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Li T, Zheng B, Huang Z, Lu H, Lin Q, Liao Z, Lin Z, Zhao L, Wang X, Gu J. Over-expression of talin 1 and integrin-linked kinase in PBMCs of patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a proteomic study. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2010; 28:828-835. [PMID: 21122263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2010] [Accepted: 05/18/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is difficult to diagnose in its early stage due to the lack of simple and specific diagnostic indicators. This study was performed to screen candidate AS-associated proteins from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of AS patients by combining a two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) technique with mass spectrometry (MS) analysis. METHODS Twelve subjects consisting of 6 AS patients and 6 healthy volunteers (HVs) were enrolled in the 2-DE experiments. The protein expression patterns of PBMCs from different groups were analysed by PDQuest software, and the protein spots over/under-expressed by more than 2-fold between the two groups were identified by MS analysis. Western blot analyses were used to verify the differentially expressed proteins in 32 AS patients and 32 HVs. RESULTS Six proteins including pyruvate kinase (PK), profilin 1 (PFN1), talin 1 (TLN1), Chain A of cyclophilin A (CyPA), unknown protein (gi|16306948) and integrin-linked kinase (ILK) were identified from 10 over-expressed protein spots found by 2-DE in the AS group. Western blot experiments confirmed a higher expression of both TLN1 and ILK in AS group compared to the HV group (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS TLN1 and ILK expressed higher in PBMCs of AS patients compared to healthy controls, which were involved in the integrin signalling pathway. The two proteins are likely novel disease-associated proteins and potential disease markers of AS.
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Tang S, Both S, Bentefour H, Tochner Z, Efstathiou J, Lu H. Anterior and Anterior Oblique Fields Improve Proton Prostate Treatment. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lu H, Chen G, Roe A. Motion processing in the ventral pathway: Evidence for direction maps in macaque V2 and V4. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/9.8.743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Kellman PJ, Keane BP, Lu H. Filling-in regions influence real and interpolated shape via lightness induction. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/9.8.918] [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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Lu H, Zhang C, Guo H, Gao H, Liu M, Liu J, Collins G, Chen C. Surface-step-terrace-induced anomalous transport properties in highly epitaxial La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 thin films. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2010; 2:2496-2499. [PMID: 20806782 DOI: 10.1021/am100542n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 thin films were epitaxially grown on miscut MgO(001) substrates by pulsed laser ablation. Electrical transport properties were studied by using an ultra high vacuum, four-probe STM system at different temperatures. Anomalous resistivity behavior and metal-insulator transition temperatures were found, both of which are highly dependent upon the miscut angle (1, 3, and 5°). These phenomena are attributed to the difference in residual strain that results from the difference in terrace widths of the vicinal surfaces.
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Ehsanian R, Brown M, Lu H, Yang XP, Pattatheyil A, Yan B, Duggal P, Chuang R, Doondeea J, Feller S, Sudol M, Chen Z, Van Waes C. YAP dysregulation by phosphorylation or ΔNp63-mediated gene repression promotes proliferation, survival and migration in head and neck cancer subsets. Oncogene 2010; 29:6160-71. [PMID: 20729916 PMCID: PMC2991596 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2010.339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Over-expression of Yes-associated protein (YAP), and TP53 family members ΔNp63 and p73 with which YAP may serve as a nuclear co-factor, have been independently detected in subsets of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC). Their potential relationship and functional role of YAP in HNSCC are unknown. Here we reveal that in a subset of HNSCC lines and tumors, YAP expression is increased but localized in the cytoplasm in association with increased AKT and YAP phosphorylation, and decreased expression of ΔNp63 and p73. Conversely, YAP expression is decreased but detectable in the nucleus in association with lower AKT and YAP phosphorylation, and increased ΔNp63 and p73 expression, in another subset. Inhibiting AKT decreased Serine-127 phosphorylation and enhanced nuclear translocation of YAP. ΔNp63 repressed YAP expression and bound its promoter. Transfection of a YAP-Serine-127-Alanine phosphoacceptor-site mutant or ΔNp63 knockdown significantly increased nuclear YAP and cell death. Conversely, YAP knockdown enhanced cell proliferation, survival, migration, and cisplatin chemoresistance. Thus, YAP function as a tumor suppressor may alternatively be dysregulated by AKT phosphorylation at Serine-127 and cytoplasmic sequestration, or by transcriptional repression by ΔNp63, in different subsets of HNSCC. AKT and/orΔNp63 are potential targets for enhancing YAP-mediated apoptosis and chemosensitivity in HNSCC.
