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Chen M, Ng A, Chu T, Zhou J, Gauvreau K, Mauch P. A Prospective Cardiac Screening Study in Asymptomatic Long-term Survivors of Hodgkin's Lymphoma Treated with Mediastinal Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.1273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zhou J, Ying H, Hu C, He X, Zhu G, Wu Y, Wang X. Preliminary Results of Re-irradiation for Locally Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma with Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.1098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cheng J, Chu WS, Wu G, Zhao HF, Xu W, Zhou J, Zhang LJ, Chen XH, Wu ZY. Potassium doping effect on the lattice softening and electronic structure of Ba(1-x)K(x)Fe(2)As(2) probed by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2010; 17:730-736. [PMID: 20975217 DOI: 10.1107/s0909049510038756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2010] [Accepted: 09/28/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Ba(1-x)K(x)Fe(2)As(2) superconducting samples (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.5) were synthesized by the solid-state reaction method. In this contribution the doping effect of potassium on the lattice dynamics in this newly discovered Ba(1-x)K(x)Fe(2)As(2) superconductor has been investigated by extended X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy. The analysis shows that with potassium doping an increased disorder in the iron layers is mainly related to the softening of the Fe-Fe bond. Information about the electronic structure of these materials has also been obtained by looking at the X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectra that point out the presence of holes in the Fe-3d/As-4p hybridized orbital of the BaFe(2)As(2)-based system.
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Rossi J, Tiemann K, Zhou J, Alluin J, Chen R, Forman S. 247 Dual function BAFF receptor aptamers inhibit ligand induced proliferation and deliver siRNAs to NHL cells. EJC Suppl 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(10)71952-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Chen W, Ding XT, Yang QW, Liu Y, Ji XQ, Zhang YP, Zhou J, Yuan GL, Sun HJ, Li W, Zhou Y, Huang Y, Dong JQ, Feng BB, Song XM, Shi ZB, Liu ZT, Song XY, Li LC, Duan XR, Liu Y. β-induced Alfvén eigenmodes destabilized by energetic electrons in a Tokamak plasma. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:185004. [PMID: 21231113 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.185004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The β-induced Alfvén eigenmode (BAE) excited by energetic electrons has been identified for the first time both in the Ohmic and electron cyclotron resonance heating plasma in HL-2A. The features of the instability, including its frequency, mode number, and propagation direction, can be observed by magnetic pickup probes. The mode frequency is comparable to that of the continuum accumulation point of the lowest frequency gap induced by the shear Alfvén continuous spectrum due to finite β effect, and it is proportional to Alfvén velocity at thermal ion β held constant. The experimental results show that the BAE is related not only with the population of the energetic electrons, but also their energy and pitch angles. The results indicate that the barely circulating and deeply trapped electrons play an important role in the mode excitation.
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Ding T, Jiang T, Zhou J, Xu L, Gao ZM. Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of endophytic fungi from Camptotheca acuminata (Nyssaceae). GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH 2010; 9:2104-12. [PMID: 21038296 DOI: 10.4238/vol9-4gmr809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Agricultural research of plant-derived endophytic fungi has grown in recent decades. We isolated 26 endophytic fungi from the leaves, stems and fruits of "the tree of life", Camptotheca acuminata, and tested them for antimicrobial activities based on growth inhibition measurements in a modified agar diffusion method. Fermentation broths from most of the isolates exhibited antifungal activity and 50% exhibited antibacterial activity; some of them also exhibited strong broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity. The strongest antimicrobial activity was exhibited by strains XSY10 and XSY15 against Rhizoctonia solani and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum, with 75% and 67% inhibition, respectively. Strain XSJ01 gave strong activity against pathogenic bacteria, with inhibition zones more than 20 mm in diameter. The isolates were identified by molecular methods as belonging to nine taxa: Nigrospora, Diaporthe, Alternaria, Colletotrichum, Pestalotiopsis, Sordariomycete, Guignardiai, Penicillium, and Zythia. Based on these results, we conclude that the endophytic fungi of C. acuminata are promising sources of novel bioactive compounds.
