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Gao L, Ji W, Hu YB, Cheng ZH, Deng ZT, Liu Q, Jiang N, Lin X, Guo W, Du SX, Hofer WA, Xie XC, Gao HJ. Site-specific kondo effect at ambient temperatures in iron-based molecules. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 99:106402. [PMID: 17930399 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.106402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2006] [Revised: 05/10/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Kondo resonances are a very precise measure of spin-polarized transport through magnetic impurities. However, the Kondo temperature, indicating the thermal range of stability of the magnetic properties, is very low. By contrast, we find for iron phthalocyanine a Kondo temperature in spectroscopic measurements which is well above room temperature. It is also shown that the signal of the resonance depends strongly on the adsorption site of the molecule on a gold surface. Experimental data are verified by extensive numerical simulations, which establish that the coupling between iron states and states of the substrate depends strongly on the adsorption configuration.
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Lin X, El-Sayed M, Waterhouse J, Reilly T. Activation and Disturbance of Blood Haemostasis Following Strenuous Physical Exercise. Int J Sports Med 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-970281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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O'Hara R, Schröder CM, Mahadevan R, Schatzberg AF, Lindley S, Fox S, Weiner M, Kraemer HC, Noda A, Lin X, Gray HL, Hallmayer JF. Serotonin transporter polymorphism, memory and hippocampal volume in the elderly: association and interaction with cortisol. Mol Psychiatry 2007; 12:544-55. [PMID: 17353910 PMCID: PMC2084475 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The s allele variant of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT) has recently been observed to moderate the relationship of stress to depression and anxiety. To date no study has considered interactive effects of 5-HTT genotype, stress and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) function on cognition in healthy, older adults, which may reflect developmental, functional or neurodegenerative effects of the serotonin transporter polymorphism. We investigated whether 5-HTT genotype interacts with cumulative life stress and HPA-axis measures of waking and diurnal cortisol slope to impact cognition in 154 non-depressed, older adults. Structural images of hippocampal volume were acquired on a subsample of 56 participants. The 5-HTT s allele was associated with both significantly lower delayed recall and higher waking cortisol levels. Presence of the s allele interacted with higher waking cortisol to negatively impact memory. We also observed a significant interaction of higher waking cortisol and the s allele on lower hippocampal volume. Smaller hippocampi and higher cortisol were associated with lower delayed recall only in s allele carriers. No impact or interactions of cumulative life stress with 5-HTT or cortisol were observed. This is the first investigation to identify an association of the 5-HTT s allele with poorer memory function in older adults. The interactive effects of the s allele and waking cortisol levels on reduced hippocampal volume and lower memory suggest that the negative effect of the serotonin polymorphism on memory is mediated by the HPA axis. Further, given the significant association of the s allele with higher waking cortisol in our investigation, future studies may be needed to evaluate the impact of the serotonin transporter polymorphism on any neuropsychiatric or behavioral outcome which is influenced by HPA axis function in older adults.
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Abelev BI, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Anderson BD, Arkhipkin D, Averichev GS, Bai Y, Balewski J, Barannikova O, Barnby LS, Baudot J, Baumgart S, Belaga VV, Bellingeri-Laurikainen A, Bellwied R, Benedosso F, Betts RR, Bhardwaj S, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bichsel H, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Blyth SL, Bombara M, Bonner BE, Botje M, Bouchet J, Brandin AV, Bravar A, Burton TP, Bystersky M, Cadman RV, Cai XZ, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Callner J, Catu O, Cebra D, Chajecki Z, Chaloupka P, Chattopadhyay S, Chen HF, Chen JH, Chen JY, Cheng J, Cherney M, Chikanian A, Christie W, Chung SU, Coffin JP, Cormier TM, Cosentino MR, Cramer JG, Crawford HJ, Das D, Dash S, Daugherity M, de Moura MM, Dedovich TG, Dephillips M, Derevschikov AA, Didenko L, Dietel T, Djawotho P, Dogra SM, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Du F, Dunin VB, Dunlop JC, Dutta Mazumdar MR, Eckardt V, Edwards WR, Efimov LG, Emelianov V, Engelage J, Eppley G, Erazmus B, Estienne M, Fachini P, Fatemi R, Fedorisin J, Feng A, Filip P, Finch E, Fine V, Fisyak Y, Fu J, Gagliardi CA, Gaillard L, Ganti MS, Garcia-Solis E, Ghazikhanian V, Ghosh P, Gorbunov YG, Gos H, Grebenyuk O, Grosnick D, Guertin SM, Guimaraes KSFF, Gupta N, Haag B, Hallman TJ, Hamed A, Harris JW, He W, Heinz M, Henry TW, Heppelmann S, Hippolyte B, Hirsch A, Hjort E, Hoffman AM, Hoffmann GW, Hofman D, Hollis R, Horner MJ, Huang HZ, Hughes EW, Humanic TJ, Igo G, Iordanova A, Jacobs P, Jacobs WW, Jakl P, Jia F, Jones PG, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kang K, Kapitan J, Kaplan M, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Kettler D, Khodyrev VY, Kim BC, Kiryluk J, Kisiel A, Kislov EM, Klein SR, Knospe AG, Kocoloski A, Koetke DD, Kollegger T, Kopytine M, Kotchenda L, Kouchpil V, Kowalik KL, Kravtsov P, Kravtsov VI, Krueger K, Kuhn C, Kulikov AI, Kumar A, Kurnadi P, Kuznetsov AA, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, Lange S, Lapointe S, Laue F, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee CH, Lehocka S, LeVine MJ, Li C, Li Q, Li Y, Lin G, Lin X, Lindenbaum SJ, Lisa MA, Liu F, Liu H, Liu J, Liu L, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Longacre RS, Love WA, Lu Y, Ludlam T, Lynn D, Ma GL, Ma JG, Ma YG, Magestro