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Nagy RA, Homminga I, Jia C, Liu F, Anderson JLC, Hoek A, Tietge UJF. Trimethylamine-N-oxide is present in human follicular fluid and is a negative predictor of embryo quality. Hum Reprod 2021; 35:81-88. [PMID: 31916569 PMCID: PMC9185935 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dez224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Revised: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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STUDY QUESTION Are levels of trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) in human follicular fluid (FF) related to IVF outcomes? SUMMARY ANSWER Higher levels of TMAO are a negative predictor of oocyte fertilization and embryo quality. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY TMAO is a metabolic product of dietary choline and l-carnitine produced via subsequent enzymatic modifications by the intestinal microbiota and hepatocytes. TMAO promotes inflammatory and oxidative stress pathways and has been characterized as a causative biomarker for the development of cardiometabolic disease. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION For the present cross-sectional study, samples (FF and plasma) from 431 modified natural cycle (MNC)-IVF cycles of 132 patients were collected prospectively between October 2014 and March 2018 in a single academic medical center. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS TMAO and its precursors (choline, l-carnitine and gamma-butyrobetaine) were measured by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry in (i) matched FF and plasma from 63 MNC-IVF cycles, in order to compare metabolite levels in the two matrices and (ii) FF from 232 MNC-IVF cycles in which only one oocyte was retrieved at follicular puncture. The association between metabolite levels and oocyte fertilization, embryo fragmentation percentage, embryo quality and the occurrence of pregnancy was analyzed using multilevel generalized estimating equations with adjustment for patient and cycle characteristics. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE The level of choline was higher in FF as compared to matched plasma (P < 0.001). Conversely, the levels of TMAO and gamma-butyrobetaine were lower in FF as compared to plasma (P = 0.001 and P = 0.075, respectively). For all metabolites, there was a positive correlation between FF and plasma levels. Finally, levels of TMAO and its gut-derived precursor gamma-butyrobetaine were lower in FF from oocytes that underwent normal fertilization (TMAO: odds ratio [OR] 0.66 [0.49–0.90], P = 0.008 per 1.0-μmol/L increase; gamma-butyrobetaine: OR 0.77 [0.60–1.00], P = 0.047 per 0.1-μmol/L increase) and developed into top-quality embryos (TMAO: OR 0.56 [0.42–0.76], P < 0.001 per 1.0-μmol/L increase; gamma-butyrobetaine: OR 0.79 [0.62–1.00], P = 0.050 per 0.1-μmol/L increase) than in FF from oocytes of suboptimal development. LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION The individual contributions of diet, gut bacteria and liver to the metabolite pools have not been quantified in this analysis. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS More research on the contribution of diet and the effect of gut bacteria on FF TMAO is warranted. Since TMAO integrates diet, microbiota and genetic setup of the person, our results indicate potential important clinical implications for its use as biomarker for lifestyle interventions to improve fertility. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S) No external funding was received for this project. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University Medical Center Groningen received an unrestricted educational grant of Ferring Pharmaceutical BV, the Netherlands. The authors have no other conflicts of interest. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER Netherlands Trial Register number NTR4409.
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- R A Nagy
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section Reproductive Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section Reproductive Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.,Division of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.,Division of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section Reproductive Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.,Division of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Clinical Chemistry, Karolinska University Laboratory, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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Hou S, Liu F, Ye YJ. [Research progress of different bowel reconstructions for postoperative functional protection during low anterior resections of rectal cancer]. Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi 2021; 24:372-376. [PMID: 33878829 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn.441530-20201223-00672] [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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Straight coloanal anastomosis (SCA), colonic J-pouch anastomosis (CJP), transverse coloplasty pouch anastomosis (TCP), and side-to-end anastomosis (SEA) are the most commonly used procedures of bowel reconstructions in the low anterior resections (LAR) of rectal cancer. Different bowel reconstruction procedures greatly affect postoperative bowel function, urinary function and sexual function. SCA is the most traditional procedure. CJP has been studied extensively and well-developed reconstruction method; however, recent studies have shown that CJP has the highest morbidity of complications, so the clinical application of CJP is limited. SEA is not inferior to CJP and SCA in the short-term and long-term defecation function, urination function, and sexual function, with reliable operational safety, so it is expected to become an alternative to SCA and CJP. The research on TCP is lacking, but there are some related clinical trials currently underway, and the results are worth expecting. The improvement and innovation of bowel reconstructions provide a bright prospect for better functional prognosis in patients with rectal cancer.
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- S Hou
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laboratory of Surgical Oncology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Research, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laboratory of Surgical Oncology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Research, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laboratory of Surgical Oncology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Research, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China
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Adam J, Adamczyk L, Adams JR, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Anderson DM, Aparin A, Aschenauer EC, Ashraf MU, Atetalla FG, Attri A, Averichev GS, Bairathi V, Barish K, Behera A, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Brandenburg JD, Brandin AV, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Cebra D, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chan BK, Chang FH, Chang Z, Chankova-Bunzarova N, Chatterjee A, Chen D, Chen J, Chen JH, Chen X, Chen Z, Cheng J, Cherney M, Chevalier M, Choudhury S, Christie W, Chu X, Crawford HJ, Csanád M, Daugherity M, Dedovich TG, Deppner IM, Derevschikov AA, Didenko L, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Dunlop JC, Edmonds T, Elsey N, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Ewigleben A, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Fedorisin J, Feng CJ, Feng Y, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Francisco A, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Galatyuk T, Geurts F, Ghimire N, Gibson A, Gopal K, Gou X, Grosnick D, Guryn W, Hamad AI, Hamed A, Harabasz S, Harris JW, He S, He W, He XH, He Y, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Herrmann N, Hoffman E, Holub L, Hong Y, Horvat S, Hu Y, Huang HZ, Huang SL, Huang T, Huang X, Humanic TJ, Huo P, Igo G, Isenhower D, Jacobs WW, Jena C, Jentsch A, Ji Y, Jia J, Jiang K, Jowzaee S, Ju X, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kabir ML, Kagamaster S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kapukchyan D, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Kelsey M, Khyzhniak YV, Kikoła DP, Kim C, Kimelman B, Kincses D, Kinghorn TA, Kisel I, Kiselev A, Kocan M, Kochenda L, Kosarzewski LK, Kramarik L, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulathunga Mudiyanselage N, Kumar L, Kumar S, Kunnawalkam Elayavalli R, Kwasizur JH, Lacey R, Lan S, Landgraf JM, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Leung YH, Li C, Li C, Li W, Li W, Li X, Li Y, Liang Y, Licenik R, Lin T, Lin Y, Lisa MA, Liu F, Liu H, Liu P, Liu P, Liu T, Liu X, Liu Y, Liu Z, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Longacre RS, Lukow NS, Luo S, Luo X, Ma GL, Ma L, Ma R, Ma YG, Magdy N, Majka R, Mallick D, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, Mazer JA, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mohanty B, Mooney I, Moravcova Z, Morozov DA, Nagy M, Nam JD, Nasim M, Nayak K, Neff D, Nelson JM, Nemes DB, Nie M, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nogach LV, Nonaka T, Nunes AS, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh S, Okorokov VA, Page BS, Pak R, Pandav A, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pawlowska D, Pei H, Perkins C, Pinsky L, Pintér RL, Pluta J, Pokhrel BR, Porter J, Posik M, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Radhakrishnan SK, Ramachandran S, Ray RL, Reed R, Ritter HG, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Sahoo NR, Sako H, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sato S, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Schweid BR, Seck F, Seger J, Sergeeva M, Seto R, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Sheikh AI, Shen WQ, Shi SS, Shi Y, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Sikora R, Simko M, Singh J, Singha S, Smirnov N, Solyst W, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stefaniak M, Stewart DJ, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun XM, Sun X, Sun Y, Sun Y, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Szymanski P, Tang AH, Tang Z, Taranenko A, Tarnowsky T, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Tokarev M, Tomkiel CA, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Tsai OD, Tu Z, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, Vanek J, Vasiliev AN, Vassiliev I, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Wang F, Wang G, Wang JS, Wang P, Wang Y, Wang Y, Wang Z, Webb JC, Weidenkaff PC, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao ZG, Xie G, Xie W, Xu H, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu YF, Xu Y, Xu Z, Xu Z, Yang C, Yang Q, Yang S, Yang Y, Yang Z, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yu Y, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang C, Zhang D, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang XP, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang ZJ, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou C, Zhu X, Zhu Z, Zurek M, Zyzak M. Global Polarization of Ξ and Ω Hyperons in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:162301. [PMID: 33961449 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.162301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Global polarization of Ξ and Ω hyperons has been measured for the first time in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV. The measurements of the Ξ^{-} and Ξ[over ¯]^{+} hyperon polarization have been performed by two independent methods, via analysis of the angular distribution of the daughter particles in the parity violating weak decay Ξ→Λ+π, as well as by measuring the polarization of the daughter Λ hyperon, polarized via polarization transfer from its parent. The polarization, obtained by combining the results from the two methods and averaged over Ξ^{-} and Ξ[over ¯]^{+}, is measured to be ⟨P_{Ξ}⟩=0.47±0.10(stat)±0.23(syst)% for the collision centrality 20%-80%. The ⟨P_{Ξ}⟩ is found to be slightly larger than the inclusive Λ polarization and in reasonable agreement with a multiphase transport model. The ⟨P_{Ξ}⟩ is found to follow the centrality dependence of the vorticity predicted in the model, increasing toward more peripheral collisions. The global polarization of Ω, ⟨P_{Ω}⟩=1.11±0.87(stat)±1.97(syst)% was obtained by measuring the polarization of daughter Λ in the decay Ω→Λ+K, assuming the polarization transfer factor C_{ΩΛ}=1.