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Jensen RL, Gilliespie D, Ajewung N, Faure R, Kamnasaran D, Ajewung N, Poirier D, Kamnasaran D, Tamura K, Wakimoto H, Rabkin SD, Martuza RL, Shah K, Hashizume R, Aoki Y, Serwer LP, Drummond D, Noble C, Park J, Bankiewicz K, James DC, Gupta N, Agerholm-Larsen B, Iversen HK, Jensen KS, Moller J, Ibsen P, Mahmood F, Gehl J, Corem E, Ram Z, Daniels D, Last D, Shneor R, Salomon S, Perlstein B, Margel S, Mardor Y, Charest G, Fortin D, Mathieu D, Sanche L, Paquette B, Li HF, Hashizume R, Aoki Y, Hariono S, Dasgupta T, Kim JS, Haas-Kogan D, Weiss WA, Gupta N, James CD, Waldman T, Nicolaides T, Ozawa T, Rao S, Sun H, Ng C, De La Torre J, Santos R, Prados M, James CD, Butowski N, Michaud K, Solomon DA, Li HF, Kim JS, Prados MD, Ozawa T, Waldman T, James CD, Pandya H, Gibo D, Debinski W, Vinchon-Petit S, Jarnet D, Jadaud E, Feuvret L, Garcion E, Menei P, Chen R, Yu JC, Liu C, Jaffer ZM, Chabala JC, Winssinger N, Rubenstein AE, Emdad L, Kothari H, Qadeer Z, Binello E, Germano I, Hirschberg H, Baek SK, Kwon YJ, Sun CH, Li SC, Madsen S, Debinski W, Liu T, Wang SW, Gibo DM, Fan QW, Cheng C, Hackett C, Feldman M, Houseman BT, Houseman BT, Nicolaides T, James CD, Haas-Kogan D, Oakes SA, Debnath J, Shokat KM, Weiss WA, Sai K, Chen F, Qiu Z, Mou Y, Zhang X, Yang Q, Chen Z, Patel TR, Zhou J, Piepmeier JM, Saltzman WM, Banerjee S, Kaul A, Gianino SM, Christians U, Gutmann DH, Wu J, Shen R, Puduvalli V, Koul D, Alfred Yung WK, Yun J, Sonabend A, Stuart M, Yanagihara T, Dashnaw S, Brown T, McCormick P, Romanov A, Sebastian M, Canoll P, Bruce JN, Piao L, Joshi K, Lee RJ, Nakano I, Madsen SJ, Chou CC, Blickenstaff JW, Sun CH, Zhou YH, Hirschberg H, Tome CML, Wykosky J, Palma E, Debinski W, Nduom E, Machaidze R, Kaluzova M, Wang Y, Nie S, Hadjipanayis C, Saito R, Nakamura T, Sonoda Y, Kumabe T, Tominaga T, Lun X, Zemp F, Zhou H, Stechishin O, Kelly JJ, Weiss S, Hamilton MG, Cairncross G, Rabinovich BA, Bell J, McFadden G, Senger DL, Forsyth PA, Kang P, Jane EP, Premkumar DR, Pollack IF, Yoo JY, Haseley A, Bratasz A, Powell K, Chiocca EA, Kaur B, Johns TG, Ferruzzi P, Mennillo F, De Rosa A, Rossi M, Giordano C, Magrini R, Benedetti G, Pericot GL, Magnoni L, Mori E, Thomas R, Tunici P, Bakker A, Yoo JY, Pradarelli J, Kaka A, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, Pan Q, Teknos T, Chiocca EA, Kaur B, Cen L, Ostrem JL, Schroeder MA, Mladek AC, Fink SR, Jenkins RB, Sarkaria JN, Madhankumar AB, Slagle-Webb B, Park A, Pang M, Klinger M, Harbaugh KS, Sheehan JM, Connor JR, Chen TC, Wang W, Hofman FM, Serwer LP, Michaud K, Drummond DC, Noble CO, Park JW, Ozawa T, James CD, Serwer LP, Noble CO, Michaud K, Drummond DC, Ozawa T, Zhou Y, Marks JD, Bankiewicz K, Park JW, James CD, Alonso MM, Gomez-Manzano C, Cortes-Santiago N, Roche FP, Fueyo J, Johannessen TCA, Grudic A, Tysnes BB, Nigro J, Bjerkvig R, Joshi AD, Parsons W, Velculescu VE, Riggins GJ, Bindra RS, Jasin M, Powell SN, Fu J, Koul D, Shen RJ, Colman H, Lang FF, Jensen MR, Alfred Yung WK, Friedman GK, Haas M, Cassady KA, Gillespie GY, Nguyen V, Murphy LT, Beauchamp AS, Hollingsworth CK, Debinski W, Mintz A, Pandya H, Garg S, Gibo D, Kridel S, Debinski W, Conrad CA, Madden T, Ji Y, Colman H, Priebe W, Seleverstov O, Purow BW, Grant GA, Wilson C, Campbell M, Humphries P, Li S, Li J, Johnson A, Bigner D, Dewhirst M, Sarkaria JN, Cen L, Pokorny JL, Mladek AC, Kitange GJ, Schroeder MA, Carlson BL, Suphangul M, Petro B, Mukhtar L, Baig MS, Villano J, Mahmud N, Keir ST, Reardon DA, Watson M, Shore GC, Bigner DD, Friedman HS, Keir ST, Gururangan S, Reardon DA, Bigner DD, Friedman HS. Pre-clinical Experimental Therapeutics and Pharmacology. Neuro Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noq116.s13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Zhou J, Lu S, Dai J, Yu Z, Zhou H, Zhou X. Short-term corneal endothelial changes after laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy. J Int Med Res 2010; 38:1484-90. [PMID: 20926022 DOI: 10.1177/147323001003800431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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To investigate the short-term effects of laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy (LASEK) on the corneal endothelium, 10 patients undergoing LASEK for myopia without complications (20 eyes) were observed. Each eye was evaluated by slit-lamp biomicroscopy and non-contact specular microscopy pre-operatively, and