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Pei MH, Zhao C, Gao F, Zhang MF. [Clinical features of glucocorticoid eye drops induced ocular hypertension in pediatric and adult uveitic eyes]. Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2018; 54:839-842. [PMID: 30440155 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0412-4081.2018.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the clinical features of glucocorticoid eye drops induced ocular hypertension in pediatric and adult uveitic eyes. Methods: Retrospective survey of consecutive uveitic patients attending referral service at Peking Union Medical College Hospital from March 2013 to August 2017. Incidences of glucocorticoid eye drops induced ocular hypertension were compared between the pediatric and adult uveitic groups. The clinical patterns of 1% prednisolone acetate eye drops induced ocular hypertension in pediatric and adult uveitic eyes were also investigated. Data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney test and the χ(2) test. Results: The clinical data of 1 138 uveitic eyes [677 patients; 331 males and 346 females; mean age (31±16) years]receiving corticosteroid eye drops were reviewed, among which 246 eyes (143 patients) had pediatric uveitis and 892 eyes (534 patients) had adult uveitis. The incidence of glucocorticoid eye drops induced ocular hypertension was higher in pediatric eyes (39.8%, 98/246) as compared to adults (29.1%, 260/892) (χ(2)=9.880, P=0.002). One hundred and thirty eyes (75 patients) with 1% prednisolone acetate induced ocular hypertension were included in the clinical pattern analysis, including 49 [28 patients; 15 males and 13 females; mean age (11±3) years] pediatric and 81 [47 patients; 22 males and 25 females;mean age (34±12) years] adult uveitic eyes. No differences were found in daily doses of 1% prednisolone acetate between the pediatric group [4.60 (3.46, 5.36) drops/day] and the adult group [4.00 (3.30, 4.88) drops/day; Z=-1.675, P=0.094]. But the duration of medication in pediatric eyes [4.71 (2.79, 6.36) weeks] was significantly shorter as compared to the adults [6.00 (4.86, 9.00) weeks; Z=-3.446, P<0.001]. The intraocular pressure (IOP) was 26.00 (24.00, 31.00) mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa) in pediatric uveitic eyes and 26.00 (23.30, 31.15) mmHg in the adults, which showed no statistical significance (Z=-0.231,P=0.818). To achieve effective IOP control, 79.6% (39/49) of pediatric and 54.3% (44/81) of adult eyes received IOP-lowering drug therapy (χ(2)=8.447,P=0.004). And during the follow-up, the withdrawal rate of IOP-lowering drugs was much lower in pediatric eyes (48.7%, 19/39) as compared to the adult group (72.7%, 32/44) (χ(2)=5.031, P=0.025). Conclusion: Compared with adult patients with uveitis, children with uveitis are more prone to IOP elevation, which is more difficult to control after the use of glucocorticoid eye drops. (Chin J Ophthalmol, 2018, 54: 839-842).
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- M H Pei
- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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Dai XW, Xu Y, Zheng LW, Li LY, Li DD, Tan X, Gao F, Wang Y, Wu GJ. [Analysis of chromosome in 1 324 patients with oligozoospermia or azoosperm]. Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 2018; 50:774-777. [PMID: 30337734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the incidience of chromosome abnormality of the patients with oligozoospermia or azoospermia and male infertility, to discuss the relationship between the quantitative and structural abnormality of chromosome and to lay the foundation for the clinical diagnosis and consultation. METHODS A retrospective analysis was conducted from January 1, 2015 to May 1, 2016, in the Center for Reproduction Medicine, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, with male reproductive abnormalities history excluded. In the study, 1 324 cases were included with 448 cases of azoospermia and 876 cases of oligozoospermia. All the patients through ultrasound examination, color Doppler ultrasonography, the seminal plasma Zn determination, their hormone level determination, chromosome karyotype (the perinatal blood samples were obtained from the 1 324 patients with oligozoospermia or azoospermia for lymphocyte culture, then chromosomal specimens were prepared, G-banding analyses combined with clinical data were used to statistically analyze the incidence of chromosomal abnormality), Y chromosome azoospermia factor [PCR technique was used to detect SY157 locus, SY254 locus, and SY255 locus in male Y chromosome azoospermia factor (AZF) gene of the patients with oligozoospermia or azoospermia]. The relationship between chromosome abnormalities and oligozoospermia or azoospermia were analyzed. RESULTS Among the 876 cases of oligospermia patients, 78 cases were chromosome number abnormality and chromosomal structural abnormality, the abnormal number of sex chromosomes in 22 cases, and sex chromosomes and chromosome structural abnormalities in 56 cases; in the 448 cases of azoospermia patients, 91 cases were chromosomal structural abnormality and chromosome number abnormality, of them, 78 cases were of abnormal number of sex chromosomes, and 13 cases were of abnormal structure. In addition, 137 cases were of chromosome polymorphism in all the 1 324 patients, The incidence of Y chromosome abnormality in azoospermatism was higher than that of the 43 patients with Y chromosome AZF microdeletion. In addition, the asthenospermia and recurrent spontaneous abortion were closely related to Y chromosome abnormality and the chromosome translocations and inversions. CONCLUSION Oligozoospermia and azoospermia patients with abnormal chromosome karyotype have high incidence rate, and chromosome karyotype analyses were carried out on it, which is conducive to clinical diagnosis for the patients with abnormal chromosome karyotype. There is a close relationship between male infertility and abnormal karyotype. It is conducive to clinical diagnosis for the patients with infertility through chromosome karyotye analysis, which also provides evidence for genetic counseling.
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- Center for Reproduction Medicine, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China
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- Center for Reproduction Medicine, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China
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- Center for Reproduction Medicine, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China
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- Center for Reproduction Medicine, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China
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- Center for Reproduction Medicine, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China
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- Medical Insurance Office, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China
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- Center for Reproduction Medicine, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China
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- Center for Reproduction Medicine, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China
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- Center for Reproduction Medicine, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China
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Xu XL, Li B, Gao F, Zhang ZB. [Analysis of high-risk histopathologic features of 482 primarily enucleated retinoblastomas]. Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2018; 54:782-786. [PMID: 30347567 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0412-4081.2018.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To evaluate the high-risk histopathologic features of retinoblastoma eyes enucleated as primary treatment. Methods: Retrospective case series study. An analysis was carried out on the high-risk histopathologic features of 482 primarily enucleated retinoblastoma eyes in Beijing Tongren Eye Center during December 2011 and December 2016. The high-risk histopathologic features included post lamina cribrosa invasion, massive choroidal invasion, anterior segment invasion and extraocular invasion. According to the neovascularization of iris (NVI) in the tissue specimen, the patients were divided into the NVI positive group and negative group. The rates of high-risk histopathologic features in the NVI positive group and negative group were analyzed using the chi-square test. Results: Among 482 children with retinoblastoma, 280 (58.1%) were males and 202 (41.9%) were females. The median age at enucleation surgery was 24 months (range, 1-84 months). Of the 482 primarily enucleated eyes, 184 (38.2%) were classified as high-risk histopathologic features, including 148 (30.7%) with post lamina cribrosa invasion, 15 (3.1%) with optic nerve transection invasion, 66 (13.7%) with massive choroidal invasion, 35 (7.3%) with anterior segment invasion, and 5 (1.0%) with extraocular invasion. NVI was detected in 257 (53.3%) cases and there was a significant relation between high-risk histopathologic features and NVI. The rate of high-risk histopathologic features was significantly higher in the NVI positive group (123 cases, 47.9%) than the NVI negative group (61 cases, 27.1%) (χ(2)=21.883, P=0.001). The rate of post lamina cribrosa invasion was significantly higher in the NVI positive group (110 cases, 42.8%) than the NVI negative group (38 cases, 16.9%) (χ(2)=37.860, P=0.001). Conclusions: In this large sample of patients, about 1/3 of retinoblastoma eyes has high-risk histopathologic features. The NVI positive retinoblastoma is more likely to have high-risk histopathologic features or post lamina cribrosa invasion than the NVI negative retinoblastoma. (Chin J Ophthalmol, 2018, 54: 782-786).
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- X L Xu
- Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University; Beijing Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Key Laboratory, Beijing Key Laboratory of Intraocular Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment, Beijing 100005, China
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Gao F, Xu F. Reduced expression of miR-564 is associated with worse prognosis in patients with osteosarcoma. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2018; 22:5851-5856. [PMID: 30280765 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201809_15912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE MiR-564 has been reported to be involved in the development of several types of cancers. However, its clinical significance in osteosarcoma (OS) has not been investigated. We aimed to explore the prognostic value of miR-564 in OS patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS Quantitative RT-PCR assay was used to detect the expression levels of miR-564 in OS tissues and matched normal bone tissues. The correlation between miR-564 expression and clinicopathological features was analyzed by Pearson's χ2-test. The disease-free survival and overall survival rates of OS patients were calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method. Cox regression analysis was used to assess factors related to survival. RESULTS We observed that the level of miR-564 was significantly reduced in OS tissues compared with that in the paired noncancerous bone tissues (p < 0.01). In addition, low miR-564 expression was found to be closely correlated with advanced clinical stage (p = 0.000) and distant metastasis (p = 0.003). Furthermore, survival analyses showed that patients with low expression of miR-564 had a shorter overall survival (p = 0.001) and disease-free survival (p = 0.001) than those with high expression of miR-564. Finally, we showed that miR-564 was an independent poor prognostic factor for both 5-year overall survival (p = 0.001) and 5-year disease-free survival (p = 0.001) through multivariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS Overall, our data for the first time suggest that downregulated miR-564 may be used as a novel prognosis predictor of OS.
