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Yang X, Tian X, Mei T, Zou B, Liu Y, Zhou X, Xu Y, Zhou L, Xue J, Wang J, Lu Y, Gong Y. Re-irradiation with or Without Chemotherapy for In-field Local Recurrence among Esophageal Cancer Patients after Initial Definitive Concurrent Chemo-radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lyu F, Gao X, Ma M, Cui M, Xie M, Zhang B, Yang X, Gong Y. "Nrf2-AKR1C3” Positive Feedback Loop Induced the Radiation Resistance to Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPCby) Increasing the Level of Antioxidative Stress. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Sun P, Li L, Liu YZ, Li GZ, Xu QH, Wang M, Gong Y. MiR-181b regulates atherosclerotic inflammation and vascular endothelial function through Notch1 signaling pathway. EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2020; 23:3051-3057. [PMID: 31002155 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201904_17587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the influences of micro ribonucleic acid (miR)-181b on the inflammation and vascular endothelial function in atherosclerosis (AS), and its specific molecular regulatory mechanism. MATERIALS AND METHODS 44 apolipoprotein E (ApoE)-/- 7 weeks old male rats were randomly divided into normal diet group (NC group) and AS model group (high-fat diet feeding). Rat aorta was dissected and the serum sample was collected in both groups. The serum levels of inflammatory factors in both groups were detected via enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The mRNA levels of miR-18b and Notch1 were detected via Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). Moreover, aortic endothelial cells were extracted from AS rats. The mir-18b binding target gene was analyzed via bioinformatics and further verified by the Luciferase reporter gene assay. The protein expressions of miR-18b and Notch1 in endothelial cells transfected with miR-181b mimic or inhibitor were detected. Influence of miR-181b on vascular endothelial indexes was also detected. RESULTS Compared with those in the NC group, the serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-10, IL-13 and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in the AS group significantly increased (p<0.05). The mRNA level of miR-18b in AS plaques was significantly lower than that in NC arterial tissues. Conversely, Notch1 level in AS plaques was markedly higher than that in the NC arterial tissues (p<0.05), with the mean difference of 2.12 and 2.82 folds (p<0.05). According to the Pearson correlation analysis, there was a significant negative correlation between mRNA levels of miR-181b and Notch1 in AS tissues (r=-0.65, p=0.014). The bioinformatics analysis showed that there were complementary binding sites between miR-181b and Notch1. The Luciferase reporter gene assay confirmed the presence of direct binding sites between miR-181b and Notch1. Western blotting revealed that the overexpression of miR-181b downregulated Notch1 and hs-CRP, but upregulated BNP (p<0.05). Opposite trends were obtained by miR-181b knockdown (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS The decline in the miR-181b expression may be an important factor in AS plaque formation and vascular endothelial injury by regulating Notch1.
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Fan W, Zhang H, Tian D, Li T, Bai Y, He M, Liu Y, Gong Y, Xu X. 1012P Analysis of tumor location related oncologic characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.1128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Xian L, Zhang Y, Cao Y, Wan T, Gong Y, Dai C, Ochieng WA, Nasimiyu AT, Li W, Liu F. Corrigendum to "Glutamate dehydrogenase plays an important role in ammonium detoxification by submerged macrophytes" [Sci. Total Environ. 722 (2020) 137859]. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 733:139640. [PMID: 32475723 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Wang X, Cheng ML, Gong Y, Ma WJ, Li B, Jiang YZ. LncRNA DANCR promotes ATG7 expression to accelerate hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation and autophagy by sponging miR-222-3p. EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2020; 24:8778-8787. [PMID: 32964966 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202009_22816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE LncRNA differentiation antagonizing non-protein coding RNA (DANCR) is an oncogene in various malignant cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Autophagy is an intracellular self-digestion mechanism that accelerates the progression of HCC via promoting cell survival. However, the role of lncRNA DANCR in HCC, and the mechanism of lncRNA DANCR in the regulation of autophagy in HCC remains unknown. Therefore, the aims of this study are the investigation of the role of lncRNA DANCR in HCC, and the exploration of the molecular mechanism of lncRNA DANCR in regulating autophagy of HCC cells. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this study, the expression of lncRNA DANCR, miR-222-3p, and autophagy-related gene 7 (ATG7) was detected by qRT-PCR. The cell proliferation and colony formation were measured by Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay and colony formation assay. And the autophagic flux was evaluated by mRFP-GFP-LC3B reporter. The autophagy related proteins were analyzed by Western blotting. Besides, the relationship between lncRNA DANCR and miR-222-3p, as well as between miR-222-3p and ATG7, was determined by Dual-Luciferase reporter system. RESULTS We found high expression of lncRNA DANCR and ATG7, and low expression of miR-222-3p in HCC tissues and cell lines. And lncRNA DANCR positively correlated with poor survival of HCC patients. Moreover, the knockdown of lncRNA DANCR inhibited cell proliferation and autophagy of HCC cells. And we predicted and proved that lncRNA DANCR induced cell proliferation, colony formation and autophagy by increasing ATG7 and suppressing miR-222-3p. CONCLUSIONS Our study demonstrates the promoting role of lncRNA DANCR in HCC, and indicates the regulatory effects of lncRNA DANCR on regulating autophagy of HCC.
