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Laumbacher B, Gu S, Wank R. Activated Monocytes Prime Naïve T Cells Against Autologous Cancer: Vigorous Cancer Destruction In Vitro and In Vivo. Scand J Immunol 2012; 75:314-28. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2011.02652.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Wang J, Liu B, Gu S, Liang J. Effects of Wnt/β-catenin signalling on proliferation and differentiation of apical papilla stem cells. Cell Prolif 2012; 45:121-31. [PMID: 22288815 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2012.00806.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The Wnt signalling pathway has been shown to play an important role in tooth development, however its effects with stem cells from the apical papilla (SCAP) have remained unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine effects of Wnt/β-catenin on proliferation and differentiation of SCAP in vitro. MATERIALS AND METHODS SCAP were obtained, identified and cultured. Cell proliferation, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, mRNA expression of mineralization-related genes and mineralized nodule formation were measured in presence or absence of various concentrations of lithium chloride. RESULTS MTT assay and flow cytometry demonstrated that Wnt/β-catenin activity could promote proliferation of SCAP. Real-time PCR analysis found that Wnt/β-catenin strongly upregulated expression of dentine sialophosphoprotein, osteocalcin and ALP in SCAP after incubation with mineralization induction medium, while ALP and alizarin red staining indicated that Wnt/β-catenin enhanced ALP activity and formation of mineralized nodules. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that canonical Wnt/β-catenin signalling promotes proliferation and odonto/osteogenic differentiation of SCAP.
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The leucine-rich repeat and Ig domain containing 1 gene (LINGO1), recently considered to be conferred increased risk of essential tremor (ET), has been also implicated in Parkinson disease (PD). As the two common movement disorders have overlapping clinical and pathological features, it has been postulated that the LINGO1 gene may play a role in the pathogenesis of the two diseases. Here, we review published reports of the LINGO1 variants in ET and PD in an attempt to better understand the molecular and pathogenic relationship of LINGO1 to the two disorders.
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Bruchmüller J, van Wachem BGM, Gu S, Luo KH, Brown RC. Modeling the thermochemical degradation of biomass inside a fast pyrolysis fluidized bed reactor. AIChE J 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.13705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kishore N, Gu S. Effect of Blockage on Heat Transfer Phenomena of Spheroid Particles at Moderate Reynolds and Prandtl Numbers. Chem Eng Technol 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ceat.201100007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Gui L, While A, Chen G, Barriball K, Gu S. Nurse teachers' working lives: a questionnaire survey of nursing schools in Mainland China. Int Nurs Rev 2011; 58:505-11. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2011.00902.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Armstrong LM, Gu S, Luo KH. Parametric Study of Gasification Processes in a BFB Coal Gasifier. Ind Eng Chem Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/ie1023029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bruchmüller J, van Wachem B, Gu S, Luo K. Modelling discrete fragmentation of brittle particles. POWDER TECHNOL 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Shen DK, Gu S, Jin B, Fang MX. Thermal degradation mechanisms of wood under inert and oxidative environments using DAEM methods. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2011; 102:2047-2052. [PMID: 20951030 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.09.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2010] [Revised: 09/18/2010] [Accepted: 09/20/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The pyrolytic behavior of wood is investigated under inert and oxidative conditions. The TGA experiment is given a temperature variation from 323 to 1173 K by setting the heating rate between 5 and 40 K/min. The results of DTG curves show that the hemicellulose shoulder peak for birch is more visible under inert atmosphere due to the higher content of reactive xylan-based hemicellulose (mannan-based for pine). When oxygen presents, thermal reactivity of biomass (especially the cellulose) is greatly enhanced due to the acceleration of mass loss in the first stage, and complex reactions occur simultaneously in the second stage when char and lignin oxidize. A new kinetic model is employed for biomass pyrolysis, namely the distributed activation energy model (DAEM). Under inert atmosphere, the distributed activation energy for the two species is found to be increased from 180 to 220 kJ/mol at the solid conversion of 10-85% with the high correlation coefficient. Under oxidative atmosphere, the distributed activation energy is about 175-235 kJ/mol at the solid conversion of 10-65% and 300-770 kJ/mol at the solid conversion of 70-95% with the low correlation coefficient (below 0.90). Comparatively, the activation energy obtained from established global kinetic model is correspondingly lower than that from DAEM under both inert and oxidative environments, giving relatively higher correlation coefficient (more than 0.96). The results imply that the DAEM is not suitable for oxidative pyrolysis of biomass (especially for the second mass loss stage in air), but it could represent the intrinsic mechanism of thermal decomposition of wood under nitrogen better than global kinetic model when it is applicable.