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- J Adam
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, FPACS, Cracow 30-059, Poland
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- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 117218, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- University of Jammu, Jammu 180001, India
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 117218, Russia
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska 68178
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary H-1117
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- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Institute of High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101
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- Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut 06515
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, FPACS, Cracow 30-059, Poland
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
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- Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati 517507, India
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
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- American University of Cairo, New Cairo 11835, New Cairo, Egypt
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati 517507, India
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw 00-661, Poland
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary H-1117
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- University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies FIAS, Frankfurt 60438, Germany
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research, HBNI, Jatni 752050, India
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- University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Institute of High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research, HBNI, Jatni 752050, India
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Institute of High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
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- ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary H-1117
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Berhampur 760010, India
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Institute of High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research, HBNI, Jatni 752050, India
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow 31-342, Poland
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw 00-661, Poland
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw 00-661, Poland
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich 80805, Germany
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich 80805, Germany
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- Indian Institute Technology, Patna, Bihar 801106, India
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, FPACS, Cracow 30-059, Poland
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw 00-661, Poland
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 05314-970
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
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- Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 117218, Russia
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw 00-661, Poland
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska 68178
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary H-1117
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Institute of High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies FIAS, Frankfurt 60438, Germany
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland 21402
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw 00-661, Poland
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
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- National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies FIAS, Frankfurt 60438, Germany
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Meng ZJ, Li XJ, Liu F, Li RS, Liang HP. Potential association between elevated serum human epididymis protein 4 and chronic kidney disease in female patients. J Physiol Pharmacol 2021; 71. [PMID: 33901997 DOI: 10.26402/jpp.2020.6.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Serum levels of human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) are elevated in a large number of women with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, it remains unclear whether HE4 can be used as a potential biomarker for the diagnosis of CKD. This study aims to determine whether serum HE4 is a potential biomarker for CKD in Han Chinese female patients. A total of 347 Han Chinese female patients aged 19 to 89 were included in the present study. Among these patients, 154 were healthy control individuals, while 193 were hospitalized patients with CKD. Their demographic characteristics were obtained, and the levels of serum creatinine (Scr), beta2-microglobulin (B2M), and cystatin C (CysC) (to assess renal function) were measured. Serum HE4 concentration was determined by electrochemiluminescence. Serum HE4 levels in patients with CKD were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.001). Meanwhile, there were significant differences in HE4 levels among the four CKD subgroups (P < 0.001) via multiple comparisons. In addition, the diagnostic value of HE4 was significantly higher than other indicators by ROC curve analysis. HE4 may not only serve as a potential biomarker to predict CKD but also have an important reference value for CKD staging.
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- Z-J Meng
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated People's Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated People's Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Affiliated People's Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated People's Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
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Li X, Sanz J, Foro P, Martínez A, Zhao M, Reig A, Liu F, Huang Y, Membrive I, Algara M, Rodríguez N. Long-term results of a randomized partial irradiation trial compared to whole breast irradiation in the early stage and low-risk breast cancer patients after conservative surgery. Clin Transl Oncol 2021; 23:2127-2132. [PMID: 33880724 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-021-02618-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE To report long-term results of a randomized trial comparing accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) to whole-breast irradiation (WBI) in terms of efficacy, toxicity, and cosmesis. METHODS AND MATERIALS WBI group was treated with 3D conformal external irradiation, 2 Gy daily/fraction, 5 fractions/week, to a total dose of 50 Gy. APBI group was treated with 3D conformal external irradiation 3.75 Gy/fraction, twice a day, 5 fractions/week, to a total dose of 37.5 Gy in the APBI group. Patients were followed up every 6 months up to 5 years and yearly thereafter. During follow-up visits, the clinician evaluated chronic toxicity and scored cosmetic results with a four-scale system. RESULTS After a median follow-up of 10.3 years, 43 patients in each group (84%) are alive without disease. One patient died after disease progression in the APBI arm, and there was no death in the WBI arm. The rest of the patients died from another disease different than breast cancer, similarly between groups. There was greater fibrosis in the APBI group (9 patients grade 1 and one grade 2) compared to WBI (3 patients grade 1 and one grade 2); p = 0.18. Regarding cosmesis, in APBI group, 19 and 21 (43.2 and 47%) patients had excellent or good results, similar to the WBI group with 18 patients (40.9%) in each cosmesis outcome. The WBI group did not have any patient with poor cosmesis but the APBI had 3 (6.8%; p = 0.24). CONCLUSION After a follow-up of 10 years, there were no differences in efficacy between the 2 treatment arms. Despite slight greater toxicity in the APBI group, the cosmesis was similar and satisfactory in both groups.
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- X Li
- Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. .,Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, C/. Del Gas s/n Edificio B, sótano -2, 08003, Barcelona, Spain. .,Radiation Oncology Research Group, Institut Municipal d'InvestigacióMédica IMIM, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.,Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, C/. Del Gas s/n Edificio B, sótano -2, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Radiation Oncology Research Group, Institut Municipal d'InvestigacióMédica IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, C/. Del Gas s/n Edificio B, sótano -2, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, C/. Del Gas s/n Edificio B, sótano -2, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Radiation Oncology Research Group, Institut Municipal d'InvestigacióMédica IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, C/. Del Gas s/n Edificio B, sótano -2, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, C/. Del Gas s/n Edificio B, sótano -2, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Radiation Oncology Research Group, Institut Municipal d'InvestigacióMédica IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, C/. Del Gas s/n Edificio B, sótano -2, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Radiation Oncology Research Group, Institut Municipal d'InvestigacióMédica IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.,Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, C/. Del Gas s/n Edificio B, sótano -2, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Radiation Oncology Research Group, Institut Municipal d'InvestigacióMédica IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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Liu D, Chen C, Zhang X, Dong M, He T, Dong Y, Lu J, Yu L, Yang C, Liu F. Successful birth after preimplantation genetic testing for a couple with two different reciprocal translocations and review of the literature. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2021; 19:58. [PMID: 33879178 PMCID: PMC8056626 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-021-00731-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Preimplantation genetic testing for chromosomal structural rearrangements (PGT-SR) is widely applied in couples with single reciprocal translocation to increase the chance for a healthy live birth. However, limited knowledge is known on the data of PGT-SR when both parents have a reciprocal translocation. Here, we for the first time present a rare instance of PGT-SR for a non-consanguineous couple in which both parents carried an independent balanced reciprocal translocation and show how relevant genetic counseling data can be generated. METHODS The precise translocation breakpoints were identified by whole genome low-coverage sequencing (WGLCS) and Sanger sequencing. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) combining with breakpoint-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to define 24-chromosome and the carrier status of the euploid embryos. RESULTS Surprisingly, 2 out of 3 day-5 blastocysts were found to be balanced for maternal reciprocal translocation while being normal for paternal translocation and thus transferable. The transferable embryo rate was significantly higher than that which would be expected theoretically. Transfer of one balanced embryo resulted in the birth of a healthy boy. CONCLUSION(S) Our data of PGT-SR together with a systematic review of the literature should help in providing couples carrying two different reciprocal translocations undergoing PGT-SR with more appropriate genetic counseling.
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- Dun Liu
- Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Medical Genetic Centre, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Medical Genetic Centre, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Medical Genetic Centre, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- CheerLand Precision Biomed Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
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Planchard D, Yang JH, Brahmer J, Ragone A, Chen J, Liu F, Saggese M. 185TiP A phase Ib dose-escalation study evaluating trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) and durvalumab in combination with chemotherapy as first-line treatment in patients with advanced or metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and HER2 overexpression (DESTINY-Lung03). J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s1556-0864(21)02027-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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: 11/27/2022]
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Xu M, Liu F, Ge ZX, Li JM, Xie X, Yang JH. Functional studies of left atrium and BNP in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and the prediction of recurrence after CPVA. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 24:4997-5007. [PMID: 32432763 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202005_21191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study was aimed to observe the significance of the left atrium (LA) functional index combined with B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) level in predicting recurrence in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) after circumferential pulmonary vein ablation (CPVA). Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT-3DE) was used to observe the structural and functional changes of LA in patients with PAF after CPVA. BNP is a hemodynamic indicator of myocardial stretching increase in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS 243 patients with PAF who intended to undergo CPVA were selected in the study, and the following clinical data of the patients were collected. Firstly, the blood BNP levels measured before CPVA. Secondly, the measurements of routine echocardiography before CPVA. RT-3DE was used to obtain the time-volume curve of LA. Then, multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the factors affecting PAF recurrence after CPVA. Finally, we obtained the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of PAF recurrence predicted by the independent risk factors. RESULTS A total of 233 AF patients with an average age of 63.1 ± 9.3 years (range, 39-75 years; male: female =195: 38) underwent CPVA. 42 patients had AF recurrence (18.0%) during 3-6months follow-up after an operation blanking period of 3 months, BNP in the Recurrence Group was higher than that in Sinus Rhythm Group (p≤0.001). The preoperative left minimum volume index (LAVImin), left atrial volume index before contraction (LAVIpre-a) were higher in Recurrence Group than in Sinus Rhythm Group (p≤0.001). Expansion index, Diastolic emptying index (DEI), Passive emptying index (PEI), Active emptying index (AEI) were lower in the Recurrence Group than in the Sinus Rhythm Group (p≤0.001). Logistic regression analyses showed that BNP and DEI were independent predictors for PAF recurrence (OR=1.004, 95% CI: 1.01-1.07, p=0.001; OR=0.655, 95% CI: 0.57-0.75, p=0.001). The AUC of BNP, DEI and combined index for recurrence of CPVA were higher than LAVImax (p range: 0.001-0.013). CONCLUSIONS In patients with PAF treated with CPVA, the impaired DEI of LA reservoir function and increased BNP may be useful predictors of PAF recurrence.
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- M Xu
- Department of Echocardiography, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University of Jiangsu Province, SuZhou, China.
