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Liu J, Liao Y, He X, Yu J, Ding L, Xie M. Facile One-Pot Approach for Preparing Functionalized Polymeric Nanoparticles via ROMP. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201000416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Zhou J, Ying H, Hu C, He X, Zhu G, Wu Y, Wang X. Preliminary Results of Re-irradiation for Locally Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma with Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.1098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Martey O, He X. Possible Mode of Action of Mondia whitei: An Aphrodisiac used in the Management of Erectile Dysfunction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.3923/jpt.2010.460.468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Guan X, Wang J, Wu Y, Ying H, He X, Hu C, Zhu G. The Dose Volume Analysis of Radiation-induced Optic Neuropathy in Sinonasal and Nasal Cavity Carcinoma Treated with Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.1082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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He X, Yarmoff JA. Correlated electron effects in low energy Sr(+) ion scattering. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:176806. [PMID: 21231070 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.176806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Resonant charge transfer during low energy ion scattering reveals correlated-electron behavior at high temperature. The valence electron of a singly charged alkaline-earth ion is a magnetic impurity that interacts with the continuum of many-body excitations in the metal, leading to Kondo and mixed valence resonances near the Fermi energy. The occupation of these resonances is acutely sensitive to the surface temperature, which results in a marked temperature dependence of the ion neutralization. We report such a dependence for low energy Sr(+) scattered from polycrystalline gold.
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Williams I, Siu K, Gan R, He X, Hart S, Styles C, Lewis R. Corrigendum to “Towards the clinical application of X-ray phase contrast imaging” [Eur. J. Radiol. 68S (2008) 73–77]. Eur J Radiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Adare A, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Al-Bataineh H, Alexander J, Aoki K, Aramaki Y, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Bai M, Baksay G, Baksay L, Barish KN, Bassalleck B, Basye AT, Bathe S, Baublis V, Baumann C, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Belmont R, Bennett R, Berdnikov A, Berdnikov Y, Bickley AA, Bok JS, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Butsyk S, Camacho CM, Campbell S, Chen CH, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Choudhury RK, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Chung P, Chvala O, Cianciolo V, Citron Z, Cole BA, Connors M, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgo T, Dahms T, Dairaku S, Danchev I, Das K, Datta A, David G, Denisov A, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drapier O, Drees A, Drees KA, Durham JM, Durum A, Dutta D, Edwards S, Efremenko YV, Ellinghaus F, Engelmore T, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Esumi S, Fadem B, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fusayasu T, Garishvili I, Glenn A, Gong H, Gonin M, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Gustafsson HÅ, Haggerty JS, Hahn KI, Hamagaki H, Hamblen J, Hanks J, Han R, Hartouni EP, Haslum E, Hayano R, Heffner M, Hegyi S, Hemmick TK, Hester T, He X, Hill JC, Hohlmann M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hornback D, Huang S, Ichihara T, Ichimiya R, Ide J, Ikeda Y, Imai K, Inaba M, Isenhower D, Ishihara M, Isobe T, Issah M, Isupov A, Ivanischev D, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jin J, Johnson BM, Joo KS, Jouan D, Jumper DS, Kajihara F, Kametani S, Kamihara N, Kamin J, Kang JH, Kapustinsky J, Karatsu K, Kawall D, Kawashima M, Kazantsev AV, Kempel T, Khanzadeev A, Kijima KM, Kim BI, Kim DH, Kim DJ, Kim EJ, Kim E, Kim SH, Kim YJ, Kinney E, Kiriluk K, Kiss A, Kistenev E, Kochenda L, Komkov B, Konno M, Koster J, Kotchetkov D, Kozlov A, Král A, Kravitz A, Kunde GJ, Kurita K, Kurosawa M, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Lee DM, Lee J, Lee KB, Lee K, Lee KS, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Leitner E, Lenzi B, Liebing P, Linden Levy LA, Liška T, Litvinenko A, Liu H, Liu MX, Li X, Love B, Luechtenborg R, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malakhov A, Malik MD, Manko VI, Mannel E, Mao Y, Masui H, Matathias F, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, Means N, Meredith B, Miake Y, Mignerey AC, Mikeš P, Miki K, Milov A, Mishra M, Mitchell JT, Mohanty AK, Morino Y, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Moukhanova TV, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nagy MI, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Newby J, Nguyen M, Nouicer R, Nyanin AS, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Okada K, Oka M, Onuki Y, Oskarsson A, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park IH, Park J, Park SK, Park WJ, Pate SF, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peresedov V, Peressounko DY, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Proissl M, Purschke ML, Purwar AK, Qu H, Rak J, Rakotozafindrabe A, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Richardson E, Roach D, Roche G, Rolnick SD, Rosati M, Rosen CA, Rosendahl SSE, Rosnet P, Rukoyatkin P, Ružička P, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakashita K, Samsonov V, Sano S, Sato T, Sawada S, Sedgwick K, Seele J, Seidl R, Semenov AY, Seto R, Sharma D, Shein I, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shoji K, Shukla P, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh BK, Singh CP, Singh V, Slunečka M, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Sparks NA, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Sukhanov A, Sziklai J, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tanabe R, Tanaka Y, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Tarafdar S, Taranenko A, Tarján P, Themann H, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Toia A, Tomášek L, Torii H, Towell RS, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Vazquez-Zambrano E, Veicht A, Velkovska J, Vértesi R, Vinogradov AA, Virius M, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wang XR, Watanabe D, Watanabe K, Watanabe Y, Wei F, Wei R, Wessels J, White SN, Winter D, Wood JP, Woody CL, Wright RM, Wysocki M, Xie W, Yamaguchi YL, Yamaura K, Yang R, Yanovich A, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, Young GR, Younus I, You Z, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zhang C, Zhou S, Zolin L. Azimuthal anisotropy of π⁰ production in Au+Au collisions at sqrt((s)NN)=200 GeV: path-length dependence of jet quenching and the role of initial geometry. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:142301. [PMID: 21230825 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.142301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We have measured the azimuthal anisotropy of π⁰ production for 1<p(T)<18 GeV/c for Au+Au collisions at sqrt((s)NN)=200 GeV. The observed anisotropy shows a gradual decrease for 3≲p(T)≲7-10 GeV/c, but remains positive beyond 10 GeV/c. The magnitude of this anisotropy is underpredicted, up to at least ∼10 GeV/c, by current perturbative QCD (PQCD) energy-loss model calculations. An estimate of the increase in anisotropy expected from initial-geometry modification due to gluon saturation effects and fluctuations is insufficient to account for this discrepancy. Calculations that implement a path-length dependence steeper than what is implied by current PQCD energy-loss models show reasonable agreement with the data.
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He X, McMahon S, Henderson TD, Griffey SM, Cheng LW. Ricin toxicokinetics and its sensitive detection in mouse sera or feces using immuno-PCR. PLoS One 2010; 5:e12858. [PMID: 20877567 PMCID: PMC2943921 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2010] [Accepted: 08/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ricin (also called RCA-II or RCA(60)), one of the most potent toxins and documented bioweapons, is derived from castor beans of Ricinus communis. Several in vitro methods have been designed for ricin detection in complex food matrices in the event of intentional contamination. Recently, a novel Immuno-PCR (IPCR) assay was developed with a limit of detection of 10 fg/ml in a buffer matrix and about 10-1000-fold greater sensitivity than other methods in various food matrices. METHODS AND FINDINGS In order to devise a better diagnostic test for ricin, the IPCR assay was adapted for the detection of ricin in biological samples collected from mice after intoxication. The limit of detection in both mouse sera and feces was as low as 1 pg/ml. Using the mouse intravenous (iv) model for ricin intoxication, a biphasic half-life of ricin, with a rapid t(1/2)α of 4 min and a slower t(1/2)β of 86 min were observed. The molecular biodistribution time for ricin following oral ingestion was estimated using an antibody neutralization assay. Ricin was detected in the blood stream starting at approximately 6-7 h post- oral intoxication. Whole animal histopathological analysis was performed on mice treated orally or systemically with ricin. Severe lesions were observed in the pancreas, spleen and intestinal mesenteric lymph nodes, but no severe pathology in other major organs was observed. CONCLUSIONS The determination of in vivo toxicokinetics and pathological effects of ricin following systemic and oral intoxication provide a better understanding of the etiology of intoxication and will help in the future design of more effective diagnostic and therapeutic methods.
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He X, Arslan AD, Pool MD, Ho TT, Darcy KM, Coon JS, Beck WT. Knockdown of splicing factor SRp20 causes apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells and its expression is associated with malignancy of epithelial ovarian cancer. Oncogene 2010; 30:356-65. [PMID: 20856201 PMCID: PMC3010329 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2010.426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Our previous study revealed that two splicing factors, polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB) and SRp20, were up-regulated in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and knockdown of PTB expression inhibited ovarian tumor cell growth and transformation properties. In this report, we show that knockdown of SRp20 expression in ovarian cancer cells also causes substantial inhibition of tumor cell growth and colony formation in soft agar and the extent of such inhibition appeared to correlate with the extent of suppression of SRp20. Massive knockdown of SRp20 expression triggered remarkable apoptosis in these cells. These results suggest that overexpression of SRp20 is required for ovarian tumor cell growth and survival. Immunohistochemical staining for PTB and SRp20 of two specialized tissue microarrays (TMAs), one containing benign ovarian tumors, borderline/low malignant potential (LMP) ovarian tumors as well as invasive EOC and the other containing invasive EOC ranging from stage I to stage IV disease, reveals that PTB and SRp20 are both expressed differentially between benign tumors and invasive EOC, and between borderline/LMP tumors and invasive EOC. There were more all-negative or mixed staining cases (at least two evaluable section cores per case) in benign tumors than in invasive EOC while there were more all positive staining cases in invasive EOC than in the other two disease classifications. Among invasive EOC, the great majority of cases were stained all-positive for both PTB and SRp20 and there were no significant differences in average staining or frequency of positive cancer cells between any of the tumor stages. Therefore, the expression of PTB and SRp20 is associated with malignancy of ovarian tumors but not with stage of invasive EOC.