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Shen D, Gu S, Bridgwater A. Corrigendum to “The thermal performance of the polysaccharides extracted from hardwood: Cellulose and hemicellulose” [Carbohydr. Polym. 82 (1) (2010) 39–34]. Carbohydr Polym 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2010.04.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Ellingson BM, Pope WB, Lai A, Nghiemphu PL, Cloughesy TF, Juhasz C, Mittal S, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Chakraborty PK, Bahl G, Barger GR, Carrillo JA, Lai A, Nghiemphu P, Tran A, Moftakhar P, Cloughesy TF, Pope WB, Bruggers C, Moore K, Khatua S, Gumerlock MK, Stolzenberg E, Fung KM, Smith ML, Kedzierska K, Chacko G, Epstein RB, Holter J, Parvataneni R, Kadambi A, Park I, Elkhaled A, Essock-Burns E, Khayal I, Butowski N, Lamborn K, Chang S, Nelson S, Sanverdi E, Ozgen B, Oguz KK, Soylemezoglu F, Mut M, Zhu JJ, Pfannl R, Do-Dai D, Yao K, Mignano J, Wu JK, Linendoll N, Beal K, Chan T, Yamamda Y, Holodny A, Gutin PH, Zhang Z, Young RJ, Lupo JM, Essock-Burns E, Cha S, Chang SM, Butowski N, Nelson SJ, Laperriere N, Perry J, Macdonald D, Mason W, Easaw J, Del Maestro R, Kucharczyk W, Hussey D, Greaves K, Moore S, Pouliot JF, Rauschkolb PK, Smith SD, Belden CJ, Lallana EC, Fadul CE, Bosscher L, Slot M, Sanchez E, Uitdehaag BM, Vandertop WP, Peerdeman SM, Blumenthal DT, Bokstein F, Artzi M, Palmon M, Aizenstein O, Sitt R, Gurevich K, Kanner A, Ram Z, Corn B, Ben Bashat D, Slot M, Bosscher L, Sanchez E, Uitdehaag BM, Vandertop WP, Peerdeman SM, Martinez N, Gorniak R, Tartaglino L, Scanlan M, Glass J, Kleijn A, Chen JW, Sun PZ, Buhrman J, Rabkin SD, Weissleder R, Martuza RL, Lamfers ML, Fulci G, Lallana EC, Brong KA, Hekmatyar K, Jerome N, Wilson M, Fadul CE, Kauppinen RA, Mok K, Valenca MM, Sherafat E, Olivier A, Pentsova E, Rosenblum M, Holodny A, Palomba L, Omuro A, Murad GJ, Yachnis AT, Dunbar EM, Essock-Burns E, Li Y, Lupo J, Polley MY, Butowski N, Cha S, Chang S, Nelson S, Kohler N, Quisling R, Dunbar EM, Swanson KR, Gu S, Chakraborty G, Alessio A, Claridge J, Rockne RC, Muzi M, Krohn KA, Spence AM, Alvord EC, Anderson AR, Kinahan P, Boone AE, Rockne RC, Mrugala MM, Swanson KR, Gutova M, Khankaldyyan V, Herrmann KA, Harutyunyan I, Abramyants Y, Annala AJ, Najbauer J, Moats RA, Shackleford GM, Barish ME, Aboody KS. Radiology. Neuro Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noq116.s17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Yao Z, Zhang Y, Li Y, Ma R, Gu S, Zhong J. e0085 Relationship between the polymorphism of apolipoprotein apo B gene XbaI EcoRI and the serum lipids in the Li nationality of Haina. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.208967.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Jenkins MW, Duke AR, Gu S, Chiel HJ, Fujioka H, Watanabe M, Jansen ED, Rollins AM. Optical pacing of the embryonic heart. NATURE PHOTONICS 2010; 4:623-626. [PMID: 21423854 PMCID: PMC3059323 DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Light has been used to noninvasively alter the excitability of both neural and cardiac tissue 1-10. Recently, pulsed laser light has been shown to be capable of eliciting action potentials in peripheral nerves and in cultured cardiomyocytes 7-10. Here, we demonstrate for the first time optical pacing (OP) of an intact heart in vivo. Pulsed 1.875 μm infrared laser light was employed to lock the heart rate to the pulse frequency of the laser. A laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) signal was used to verify the pacing. At low radiant exposures, embryonic quail hearts were reliably paced in vivo without detectable damage to the tissue, indicating that OP has great potential as a tool to study embryonic cardiac dynamics and development. In particular, OP can be utilized to control the heart rate, and thereby alter stresses and mechanically transduced signaling.
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Shen DK, Gu S, Luo KH, Wang SR, Fang MX. The pyrolytic degradation of wood-derived lignin from pulping process. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2010; 101:6136-46. [PMID: 20307972 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.02.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2009] [Revised: 02/17/2010] [Accepted: 02/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Lignin is a key component in the biomass with a complex polymeric structure of the phenyl-C(3) alkyl units. The kraft lignin from the wood pulping process is tested in TG-FTIR and Py-GC-MS. The samples are pyrolyzed in TGA coupled with FTIR from 30 to 900 degrees C at the heating rate of 20 and 40K/min. The evolution of phenolic compounds in the initial pyrolysis stage of lignin is determined by FTIR, while the second stage is mainly attributed to the production of the low molecular weight species. A bench-scale fast pyrolysis unit is employed to investigate the effect of temperature on the product yield and composition. It is found that the guaiacol-type and syringol-type compounds as the primary products of lignin pyrolysis are predominant in bio-oil, acting as the significant precursors for the formation of the derivatives such as the phenol-, cresol- and catechol-types. A series of free-radical chain-reactions, concerning the cracking of different side-chain structures and the methoxy groups on aromatic ring, are proposed to demonstrate the formation pathways for the typical compounds in bio-oil by closely relating lignin structure to the pyrolytic mechanisms. The methoxy group (-OCH(3)) is suggested to work as an important source for the formation of the small volatile species (CO, CO(2) and CH(4)) through the relevant free radical coupling reactions.