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Nong Y, Li S, Liu W, Zhang X, Fan L, Chen Y, Huang Q, Zhang Q, Liu F. Aquaporin 3 promotes human extravillous trophoblast migration and invasion. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2021; 19:49. [PMID: 33781292 PMCID: PMC8006384 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-021-00726-z] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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PROBLEM Does aquaporin 3 (AQP3) affect the migration and invasion of human extravillous trophoblast (HTR8/Svneo) cells? METHOD OF STUDY A lentivirus infection system was used to construct stable cell lines with either AQP3 knockdown or overexpression. RT-PCR and western blotting were used to verify the efficiencies of AQP3 knockdown or overexpression in HTR8/Svneo cells at mRNA and protein levels, respectively. Cell Counting Kit-8 and flow cytometry assays were used to detect the influence of AQP3 knockdown or overexpression on proliferation and apoptosis of HTR8/Svneo cells. In addition, wound healing and Transwell invasion assays were used to detect the effects of AQP3 knockdown or overexpression on migration and invasion capabilities of HTR8/Svneo cells. An Agilent gene chip was used to screen for significant differentially expressed genes after AQP3 knockdown. Finally, mechanisms by which AQP3 influences the migration and invasion of HTR8/Svneo cells were explored using bioinformatic analysis. RESULTS Compared with controls, migration and invasion capabilities of HTR8/Svneo cells were significantly reduced after AQP3 knockdown, and significantly increased after AQP3 overexpression. Subsequent bioinformatic analysis of gene chip expression profiles indicated downregulation of genes related to adhesion such as PDGF-B, as well as signaling pathways (such as PIK3/AKT, NF-κB, and TNF) after AQP3 knockdown. CONCLUSIONS AQP3 could significantly promote migration and invasion capabilities of human extravillous trophoblasts, it may mediate embryo invasion and adhesion to endometrium by regulating PDGF-B, PIK3/AKT signaling pathways, although this requires further verification.
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- Yingqi Nong
- grid.412601.00000 0004 1760 3828The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- grid.284723.80000 0000 8877 7471Reproductive Medicine Center, Affiliated Shenzhen City Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital of Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, China
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- grid.459579.3Department of Reproductive Health and Infertility, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- grid.459579.3Department of Reproductive Health and Infertility, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- grid.459579.3Department of Reproductive Health and Infertility, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- grid.459579.3Department of Reproductive Health and Infertility, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- grid.459579.3Department of Reproductive Health and Infertility, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- grid.459579.3Department of Reproductive Health and Infertility, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- grid.459579.3Department of Reproductive Health and Infertility, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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Adam J, Adamczyk L, Adams JR, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Anderson DM, Aparin A, Aschenauer EC, Ashraf MU, Atetalla FG, Attri A, Averichev GS, Bairathi V, Barish K, Behera A, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Brandenburg JD, Brandin AV, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Cebra D, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chan BK, Chang FH, Chang Z, Chankova-Bunzarova N, Chatterjee A, Chen D, Chen J, Chen JH, Chen X, Chen Z, Cheng J, Cherney M, Chevalier M, Choudhury S, Christie W, Chu X, Crawford HJ, Csanád M, Daugherity M, Dedovich TG, Deppner IM, Derevschikov AA, Didenko L, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Dunlop JC, Edmonds T, Elsey N, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Ewigleben A, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Fedorisin J, Feng CJ, Feng Y, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Francisco A, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Galatyuk T, Geurts F, Gibson A, Gopal K, Gou X, Grosnick D, Guryn W, Hamad AI, Hamed A, Harabasz S, Harris JW, He S, He W, He XH, He Y, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Herrmann N, Hoffman E, Holub L, Hong Y, Horvat S, Hu Y, Huang HZ, Huang SL, Huang T, Huang X, Humanic TJ, Huo P, Igo G, Isenhower D, Jacobs WW, Jena C, Jentsch A, Ji Y, Jia J, Jiang K, Jowzaee S, Ju X, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kabir ML, Kagamaster S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kapukchyan D, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Kelsey M, Khyzhniak YV, Kikoła DP, Kim C, Kimelman B, Kincses D, Kinghorn TA, Kisel I, Kiselev A, Kocan M, Kochenda L, Kosarzewski LK, Kramarik L, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulathunga Mudiyanselage N, Kumar L, Kumar S, Kunnawalkam Elayavalli R, Kwasizur JH, Lacey R, Lan S, Landgraf JM, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Leung YH, Li C, Li C, Li W, Li W, Li X, Li Y, Liang Y, Licenik R, Lin T, Lin Y, Lisa MA, Liu F, Liu H, Liu P, Liu P, Liu T, Liu X, Liu Y, Liu Z, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Longacre RS, Lukow NS, Luo S, Luo X, Ma GL, Ma L, Ma R, Ma YG, Magdy N, Majka R, Mallick D, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, Mazer JA, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mohanty B, Mooney I, Moravcova Z, Morozov DA, Nagy M, Nam JD, Nasim M, Nayak K, Neff D, Nelson JM, Nemes DB, Nie M, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nogach LV, Nonaka T, Nunes AS, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh S, Okorokov VA, Page BS, Pak R, Pandav A, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pawlowska D, Pei H, Perkins C, Pinsky L, Pintér RL, Pluta J, Porter J, Posik M, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Radhakrishnan SK, Ramachandran S, Ray RL, Reed R, Ritter HG, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Sahoo NR, Sako H, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sato S, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Schweid BR, Seck F, Seger J, Sergeeva M, Seto R, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Sheikh AI, Shen WQ, Shi SS, Shi Y, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Sikora R, Simko M, Singh J, Singha S, Smirnov N, Solyst W, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stefaniak M, Stewart DJ, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun XM, Sun X, Sun Y, Sun Y, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Szymanski P, Tang AH, Tang Z, Taranenko A, Tarnowsky T, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Tokarev M, Tomkiel CA, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Tsai OD, Tu Z, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, Vanek J, Vasiliev AN, Vassiliev I, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Wang F, Wang G, Wang JS, Wang P, Wang Y, Wang Y, Wang Z, Webb JC, Weidenkaff PC, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao ZG, Xie G, Xie W, Xu H, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu YF, Xu Y, Xu Z, Xu Z, Yang C, Yang Q, Yang S, Yang Y, Yang Z, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yu Y, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang C, Zhang D, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang XP, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang ZJ, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou C, Zhu X, Zhu Z, Zurek M, Zyzak M. Nonmonotonic Energy Dependence of Net-Proton Number Fluctuations. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:092301. [PMID: 33750161 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.092301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Nonmonotonic variation with collision energy (sqrt[s_{NN}]) of the moments of the net-baryon number distribution in heavy-ion collisions, related to the correlation length and the susceptibilities of the system, is suggested as a signature for the quantum chromodynamics critical point. We report the first evidence of a nonmonotonic variation in the kurtosis times variance of the net-proton number (proxy for net-baryon number) distribution as a function of sqrt[s_{NN}] with 3.1 σ significance for head-on (central) gold-on-gold (Au+Au) collisions measured solenoidal tracker at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Data in noncentral Au+Au collisions and models of heavy-ion collisions without a critical point show a monotonic variation as a function of sqrt[s_{NN}].
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- J Adam
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, FPACS, Cracow 30-059, Poland
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 117218, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- University of Jammu, Jammu 180001, India
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 117218, Russia
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- NRC "Kurchatov Institute", Institute of High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251, USA
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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- Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut 06515, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, FPACS, Cracow 30-059, Poland
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- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251, USA
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- Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383, USA
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati 517507, India
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
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- American University of Cairo, New Cairo 11835, New Cairo, Egypt
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati 517507, India
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw 00-661, Poland
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies FIAS, Frankfurt 60438, Germany
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251, USA
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research, HBNI, Jatni 752050, India
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
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- University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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- NRC "Kurchatov Institute", Institute of High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research, HBNI, Jatni 752050, India
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- NRC "Kurchatov Institute", Institute of High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
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- ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Berhampur 760010, India
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- NRC "Kurchatov Institute", Institute of High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research, HBNI, Jatni 752050, India
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow 31-342, Poland
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw 00-661, Poland
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw 00-661, Poland
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, FPACS, Cracow 30-059, Poland
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, USA
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- University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich 80805, Germany
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich 80805, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, Bihar 801106, India
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, FPACS, Cracow 30-059, Poland
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw 00-661, Poland
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05314-970, Brazil
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 117218, Russia
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw 00-661, Poland
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
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- NRC "Kurchatov Institute", Institute of High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies FIAS, Frankfurt 60438, Germany
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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- Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland 21402, USA
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- University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000, China
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251, USA
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw 00-661, Poland
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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- Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies FIAS, Frankfurt 60438, Germany
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Lyu WH, Xia F, Zhou CS, Huang M, Ding WW, Zhang S, Liu F, Ma JC, Li XL, Yu YZ, Zhang LJ, Lu GM. [Application of deep learning-based chest CT auxiliary diagnosis system in emergency trauma patients]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 101:481-486. [PMID: 33631892 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20201117-03123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the diagnostic efficacy and potential application value of deep learning-based chest CT auxiliary diagnosis system in emergency trauma patients. Methods: A total of 403 patients, including 254 males and 149 females aged from 16 to 100 (50±19) years, who received emergency treatment for trauma and chest CT examination in the Eastern Theater General Hospital from September 2019 to November 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. Dr. Wise Lung Analyzer's chest CT auxiliary diagnosis system was applied to detect 5 types of injuries, including pneumothorax, pleural effusion/hemothorax, pulmonary contusion (shown as consolidation and ground glass opacity), rib fractures, and other fractures (including thoracic vertebrae, sternum, scapula and clavicle, etc.) and 6 other abnormalities (bullae, emphysema, pulmonary nodules, stripe, reticulation, pleural thickening). The diagnostic reference standards were labeled by two radiologists independently. The sensitivity and specificity of the auxiliary diagnosis system were evaluated. The imaging diagnostic reports were compared with the results of the auxiliary diagnosis system, and the diagnostic consistency between the two was calculated by using the Kappa test. Results: According to the reference standards, among the 403 patients, 29 were pneumothorax, 75 were pleural effusion/hemothorax, 131 were pulmonary contusion, 124 were rib fractures, and 63 were other fractures. The sensitivity and specificity of the auxiliary diagnosis system for detection of pneumothorax, pleural effusion/hemothorax, rib fractures, and other fractures were 96.6%, 97.6%, 80.0%, 99.7%, 99.2%, 83.9%, 84.1%, and 99.7%, respectively. The sensitivity of detecting lung contusion was 97.7%. There was a high consistency between the auxiliary diagnosis system and imaging diagnosis in the diagnosis of injuries, in which the kappa values of pneumothorax, pleural effusion, rib fracture and other fractures were 0.783, 0.821, 0.706 and 0.813, respectively (all P<0.001). Two cases of pneumothorax, three cases of pleural effusion/hemothorax, nine cases of rib fractures, and six cases of other fractures missed by imaging diagnosis were all detected by the auxiliary diagnosis system. The detection sensitivity of the auxiliary diagnosis system was higher for emphysema, pulmonary nodules and stripe (all>85%), but lower for bullae, reticulation and pleural thickening. Conclusions: The deep learning-based chest CT auxiliary diagnosis system could effectively assist chest CT to detect injuries in emergency trauma patients, which was expected to optimize the clinical workflow.