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Gong Y. 1173P High pre-operative fasting blood glucose levels predict a poor prognosis in non-diabetic pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm patients. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.1386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Liu F, Liao Q, Wang J, Gong Y, Dang Q, Ling W, Han M, Li Q, Li Z. Intermolecular electronic coupling of 9-methyl-9H-dibenzo[a,[c] carbazole for strong emission in aggregated state by substituent effect. Sci China Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-020-9814-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Gong Y, Xiang L, Yang S, Ma H. A New Method for Ranking Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Numbers Based on Mellin Transform. INT J UNCERTAIN FUZZ 2020. [DOI: 10.1142/s0218488520500257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Interval type-2 fuzzy sets provide us with additional degrees of freedom to represent the uncertainty and the fuzziness of the real word than traditional type-1 fuzzy sets. Interval type-2 fuzzy numbers ranking has an important role in the decision making analysis. In this paper, the probatilistic mean value and variance of interval type-2 fuzzy numbers are proposed based on the Mellin transform for type-1 fuzzy numbers. The interval type-2 fuzzy number with the higher mean is ranked higher. If the mean values are equal the one with the smaller variance is judged higher rank. On this basis, some new distance measures and possibility degree formula are proposed to comparing interval type-2 fuzzy numbers based on their Mellin mean value and variance. Some benchmarking numerical examples are given, and some interpretation issues are explained.
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Li Y, Gao Y, Gong Y, Guo Y, Wang L, Liu Q, Chen F, Zhang T. Treatment with Tang-luo-ning altered the microRNA expression profile in rats with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Bioengineered 2020; 11:841-851. [PMID: 32718271 PMCID: PMC8291862 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2020.1797282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Tang-luo-ning (TLN) is a traditional Chinese herbal recipe that has been used to treat diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN); nevertheless, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. This study was aimed to investigate the microRNA (miRNA) expression profile in diabetic rats treated with TLN, and the target genes were predicted. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into control, diabetes, and TLN-treated diabetes groups. Diabetes was induced with streptozotocin, and TLN (5 g/kg/day) was orally given for eight weeks. Then, the sciatic nerves were harvested for miRNA microarray analyses. The differentially expressed miRNAs and their target genes were analyzed. Compared with the control rats, 24 miRNAs were significantly upregulated, and 59 were downregulated in the sciatic nerves of the diabetic rats by more than two folds (all P < 0.05). In TLN-treated diabetes rats, 26 miRNAs were upregulated, and 14 were downregulated compared with diabetic rats without TLN treatment (all P < 0.05). DPN-induced alterations of the miRNA profile were reversed by the TLN treatment. A total of 1402 target genes were screened. In GO analysis, genes in localization, cytoplasm, and protein binding processes were enriched, and the most significantly enriched pathways included the neurotrophin, Fc epsilon RI, and Wnt signaling pathways. Further analyses revealed that DVL1 and NTF3 genes were involved in these pathways. Our findings indicate that TLN may affect the Wnt and neurotrophin pathways by acting on DVL1 and NTF3 genes.
