en Interfases y Nanoestructuras, Instituto de Física Rosario and Universidad Nacional de Rosario, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- College of Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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