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- W H Lyu
- Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, the First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Nanjing, 210002, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, the First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Nanjing, 210002, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, the First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Nanjing, 210002, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, the First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Nanjing, 210002, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Southern Medical University, Nanjing 210002, China
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- Deepwise AI Lab, Deepwise Inc., Beijing 100080, China
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- Deepwise AI Lab, Deepwise Inc., Beijing 100080, China
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- Deepwise AI Lab, Deepwise Inc., Beijing 100080, China
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- Deepwise AI Lab, Deepwise Inc., Beijing 100080, China
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- Deepwise AI Lab, Deepwise Inc., Beijing 100080, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, the First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Nanjing, 210002, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, the First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Nanjing, 210002, China
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Li K, She F, Yang J, Liu YW, He R, Xie Y, Zhou BD, Lyu TT, Xu BH, Liu FL, Liu F, Zhang P. [Analyses of triggers for recurrent cardiac events in 38 patients with symptomatic long QT syndrome]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2021; 49:165-169. [PMID: 33611903 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112148-20200529-00443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To evaluate the main triggers of recurrent cardiac events in patients with symptomatic congenital long QT syndrome (cLQTS). Methods: In this retrospective case analysis study, clinical characteristics were reviewed from 38 patients with recurrent cardiac events after first visit out of 66 symptomatic cLQTS patients. General clinical data such as gender, age, clinical presentation, family history and treatment were collected, auxiliary examination results such as electrocardiogram and gene detection were analyzed. LQTS-related cardiac events were defined as arrhythmogenic syncope, implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) shock, inappropriate ICD shock, aborted cardiac arrest, sudden cardiac death or ventricular tachycardia. Results: A total of 38 patients with recurrent symptoms were enrolled in this study, including 30 females (79%) and 14 children (37%). The average age of onset was (15.6±14.6) years, and the recurrence time was (3.6±3.5) years. Subtype analysis showed that there were 11 cases (29%) of LQT1 (including 2 cases of jervel-Lange Nielson syndrome), 19 cases (50%) of LQT2, 5 cases (13%) of LQT3 and 3 cases (8%) of other rare subtypes (1 LQT5, 1 LQT7 and 1 LQT11) in this patient cohort. LQT1 patients experienced recurrent cardiac event due to drug withdrawal (6 (55%)), specific triggers (exercise and emotional excitement) (4 (36%)) and medication adjustment (1 (9%)). For LQT2 patients, main triggers for cardiac events were drug withdrawal (16 (84%)), specific triggers (shock, sound stimulation, waking up (6 (32%)). One patient (5%) had recurrent syncope after pregnancy. One patient (20%) had inappropriate ICD shock. For LQT3 patients, 4 (80%) patients developed syncope during resting state, and 1 (20%) developed ventricular tachycardia during exercise test. One LQT5 patients experienced syncope and ICD shock under specific triggers (emotional excitement). One LQT11 patient had repeated ICD shocks under specific inducement (fatigue). One LQT7 patient experienced inappropriate ICD shock. Left cardiac sympathetic denervation (LCSD) significantly alleviated the symptoms in 2 children with Jervell-Lange Nielson syndrome (JLNS) post ineffective β-blocker medication. Nadolol succeeded in eliminating cardiac events in one patient with LQT2 post ineffective metoprolol medication. Mexiletine significantly improved symptoms in 2 patients with LQT2 post ineffective β-blocker medication. Conclusions: Medication withdrawal is an important trigger of the recurrence of cardiac events among patients with symptomatic congenital long QT syndrome.
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- Cardiology Department, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China
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- Cardiology Department, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China
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- Cardiology Department, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China
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- Cardiology Department, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China
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- Cardiology Department, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China
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- Cardiology Department, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China
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- Cardiology Department, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China
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- Cardiology Department, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China
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- Cardiology Department, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China
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- Cardiology Department, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China
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- Cardiology Department, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China
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- Cardiology Department, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China
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Guo DQ, Liu F, Zhang L, Bian NN, Liu LY, Kong LX, Wang ZG. CircPSMC3 inhibits cell proliferation and induces cell apoptosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by downregulating ROCK1. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 24:1219-1225. [PMID: 32096151 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202002_20174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Currently, the importance of circular RNAs in malignant tumors has attracted much attention. However, the role of circPSMC3 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) remains unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the function of circPSMC3 in the proliferation and apoptosis of NPC and to explore its possible underlying mechanism. PATIENTS AND METHODS Real Time-quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-qPCR) was utilized to determine the level of circPSMC3 in NPC tissues and cell lines. The association between circPSMC3 expression and patients' prognosis was analyzed. CircPSMC3 lentivirus was constructed and transfected into NPC cells. Cell growth ability and apoptosis were detected through Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay, colony formation assay, and flow cytometry, respectively. Western blot was performed to analyze the target protein of circPSMC3. Furthermore, the function of circPSMC3 was explored in nude mice. RESULTS CircPSMC3 was lowly expressed in NPC tissues compared with adjacent normal tissues. Low circPSMC3 expression was associated with poor prognosis of NPC patients. Meanwhile, the expression of circPSMC3 was significantly down-regulated in NPC cell lines as well. The growth ability of NPC cells was markedly inhibited after circPSMC3 was overexpressed. Overexpression of circPSMC3 significantly promoted the apoptosis of NPC cells in vitro. ROCK1 expression decreased markedly via overexpression of circPSMC3. Furthermore, tumor formation was inhibited after the up-regulation of circPSMC3 in vivo. CONCLUSIONS CircPSMC3 could suppress cell growth and promote cell apoptosis in NPC by downregulating ROCK1.
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, People's Liberation Army Hospital 960 Ziboyuan District, Zibo, China.
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Wang A, Ma WG, Wang CD, Zhang HQ, Liu F. [Clinical effects of autologous platelet rich plasma gel combined with vacuum sealing drainage techno-logy in repairing refractory wounds]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi 2021; 37:42-48. [PMID: 33499568 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501120-20200105-00004] [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 clinical effects of autologous platelet rich plasma (PRP) gel in combination with vacuum sealing drainage (VSD) technology in repairing refractory wounds. Methods: From March 2011 to January 2015, 44 patients with refractory wounds meeting the inclusion criteria were recruited into VSD alone group, who were admitted to the Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery of the Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang and received intermittent VSD treatment. From February 2015 to September 2019, 43 patients with refractory wounds meeting the inclusion criteria were recruited into PRP+ VSD group, who were admitted to the same unit as above-mentioned and received PRP combined with intermittent VSD treatment. The retrospective cohort study was conducted. There were 24 males and 20 females with age of (37.5±2.2) years in VSD alone group, and there were 25 males and 18 females with age of (37.0±2.5) years in PRP+ VSD group. The wound exudate of patients in the two groups before and 7 and 14 d after the first treatment were collected for bacterial culture, and the positive rate of bacterial culture was calculated. The wound healing of patients in the two groups was observed on 7, 14, and 21 d after the first treatment, and the wound healing rate was calculated. The complete wound healing time of patients in the two groups was recorded. The degree of wound pain of patients in the two groups was evaluated by the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) before and 14 d after the first treatment. The scar hyperplasia of patients in the two groups was evaluated by the Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS) in 1 and 2 months after the wound healed completely. The occurrence of adverse reactions of patients in the two groups during the whole period of treatment was observed and the incidence of adverse reactions was calculated. Data were statistically analyzed with analysis of variance for repeated measurement, chi-square test, paired t test, and Bonferroni correction. Results: The positive rates of bacterial culture in wound exudate of patients in PRP+ VSD on 7 and 14 d after the first treatment were 37.2% (16/43) and 11.6% (5/43), which were significantly lower than 56.8% (25/44) and 29.5% (13/44) in VSD alone group, χ(2)=4.212, 4.255, P<0.05. The wound healing rates of patients in PRP+ VSD group on 7 and 14, and 21 d after the first treatment were respectively (58±14)%, (70±13)%, (89±12)%, which were significantly higher than (41±11)%, (60±11)%, (74±12)% in VSD alone group, t=6.323, 3.820, 5.751, P<0.01. The complete wound healing time of patients in PRP+ VSD group was (30±6) d, which was significantly shorter than (61±8) d in VSD alone group, t=20.890, P<0.05. The VAS score of patients in PRP+ VSD group was significantly lower than that in VSD alone group on 14 d after the first treatment (t=13.904, P<0.01). The VSS score of patients in PRP+ VSD group was significantly lower than that in VSD alone group in 1 and 2 months after the wound healed completely (t=3.307, 3.637, P<0.01). The incidence of adverse reactions of patients in PRP+ VSD group during the whole period of treatment was 7.0% (3/43), which was significantly lower than 22.7% (10/44) in VSD alone group, χ(2)=4.245, P<0.05. Conclusions: Autologous PRP gel combined with VSD technology in repairing refractory wounds not only has good bacteriostatic effect, but also can increase wound healing rate, shorten wound healing time, alleviate wound pain, reduce scar hyperplasia, with less adverse reaction, which is worthy of promotion.
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang, Weifang 262500, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang, Weifang 262500, China
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- Department of Interventional Therapy, Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang, Weifang 262500, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang, Weifang 262500, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Dezhou People's Hospital, Dezhou 253045, China
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Hao Z, Li Z, Huo J, Li J, Liu F, Yin P. Effects of Chinese wolfberry and Astragalus extract on the antioxidant capacity of Tibetan pig liver. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0245749. [PMID: 33503027 PMCID: PMC7840052 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The objective of this study is to determine the effect of Chinese wolfberry (Lycium barbarum) and Astragalus (Astragalus membranaceus) extract (WAE) on the antioxidant capacity of Tibetan pig liver, and discussed the regulatory effect of WAE on the liver antioxidant mechanism. Twelve healthy 120-day-old Tibetan black pigs (35±2 kg) were divided randomly into two groups. The WAE group was fed a basal diet supplemented with 1% WAE for 90 days. The control group was fed the same diet, but without the WAE. We found that liver superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) activity (P<0.05), total antioxidative capacity (T-AOC) (P<0.05), and catalase (CAT) activity (P<0.01) significantly increased in the WAE group compared with the control group; malondialdehyde (MDA) content decreased, but this was not significant (P >0.05). Transcriptome sequencing analysis detected 106 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) related to oxidative stress. GO enrichment analysis showed these DEGs were involved in the positive regulation of reactive oxygen metabolism and biosynthesis, process regulation, and regulation of the oxidative stress response. KEGG Pathway enrichment analysis showed they were enriched in the PI3K-Akt, AMPK, Rap1, and peroxisome signaling pathways. The expression levels of key peroxisome biosynthesis genes (e.g., PEX3 and PEX11B) and key antioxidant genes (e.g., CAT and SOD1) were significantly higher in the WAE group than in the control group. The PRDX1 and PRDX5 content also was significantly higher in the WAE group. This study showed that the WAE regulated the antioxidant and anti-stress ability of Tibetan pig liver through a "peroxisome antioxidant-oxidant stress" signaling pathway.
