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Ni J, Wu L, Ai X, Dong X, Chu Q, Han C, Zhu Z. MA01.05 Sintilimab, SBRT and GM-CSF for Advanced NSCLC: Safety Run-in Results of a Prospective, Multicenter, Phase II Trial. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.08.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Xu D, Ni J, Zhu Z. P26.01 Detecting Oligo-Metastatic/Progressive Disease in Advanced EGFR-Mutant NSCLC: PET/CT and Conventional Imaging Methods. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.08.382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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d'Entremont M, Nguyen M, Couture E, Ni J, Yan A, Ko D, Sharma A, Goodman S, Huynh T. RACIAL/ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES IN A UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: INSIGHTS FROM THE CARTAGENE COHORT. Can J Cardiol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2021.07.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Rodríguez J, Amaro AB, Claudi L, Ni J, Pallara C, Prades R, Tarrago T, Espadas-Garcia G, Sabido E, Llorente-Cortés V. Characterization of cholesteryl ester-loaded human coronary vascular smooth muscle cell secretome. A source of potential biomarkers of coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.06.194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Shi J, Zhang X, Yin L, Wei M, Ni J, Li T, Wang P, Tian J, Wang Y. Retraction Note: Herbal formula GAPT prevents beta amyloid deposition induced Ca 2+/Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and Ca 2+/Calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase 2B imbalance in APPV717I mice. BMC Complement Med Ther 2021; 21:157. [PMID: 34049557 PMCID: PMC8164233 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-021-03331-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Yin X, Xie Q, Huang L, Liu L, Armstrong E, Zhen M, Ni J, Shi J, Tian J, Cheng W. Assessment of the Psychological Burden Among Family Caregivers of People Living with Alzheimer's Disease Using the Zarit Burden Interview. J Alzheimers Dis 2021; 82:285-291. [PMID: 34024828 DOI: 10.3233/jad-210025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND In China, family caregivers play a major role in caring for people living with Alzheimer's disease (PLWAD), but little is known about the burden this creates. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the burden among family caregivers of PLWAD and the factors influenced it. METHODS Family caregivers of PLWAD were recruited from a hospital in China from January 2018 to July 2018. All data were collected online using the Chinese version of the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI), and the participants' sociodemographic and caregiving details were obtained. T-tests and Kruskal-Wallis H (K) tests were used to compare ZBI scores between groups. Factors related to the caregiver psychological burden were analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis. RESULTS A total of 300 participants were assessed, of which 213 (71.00%) were female. More than half of the caregivers were the patient's daughter (51.0%, n = 153). The average ZBI score of the caregivers was 43.05 (13.42). The level of burden was influenced by age, the relationship of the caregiver to the patient, the severity of AD, the caregiver's retirement status, the income level of the caregiver, and the caring time. Regression analysis showed that retired caregivers were more likely to have higher levels of burden and that burden increased with AD severity. CONCLUSION Most family caregivers of PLWAD have a considerable caregiver psychological burden. The findings increase the understanding of factors that influence family caregiver burden, and pave the way for potential interventions, such as social support and caregiver empowerment, to reduce their burden.
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Ni J, Fu C, Huang R, Li Z, Li S, Cao P, Zhong K, Ge M, Gao Y. Metabolic syndrome cannot mask the changes of faecal microbiota compositions caused by primary hepatocellular carcinoma. Lett Appl Microbiol 2021; 73:73-80. [PMID: 33768575 DOI: 10.1111/lam.13477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Revised: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Both hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and metabolic syndrome are closely associated with the composition of the gut microbiota (GM). Although it has been proposed that elements of the GM can be used as biomarkers for the early diagnosis of HCC, whether metabolic syndrome results in a misrepresentation of the results of the early diagnosis of HCC using GM remains unclear. We compared the differences in the faecal microbiota of 10 patients with primary HCC, six patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), seven patients with arterial hypertension, six patients with both HCC and T2DM, and 10 patients with both HCC and arterial hypertension, as well as 10 healthy subjects, using high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons. Our results revealed a significant difference in the GM between subjects with and without HCC. The 49 bacterial genera out of the 494 detected genera were significantly different between the groups. These results show that changes in the GM can be used to distinguish between subjects with and without HCC, and can resist interference of T2DM and arterial hypertension with the GM. The results of the present study provide an important basis for the clinical auxiliary diagnosis of HCC by detecting the GM.