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- F Gao
- Department of Orthopedics, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
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Liu Y, Wang M, Ji R, Cang L, Gao F, Shi Y. Differentiation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma from inflammatory mass: added value of magnetic resonance elastography. Clin Radiol 2018; 73:865-872. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2018.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Aprile E, Aalbers J, Agostini F, Alfonsi M, Althueser L, Amaro FD, Anthony M, Arneodo F, Baudis L, Bauermeister B, Benabderrahmane ML, Berger T, Breur PA, Brown A, Brown A, Brown E, Bruenner S, Bruno G, Budnik R, Capelli C, Cardoso JMR, Cichon D, Coderre D, Colijn AP, Conrad J, Cussonneau JP, Decowski MP, de Perio P, Di Gangi P, Di Giovanni A, Diglio S, Elykov A, Eurin G, Fei J, Ferella AD, Fieguth A, Fulgione W, Gallo Rosso A, Galloway M, Gao F, Garbini M, Geis C, Grandi L, Greene Z, Qiu H, Hasterok C, Hogenbirk E, Howlett J, Itay R, Joerg F, Kaminsky B, Kazama S, Kish A, Koltman G, Landsman H, Lang RF, Levinson L, Lin Q, Lindemann S, Lindner M, Lombardi F, Lopes JAM, Mahlstedt J, Manfredini A, Marrodán Undagoitia T, Masbou J, Masson D, Messina M, Micheneau K, Miller K, Molinario A, Morå K, Murra M, Naganoma J, Ni K, Oberlack U, Pelssers B, Piastra F, Pienaar J, Pizzella V, Plante G, Podviianiuk R, Priel N, Ramírez García D, Rauch L, Reichard S, Reuter C, Riedel B, Rizzo A, Rocchetti A, Rupp N, Dos Santos JMF, Sartorelli G, Scheibelhut M, Schindler S, Schreiner J, Schulte D, Schumann M, Scotto Lavina L, Selvi M, Shagin P, Shockley E, Silva M, Simgen H, Thers D, Toschi F, Trinchero G, Tunnell C, Upole N, Vargas M, Wack O, Wang H, Wang Z, Wei Y, Weinheimer C, Wittweg C, Wulf J, Ye J, Zhang Y, Zhu T. Dark Matter Search Results from a One Ton-Year Exposure of XENON1T. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:111302. [PMID: 30265108 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.111302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Revised: 08/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We report on a search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using 278.8 days of data collected with the XENON1T experiment at LNGS. XENON1T utilizes a liquid xenon time projection chamber with a fiducial mass of (1.30±0.01) ton, resulting in a 1.0 ton yr exposure. The energy region of interest, [1.4,10.6] keV_{ee} ([4.9,40.9] keV_{nr}), exhibits an ultralow electron recoil background rate of [82_{-3}^{+5}(syst)±3(stat)] events/(ton yr keV_{ee}). No significant excess over background is found, and a profile likelihood analysis parametrized in spatial and energy dimensions excludes new parameter space for the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent elastic scatter cross section for WIMP masses above 6 GeV/c^{2}, with a minimum of 4.1×10^{-47} cm^{2} at 30 GeV/c^{2} and a 90% confidence level.
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- E Aprile
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Institut für Physik & Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box 129188,Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box 129188,Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box 129188,Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box 129188,Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN-Torino and Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Institut für Physik & Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics & Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box 129188,Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Department of Physics & Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
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- Institut für Physik & Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics & Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Physics & Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Institut für Physik & Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Physik & Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- LPNHE, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75252, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Physics & Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- INFN-Torino and Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Physics & Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics & Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physics & Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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Frankling CC, Yeung J, Dark P, Gao F. I spy with my little eye something beginning with S: spotting sepsis. Br J Anaesth 2018; 117:279-81. [PMID: 27543521 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- C C Frankling
- Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Academic Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care, Pain and Resuscitation, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK
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- Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, Greater Manchester M6 8HD, UK
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- Academic Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care, Pain and Resuscitation, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK
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Sun YL, Gao F, Gao P, Jin L, Li C, Hua YQ, Li M. [Diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced CT scans in identifying lung adenocarcinomas manifesting as ground glass nodules]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2018; 40:534-538. [PMID: 30060363 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3766.2018.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the value of contrast-enhanced CT scans in differential diagnosis of atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (AAH), adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS), minimal invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA) and invasive adenocarcinoma (IAC) in patients who manifested as ground glass nodules (GGNs) or mixed GGNs (mGGNs) in unenhanced CT imaging. Methods: The unenhanced and enhanced CT images of 194 patients with GGNs in the lung were retrospectively analyzed, including 64 cases with pre-invasive lesions, 80 cases with MIA, and 50 cases with IAC. The prediction of pathological types was based on maximal diameters and the solid portions of the lesions displayed on unenhanced and enhanced CT images, and then compared with pathological diagnosis. Results: In 64 patients with pre-invasive lesions, the CT value increased in 59 cases after contrast-enhanced administration, whereas the solid portions increased in 5 cases. In the 80 patients with MIA, solid portions increased in 50 cases and the CT value increased in 30 cases after contrast administration. In 50 cases with IAC, almost all of them showed increased solid portions, whereas only 2 cases showed an increase of CT values. In the pre-invasive group and the MIA group, the increase of CT values after contrast administration was (45.88±15.97) HU and (66.47±44.54) HU, respectively, showing statistically significant difference (P=0.001). The increase of solid portions in the MIA group and IAC group was (1.55±0.73) mm and (1.88±0.75) mm, respectively, also showing significant difference (P=0.032). Conclusion: Contrast-enhanced CT scans were more useful than unenhanced CT scans for the diagnosis of lung adenocarcinomas manifesting as GGNs .
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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Yu LL, Gao T, Zhao MM, Lv PA, Zhang L, Li JL, Jiang Y, Gao F, Zhou GH. In ovo feeding of L-arginine alters energy metabolism in post-hatch broilers. Poult Sci 2018; 97:140-148. [PMID: 29077951 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pex272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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This study aimed to investigate the effects of in ovo feeding (IOF) of L-arginine (Arg) on energy metabolism in post-hatch broilers. A total of 720 eggs was randomly assigned to 3 treatments: 1) non-injected control group, 2) 0.75% NaCl diluent-injected control group, and 3) 1.0% Arg solution-injected group. At 17.5 d of incubation, 0.6 mL of each solution was injected into the amniotic fluid of each egg of injected groups. After hatching, 80 male chicks were randomly assigned to each treatment group with 8 replicates per group. The results showed that IOF of Arg increased glycogen and glucose concentrations in the liver and pectoral muscle of broilers at hatch (P < 0.05). The plasma glucose and insulin levels were higher in the Arg group than in the non-injected and diluent-injected control groups (P < 0.05). Meanwhile, IOF of Arg enhanced the hepatic glucose-6-phosphatase (G6P) activity at hatch (P < 0.05). There was no difference in hexokinase (HK) or phosphofructokinase (PFK) enzyme activities in the pectoral muscle in all groups. Further, IOF of Arg increased the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) and fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBP) mRNA expressions at hatch (P < 0.05). In addition, broilers in the Arg group had a higher mRNA expression of glycogen synthase and a lower expression of glycogen phosphorylase in the liver and pectoral muscles than in the non-injected controls at hatch (P < 0.05). In conclusion, IOF of Arg solution enhanced liver and pectoral muscle energy reserves at hatch, which might be considered as an effective strategy for regulating early energy metabolism in broilers.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
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- Ginling College, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R. China
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Peyronnet B, Gao F, Brochard C, Oger E, Scailteux L, Alimi Q, Khene Z, Jezequel M, Olivari-Philiponnet C, Ménard H, Kerdraon J, Senal N, Gamé X, Siproudhis L, Manunta A. Urological disorders are still the leading cause of death in patients with spinal dysraphism. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Jie F, Zafar M, Xu L, Shafqat R, Gao F. SENSITIVITY OF FOUR SIMPLE METHODS TO SCREEN CHINESE PATIENTS FOR DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY. Acta Endocrinol (Buchar) 2018; 14:410-415. [PMID: 31149292 PMCID: PMC6525770 DOI: 10.4183/aeb.2018.410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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CONTEXT Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a common complication associated with long-term type 2 diabetes mellitus, although early diagnosis can improve prognosis. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to develop a simple protocol for early diagnosis of DPN in Chinese type 2 diabetic patients. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 209 type 2 diabetic patients were included; these patients were categorized as symptomatic and asymptomatic group based on their symptoms. Clinical data of these patients were recorded and they were screened for DPN by vibration perception threshold test (VPT), 10-G nylon monofilament test, temperature identification, and the tendon reflex test. RESULTS The total combined rate of patients who were tested positive for DPN with all four screening methods was 68.7%. Patients tested positive for DPN were significantly older and had a longer disease duration than those who were tested negative (p<0.01); however, glycated hemoglobin levels, presence of hypertension, and gender did not differ significantly between them (p>0.05). Among screening methods, the highest positive rate observed among patients screened with the VPT test was 63.64% as compared to other tests. The total positive rate for temperature discrimination, 10-G monofilament and tendon reflex test were 26.79%, 11.96 % and 17.22 % respectively. In asymptomatic group VPT showed the highest positive rate for DPN (48.41%). CONCLUSIONS The combination of four simple methods can improve the detection rate of DPN and identify subclinical cases. Abnormal vibration perception was the most common feature of DPN and it was associated with both disease duration and the age of the patient.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
- Department of Intensive Care Unit, Wuhan Third Hospital, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, Wuhan Third Hospital, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
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Tian H, Wang L, Gao F, Liang W, Peng KA. Cochlear implantation using a custom guide catheter in 14 patients with incomplete partition type III. Clin Otolaryngol 2018; 43:1379-1383. [PMID: 29788544 DOI: 10.1111/coa.13146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- House Clinic, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Bahn J, Gao F, Li X, Zimmerman S, Chen K, Zhao C, Maneval D, Thompson C. PO-264 Preclinical studies with pegvorhyaluronidase alfa (PEGPH20) in combination with FOLFIRINOX (FFX) chemotherapy in models of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. ESMO Open 2018. [DOI: 10.1136/esmoopen-2018-eacr25.779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Cui XX, Fan Q, Shi SJ, Wen WH, Chen DF, Guo HT, Xu YT, Gao F, Nie RZ, Ford HD, Tang GH, Hou CQ, Peng B. A novel near-infrared nanomaterial with high quantum efficiency and its applications in real time in vivo imaging. Nanotechnology 2018; 29:205705. [PMID: 29488904 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aab2fa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Fluorescence imaging signal is severely limited by the quantum efficiency and emission wavelength. To overcome these challenges, novel NIR-emitting K5NdLi2F10 nanoparticles under NIR excitation was introduced as fluorescence imaging probe for the first time. The photostability of K5NdLi2F10 nanoparticles in the water, phosphate buffer saline, fetal bovine serum and living mice was investigated. The fluorescence signal was detected with depths of 3.5 and 2.0 cm in phantom and pork tissue, respectively. Fluorescence spectrum with a significant signal-to-background ratio of 10:1 was captured in living mice. Moreover, clear NIR images were virtualized for the living mice after intravenous injection. The imaging ability of nanoparticles in tumor-beard mice were evaluated, the enrichment of K5NdLi2F10 nanoparticles in tumor site due to the enhanced permeability and retention effect was confirmed. The systematic studies of toxicity, bio-distribution and in-vivo dynamic imaging suggest that these materials give high biocompatibility and low toxicity. These NIR-emitting nanoparticles with high quantum efficiency, high penetration and low toxicity might facilitate tumor identification in deep tissues more sensitively.