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Nakao J, Egan D, Newman D, Sharp V, He X, Tsao D, Skalak T, Lord A, Nollen C, Wiener D. 131: Falling Through the Cracks? Missed Opportunities for Earlier Diagnosis of HIV Infection. Ann Emerg Med 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.06.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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He X, Tsien J, Yang Z. Object recognition based on hierarchically organized structures of natural objects. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/10.7.989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Adare A, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Al-Bataineh H, Alexander J, Aoki K, Aramaki Y, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Bai M, Baksay G, Baksay L, Barish KN, Bassalleck B, Basye AT, Bathe S, Baublis V, Baumann C, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Belmont R, Bennett R, Berdnikov A, Berdnikov Y, Bickley AA, Bok JS, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Butsyk S, Camacho CM, Campbell S, Chen CH, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Choudhury RK, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Chung P, Chvala O, Cianciolo V, Citron Z, Cole BA, Connors M, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgo T, Dahms T, Dairaku S, Danchev I, Das K, Datta A, David G, Denisov A, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drapier O, Drees A, Drees KA, Durham JM, Durum A, Dutta D, Edwards S, Efremenko YV, Ellinghaus F, Engelmore T, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Esumi S, Fadem B, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fusayasu T, Garishvili I, Glenn A, Gong H, Gonin M, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Gustafsson HA, Haggerty JS, Hahn KI, Hamagaki H, Hamblen J, Hanks J, Han R, Hartouni EP, Haslum E, Hayano R, Heffner M, Hegyi S, Hemmick TK, Hester T, He X, Hill JC, Hohlmann M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hornback D, Huang S, Ichihara T, Ichimiya R, Ide J, Ikeda Y, Imai K, Inaba M, Isenhower D, Ishihara M, Isobe T, Issah M, Isupov A, Ivanischev D, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jin J, Johnson BM, Joo KS, Jouan D, Jumper DS, Kajihara F, Kametani S, Kamihara N, Kamin J, Kang JH, Kapustinsky J, Karatsu K, Kawall D, Kawashima M, Kazantsev AV, Kempel T, Khanzadeev A, Kijima KM, Kim BI, Kim DH, Kim DJ, Kim EJ, Kim E, Kim SH, Kim YJ, Kinney E, Kiriluk K, Kiss A, Kistenev E, Kochenda L, Komkov B, Konno M, Koster J, Kotchetkov D, Kozlov A, Král A, Kravitz A, Kunde GJ, Kurita K, Kurosawa M, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Lee DM, Lee J, Lee KB, Lee K, Lee KS, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Leitner E, Lenzi B, Liebing P, Linden Levy LA, Liska T, Litvinenko A, Liu H, Liu MX, Li X, Love B, Luechtenborg R, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malakhov A, Malik MD, Manko VI, Mannel E, Mao Y, Masui H, Matathias F, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, Means N, Meredith B, Miake Y, Mignerey AC, Mikes P, Miki K, Milov A, Mishra M, Mitchell JT, Mohanty AK, Morino Y, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Moukhanova TV, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nagy MI, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Newby J, Nguyen M, Nouicer R, Nyanin AS, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Okada K, Oka M, Onuki Y, Oskarsson A, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park IH, Park J, Park SK, Park WJ, Pate SF, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peresedov V, Peressounko DY, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Proissl M, Purschke ML, Purwar AK, Qu H, Rak J, Rakotozafindrabe A, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Richardson E, Roach D, Roche G, Rolnick SD, Rosati M, Rosen CA, Rosendahl SSE, Rosnet P, Rukoyatkin P, Ruzicka P, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakashita K, Samsonov V, Sano S, Sato T, Sawada S, Sedgwick K, Seele J, Seidl R, Semenov AY, Seto R, Sharma D, Shein I, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shoji K, Shukla P, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh BK, Singh CP, Singh V, Slunecka M, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Sparks NA, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Sukhanov A, Sziklai J, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tanabe R, Tanaka Y, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Tarafdar S, Taranenko A, Tarján P, Themann H, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Toia A, Tomásek L, Torii H, Towell RS, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Vazquez-Zambrano E, Veicht A, Velkovska J, Vértesi R, Vinogradov AA, Virius M, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wang XR, Watanabe D, Watanabe K, Watanabe Y, Wei F, Wei R, Wessels J, White SN, Winter D, Wood JP, Woody CL, Wright RM, Wysocki M, Xie W, Yamaguchi YL, Yamaura K, Yang R, Yanovich A, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, Young GR, Younus I, You Z, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zhang C, Zhou S, Zolin L. Elliptic and hexadecapole flow of charged hadrons in Au+Au collisions at sq.rt(s(NN))=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:062301. [PMID: 20867976 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.062301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Differential measurements of the elliptic (v(2)) and hexadecapole (v(4)) Fourier flow coefficients are reported for charged hadrons as a function of transverse momentum (p(T)) and collision centrality or number of participant nucleons (N(part)) for Au+Au collisions at sq.rt(s(NN))=200 GeV. The v(2,4) measurements at pseudorapidity |η|≤0.35, obtained with four separate reaction-plane detectors positioned in the range 1.0<|η|<3.9, show good agreement, indicating the absence of significant Δη-dependent nonflow correlations. Sizable values for v(4)(p(T)) are observed with a ratio v(4)(p(T),N(part))/v(2)(2)(p(T),N(part))≈0.8 for 50≲N(part)≲200, which is compatible with the combined effects of a finite viscosity and initial eccentricity fluctuations. For N(part)≳200 this ratio increases up to 1.7 in the most central collisions.