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Zhou Y, Zhu Z, Ni J. P76.13 Osimertinib Delays but Not Prevents Central Nervous System Metastasis in EGFR-Mutant Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.1070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cheng SH, Ni J, Liu J, Huang F, Wang PJ. [The role of Artificial intelligent-based FFR CT in assessing the hemodynamic relevance of deep myocardial bridge of the left anterior descending coronary artery]. ZHONGHUA YI XUE ZA ZHI 2021; 101:464-469. [PMID: 33631889 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20200924-02709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the role of artificial intelligence-based coronary CT blood flow reserve score (FFRCT) in assessing hemodynamic relevance in patients with deep myocardial bridge (MB) of the left anterior descending coronary artery. Methods: A total of 113 patients diagnosed with deep MB of the left anterior descending coronary artery by coronary CT angiography (CCTA) at the Department of Radiology of Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University from January 2017 to December 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. The location, length, depth, and degree of systolic compression of the MB were measured. The artificial intelligence-based coronary FFRCT software was employed to calculate the FFRCT value of the deep MB of the left anterior descending coronary artery. With the boundary of 0.80, all patients were divided into FFRCT normal group (FFRCT>0.80) and FFRCT abnormal group (FFRCT≤0.80), and the relationship between FFRCT abnormality and the location, length, depth, and degree of systolic stenosis of the deep MB of the left anterior descending branch was analyzed. The effectiveness of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve in predicting FFRCT abnormalities was measured by using ROC curve to analyze the length, depth, and degree of systolic stenosis of MB. Results: There were no significant differences in age, gender and high-risk factors between FFRCT normal group (n=79) and FFRCT abnormal group (n=34) (P>0.05). In terms of clinical symptoms, unstable angina, asymptomatic myocardial ischemia, stable angina in the FFRCT normal group were 15.2%, 41.8%, 32.9%,respectively, while 32.4%, 23.5%, 35.3% in the FFRCT abnormal group,respectively. Except for unstable angina (χ²=4.32,P=0.038), there were no significant differences in asymptomatic myocardial ischemia and stable angina between the two groups (χ²=3.42, 0.06, P>0.05). The length of deep MB was about (36±5) mm in the FFRCT normal group and (44±5) mm in the FFRCT abnormal group, respectively. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (t=-7.703, P<0.001). The ROC curve showed that the optimal critical value of the length of the deep MB was 39.7 mm, the area under the curve was 0.88 (95%CI:0.81-0.95, P<0.001), and the accuracy rate of diagnosing FFRCT ≤0.80 was 82.3%. Conclusion: FFRCT value is of great value in the evaluation of hemodynamics in patients with deep myocardial bridge of left anterior descending coronary artery, and the length of deep myocardial bridge is an important factor affecting FFRCT value.
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Ni J, Wang PJ. [Present and future: artificial intelligence in medical imaging]. ZHONGHUA YI XUE ZA ZHI 2021; 101:455-457. [PMID: 33631887 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20201213-03351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot point in clinical medicine research. In recent years, AI has played an important role in recognizing the lesion, improving the diagnostic accuracy and assessing the diagnostic efficacy. To accelerate the pace of AI industry, it should be a first thing to improve relevant industrial policies and regulations and to build a transformation platform for industry-university-research. All these will contribute to the standardization in further development of medical imaging AI industry.