D, Mahapatra DP, Majka R, Mangotra LK, Manweiler R, Margetis S, Markert C, Martin L, Matis HS, Matulenko YA, McClain CJ, McShane TS, Melnick Y, Meschanin A, Millane J, Miller ML, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mironov C, Mischke A, Mitchell J, Mohanty B, Morozov DA, Munhoz MG, Nandi BK, Nattrass C, Nayak TK, Nelson JM, Nepali NS, Netrakanti PK, Nogach LV, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Okorokov V, Oldenburg M, Olson D, Pachr M, Pal SK, Panebratsev Y, Pavlinov AI, Pawlak T, Peitzmann T, Perevoztchikov V, Perkins C, Peryt W, Phatak SC, Planinic M, Pluta J, Poljak N, Porile N, Poskanzer AM, Potekhin M, Potrebenikova E, Potukuchi BVKS, Prindle D, Pruneau C, Putschke J, Qattan IA, Raniwala R, Raniwala S, Ray RL, Relyea D, Ridiger A, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Rose A, Roy C, Ruan L, Russcher MJ, Sahoo R, Sakrejda I, Sakuma T, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sarsour M, Sazhin PS, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmitz N, Seger J, Selyuzhenkov I, Seyboth P, Shabetai A, Shahaliev E, Shao M, Sharma M, Shen WQ, Shimanskiy SS, Sichtermann EP, Simon F, Singaraju RN, Smirnov N, Snellings R, Sorensen P, Sowinski J, Speltz J, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stadnik A, Stanislaus TDS, Staszak D, Stock R, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Suarez MC, Subba NL, Sumbera M, Sun XM, Sun Z, Surrow B, Symons TJM, Szanto de Toledo A, Takahashi J, Tang AH, Tarnowsky T, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Timoshenko S, Tokarev M, Trainor TA, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tsai OD, Ulery J, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Van Buren G, van der Kolk N, van Leeuwen M, Vander Molen AM, Varma R, Vasilevski IM, Vasiliev AN, Vernet R, Vigdor SE, Viyogi YP, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Waggoner WT, Wang F, Wang G, Wang JS, Wang XL, Wang Y, Watson JW, Webb JC, Westfall GD, Wetzler A, Whitten C, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu J, Wu Y, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu Z, Yepes P, Yoo IK, Yue Q, Yurevich VI, Zhan W, Zhang H, Zhang WM, Zhang Y, Zhang ZP, Zhao Y, Zhong C, Zhou J, Zoulkarneev R, Zoulkarneeva Y, Zubarev AN, Zuo JX. Transverse momentum and centrality dependence of high-pT nonphotonic electron suppression in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s NN]=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 98:192301. [PMID: 17677616 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.192301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2006] [Revised: 01/15/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The STAR collaboration at the BNL Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) reports measurements of the inclusive yield of nonphotonic electrons, which arise dominantly from semileptonic decays of heavy flavor mesons, over a broad range of transverse momenta (1.2<p(T)<10 GeV/c) in p+p, d+Au, and Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV. The nonphotonic electron yield exhibits an unexpectedly large suppression in central Au+Au collisions at high p(T), suggesting substantial heavy-quark energy loss at RHIC. The centrality and p(T) dependences of the suppression provide constraints on theoretical models of suppression.
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Leprince O, Boudet J, Hoekstra F, Lin X, Boucher V, Aubry C, Buitink J. Proteomic profiling and structure–function analysis of late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins associated with desiccation tolerance in the legume seed Medicago truncatula. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.01.310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Wong KL, Pawin G, Kwon KY, Lin X, Jiao T, Solanki U, Fawcett RHJ, Bartels L, Stolbov S, Rahman TS. A molecule carrier. Science 2007; 315:1391-3. [PMID: 17234916 DOI: 10.1126/science.1135302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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We found that anthraquinone diffuses along a straight line across a flat, highly symmetric Cu111 surface. It can also reversibly attach one or two CO2 molecules as "cargo" and act as a "molecule carrier," thereby transforming the diffusive behavior of the CO2 molecules from isotropic to linear. Density functional theory calculations indicated a substrate-mediated attraction of approximately 0.12 electron volt (eV). Scanning tunneling microscopy revealed individual steps of the molecular complex on its diffusion pathway, with increases of approximately 0.03 and approximately 0.02 eV in the diffusion barrier upon attachment of the first and second CO2 molecule, respectively.
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Lin X, Gao ES, Li D, Zhang M, Dou LX, Yuan W. Preventive treatment of intrauterine device-induced menstrual blood loss with tranexamic acid in Chinese women. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2007; 86:1126-9. [PMID: 17712656 DOI: 10.1080/00016340701516777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate whether tranexamic acid (Transamin) therapy reduces the amount of menstrual blood loss (MBL) and occurrence of menorrhagia after intrauterine device (IUD) insertion. METHODS Some 175 Chinese women attending for IUD insertion were equally assigned into 2 Transamin groups (1,000 and 500 mg, twice daily) and a placebo group. Their MBL was recorded with a pictorial chart in 3 subsequent menstrual cycles after insertion, while the MBL of 64 patients, collecting used sanitary towels, was also measured by an alkaline hematin method. RESULTS A significant decline in post-insertion MBL and occurrence of menorrhagia was found in the 2 Transamin groups compared with the placebo group (p<0.05), whereas the difference in the results from the pictorial chart score was not statistically significant between the 1 g group and placebo group. CONCLUSION Transamin treatment with a generally recommended dosage can effectively reduce the amount of IUD-induced MBL and prevent menorrhagia in Chinese women. A lower dosage than recommended (50% of recommended dosage) may have a similar preventive effect.