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Yang B, Yao X, Gu S, Zhang Y, Liu Z, Zhang Y. Selectivity of lynx proteins on insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 19:283-289. [PMID: 20002807 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00981.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are major excitatory neurotransmitter receptors in both vertebrates and invertebrates. Two lynx proteins (Nl-lynx1 and Nl-lynx2) have been identified in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, which act as modulators on insect nAChRs. In the present study, two lynx proteins were found to act on the triplet receptor Nlalpha1/Nlalpha2/beta2 expressed in Xenopus oocytes, increasing agonist-evoked macroscopic currents, but not changing agonist sensitivity and desensitization properties. Nl-lynx1 and Nl-lynx2 increased I(max) (maximum responses) of acetylcholine to 4.85-fold and 2.40-fold of that of Nlalpha1/Nlalpha2/beta2 alone, and they also increased I(max) of imidacloprid to 2.57-fold and 1.25-fold. Although, on another triplet nAChRs Nlalpha3/Nlalpha8/beta2, Nl-lynx2 increased I(max) of acetylcholine and imidacloprid to 3.63-fold and 2.16-fold, Nl-lynx1 had no effects on I(max) of either acetylcholine or imidacloprid. The results demonstrate the selectivity of lynx proteins for different insect nAChR subtypes. This selectivity was also identified in native N. Lugens. Co-immunoprecipitation was found between Nlalpha1/Nlalpha2-containing receptors and both Nl-lynx1 and Nl-lynx2, but was only found between Nlalpha3/Nlalpha8-containing receptors and Nl-lynx2. When the previously identified Nlalpha1(Y151S) and Nlalpha3(Y151S) mutations were included (Nlalpha1(Y151S)/Nlalpha2/beta2 and Nlalpha3(Y151S)/Nlalpha8/beta2), the increase in I(max) of imidacloprid, but not acetylcholine, caused by co-expression of Nl-lynx1 and Nl-lynx2 was more noticeable than that of their wildtype counterparts. Taken together, these data suggest that two modulators, Nl-lynx1 and Nl-lynx2, might serve as an influencing factor in target site insensitivity in N. lugens, such as Y151S mutation.
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Pierz KA, Gu S, Lewis ME, Hsu S, Falandry C, Salles GA, Fey MF, Martinelli G, Hitz F, Ghielmini ME. Predictive value of FCGR3A genotype on response to rituximab induction and maintenance therapy (MT) in follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.8065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Kolb SJ, Snyder PJ, Poi EJ, Renard EA, Bartlett A, Gu S, Sutton S, Arnold WD, Freimer ML, Lawson VH, Kissel JT, Prior TW. Mutant small heat shock protein B3 causes motor neuropathy: utility of a candidate gene approach. Neurology 2010; 74:502-6. [PMID: 20142617 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181cef84a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Idiopathic peripheral neuropathy is common and likely due to genetic factors that are not detectable using standard linkage analysis. We initiated a candidate gene approach to study the genetic influence of the small heat shock protein (sHSP) gene family on an axonal motor and motor/sensory neuropathy patient population. METHODS The promoter region and all exonic and intronic sequences of the 10 sHSP genes (HSPB1-HSPB10) were screened in a cohort of presumed nonacquired, axonal motor and motor/sensory neuropathy patients seen at the Ohio State University Neuromuscular Clinic. RESULTS A missense mutation in the gene encoding small heat shock protein B3 (HSPB3, also called HSP27, protein 3) was discovered in 2 siblings with an asymmetric axonal motor neuropathy. Electrophysiologic studies revealed an axonal, predominantly motor, length-dependent neuropathy. The mutation, HSPB3(R7S), is located in the N-terminal domain and involves the loss of a conserved arginine. CONCLUSIONS The discovery of an HSPB3 mutation associated with an axonal motor neuropathy using a candidate gene approach supports the notion that the small heat shock protein gene family coordinately plays an important role in motor neuron viability.
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Hu Z, Mao J, Huang G, Kuo W, Lenburg M, Ziyad S, Korkola J, Bayani N, Wang N, Gu S, Weber B, Wooster R, Gray J. A Systems Analysis of Mitotic Apparatus Inhibitors Defines a Response Network for Breast Cancer. Cancer Res 2009. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs-09-2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Deregulation of aspects of the mitotic apparatus leads to increased genome instability, carcinogenesis and aggressive tumor behavior in human and rodent model systems1. This knowledge has stimulated development of inhibitors of elements of the mitotic apparatus as anticancer agents including PLK1, CENPE, and AURKB and several are now being tested for efficacy clincially2-6. These trials and eventual clinical use will benefit from molecular markers that predict response. In order to identify such markers, we assessed quantitative responses to the agents GSK461364, GSK923295 and GSK1070916 that target PLK1, CENPE and AURKB; respectively, in a panel of 50 breast cancer cell lines. This analysis showed that basal subtype cell lines were preferentially sensitive to all three agents and that responses among the lines to the three agents were strongly correlated. This may be explained by our discovery that components of the mitotic apparatus including PLK1, CENPE and AURKB form a transcriptionally co-regulated network comprised of more than 50 genes that is preferentially active in basal subtype of breast cell lines and primary tumors. Remarkably, this network also is activate in subsets of cancers of the lung, ovarian, prostate and brain, Wilms tumor, human blood malignancies and selected normal tissues. We then defined a mitotic apparatus network index (MANI) and showed that high MANI was associated with poor outcome clinically and with preferential responsive to GSK461364, GSK923295 and GSK1070916 in preclinical models. This suggests that measures of the MANI will identify poor outcome tumors that will likely respond well to mitotic apparatus network gene inhibitors as well as potential dose limiting normal tissues.Reference1. Quigley, D.A. et al. Nature 458, 505-8 (2009).2. Strebhardt, K. & Ullrich, A. Nat. Rev. Cancer 6, 321-330 (2006).3. Toyoshima-Morimoto, F., Taniguchi, E., Shinya, N., Iwamatsu, A. & Nishida, E. Nature 410, 215-20 (2001).4. Barr, F.A., Sillje, H.H. & Nigg, E.A. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell. Biol. 5, 429–440 (2004).5. McInnes, C. et al. Nat. Chem. Biol. 2, 608–617 (2006).6. Yamada, S. et al. Oncogene 23, 5901-5911(2004).