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Bao G, Lu H, Liang Y, Xu Z, Shi Y, Li J, Kong W, Liu J, Fang D, Gong Y, He S, He Q, Li X, Ci W, Zhou L. The copy number variation signatures in upper tract urothelial carcinoma define distinct subtypes with prognostic relevance. EUR UROL SUPPL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(20)34089-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Sanz-Novo M, Belloche A, Alonso JL, Kolesniková L, Garrod RT, Mata S, Müller HSP, Menten KM, Gong Y. Interstellar glycolamide: A comprehensive rotational study and an astronomical search in Sgr B2(N). ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS 2020; 639:A135. [PMID: 33154598 PMCID: PMC7116316 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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CONTEXT Glycolamide is a glycine isomer and also one of the simplest derivatives of acetamide (e.g., one hydrogen atom is replaced with a hydroxyl group), which is a known interstellar molecule. AIMS In this context, the aim of our work is to provide direct experimental frequencies of the ground vibrational state of glycolamide in the centimeter-, millimeter- and submillimeter-wavelength regions in order to enable its identification in the interstellar medium. METHODS We employed a battery of state-of-the-art rotational spectroscopic techniques in the frequency and time domain to measure the frequencies of glycolamide. We used the spectral line survey named Exploring Molecular Complexity with ALMA (EMoCA), which was performed toward the star forming region Sgr B2(N) with ALMA to search for glycolamide in space. We also searched for glycolamide toward Sgr B2(N) with the Effelsberg radio telescope. The astronomical spectra were analyzed under the local thermodynamic equilibrium approximation. We used the gas-grain chemical kinetics model MAGICKAL to interpret the results of the astronomical observations. RESULTS About 1500 transitions have been newly assigned up to 460 GHz to the most stable conformer, and a precise set of spectroscopic constants was determined. Spectral features of glycolamide were then searched for in the prominent hot molecular core Sgr B2(N2). We report the nondetection of glycolamide toward this source with an abundance at least six and five times lower than that of acetamide and glycolaldehyde, respectively. Our astrochemical model suggests that glycolamide may be present in this source at a level just below the upper limit, which was derived from the EMoCA survey. We could also not detect the molecule in the region's extended molecular envelope, which was probed with the Effelsberg telescope. We find an upper limit to its column density that is similar to the column densities obtained earlier for acetamide and glycolaldehyde with the Green Bank Telescope.
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Xian L, Zhang Y, Cao Y, Wan T, Gong Y, Dai C, Ochieng WA, Nasimiyu AT, Li W, Liu F. Glutamate dehydrogenase plays an important role in ammonium detoxification by submerged macrophytes. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 722:137859. [PMID: 32182513 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Ammonium is a paradoxical chemical because it is a nutrient but also damages ecosystems at high concentration. As the most eco-friendly method of water restoration, phytoremediation technology still faces great challenges. To provide more theoretical support, we exploited six common submerged macrophytes and selected the most ammonium-tolerant and -sensitive species; then further explored and compared the mechanisms underlying ammonium detoxification. Our results showed the activity of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) in the ammonium-tolerant species Myriophyllum spicatum leaves performed a dose-response curve (increased 169% for NADH-dependent GDH and 103% for NADPH-dependent GDH) with the [NH4+-N] increasing from 0 to 100 mg/L while glutamine synthetase (GS) activity slightly changed. But for the ammonium-sensitive species, Potamogeton lucens, the activity of GDH recorded no major changes, while the GS increased slightly (17%). Based on this, we conclude that the alternative pathway of GDH is more important than the pathway catalyzed by GS in determining the tolerance of submerged macrophytes to high ammonium concentration (up to 100 mg N/L). Our present study identifies submerged macrophytes that are tolerant of high concentrations of ammonium and provides mechanistic support for practical water restoration by aquatic plants.