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Abelev BI, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Amonett J, Anderson BD, Anderson M, Arkhipkin D, Averichev GS, Bai Y, Balewski J, Barannikova O, Barnby LS, Baudot J, Bekele S, Belaga VV, Bellingeri-Laurikainen A, Bellwied R, Benedosso F, Bhardwaj S, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bichsel H, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Blyth SL, Bonner BE, Botje M, Bouchet J, Brandin AV, Bravar A, Burton TP, Bystersky M, Cadman RV, Cai XZ, Caines H, Sánchez MCDLB, Castillo J, Catu O, Cebra D, Chajecki Z, Chaloupka P, Chattopadhyay S, Chen HF, Chen JH, Cheng J, Cherney M, Chikanian A, Christie W, Coffin JP, Cormier TM, Cosentino MR, Cramer JG, Crawford HJ, Das D, Das S, Dash S, Daugherity M, de Moura MM, Dedovich TG, Dephillips M, Derevschikov AA, Didenko L, Dietel T, Djawotho P, Dogra SM, Dong WJ, Dong X, Draper JE, Du F, Dunin VB, Dunlop JC, Mazumdar MRD, Eckardt V, Edwards WR, Efimov LG, Emelianov V, Engelage J, Eppley G, Erazmus B, Estienne M, Fachini P, Fatemi R, Fedorisin J, Filip P, Finch E, Fine V, Fisyak Y, Fu J, Gagliardi CA, Gaillard L, Ganti MS, Ghazikhanian V, Ghosh P, Gonzalez JE, Gorbunov YG, Gos H, Grebenyuk O, Grosnick D, Guertin SM, Guimaraes KSFF, Gupta N, Gutierrez TD, Haag B, Hallman TJ, Hamed A, Harris JW, He W, Heinz M, Henry TW, Hepplemann S, Hippolyte B, Hirsch A, Hjort E, Hoffman AM, Hoffmann GW, Horner MJ, Huang HZ, Huang SL, Hughes EW, Humanic TJ, Igo G, Jacobs P, Jacobs WW, Jakl P, Jia F, Jiang H, Jones PG, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kang K, Kapitan J, Kaplan M, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Khodyrev VY, Kim BC, Kiryluk J, Kisiel A, Kislov EM, Klein SR, Kocoloski A, Koetke DD, Kollegger T, Kopytine M, Kotchenda L, Kouchpil V, Kowalik KL, Kramer M, Kravtsov P, Kravtsov VI, Krueger K, Kuhn C, Kulikov AI, Kumar A, Kuznetsov AA, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, Lange S, LaPointe S, Laue F, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee CH, Lehocka S, LeVine MJ, Li C, Li Q, Li Y, Lin G, Lin X, Lindenbaum SJ, Lisa MA, Liu F, Liu H, Liu J, Liu L, Liu Z, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Long H, Longacre RS, Love WA, Lu Y, Ludlam T, Lynn D, Ma GL, Ma JG, Ma YG, Magestro D, Mahapatra DP, Majka R, Mangotra LK, Manweiler R, Margetis S, Markert C, Martin L, Matis HS, Matulenko YA, McClain CJ, McShane TS, Melnick Y, Meschanin A, Millane J, Miller ML, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mironov C, Mischke A, Mishra DK, Mitchell J, Mohanty B, Molnar L, Moore CF, Morozov DA, Munhoz MG, Nandi BK, Nattrass C, Nayak TK, Nelson JM, Netrakanti PK, Nogach LV, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Okorokov V, Oldenburg M, Olson D, Pachr M, Pal SK, Panebratsev Y, Panitkin SY, Pavlinov AI, Pawlak T, Peitzmann T, Perevoztchikov V, Perkins C, Peryt W, Phatak SC, Picha R, Planinic M, Pluta J, Poljak N, Porile N, Porter J, Poskanzer AM, Potekhin M, Potrebenikova E, Potukuchi BVKS, Prindle D, Pruneau C, Putschke J, Rakness G, Raniwala R, Raniwala S, Ray RL, Razin SV, Reinnarth J, Relyea D, Ridiger A, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Rose A, Roy C, Ruan L, Russcher MJ, Sahoo R, Sakuma T, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sarsour M, Sazhin PS, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmitz N, Seger J, Selyuzhenkov I, Seyboth P, Shabetai A, Shahaliev E, Shao M, Sharma M, Shen WQ, Shimanskiy SS, Sichtermann EP, Simon F, Singaraju RN, Smirnov N, Snellings R, Sood G, Sorensen P, Sowinski J, Speltz J, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stadnik A, Stanislaus TDS, Stock R, Stolpovsky A, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Sugarbaker E, Sumbera M, Sun Z, Surrow B, Swanger M, Symons TJM, Szanto de Toledo A, Tai A, Takahashi J, Tang AH, Tarnowsky T, Thein D, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Timoshenko S, Tokarev M, Trainor TA, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tsai OD, Ulery J, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Buren GV, van der Kolk N, van Leeuwen M, Molen AMV, Varma R, Vasilevski IM, Vasiliev AN, Vernet R, Vigdor SE, Viyogi YP, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Waggoner WT, Wang F, Wang G, Wang JS, Wang XL, Wang Y, Watson JW, Webb JC, Westfall GD, Wetzler A, Whitten C, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wood J, Wu J, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu Z, Yepes P, Yoo IK, Yurevich VI, Zhan W, Zhang H, Zhang WM, Zhang Y, Zhang ZP, Zhao Y, Zhong C, Zoulkarneev R, Zoulkarneeva Y, Zubarev AN, Zuo JX. Longitudinal double-spin asymmetry and cross section for inclusive jet production in polarized proton collisions at square root of s = 200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:252001. [PMID: 17280342 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.252001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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We report a measurement of the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry A(LL) and the differential cross section for inclusive midrapidity jet production in polarized proton collisions at square root of s = 200 GeV. The cross section data cover transverse momenta 5 < pT < 50 GeV/c and agree with next-to-leading order perturbative QCD evaluations. The A(LL) data cover 5 < pT < 17 GeV/c and disfavor at 98% C.L. maximal positive gluon polarization in the polarized nucleon.
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Lin X, Morgan-Lappe S, Huang X, Li L, Zakula DM, Vernetti LA, Fesik SW, Shen Y. 'Seed' analysis of off-target siRNAs reveals an essential role of Mcl-1 in resistance to the small-molecule Bcl-2/Bcl-XL inhibitor ABT-737. Oncogene 2006; 26:3972-9. [PMID: 17173063 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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ABT-737 is a subnanomolar inhibitor of the antiapoptotic proteins Bcl-2, Bcl-X(L) and Bcl-w. Although ABT-737 triggers extensive cell death in many small-cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) cell lines, some of the SCLC cell lines and the majority of the cancer cell lines derived from other solid tumors were found to be resistant to ABT-737. To better understand the mechanism of resistance to ABT-737, we screened a short interfering RNA library consisting of short interfering RNA against 4000 'druggable' targets in an SCLC-derived cell line, NCI-H196. By comparing the knockdowns with phenotypes, all of the three top 'hits' from the screen were found to result from off-target gene silencing. Interestingly, the three off-target siRNAs were found to knock down an antiapoptotic Bcl-2 family protein Mcl-1 owing to the complementation between their seed regions with the 3' untranslated region (3' UTR) of Mcl-1. Furthermore, reducing the level of Mcl-1 using siRNAs or the small-molecule compounds Bay43-9006 and Seliciclib was sufficient to overcome the resistance to ABT-737 in the resistant SCLC cell line and cancer cell lines derived from other solid tumors. These results provide further evidence that Mcl-1 is the major factor that causes resistance to ABT-737 in cancer cells derived from diverse solid tumors, and the combination of Mcl-1 downregulating agents with ABT-737 could be potent therapeutic regimens for patient with ABT-737-resistant SCLC and many other types of solid tumors.