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- Zhuang Hao
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Microbiology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Tian XX, Li R, Liu C, Liu F, Yang LJ, Wang SP, Wang CL. NLRP6-caspase 4 inflammasome activation in response to cariogenic bacterial lipoteichoic acid in human dental pulp inflammation. Int Endod J 2021; 54:916-925. [PMID: 33377178 DOI: 10.1111/iej.13469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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AIM To explore the presence and function of NLRP6-caspase 4 inflammasome in human pulp tissue and human dental pulp cells (HDPCs). METHODOLOGY Pulp tissue was collected from freshly extracted human caries-free third molars and third molars with irreversible pulpitis. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and western blot were performed to assess the expression of NLRP6-caspase 4 inflammasome. HDPCs were prepared from normal human pulp tissues and challenged with Porphyromonas gingivalis LPS. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and qRT-PCR were performed to assess if LPS can upregulate NLRP6 and caspase-4. HDPCs were further challenged with LPS followed with cytosolic Streptococcus mutans lipoteichoic acid (LTA). SiRNA targeting NLRP6 and Casp4 and pharmacology inhibitor Ac-FLTD-CMK and MCC950 were used to assess if Streptococcus mutans LTA can activate the NLRP6 but not the NLRP3 inflammasome. Western blot and ELISA were performed to evaluate inflammasome activation. The Student's t-test and one-way anova were used for statistical analysis. RESULTS NLRP6-caspase 4 inflammasome was upregulated and activated in inflamed human dental pulp tissue. In HDPCs, Porphyromonas gingivalis LPS upregulated the expression of NLRP6, CASP1 and CASP4 in a type I interferon dependent manner. After LPS priming, cytosolic Streptococcus mutans LTA triggered NLRP6-caspase 4 inflammasome activation. Knockdown of NLRP6 or CASP4 using siRNA or using pharmacology inhibitor Ac-FLTD-CMK but not MCC950 efficiently suppressed inflammasome activation by cytosolic LTA. CONCLUSIONS NLRP6-caspase 4 inflammasome may play an important role in pulp inflammation and immune defence. Inflammatory caspases represent a pharmacological target to restrain pulpal inflammation.
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- Stomatology Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Stomatology Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Stomatology Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Stomatology Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Stomatology Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Cariology and Endodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Wang Y, Chen C, Liang J, Fan L, Liu D, Zhang X, Liu F. A comparison of the clinical effects of thinning and drilling on laser-assisted hatching. Lasers Med Sci 2021; 37:1-9. [PMID: 33442852 PMCID: PMC8803699 DOI: 10.1007/s10103-020-03230-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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To systematically investigate the effects of two methods used for laser-assisted hatching (LAH) on clinical outcomes after day 4 (D4) on frozen-embryo-transfer (FET) cycles. Data from 11471 infertile patients who underwent FET cycles between January 2014 and October 2018 was retrospectively analyzed. The 1410 patients who met the inclusion criteria were further categorized into two groups based on the hatching procedure used: the thinning laser-assisted hatching group (T-LAH, 716 patients), and the drilling laser-assisted hatching group (D-LAH, 694 patients). The baseline characteristics of the patients were consistent between the two groups. However, the rates of implantation and clinical pregnancy were significantly higher in the T-LAH group compared to the D-LAH group (32.73% vs. 29.09%, P < 0.01, and 50.98% vs. 43.95%, P < 0.01). The proportion of live birth was also higher in the T-LAH group, but the difference was insignificant (39.11% vs. 36.89%, P > 0.05). Moreover, there were no significant differences in rates of miscarriages, multiple pregnancies, ectopic pregnancies, preterm births, and congenital disabilities between the two groups. Nonetheless, significantly higher rates of implantation and pregnancy were reported in the T-LAH group compared to the D-LAH group among patients aged <35 years, patients with at least one previously failed cycle, and patients with an endometrial thickness of 8-10 mm. T-LAH is superior to D-LAH in improving clinical implantation and pregnancy outcomes in D4 FET, particularly in patients aged <35 years with at least one previously failed cycle or an endometrial thickness of 8-10 mm. The findings of this study provide theoretical support for clinical individualized diagnosis and treatment of patients with infertility.
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- Yujiang Wang
- Department of Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, No. 521 Xingnan Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, 511442, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, No. 521 Xingnan Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, 511442, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, No. 521 Xingnan Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, 511442, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, No. 521 Xingnan Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, 511442, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, No. 521 Xingnan Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, 511442, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, No. 521 Xingnan Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, 511442, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, No. 521 Xingnan Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, 511442, Guangdong Province, China.
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Liu F, Qiu F, Chen H. miR-124-3p Ameliorates Isoflurane-Induced Learning and Memory Impairment via Targeting STAT3 and Inhibiting Neuroinflammation. Neuroimmunomodulation 2021; 28:248-254. [PMID: 34392240 DOI: 10.1159/000515661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Substantial evidence has indicated that isoflurane leads to learning and memory impairment. This study was designed to investigate the potential role of microRNA-124-3p (miR-124-3p) in isoflurane-induced learning and memory impairment in rats. METHODS Spatial learning and memory of rats were estimated by the Morris water maze (MWM) test after the construction of isoflurane-treated models. qRT-PCR was performed to assess the expression levels of miR-124-3p. The levels of interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α in the hippocampal tissues were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The luciferase activity was determined by using a dual-luciferase reporter assay system. RESULTS The higher escape latency and lower time spent in the original quadrant were shown in isoflurane-treated rats compared with the control rats. Moreover, treatment with isoflurane could induce neuroinflammation, and miR-124-3p was poorly expressed in the hippocampal tissue of isoflurane-treated rats. Furthermore, STAT3 is a functional target of miR-124-3p, and inflammatory cytokine level was downregulated by miR-124-3p. DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION Combining the results of the current study demonstrates that miR-124-3p may have pivotal roles in improving isoflurane-induced learning and memory impairment via targeting STAT3 and inhibiting neuroinflammation.
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- Fenghua Liu
- Department of Anesthesiology, Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang, Weifang, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang, Weifang, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang, Weifang, China
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Xia Y, Xin X, Pan Y, Zhang P, Liu F, Li X. Guiding uniform Zn deposition by cocoons for long-life Zn metal batteries. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj01147b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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 interlaced carbon membranes are prepared using silk cocoons via high-temperature sintering processes and has been assembled in symmetric zinc batteries to successfully inhibit the dendrite growth.
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- Yu Xia
- School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering
- Ningbo University
- Ningbo 315211
- China
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- School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering
- Ningbo University
- Ningbo 315211
- China
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- School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering
- Ningbo University
- Ningbo 315211
- China
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- Xuyi County Attapulgite Application Technology R&D and Achievement Transformation Center
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- P. R. China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering
- Chinese Academy of Science
- Ningbo
- P. R. China
- Xuyi County Attapulgite Application Technology R&D and Achievement Transformation Center
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- School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering
- Ningbo University
- Ningbo 315211
- China
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Liu F, Liu NF, Wang L, Chen J, Han L, Yu Z, Sun D. Treatment of secondary lower limb lymphedema after gynecologic cancer with complex decongestive therapy. Lymphology 2021; 54:122-132. [PMID: 34929073] [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] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Secondary lower extremity lymphedema is a common complication of treatment for gynecological cancers. Conservative therapy plays an important role in the treatment of patients with secondary lower extremity lymphedema; in particular, complex decongestive therapy (CDT) has been recognized as an effective nonoperative technique for these patients. But CDT therapy for secondary lower extremity lymphedema remains a problem in China because this technique and its effectiveness have not achieved widespread use and popularity. Our goal was to assess effects of CDT in patients with secondary lower limb lymphedema after treatment for gynecological cancers. The retrospective study consisted of 60 patients who were treated with 20 sessions of CDT. Assessments included objective changes in limb circumference, degree of LE, imaging features, and incidence of erysipelas before and after CDT treatment. We found that CDT can effectively improve lymph stasis and promote backflow, and decrease circumference, interstitial fluid content, and incidence of erysipelas of lymphedematous lower limb. Our results demonstrate that CDT is an effective treatment method for patients with secondary lower limb lymphedema following treatment for gynecologic cancers. This technique should be more widely utilized and popularized in China to improve the quality of life of millions of patients with secondary lower limb lymphedema.