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Shen DK, Gu S. The mechanism for thermal decomposition of cellulose and its main products. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2009; 100:6496-504. [PMID: 19625184 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.06.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2009] [Revised: 06/25/2009] [Accepted: 06/25/2009] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Experiment is performed to investigate the mechanism of the cellulose pyrolysis and the formation of the main products. The evolution of the gaseous products is examined by the 3-D FTIR spectrogram at the heating rate of 5-60 K/min. A pyrolysis unit, composed of fluidized bed reactor, carbon filter, vapour condensing system and gas storage, is employed to investigate the products of the cellulose pyrolysis under different temperatures (430-730 degrees C) and residence time (0.44-1.32 s). The composition in the bio-oil is characterized by GC-MS while the gases sample is analyzed by GC. The effects of temperature and residence time on the main products in bio-oil (LG, 5-HMF, FF, HAA, HA and PA) are examined thoroughly. Furthermore the possible routes for the formation of the products are developed from the direct conversion of cellulose molecules and the secondary reactions of the fragments. It is found that the formation of CO is enhanced with elevated temperature and residence time, while slight change is observed for the yield of CO(2).
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Shimono A, Ueno S, Gu S, Zhao X, Tsumura Y, Tang Y. Range shifts of Potentilla fruticosa on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau during glacial and interglacial periods revealed by chloroplast DNA sequence variation. Heredity (Edinb) 2009; 104:534-42. [DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2009.158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Foller M, Mahmud H, Gu S, Wang K, Floride E, Kucherenko Y, Luik S, Laufer S, Lang F. Participation of leukotriene C(4) in the regulation of suicidal erythrocyte death. JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY : AN OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE POLISH PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2009; 60:135-143. [PMID: 19826192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2008] [Accepted: 07/15/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Eryptosis, the suicidal death of erythrocytes, is characterized by cell shrinkage and cell membrane scrambling with phosphatidylserine exposure at the erythrocyte surface. Eryptosis is triggered by increase in cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration upon energy depletion. The present study explored the involvement of leukotrienes. Western blotting was employed to detect the cysteinyl-leukotriene receptor cysLT1, competitive immune assay to determine leukotriene release from erythrocytes, Fluo3 fluorescence to estimate cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration, forward scatter to analyse cell volume and annexin V-binding to disclose phosphatidylserine exposure. As a result, erythrocytes expressed the leukotriene receptor CysLT1. Glucose depletion (24 hours) significantly increased the formation of the cysteinyl-leukotrienes C(4)/D(4)/E(4). Leukotriene C(4) (10 nM) increased Ca(2+) entry, decreased forward scatter, activated caspases 3 and 8, and stimulated annexin V-binding. Glucose depletion similarly increased annexin V-binding, an effect significantly blunted in the presence of the leukotriene receptor antagonist cinalukast (1 microM) or the 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor BW B70C (1 microM). In conclusion, upon energy depletion erythrocytes form leukotrienes, which in turn activate cation channels, leading to Ca(2+) entry, cell shrinkage and cell membrane scrambling. Cysteinyl-leukotrienes thus participate in the signaling of eryptosis during energy depletion.
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Gal A, Veske A, Jojart G, Grammatico B, Huber B, Gu S, del Porto G, Senyi K. Norrie-Warburg syndrome: two novel mutations in patients with classical clinical phenotype. ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. SUPPLEMENT 2009:13-6. [PMID: 8741107 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00374.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Norrie-Warburg syndrome (NWS) is a rare X-linked disorder characterized by blindness, which is invariable, deafness and mental disturbances, which are present occasionally. We describe here two novel mutations, a missense mutation (C126S) and a 1-base pair insertion (insT466/T467), together with a recurrent mutation (M1V), found in patients presenting with the classical clinical phenotype of NWS. All three mutations are likely to result in prominent structural changes of the norrin protein.
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Papadikis K, Gu S, Bridgwater A. CFD modelling of the fast pyrolysis of biomass in fluidised bed reactors. Part B. Chem Eng Sci 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Papadikis K, Bridgwater A, Gu S. CFD modelling of the fast pyrolysis of biomass in fluidised bed reactors, Part A: Eulerian computation of momentum transport in bubbling fluidised beds. Chem Eng Sci 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.05.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Zeoli N, Gu S, Kamnis S. Numerical simulation of in-flight particle oxidation during thermal spraying. Comput Chem Eng 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2007.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Banerjee A, Damera G, Bhandare R, Gu S, Lopez-Boado Y, Panettieri R, Tliba O. Vitamin D and glucocorticoids differentially modulate chemokine expression in human airway smooth muscle cells. Br J Pharmacol 2008; 155:84-92. [PMID: 18552877 PMCID: PMC2440089 DOI: 10.1038/bjp.2008.232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Chemokines play a critical role in the pathogenesis of asthma and facilitate the recruitment of inflammatory cells in the airways. Evidence now suggests that airway smooth muscle (ASM) may serve as a source of chemokines in inflamed airways. Although vitamin D has potent anti-inflammatory properties in vitro in some cell types, its effects on ASM cells remain unclear. Here, we investigated whether 1alpha, 25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 (calcitriol) modulated chemokine production in ASM. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Human ASM cell cultures were derived from tracheal samples taken during surgery. ASM cells were treated with tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) and/or interferon gamma (IFNgamma) for 24 h in the presence of calcitriol and/or the glucocorticoid fluticasone added 2 h before. RANTES (regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted), interferon-inducible protein 10 (IP-10) and fractalkine (FKN) levels in cell supernatants were measured by ELISA. KEY RESULTS In TNFalpha-treated cells, calcitriol inhibited RANTES and IP-10 secretion in a concentration-dependent manner. FKN levels were negligible. In TNFalpha/IFNgamma-treated cells, whereas fluticasone or calcitriol alone partially inhibited RANTES secretion (by 38 and 20%, respectively), the combination of both drugs additively inhibited RANTES secretion (by 60%). No effect was observed on IP-10 secretion. Whereas fluticasone enhanced FKN secretion (by 50%), calcitriol significantly decreased FKN levels (by 50%). Interestingly, calcitriol blocked the stimulatory effect of fluticasone on FKN secretion, which was inhibited by 60% with the combination of calcitriol and fluticasone. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS These findings suggest that vitamin D uniquely modulates human ASM expression of chemokines and may exert some beneficial effects in the treatment of steroid-resistant patients with asthma.