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MESH Headings
- 3' Untranslated Regions/genetics
- Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology
- Base Sequence
- Benzenesulfonates/pharmacology
- Biphenyl Compounds/pharmacology
- Blotting, Western
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/drug therapy
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/genetics
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/pathology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Survival/drug effects
- Cell Survival/genetics
- Cell Survival/physiology
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/drug effects
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/genetics
- Humans
- Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Lung Neoplasms/genetics
- Lung Neoplasms/pathology
- Myeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 Protein
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism
- Neoplasm Proteins/physiology
- Niacinamide/analogs & derivatives
- Nitrophenols/pharmacology
- Phenylurea Compounds
- Piperazines/pharmacology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/antagonists & inhibitors
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/physiology
- Purines/pharmacology
- Pyridines/pharmacology
- RNA Interference
- RNA, Small Interfering/genetics
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2
- Roscovitine
- Sorafenib
- Sulfonamides/pharmacology
- Transmembrane Activator and CAML Interactor Protein/genetics
- Zinc Fingers/genetics
- bcl-X Protein/antagonists & inhibitors
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Clark AC, Lin X, Chan MHW. Search for superfluidity in solid hydrogen. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:245301. [PMID: 17280295 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.245301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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A torsional oscillator study of solid para-hydrogen has been carried out down to 20 mK in a search for evidence of superfluidity. We found evidence of a possible phase transition, marked by an abrupt increase in the resonant period of oscillation and onset of extremely long relaxation times as the temperature was raised above 60 mK. In contrast to solid 4He, the change in the period for para-hydrogen is not a consequence of irrotational superflow. The long relaxation times observed suggest the effect is related to the motion of residual ortho-hydrogen molecules in the solid.
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Lin X, Takahashi K, Campion SL, Liu Y, Gustavsen GG, Peña LA, Zamora PO. Synthetic peptide F2A4-K-NS mimics fibroblast growth factor-2 in vitro and is angiogenic in vivo. Int J Mol Med 2006; 17:833-9. [PMID: 16596268 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.17.5.833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A multi-domain synthetic peptide, F2A4-K-NS, mimicked the action of recombinant human FGF-2 (rhFGF-2) in vitro and in an in vivo model of angiogenesis. Like rhFGF-2, F2A4-K-NS was quantitatively shown to bind to FGF receptors in a cell-free receptor binding assay using a chimeric FGFR1 (IIIc)/Fc as monitored by surface plasmon resonance (SPR), and also shown to bind to heparin using biotinylated low-molecular weight heparin in a similar SPR assay. In vitro, F2A4-K-NS triggered signal transduction as monitored by the stimulation of ERK1/2 phosphorylation in human umbilical cord endothelial cells. In cell based assays, it increased cell migration, cell proliferation, and gelatinase secretion; endpoints associated with FGF-2 stimulation. Furthermore, these in vitro effects were mediated with quantities of F2A4-K-NS that were similar to those of rhFGF-2. In vivo, F2A4-K-NS was angiogenic at doses of 40 and 400 ng/implant in a subcutaneous implant assay as determined by morphologic scoring, hemoglobin content, and histology. These results support the hypothesis that F2A4-K-NS is a mimetic of FGF-2 that can substitute for FGF-2 in vitro and in vivo. A synthetic mimetic of FGF-2, such as F2A4-K-NS, could be a useful tool in studying mechanisms of cell activation and potentially in various therapeutic applications.
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Abelev BI, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Anderson BD, Anderson M, Arkhipkin D, Averichev GS, Bai Y, Balewski J, Barannikova O, Barnby LS, Baudot J, Bekele S, Belaga VV, Bellingeri-Laurikainen A, Bellwied R, Benedosso F, Bhardwaj S, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bichsel H, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Blyth SL, Bonner BE, Botje M, Bouchet J, Brandin AV, Bravar A, Burton TP, Bystersky M, Cadman RV, Cai XZ, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Castillo J, Catu O, Cebra D, Chajecki Z, Chaloupka P, Chattopadhyay S, Chen HF, Chen JH, Cheng J, Cherney M, Chikanian A, Christie W, Coffin JP, Cormier TM, Cosentino MR, Cramer JG, Crawford HJ, Das D, Das