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- State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) Xi'an Shaanxi, 710119, People's Republic of China
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Karlskov-Mortensen P, Proschowsky HF, Gao F, Fredholm M. Identification of the mutation causing progressive retinal atrophy in Old Danish Pointing Dog. Anim Genet 2018; 49:237-241. [DOI: 10.1111/age.12659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- P. Karlskov-Mortensen
- Animal Genetics, Bioinformatics & Breeding; Department of Veterinary & Animal Sciences; Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences; University of Copenhagen; Grønnegårdsvej 3 DK-1870 Frederiksberg C Denmark
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- Agricultural Genomes Institute at Shenzhen; Chinese Agricultural Academy of Sciences; Shenzhen China
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- Animal Genetics, Bioinformatics & Breeding; Department of Veterinary & Animal Sciences; Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences; University of Copenhagen; Grønnegårdsvej 3 DK-1870 Frederiksberg C Denmark
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Frankling CC, Finfer S, Lissauer D, Perner A, Patel JM, Gao F. The dark ages of maternal sepsis: time to be enlightened. Br J Anaesth 2018; 120:626-628. [PMID: 29576104 DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2017.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Revised: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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- C C Frankling
- College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- The George Institute for Global Health and University of New South Wales, Newtown, Australia
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- College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Intensive Care, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
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Guo W, Li D, He R, Wu M, Chen W, Gao F, Zhang Z, Yao Y, Yu L, Chen S. Synthesizing value-added products from methane by a new Methylomonas. J Appl Microbiol 2018; 123:1214-1227. [PMID: 28888065 DOI: 10.1111/jam.13581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Revised: 07/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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AIMS Methane and methanol are potential carbon sources of industrial micro-organisms in addition to crop-derived bio-carbon sources. Methanotrophs that can utilize these simple, stable and large amounts chemicals are expected to be developed into 'cell factories' for the production of specific chemicals. In this study, a methanotroph that can synthesize lycopene, C30 carotenoid and exopolysaccharides (EPS) with relative better performances from C1 substrates was isolated, and its performances were evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS The isolated strain was identified as Methylomonas sp. ZR1 based on 16S rRNA sequence analysis. Its maximum specific growth rate achieved 0·200 h-1 under flask culture conditions, and 0·386 h-1 in bubble column reactors. ZR1 was able to utilize 35 g l-1 of methanol and even exhibited slight growth in the presence of 40 g l-1 of methanol. Furthermore, ZR1 was proved to synthesize lycopene (C40 carotenoids) besides the C30 carotenoids through HPLC-DAD and HPLC-MS/MS analysis methods. Its carotenoid extracts exhibited excellent antioxidative activities measured by the ABTS+ method. Plenty of polysaccharides were also synthesized by ZR1, the components of the polysaccharides were identified as glucose, mannose and galactose with a proportion of 1 : 2 : 1 by GC-MS, and its yield achieved 0·13 g g-1 cell dry weight. CONCLUSIONS The isolated strain has great potential for the production of value-added bioproducts from C1 compounds because of its excellent C1 substrate utilizing abilities and its abilities to naturally synthesize lycopene, C30 carotenoids and EPS. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY In this study, we isolated a fast-growing methanotroph, its C1 carbon substrate utilizing ability is excellent in comparison with reported methanotrophs. Furthermore, besides polysaccharides and C30 carotenoids which were commonly synthesized by methanotrophs, our findings suggested that C40 lycopene could also be naturally synthesized from methane by methanotrophs.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Industrial Biological Systems and Bioprocessing Engineering, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Science, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Industrial Biological Systems and Bioprocessing Engineering, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Science, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Industrial Biological Systems and Bioprocessing Engineering, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Science, Tianjin, China
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- Food and Environmental Department, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Industrial Biological Systems and Bioprocessing Engineering, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Science, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Industrial Biological Systems and Bioprocessing Engineering, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Science, Tianjin, China
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- Technology Support Center, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Science, Tianjin, China
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- Technology Support Center, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Science, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Industrial Biological Systems and Bioprocessing Engineering, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Science, Tianjin, China
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Li JL, Zhang L, Yang ZY, Zhang ZY, Jiang Y, Gao F, Zhou GH. Effects of Different Selenium Sources on Growth Performance, Antioxidant Capacity and Meat Quality of Local Chinese Subei Chickens. Biol Trace Elem Res 2018; 181:340-346. [PMID: 28516388 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-017-1049-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Despite increasing evidence indicating the essential involvement of selenium (Se) on growth performance, antioxidant capacity, and meat quality of commercial broilers, the effects of different Se sources on local Chinese Subei chickens is unclear. A total of 360 50-day-old male chickens were individually weighed and randomly allocated to four treatment groups. Chickens in each of the four groups were fed diets supplemented with 0.3 mg Se/kg as sodium Se (SS), Se-enriched yeast (SY), selenomethionine (Met-Se), or nano red element Se (Nano-Se) for 40 days. At the end of the experiment, one bird of approximately average weight from each cage was selected and slaughtered, and blood and breast muscles samples were collected. The results showed that there was no significant difference in feed intake, body weight gain, or feed to gain ratio among treatments (P > 0.05). Dietary SY, Met-Se, and Nano-Se supplementation increased the activity of glutathione peroxidase in serum and breast muscles and decreased the concentration of malondialdehyde in serum and carbonyl in breast muscles compared with the SS group (P < 0.05). Moreover, SY, Met-Se, and Nano-Se supplementation increased pH45min, total protein solubility, and myofibrillar protein solubility, as well as decreased the shear force value compared with the SS group (P < 0.05). In addition, birds in the SY and Met-Se groups exhibited lower cooking loss compared with the SS group (P < 0.05). In conclusion, organic Se and Nano-Se supplementation resulted in an improvement of antioxidant capacity and meat quality in local Chinese Subei chickens relative to inorganic Se.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- Ginling College, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210024, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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Ouyang YF, Chen HM, Tao XM, Gao F, Peng Q, Du Y. A first-principles study of the structural, mechanical and electronic properties of precipitates of Al 2Cu in Al-Cu alloys. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:967-976. [PMID: 29231939 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp06757g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The properties of precipitates are important in understanding the strengthening mechanism via precipitation during heat treatment and the aging process in Al-Cu based alloys, where the formation of precipitates is sensitive to temperature and pressure. Here we report a first-principles investigation of the effect of temperature and pressure on the structural stability, elastic constants and formation free energy for precipitates of Al2Cu, as well as their mechanical properties. Based on the formation enthalpy of Guinier-Preston (GP(I)) zones, the size of the GP(I) zone is predicted to be about 1.4 nm in diameter, which is in good agreement with experimental observations. The formation enthalpies of the precipitates are all negative, suggesting that they are all thermodynamically stable. The present calculations reveal that entropy plays an important role in stabilizing θ-Al2Cu compared with θC'-Al2Cu. The formation free energies of θ''-Al3Cu, θC'-Al2Cu, θD'-Al5Cu3 and θt'-Al11Cu7 increase with temperature, while those of θ'-Al2Cu, θO'-Al2Cu and θ-Al2Cu decrease. The same trend is observed with the effect of pressure. The calculated elastic constants for the considered precipitation phases indicate that they are all mechanically stable and anisotropic, except θC'-Al2Cu. θD'-Al5Cu3 has the highest Vicker's hardness. The electronic structures are also calculated to gain insight into the bonding characteristics. The present results can help in understanding the formation of precipitates by different treatment processes.
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory for Relativistic Astrocphysics, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Novel Energy Materials and Related Technology, Guangxi Novel Battery Materials Research Center of Engineering Technology, College of Physical Science & Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China.