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Yue L, Jia R, Shi H, He X, Eglitis RI. First-Principles Calculations for the H Center in SrF2 Crystals. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:8444-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp104437n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lee KM, Chapman RS, Shen M, Lubin JH, Silverman DT, He X, Hosgood HD, Chen BE, Rajaraman P, Caporaso NE, Fraumeni JF, Blair A, Lan Q. Differential effects of smoking on lung cancer mortality before and after household stove improvement in Xuanwei, China. Br J Cancer 2010; 103:727-9. [PMID: 20648014 PMCID: PMC2938247 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Background: In Xuanwei County, Yunnan Province, China, lung cancer mortality rates in both males and females are among the highest in China. Methods: We evaluated differential effects of smoking on lung cancer mortality before and after household stove improvement with chimney to reduce exposure to smoky coal emissions in the unique cohort in Xuanwei, China. Effects of independent variables on lung cancer mortality were measured as hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals using a multivariable Cox regression model that included separate time-dependent variables for smoking duration (years) before and after stove improvement. Results and conclusion: We found that the effect of smoking on lung cancer risk becomes considerably stronger after chimney installation and consequent reduction of indoor coal smoke exposure.
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He X, Ye J, Liu Y, Chen B, Jiang Z, Zou H, Deng L, Tu M. Phase transition and microstructure evolution during the carbothermal preparation of Ti(C,N) powders in an open system. ADV POWDER TECHNOL 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2010.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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He X, H'ng SC, Leong DT, Hutmacher DW, Melendez AJ. Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Mediates Proliferation Maintaining the Multipotency of Human Adult Bone Marrow and Adipose Tissue-derived Stem Cells. J Mol Cell Biol 2010; 2:199-208. [DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjq011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Adare A, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Al-Bataineh H, Alexander J, Aoki K, Aphecetche L, Aramaki Y, Asai J, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Bai M, Baksay G, Baksay L, Baldisseri A, Barish KN, Barnes PD, Bassalleck B, Basye AT, Bathe S, Batsouli S, Baublis V, Baumann C, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Belmont R, Bennett R, Berdnikov A, Berdnikov Y, Bickley AA, Boissevain JG, Bok JS, Borel H, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Butsyk S, Camacho CM, Campbell S, Chang BS, Chang WC, Charvet JL, Chen CH, Chernichenko S, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Choudhury RK, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Chung P, Churyn A, Chvala O, Cianciolo V, Citron Z, Cole BA, Connors M, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgo T, Dahms T, Dairaku S, Danchev I, Das K, Datta A, David G, Denisov A, d'Enterria D, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drapier O, Drees A, Drees KA, Dubey AK, Durham JM, Durum A, Dutta D, Dzhordzhadze V, Edwards S, Efremenko YV, Ellinghaus F, Engelmore T, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Esumi S, Eyser KO, Fadem B, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fusayasu T, Garishvili I, Glenn A, Gong H, Gonin M, Gosset J, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Gustafsson HA, Hadj Henni A, Haggerty JS, Hahn KI, Hamagaki H, Hamblen J, Hanks J, Han R, Hartouni EP, Haruna K, Haslum E, Hayano R, Heffner M, Hegyi S, Hemmick TK, Hester T, He X, Hill JC, Hohlmann M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hornback D, Huang S, Ichihara T, Ichimiya R, Ide J, Iinuma H, Ikeda Y, Imai K, Imrek J, Inaba M, Isenhower D, Ishihara M, Isobe T, Issah M, Isupov A, Ivanischev D, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jin J, Johnson BM, Joo KS, Jouan D, Jumper DS, Kajihara F, Kametani S, Kamihara N, Kamin J, Kang JH, Kapustinsky J, Kawall D, Kawashima M, Kazantsev AV, Kempel T, Khanzadeev A, Kijima KM, Kikuchi J, Kim BI, Kim DH, Kim DJ, Kim EJ, Kim E, Kim SH, Kim YJ, Kinney E, Kiriluk K, Kiss A, Kistenev E, Klay J, Klein-Boesing C, Kochenda L, Komkov B, Konno M, Koster J, Kotchetkov D, Kozlov A, Král A, Kravitz A, Kunde GJ, Kurita K, Kurosawa M, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Layton D, Lebedev A, Lee DM, Lee J, Lee KB, Lee K, Lee KS, Lee T, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Leitner E, Lenzi B, Liebing P, Linden Levy LA, Liska T, Litvinenko A, Liu H, Liu MX, Li X, Love B, Luechtenborg R, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malakhov A, Malik MD, Manko VI, Mannel E, Mao Y, Masek L, Masui H, Matathias F, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, Means N, Meredith B, Miake Y, Mignerey AC, Mikes P, Miki K, Milov A, Mishra M, Mitchell JT, Mohanty AK, Morino Y, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Moukhanova TV, Mukhopadhyay D, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nagy MI, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Newby J, Nguyen M, Niita T, Nouicer R, Nyanin AS, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Okada K, Oka M, Onuki Y, Oskarsson A, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Palounek APT, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park IH, Park J, Park SK, Park WJ, Pate SF, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peresedov V, Peressounko DY, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Proissl M, Purschke ML, Purwar AK, Qu H, Rak J, Rakotozafindrabe A, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Rembeczki S, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Richardson E, Roach D, Roche G, Rolnick SD, Rosati M, Rosen CA, Rosendahl SSE, Rosnet P, Rukoyatkin P, Ruzicka P, Rykov VL, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakai S, Sakashita K, Samsonov V, Sano S, Sato T, Sawada S, Sedgwick K, Seele J, Seidl R, Semenov AY, Semenov V, Seto R, Sharma D, Shein I, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shoji K, Shukla P, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh BK, Singh CP, Singh V, Slunecka M, Soldatov A, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Sparks NA, Staley F, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stepanov M, Ster A, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Suire C, Sukhanov A, Sziklai J, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tanabe R, Tanaka Y, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Tarafdar S, Taranenko A, Tarján P, Themann H, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Toia A, Tomásek L, Tomita Y, Torii H, Towell RS, Tram VN, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Vazquez-Zambrano E, Veicht A, Velkovska J, Vértesi R, Vinogradov AA, Virius M, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wang XR, Watanabe D, Watanabe K, Watanabe Y, Wei F, Wei R, Wessels J, White SN, Winter D, Wood JP, Woody CL, Wright RM, Wysocki M, Xie W, Yamaguchi YL, Yamaura K, Yang R, Yanovich A, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, Young GR, Younus I, You Z, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zaudtke O, Zhang C, Zhou S, Zolin L. Transition in yield and azimuthal shape modification in dihadron correlations in relativistic heavy ion collisions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 104:252301. [PMID: 20867367 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.104.252301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Hard-scattered parton probes produced in collisions of large nuclei indicate large partonic energy loss, possibly with collective produced-medium response to the lost energy. We present measurements of π^{0} trigger particles at transverse momenta p{T}{t}=4-12 GeV/c and associated charged hadrons (p{T}{a}=0.5-7 GeV/c) vs relative azimuthal angle Δϕ in Au+Au and p+p collisions at sqrt[s{NN}]=200 GeV. The Au+Au distribution at low p{T}{a}, whose shape has been interpreted as a medium effect, is modified for p{T}{t}<7 GeV/c. At higher p{T}{t}, the data are consistent with unmodified or very weakly modified shapes, even for the lowest measured p{T}{a}, which quantitatively challenges some medium response models. The associated yield of hadrons opposing the trigger particle in Au+Au relative to p+p (I{AA}) is suppressed at high p{T} (I{AA}≈0.35-0.5), but less than for inclusive suppression (R{AA}≈0.2).
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Guan W, He X, Li L, Liang H, Zhao Q, Pu Y, Ma YH. Establishment and biological characterization of fibroblast cell line from the Langshan chicken. Cell Prolif 2010; 43:157-63. [PMID: 20447061 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2010.00666.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE We needed to establish an embryonic fibroblast cell line from the Langshan chicken (LSCEF61) to preserve their important genetic resources at the cellular level. MATERIAL AND METHODS The cell line was established from 9-day-old embryos by direct explant culture and cryopreservation techniques. Cell morphology, dynamic proliferation and any contamination present were tested, and the karyotype and levels of isoenzymes of lactic dehydrogenase and malic dehydrogenase were analysed. Four types of fluorescent protein exogenous genes for pEGFP-C(1), pEGFP-N(3), pEYFP-N(1) and pDsRed1-N(1) were transfected into the cells. RESULTS Showed that the cells were healthy and were of spindle shaped structure, without change in morphology. Cell growth curves were of typical S-shape. Assays for microbial contamination were negative. The LSCEF61 line showed no cross-contamination when assessed by isoenzyme analysis. Chromosome number (2n) = 78 on more than 90% of occasions. The four types of fluorescent protein extro-genes appeared to be expressed effectively with high transfection efficiency between 15.6% and 38.6%. CONCLUSION The cell line met each of the quality control standards required for the American Type Culture Collection. It had not only preserved the genetic resources of the important Langshan chicken at the cellular level, but also provided valuable material for genomic, post-genomic and somatic cell cloning research and other applications.