at 15 min, 1 day and 1 week post-operatively. The decrease in endothelial cell density was statistically significant at 15 min post-operatively, and the difference between pre-operative and 15-min post-operative coefficient of variation of cell size was also statistically significant. The percentage of hexagonal cells was significantly different from baseline levels at 15 min and at 1 day post-operatively. All parameters at 1 week post-operatively were not statistically different from those observed pre-operatively. Immediate changes in endothelial cell number and morphology occurred following LASEK, but endothelial morphology returned to the pre-operative condition after 1 week. Long-term follow-up is needed to identify further consequences of this procedure.
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Wu M, Zhou J, Cheng M, Wu Y, Chen Z, Qin G. e0049 E2F1 stabilises p53 to suppress VEGF expression and neovascularization in the ischaemic myocardium. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.208967.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Zhang YP, Liu Y, Song XY, Yuan GL, Chen W, Ji XQ, Ding XT, Yang JW, Zhou J, Li X, Yang QW, Duan XR, Pan CH, Liu Y. Measurements of the fast electron bremsstrahlung emission during electron cyclotron resonance heating in the HL-2A tokamak. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2010; 81:103501. [PMID: 21034085 DOI: 10.1063/1.3488966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A fast electron bremsstrahlung (FEB) diagnostic technique based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) detector has been developed recently in the HL-2A tokamak for measurements of the temporal evolution of FEB emission in the energy range of 10-200 keV. With a perpendicular viewing into the plasma on the equatorial plane, the hard x-ray spectra with eight different energy channels are measured. The discrimination of the spectra is implemented by an accurate spectrometry. The system also makes use of fast digitization and software signal processing technology. An ambient environment of neutrons, gammas, and magnetic disturbance requires careful shielding. During electron cyclotron resonance heating, the generation of fast electrons and the oscillations of electron fishbone (e-fishbone) have been found. Using the FEB measurement system, it has been experimentally identified that the mode strongly correlates with the electron cyclotron resonance heating produced fast electrons with 30-70 keV.
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Zhou J, Liu L, Chen J. Improved ATP supply enhances acid tolerance of Candida glabrata during pyruvic acid production. J Appl Microbiol 2010; 110:44-53. [PMID: 20880146 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04865.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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AIMS A major problem in industrial fermentation of organic acids with micro-organisms is to ensure a suitable pH in the culture broth. To circumvent this problem, we investigated the effect of citrate, which is a widely used auxiliary energy co-substrate, on cell growth, organic acid production and pH homeostasis among extracellular environment, cytoplasm and vacuole, in the pyruvic acid production by Candida glabrata CCTCC M202019 under different pH conditions. METHODS AND RESULTS Analysis of intracellular ATP regeneration, cytoplasmic and vacuolar pH values under different culture conditions points towards a relief of stress when C. glabrata is exposed to lower pH, if citrate is added. When 50 mmol l(-1) citrate was added to the culture medium, the intracellular ATP concentrations increased by 20·5% (pH 5·5), 20·4% (pH 5·0) and 39·3% (pH 4·5), and higher pH gradients among the culture broth, cell cytoplasm and vacuoles resulted. As a consequence, the cell growth and pyruvic acid production of C. glabrata CCTCC M202019 were significantly improved under pH 5·0 and 4·5. CONCLUSIONS The acid tolerance of yeast can be improved by enhancing the ATP supply, which helps to maintain higher pH gradients in the system. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The results presented here expand our understanding of the physiological characteristics in eukaryotic micro-organisms under low pH conditions and provide a potential route for the further improvement of organic acids production process by process optimization or metabolic engineering.