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Gao F, Han L, Yang Z, Xu L, Liu X. Technical note: Characterization of lipid constitution in Fourier transform infrared spectra and spectroscopic discrimination of animal-derived feedstuffs from different species. J Anim Sci 2018; 95:2794-2800. [PMID: 28727045 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2016.1332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The objective of the current work was to assess the capability of Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy in combination with chemometric methods to discriminate animal-derived feedstuffs from different origins based on the lipid characteristics. A total of 82 lipid samples extracted from animal-derived feedstuffs, comprising porcine, poultry, bovine, ovine, and fish samples, were investigated by gas chromatography and FT-IR. The relationship between the lipid constitutions and the responding FT-IR spectral characteristics were explored. Results indicated that high correlations ( > 0.900) were found between the contents of MUFA and PUFA and FT-IR spectral data. In addition, the peak intensity at about 1,116 and 1,098 cm-1 showed a significant difference ( < 0.05) between ruminant and nonruminant animals; the change of peak ratio (1,116:1,098) was proved consistent with the degree of unsaturation of lipid from different animal species. Successful discrimination was further achieved among porcine, poultry, bovine, and ovine meat and bone meal (MBM) and fishmeal based on lipid characteristics by applying the FT-IR spectra coupled with chemometrics, for which the values of sensitivity and specificity were close to 1 and classification error were almost equal to 0.
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Zhou XJ, Dong Q, Zhu CZ, Chen X, Wei B, Duan YH, Zhao J, Hao XW, Zhang H, Nie P, Hu B, Xu WJ, Shen RW, Chen ZH, Dong KR, Bai YZ, Shu Q, Luo WJ, Gao F, Xia N, Yu QY. [The role and significance of digital reconstruction technique in liver segments based on portal vein structure]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2018; 56:61-67. [PMID: 29325356 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5815.2018.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To study the segment of liver according to the large amount of three-dimensional(3D) reconstructive images of normal human livers and the vascular system, and to recognize the basic functional liver unit based on the anatomic features of the intrahepatic portal veins. Methods: The enhanced CT primitive DICOM files of 1 260 normal human livers from different age groups who treated from October 2013 to February 2017 provided by 16 hospitals were analyzed using the computer-aided surgery system.The 3D liver and liver vascular system were reconstructed, and the digital liver 3D model was established.The vascular morphology, anatomical features, and anatomical distributions of intrahepatic portal veins were statistically analyzed. Results: The digital liver model obtained from the 3D reconstruction of CAS displayed clear intrahepatic portal vein vessels of level four.Perform a digital liver segments study based on the analysis of level four vascular distribution areas.As the less anatomical variation of left hepatic portal vein, the liver was classified into four types of liver segmentation mainly based on right hepatic portal vein.Type A was similar to Couinaud or Cho's segmentation, containing 8 segments(537 cases, 42.62%). Type B contained 9 segments as there are three ramifications of right-anterior portal vein(464 cases, 36.82%). The main difference for Type C was the variation of right-posterior portal vein which was sector shape(102 cases, 8.10%). Type D contained the cases with special portal vein variations, which needs three-dimensional simulation to design individualized liver resection plan(157 cases, 12.46%). These results showed that there was no significant difference in liver segmental typing between genders(χ(2)=2.179, P=0.536) and did not reveal any significant difference in liver segmental typing among the different age groups(χ(2)=0.357, P=0.949). Conclusions: The 3D digital liver model can demonstrate the true 3D anatomical structures, and its spatial vascular variations.The observation of anatomic features, distribution areas of intrahepatic portal veins and individualized liver segmentation achieved via digital medical 3D visualization technology is of great value for understand the complexity of liver anatomy and to guide the precise hepatectomy.
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China
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Mei F, Zhao TT, Gao F, Zheng J. [A rare pulmonary benign bi-phasic tumor: a case report of pulmonary adenofibroma and literature review]. Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 2017; 49:1076-1080. [PMID: 29263485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Pulmonary adenofibroma is an extremely rare benign primary tumor of the lung, with characteristic bi-phasic differential pattern. They are usually sub-pleural solid pulmonary nodules with clear margins. The tumor is composed of glands and peri-gland stroma. The glands are often quite simple, forming long and narrow tubules, with uniformly monolayer lining cells. Combined papillary or phyllodes structures were reported in some cases. The stromal cells are spindle-shaped and look mild, mixed with the collagen bands. Up till now, only a few cases of pulmonary adenofibroma have been reported all over the world. And because of the limited recognition, this tumor is easily misinterpreted as malignancy in frozen section or biopsy specimens. We reported a new case of pulmonary adenofibroma. The mass peripherally located in the left lobe of the lung, found by chance in a 74-year-old woman. The patient underwent a wedge resection of the left lung by the thoracoscope, because of the slowly gradual enlargement of the mass annually. An oval grayish-white nodule was sub-pleural located in the specimen, with solid and rubbery texture, but without a distinct capsule. Two distinct components of simple glands and mild spindle cell stroma were found to mix together uniformly under the microscope. Collagen bands of various widths evenly surrounded each stromal cell. A few small coarse papillae or phyllodes structures were randomly distributed in some area. The immunohistochemical staining pattern of the glandular cells was accordant with typeIIalveolar epithelium. Stromal cells were positive with CD34, B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2), CD99 and estrogen receptor (ER), while S-100, smooth muscle actin (SMA) and all the mesothe-lium markers were negative. The patient was disease free after the surgery, although the follow-up time was only one year. Besides the new case above, we also reviewed all the reported cases, and tentatively discussed the probable histological origin of pulmonary adenofibroma.
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100191, China; Department of Pathology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China; Department of Pathology, Beijing Huairou Hospital, Beijing 101400, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100191, China; Department of Pathology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100191, China; Department of Pathology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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Gao T, Zhao M, Zhang L, Li J, Yu L, Lv P, Gao F, Zhou G. Effect of in ovo feeding of l-arginine on the hatchability, growth performance, gastrointestinal hormones, and jejunal digestive and absorptive capacity of posthatch broilers. J Anim Sci 2017; 95:3079-3092. [PMID: 28727112 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2016.0465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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This study was conducted to investigate the effects of in ovo feeding (IOF) of Arg solution on the hatchability, growth performance, gastrointestinal hormones, serum AA, activities of digestive enzymes, and mRNA expressions of sensing receptors and nutrient transporters in the jejunum of posthatch broilers. One thousand two hundred embryonated eggs with similar weight were randomly allocated to 5 groups consisting of 8 replicates of 40 eggs each. The 5 treatments were arranged as a noninjected control, a diluent-injected (0.75% NaCl solution) group, and Arg solution-injected groups with 0.5%, 1.0%, and 2.0% Arg, all dissolved in diluent. At 17.5 d of incubation, 0.6 mL of IOF solution was injected into the amniotic fluid of each egg of the injected groups. Results showed the hatchability of the 2% Arg group was lower (linear, = 0.025) than that of the other groups, and the BW of 21-d-old broilers increased (linear, = 0.008; quadratic, = 0.003) with increasing IOF concentration of Arg. The ADFI (linear, = 0.005; quadratic, = 0.001) and ADG (linear, = 0.010; quadratic, = 0.004) increased during d 1 to 21 with increasing IOF concentration of Arg. For 7- and 21-d-old broilers, the weights of digestive organs increased (linear, < 0.05) with increasing IOF concentrations of Arg; the greatest values were observed in the 1% Arg group. For 21-d-old broilers, IOF of the 1% Arg solution increased ( < 0.05) the concentrations of ghrelin and glucagon-like peptide 2; the activities of digestive enzymes, alkaline phosphatase, maltase, and sucrase in the jejunum; and the concentrations of serum AA of Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Arg, and Pro compared with those of the noninjected control and diluent-injected group. In ovo feeding of the 1% Arg solution also increased ( < 0.05) the mRNA expressions of jejunal sensing receptors of taste receptor type 1 members 1 and 3; the G protein-coupled receptor, class C, group 6, subtype A; nutrient transporters of solute carrier family 7, members 4, 6, and 7; sodium-glucose transporter 1; and fatty acid-binding protein 1. In conclusion, the 1% Arg solution was the appropriate injection level. In ovo feeding of the 1% Arg solution did not affect the hatchability but facilitated the release of gastrointestinal hormones, increasing the digestive and absorptive capacity and finally improving the growth performance of 21-d-old broilers. Therefore, IOF of the appropriate Arg solution could be an effective technology for regulating early nutrition supply and subsequent growth development in the poultry industry.
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Zhao M, Gong D, Gao T, Zhang L, Li J, Lv P, Yu L, Gao F, Zhou G. In ovo feeding of creatine pyruvate increases hatching weight, growth performance, and muscle growth but has no effect on meat quality in broiler chickens. Livest Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2017.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Gao N, Chen J, Kurtz RJ, Wang ZG, Zhang RF, Gao F. New understanding of nano-scale interstitial dislocation loops in BCC iron. J Phys Condens Matter 2017; 29:455301. [PMID: 28872056 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa8a47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Complex states of nanoscale interstitial dislocation loop can be described by its habit plane and Burgers vector. Using atomistic simulations, we provide direct evidences on the change of the habit plane of a 1/2〈1 1 1〉 loop from {1 1 1} to {1 1 0} and {2 1 1}, in agreement with TEM observations. A new {1 0 0} habit plane of this loop is also predicted by simulations. The non-conservation of the Burgers vector is approved theoretically for: (1) dislocation reactions between loops with different Burgers vectors and (2) the transition between 〈1 0 0〉 loops and 1/2〈1 1 1〉 loops. The rotation from a 1/2〈1 1 1〉 to a 〈1 0 0〉 loop has also been explored, which occurs at 570 K for time on the order of 10 s. The dislocation-precipitate phase duality and change of habit plane are then proposed as new features for nano-scale dislocation loops.