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Lucas PC, Kuffa P, Gu S, Kohrt D, Kim DSL, Siu K, Jin X, Swenson J, McAllister-Lucas LM. A dual role for the API2 moiety in API2-MALT1-dependent NF-kappaB activation: heterotypic oligomerization and TRAF2 recruitment. Oncogene 2007; 26:5643-54. [PMID: 17334391 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is the most common extranodal lymphoid neoplasm. Chromosomal translocation t(11;18)(q21,q21) is found in 30% of gastric MALT lymphomas and is associated with a failure to respond to standard treatment and a tendency to disseminate. This translocation generates a chimeric protein composed of N-terminal sequences of Inhibitor of Apoptosis 2 (API2, also known as BIRC3 and cIAP2) fused to C-terminal sequences of MALT1. API2-MALT1 promotes cell survival and proliferation via activation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB). Here, we investigate the mechanism by which the API2 moiety contributes to NF-kappaB stimulation. We find that the API2 moiety mediates oligomerization of API2-MALT1 as well as interaction with tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2). Surprisingly, oligomerization does not occur via homotypic interaction; rather, the API2 moiety of one monomer interacts with the MALT1 moiety of another monomer. Further, the specific region of the API2 moiety responsible for mediating oligomerization is distinct from that mediating TRAF2 binding. Although deletion or mutation of the TRAF2 binding site does not inhibit oligomerization, it does lead to dramatically decreased NF-kappaB activation. Deletion of both TRAF2 binding and oligomerization regions results in near-complete loss of NF-kappaB activation. Thus, API2 moiety-mediated heterotypic oligomerization and TRAF2 binding both contribute to maximal API2-MALT1-dependent NF-kappaB stimulation.
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Fellerhoff B, Laumbacher B, Mueller N, Gu S, Wank R. Associations between Chlamydophila infections, schizophrenia and risk of HLA-A10. Mol Psychiatry 2007; 12:264-72. [PMID: 17102800 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Several microbes have been suspected as pathogenetic factors in schizophrenia. We have previously observed increased frequencies of chlamydial infections and of human lymphocyte antigen (HLA)-A10 in independent studies of schizophrenia. Our aim here was to analyze frequencies of three types of Chlamydiaceae in schizophrenic patients (n=72), random controls (n=225) and hospital-patient controls (n=36), together with HLA-A genotypes. Patients were diagnosed with schizophrenia according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV. Blood samples were collected at the beginning of hospitalization and analyzed with Chlamydiaceae species-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Control panels consisted of randomly selected volunteers and hospitalized, non-schizophrenic patients. We found chlamydial infection in 40.3% of the schizophrenic patients compared to 6.7% in the controls. The association of schizophrenia with Chlamydiaceae infections was highly significant (P=1.39 x 10(-10), odds ratio (OR)=9.43), especially with Chlamydophila psittaci (P=2.81 x 10(-7), OR=24.39). Schizophrenic carriers of the HLA-A10 genotype were clearly most often infected with Chlamydophila, especially C. psittaci (P=8.03 x 10(-5), OR=50.00). Chlamydophila infections represent the highest risk factor yet found to be associated with schizophrenia. This risk is even further enhanced in carriers of the HLA-A10 genotype.
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Sun L, Gu S, Li X, Sun Y, Zheng D, Yu K, Ji C, Tang R, Xie Y, Mao Y. Identification of a novel human MAST4 gene, a new member of human microtubule associated serine/threonine kinase family. Mol Biol 2006. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893306050062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Sun L, Gu S, Li X, Sun Y, Zheng D, Yu K, Ji C, Tang R, Xie Y, Mao Y. [Identification of a novel human MAST4 gene, a new member of the microtubule associated serine-threonine kinase family]. Mol Biol (Mosk) 2006; 40:808-15. [PMID: 17086981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Human protein kinases make up a large superfamily of homologous proteins, which are related by virtue of their kinase domains (also known as catalytic domains). Here we report the cloning and characterization of a novel human MAST4 (microtubule associated serine/threonine kinase family member 4) gene, which locates on human chromosome 5q13. The MAST4 cDNA is 7587 base pairs in length and encodes a putative protein of 2435 amino acids which contains a serine/threonine kinase domain and a PDZ domain. MAST4 protein has 64%, 63%, 59% and 39% identical aminoacid residues with MAST1, MAST2, MAST3 and MASTL respectively. RT-PCR analysis revealed relatively high expression level of MAST4 in most normal human tissues, with an exception of in testis, small intestine, colon and peripheral blood leukocyte.
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Gorelov A, Melconian D, Alford WP, Ashery D, Ball G, Behr JA, Bricault PG, D'Auria JM, Deutsch J, Dilling J, Dombsky M, Dubé P, Fingler J, Giesen U, Glück F, Gu S, Häusser O, Jackson KP, Jennings BK, Pearson MR, Stocki TJ, Swanson TB, Trinczek M. Scalar interaction limits from the beta-nu correlation of trapped radioactive atoms. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2005; 94:142501. [PMID: 15904059 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.142501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2004] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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We have set limits on contributions of scalar interactions to nuclear beta decay. A magneto-optical trap provides a localized source of atoms suspended in space, so the low-energy recoiling nuclei can freely escape and be detected in coincidence with the beta. This allows reconstruction of the neutrino momentum, and the measurement of the beta-nu correlation, in a more direct fashion than previously possible. The beta-nu correlation parameter of the 0(+)-->0(+) pure Fermi decay of (38)K(m) is a =0.9981+/-0.0030+0.0032 / -0.0037, consistent with the standard model prediction a =1.