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Gong P, Zhang X, Gong Y, Liu Y, Wang S, Li Z, Chen W, Zhou F, Zhou J, Jiang T, Zhang Y. A novel nomogram to predict early neurological deterioration in patients with acute ischaemic stroke. Eur J Neurol 2020; 27:1996-2005. [PMID: 32433813 DOI: 10.1111/ene.14333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) is a vital cause of mortality and morbidity in China. Many AIS patients develop early neurological deterioration (END). This study aimed to construct a nomogram to predict END in AIS patients. METHODS Acute ischaemic stroke patients in Nanjing First Hospital were recruited as the training cohort. Additional patients in Nantong Third People's Hospital were enrolled as the validation cohort. Multivariate logistic regression was utilized to establish the nomogram. Discrimination and calibration performance of the nomogram were tested by concordance index and calibration plots. Decision curve analysis was employed to assess the utility of the nomogram. RESULTS In all, 1889 and 818 patients were recruited in the training and validation cohorts, respectively. Age [odds ratio (OR) 1.075; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.059-1.091], diabetes mellitus (OR 1.673; 95% CI 1.181-2.370), atrial fibrillation (OR 3.297; 95% CI 2.005-5.421), previous antiplatelet medication (OR 0.473; 95% CI 0.301-0.744), hyper-sensitive C-reactive protein (OR 1.049; 95% CI 1.036-1.063) and baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (OR 1.071; 95% CI 1.045-1.098) were associated with END and incorporated in the nomogram. The concordance index was 0.826 (95% CI 0.785-0.885) and 0.798 (95% CI 0.749-0.847) in the training and validation cohorts. By decision curve analysis, the model was relevant between thresholds of 0.06 and 0.90 in the training cohort and 0.08 and 0.77 in the validation cohort. CONCLUSIONS The nomogram composed of hyper-sensitive C-reactive protein, age, diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation, previous antiplatelet medication and baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale may predict the risk of END in AIS patients.
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Gong Y, Wu J, Yang R, Zhang L, Ma Z. Rapamycin-induced autophagy plays a pro-survival role by enhancing up-regulation of intracellular ferritin expression in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Exp Oncol 2020; 42:11-15. [PMID: 32231197 DOI: 10.32471/exp-oncology.2312-8852.vol-42-no-1.14067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Elevated mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling has been reported to correlate with poor prognosis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients. Rapamycin, an mTOR kinase inhibitor, and also a potent autophagy inducer, could not only effectively reverse glucocorticoid resistance, but also promote autophagy in the ALL cells. Autophagy has been suggested to play a paradoxical role in cancer treatment. The aim of this study was to address the role of the rapamycin-induced autophagy in the leukemia treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cell proliferation was detected by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay in ALL cell lines of CEM-C1 and CEM-C7. Western Blot analysis was performed to test protein expressions. RESULTS Inhibition of mTOR by rapamycin could reverse glucocorticoid resistance in CEM-C1 cells, and also induce autophagy in these cells by up-regulation of LC3-II and Beclin-1 expressions. This autophagy played a pro-survival role since its inhibition by 6-amino-3-methylpurine or chroloquine could enhance rapamycin-induced cell death. Rapamycin increased the expression of intracellular ferritin, and this effect could be totally blocked by 6-amino-3-methylpurine and chroloquine, suggesting that the protective role of autophagy might be mediated through up-regulation of ferritin, the major iron-binding stress protein. Ciclopirox olamine, an iron chelator, could enhance rapamycin's anti-leukemia effect by down-regulation of intracellular ferritin expression. CONCLUSIONS All these findings would suggest that rapamycin-induced autophagy plays a pro-survival role in leukemia cells and this effect might be mediated by up-regulation of intracellular ferritin expression. We hypothesize that the combination of mTOR pathway inhibitors and autophagy inhibition is rational and would induce strong anti-leukemia effects in ALL.
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Gong Y, Xiang L, Liu G. Fuzzy Regression Model Based on Geometric Centroid and Incentre Points and Application to Performance Evaluation. INT J UNCERTAIN FUZZ 2020. [DOI: 10.1142/s0218488520500117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Fuzzy regression model is developed to construct the relationship between independent variable and dependent variable in a fuzzy environment. In order to increase the explanatory performance of fuzzy regression model, the least-squares method usually is applied to determine the numeric coefficients based on the concept of distance. In this paper, we consider the fuzzy linear regression model with fuzzy input, fuzzy output and crisp parameters and introduce a new distance based on the geometric centroid and incentre points (GCIP) of triangular fuzzy number, merge least-squares method with the new GCIP distance and propose least-squares GCIP distance method. Finally, an example of employee job performance is given to illustrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the method. Comparisons with existing methods show that total estimation error using the same distance criterion, the explanatory performance of the GCIP method is satisfactory, and the calculation is relatively simple.