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Ni J, Zhang L. [Progress of immunotherapy-related adverse events]. ZHONGHUA NEI KE ZA ZHI 2021; 60:84-89. [PMID: 33397030 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20200308-00204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Liu W, Zhu X, Tan X, Yang L, Wang Y, Diao S, Huang S, Zhang X, Yang Y, Ni J. Predictive Value of Serum Creatinine/Cystatin C in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients under Nutritional Intervention. J Nutr Health Aging 2021; 25:335-339. [PMID: 33575725 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-020-1495-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE As a very common risk of adverse outcomes of the ischemic stroke patients, sarcopenia is associated with infectious complications and higher mortality. The goal of this retrospective study is to explore the predictive value of serum Cr/CysC ratio in acute ischemic stroke patients receiving nutritional intervention. METHODS We reviewed adult patients with AIS from December 2019 to February 2020. Patients with acute kidney injury were excluded and all patients received nutritional intervention during a 3-month follow-up period. We collected baseline data at admission including creatinine and cystatin C. The primary poor outcome was major disability (modified Rankin Scale score ≥ 4) at 3 months after AIS. RESULTS A total of 217 patients with AIS were identified for this study. Serum Cr/CysC ratio was significantly correlated with NIHSS at discharge, 1-month modified Rankin Scale score, and 3-month modified Rankin Scale score. During 3 months, 34 (15.70%) patients had a poor outcome after AIS and 11 (5.10%) patients died within 30 days. In multivariable logistic regression analyses, serum Cr/CysC ratio at admission was independently associated with 3-month poor outcomes (OR: 0.953, 95% CI: 0.921-0.986, p = .006) and 30-day mortality (OR: 0.953, 95% CI: 0.921-0.986, p = .006). CONCLUSION As a blood biochemical indexes reflecting the muscle mass and aiding in risk stratification, Cr/CysC ratio at admission could be used as a predictor of 30-day mortality and long-term poor prognosis in AIS patients.
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Zhou Y, Ni J, Zhu Z. Preventing Symptomatic Central Nervous System Metastasis in EGFR-Mutant Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Comparison of First- and Third-Generation EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Yu F, Ni J, Yu W, Fu X, Zhu Z. Clinical Value and Optimal Timing of Cranial Local Therapy among EGFR-Mutant Non-small-cell Lung Cancer with Brain Metastases in the Era of Osimertinib. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bi S, Zhang J, Qu Y, Zhou B, He X, Ni J. Yeast cell wall product enhanced intestinal IgA response and changed cecum microflora species after oral vaccination in chickens. Poult Sci 2020; 99:6576-6585. [PMID: 33248573 PMCID: PMC7705035 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.09.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The study was designed to explore the effect of a commercial yeast cell wall product (YP) on chicken intestinal IgA response and cecum microbiome after oral vaccination. Chickens were fed with YP during the experiments and orally immunized with live Newcastle disease virus (NDV) vaccine at 2 wk of age. Then, the animals were sacrificed, and samples were collected to measure the indicators of hemagglutination inhibition (HI), IgA response, IgA + cells, and cecum microbiome populations. The results showed that supplement of YP significantly enhanced serum NDV HI titer, intestinal NDV-specific secretory IgA, and intestinal IgA + cells. The sequencing results revealed that obviously increased relative abundance of Ruminococcaceae and decreased population of Bacteroidaceae in cecum were found in YP group. In summary, YP supplementation in diet enhanced intestinal IgA response to NDV vaccination by oral route and modulated the cecum microbiota to the advantage of the host in chickens.
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Shen L, Zhang Y, Guo Y, Li W, Gong J, Ma Z, Peng W, Wang N, Ni J, Qi Q, Ma Y, Qin Z, Tse A. 987P A phase Ib study of the PD-1 antagonist CS1003 plus lenvatinib (LEN) in Chinese patients (pts) with the first-line (1L) unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC). Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.1103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Liu JY, Zhou YJ, Zhai FF, Han F, Zhou LX, Ni J, Yao M, Zhang S, Jin Z, Cui L, Zhu YC. Cerebral Microbleeds Are Associated with Loss of White Matter Integrity. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2020; 41:1397-1404. [PMID: 32719091 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Previous studies have shown that diffusion tensor imaging suggests a diffuse loss of white matter integrity in people with white matter hyperintensities or lacunes. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the presence of cerebral microbleeds and their distribution are related to the integrity of white matter microstructures. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study comprised 982 participants who underwent brain MR imaging to determine microbleed status. The cross-sectional relation between microbleeds and the microstructural integrity of the white matter was assessed by 2 statistical methods: a multilinear regression model based on the average DTI parameters of normal-appearing white matter and Tract-Based Spatial Statistics analysis, a tract-based voxelwise analysis. Fiber tractography was used to spatially describe the microstructural abnormalities along WM tracts containing a cerebral microbleed. RESULTS The presence of cerebral microbleeds was associated with lower mean fractional anisotropy and higher mean diffusivity, axial diffusivity, and radial diffusivity, and the association remained when cardiovascular risk factors and cerebral small-vessel disease markers were further adjusted. Tract-Based Spatial Statistics analysis indicated strictly lobar cerebral microbleeds associated with lower fractional anisotropy, higher mean diffusivity, and higher radial diffusivity in the internal capsule and corpus callosum after adjusting other cerebral small-vessel disease markers, while only a few voxels remained associated with deep cerebral microbleeds. Diffusion abnormalities gradients along WM tracts containing a cerebral microbleed were not found in fiber tractography analysis. CONCLUSIONS Cerebral microbleeds are associated with widely distributed changes in white matter, despite their focal appearance on SWI.