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He E, Xu XH, Guan H, Chen Y, Chen ZH, Pan ZL, Tang LL, Hu GZ, Li Y, Zhang M, Zhou J, Eriksson S, Fornander T, Skog S. Thymidine kinase 1 is a potential marker for prognosis and monitoring the response to treatment of patients with breast, lung, and esophageal cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2010; 29:352-8. [PMID: 20544519 DOI: 10.1080/15257771003738535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) is converting thymidine to thymidine monophosphate, and is related to DNA replication and cell proliferation. The use of the TK1 protein levels as a proliferation marker in malignancies is here summarized. TK1 protein in serum (STK1p) and TK1 expression in tissues were determined by a chemoluminescent dot blot assay and by immunohistochemistry staining, respectively. The expression of TK1 in tumor tissues correlated to pathological stages and clinical grades of carcinomas (ca) of esophagus, lung and in premalignancy of breast ductal ca. STK1p could monitor the out-come of tumor therapy by being correlated to remission [breast ca, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma], relapse [breast ca] and to survival [non-Hodgkin's lymphoma] of patients. In a health screening study of 12,641 persons, STK1p seemed to predict the risk of development of neoplasia related diseases at early stage.
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Thepot S, Zhou J, Perrot A, Robin M, Xhaard A, de Latour RP, Ades L, Ribaud P, Petropoulou AD, Porcher R, Socié G. The graft-versus-leukemia effect is mainly restricted to NIH-defined chronic graft-versus-host disease after reduced intensity conditioning before allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Leukemia 2010; 24:1852-8. [PMID: 20827288 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2010.187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Incidence on relapse and nonrelapse mortality (NRM) of chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), per National Institutes of Health (NIH) criteria, is not well defined after reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens. We analyzed the association of chronic GVHD with the risk of relapse and NRM using Cox models in 177 consecutive patients who underwent transplantation for hematological malignancies after RIC. The cumulative incidence of chronic GVHD at 36 months was 74% when using Seattle's criteria compared with 54% with NIH consensus. In Cox model, NRM was significantly higher in patients with late-onset, persistent and recurrent acute GVHD (hazard ratio (HR): 6, 25 and 11; P = 0.014, P<0.0001, P<0.0001, respectively). The cumulative incidence of relapse was significantly decreased in patients with chronic GVHD compared with no GVHD group using either Seattle's or NIH criteria (HR 0.43 and 0.38; P = 0.022 and 0.016, respectively), whereas the presence of late-onset, persistent and recurrent acute GVHD was not associated with a decreased rate of relapse (HR: not significant, 0.70 and 0.71; P = not significant, P = 0.73 and P = 0.54, respectively). Chronic GVHD per NIH consensus definition is associated with the graft-versus-tumor effect, whereas all forms associated with acute features beyond day 100 are associated with NRM.
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Oyomopito R, Lee MP, Phanuphak P, Lim PL, Ditangco R, Zhou J, Sirisanthana T, Chen YMA, Pujari S, Kumarasamy N, Sungkanuparph S, Lee CKC, Kamarulzaman A, Oka S, Zhang FJ, Mean CV, Merati T, Tau G, Smith J, Li PCK. Measures of site resourcing predict virologic suppression, immunologic response and HIV disease progression following highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD). HIV Med 2010; 11:519-29. [PMID: 20345881 PMCID: PMC2914850 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2010.00822.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Surrogate markers of HIV disease progression are HIV RNA in plasma viral load (VL) and CD4 cell count (immune function). Despite improved international access to antiretrovirals, surrogate marker diagnostics are not routinely available in resource-limited settings. Therefore, the objective was to assess effects of economic and diagnostic resourcing on patient treatment outcomes. METHODS Analyses were based on 2333 patients initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) from 2000 onwards. Sites were categorized by World Bank country income criteria (high/low) and annual frequency of VL (> or = 3, 1-2 or <1) or CD4 (> or = 3 or <3) testing. Endpoints were time to AIDS/death and change in CD4 cell count and VL suppression (<400 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL) at 12 months. Demographics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) classification, baseline VL/CD4 cell counts, hepatitis B/C coinfections and HAART regimen were covariates. Time to AIDS/death was analysed by proportional hazards models. CD4 and VL endpoints were analysed using linear and logistic regression, respectively. RESULTS Increased disease progression was associated with site-reported VL testing less than once per year [hazard ratio (HR)=1.4; P=0.032], severely symptomatic HIV infection (HR=1.4; P=0.003) and hepatitis C virus coinfection (HR=1.8; P=0.011). A total of 1120 patients (48.2%) had change in CD4 cell count data. Smaller increases were associated with older age (P<0.001) and 'Other' HIV source exposures, including injecting drug use and blood products (P=0.043). A total of 785 patients (33.7%) contributed to the VL suppression analyses. Patients from sites with VL testing less than once per year [odds ratio (OR)=0.30; P<0.001] and reporting 'Other' HIV exposures experienced reduced suppression (OR=0.28; P<0.001). CONCLUSION Low measures of site resourcing were associated with less favourable patient outcomes, including a 35% increase in disease progression in patients from sites with VL testing less than once per year.