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Liu X, Xu D, Liu Z, Li Y, Zhang C, Gong Y, Jiang Y, Xing B. THBS1 facilitates colorectal liver metastasis through enhancing epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Clin Transl Oncol 2020; 22:1730-1740. [PMID: 32052380 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-020-02308-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Liver metastasis is one of the major causes of cancer-related death in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). The purpose of this study was to identify specific molecules which are involved in colorectal liver metastasis (CRLM). MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, we employed TMT (tandem mass tags)-labeling combined with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry technology to do comparative analyses of proteomics between the primary tumor specimens derived from colorectal cancer patients with or without liver metastasis. Pathway enrichment analyses were performed using DAVID database. The crucial molecules were identified through protein-protein interaction network. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was employed to analyze the expression of THBS1 (thrombospondin-1) in CRC tissues. Finally, transwell cell migration and invasion assays were performed to explore the roles of THBS1 in CRC cell migration and invasion. RESULTS We found that the expression of 311 proteins was dysregulated in CRLM using quantitative proteomics. Among these proteins, we identified FN1, TIMP1, THBS1, POSTN and VCAN as five crucial proteins in CRLM by analysis in silico. IHC assay revealed that increased THBS1 expression was significantly correlated with liver metastasis as well as poor prognosis of CRC patients. GEO data analysis also suggests that upregulated mRNA level of THBS1 is also associated with shorter overall survival of CRC patients. Moreover, THBS1 depletion inhibited migration and invasion of CRC cells through attenuating epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Co-expression analyses with TCGA data indicated that THBS1 is co-expressed with mesenchymal markers, including Vimentin, N-cadherin, Snail1 and Twist1 in CRC tissues. CONCLUSIONS By collecting the omics data with functional studies, the present results reveal that THBS1 facilitates colorectal liver metastasis through promoting epithelial-mesenchymal transition. This understanding of molecular roles of THBS1 in CRLM may be promising to develop targeted therapies to prolong survival in CRC patients.
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Liao Q, Gao Q, Wang J, Gong Y, Peng Q, Tian Y, Fan Y, Guo H, Ding D, Li Q, Li Z. 9,9‐Dimethylxanthene Derivatives with Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence: Substituent Effects and Emissive Properties. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201916057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Liao Q, Gao Q, Wang J, Gong Y, Peng Q, Tian Y, Fan Y, Guo H, Ding D, Li Q, Li Z. 9,9-Dimethylxanthene Derivatives with Room-Temperature Phosphorescence: Substituent Effects and Emissive Properties. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:9946-9951. [PMID: 31944514 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201916057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) emitters with ultralong lifetimes are emerging as attractive targets because of their potential applications in bioimaging, security, and other areas. But their development is limited by ambiguous mechanisms and poor understanding of the correlation of the molecular structure and RTP properties. Herein, different substituents on the 9,9-dimethylxanthene core (XCO) result in compounds with RTP lifetimes ranging from 52 to 601 ms, which are tunable by intermolecular interactions and molecular configurations. XCO-PiCl shows the most persistent RTP because of its reduced steric bulk and multiple sites of the 1-chloro-2-methylpropan-2-yl (PiCl) moiety for forming intermolecular interactions in the aggregated state. The substituent effects reported provide an efficient molecular design of organic RTP materials and establishes relationships among molecular structures, intermolecular interactions, and RTP properties.