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Stevens T, Lu H. Radiometric dating of the late Quaternary summer monsoon on the Loess Plateau, China. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1144/sp342.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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AbstractRecent advances in radiometric dating have enabled independent investigation into monsoon variations. In this study, summer monsoon pedogenesis proxies (CaCO3 and magnetic susceptibility) have been analysed by optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) age for five loess-palaeosol sections over the Chinese Loess Plateau. The use of CaCO3 is complicated by the multiple influences on its variation. However, changes in magnetic susceptibility can be used as a proxy for summer monsoon induced pedogenesis. The data suggest that the summer monsoon in north-central China is not prone to high frequency shifts, although abrupt transitions occur. The overall patterns show general decreasing trends from c. 50 to 18 ka. However, between 9 and 6 ka, magnetic susceptibility increases abruptly and dramatically at the sites. These findings suggest that the Holocene ‘optimum’ in the region may be a more recent phenomenon than previously suggested, and that this summer monsoon intensity increase significantly post-dates the insolation peak occurring at 11.5 ka. An apparent close correspondence to ice volume is suggested to be a consequence of forcing via atmospheric circulation. Independently dated records that employ high sampling resolution can be used to test this hypothesis, together with suggestions over the apparent lag between insolation forcing and monsoon response.
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Lu H, Wang X, Li L. Aeolian sediment evidence that global cooling has driven late Cenozoic stepwise aridification in central Asia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1144/sp342.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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AbstractIt has been a long held view that uplift of the Tibetan Plateau dominated stepwise climatic drying in central Asia during the late Cenozoic. On the other hand, global cooling may also have forced Asian drying and the subsequent formation of aeolian deposits in north China. Until now, whether the Tibetan uplift or the global cooling has been the first-order driver controlling stepwise Asian drying has remained a contentious issue. In this study, we examine the thick aeolian silt deposit, which is regarded as a good archive of palaeoclimatic changes in central Asia and north China, in order to qualitatively reconstruct the drying process in Asia during the late Cenozoic. On the basis of our long-term field surveys, laboratory analyses and previous investigations, we have obtained time sequences of Asian drying from the early Miocene to late Pleistocene; we compare this newly reconstructed time series of Asian aridification with the time series of global cooling and Tibetan uplift to identify the first-order driver of stepwise Asian aridification. A good match between the drying and global cooling might indicate that global cooling was the most likely driver of stepwise drying in interior Asia. On the other hand, controversy regarding timing and amplitude of Tibetan uplift during the late Cenozoic suggests that the prevailing conclusion that Tibetan uplift forces Asian drying should be regarded as immature. A mechanism that global cooling drove the Asian drying is tentatively suggested.
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Lu J, Roe A, Lu H. Response to motion contrast in macaque V2. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/10.7.944] [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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Lee ALF, Lu H. Phantom motion aftereffect using multiple-aperture stimuli: A dynamic Bayesian model. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/10.7.822] [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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Lu H, Lin T, Lee A, Vese L, Yuille A. Recovering the functional form of the slow-and-smooth prior in global motion perception. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/10.7.819] [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] Open
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Zhu X, Sun T, Lu H, Zhou X, Lu Y, Cai X, Zhu X. Diagnostic significance of CK19, RET, galectin-3 and HBME-1 expression for papillary thyroid carcinoma. J Clin Pathol 2010; 63:786-9. [DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2010.076901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Tang S, Both S, Bentefour E, Tochner Z, Efstathiou J, Lu H. SU-GG-T-479: Anterior Fields Improve Rectal Sparing in Prostate Treatment by Proton Therapy. Med Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3468877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Bentefour E, Tang S, Prieels D, Lu H. SU-GG-T-471: Towards Range Guided Prostate Treatment Using an AP Field. Med Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3468869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Bentefour E, Tang S, Both S, Chen G, Lu H. TU-A-204B-02: On the Potential of CBCT for Range Verification in Proton Therapy. Med Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3469169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Sarfehnia A, Clasie B, Chung E, Lu H, Flanz J, Cascio E, Engelsman M, Paganetti H, Seuntjens J. SU-EE-A2-01: Direct Measurement of Absolute Absorbed Dose in Scanning Proton Beams Based on Water Calorimetry. Med Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3468012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Lu H, Hu J, Xu D, Li K, Qin L, Chan K, Li G. T-18 Healing and Remodeling of Connective Tissues under Biophysical Stimulation in a Rabbit Patella–Patella Tendon Junction Model. J Biomech 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9290(10)70148-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ayan A, Lin H, Anderson N, Zhu T, Lu H, Both S. SU-GG-T-269: Should the Image Rotation Be Addressed during Routine CBCT QA? Med Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3468661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Bednarz B, Lu H, Engelsman M, Paganetti H. TH-D-BRB-02: Improving the Accuracy of Monte Carlo Spread-Out Bragg Peak Treatment Head Models Using Beam Current Modulation Optimization. Med Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3469539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Wang Y, Efstathiou J, Ciernik I, Sharp G, Lu H, Trofimov A. SU-GG-T-454: Dosimetric Impact of Inter-Fractional Variations in Proton Therapy of Prostate Cancer: Assessment of Dose Accumulation and Plan Robustness Using Daily In-Room CT Images. Med Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3468852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Roggenkamp CL, Berry FA, Lu H. In Vitro Bond Strengths of Amalgam Added to Existing Amalgams. Oper Dent 2010; 35:314-23. [DOI: 10.2341/09-180-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Freshly mixed amalgam added to existing amalgam restorations as a means of repair and allowed to set completely may be expected to join with nearly original strength, if sufficient condensation time and pressure are used.