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Zhong S, Chen Q, Hu J, Liu S, Qiao S, Ni J, Sun W. Vertical distribution of microbial communities and their response to metal(loid)s along the vadose zone-aquifer sediments. J Appl Microbiol 2020; 129:1657-1673. [PMID: 32533753 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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AIMS This study attempted to demonstrate the vertical shift in bacterial, archaeal and fungal communities along the vadose zone-aquifer sediments and their respective responses to environmental factors. METHODS AND RESULTS We collected samples from the vadose zone and three aquifer sediments along a 42·5 m bore of a typical agricultural land. The results showed that the bacterial community shifted greatly with depth. The classes of Actinobacteria (19·5%) and NC10 (11·0%) were abundant in the vadose zone while Alphaproteobacteria (22·3%) and Gammaproteobacteria (20·1%) were enriched in the aquifer. Archaeal and fungal communities were relatively more homogeneous with no significant trend as a function of depth. Process analyses further indicated that selection dominated in the bacterial community, whereas stochastic processes governed archaeal and fungal communities. Moreover environment-bacteria interaction analysis showed that metal(loid)s, especially alkali metal, had a closer correlation with the bacterial community than physicochemical variables. CONCLUSIONS Depth strongly affected bacterial rather than archaeal and fungal communities. Metal(loid)s prevailed over physicochemical variables in shaping the bacterial community in the vadose zone-aquifer continuum. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Our study provides a new perspective on the structure of microbial communities from the vadose zone to the deep aquifers.
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Ni J, Kim D. The development of in vitro potency assay for immune checkpoint regulators. Cytotherapy 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2020.03.323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Shi J, Wei M, Ni J, Sun F, Sun L, Wang J, Yu T, Wang K, Lv P, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Gao X, Gao X, Luo B, Mao S, Zhang B, Ren X, Yu F, Hu W, Yin P, Wu N, Liu X, Bi Q, Wang Y, Tian J. Tianzhi granule improves cognition and BPSD of vascular dementia: a randomized controlled trial. J Transl Med 2020; 18:76. [PMID: 32054507 PMCID: PMC7017567 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-020-02232-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background and purpose Tianzhi granule (TZ) is usually used for patients with vascular dementia (VaD) in China. The aim was to assess the effect of TZ by a randomized clinical trial (RCT). Methods A 24-week RCT was conducted in 16 centres. Participants were grouped into TZ, donepezil or placebo. The co-primary outcomes were the Vascular Dementia Assessment Scale-cognitive subscale (VADAS-cog) and Clinician’s Interview-based Impression of Change-plus caregiver information (CIBIC-plus). Results A total of 543 patients with mild to moderate VaD were enrolled, of whom 242 took TZ granules, 241 took donepezil, and 60 took placebo. The least-squares mean changes from baseline and 95% CI were 6.20 (5.31, 7.09) (TZ group), 6.53 (5.63, 7.42) (donepezil group) and 3.47 (1.76, 5.19) (placebo group), both TZ and donepezil showed small but significantly improvement compared with placebo group. The percent of improvement on the global impression which was measured by CIBIC-plus was 73.71% in TZ and 58.18% in placebo, there was significant different between TZ and placebo group (P = 0.004). No significant differences were observed between TZ and donepezil. No significant differences of adverse events were found. Conclusions TZ and donepezil could bring symptomatic benefit for mild to moderate VaD. Trial registration The protocol had retrospectively registered at clinical trial.gov, Unique identifier: NCT02453932, date of registration: May 27, 2015; https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02453932?term=NCT02453932&rank=1