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Zhang X, Liu H, Xing X, Tian M, Hu X, Liu F, Feng J, Chang S, Liu P, Zhang H. Ionizing radiation induces ferroptosis in splenic lymphocytes of mice. INT J RADIAT RES 2021. [DOI: 10.29252/ijrr.19.1.99] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Dong M, Sun L, Huang L, Wang F, Zhang X, Liu F. Fixed Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Antagonist Protocol Versus Flexible Progestin-Primed Ovarian Stimulation Protocol in Patients With Asynchronous Follicular Development During Controlled Ovulation Stimulation: A Retrospective Study. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021; 12:690575. [PMID: 34867773 PMCID: PMC8636937 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.690575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Protocols utilizing gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists have emerged as mainstream procedures for ovarian stimulation; however, GnRH increases the risk for periodic cancellation of embryos. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the pregnancy outcomes of a fixed GnRH antagonist protocol and a flexible progestin-primed ovarian stimulation (fPPOS) protocol in patients with asynchronous follicular development during controlled ovulation stimulation and to explore the feasibility of converting patients undergoing a fixed GnRH antagonist protocol to an fPPOS protocol. This was the first retrospective study exploring the fPPOS protocol in patients with asynchronous follicular development, and it was conducted in a public reproductive medicine center from January to December 2020. We included infertile women. All participants were scheduled to undergo administration of a GnRH antagonist on the fifth day of controlled ovulation stimulation. The study group included 129 women who were converted from the fixed GnRH antagonist protocol to the fPPOS protocol for their asynchronous follicular development, while the antagonist group consisted of 258 women (ratio 1:2) who proceeded with a fixed GnRH antagonist protocol. On the second or third day of the menstrual period, 100-300 IU/day gonadotropin injections were administered. For patients who were converted to the fPPOS protocol, medroxyprogesterone acetate tablets at 10 mg/day were started on the fifth day of stimulation or when only one leading follicle reached 14 mm and the other follicles were ≤10 mm in diameter, whichever came first. The rates of embryo implantation, clinical pregnancy, and early pregnancy loss were obtained. The number of oocytes retrieved and the number of high-quality embryos in the antagonist group were significantly higher than those in the fPPOS group (P = 0.039 and P = 0.025, respectively). No significant differences in the rates of embryo implantation, clinical pregnancy, and early pregnancy loss were observed between the two groups. Our study found that in patients who were scheduled for administration of GnRH antagonists but presented with asynchronous follicular development on the fifth stimulation day, it was feasible to switch to the fPPOS protocol.
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- *Correspondence: Xiqian Zhang, ; Fenghua Liu,
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Wang S, Deng Z, Wang J, Zhang W, Liu F, Xu J, Ma Y. Decreased GABAergic signaling, fewer parvalbumin-, somatostatin- and calretinin-positive neurons in brain of a rat model of simulated transport stress. Res Vet Sci 2020; 134:86-95. [PMID: 33360121 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2020.12.005] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Transport stress (TS) in animals lead to change in blood composition, brain structure, and the endocrine system as well as behavior. γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS), influences many physiological functions and plays a significant role in coping with stress. This study aimed to explore the effect of stress on behavior, HPA axis, GABA transmitters and the distribution of GABAergic interneurons in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and striatum of the brain by a rat model of simulated transport stress (STS). Thirty-six male Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into a control group (n = 12, no stress), a TS1d group (n = 12, 2 h stress for 1 d) and a TS7d group (n = 12, 2 h stress each day for 7 d). After STS, the rats were subjected to open-field testing (OFT) followed by serologic analysis, colorimetry, Western blot and immunohistochemistry. The total score of the OFT showed the similar profile with serum concentrations of corticosterone (CORT) and norepinephrine (NE), which in the TS7d group were all higher than the TS1d group but lower than the control group. STS also reduced GABA, glutamate decarboxylase 67 (GAD67) and GABA transporter 1 (GAT1) expression in the TS1d and these markers were increased in the TS7d, suggesting that GABA was related to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activation under stress. The number of parvalbumin (PV)-, somatostatin (SOM)-, and calretinin (CR)- positive cells were decreased with stress increase. Our findings revealed that STS affected the behavior of rats, synthesis and release of GABA by altering the HPA axis.
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- Shujing Wang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
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Xie JJ, Liu F, Li B, Zhang H, Ren FM, Zhang YH, Wang YM. [Epithelioid angiosarcoma of the kidney: report of a case]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2020; 49:1328-1330. [PMID: 33287526 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20200402-00283] [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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- J J Xie
- Departmant of Pathology, Qingdao Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Departmant of Pathology, Qingdao Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Departmant of Pathology, Qingdao Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Departmant of Pathology, Qingdao Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Departmant of Pathology, Qingdao Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Departmant of Pathology, Qingdao Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Departmant of Pathology, Qingdao Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao 266109, China
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Xie JJ, Ren FM, Zhang H, Liu F, Li B, Wang YM. [Spindle cell epithelioma of the vagina: report of a case]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2020; 49:1336-1338. [PMID: 33287529 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20200420-00329] [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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- J J Xie
- Departmant of pathology, Qingdao Hospital of Sandong First Medical University,Qingdao 266109, China
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- Departmant of pathology, Qingdao Hospital of Sandong First Medical University,Qingdao 266109, China
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- Departmant of pathology, Qingdao Hospital of Sandong First Medical University,Qingdao 266109, China
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- Departmant of pathology, Qingdao Hospital of Sandong First Medical University,Qingdao 266109, China
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- Departmant of pathology, Qingdao Hospital of Sandong First Medical University,Qingdao 266109, China
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- Departmant of pathology, Qingdao Hospital of Sandong First Medical University,Qingdao 266109, China
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Liu F, Chen XJ, Guo Y, Yang WY, Chen X, Zhang XY, Zhang RR, Ren YY, Zhu XF. [Efficacy and prognostic factors of the chemotherapy regimen of CCLG-ALL-2008 on pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia with ETV6-RUNX1 rearrangement]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2020; 41:896-902. [PMID: 33333691 PMCID: PMC7767800 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2020.11.003] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To evaluate the predictive role of ETV6-RUNX1 fusion gene in protocol CCLG-ALL-2008 as well as identify the prognostic factors that influence the outcome of ALL with ETV6-RUNX1 fusion gene. Methods: One hundred and seventy-eight patients newly diagnosed with pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia with ETV6-RUNX1 rearrangement from April 2008 to April 2015 were enrolled in CCLG-ALL-2008. The follow up period ended in July 2018; we performed retrospective analyses of their data to determine the efficacy of the regimen and the prognostic factors. Results: The median age of the study population (178 pediatric patients) , including 100 boys and 78 girls was 4 (1-13) y, and the median white blood cell count at diagnosis was 9.46 (1.25-239.83) ×10(9)/L. Three patients died, and 1 was lost to follow up by the end of the first induction chemotherapy, resulting in an induced remission rate of 97.8% (174/178) . The cumulative incidence of relapse was 15.9% with a median follow up of 73.5 mon. Total 83.3% of the relapse cases were those of isolated bone marrow relapse, while 79.2% of the cases were those of late relapse. The median interval time between relapse and first complete remission was 35.5 mon (range, 1-62 months) . One of the 5 patients with early recurrence and 7 of the 19 with late recurrence cases survived. The 5-year-OS and 5-year-EFS of ETV6-RUNX1 positive children was (89.4±2.4) % and (82.1±6.9) %, respectively. The estimated 10-year-OS and 10-year-EFS of ETV6-RUNX1 positive children was (88.6±2.5) % and (77.3±4.0) %, respectively. The Kaplan-Meier method and Log-rank test were used to estimate and compare the survival. Univariate statistical analysis showed that poor prognostic factors that influenced survival included central nervous system state 2 at diagnosis, poor prednisone response, high risk, gene positivity after induction chemotherapy, as well as MRD positivity and gene positivity at the 12(th) week. In the multivariate analysis, only the central nervous system state 2 at diagnosis and MRD positivity at the 12(th) week were associated with the outcome. Conclusion: ETV6-RUNX1-positive ALL is a subgroup with a favorable prognosis as per the CCLG-ALL-2008 protocol. Patients with ETV6-RUNX1 should be given more intensive therapy, including hematopoietic stem cell transplantation when they are CNS2 at diagnosis or have high level of MRD at the 12(th) week after treatment.
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology; National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases; Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology; National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases; Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology; National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases; Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology; National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases; Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology; National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases; Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology; National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases; Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology; National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases; Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology; National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases; Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology; National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases; Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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Lan X, Liu F, Ma J, Chang Y, Lan X, Xiang L, Shen X, Zhou F, Zhao Q. Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor A3 is increased in IBD patients and functions as an anti-inflammatory modulator. Clin Exp Immunol 2020; 203:286-303. [PMID: 33006756 PMCID: PMC7806419 DOI: 10.1111/cei.13529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Growing evidence shows that a homozygous 6·7-kb deletion of the novel anti-inflammatory molecule leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor A3 (LILRA3) is associated with many autoimmune disorders. However, its effects on pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have yet not been clarified. LILRA3 is mainly expressed in monocytes, whereas its effects on biological behaviors of monocytes have not been systematically reported. In our study, to investigate the association between LILRA3 polymorphism and IBD susceptibility, LILRA3 polymorphism was assessed in 378 IBD patients and 509 healthy controls. Quantitative real time PCR (qRT-PCR), Western blot and immunohistochemistry (IHC) were employed to detect the LILRA3 expression in IBD patient blood and intestinal samples. The human U937 monocyte cell line was employed to establish LILRA3 over-expressing cells and the effects of LILRA3 on the biological behaviors of U937 cells were systematically explored. Although no association of the polymorphism with IBD development was found, LILRA3 expression was markedly increased in IBD patients compared with healthy controls. Over-expression of LILRA3 in monocytes led to significant decreases in secretion of interferon (IFN)-γ, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-6. Additionally, LILRA3 abated monocyte migration by reducing the expression of several chemokines and enhanced monocyte phagocytosis by increasing CD36 expression. Furthermore, LILRA3 promoted monocyte proliferation through a combination of Akt and extracellular receptor kinase/mitogen-activated protein kinase (Erk/MEK) signaling pathways. We report for the first time, to our knowledge, that LILRA3 is related to IBD and functions as an anti-inflammatory modulator in U937 cells.
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- X Lan
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Xuhui District Central Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Health Related Product Evaluation, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Pathology department, National Shanghai Center for New Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture People's Hospital, Xiangxi, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Yun JP, Li TD, Liu F, Zhang WQ. [The study on the detection method for mercury in blood with direct mercury analyzer]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2020; 38:770-771. [PMID: 33142385 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn121094-20190403-000134] [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 establish a method for determining mercury in blood with direct mercury analyzer. Methods: After the whole blood sample was extracted by solvent and removed by nitric acid, it was then measured by direct mercury analyzer. Results: After optimizing the conditions of the instrument, the linear range was 0.3-60.0 μg/L and the curve correlation coefficient was higher than 0.999. The lower limit of quantitations was 0.3 μg/L and the minimum quantitative concentration was 3.0 μg/L. The recovery and relative standard deviations (RSD) was 95.2%-97.6% and 1.4%-3.3%. Conclusion: The method is stable, reliable, easy to operate and has high sensitive. It can be used to determine mercury in blood.