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- N Gao
- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73000 LanZhou, People's Republic of China
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Aprile E, Aalbers J, Agostini F, Alfonsi M, Amaro FD, Anthony M, Arneodo F, Barrow P, Baudis L, Bauermeister B, Benabderrahmane ML, Berger T, Breur PA, Brown A, Brown A, Brown E, Bruenner S, Bruno G, Budnik R, Bütikofer L, Calvén J, Cardoso JMR, Cervantes M, Cichon D, Coderre D, Colijn AP, Conrad J, Cussonneau JP, Decowski MP, de Perio P, Di Gangi P, Di Giovanni A, Diglio S, Eurin G, Fei J, Ferella AD, Fieguth A, Fulgione W, Gallo Rosso A, Galloway M, Gao F, Garbini M, Gardner R, Geis C, Goetzke LW, Grandi L, Greene Z, Grignon C, Hasterok C, Hogenbirk E, Howlett J, Itay R, Kaminsky B, Kazama S, Kessler G, Kish A, Landsman H, Lang RF, Lellouch D, Levinson L, Lin Q, Lindemann S, Lindner M, Lombardi F, Lopes JAM, Manfredini A, Mariş I, Marrodán Undagoitia T, Masbou J, Massoli FV, Masson D, Mayani D, Messina M, Micheneau K, Molinario A, Morå K, Murra M, Naganoma J, Ni K, Oberlack U, Pakarha P, Pelssers B, Persiani R, Piastra F, Pienaar J, Pizzella V, Piro MC, Plante G, Priel N, Rauch L, Reichard S, Reuter C, Riedel B, Rizzo A, Rosendahl S, Rupp N, Saldanha R, Dos Santos JMF, Sartorelli G, Scheibelhut M, Schindler S, Schreiner J, Schumann M, Scotto Lavina L, Selvi M, Shagin P, Shockley E, Silva M, Simgen H, Sivers MV, Stein A, Thapa S, Thers D, Tiseni A, Trinchero G, Tunnell C, Vargas M, Upole N, Wang H, Wang Z, Wei Y, Weinheimer C, Wulf J, Ye J, Zhang Y, Zhu T. First Dark Matter Search Results from the XENON1T Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 119:181301. [PMID: 29219593 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.181301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We report the first dark matter search results from XENON1T, a ∼2000-kg-target-mass dual-phase (liquid-gas) xenon time projection chamber in operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy and the first ton-scale detector of this kind. The blinded search used 34.2 live days of data acquired between November 2016 and January 2017. Inside the (1042±12)-kg fiducial mass and in the [5,40] keV_{nr} energy range of interest for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter searches, the electronic recoil background was (1.93±0.25)×10^{-4} events/(kg×day×keV_{ee}), the lowest ever achieved in such a dark matter detector. A profile likelihood analysis shows that the data are consistent with the background-only hypothesis. We derive the most stringent exclusion limits on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon interaction cross section for WIMP masses above 10 GeV/c^{2}, with a minimum of 7.7×10^{-47} cm^{2} for 35-GeV/c^{2} WIMPs at 90% C.L.
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- E Aprile
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN-Torino and Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Physik and Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- LPNHE, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75252, France
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- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Physics & Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- INFN-Torino and Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Physics & Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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Li YJ, Gao T, Li JL, Zhang L, Gao F, Zhou GH. Effects of dietary starch types on early postmortem muscle energy metabolism in finishing pigs. Meat Sci 2017; 133:204-209. [PMID: 28734229 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2017.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Revised: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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This study aimed to investigate the effects of different dietary starch types on early postmortem muscle energy metabolism in finishing pigs. Ninety barrows (68.0±2.0kg) were randomly allotted to three experimental diets with five replicates of six pigs, containing pure waxy maize starch (WMS), nonwaxy maize starch (NMS), and pea starch (PS) (amylose/amylopectin were 0.07, 0.19 and 0.28 respectively). Compared with the WMS diet, pigs fed the PS diet exhibited greater creatine kinase activity, higher adenosine triphosphate and adenosine diphosphate contents, lower phosphocreatine (PCr), adenosine monophosphate and glycogen contents, and lower glycolytic potential (P<0.05). Moreover, the PS diet led to reduced percentage of bound hexokinase activity, decreased level of phosphorylated AKT (P<0.05) and increased level of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (P<0.05). In conclusion, diet with high amylose content might promote PCr degradation and inhibit the rate of glycolysis, followed by attenuation of early postmortem glycolysis in finishing pigs.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1 Weigang, Xuanwu District, Nanjing 210095, PR China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Jiangxi Agricultural University, No.1101 Zhimin Road, Economic and Technological Development District, Nanchang 330045, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1 Weigang, Xuanwu District, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1 Weigang, Xuanwu District, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1 Weigang, Xuanwu District, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1 Weigang, Xuanwu District, Nanjing 210095, PR China.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1 Weigang, Xuanwu District, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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Hascoet J, Gao F, Brochard C, Oger E, Kerdraon J, Senal N, Gamé X, Spiroudhis L, Manunta A, Peyronnet B. Les pathologies urologiques restent la première cause de décès chez les patients spina bifida. Prog Urol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2017.07.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Shou T, Wu X, Shang Y, Gao F, Wang W, Zhang Z, Wang B, Wang Y, Shi J, Yao M, Wang A, Wang K. P3.07-009 PI3K/mTOR Pathway Alterations May Mediate PD-1/PD-L1 Blockade Resistance in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.09.1700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Goldsmith SR, Slade M, DiPersio JF, Westervelt P, Schroeder MA, Gao F, Romee R. Donor-lymphocyte infusion following haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation with peripheral blood stem cell grafts and PTCy. Bone Marrow Transplant 2017; 52:1623-1628. [PMID: 29035393 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2017.193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Donor-lymphocyte infusion (DLI) for relapse following haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation (haploHCT) with post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) has been described in recipients of bone marrow grafts, but not recipients of G-CSF mobilized peripheral blood (PB) grafts. We retrospectively identified patients who underwent DLI following PB-haploHCT with PTCy for relapse, or loss of chimerism (LOC). Twelve patients (57%) received DLI for hematologic relapse/persistent disease, seven (33%) for extramedullary relapse and two (10%) for LOC. Sixteen (76%) received chemotherapy prior to DLI, which did not correlate with response. The most common first dose was 1 × 106 CD3+ cells/kg. Two patients developed grade I aGvHD post DLI, one had grade II and two had grade III. One developed mild skin cGvHD 1361 days post DLI. Pre-DLI aGvHD predicted post-DLI aGvHD (P=0.025). Six patients achieved CR after DLI for overt relapse, one achieved full donor chimerism after LOC. Patients with LOC or EM relapse had superior relapse-free survival following DLI (P=0.029). DLI following PB-haploHCT with PTCy is a viable salvage therapy for overt relapse or LOC without a substantial increase in GvHD, and donor lymphocytes may be collected simultaneously with graft collection to facilitate availability in patients at high risk of relapse.
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation and Leukemia Program, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation and Leukemia Program, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation and Leukemia Program, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation and Leukemia Program, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation and Leukemia Program, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation and Leukemia Program, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Zhao MM, Gong DQ, Gao T, Zhang L, Li JL, Lv PA, Yu LL, Gao F, Zhou GH. In ovo feeding of creatine pyruvate modulates growth performance, energy reserves and mRNA expression levels of gluconeogenesis and glycogenesis enzymes in liver of embryos and neonatal broilers. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2017; 102:e758-e767. [DOI: 10.1111/jpn.12831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- M. M. Zhao
- College of Animal Science and Technology; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- College of Animal Science and Technology; Yangzhou University; Yangzhou China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Yangzhou University; Yangzhou China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
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Li Z, Wang J, Gao F, Zhang J, Tian H, Shi X, Lian C, Sun Y, Li W, Xu JY, Li P, Zhang J, Gao Z, Xu J, Wang F, Lu L, Xu GT. Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Delay Retinal Degeneration in Royal College of Surgeons Rats Through Anti-Apoptotic and VEGF-Mediated Neuroprotective Effects. Curr Mol Med 2017; 16:553-66. [PMID: 27280496 DOI: 10.2174/1566524016666160607090538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2016] [Revised: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 05/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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UNLABELLED Stem cell therapy is a promising therapeutic approach for retinal degeneration (RD). Our study investigated the effects of human adipose derived stem cell (hADSCs) on Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) rats. METHODS Green fluorescent protein (GFP)-labeled hADSCs were transplanted subretinally into RCS rats at postnatal (PN) 21 days to explore potential therapeutic effects, while adeno-associated viral vector (AAV2)-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and siVEGF-hADSCs were used to aid the mechanistic dissections. Visual function was evaluated by Electroretinogram (ERG) recording. Potential transdifferentiations were examined by Immunofluorescence (IF) and gene expressions were analyzed by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Apoptotic retinal cells were detected by Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase dUTP Nick End Labeling (TUNEL) assay and the cytokines secreted by hADSCs were measured by Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). RESULTS The visual function of RCS rats began to decrease one week after their eyes opened at PN week 3 and almost lost in PN 5 weeks, accompanied by the loss of retinal outer nuclear layer (ONL). Subretinal transplantation of hADSCs significantly improved the visual function 2 weeks after the transplantation and such therapeutic effect persisted up to 8 weeks after the treatment (PN 11 weeks), with 3-4 rows of photoreceptors remained in the ONL and reduced apoptosis. Consistent with these phenotypic changes, the gene expression of rod photoreceptor markers Rhodopsin (Rho), Crx and Opsin (Opn1) in RCS rats showed obvious decreasing trends over time after PN 3 weeks, but were elevated with hADSC treatment. hADSC transplantation also repressed the expressions of Bax, Bak and Caspase 3, but not the expression of anti-apoptotic genes, including Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL. Finally, substantial VEGF, hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) secretions from hADSCs were detected, while endogenous Vegf expression level decreased over time in RCS rats. The treatment of AAV2-VEGF showed comparable therapeutic effects as hADSCs but siRNA knockdown of VEGF in hADSCs essentially abolished the therapeutic effects. CONCLUSIONS Subretinal transplantation of hADSCs in RCS rats effectively delayed the retinal degeneration, enhanced the retinal cell survival and improved the visual function. Mechanistically this was mainly due to hADSC dependent anti-apoptotic and neuroprotective effects through its secretion of growth and neurotrophic factors including VEGF. Clinical application of hADSCs merits further investigation.