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Qiu J, Liu G, Zhou J, Zhang L, Yuan D, Li G. Analysis of pedestrian road traffic crashes and injuries in Chongqing during 2000-2006. Inj Prev 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/ip.2010.029215.488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Zhou J, Qiu J, Zhang L, Wang Z, Wang S. Present status and problems of traffic injuries in China. Inj Prev 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/ip.2010.029215.485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Huan ZG, Leeflang MA, Zhou J, Fratila-Apachitei LE, Duszczyk J. In vitro degradation behavior and cytocompatibility of Mg-Zn-Zr alloys. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. MATERIALS IN MEDICINE 2010; 21:2623-35. [PMID: 20532960 PMCID: PMC2935537 DOI: 10.1007/s10856-010-4111-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2009] [Accepted: 05/25/2010] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Zinc and zirconium were selected as the alloying elements in biodegradable magnesium alloys, considering their strengthening effect and good biocompatibility. The degradation rate, hydrogen evolution, ion release, surface layer and in vitro cytotoxicity of two Mg-Zn-Zr alloys, i.e. ZK30 and ZK60, and a WE-type alloy (Mg-Y-RE-Zr) were investigated by means of long-term static immersion testing in Hank's solution, non-static immersion testing in Hank's solution and cell-material interaction analysis. It was found that, among these three magnesium alloys, ZK30 had the lowest degradation rate and the least hydrogen evolution. A magnesium calcium phosphate layer was formed on the surface of ZK30 sample during non-static immersion and its degradation caused minute changes in the ion concentrations and pH value of Hank's solution. In addition, the ZK30 alloy showed insignificant cytotoxicity against bone marrow stromal cells as compared with biocompatible hydroxyapatite (HA) and the WE-type alloy. After prolonged incubation for 7 days, a stimulatory effect on cell proliferation was observed. The results of the present study suggested that ZK30 could be a promising material for biodegradable orthopedic implants and worth further investigation to evaluate its in vitro and in vivo degradation behavior.
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Wang S, Qiu J, Zhou J, Liu G. Age characteristics of road users involved in road traffic accidents in China. Inj Prev 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/ip.2010.029215.486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Hou J, Fu Y, Zhou J, Li W, Xie R, Cao F, Gilbert GE, Shi J. Lactadherin functions as a probe for phosphatidylserine exposure and as an anticoagulant in the study of stored platelets. Vox Sang 2010; 100:187-95. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2010.01375.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Chen C, Xu T, Chen J, Zhou J, Yan Y, Lu Y, Wu S. Allergy and risk of glioma: a meta-analysis. Eur J Neurol 2010; 18:387-95. [PMID: 20722711 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03187.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We evaluated the association between allergic conditions and the risk of glioma in case-control and cohort studies published so far on this issue. A total of 12 studies (10 case-control and 2 cohort studies) were included in the analysis, involving 61 090 participants, of whom 6408 had glioma. When compared with non-allergic conditions, the pooled odds ratio (OR) with any allergic conditions for glioma was 0.60 (95% CI: 0.52-0.69, P<0.001), suggesting a significant negative association (protective effect) between allergy and glioma. Subgroup analysis showed that the ORs were 0.70 (95% CI: 0.62-0.79, P<0.001), 0.69 (95% CI: 0.62-0.78, P<0.001), and 0.78 (95% CI: 0.70-0.87, P<0.001) for asthma, eczema, and hay fever, respectively. The significant association remained even after excluding the bias of proxy reporting (OR=0.61; 95% CI: 0.50-0.75, P<0.001). We conclude that allergic conditions may significantly reduce the risk of glioma.