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Wang L, Gong WK, Ni J, Huang ZL. Prolonged wakefulness enhances motor skill consolidation through D1R neurons in the dorsomedial striatum in mice. Sleep Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Li T, Shi J, Qin B, Fan D, Liu N, Ni J, Zhang T, Zhou H, Xu X, Wei M, Zhang X, Wang X, Liu J, Wang Y, Tian J. Increased substantia nigra echogenicity correlated with visual hallucinations in Parkinson's disease: a Chinese population-based study. Neurol Sci 2019; 41:661-667. [PMID: 31754876 PMCID: PMC7039836 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-019-04110-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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As a noninvasive technique, transcranial sonography (TCS) of substantia nigra (SN) has gradually showed its effectiveness not only in diagnosis but also in understanding clinical features of Parkinson’s Disease (PD). This study aimed to further evaluate TCS for clinical diagnosis of PD, and to explore the association between sonographic manifestations and visual hallucinations (VH). A total of 226 subjects including 141 PD patients and 85 controls were recruited. All participants received TCS. A series of rating scales to evaluate motor and non-motor symptoms were performed in PD patients. Results showed that 172 subjects were successfully assessed by TCS. The area of SN was greater in PD patients than that in controls (P < 0.001). As receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed, the best cutoff value for the larger SN echogenicity size was 23.5 mm2 (sensitivity 70.3%, specificity 77.0%). Patients with VH had larger SN area (P = 0.019), as well as higher Non-Motor Symptoms Scale (NMSS) scores (P = 0.018). Moreover, binary logistic regression analysis indicated that SN hyperechogenicity (odds ratio = 4.227, P = 0.012) and NMSS scores (odds ratio = 0.027, P = 0.042) could be the independent predictors for VH. In conclusion, TCS can be used as an auxiliary diagnostic tool for Parkinson’s disease. Increased SN echogenicity is correlated with VH in Parkinson’s disease, possibly because the brain stem is involved in the mechanism in the onset of VH. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings.
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Ning M, Tao Y, Hu X, Guo L, Ni J, Hu J, Shen H, Chen Y. Roles of UGT2B7 C802T gene polymorphism on the efficacy of morphine treatment on cancer pain among the Chinese han population. Niger J Clin Pract 2019; 22:1319-1323. [PMID: 31607718 DOI: 10.4103/1119-3077.269019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background Morphine is a common analgesic often used to manage chronic pain, especially for patients with pain due to malignancies. Since UGT2B7 plays an important role in the metabolism of morphine, UGT2B7 gene mutation may influence the efficacy of morphine in patients with cancer being treated by this medication. Aims The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the polymorphisms of UGT2B7 and the efficacy of morphine treatment on cancer pain among the Chinese Han population. Materials and Methods A total of 120 patients with cancer pain were enrolled in this study. Morphine was administrated through patient-controlled analgesia infusion pump, and the visual analog score (VAS) was used for pain assessment at 0.5, 4, 6, 12, 24, 48, and 72-h post morphine treatment, respectively. The plasma concentration of morphine and genetic polymorphism of UGT2B7 C802T and G221T was analyzed, respectively. Results The frequencies of UGT2B7 C802T were CC: 13.33%, CT: 45% and TT: 41.67%, and the frequencies of UGT2B7 G221T were GG: 76.67%, GT: 22.5% and TT: 0.83%. Moreover, the VAS score of patients with either C802T CT or TT was significantly higher than that in patients with C802T CC. However, no difference of VAS scores was observed between patients carrying G221T GG and patients carrying G221T GT. The plasma concentration of morphine for patients with the C802T CC was significantly lower than that in patients carrying C802T CT or TT, while there was no significant difference in the level of morphine between patients with G221T GG and G221T GT. Conclusion The polymorphism of UGT2B7 C802T, but not UGT2B7 G221T, has been associated with the efficacy of morphine treatment on cancer pain among Chinese Han population.
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Zang YS, Jiao XD, Zhang XC, Qin B, Liu D, Liu L, Ni J, Ning Z, Chen L, Zhu L, Qin S, Zhou J, Ying S, Chen X, Li A, Hou T, Lizaso A, Zhang HH, Liu K, Wang Z. Tumour mutation burden analysis in a 5660-cancer-patient cohort reveals cancer type-specific mechanisms for high mutation burden. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz431.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AlTurki A, Sharma A, Dawas A, Ni J, Giannetti N, Huynh T. PREDICTORS OF INCIDENT HEART FAILURE: INSIGHTS FROM THE CARTAGENE STUDY. Can J Cardiol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.07.487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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