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- Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, 301 Middle Yanchang Road, Shanghai, 200072, China.
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Honjo K, Nyenhuis D, Gao F, Scott C, Ganda A, Lobaugh N, Graham S, Zhou X, Rangwala N, Stebbins G, Gibson E, McNeely A, Stuss D, Black S. Brain parenchymal fraction and post-stroke cognitive impairment in chronic focal stroke patients. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Shi L, Gao F, Sun W, Wang B, Guo W, Cheng L, Li Z, Wang W. Short-term effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on bone mineral density in postmenopausal osteoporotic patients. Osteoporos Int 2017; 28:2945-2953. [PMID: 28685283 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-017-4136-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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UNLABELLED It has been proved that extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) could promote new bone formation. Therefore, we designed an experiment to test the efficiency of ESWT on BMD in postmenopausal osteoporotic patients. The results showed that ESWT could effectively improve the local bone mass of the treated bone area within a short duration. INTRODUCTION This study evaluated the short-term effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) on bone mineral density (BMD). METHODS A total of 64 postmenopausal osteoporotic patients were recruited and randomized into 3 groups in 2015. Groups A (n = 20) and B (n = 21) patients received a single-session of low- or high-energy flux density (EFD) ESWT in the left hip, respectively, whereas group C (n = 23) patients served as controls without the ESWT treatment. All patients self-administered alendronate sodium tablets orally for a year. The BMD of the lumbar spine (L2-L4), femoral neck, great tuberosity, and total left hip was measured before ESWT treatment and at 3, 6, and 12 months using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). RESULTS At 12 months, the lumbar spine, femoral neck, great tuberosity, and total left hip BMD in all patients had increased (p < 0.01). The increase in lumbar spine BMD in group A patients was higher than that in group B patients (p = 0.03); other between-group differences were not observed (p = 0.73, group A vs. C; p = 0.06, group B vs. C). The femoral neck, great tuberosity, and total left hip BMD increases in group B patients were higher than that in either group A or C (p < 0.01, group B vs. A; p < 0.01, group A vs. C). CONCLUSION This study showed that ESWT could efficiently improve the local BMD; relatively, the high dosage was effective.
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- Department of Orthopedics, Peking University China-Japan Friendship School of Clinical Medicine, 2 Yinghuadong Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Centre for Osteonecrosis and Joint-Preserving & Reconstruction, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beijing Key Laboratory of Arthritic and Rheumatic Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, 100029, China
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Centre for Osteonecrosis and Joint-Preserving & Reconstruction, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beijing Key Laboratory of Arthritic and Rheumatic Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, 100029, China.
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, China.
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- Centre for Osteonecrosis and Joint-Preserving & Reconstruction, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beijing Key Laboratory of Arthritic and Rheumatic Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Centre for Osteonecrosis and Joint-Preserving & Reconstruction, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beijing Key Laboratory of Arthritic and Rheumatic Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Centre for Osteonecrosis and Joint-Preserving & Reconstruction, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beijing Key Laboratory of Arthritic and Rheumatic Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Centre for Osteonecrosis and Joint-Preserving & Reconstruction, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beijing Key Laboratory of Arthritic and Rheumatic Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Centre for Osteonecrosis and Joint-Preserving & Reconstruction, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beijing Key Laboratory of Arthritic and Rheumatic Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, 100029, China
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Zhao M, Gao T, Zhang L, Li J, Lv P, Yu L, Gao F, Zhou G. In ovo feeding of creatine pyruvate alters energy reserves, satellite cell mitotic activity and myogenic gene expression of breast muscle in embryos and neonatal broilers. Poult Sci 2017; 96:3314-3323. [DOI: 10.3382/ps/pex150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Li YJ, Li JL, Zhang L, Gao F, Zhou GH. Effects of dietary starch types on growth performance, meat quality and myofibre type of finishing pigs. Meat Sci 2017; 131:60-67. [PMID: 28475953 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2017.04.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2016] [Revised: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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To investigate the effects of dietary starch types on growth performance and meat quality of finishing pigs, ninety barrows (68.0±2.0kg) were randomly allotted to three experimental diets with five replicates of six pigs, containing pure waxy maize starch (WMS), nonwaxy maize starch (NMS) and pea starch (PS) (amylose/amylopectin were 0.07, 0.19 and 0.28 respectively). Compared with WMS diet, PS diet increased the average daily gain, loin eye area, pH45 value, NMR transverse relaxation (T2)2 peak area ratio and sarcoplasmic protein solubility, decreased the feed to gain ratio, back fat, drip loss, cooking loss and T23 peak area ratio (P<0.05). Moreover, PS diet increased the myosin heavy-chain (MyHC)-I and IIa levels, decreased the MyHC-IIb level, decreased the miR23a level and increased its target gene level, increased the miR499 level and decreased its target gene level (P<0.05). Diet with high amylose content might be beneficial to the growth performance and meat quality of finishing pigs.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1 Weigang, Xuanwu District, Nanjing 210095, PR China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Jiangxi Agricultural University, No. 1101 Zhimin Road, Economic and Technological Development District, Nanchang 330045, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1 Weigang, Xuanwu District, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1 Weigang, Xuanwu District, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1 Weigang, Xuanwu District, Nanjing 210095, PR China.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1 Weigang, Xuanwu District, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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Tan H, Lim S, Chua T, Wong A, Sahlen A, Koh A, Yeo K, Koh N, Chin C, Gao F, Zarisfi F, Ong M, Pothiawala S, Yeo C, Tan J. P4689Comparison of high-sensitivity troponin T (hs-TnT) and high-sensitivity troponin I (hs-TnI) in the exclusion of acute coronary syndrome in patients with chest pain in the emergency department. Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx504.p4689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Lim F, Yap J, Gao F, Teo L, Lam C, Yeo K. P4370Correlation of the New York Heart Association classification and the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test: a systematic review. Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx504.p4370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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He Y, Li J, Zheng J, Khan Z, Qiang W, Gao F, Zhao Y, Shi B. Emphasis on the early diagnosis of antithyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis: retrospective analysis over 16 years at one Chinese center. J Endocrinol Invest 2017; 40:733-740. [PMID: 28236218 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-017-0626-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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PURPOSE Antithyroid drug (ATD)-induced agranulocytosis is a rare but life-threatening adverse drug reaction that occurs in patients during the treatment of Graves' disease. We aimed to comprehensively examine data for patients with this rare complication and to improve the clinical safety of ATDs. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 64 hospitalized patients diagnosed with ATD-induced agranulocytosis between 2000 and 2015. RESULTS Agranulocytosis occurred in 52 (81.3%) patients within the first 3 months after initiation of ATD therapy. Fever (84.4%) and sore throat (82.8%) were the most common symptoms. Although they experienced symptoms, 30 (46.9%) patients did not seek treatment immediately and delayed their diagnosis of agranulocytosis. The minimum granulocyte count was lower in the patients diagnosed after the appearance of symptoms than in those diagnosed before the appearance of symptoms (0.01 × 109/L (0 × 109/L - 0.06 × 109/L) versus 0.26 × 109/L (0.05 × 109/L - 0.40 × 109/L), P < 0.001). The interval days from the appearance of symptoms to the diagnosis of agranulocytosis were negatively correlated with the minimum granulocyte count (r = -0.348, P = 0.005). In addition, a lower minimum granulocyte count was associated with a longer recovery time (β = -11.899, 95% CI -15.304 to -8.496). CONCLUSIONS Our findings have demonstrated that delayed diagnosis of ATD-induced agranulocytosis is common in our population. Delayed diagnosis is associated with severe agranulocytosis and may prolong the recovery time from agranulocytosis. Monitoring of the white blood cell and granulocyte counts may be an effective way to establish an early diagnosis and prevent progression to severe agranulocytosis.
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- Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Rheumatology, The Fifth Hospital of Xi'an, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
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Zhao S, Yang L, Liu H, Gao F. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a university hospital of traditional Chinese medicine: molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance. J Hosp Infect 2017; 96:286-289. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/02/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Pan YZ, Wang H, Gao F. Culture conditions of human embryonic stem cells for differentiation into retinal vascular structure. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2017; 21:62-66. [PMID: 28745789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study sought to identify the suitable cell culture conditions for the in vitro-induced differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) into retinal vascular tissue cell types. MATERIALS AND METHODS To do this, we established four treatment groups. Group A was designed to culture hESCs in a three-dimensional system. The feeder cells and leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) were removed in Group B. In group C, hESCs were cultured with a variety of pro-angiogenic growth factors. In group D, hESCs were cultured with intact retinal support cells and extracellular matrix. On days 15 and 30, the expression of platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1 (PECAM1), α-smooth muscle actin (αSMA), and macrophage marker F4/80 were detected by immunofluorescence staining. ELISA was used to detect the expression of stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1). RESULTS At both 15 and 30 day timepoints, the highest PECAM1, αSMA, and F4/80 positive rates and SDF-1 expression levels were observed in group D, followed by group C, group B, with group A presenting the lowest expression of these proteins (p<0.05). Also, group D showed obvious angiogenesis structures. CONCLUSIONS Our study indicates that hESCs can differentiate into retinal vascular-like structures. The presence of intact retinal support cells, a variety of cytokines, and extracellular matrix components were essential to facilitate this differentiation.