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Martin M, Romero A, Lopez Garcia-Asenjo J, Cheang MC, Oliva B, Garcia Saenz J, He X, Caldes T, Diaz-Rubio E, Perou CM. Molecular and genomic predictors of response to single-agent doxorubicin (ADR) versus single-agent docetaxel (DOC) in primary breast cancer (PBC). J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Adare A, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Al-Bataineh H, Alexander J, Al-Jamel A, Aoki K, Aphecetche L, Armendariz R, Aronson SH, Asai J, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Baksay G, Baksay L, Baldisseri A, Barish KN, Barnes PD, Bassalleck B, Bathe S, Batsouli S, Baublis V, Bauer F, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Bennett R, Berdnikov Y, Bickley AA, Bjorndal MT, Boissevain JG, Borel H, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Brown DS, Bucher D, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Burward-Hoy JM, Butsyk S, Campbell S, Chai JS, Chang BS, Charvet JL, Chernichenko S, Chiba J, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Chujo T, Chung P, Churyn A, Cianciolo V, Cleven CR, Cobigo Y, Cole BA, Comets MP, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgo T, Dahms T, Das K, David G, Deaton MB, Dehmelt K, Delagrange H, Denisov A, d'Enterria D, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drachenberg JL, Drapier O, Drees A, Dubey AK, Durum A, Dzhordzhadze V, Efremenko YV, Egdemir J, Ellinghaus F, Emam WS, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Espagnon B, Esumi S, Eyser KO, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Forestier B, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fung SY, Fusayasu T, Gadrat S, Garishvili I, Gastineau F, Germain M, Glenn A, Gong H, Gonin M, Gosset J, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Gustafsson HA, Hachiya T, Hadj Henni A, Haegemann C, Haggerty JS, Hagiwara MN, Hamagaki H, Han R, Harada H, Hartouni EP, Haruna K, Harvey M, Haslum E, Hasuko K, Hayano R, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Hester T, Heuser JM, He X, Hiejima H, Hill JC, Hobbs R, Hohlmann M, Holmes M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hornback D, Hur MG, Ichihara T, Imai K, Inaba M, Inoue Y, Isenhower D, Isenhower L, Ishihara M, Isobe T, Issah M, Isupov A, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jin J, Jinnouchi O, Johnson BM, Joo KS, Jouan D, Kajihara F, Kametani S, Kamihara N, Kamin J, Kaneta M, Kang JH, Kanou H, Kawagishi T, Kawall D, Kazantsev AV, Kelly S, Khanzadeev A, Kikuchi J, Kim DH, Kim DJ, Kim E, Kim YS, Kinney E, Kiss A, Kistenev E, Kiyomichi A, Klay J, Klein-Boesing C, Kochenda L, Kochetkov V, Komkov B, Konno M, Kotchetkov D, Kozlov A, Král A, Kravitz A, Kroon PJ, Kubart J, Kunde GJ, Kurihara N, Kurita K, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Le Bornec Y, Leckey S, Lee DM, Lee MK, Lee T, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Lenzi B, Lim H, Liska T, Litvinenko A, Liu MX, Li X, Li XH, Love B, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malakhov A, Malik MD, Manko VI, Mao Y, Masek L, Masui H, Matathias F, McCain MC, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, Miake Y, Mikes P, Miki K, Miller TE, Milov A, Mioduszewski S, Mishra GC, Mishra M, Mitchell JT, Mitrovski M, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Moss JM, Moukhanova TV, Mukhopadhyay D, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagata Y, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Newby J, Nguyen M, Norman BE, Nyanin AS, Nystrand J, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Ohnishi H, Ojha ID, Okada H, Okada K, Oka M, Omiwade OO, Oskarsson A, Otterlund I, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pal D, Palounek APT, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park J, Park WJ, Pate SF, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peresedov V, Peressounko DY, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Purschke ML, Purwar AK, Qu H, Rak J, Rakotozafindrabe A, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Rembeczki S, Reuter M, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Roche G, Romana A, Rosati M, Rosendahl SSE, Rosnet P, Rukoyatkin P, Rykov VL, Ryu SS, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakai S, Sakata H, Samsonov V, Sato HD, Sato S, Sawada S, Seele J, Seidl R, Semenov V, Seto R, Sharma D, Shea TK, Shein I, Shevel A, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shohjoh T, Shoji K, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh CP, Singh V, Skutnik S, Slunecka M, Smith WC, Soldatov A, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Staley F, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stepanov M, Ster A, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Suire C, Sullivan JP, Sziklai J, Tabaru T, Takagi S, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tanaka KH, Tanaka Y, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Taranenko A, Tarján P, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Toia A, Tojo J, Tomásek L, Torii H, Towell RS, Tram VN, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Tuli SK, Tydesjö H, Tyurin N, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Velkovska J, Vertesi R, Vinogradov AA, Virius M, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wagner M, Walker D, Wang XR, Watanabe Y, Wessels J, White SN, Willis N, Winter D, Woody CL, Wysocki M, Xie W, Yamaguchi YL, Yanovich A, Yasin Z, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, Young GR, Younus I, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zaudtke O, Zhang C, Zhou S, Zimányi J, Zolin L. Enhanced production of direct photons in Au + Au collisions at square root(S(NN)) = 200 GeV and implications for the initial temperature. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 104:132301. [PMID: 20481877 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.104.132301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2008] [Revised: 12/02/2009] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The production of e+ e- pairs for m(e+ e-)<0.3 GeV/c2 and 1<p(T)<5 GeV/c is measured in p+p and Au+Au collisions at square root(S(NN))=200 GeV. An enhanced yield above hadronic sources is observed. Treating the excess as photon internal conversions, the invariant yield of direct photons is deduced. In central Au+Au collisions, the excess of the direct photon yield over p+p is exponential in transverse momentum, with an inverse slope T=221+/-19(stat)+/-19(syst) MeV. Hydrodynamical models with initial temperatures ranging from T(init) approximately 300-600 MeV at times of approximately 0.6-0.15 fm/c after the collision are in qualitative agreement with the data. Lattice QCD predicts a phase transition to quark gluon plasma at approximately 170 MeV.
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Zhu Z, He J, Jia X, Jiang J, Bai R, Yu X, Lv L, Fan R, He X, Geng J, You R, Dong Y, Qiao D, Lee KB, Smith GW, Dong C. MicroRNA-25 functions in regulation of pigmentation by targeting the transcription factor MITF in Alpaca (Lama pacos) skin melanocytes. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2010; 38:200-9. [PMID: 20036482 DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2009.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2009] [Revised: 09/25/2009] [Accepted: 10/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Although the influence of endocrine factors is well established, the molecular and cellular mechanisms controlling coat color are not completely understood. A major mechanism for post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression is through the action of microRNAs (miRNAs), which anneal to the 3' untranslated region of mRNAs in a sequence-specific fashion and either block translation or promote transcript degradation. In this study, we investigated the expression of miRNAs in the skin of alpacas with brown vs white coat color using a microarray screen; identified potential mRNA targets for identified miRNAs among coat color genes; and subsequently determined the ability of a specific, differentially expressed miRNA (miR-25) to suppress expression of micropthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF), a predicted miR-25 target gene that regulates genes linked to coat color. Expression of 10 different miRNA species in the skin of alpacas with brown vs white coat color was identified from microarray screens. Of the 10 alpaca skin miRNAs identified, predicted binding sites in the 3' untranslated region of RNAs encoding for known genes linked to coat color were primarily for miR-25, but sites were also identified for miR-129 and miR-377. Potential miR-25 binding sites were present in transcripts encoding for 11 coat color genes, including MITF. An inverse relationship between transcript abundance for MITF and miR-25 was observed in skin samples collected from alpacas with white vs brown coat color. Furthermore, overexpression of miR-25 in cultured melanocytes reduced MITF mRNA and protein abundance and corresponding mRNA abundance for the MITF-regulated enzymes tyrosinase and tyrosinase-related protein 1. Results support a novel functional role for miRNA-25 in the regulation of gene expression linked to coat color.
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Yu S, Chen W, Wang D, He X, Zhu X, Shi X. Species-specific PCR detection of the food-borne pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus using the irgB gene identified by comparative genomic analysis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2010; 307:65-71. [PMID: 20402781 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01952.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an enteric pathogen, which can cause acute gastroenteritis in humans after consumption of raw or partially cooked seafood, and specific molecular markers are necessary for its accurate identification by PCR methods. In the present study, 23 protein-coding sequences were identified by the comparative genomics method as V. parahaemolyticus-specific candidate markers. We targeted the irgB gene (vp2603), coding for iron-regulated virulence regulatory protein IrgB, in order to develop a PCR method for the detection of V. parahaemolyticus. PCR specificity was identified by amplification of 293 V. parahaemolyticus templates and by the loss of a PCR product with 11 strains from other Vibrio species and 35 non-Vibrio bacterial strains. The PCR assay had the 369-bp fragment and the sensitivity of 0.17 pg purified genomic DNA from V. parahaemolyticus. Furthermore, a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of total and virulent strains of V. parahaemolyticus was developed by targeting irgB, tdh and trh genes. These data indicated that the irgB gene is a new and effective marker for the detection of V. parahaemolyticus. In addition, this study demonstrates that genome sequence comparison has a powerful application in identifying specific markers for the detection and identification of bacterial pathogens.