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Xu XL, Gong Y, Zhao DP. Elevated PHD2 expression might serve as a valuable biomarker of poor prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma, but no lung squamous cell carcinoma. EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2019; 22:8731-8739. [PMID: 30575913 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201812_16638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), we aimed to explore the association between Egl nine homolog 1 (EGLN1/PHD2) expression and survival outcomes in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC), respectively. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective study was conducted based on the level-3 data in the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)-LUAD and TCGA-LUSC and data from the Human Protein Atlas (HPA). RESULTS Both LUAD and LUSC had elevated PHD2 expression compared to their respective adjacent normal tissues. However, Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed that the high PHD2 expression LUAD patients had a significantly shorter overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) (p=0.001 and p<0.001) compared to the low expression group. However, these differences were not observed in LUSC patients. Univariate and multivariate analysis showed that high PHD2 expression was an independent indicator of unfavorable OS (HR: 1.685, 95%CI: 1.251-2.269, p=0.001) and unfavorable RFS (HR: 2.008, 95%CI: 1.430-2.818, p<0.001) in LUAD patients. The methylation status of two CpG sites (cg07040244 and cg21875980) in PHD2 was at least moderately and negatively correlated with PHD2 expression. High methylation level of these two CpG sites was associated with better OS in LUAD patients. CONCLUSIONS Elevated PHD2 expression might only serve as a valuable biomarker of poor prognosis in LUAD, but no in LUSC. Cg07040244 and cg21875980 might be two CpG sites modulating PHD2 expression in LUAD.
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Xiu W, Huang Y, Zhou X, Zhou L, Xue J, Zhu J, Huang M, Peng F, Liu Y, Xu Y, Zhang Y, Yu M, Li Y, Wang Y, Lu Y, Gong Y. Co-morbilities and survival of patients initially diagnosed with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer: Impact of hypertension, diabetes and chronic hepatitis B viral infection. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz437.048] [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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Gong Y, Ji P, Xiao Y, Ma D, Jin ML, Hu X, Jiang YZ, Shao ZM. Integrative analysis of metabolic subtypes in triple-negative breast cancer reveals new therapeutic strategies. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz416.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Correa A, Connolly D, Balcioglu M, Wu HT, Dashner S, Shchegrova S, Kalashnikova E, Pawar H, Uzzo R, Gong Y, Kister D, Collins M, Donovan M, Winters R, Aleshin A, Sethi H, Salari R, Louie M, Zimmermann B, Abbosh P. Presence of circulating tumour DNA in surgically resected renal cell carcinoma is associated with advanced disease and poor patient prognosis. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz239.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Mokhtari S, Krull EA, Sanders LM, Coughlan A, Mellott NP, Gong Y, Borges R, Wren AW. Investigating the effect of germanium on the structure of SiO 2-ZnO-CaO-SrO-P 2O 5 glasses and the subsequent influence on glass polyalkenoate cement formation, solubility and bioactivity. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2019; 103:109843. [PMID: 31349461 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.109843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Revised: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A series of germanium (Ge)-containing glasses were synthesized based on a starting glass composition of SiO2-ZnO-CaO-SrO-P2O5. Additions of GeO2 (6 and 12 mol%) were incorporated at the expense of SiO2, which retained the amorphous character, and each glass was processed to present similar particle size and surface area. Glass characterization using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS-NMR) determined that the addition of GeO2 increased the fraction of lower Q-speciation and subsequently the concentration of non-bridging oxygens (NBO). Glass Polyalkenoate Cements (GPC) were formulated from each glass with 40, 50 and 60 wt% PAA, and presented time dependent solubility profiles (1, 10, 100, 1000 h) for the release of Si4+ (4-140 mg/l), Ca2+ (1-8 mg/l), Zn2+ (<6 mg/l), Sr2+ (2-37 mg/l), PO43- (2-43 mg/l) and Ge4+ (20-911 mg/l) and attained pH values close to 7.5 after 1000 h. Ge-GPCs containing 40 wt% polyacrylic acid (PAA) presented appropriate working time (Tw) and setting times (Ts), and the corresponding compressive strengths ranged from (14-30 MPa). The Ge-GPCs (40, 50 wt%) presented a linear increase (R2-0.99) with respect to time. Simulated Body Fluid (SBF) testing resulted in the Ge-GPCs encouraging the precipitation of crystalline hydroxyapatite on the GPC surface, more evidently after 100 and 1000 h incubation.
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Gong Y. Proportion of peripheral lymphocyte subsets correlates with the progression-free survival and metastatic status of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour patients. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz245.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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