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- Y-Z Pan
- Department of Ophthalmology, Xiangyang No. 1 People's Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang, Hubei, P.R. China.
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Xue F, Tan YH, Ren FG, Zhang YF, Chen XH, Xu ZF, Chang JM, Xu J, Gao F, Li J, Yin B, Liu HX, Wang HW. [Sensitivity of alternative spliceosomes of L-type PML-RARα fusion gene to ATO]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2017; 38:554-556. [PMID: 28655105 PMCID: PMC7342965 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2017.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Department of Hematology, the Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Treatment of Blood Diseases, Taiyuan 030001, China
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Gao F, Gao Y, Zhang SJ, Zhe X, Meng FL, Qian H, Zhang B, Li YJ. Alteration of plasma cytokines in patients with active epilepsy. Acta Neurol Scand 2017; 135:663-669. [PMID: 27593211 DOI: 10.1111/ane.12665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Emerging evidence suggests that inflammatory cytokines are involved in pathophysiology of epilepsy. However, possible interaction between the cytokines and active epilepsy remains unclear. This study aimed to interictal and postictal plasma cytokines in active epilepsy patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS We enrolled 48 patients with active epilepsy and 30 healthy adults and measured postictal and interictal interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interferon gamma (IFN-γ), interleukin-10 (IL-10), and interleukin-17A (IL-17A) concentrations in peripheral blood by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS We found postictal and interictal concentrations of IL-6, IL-17A, and IFN-γ were significantly elevated in epilepsy patients compared with healthy controls. There were no significant postictal and interictal alterations of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-10, and IL-17A in patients with generalized seizures compared to those with partial seizures, in carbamazepine (CBZ)-treated patients compared to valproic acid (VPA)-treated patients or in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients compared to extra-temporal lobe epilepsy (eTLE) patients. Furthermore, multivariate linear regression analysis revealed that interictal IL-17A concentration positively correlated with National Hospital Seizure Severity Scale (NHS3) scores (B=0.092, P=.007) and seizure frequency (B=0.045, P=.000). Interictal IFN-γ concentration was also showed positively correlation with seizure frequency (B=0.019, P=.004). CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that postictal and interictal various inflammatory cytokines are elevated in plasma of active epilepsy patients. Furthermore, interictal IL-17A and IFN-γ may predict seizure severity.
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- Department of Neurology; The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University; Xi'an city China
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- Department of Radiotherapy Oncology; The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an city China
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- Department of Neurology; The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University; Xi'an city China
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- Department of Neurology; The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University; Xi'an city China
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- Department of Neurology; The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University; Xi'an city China
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- Department of Neurology; The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University; Xi'an city China
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- Department of Neurology; The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University; Xi'an city China
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- Department of Neurology; The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University; Xi'an city China
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Gao T, Zhao MM, Li YJ, Zhang L, Li JL, Yu LL, Gao F, Zhou GH. Effects of in ovo feeding of L-arginine on the development of digestive organs, intestinal function and post-hatch performance of broiler embryos and hatchlings. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2017; 102:e166-e175. [DOI: 10.1111/jpn.12724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Accepted: 02/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- T. Gao
- College of Animal Science and Technology; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing; Quality and Safety Control; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing; Quality and Safety Control; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing; Quality and Safety Control; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing; Quality and Safety Control; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing; Quality and Safety Control; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing; Quality and Safety Control; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing; Quality and Safety Control; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Origin Food Production and Safety Guarantee of Jiangsu Province; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing; Quality and Safety Control; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing China
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Fei DD, Li B, Gao F, Liu AQ, Jin Y, Wang QT. [Effects of cell-to-cell communication and histone acetyltransferase on the change of osteogenic differentiation ability among single-cell clones from healthy periodontium with heterogeneity of osteogenic differentiation abilities]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2017; 52:283-288. [PMID: 28482443 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1002-0098.2017.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the effect of cell-to-cell communication amongst single-cell clones from healthy periodontium with different osteogenic differentiation potentials on change of osteogenic differentiation capabilities and the role histone acetyltransferase partaken in this process. Methods: In order to research the change of osteogenic differentiation ability via cell-to-cell communication, indirect co-culture method was used by placing two single-cell clones with different osteogenesis potentials in each of the 6-well plates. Blank control, weak and strong osteogenic groups were set up, corresponding to Transwell chambers with blank, cells of weak osteogenesis ability and cells of strong osteogenesis ability, respectively. Each group was made in triplicate. After co-culture for four days, Transwell chamber was removed. Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) and alizarin red staining were employed to detect the change of osteogenic differentiation ability. The acetylation level of H3 was measured by using Western blotting. Histone acetyltransferases were detected by qPCR. Results: Single-cell clones were ensured from mesenchymal stem cells by flow cytometer, the positive expression of CD29, CD90, CD105, CD146 was (99.80±0.02)%, (99.36±0.18)%, (99.41±0.05)% and (95.10±2.11)%, respectively. And CD31 and CD34 expression were (0.29±0.11)% and (0.22±0.13)%, respectively. Alizarin red and oil red O staining confirmed that single-cell clones had the abilities of adipogenesis and osteogenesis. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and alizarin red staining indicated that different single-cell clones were heterogeneity in osteogenesis differentiation. Indirect co-culture indicated that the mRNA expression of osteocalcin (OCN) were 14.24±5.60 and 4.78±2.90, respectively and Runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2) were 2.75±1.44 and 1.61±0.44, respectively, in strong and weak osteogenic groups. They were significantly higher compared to the blank group (the mRNA expression of OCN and RUNX2 were 1.00±0.47 and 1.00±0.39, respectively). The expression of OCN and RUNX2 were also higher in strong osteogenic group than that in weak osteogenic group (P<0.05). The mean gray level of the acetylation of H3 in strong osteogenic group (0.76±0.09) and weak osteogenic group (0.54±0.12) were also higher than that in the blank group (0.30±0.04)(P<0.05). qPCR results showed that KAT6A in strong osteogenic group exhibiting higher expression (P<0.05) compared to weak osteogenic group and the blank group, which were corresponding to the changes of acetylation levels. Conclusions: Single-cell clones from healthy periodontium showed heterogeneity in osteogenic differentiation abilities. Single-cell clones with strong osteogenesis abilities had an advantage over others by promoting others' osteogenesis differentiation and this change mediated by cell-to-cell communication might be caused by modulating KAT6A to affect the acetylation level of histone.
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- Department of Periodontology, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University & State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Engineering Research Center for Dental Materials and Advanced Manufacture, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Histology and Pathologyy, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University & State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi International Joint Research Center for Oral Diseases, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Ningxia Medical University & Hospital of Stomatology, The General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University & State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Histology and Pathologyy, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University & State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi International Joint Research Center for Oral Diseases, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Periodontology, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University & State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Engineering Research Center for Dental Materials and Advanced Manufacture, Xi'an 710032, China
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Xiang L, Sun L, Gao F, Jin P, Du B. [Primary intraosseous squamous cell carcinoma arising from dentigerous cyst: a case report]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2017; 52:390-391. [PMID: 28558462 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-0860.2017.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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Gao F, Zang L, Wu DY, Li YJ, Zhang Q, Wang HB, Tian GL, Mu YM. Pioglitazone improves the ability of learning and memory via activating ERK1/2 signaling pathway in the hippocampus of T2DM rats. Neurosci Lett 2017; 651:165-170. [PMID: 28458023 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.04.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Revised: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the correlation between effect of PIO (pioglitazone, PIO) on learning as well as memory and ERK1/2 (extracellular signal regulated kinase 1/2, ERK1/2) pathway in T2DM (type 2 diabetes mellitus, T2DM) rats, further to elucidate the potential mechanism of PIO in improvement of learning and memory. METHODS 12-week-old male SD rats (number of 10 per group) were randomly divided into control group (CON), T2DM group (DM) and T2DM +PIO group (DM+PG). Rats in DM and DM+PG groups were given high fat diet for 20 weeks, then treated with Streptozotocin (27mg/kg) by intraperitoneal injection at 21week. After 72h, the FBG (fasting blood glucose, FBG) was greater than 7.0mmol/L can considered T2DM rats. DM+PG group was treated with PIO (10 mg·kg-1·d-1) by gavage daily. After Hyperinsulinemic-Euglycemic Clamp Study and Morris water maze test at 30-week, all of animals were sacrificed. The expressions of RKIP (Raf-1 kinase inhibitor protein, RKIP) and ERK1/2 in hippocampus were detected using Western Blot and real-time PCR. RESULTS The FBG level: DM group (7.68±0.54mmol/L) was higher than CON group (5.35±0.63mmol/L) and DM+PG group (6.07±0.84mmol/L), the differences were considered statistically significant (P <0.05). Hyperinsulinemic-Euglycemic Clamp Studies: GIR (glucose infusion rate, GIR) of DM group (21.02±5.10 mg·kg-1·d-1) was less than CON group (27.64±3.87 mg·kg-1·d-1) and DM+PG group (26.04 ±5.41 mg·kg-1·d-1), the differences were considered statistically significant (P <0.05). Morris water maze training: The escape latencies and searching platform performance of DM group (24.54±5.02s) decreased significantly compared with CON group (16.73±4.02s) and DM+PG group (18.05±4.12s) (P <0.05). Changes of RKIP, ERK, p-ERK protein relative content in rat hippocampus: Compared with CON groupand DM+PG group, the relative content of RKIP in DM group remarkably increased (P<0.01); ERK protein levels were not considered statistically significant among the three groups (P>0.05); The relative content of p-ERK1/2 protein in CON group and DM+PG group rats dorsal were higher than those in group DM, the difference was considered statistically significant (P<0.01). Changes in hippocampus of rat RKIP and ERK gene relative content: Compared with CON group and DM+PG group, levels of RKIP mRNA in DM group were significantly increased (P<0.01); ERK mRNA levels were not considered statistically significant among the three groups (P>0.05). CONCLUSION Activation of ERK1/2 signal transduction pathway via reducing RKIP in the hippocampus may be one of the mechanisms of PIO to improve the learning and memory of the T2DM rats.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China; Department of End-ocrinology, First Hospital of Shijiazhuang City, Shijiazhuang 050011, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of End-ocrinology, First Hospital of Shijiazhuang City, Shijiazhuang 050011, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.