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Huang CB, Zhou J, Zhou Y, Lu ZL. Deficient Binocular Combination Reveals Mechanisms of Anisometropic Amblyopia. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/10.7.466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Zhou J, Huang CB, Lu ZL, Zhou Y. Phase-Independent Contrast Combination in Binocular Vision. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/10.7.328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alakhverdyants AV, Alekseev I, Alford J, Anderson BD, Arkhipkin D, Averichev GS, Balewski J, Barnby LS, Baumgart S, Beavis DR, Bellwied R, Betancourt MJ, Betts RR, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bichsel H, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Biritz B, Bland LC, Bonner BE, Bouchet J, Braidot E, Brandin AV, Bridgeman A, Bruna E, Bueltmann S, Bunzarov I, Burton TP, Cai XZ, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Catu O, Cebra D, Cendejas R, Cervantes MC, Chajecki Z, Chaloupka P, Chattopadhyay S, Chen HF, Chen JH, Chen JY, Cheng J, Cherney M, Chikanian A, Choi KE, Christie W, Chung P, Clarke RF, Codrington MJM, Corliss R, Cramer JG, Crawford HJ, Das D, Dash S, Davila Leyva A, De Silva LC, Debbe RR, Dedovich TG, Derevschikov AA, Derradi de Souza R, Didenko L, Djawotho P, Dogra SM, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Dunlop JC, Dutta Mazumdar MR, Efimov LG, Elhalhuli E, Elnimr M, Engelage J, Eppley G, Erazmus B, Estienne M, Eun L, Evdokimov O, Fachini P, Fatemi R, Fedorisin J, Fersch RG, Filip P, Finch E, Fine V, Fisyak Y, Gagliardi CA, Gangadharan DR, Ganti MS, Garcia-Solis EJ, Geromitsos A, Geurts F, Ghazikhanian V, Ghosh P, Gorbunov YN, Gordon A, Grebenyuk O, Grosnick D, Guertin SM, Gupta A, Gupta N, Guryn W, Haag B, Hamed A, Han LX, Harris JW, Hays-Wehle JP, Heinz M, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hjort E, Hoffman AM, Hoffmann GW, Hofman DJ, Huang B, Huang HZ, Humanic TJ, Huo L, Igo G, Jacobs P, Jacobs WW, Jena C, Jin F, Jones CL, Jones PG, Joseph J, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kajimoto K, Kang K, Kapitan J, Kauder K, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Kettler D, Kikola DP, Kiryluk J, Kisiel A, Klein SR, Knospe AG, Kocoloski A, Koetke DD, Kollegger T, Konzer J, Koralt I, Koroleva L, Korsch W, Kotchenda L, Kouchpil V, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Krus M, Kumar L, Kurnadi P, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, LaPointe S, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee CH, Lee JH, Leight W, LeVine MJ, Li C, Li L, Li N, Li W, Li X, Li X, Li Y, Li ZM, Lin G, Lindenbaum SJ, Lisa MA, Liu F, Liu H, Liu J, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Longacre RS, Love WA, Lu Y, Lukashov EV, Luo X, Ma GL, Ma YG, Mahapatra DP, Majka R, Mall OI, Mangotra LK, Manweiler R, Margetis S, Markert C, Masui H, Matis HS, Matulenko YA, McDonald D, McShane TS, Meschanin A, Milner R, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mischke A, Mitrovski MK, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Morozov B, Morozov DA, Munhoz MG, Nandi BK, Nattrass C, Nayak TK, Nelson JM, Netrakanti PK, Ng MJ, Nogach LV, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Okorokov V, Oldag EW, Olson D, Pachr M, Page BS, Pal SK, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlak T, Peitzmann T, Perevoztchikov V, Perkins C, Peryt W, Phatak SC, Pile P, Planinic M, Ploskon MA, Pluta J, Plyku D, Poljak N, Poskanzer AM, Potukuchi BVKS, Powell CB, Prindle D, Pruneau C, Pruthi NK, Pujahari PR, Putschke J, Qiu H, Raniwala R, Raniwala S, Ray RL, Redwine R, Reed R, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Rose A, Roy C, Ruan L, Sahoo R, Sakai S, Sakrejda I, Sakuma T, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sangaline E, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmitz N, Schuster TR, Seele J, Seger J, Selyuzhenkov I, Seyboth P, Shahaliev E, Shao M, Sharma M, Shi SS, Sichtermann EP, Simon F, Singaraju RN, Skoby MJ, Smirnov N, Sorensen P, Sowinski J, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Staszak D, Stevens JR, Stock R, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Suarez MC, Subba NL, Sumbera M, Sun XM, Sun Y, Sun Z, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Symons TJM, Szanto de Toledo A, Takahashi J, Tang AH, Tang Z, Tarini LH, Tarnowsky T, Thein D, Thomas JH, Tian J, Timmins AR, Timoshenko S, Tlusty D, Tokarev M, Tram VN, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tsai OD, Ulery J, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Van Buren G, van Leeuwen M, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vanfossen JA, Varma R, Vasconcelos GMS, Vasiliev AN, Videbaek F, Viyogi YP, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Wada M, Walker M, Wang F, Wang G, Wang H, Wang JS, Wang Q, Wang XL, Wang Y, Webb G, Webb JC, Westfall GD, Whitten C, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu YF, Xie W, Xu H, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu W, Xu Y, Xu Z, Xue L, Yang Y, Yepes P, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yue Q, Zawisza M, Zbroszczyk H, Zhan W, Zhang JB, Zhang S, Zhang WM, Zhang XP, Zhang Y, Zhang ZP, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou J, Zhou W, Zhu X, Zhu YH, Zoulkarneev R, Zoulkarneeva Y. Higher moments of net proton multiplicity distributions at RHIC. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:022302. [PMID: 20867702 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.022302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We report the first measurements of the kurtosis (κ), skewness (S), and variance (σ2) of net-proton multiplicity (Np-Np) distributions at midrapidity for Au+Au collisions at square root of s(NN)=19.6, 62.4, and 200 GeV corresponding to baryon chemical potentials (μB) between 200 and 20 MeV. Our measurements of the products κσ2 and Sσ, which can be related to theoretical calculations sensitive to baryon number susceptibilities and long-range correlations, are constant as functions of collision centrality. We compare these products with results from lattice QCD and various models without a critical point and study the square root of s(NN) dependence of κσ2. From the measurements at the three beam energies, we find no evidence for a critical point in the QCD phase diagram for μB below 200 MeV.
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Abelev BI, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alakhverdyants AV, Anderson BD, Arkhipkin D, Averichev GS, Balewski J, Barannikova O, Barnby LS, Baumgart S, Beavis DR, Bellwied R, Betancourt MJ, Betts RR, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bichsel H, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Biritz B, Bland LC, Bnzarov I, Bonner BE, Bouchet J, Braidot E, Brandin AV, Bridgeman A, Bruna E, Bueltmann S, Burton TP, Cai XZ, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Catu O, Cebra D, Cendejas R, Cervantes MC, Chajecki Z, Chaloupka P, Chattopadhyay S, Chen HF, Chen JH, Chen JY, Cheng J, Cherney M, Chikanian A, Choi KE, Christie W, Chung P, Clarke RF, Codrington MJM, Corliss R, Cramer JG, Crawford HJ, Das D, Dash S, Davila Leyva A, De Silva LC, Debbe RR, Dedovich TG, DePhillips M, Derevschikov AA, Derradi de Souza R, Didenko L, Djawotho P, Dogra SM, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Dunlop JC, Dutta Mazumdar MR, Efimov LG, Elhalhuli E, Elnimr M, Engelage J, Eppley G, Erazmus B, Estienne M, Eun L, Fachini P, Fatemi R, Fedorisin J, Fersch RG, Filip P, Finch E, Fine V, Fisyak Y, Gagliardi CA, Gangadharan DR, Ganti MS, Garcia-Solis EJ, Geromitsos A, Geurts F, Ghazikhanian V, Ghosh P, Gorbunov YN, Gordon A, Grebenyuk O, Grosnick D, Grube B, Guertin SM, Gupta A, Gupta N, Guryn W, Haag B, Hallman TJ, Hamed A, Han LX, Harris JW, Hays-Wehle JP, Heinz M, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hjort E, Hoffman AM, Hoffmann GW, Hofman DJ, Hollis RS, Huang HZ, Humanic TJ, Huo L, Igo G, Iordanova A, Jacobs P, Jacobs WW, Jakl P, Jena C, Jin F, Jones CL, Jones PG, Joseph J, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kajimoto K, Kang K, Kapitan J, Kauder K, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Kettler D, Khodyrev VY, Kikola DP, Kiryluk J, Kisiel A, Knospe AG, Kocoloski A, Koetke DD, Kollegger T, Konzer J, Kopytine M, Koralt I, Korsch W, Kotchenda L, Kouchpil V, Kravtsov P, Kravtsov VI, Krueger K, Krus M, Kumar L, Kurnadi P, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, LaPointe S, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee CH, Lee JH, Leight W, LeVine MJ, Li C, Li L, Li N, Li W, Li X, Li X, Li Y, Li Z, Lin G, Lindenbaum SJ, Lisa MA, Liu F, Liu H, Liu J, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Longacre RS, Love WA, Lu Y, Ludlam T, Ma GL, Ma YG, Mahapatra DP, Majka R, Mall OI, Mangotra LK, Manweiler R, Margetis S, Markert C, Masui H, Matis HS, Matulenko YA, McDonald D, McShane TS, Meschanin A, Milner R, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mischke A, Mitrovski MK, Mohanty B, Morozov DA, Munhoz MG, Nandi BK, Nattrass C, Nayak TK, Nelson JM, Netrakanti PK, Ng MJ, Nogach LV, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Okada H, Okorokov V, Olson D, Pachr M, Page BS, Pal SK, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlak T, Peitzmann T, Perevoztchikov V, Perkins C, Peryt W, Phatak SC, Pile P, Planinic M, Ploskon MA, Pluta