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- Shenzhen Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- Shenzhen Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- Shenzhen Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- Shenzhen Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases, Shenzhen 518000, China
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Li M, Zheng HL, Chen SC, Zhu MH, Jiang H, Liu F, Gao YN, Wang W, Zhang CY, Chen MJ. [Clinical analysis of selective laryngeal reinnervation using upper root of phrenic nerve and hypoglossal nerve branch in the treatment of bilateral vocal fold paralysis]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2020; 55:1016-1021. [PMID: 33210879 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20200526-00444] [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 airway and voice quality improvement in patients with bilateral vocal fold paralysis (BVFP) who underwent selective laryngeal reinnervation surgery. Methods: From January 2012 to December 2016, a retrospective study was conducted in 39 patients with BVFP who underwent selective laryngeal reinnervation surgery in Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Navy Medical University. All patients were examined by videostroboscopy, vocal function assessment, laryngeal electromyography and pulmonary function test before and after the surgery, and followed up for at least 2 years to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the surgery.Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to analyze the G score and VHI-10 score data. Paired t-test was used to analyze acoustic parameters, MPT values and pulmonary function parameters. Results: Postoperative infection and hemorrhage occurred in one patient separately.Videostroboscopic videos showed that at 4-8 months postoperatively, vocal folds in 35 patients achieved moderate or severe abduction during inspiration, 2 patients only achieved mild abduction, 2 patients showed no abduction,while all patients achieved adduction in bilateral vocal cords during phonation. The recovery rate of moderate-to-severe abduction was 89.7% (35/39), and these patients were decannulated successfully. At 12 months after operation, G score and VHI-10 score were significantly lower than those before operation (P<0.05), and the acoustic parameters jitter, shimmer, HNR and MPT were significantly improved (P<0.05). Most of the parameters of the pulmonary function test at 3 months postoperatively returned to the normal reference level, while the maximum inspiratory pressure (PImax) at 12 months after operation was still slightly lower than the normal level, but it was significantly improved compared with preoperative value (P<0.05). The EMG data at 12 months postoperatively showed full interference potentials in 37 patients in bilateral posterior cricoarytenoid muscles during inspiration, and full interference potentials in bilateralthyroarytenoid muscles during phonation. Obvious misdirected regeneration electric activitieswere found in two of them. Potentials in posterior cricoarytenoid muscle were weak in 2 cases with poor abduction. During long-term follow-up, only one case showed decreased abduction, but did not affect respiratory function. Conclusions: The selective laryngeal reinnervation procedure applied in the present study can restore physiological motion of vocal cords. The success rate was high, the curative effect was stable, and the complications were rare. It is worth of promotion.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Navy Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Navy Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Navy Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Navy Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Navy Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Navy Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Navy Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Navy Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Navy Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Navy Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Guo DQ, Liu F, Zhang L, Bian NN, Liu LY, Kong LX, Wang ZG. CircPSMC3 inhibits cell proliferation and induces cell apoptosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by downregulating ROCK1. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2020; 24:10306. [PMID: 33155260 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202010_23361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Since this article has been suspected of research misconduct and the corresponding authors did not respond to our request to prove originality of data and figures, "CircPSMC3 inhibits cell proliferation and induces cell apoptosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by downregulating ROCK1, by D.-Q. Guo, F. Liu, L. Zhang, N.-N. Bian, L.-Y. Liu, L.-X. Kong, Z.-G. Wang, published in Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2020; 24 (3): 1219-1225-DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202002_20174-PMID: 32096151" has been withdrawn. The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. https://www.europeanreview.org/article/20174.
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, People's Liberation Army Hospital 960 Ziboyuan District, Zibo, China
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Liu F, Chu HX, Han JS, Sun X, Chen J, Qiu XL, Zheng XH, Jia B, Zhao JJ. Inhibitory effect of the Notch pathway-inhibitor DAPT on invasion and metastasis of tongue cancer via lncRNA-KAT14 regulation. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2020; 24:189-199. [PMID: 31957832 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202001_19911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to identify a reliable biomarker for tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC), the most common oral cancer with no established biomarkers, to predict prognosis and to select the optimal treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS To investigate whether DAPT exhibited antitumor functions, CAL-27 and SCC-9 cells were treated with DAPT (5 µM or 10 µM) for different times. Further, qRT-PCR was used to determine the mRNA expression levels of lncRNA-KAT14 after treatment with DAPT or si-KAT14 and both combined. Moreover, the treated cells were cultured for different times to investigate their antitumor function. The Wound-healing and Transwell assay were carried out to evaluate the migration and invasion viability of cancer cells, respectively. Finally, the Western blots were performed to determine the expression of EMT-related proteins after transfection with si-KAT14 or treatment with DAPT to investigate the effects of DAPT on EMT-related proteins. RESULTS Proliferation was inhibited after treatment with DAPT, and the expression of lncRNA-KAT14 was upregulated. To investigate the correlation of DAPT and lncRNA-KAT14 on the metastasis and invasion in tongue cancer, the following cellular processes were assessed: proliferation, invasion, and migration ability. The Western blots were used to determine the expression of E-cadherin, N-cadherin, Vimentin, and Snail, showing that DAPT or lncRNA-KAT14 suppressed all these processes, inducing a decreased expression of N-cadherin, Vimentin, and Snail, and increased expression of E-cadherin, compared with the control group. Once transfection with si-KAT14 occurred, the evaluated cellular processes were enhanced, being this attenuated by the treatment with DAPT. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that DAPT suppresses invasion and metastasis of tongue cancer by regulating lncRNA-KAT14.
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- Department of Oral Surgery, Stomatological Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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Kong QT, Duan YY, Yuan F, Chen J, Liu F, Dang YC, Sang H. Subcutaneous Infection Caused by Cladosporium sphaerospermum: A Case Report. Mycopathologia 2020; 186:135-136. [PMID: 33136225 DOI: 10.1007/s11046-020-00503-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Q T Kong
- Jinling Hospital, Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210002, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, 210042, People's Republic of China
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- School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Jinling Hospital, Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210002, People's Republic of China
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- Jinling Hospital, Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210002, People's Republic of China
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- Jinling Hospital, Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210002, People's Republic of China
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- Jinling Hospital, Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210002, People's Republic of China.
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Liu F, Chen Y, Ma H, Liu L, He Q, Zhou Y, Zhang L, Xiao F, Li Y, Luo L, Xi X, Wang H, Han Y. Evaluation of Genetic Variants in Signaling Pathway Genes as Prognostic Biomarkers for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.281] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Liu F, Fu S, Chen Y, Yan O, Ma H, He Q, Liu L, Zhang L, Xiao F, Xi X, Zhou Y, Luo L, Li Y, Wang H, Han Y. Diffusion-weighted MRI Guided Dose-painting versus CT-based Tomotherapy in Locoregionally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.2290] [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: 11/30/2022]
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Yan DD, Yu HY, Bao YQ, Wu SH, Liu F. [X-linked congenital adrenal dysplasia with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism: a case report]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2020; 59:905-908. [PMID: 33120497 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20191226-00841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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- D D Yan
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai 200233, China
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Janic B, Neff R, Brown S, Liu F, Mao G, Chetty I, Movsas B, Wen N. Radiation and Gold Nanoparticle Immunomodulation in MDA MB 231 Mouse Breast Cancer Model. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1699] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Wei J, Lu X, Liu Q, Li L, Liu S, Liu F, Fu Y, Fan X, Yang J, Yang Y, Zhao Y, Guan W, Liu B. 196TiP Perioperative sintilimab in combination with concurrent chemoradiotherapy for patients with locally advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.10.460] [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: 10/22/2022] Open
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Zeng Y, Xiang Z, He T, Liu F, Shao B, Yan R, Ma J, Wang X, Zeng L, Liu L. The Comparison of Prognostic Value of Volumetric Regression Ratio and RECIST 1.1 Criteria of the Primary Tumor and Metastatic Lymph Nodes after Induction Chemotherapy in Locoregionally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.362] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Schueler E, Kim A, Melemenidis S, Gustavsson A, Abid D, Liu F, Hristov D. Nanoparticle-Mediated Radiation-Triggered Release Of Nitrate, Precursor Of Reactive Nitrogen Species, Improves Local Tumor Control. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1695] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Zhang Y, Zhan W, Du Q, Wu L, Ding H, Liu F, Yin A. Variants c.677 C>T, c.1298 A>C in MTHFR, and c.66 A>G in MTRR Affect the Occurrence of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss in Chinese Women. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers 2020; 24:717-722. [PMID: 33121283 PMCID: PMC7698989 DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2020.0106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Objective: Although genetic variants of key enzymes in the folic acid-methionine metabolic circulation, including methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) and methionine synthase reductase (MTRR) were thought to be related to the risk of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL), the results of recent studies have been inconsistent. Therefore, the present retrospective case-control study was designed to explore whether the variants c.66A>G in MTRR and c.677C>T and c.1298A>C in MTHFR are associated with the susceptibility of RPL in Southeast Chinese women. Materials and Methods: In total, samples from 237 RPL patients and 618 healthy controls were collected and genotyped by fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The frequencies of the variants were calculated and compared between the two groups. The relative risk of the various genotypes was further determined by calculating the odds ratio (OR) at a 95% confidence interval (CI). Results: A significant positive correlation was observed between the variants MTHFR c.677C>T, MTHFR c.1298A>C, MTRR c.66A>G, and RPL susceptibility (MTHFR c.677C>T, OR = 0.74, 95% CI = 0.58-0.95, p = 0.02; MTHFR c.1298A>C, OR = 1.39, 95% CI = 1.09-1.77, p = 0.008; MTRR c.66A>G, OR = 1.38, 95% CI = 1.10-1.73, p = 0.006). Further analysis of the genotypic distributions of the three variants between the two groups showed that the MTHFR c.677C>T heterozygote was associated with lower RPL risk, while the MTHFR c.1298A>C variant and MTRR c.66A>G heterozygote were correlated with higher RPL risk (dominant model, MTHFR c.677C>T, OR = 0.70, 95% CI = 0.52-0.95, p = 0.02; MTHFR c.1298A>C, OR = 1.39, 95% CI = 1.03-1.88, p = 0.032; MTRR c.66A>G, OR = 1.62, 95% CI = 1.20-2.19, p = 0.002). Conclusion: MTHFR c.677C>T and c.1298A>C and MTRR c.66A>G were associated with RPL in Southeast Chinese women.