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Woodruff RC, Thompson JN, Gu S. Premeiotic Clusters of Mutation and the Cost of Natural Selection. J Hered 2004; 95:277-83. [PMID: 15247306 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esh048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Haldane stated that there is a cost of natural selection for new beneficial alleles to be substituted over time. Most of this cost, which leads to "genetic deaths," is in the early generations of the substitution process when the new allele is low in frequency. It depends on the initial frequency and dominance value, but not the selection coefficient, of the advantageous allele. There have been numerous suggestions on how to reduce the cost for preexisting genetic variation that goes from disadvantageous, or neutral, to advantageous with a change in the environment. However, the cost of natural selection for new alleles that arise by mutation is assumed to be high, based on the assumption that new mutant alleles arise in natural populations as single events [1/(2N) of the total alleles]. However, not all mutant alleles arise as single events. Premeiotic mutations occur frequently in individuals (germinal mosaics), giving rise to multiple copies of identical mutant alleles called a "cluster" (C) with an initial allele frequency of C/(2N) instead of 1/(2N). These clusters of new mutant alleles reduce the cost of natural selection in direct proportion to the relative size of the cluster. Hence new advantageous alleles that arise by mutation have the greatest chance of going to fixation if they occur in large clusters in small populations.
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Dai J, Li Y, Ji C, Jin F, Zheng Z, Wang X, Sun X, Xu X, Gu S, Xie Y, Mao Y. Characterization of two novel KRAB-domain-containing zinc finger genes, ZNF460 and ZNF461, on human chromosome 19q13.1-->q13.4. Cytogenet Genome Res 2004; 103:74-8. [PMID: 15004467 DOI: 10.1159/000076292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2003] [Accepted: 08/07/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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This study reports the cloning and characterization of two novel human zinc finger protein cDNAs (ZNF460 and ZNF461) from a fetal brain cDNA library. The ZNF460 cDNA is 3,135 bp in length encoding a 562-amino-acid polypeptide and the ZNF461 cDNA is 2,548 bp encoding a 563-amino-acid protein. Both of the proteins contain a KRAB A+B box and eleven C2H2 type zinc finger motifs. ZNF461 shows high similarity with the rat GIOT-1 gene (GIOT1). The ZNF460 gene mapped to 19q13.4 with 3 exons, and ZNF461 mapped to 19q13.1 with 6 exons. Both of the two genes are ubiquitously expressed in normal human tissues and the abundance of the ZNF460 mRNA is relatively low.
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Yin X, Gu S, Jiang JX. Regulation of lens connexin 45.6 by apoptotic protease, caspase-3. CELL COMMUNICATION & ADHESION 2003; 8:373-6. [PMID: 12064621 DOI: 10.3109/15419060109080756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Gap junctions are important in maintaining lens homeostasis. Here we report that connexin 45.6 (Cx45.6) was partially truncated to a 46 kDa fragment during chicken lens development. This specific truncation initiated during embryonic days and the truncated fragment accumulated towards the later developmental stages. When membranes of the embryonic lens were subjected to caspase-3 treatment, the 46 kDa fragment of Cx45.6 was reproduced, suggesting apoptotic protease caspase-3 is a potential protease involved. The COOH-terminus of Cx45.6 in GST-fusion protein was also cleaved by caspase-3, confirming that Cx45.6 is a direct substrate of caspase-3. Induction of apoptosis in lens primary cultures regenerated the 46 kDa fragment and this cleavage was blocked by a caspase-3 inhibitor. Alteration of amino acid residue Asp364 or Glu367 to Ala prevented Cx45.6 from cleavage by caspase-3, suggesting that the cleavage site of Cx45.6 is likely to be between Glu367 and Gly361. Phosphorylation of Ser363, a known substrate for casein kinase II (CKII) in vivo, inhibited the cleavage of Cx45.6 by caspase-3. Thus, this study demonstrates that a lens connexin can be a direct target of caspase-3 and the cleavage by caspase-3 leads to the development-associated truncation of Cx45.6. Finally, caspase-3 mediated truncation can be modulated by the specific connexin phosphorylation.
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Laumbacher B, Müller N, Bondy B, Schlesinger B, Gu S, Fellerhoff B, Wank R. Significant frequency deviation of the class I polymorphism HLA-A10 in schizophrenic patients. J Med Genet 2003; 40:217-9. [PMID: 12624143 PMCID: PMC1735388 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.40.3.217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Trinczek M, Gorelov A, Melconian D, Alford WP, Asgeirsson D, Ashery D, Behr JA, Bricault PG, D'Auria JM, Deutsch J, Dilling J, Dombsky M, Dubé P, Eaton S, Fingler J, Giesen U, Gu S, Häusser O, Jackson KP, Lee B, Schmid JH, Stocki TJ, Swanson TB, Wong W. Novel search for heavy nu mixing from the beta+ decay of 38mK confined in an atom trap. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2003; 90:012501. [PMID: 12570603 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.90.012501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A new technique, full neutrino momentum reconstruction, is used to set limits on the admixture of heavy neutrinos into the electron neutrino. We measure coincidences between nuclear recoils and positrons from the beta decay of trapped radioactive atoms and deduce the neutrino momentum. A search for peaks in the reconstructed recoil time-of-flight spectrum as a function of positron energy is performed. The admixture upper limits range from 4 x 10(-3) to 2 x 10(-2) and are the best direct limits for neutrinos (as opposed to antineutrinos) for the mass region of 0.7 to 3.5 MeV.