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Gao N, Yang L, Gao F, Kurtz RJ, West D, Zhang S. Long-time atomistic dynamics through a new self-adaptive accelerated molecular dynamics method. J Phys Condens Matter 2017; 29:145201. [PMID: 28059774 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa574b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A self-adaptive accelerated molecular dynamics method is developed to model infrequent atomic-scale events, especially those events that occur on a rugged free-energy surface. Key in the new development is the use of the total displacement of the system at a given temperature to construct a boost-potential, which is slowly increased to accelerate the dynamics. The temperature is slowly increased to accelerate the dynamics. By allowing the system to evolve from one steady-state configuration to another by overcoming the transition state, this self-evolving approach makes it possible to explore the coupled motion of species that migrate on vastly different time scales. The migrations of single vacancy (V) and small He-V clusters, and the growth of nano-sized He-V clusters in Fe for times in the order of seconds are studied by this new method. An interstitial-assisted mechanism is first explored for the migration of a helium-rich He-V cluster, while a new two-component Ostwald ripening mechanism is suggested for He-V cluster growth.
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73000 LanZhou, People's Republic of China. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P O Box 999, Richland, WA 99352, United States of America
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Zhang ZW, Jiang JJ, Luan MC, Ma ZJ, Gao F, Yu SJ. Nogo-A antibody treatment enhances neuron recovery after sciatic nerve transection in rats. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2017; 21:1780-1786. [PMID: 28485802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The use of an antibody to block the neurite outgrowth inhibitor Nogo-A has been of great interest for promoting axonal recovery as a treatment for peripheral nerve injuries. The present study aimed to investigate the signaling pathway of p75 neurotrophin receptor (NTR) and Nogo receptor (NgR) in a sciatic nerve transection (SNT) rat model and evaluate the underlining mechanisms. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventy-five Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into 3 groups (n=25), namely the sham group, sciatic nerve transection (model) group and Nogo-A-pAb group. Following euthanasia, spinal cord and sciatic nerve of the operation site were harvested, fixed in formalin. Hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining was used to evaluate the sciatic nerve pathology. The mRNA and protein expression levels of Nogo-A, NTR were assessed by Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blotting, respectively. RESULTS Histology showed enhanced regeneration of spinal axon in the anti-Nogo-A antibody group. At 48 hours after operation, mRNA of Nogo-A and NTR were higher in model group compared with control group. mRNAs were at their highest levels at 1 week, while these were at normal levels after 4 weeks in Nogo-A-pAb group. The protein levels of Nogo-A and NTR were higher in model group compared with sham-operation group at 1-week after operation; Nogo-A-pAb could reduce these proteins levels. CONCLUSIONS The results suggested Nogo-A antibody might represent a promising repair strategy to promote recovery following SNT.
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- Department of Hand Surgery, Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai, China.
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Aprile E, Aalbers J, Agostini F, Alfonsi M, Amaro FD, Anthony M, Arneodo F, Barrow P, Baudis L, Bauermeister B, Benabderrahmane ML, Berger T, Breur PA, Brown A, Brown E, Bruenner S, Bruno G, Budnik R, Bütikofer L, Calvén J, Cardoso JMR, Cervantes M, Cichon D, Coderre D, Colijn AP, Conrad J, Cussonneau JP, Decowski MP, de Perio P, Di Gangi P, Di Giovanni A, Diglio S, Eurin G, Fei J, Ferella AD, Fieguth A, Franco D, Fulgione W, Gallo Rosso A, Galloway M, Gao F, Garbini M, Geis C, Goetzke LW, Greene Z, Grignon C, Hasterok C, Hogenbirk E, Itay R, Kaminsky B, Kessler G, Kish A, Landsman H, Lang RF, Lellouch D, Levinson L, Lin Q, Lindemann S, Lindner M, Lopes JAM, Manfredini A, Maris I, Marrodán Undagoitia T, Masbou J, Massoli FV, Masson D, Mayani D, Messina M, Micheneau K, Miguez B, Molinario A, Murra M, Naganoma J, Ni K, Oberlack U, Pakarha P, Pelssers B, Persiani R, Piastra F, Pienaar J, Pizzella V, Piro MC, Plante G, Priel N, Rauch L, Reichard S, Reuter C, Rizzo A, Rosendahl S, Rupp N, Dos Santos JMF, Sartorelli G, Scheibelhut M, Schindler S, Schreiner J, Schumann M, Scotto Lavina L, Selvi M, Shagin P, Silva M, Simgen H, Sivers MV, Stein A, Thers D, Tiseni A, Trinchero G, Tunnell C, Wang H, Wei Y, Weinheimer C, Wulf J, Ye J, Zhang Y. Search for Electronic Recoil Event Rate Modulation with 4 Years of XENON100 Data. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 118:101101. [PMID: 28339273 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.101101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We report on a search for electronic recoil event rate modulation signatures in the XENON100 data accumulated over a period of 4 yr, from January 2010 to January 2014. A profile likelihood method, which incorporates the stability of the XENON100 detector and the known electronic recoil background model, is used to quantify the significance of periodicity in the time distribution of events. There is a weak modulation signature at a period of 431_{-14}^{+16} day in the low energy region of (2.0-5.8) keV in the single scatter event sample, with a global significance of 1.9σ; however, no other more significant modulation is observed. The significance of an annual modulation signature drops from 2.8σ, from a previous analysis of a subset of this data, to 1.8σ with all data combined. Single scatter events in the low energy region are thus used to exclude the DAMA/LIBRA annual modulation as being due to dark matter electron interactions via axial vector coupling at 5.7σ.
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Institut für Physik & Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
| | - S Bruenner
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - G Bruno
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - R Budnik
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
| | - L Bütikofer
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
| | - J Calvén
- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
| | - J M R Cardoso
- Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - M Cervantes
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
| | - D Cichon
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - D Coderre
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
| | - A P Colijn
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - J Conrad
- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
| | - J P Cussonneau
- SUBATECH, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, CNRS/In2p3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
| | - M P Decowski
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - P de Perio
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - P Di Gangi
- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
| | - A Di Giovanni
- New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
| | - S Diglio
- SUBATECH, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, CNRS/In2p3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
| | - G Eurin
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - J Fei
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
| | - A D Ferella
- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
| | - A Fieguth
- Institut für Kernphysik, Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
| | - D Franco
- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
| | - W Fulgione
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN-Torino and Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
| | - A Gallo Rosso
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - M Galloway
- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
| | - F Gao
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - M Garbini
- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
| | - C Geis
- Institut für Physik & Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - L W Goetzke
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - Z Greene
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - C Grignon
- Institut für Physik & Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - C Hasterok
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - E Hogenbirk
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - R Itay
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
| | - B Kaminsky
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
| | - G Kessler
- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
| | - A Kish
- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
| | - H Landsman
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
| | - R F Lang
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
| | - D Lellouch
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
| | - L Levinson
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
| | - Q Lin
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - S Lindemann
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Lindner
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - J A M Lopes
- Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - A Manfredini
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
| | - I Maris
- New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
| | | | - J Masbou
- SUBATECH, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, CNRS/In2p3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
| | - F V Massoli
- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
| | - D Masson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
| | - D Mayani
- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
| | - M Messina
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - K Micheneau
- SUBATECH, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, CNRS/In2p3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
| | - B Miguez
- INFN-Torino and Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
| | - A Molinario
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - M Murra
- Institut für Kernphysik, Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
| | - J Naganoma
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
| | - K Ni
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
| | - U Oberlack
- Institut für Physik & Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - P Pakarha
- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
| | - B Pelssers
- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
| | - R Persiani
- SUBATECH, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, CNRS/In2p3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
| | - F Piastra
- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
| | - J Pienaar
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
| | - V Pizzella
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M-C Piro
- Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
| | - G Plante
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - N Priel
- Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
| | - L Rauch
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Reichard
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
| | - C Reuter
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
| | - A Rizzo
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - S Rosendahl
- Institut für Kernphysik, Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
| | - N Rupp
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - J M F Dos Santos
- Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - G Sartorelli
- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
| | - M Scheibelhut
- Institut für Physik & Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - S Schindler
- Institut für Physik & Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - J Schreiner
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Schumann
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
| | - L Scotto Lavina
- LPNHE, Universit Pierre et Marie Curie, Universit Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75252, France
| | - M Selvi
- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
| | - P Shagin
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
| | - M Silva
- Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - H Simgen
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M V Sivers
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
| | - A Stein
- Physics & Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
| | - D Thers
- SUBATECH, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, CNRS/In2p3, Université de Nantes, Nantes 44307, France
| | - A Tiseni
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - G Trinchero
- INFN-Torino and Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
| | - C Tunnell
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, 1098XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Physics & Kavli Institute of Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
| | - H Wang
- Physics & Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
| | - Y Wei
- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
| | - C Weinheimer
- Institut für Kernphysik, Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
| | - J Wulf
- Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
| | - J Ye
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
| | - Y Zhang
- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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