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Wu S, Huang S, Ding J, Zhao Y, Liang L, Liu T, Zhan R, He X. Multiple microRNAs modulate p21Cip1/Waf1 expression by directly targeting its 3' untranslated region. Oncogene 2010; 29:2302-8. [PMID: 20190813 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2010.34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 305] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A (CDKN1A), also known as p21Cip1/Waf1, is a master downstream effector of tumor suppressors. In this study, we experimentally demonstrate through a high-throughput luciferase reporter screen that p21Cip1/Waf1 can be directly targeted by nearly 28 microRNAs (miRNAs). The results were further confirmed by a series of mutational analyses and luciferase reporter assays. These 28 miRNAs can substantially inhibit p21Cip1/Waf1 expression, predominantly at translational level. Many of these miRNAs were upregulated in cancers and might serve as modulators of oncogenesis. Furthermore, 8 of these 28 p21-regulating miRNAs are located in the chromosome 19 miRNA cluster, the largest miRNA gene cluster in humans, and they can clearly promote cell proliferation and cell-cycle progression in choriocarcinoma cells. In conclusion, our screening strategy provides an alternative approach to uncovering miRNA modulators of an individual mRNA, and it has identified multiple miRNAs that can suppress p21Cip1/Waf1 expression by directly targeting its 3' untranslated region.
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He X, Yui S, Chen W, Shi C, Meng J, Shi X. [Detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus by PCR method with internal amplification control]. WEI SHENG WU XUE BAO = ACTA MICROBIOLOGICA SINICA 2010; 50:387-394. [PMID: 20499645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to explore a new detective target in Vibrio parahaemolyticus, which was more specific than others at present, to construct an internal amplification control (IAC), and finally to develop a new PCR system which could effectively eliminate false-negative results. METHODS Genomic comparison analysis was used to explore V. parahaemolyticus specific targets, which were then evaluated and used to design specific primers. An IAC was constructed by the compound primer technology. PCR parameters were optimized, and its reaction system was developed. RESULTS A V. parahaemolyticus species-specific sequence (vp1332) which encodes probable binding protein component of ABC transporter was mined and selected as a detection target. A pair of specific primers (vp1332L/vp1332R) was designed based on this sequence for the development of a PCR assay. An internal amplification control was constructed and added into the PCR detection system, which was co-amplified with the target sequence so as to indicate the existence of inhibitors. Specificity of this PCR system was tested with 296 V. parahaemolyticus strains and 33 non-V. parahaemolyticus strains, and the results showed that there was a 343-bp amplicon resulted from all V. parahaemolyticus strains, while there was no this amplicon but only a 499-bp IAC amplicon appeared for all non- V. parahaemolyticus strains. The detection limit of this assay for purified V. parahaemolyticus genomic DNA was 1.6 x 10(2) cfu/mL. Artificial contamination assays showed that V. parahaemolyticus could be detected after eight hours enrichment when the original concentration of this bacterium was 1.24 cfu/25 g. The PCR method developed in this study was also evaluated with Seafood samples, and the results demonstrated that it worked effectively. CONCLUSION A novel PCR method was successfully developed in this study, which could effectively detect V. parahaemolyticus with high accuracy and could especially eliminate false-negative results.
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Lin S, He X, Li Y, Lin J, Nose T. Brownian molecular dynamics simulation on self-assembly behavior of diblock copolymers: influence of chain conformation. J Phys Chem B 2010; 113:13926-34. [PMID: 19788196 DOI: 10.1021/jp904707a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Brownian molecular dynamic simulations are applied on the self-assembly behavior of AB-type diblock copolymers. The influence of chain conformation of core-forming A-block changing from rigid to flexible on the aggregation structure formed by AB copolymers is investigated. It is found that at a high rigid fraction f(R) of A-block, a disk structure can be formed at a high aggregation interaction epsilon(AA) of A-bead pairs because of the tendency of orientational packing of rigid portion within the aggregate core. Transitions of aggregation structure from disk to string, further to small aggregates, and to unimers are observed with decreasing epsilon(AA). The packing of A-blocks becomes more random at relatively lower values of f(R), resulting in the formation of spherical structure. The region of string becomes narrower while the regions of the small aggregates and sphere become wider as decreasing f(R). Meanwhile, the onsets of string, disk, and sphere formation move to higher epsilon(AA). The phase diagrams for the influences of rigid potion location within the A-block and the chain rigidity of the A-block are mapped. The comparison of simulation results with existing experimental observations is also presented. Our simulation results tend to bridge a gap of different micellization behaviors between rod-coil block copolymers and coil-coil block copolymers and extend to investigate chain conformation influence on phase diagram.
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