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Gu S, Liu C, Zhong S. A study on the development of urbanization in China. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POPULATION SCIENCE 2002; 10:251-65. [PMID: 12322420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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Gu S, Zhu N. Regional differences and development models in China's urbanization. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POPULATION SCIENCE 2002; 5:251-66. [PMID: 12345591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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Huang Y, Tang R, Dai J, Gu S, Zhao W, Cheng C, Xu M, Zhou Z, Ying K, Xi Y, Mao Y. A novel human hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase like 1 gene (HSDL1) is highly expressed in reproductive tissues. Mol Biol Rep 2002; 28:185-91. [PMID: 12153137 DOI: 10.1023/a:1015726217890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We report the cloning and characterization of a novel human hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase like gene (HSDL1) located on human chromosome 16q24.2. The HSDL1 cDNA is 3407 base pair in length, encoding a 309 amino acid polypeptide related to human 17beta-HSD3. Northern blot reveals that the HSDL1 is highly expressed in testis and ovary. In situ hybridization indicates that the expression of HSDL1 is predominantly increased in the prostate cancer tissue compared with the normal prostate tissue, which suggests that the gene expression is important to the arising of prostate cancer.
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Ichikawa S, Gu S, Yamashita A. Correlation of rectum-associated lymph nodules with the development of experimentally induced acute colonic inflammation in rats. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2001; 16:1360-7. [PMID: 11851833 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2001.02639.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The mechanisms of inflammation in ulcerative colitis occurring initially in the rectum and then extending throughout the colon are still unknown. The aim of this study is to investigate the correlation of rectum-associated lymph nodules (RALN) and the development of a dextran sulfate sodium-induced experimentally acute colonic inflammation in rats. METHODS We immunohistochemically analyzed the lymph nodules in the rectal region of rats using monoclonal antibodies to specific markers. RESULTS Rectum-associated lymph nodules resembled the Peyer's patches, where CD4+, CD8+ lymphocytes and Mar 1+ macrophages were observed. After the administration of dextran-sulfate sodium (DSS), RALN showed hypertrophy with an increase in the number of CD4+, CD8+, and interleukin (IL)-2R+ lymphocytes in the periphery, as well as Mar 1+ macrophages in the entire region. Concurrently, platelet/endothelin cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1+) blood vessels, including high-endothelial venules (HEV), were increased in number in the interfollicular areas. Furthermore, a number of small lymph nodules varying in size were observed in the upper region of the rectum. Some of them were initially confined to the lamina propria mucosae, and became large enough to extend deeper into the tela submucosa. These DSS-induced lymph nodules contained large numbers of CD4+ lymphocytes, IL-2R+ lymphocytes, and Mar 1+ macrophages. CONCLUSIONS The pathological changes of ulcerative colitis were well correlated with the development of both RALN and DSS-induced lymph nodules. The immunological reaction that occurred in DSS-induced lymph nodules is significantly associated with the expansion of colitis from the lower region of rectum to the upper region of rectum and colon.
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Liang J, Liu X, Gu S. Transitions in functional status among older people in Wuhan, China: socioeconomic differentials. J Clin Epidemiol 2001; 54:1126-38. [PMID: 11675164 DOI: 10.1016/s0895-4356(01)00390-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The vast majority of research on socioeconomic status (SES) and old-age disability is based on data derived from the developed nations. This study evaluates the external validity of current findings by examining old-age disability in China, a developing nation. The direct, indirect, and total effects of SES on disability transitions were ascertained during a 3-year period in a probability sample of 2,943 people aged 60 years or older in Wuhan, China. As SES measures, education and urban residence exert distinct direct and indirect effects on functional transitions with complicated underlying mechanisms. SES has differential effects on functional transitions depending on one's prior functional state. Furthermore, the generally positive effects of SES are partially offset by negative indirect effects
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Yin X, Gu S, Jiang JX. The development-associated cleavage of lens connexin 45.6 by caspase-3-like protease is regulated by casein kinase II-mediated phosphorylation. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:34567-72. [PMID: 11448971 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m106073200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Gap junctions are important in maintaining lens transparency and metabolic homeostasis. In this paper, we report that the gap junction-forming protein, connexin (Cx) 45.6, was specifically truncated during lens development and that the majority of the truncated fragments were located in the differentiated lens fibers. When isolated lens membranes were treated by caspase-3, the truncated fragments of Cx45.6 were reproduced, and this truncation occurred at the COOH terminus of Cx45.6. Moreover, when primary lens cells were treated with apoptosis-inducing reagents, Cx45.6 was cleaved similarly as the in vitro treatment by caspase-3, and this cleavage was blocked by a caspase-3 inhibitor. These results suggest that caspase-3 is responsible for the development-associated cleavage of Cx45.6. The cleavage site of Cx45.6 was identified between amino acid residues Glu(367) and Gly(368). We have shown previously that Ser(363) is an in vivo phosphorylated site by casein kinase II, and this specific phosphorylation leads to a rapid turnover of Cx45.6. Interestingly, we found here that when Ser(363) was phosphorylated by casein kinase II, the cleavage of Cx45.6 catalyzed by caspase-3 was inhibited. This study, for the first time, demonstrates that a connexin can be a direct target of an apoptotic protease and that cleavage by caspase-3-like protease leads to the development-associated truncation of a lens connexin. Finally, caspase-3-mediated cleavage can be regulated by casein kinase II-mediated phosphorylation, suggesting that Cx45.6 turnover and specific cleavage by caspase-3-like protease is alternatively modulated.