S, Dash S, Daugherity M, de Moura MM, Dedovich TG, Dephillips M, Derevschikov AA, Didenko L, Dietel T, Djawotho P, Dogra SM, Dong WJ, Dong X, Draper JE, Du F, Dunin VB, Dunlop JC, Dutta Mazumdar MR, Eckardt V, Edwards WR, Efimov LG, Emelianov V, Engelage J, Eppley G, Erazmus B, Estienne M, Fachini P, Fatemi R, Fedorisin J, Filip P, Finch E, Fine V, Fisyak Y, Fu J, Gagliardi CA, Gaillard L, Ganti MS, Ghazikhanian V, Ghosh P, Gonzalez JE, Gorbunov YG, Gos H, Grebenyuk O, Grosnick D, Guertin SM, Guimaraes KSFF, Gupta N, Gutierrez TD, Haag B, Hallman TJ, Hamed A, Harris JW, He W, Heinz M, Henry TW, Hepplemann S, Hippolyte B, Hirsch A, Hjort E, Hoffman AM, Hoffmann GW, Horner MJ, Huang HZ, Huang SL, Hughes EW, Humanic TJ, Igo G, Jacobs P, Jacobs WW, Jakl P, Jia F, Jiang H, Jones PG, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kang K, Kapitan J, Kaplan M, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Khodyrev VY, Kim BC, Kiryluk J, Kisiel A, Kislov EM, Klein SR, Kocoloski A, Koetke DD, Kollegger T, Kopytine M, Kotchenda L, Kouchpil V, Kowalik KL, Kramer M, Kravtsov P, Kravtsov VI, Krueger K, Kuhn C, Kulikov AI, Kumar A, Kuznetsov AA, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, Lange S, Lapointe S, Laue F, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee CH, Lehocka S, Levine MJ, Li C, Li Q, Li Y, Lin G, Lin X, Lindenbaum SJ, Lisa MA, Liu F, Liu H, Liu J, Liu L, Liu Z, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Long H, Longacre RS, Love WA, Lu Y, Ludlam T, Lynn D, Ma GL, Ma JG, Ma YG, Magestro D, Mahapatra DP, Majka R, Mangotra LK, Manweiler R, Margetis S, Markert C, Martin L, Matis HS, Matulenko YA, McClain CJ, McShane TS, Melnick Y, Meschanin A, Millane J, Miller ML, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mironov C, Mischke A, Mishra DK, Mitchell J, Mohanty B, Molnar L, Moore CF, Morozov DA, Munhoz MG, Nandi BK, Nattrass C, Nayak TK, Nelson JM, Nepali NS, Netrakanti PK, Nogach LV, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Okorokov V, Oldenburg M, Olson D, Pachr M, Pal SK, Panebratsev Y, Panitkin SY, Pavlinov AI, Pawlak T, Peitzmann T, Perevoztchikov V, Perkins C, Peryt W, Phatak SC, Picha R, Planinic M, Pluta J, Poljak N, Porile N, Porter J, Poskanzer AM, Potekhin M, Potrebenikova E, Potukuchi BVKS, Prindle D, Pruneau C, Putschke J, Rakness G, Raniwala R, Raniwala S, Ray RL, Razin SV, Reinnarth J, Relyea D, Ridiger A, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Rose A, Roy C, Ruan L, Russcher MJ, Sahoo R, Sakuma T, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sarsour M, Sazhin PS, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmitz N, Seger J, Selyuzhenkov I, Seyboth P, Shabetai A, Shahaliev E, Shao M, Sharma M, Shen WQ, Shimanskiy SS, Sichtermann EP, Simon F, Singaraju RN, Smirnov N, Snellings R, Sood G, Sorensen P, Sowinski J, Speltz J, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stadnik A, Stanislaus TDS, Stock R, Stolpovsky A, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Subba NL, Sugarbaker E, Sumbera M, Sun Z, Surrow B, Swanger M, Symons TJM, Szanto de Toledo A, Tai A, Takahashi J, Tang AH, Tarnowsky T, Thein D, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Timoshenko S, Tokarev M, Trainor TA, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tsai OD, Ulery J, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Van Buren G, van der Kolk N, van Leeuwen M, Vander Molen AM, Varma R, Vasilevski IM, Vasiliev AN, Vernet R, Vigdor SE, Viyogi YP, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Waggoner WT, Wang F, Wang G, Wang JS, Wang XL, Wang Y, Watson JW, Webb JC, Westfall GD, Wetzler A, Whitten C, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wood J, Wu J, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu Z, Yepes P, Yoo IK, Yurevich VI, Zhan W, Zhang H, Zhang WM, Zhang Y, Zhang ZP, Zhao Y, Zhong C, Zoulkarneev R, Zoulkarneeva Y, Zubarev AN, Zuo JX. Identified baryon and meson distributions at large transverse momenta from Au + Au collisions at square root sNN=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:152301. [PMID: 17155321 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.152301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Transverse momentum spectra of pi+/-, p, and p up to 12 GeV/c at midrapidity in centrality selected Au + Au collisions at square root sNN=200 GeV are presented. In central Au + Au collisions, both pi +/- and p(p) show significant suppression with respect to binary scaling at pT approximately >4 GeV/c. Protons and antiprotons are less suppressed than pi+/-, in the range 1.5 approximately < pT approximately < 6 GeV/c. The pi-/pi+ and p/p ratios show at most a weak pT dependence and no significant centrality dependence. The p/pi ratios in central Au + Au collisions approach the values in p + p and d + Au collisions at pT approximately >5 GeV/c. The results at high pT indicate that the partonic sources of pi+/-, p, and p have similar energy loss when traversing the nuclear medium.