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Gan L, Liu P, Lu H, Chen S, Yang J, McCarthy JB, Knudsen KE, Huang H. Erratum: Cyclin D1 promotes anchorage-independent cell survival by inhibiting FOXO-mediated anoikis. Cell Death Differ 2010. [DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2010.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Daneman N, Lu H, Redelmeier DA. Discharge after discharge: predicting surgical site infections after patients leave hospital. J Hosp Infect 2010; 75:188-94. [PMID: 20435375 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2009] [Accepted: 01/21/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In this population-based retrospective cohort study, we examined the frequency, severity, and prediction of post-discharge surgical site infections (SSIs). We evaluated all patients admitted for their first elective surgical procedure in Ontario, Canada, between 1 April 2002 and 31 March 2008. Procedure and patient characteristics were derived from linked hospital, emergency room and physician claims databases within Canada's universal healthcare system. The 30 day risk of SSI was derived from the initial hospital admission, outpatient consultations, return emergency room visits and readmissions. The cohort included 622 683 patients, of whom 84 081 (13.5%) were diagnosed with SSI, and more than half (48 725) were diagnosed post-discharge. Post-discharge infections were associated with an increased risk of reoperation (odds ratio: 2.28; 95% confidence interval: 2.11-2.48), return emergency room visit (9.08; 8.89-9.27), and readmission (6.16; 5.98-6.35). The most common risk index predicted incremental increases in the risk of in-hospital SSI, but did not predict increases in the risk of post-discharge infection. Patients with post-discharge infections had baseline characteristics more akin to uninfected patients than patients with in-hospital infections. Predictors of post-discharge infection included shorter procedure duration, shorter length of stay, rural residence, alcoholism, diabetes and obesity. Post-discharge SSIs are frequent, severe, scattered over time and location, and hard to predict using common risk indices. They represent an important hidden burden in our healthcare system.
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Chen G, Lu H, Tanigawa H, Roe A. Stereo matching problem is resolved at population level in the early stage of extrastriate visual cortex. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/8.6.96] [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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Saposnik G, Redelmeier DA, Lu H, Fuller-Thomson E, Lonn E, Ray JG. Myocardial infarction associated with recency of immigration to Ontario. QJM 2010; 103:253-8. [PMID: 20167637 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcq006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND New immigrants to North America exhibit lower rates of obesity and hypertension than their native-born counterparts. Whether this is reflected by a lower relative risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is not known. OBJECTIVE To determine the risk of AMI among new immigrants compared to long-term residents, and, among those who develop AMI, their short- and long-term mortality rate. DESIGN Population-based, matched, retrospective cohort study. SETTING Entire province of Ontario, the most populated province in Canada, from 1 April 1995 to 31 March 2007. PARTICIPANTS A total of 965,829 new immigrants were matched to 3,272,393 long-term residents by year of birth, sex and geographic location. MEASUREMENTS The main study outcome was hospitalization with a most responsible diagnosis of AMI. Secondary study outcomes among those who sustained an AMI were in-hospital, 30-day and 1-year mortality. RESULTS The mean age of the participants at study entry was approximately 34 years. The incidence rate of AMI was 4.14 per 10,000 person-years among new immigrants and 6.61 per 10,000 person-years among long-term residents. After adjusting for age, income quintile, urban vs. rural residence, history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and smoking and number of health insurance claims, the hazard ratio for AMI was 0.66 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.63-0.69]. CONCLUSION New immigrants appear to be at lower risk of AMI than long-term residents. This finding does not appear to be explained by the availability of health-care services or income level.
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