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Yang D, Gu S, Yan YL, Zhu NY, Cheung KK. Highly enantioselective atom-transfer radical cyclization reactions catalyzed by chiral Lewis acids. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:8612-3. [PMID: 11525676 DOI: 10.1021/ja016383y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Gu S, Xu L, Lin W, Xie H. Four acupuncture methods for treating mental disorders. J TRADIT CHIN MED 2001; 21:207-10. [PMID: 11789329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Sun J, Li W, Gu S. [Production and some properties of a beta-glucanase from Trichoderma sp. GXC]. WEI SHENG WU XUE BAO = ACTA MICROBIOLOGICA SINICA 2001; 41:457-62. [PMID: 12552912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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The factors affecting Trichoderma sp. GXC for beta-glucanase (1,3-1,4-beta-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.73) production have been investigated, the optimal conditions were that carbon and nitrogen sources were bran and ammonium sulfate, respectively, initial pH 4.0-5.0, shaken at 30 degrees C for 44 h. beta-glucanase was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity by using ammonium sulfate precipitation, Sephadex G-100 and DEAE-Sephadex A-50 chromatography. It's molecular weight was 35 kD by SDS-PAGE, and the enzyme functioned optimally at pH6.0 and 50 degrees C, respectively. In addition, the enzyme was stable at pH 4.0-5.0 and below 40 degrees C. The beta-glucanase activity was significantly inhibited by Fe3+ and stimulated by Co2+, respectively.
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Gu S, Li X. [Determination of Fe, Al, Ca in silicon metal by XRF spectrometry]. GUANG PU XUE YU GUANG PU FEN XI = GUANG PU 2001; 21:569-571. [PMID: 12945298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Fe, Al, Ca in silicon metal were measured by XRF using powder pressed method to prepare the sample. The conditions of preparing the sample disc were discussed, and the strength of the sample disc, was solidified through the binder added. Interelement absorption and enhancement effects are corrected by using the experience coefficient method. The precision and accuracy of the XRF method are excellent as compared with classical chemical method.
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Weber KS, Gröne HJ, Röcken M, Klier C, Gu S, Wank R, Proudfoot AE, Nelson PJ, Weber C. Selective recruitment of Th2-type cells and evasion from a cytotoxic immune response mediated by viral macrophage inhibitory protein-II. Eur J Immunol 2001; 31:2458-66. [PMID: 11500830 DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200108)31:8<2458::aid-immu2458>3.0.co;2-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The viral CC chemokine macrophage inhibitory protein-II (vMIP-II) encoded by human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8) binds to multiple chemokine receptors, however, its ability to control the initial recruitment of specific leukocyte subtypes from the peripheral circulation has not been fully clarified. Here we show that vMIP-II blocks the firm arrest and transmigration of monocytes or Th1-like T lymphocytes triggered by RANTES immobilized on activated human microvascular endothelium (HMVEC) under flow conditions. The internalization of the receptors CCR1 and CCR5 that mediate arrest and transmigration of these cells in response to RANTES was prevented by vMIP-II, supporting its role as an antagonist of CCR1 and CCR5. In contrast, vMIP-II triggered the firm arrest of eosinophils and Th2-like T cells by engaging CCR3, as confirmed by its down-regulation. Immunohistochemical analysis of HHV-8-associated Kaposi's sarcoma lesions marked by vMIP-II expression and mononuclear cell infiltration revealed a predominance of Th2-type CCR3(+) lymphocytes over Th1-type CXCR3(+)/CCR5(+) leukocytes, indicating that as a CCR3 agonist vMIP-II can drive a Th2-type immune response in vivo. Thus, our data provide evidence for a immunomodulatory role of vMIP-II in directing inflammatory cell recruitment away from a Th1-type towards a Th2-type response and thereby facilitating evasion from cytotoxic reactions.
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MESH Headings
- CCR5 Receptor Antagonists
- Cell Adhesion/drug effects
- Cell Division/drug effects
- Cell Line
- Chemokine CCL5/antagonists & inhibitors
- Chemokine CCL5/metabolism
- Chemokine CCL5/pharmacology
- Chemokines/genetics
- Chemokines/immunology
- Chemokines/pharmacology
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/drug effects
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/drug effects
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/immunology
- Endocytosis/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Eosinophils/cytology
- Eosinophils/drug effects
- Herpesvirus 8, Human/immunology
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Interleukin-1/immunology
- Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects
- Monocytes/cytology
- Monocytes/drug effects
- Monocytes/immunology
- Receptors, CCR1
- Receptors, CCR3
- Receptors, CCR5/metabolism
- Receptors, Chemokine/agonists
- Receptors, Chemokine/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Chemokine/metabolism
- Sarcoma, Kaposi/immunology
- Sarcoma, Kaposi/metabolism
- Sarcoma, Kaposi/pathology
- Sarcoma, Kaposi/virology
- Th1 Cells/cytology
- Th1 Cells/drug effects
- Th1 Cells/immunology
- Th2 Cells/cytology
- Th2 Cells/drug effects
- Th2 Cells/immunology
- Th2 Cells/metabolism
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Gu S, Roderick HL, Camacho P, Jiang JX. Characterization of an N-system amino acid transporter expressed in retina and its involvement in glutamine transport. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:24137-44. [PMID: 11325958 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m009003200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
We report here on the characterization of a mouse N-system amino acid transporter protein, which is involved in the transport of glutamine. This protein of 485 amino acids shares 52% sequence homology with an N-system amino acid transporter, mouse N-system amino acid transporter (mNAT) and its orthologs. Because this protein shares a high degree of sequence homology and functional similarity to mNAT, we named it mNAT2. mNAT2 is predominately expressed in the retina and to a slightly lesser extent in the brain. In the retina, it is located in the axons of ganglion cells in the nerve fiber layer and in the bundles of the optic nerve. Functional analysis of mNAT2 expressed in Xenopus oocytes revealed that the strongest transport activities were specific for l-glutamine. In addition, mNAT2 is a Na(+)- and pH-dependent, high affinity transporter and partially tolerates substitution of Na(+) by Li(+). Additionally, mNAT2 functions as a carrier-mediated transporter that facilitates efflux. The unique expression pattern and selective glutamine transport properties of mNAT2 suggest that it plays a specific role in the uptake of glutamine involved in the generation of the neurotransmitter glutamate in retina.
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