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Abelev BI, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Amonett J, Anderson BD, Anderson M, Arkhipkin D, Averichev GS, Bai Y, Balewski J, Barannikova O, Barnby LS, Baudot J, Bekele S, Belaga VV, Bellingeri-Laurikainen A, Bellwied R, Benedosso F, Bhardwaj S, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bichsel H, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Blyth SL, Bonner BE, Botje M, Bouchet J, Brandin AV, Bravar A, Burton TP, Bystersky M, Cadman RV, Cai XZ, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Castillo J, Catu O, Cebra D, Chajecki Z, Chaloupka P, Chattopadhyay S, Chen HF, Chen JH, Cheng J, Cherney M, Chikanian A, Christie W, Coffin JP, Cormier TM, Cosentino MR, Cramer JG, Crawford HJ, Das D, Das S, Dash S, Daugherity M, de Moura MM, Dedovich TG, DePhillips M, Derevschikov AA, Didenko L, Dietel T, Djawotho P, Dogra SM, Dong WJ, Dong X, Draper JE, Du F, Dunin VB, Dunlop JC, Dutta Mazumdar MR, Eckardt V, Edwards WR, Efimov LG, Emelianov V, Engelage J, Eppley G, Erazmus B, Estienne M, Fachini P, Fatemi R, Fedorisin J, Filimonov K, Filip P, Finch E, Fine V, Fisyak Y, Fu J, Gagliardi CA, Gaillard L, Ganti MS, Gaudichet L, Ghazikhanian V, Ghosh P, Gonzalez JE, Gorbunov YG, Gos H, Grebenyuk O, Grosnick D, Guertin SM, Guimaraes KSFF, Gupta N, Gutierrez TD, Haag B, Hallman TJ, Hamed A, Harris JW, He W, Heinz M, Henry TW, Hepplemann S, Hippolyte B, Hirsch A, Hjort E, Hoffman AM, Hoffmann GW, Horner MJ, Huang HZ, Huang SL, Hughes EW, Humanic TJ, Igo G, Jacobs P, Jacobs WW, Jakl P, Jia F, Jiang H, Jones PG, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kang K, Kapitan J, Kaplan M, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Khodyrev VY, Kim BC, Kiryluk J, Kisiel A, Kislov EM, Klein SR, Kocoloski A, Koetke DD, Kollegger T, Kopytine M, Kotchenda L, Kouchpil V, Kowalik KL, Kramer M, Kravtsov P, Kravtsov VI, Krueger K, Kuhn C, Kulikov AI, Kumar A, Kuznetsov AA, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, Lange S, LaPointe S, Laue F, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee CH, Lehocka S, LeVine MJ, Li C, Li Q, Li Y, Lin G, Lin X, Lindenbaum SJ, Lisa MA, Liu F, Liu H, Liu J, Liu L, Liu Z, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Long H, Longacre RS, Love WA, Lu Y, Ludlam T, Lynn D, Ma GL, Ma JG, Ma YG, Magestro D, Mahapatra DP, Majka R, Mangotra LK, Manweiler R, Margetis S, Markert C, Martin L, Matis HS, Matulenko YA, McClain CJ, McShane TS, Melnick Y, Meschanin A, Millane J, Miller ML, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mironov C, Mischke A, Mishra DK, Mitchell J, Mohanty B, Molnar L, Moore CF, Morozov DA, Munhoz MG, Nandi BK, Nattrass C, Nayak TK, Nelson JM, Netrakanti PK, Nogach LV, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Okorokov V, Oldenburg M, Olson D, Pachr M, Pal SK, Panebratsev Y, Panitkin SY, Pavlinov AI, Pawlak T, Peitzmann T, Perevoztchikov V, Perkins C, Peryt W, Phatak SC, Picha R, Planinic M, Pluta J, Poljak N, Porile N, Porter J, Poskanzer AM, Potekhin M, Potrebenikova E, Potukuchi BVKS, Prindle D, Pruneau C, Putschke J, Rakness G, Raniwala R, Raniwala S, Ray RL, Razin SV, Reinnarth J, Relyea D, Retiere F, Ridiger A, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Rose A, Roy C, Ruan L, Russcher MJ, Sahoo R, Sakuma T, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sarsour M, Sazhin PS, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmitz N, Schweda K, Seger J, Selyuzhenkov I, Seyboth P, Shabetai A, Shahaliev E, Shao M, Sharma M, Shen WQ, Shimanskiy SS, Sichtermann E, Simon F, Singaraju RN, Smirnov N, Snellings R, Sood G, Sorensen P, Sowinski J, Speltz J, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stadnik A, Stanislaus TDS, Stock R, Stolpovsky A, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Sugarbaker E, Sumbera M, Sun Z, Surrow B, Swanger M, Symons TJM, Szanto de Toledo A, Tai A, Takahashi J, Tang AH, Tarnowsky T, Thein D, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Timoshenko S, Tokarev M, Trainor TA, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tsai OD, Ulery J, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Buren GV, van der Kolk N, van Leeuwen M, Molen AMV, Varma R, Vasilevski IM, Vasiliev AN, Vernet R, Vigdor SE, Viyogi YP, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Waggoner WT, Wang F, Wang G, Wang JS, Wang XL, Wang Y, Watson JW, Webb JC, Westfall GD, Wetzler A, Whitten C, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wood J, Wu J, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu Z, Yepes P, Yoo IK, Yurevich VI, Zhan W, Zhang H, Zhang WM, Zhang Y, Zhang ZP, Zhao Y, Zhong C, Zoulkarneev R, Zoulkarneeva Y, Zubarev AN, Zuo JX. Strange baryon resonance production in sqrt s NN=200 GeV p+p and Au+Au collisions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:132301. [PMID: 17026027 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.132301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2006] [Revised: 07/27/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We report the measurements of Sigma(1385) and Lambda(1520) production in p+p and Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s{NN}]=200 GeV from the STAR Collaboration. The yields and the p(T) spectra are presented and discussed in terms of chemical and thermal freeze-out conditions and compared to model predictions. Thermal and microscopic models do not adequately describe the yields of all the resonances produced in central Au+Au collisions. Our results indicate that there may be a time span between chemical and thermal freeze-out during which elastic hadronic interactions occur.
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Tsang CW, Lin X, Gudgeon NH, Taylor GS, Jia H, Hui EP, Chan ATC, Lin CK, Rickinson AB. CD4+ T-cell responses to Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen EBNA1 in Chinese populations are highly focused on novel C-terminal domain-derived epitopes. J Virol 2006; 80:8263-6. [PMID: 16873282 PMCID: PMC1563796 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00400-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen EBNA1, the one viral protein uniformly expressed in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), represents a prime target for T-cell-based immunotherapy. However, little is known about the EBNA1 epitopes, particularly CD4 epitopes, presented by HLA alleles in Chinese people, the group at highest risk for NPC. We analyzed the CD4+ T-cell responses to EBNA1 in 78 healthy Chinese donors and found marked focusing on a small number of epitopes in the EBNA1 C-terminal region, including a DP5-restricted epitope that was recognized by almost half of the donors tested and elicited responses able to recognize EBNA1-expressing, DP5-positive target cells.
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Wakamiya M, Matsuura T, Liu Y, Schuster GC, Gao R, Xu W, Sarkar PS, Lin X, Ashizawa T. The role of ataxin 10 in the pathogenesis of spinocerebellar ataxia type 10. Neurology 2006; 67:607-13. [PMID: 16924013 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000231140.26253.eb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by cerebellar ataxia and seizures. SCA10 is caused by an expansion of an ATTCT pentanucleotide repeat in intron 9 of the ataxin 10 (ATXN10) gene encoding an approximately 55-kd protein of unknown function. However, how this mutation leads to SCA10 is unknown. METHODS In an effort to understand the pathogenic mechanism of SCA10, the authors conducted a series of experiments to address the effect of repeat expansion on the transcription and RNA processing of the ATXN10 gene. In addition, we generated Sca10 (mouse ataxin 10 homolog)-null mice and addressed the role of Sca10 gene dosage on the cerebellum. RESULTS Mutant ATXN10 allele is transcribed at the normal level, and the pre-mRNA containing an expanded repeat is processed normally in patient-derived cells. Sca10-null mice exhibited embryonic lethality. Heterozygous mutants were overtly normal and did not develop SCA10 phenotype CONCLUSION A simple gain of function or loss of function of ATXN10 is unlikely to be the major pathogenic mechanism contributing to the spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 phenotype.