J, Plyku D, Poljak N, Poskanzer AM, Potukuchi BVKS, Powell CB, Prindle D, Pruneau C, Pruthi NK, Pujahari PR, Putschke J, Raniwala R, Raniwala S, Ray RL, Redwine R, Reed R, Rehberg JM, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Rose A, Roy C, Ruan L, Sahoo R, Sakai S, Sakrejda I, Sakuma T, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sangaline E, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmitz N, Schuster TR, Seele J, Seger J, Selyuzhenkov I, Seyboth P, Shahaliev E, Shao M, Sharma M, Shi SS, Sichtermann EP, Simon F, Singaraju RN, Skoby MJ, Smirnov N, Sorensen P, Sowinski J, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Staszak D, Stevens JR, Stock R, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Suarez MC, Subba NL, Sumbera M, Sun XM, Sun Y, Sun Z, Surrow B, Symons TJM, Szanto de Toledo A, Takahashi J, Tang AH, Tang Z, Tarini LH, Tarnowsky T, Thein D, Thomas JH, Tian J, Timmins AR, Timoshenko S, Tlusty D, Tokarev M, Tram VN, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tsai OD, Ulery J, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, van Leeuwen M, Vanfossen JA, Varma R, Vasconcelos GMS, Vasiliev AN, Videbæk F, Viyogi YP, Vokal S, Wada M, Walker M, Wang F, Wang G, Wang H, Wang JS, Wang Q, Wang X, Wang XL, Wang Y, Webb G, Webb JC, Westfall GD, Whitten C, Wieman H, Wingfield E, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xie W, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu W, Xu Y, Xu Z, Xue L, Yang Y, Yepes P, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yue Q, Zawisza M, Zbroszczyk H, Zhan W, Zhang S, Zhang WM, Zhang XP, Zhang Y, Zhang ZP, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou J, Zhou W, Zhu X, Zhu YH, Zoulkarneev R, Zoulkarneeva Y. Three-particle coincidence of the long range pseudorapidity correlation in high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:022301. [PMID: 20867701 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.022301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We report the first three-particle coincidence measurement in pseudorapidity (Δη) between a high transverse momentum (p⊥) trigger particle and two lower p⊥ associated particles within azimuth |Δϕ|<0.7 in square root of s(NN)=200 GeV d+Au and Au+Au collisions. Charge ordering properties are exploited to separate the jetlike component and the ridge (long range Δη correlation). The results indicate that the correlation of ridge particles are uniform not only with respect to the trigger particle but also between themselves event by event in our measured Δη. In addition, the production of the ridge appears to be uncorrelated to the presence of the narrow jetlike component.
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Shih C, Davey ME, Zhou J, Tiedje JM, Criddle CS. Effects of phenol feeding pattern on microbial community structure and cometabolism of trichloroethylene. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 62:2953-60. [PMID: 16535382 PMCID: PMC1388920 DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.2953-2960.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cometabolism of trichloroethylene (TCE) by phenol-fed enrichments was evaluated in four reactors with distinct phenol feeding patterns. The reactors were inoculated from the same source, operated at the same average dilution rate, and received the same mass of phenol over time. Only the timing of phenol addition differed. Reactor C received phenol continuously; reactor SC5 received phenol semicontinuously--alternating between 5 h of feed and 3 h without feed; reactor SC2 alternated between 2 h of feed and 6 h without feed; and reactor P received a single pulse every 24 h. The structure of the enrichments and their capacity for TCE transformation were analyzed. In long-term operation, reactors C and SC5 were dominated by fungi, had higher levels of predators, were more susceptible to biomass fluctuations, and exhibited reduced capacity for TCE transformation. Reactors P and SC2 were characterized by lower levels of fungi, higher bacterial biomass, higher concentrations of TCE-degrading organisms, and higher rates of TCE transformation. After 200 days of operation, rates of TCE transformation increased 10-fold in reactor P, resulting in TCE transformation rates that were 20 to 100 times higher than the rates of the other reactor communities. The cause of this shift is unknown. Isolates capable of the highest rates of TCE transformation were obtained from reactor P. We conclude that cometabolic activity depends upon microbial community structure and that the community structure can be manipulated by altering the growth substrate feeding pattern.
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