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Diez Roux AV, Auchincloss AH, Astor B, Barr RG, Cushman M, Dvonch T, Jacobs DR, Kaufman J, Lin X, Samson P. Recent exposure to particulate matter and C-reactive protein concentration in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Am J Epidemiol 2006; 164:437-48. [PMID: 16751260 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Ambient levels of particulate matter have been linked to cardiovascular disease. The mechanisms mediating these associations are poorly understood. One candidate mechanism is inflammation. Using data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (2000-2002), the authors investigated the relation between exposure to particulate matter of less than or equal to 2.5 microm in diameter (PM2.5) and C-reactive protein concentration in 5,634 persons aged 45-84 years who were free of cardiovascular disease. Data from US Environmental Protection Agency monitors were used to estimate PM2.5 exposures for the prior day, prior 2 days, prior week, prior 30 days, and prior 60 days. Only the 30-day and 60-day mean exposures showed a weak positive association with C-reactive protein, and confidence intervals were wide: relative increases in C-reactive protein per 10 microg/m3 of PM2.5 adjusted for person-level covariates were 3% (95% confidence interval (CI): -2, 10) for a 30-day mean and 4% (95% CI: -3, 11.0) for a 60-day mean. The means of 7-day, 30-day, and 60-day exposures were weakly, positively, and nonsignificantly associated with the odds of C-reactive protein of greater than or equal to 3 mg/liter: adjusted odds ratios were 1.05 (95% CI: 0.96, 1.15), 1.12 (95% CI: 0.98, 1.29), and 1.12 (95% CI: 0.96, 1.32), respectively. Slightly stronger associations were observed in persons without other risk factors for elevated C-reactive protein, but this heterogeneity was not statistically significant. The authors' results are not compatible with strong effects of particulate matter exposures on population levels of C-reactive protein.
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Lin X, Takahashi K, Liu Y, Zamora PO. Enhancement of cell attachment and tissue integration by a IKVAV containing multi-domain peptide. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2006; 1760:1403-10. [PMID: 16860485 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2006.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2006] [Revised: 05/11/2006] [Accepted: 05/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Laminin contains a number of cell binding motifs including IKVAV and some that bind heparin. We developed a multi-domain synthetic peptide, LA2, which combines IKVAV sequences with a heparin-binding domain with the goal of improving cell attachment to otherwise non-adherent substrates. LA2 was used to coat polystyrene, ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA), expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE), polycarbonate, titanium and stainless steel. In cell attachment studies, LA2 dramatically increased cell attachment to polystyrene and EVA compared to uncoated counterparts or those coated with SIKVAV. Similar increases were observed on ePTFE and titanium. On polystyrene, LA2 enhanced the attachment of endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, epithelial cells, myoblasts, and osteoblast progenitor cells. Following adhesion, the cells underwent proliferation to form confluent monolayers with phenotypic morphologies. Using osteoblast progenitor cells (MC3T3 cells) grown on LA2/polystyrene, the cells exhibited an increased production of a differentiation marker, alkaline phosphatase. In vivo, LA2 improved tissue integration into ePTFE when implanted subcutaneously in rats. After 2 weeks, cells had penetrated deep into the LA2 coated ePTFE implant whereas little cell penetration was found in uncoated grafts. The implant sites exhibited little inflammation or other untoward effects. The results indicated that the LA2 peptide improved cell adhesion and tissue integration and might be useful in a number of tissue engineering applications.
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Seng TJ, Low JSW, Li H, Cui Y, Goh HK, Wong MLY, Srivastava G, Sidransky D, Califano J, Steenbergen RDM, Rha SY, Tan J, Hsieh WS, Ambinder RF, Lin X, Chan ATC, Tao Q. The major 8p22 tumor suppressor DLC1 is frequently silenced by methylation in both endemic and sporadic nasopharyngeal, esophageal, and cervical carcinomas, and inhibits tumor cell colony formation. Oncogene 2006; 26:934-44. [PMID: 16862168 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Identification of tumor suppressor genes (TSG) silenced by methylation uncovers mechanisms of tumorigenesis and identifies new epigenetic tumor markers for early cancer detection. Both nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and esophageal carcinoma are major tumors in Southern China and Southeast Asia. Through expression subtraction of NPC, we identified Deleted in Liver Cancer 1 (DLC1)/ARHGAP7 (NM_006094)--an 8p22 TSG as a major downregulated gene. Although expressed in all normal tissues, DLC1 was silenced or downregulated in 11/12 (91%) NPC, 6/15 (40%) esophageal, 5/8 (63%) cervical and 3/9 (33%) breast carcinoma cell lines. No genetic deletion of DLC1 was detected in NPC although a hemizygous deletion at 8p22-11 was found by 1-Mb array-CGH in some cell lines. We then located the functional DLC1 promoter by 5'-RACE and promoter activity assays. This promoter was frequently methylated in all downregulated cell lines and in a large collection of primary tumors including 89% (64/72) NPC (endemic and sporadic types), 51% (48/94) esophageal, 87% (7/8) cervical and 36% (5/14) breast carcinomas, but seldom in paired surgical marginal tissues and not in any normal epithelial tissue. The transcriptional silencing of DLC1 could be reversed by 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine or genetic double knock-out of DNMT1 and DNMT3B. Furthermore, ectopic expression of DLC1 in NPC and esophageal carcinoma cells strongly inhibited their colony formation. We thus found frequent epigenetic silencing of DLC1 in NPC, esophageal and cervical carcinomas, and a high correlation of methylation with its downregulation, suggesting a predominant role of epigenetic inactivation. DLC1 appears to be a major TSG implicated in the pathogenesis of these tumors, and should be further tested as a molecular biomarker in patients with these cancers.
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Shi DX, Ji W, Lin X, He XB, Lian JC, Gao L, Cai JM, Lin H, Du SX, Lin F, Seidel C, Chi LF, Hofer WA, Fuchs H, Gao HJ. Role of lateral alkyl chains in modulation of molecular structures on metal surfaces. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 96:226101. [PMID: 16803323 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.226101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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We use low energy electron diffraction, scanning tunneling microscopy, first-principles density-functional theory, and molecular mechanics calculations to analyze the adsorption and growth of quinacridone derivatives (QA) with alkyl chains of 4 and 16 carbon atoms on a Ag(110) substrate. Surprisingly, we find that the alkyl chains determine the orientation of the molecular overlayers. While the interaction of QA and the Ag substrate is primarily due to chemical bonding of oxygen to the silver substrate, determining the molecular orientation and preferred adsorption site, the intermolecular arrangement can be adjusted via the length of alkyl chains. We are thus able to fabricate uniform QA films with very well controlled physical properties.
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Dulon D, Jagger DJ, Lin X, Davis RL. Neuromodulation in the Spiral Ganglion: Shaping Signals from the Organ of Corti to the CNS. J Membr Biol 2006; 209:167-75. [PMID: 16773500 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-005-0841-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chandran J, Shippenberg T, Hoke A, Lin X, Zapata A, Cai H. I.P13 Age related changes in DJ-1 deficient mice. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s1353-8020(07)70077-9] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Deng ZT, Lin H, Ji W, Gao L, Lin X, Cheng ZH, He XB, Lu JL, Shi DX, Hofer WA, Gao HJ. Selective analysis of molecular states by functionalized scanning tunneling microscopy tips. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 96:156102. [PMID: 16712171 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.156102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2006] [Revised: 03/24/2006] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Selective analysis of molecular states in scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) has so far been achieved in a few cases by tuning the bias range of the STM in high-resolution measurements. Correspondingly, perylene adsorbed in a close-packed monolayer on Ag(110) is imaged mainly through the pi states of the molecule. By contrast, functionalizing the STM tip with a perylene molecule leads to a mismatch between the energy levels of the STM tip and the molecule adsorbates and, instead, images only the metal states of the underlying silver surface. The observation opens a route for better energy selectivity in electron transport measurements through organic interfaces.
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Zhang J, Ouyang H, Zhu HB, Zhu H, Lin X, Co E, Hayes J, Chen JDZ. Development of gastric slow waves and effects of feeding in pre-term and full-term infants. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2006; 18:284-91. [PMID: 16553583 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2006.00756.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The aims of this study were to investigate the difference in developmental process of gastric slow waves and the effects of feeding in pre-term and full-term infants. Twenty-six pre-term and 31 full-term infants were enrolled in the study. Gastric myoelectrical activity was recorded using electrogastrography (EGG) from birth to month 6. An increase in the % of 2-4 cpm slow waves was noted in both pre-term (P < 0.01) and full-term infants (P < 0.04) from birth to month 4. The pre-term infants showed a reduced dominant EGG power at certain points of the study. (3) Breast or formula feeding resulted in no difference in the EGG in the full-term infants and showed a difference in the postprandial dominant power of the EGG in the pre-term infants only at month 2 after birth (P < 0.05) but not at other times. The gastric slow wave in pre-term infants is of a significantly reduced amplitude but similar rhythmicity. The method of feeding has no effects on the EGG in full-term infants and minimal effects (may be of non-clinical significance) on the EGG in pre-term infants as the difference was noted only at one time point during the 6-month follow-up study.
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Dicklin ME, Robinson JL, Lin X, Odle J. Ontogeny and chain-length specificity of gastrointestinal lipases affect medium-chain triacylglycerol utilization by newborn pigs1. J Anim Sci 2006; 84:818-25. [PMID: 16543558 DOI: 10.2527/2006.844818x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Ontogeny and fatty acid chain-length specificity of gastrointestinal lipases in neonatal piglets were examined to explore the basis for variations in postnatal use of medium-chain triacylglycerols (MCT). Twenty-four newborn pigs were studied at 4 ages: 0, 6, 18, and 48 h postpartum (n = 6 pigs/age). Piglets were gastrically intubated and given 3.0 mmol/kg of BW(0.75) each of emulsified tri-C6:0 and tri-C8:0. One hour after intubation, the plasma concentration of C6:0 was 7.5-fold greater than that of C8:0 (P < 0.001), with total plasma medium-chain fatty acid concentrations 3.7-fold greater at 48 h than at 6 h of age (P < 0.05). Pancreatic, gastric, and lingual tissues were analyzed for lipase activity using an equimolar mixture of tri-C6:0 and tri-C8:0 as substrate. Pancreatic lipase activity averaged 7.0 +/- 0.8 micromol of fatty acid released/min per mg of protein for the medium-chain fatty acid substrates. Hexanoate (C6:0) release was greater at 0 h than at 6, 18, or 48 h (P < 0.05); however, age did not affect C8:0 release (P > 0.05). The lowest lipase activity was observed at 18 h for both tri-C6:0 and tri-C8:0. Chain-length specificity of pancreatic lipase was measured with tri-C4:0, tri-C6:0, tri-C8:0, and tri-C10:0 as combined or separate substrates. As separate substrates, the lipase activity decreased progressively as chain length increased from tri-C4:0 to tri-C10:0. As combined substrates, tri-C6:0 was hydrolyzed fastest (P < 0.05), followed by C4:0, C8:0, and C10:0. Gastric and lingual lipase activities averaged 2.7 nmol/min per mg of protein for the medium-chain fatty acid substrates, with hydrolysis of C6:0 being 7-fold greater than that of C8:0. In conclusion, pancreatic lipase dominates the preduodenal lipases in the neonatal pig, and greater activity of the gastrointestinal lipases toward tri-C6:0 underlies its increased rate of use.
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Lin X, Duan X, Liang Y, Wrighton K, Wang J, Brunicardi F, Feng X. Protein phosphatase SMP1 is a negative regulator of tumor suppressor SMAD2. J Surg Res 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2005.11.168] [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]
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