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- Yan Zhang
- Medical Genetics Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, P.R. China.,Maternal and Children Metabolic-Genetic Disease Key Laboratory of Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, P.R. China
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- Medical Genetics Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, P.R. China
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- Medical Genetics Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, P.R. China
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- Health Care Institute, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, P.R. China
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- Medical Genetics Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, P.R. China.,Maternal and Children Metabolic-Genetic Disease Key Laboratory of Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, P.R. China
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- Reproductive Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, P.R. China
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- Medical Genetics Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, P.R. China.,Maternal and Children Metabolic-Genetic Disease Key Laboratory of Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, P.R. China
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Luo Y, Sun L, Dong M, Zhang X, Huang L, Zhu X, Nong Y, Liu F. The best execution of the DuoStim strategy (double stimulation in the follicular and luteal phase of the same ovarian cycle) in patients who are poor ovarian responders. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2020; 18:102. [PMID: 33059712 PMCID: PMC7566062 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-020-00655-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients found to be poor ovarian responders (POR) are a challenging patient population for any assisted reproduction technology. Despite attempts at various controlled ovarian stimulation schemes, reproductive outcomes in this patient population have not improved. In recent years, the DuoStim protocol (both follicular and luteal phase stimulation during the same menstrual cycle) has shown a potential for use in patients with POR. METHODS This retrospective study reviewed the medical records of 304 women who were diagnosed as POR and underwent the DuoStim protocol. We compared follicular phase stimulation (FPS) data and luteal phase stimulation (LPS) data of the same patients. We also compared the effects of different trigger drugs including urine human chorionic gonadotropin (uHCG; 10,000 IU), recombinant human chorionic gonadotropin (rHCG; 250 μg), and gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a; 0.2 mg) at the FPS and LPS stages. RESULTS POR undergoing the DuoStim protocol resulted in a significantly higher number of oocytes retrieved, normal fertilised oocytes, cleaved embryos, cryopreserved embryos, and good quality embryos at the LPS stage than at the FPS stage. Trigger drugs at the FPS stage did not affect the FPS stage data. Regardless of the stage, rHCG and GnRH-a yielded significantly more cryopreserved embryos and good quality embryos than uHCG. CONCLUSION The use of GnRH-a or rHCG as the trigger drug may be better than uHCG in both the FPS and LPS stages for POR undergoing the DuoStim protocol. This will increase the number of good quality embryos at the LPS stage. We found that the LPS stage results in more oocytes (and therefore more embryos) than the FPS stage.
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- Yanqun Luo
- grid.412601.00000 0004 1760 3828The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, 613 Huangpu Avenue West, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510630 Guangdong Province China
- grid.459579.3Department of Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, No. 521 Xingnan Road, Guangzhou, 511400 Guangdong Province China
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- grid.459579.3Department of Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, No. 521 Xingnan Road, Guangzhou, 511400 Guangdong Province China
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- grid.459579.3Department of Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, No. 521 Xingnan Road, Guangzhou, 511400 Guangdong Province China
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- grid.459579.3Department of Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, No. 521 Xingnan Road, Guangzhou, 511400 Guangdong Province China
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- grid.459579.3Department of Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, No. 521 Xingnan Road, Guangzhou, 511400 Guangdong Province China
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- grid.459579.3Department of Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, No. 521 Xingnan Road, Guangzhou, 511400 Guangdong Province China
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- grid.459579.3Department of Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, No. 521 Xingnan Road, Guangzhou, 511400 Guangdong Province China
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- grid.459579.3Department of Reproductive Medical Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, No. 521 Xingnan Road, Guangzhou, 511400 Guangdong Province China
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Zhao HG, Liu F, Qin TJ, Bai H, Hou M, Yu K, Hu Y, Liu L, Li Y, Yu L. [Efficacy and safety of generic azacitidine in Chinese patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes: a multicenter, prospective, single-arm study]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2020; 41:811-817. [PMID: 33190437 PMCID: PMC7656073 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2020.10.004] [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] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of the generic azacitidine in Chinese patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes(MDS). Methods: Between October 2013 and 2016, 72 patients were eligible for enrollment at 9 sites from China received generic subcutaneous azacitidine 75 mg·m(-2)·d(-1) for 7 days per 28-day cycle, for ≥6 cycles. Pharmacokinetic blood samples were collected on day 1 of a single-dose. Results: For each patient at cycle 6 or at the time of study discontinuation, whichever came first, the overall response rate, which included complete remission (CR)and partial remission(PR), was 6.9%(5/72), the rate of patients who had the best effect with CR or PR during the treatment was 12.5%(9/72). Patients who were dependent on red-blood-cell transfusions and platelet transfusions at baseline became transfusion independent were 46.3%(19/41)and 41.2% (7/17), respectively. The median time of treatment was 6 cycles, and the median OS was 16.1 months (95%CI 10.9-20.6 months). For 36 patients(50%)received treatment at ≥6 cycles, and the median OS was 22.3 months(95%CI 16.1- not evaluative). Most common grade Ⅲ-Ⅳ hematologic treatment-emergent adverse events were neutropenia(55%), leukopenia(47%), and thrombocytopenia(61%). Pharmacokinetic profiles were similar for generic and original azacitidine in Chinese patients. Conclusion: Generic azacitidine treatment was favorable and safe and can be used as a standard treatment for patients with higher-risk MDS.
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- Department of Hematology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Xiyuan Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100091, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- Department of Hematology, Chinese People's Liberation Army Joint Logistics Support Unit 940 Hospital, Lanzhou 730050, China
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- Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Union Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Hematology, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- Department of Hematology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Hematology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China; Department of Hematology-Oncology, International Cancer Center, Shenzhen University General Hospital, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Guo SL, Liu F, Ren CJ, Xing CH, Wang YJ. Correlations of LTα and NQO1 gene polymorphisms with childhood asthma. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2020; 23:7557-7562. [PMID: 31539146 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201909_18874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the correlation of the lymphotoxin alpha (LTα) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) gene polymorphisms with childhood asthma. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 102 asthma children (observation group) and 80 healthy children (control group) were enrolled. The information was collected via questionnaires and the polymorphisms of LTα rs2844484 and NQO1 rs2917666 were examined with the TaqMan-MGB probe. RESULTS Observation group had higher constituent ratios of contact with animal furs, personal history of infection, personal history of allergy, familial infection history and familial allergic history than those of control group (p<0.05). However, there were no differences in age, sex, passive smoking, purchase of new furniture and mask wearing between the two groups (p>0.05). The frequency of LTα rs2844484 genotype AA was significantly higher than that of genotype AG and GG (p<0.01), and NQO1 rs2917666 genotype CC showed notably higher frequency than that of genotype CG and GG (p<0.05). The frequency of LTα rs2844484 A allele was significantly higher than that of G allele (p<0.01), while NQO1 rs2917666 C allele had remarkably higher frequency than G allele (p<0.05). The comparisons of the recessive and additive modes revealed differences between the two groups (p<0.05). However, we did not observe significant difference in dominant mode between the two groups (p>0.05). CONCLUSIONS The risk factors for childhood asthma include the contact with animal furs, personal history of infection, personal history of allergy, familial infection history and familial allergic history. Polymorphisms of LTα and NQO1 genes are correlated with childhood asthma.
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- No. 2 Department of Pediatrics, Jinan Zhangqiu District Hospital of TCM, Jinan, China.
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Vad J, Dunnett F, Liu F, Montagner CC, Roberts JM, Henry TB. Soaking up the oil: Biological impacts of dispersants and crude oil on the sponge Halichondria panicea. Chemosphere 2020; 257:127109. [PMID: 32497834 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Used during an oil spill to minimise the formation of an oil slick, dispersants have negative biological effects on marine model organisms. However, no study has investigated the impacts of dispersants on adult sponge individuals. Here, we examine the effects of water accommodated oil fraction (WAF - oil in seawater), chemically enhanced WAF (CEWAF - oil and dispersant in seawater) and Benzo[A]Pyrene on sponge Halichondria panicea at physiological and molecular levels. Sponge clearance rate decreased sharply when exposed to WAF and CEWAF but the oil loading at which the clearance rate was reduced by 50% (ED50) was 39-fold lower in CEWAF than in WAF. Transcriptomic analysis revealed a homogenous molecular response with the greatest number of differentially expressed genes identified in CEWAF samples (1,461 genes). Specifically, genes involved in stress responses were up-regulated. This study presents evidence that the use of dispersants should be considered carefully in areas where sponges are present.
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- J Vad
- Changing Oceans Research Group, Grant Institute, School of Geosciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Institute of Life and Earth Sciences, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
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- Institute of Life and Earth Sciences, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Life and Earth Sciences, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK; Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, UK
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Changing Oceans Research Group, Grant Institute, School of Geosciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Life and Earth Sciences, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK; Center for Environmental Biotechnology, The University of Tennessee, Tennessee, USA
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Bin Waleed K, Liu F, Xia Y, Yin X, Gao L, Tse G, Guan X, Li X, Yang Y. HATCH VERSUS CHA2DS2-VASC SCORE AS PREDICTORS OF NEW-ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER CATHETER ABALTION OF TYPICAL ATRIAL FLUTTER. Can J Cardiol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.07.101] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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Liu F, Yan TH, Li B, Ye GA. Dissolution behavior of irradiated fuels in nitric acid and characteristics of insoluble residue. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-020-07350-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Wang X, Wang Y, Tang Z, Yu Y, Cui Y, Tang C, Sun J, Zhang Q, Ji Y, Ma G, Shen Z, Liu F, Shen K, Liu T, Sun Y. 578P Interim analysis of a phase II study of SHR-1210 combined with neoadjuvant chemoradiation in patients with locally advanced proximal stomach adenocarcinoma (Neo-PLANET). Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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: 11/28/2022] Open
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Wu Y, Zhang J, Wang Y, Wang T, Han Q, Guo R, Zhang R, Ren H, Zhu Y, Xu H, Li L, Tong N, Liu F. The association of hematuria on kidney clinicopathologic features and renal outcome in patients with diabetic nephropathy: a biopsy-based study. J Endocrinol Invest 2020; 43:1213-1220. [PMID: 32147762 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-020-01207-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 07/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate the relationships between hematuria, clinicopathological features and renal outcomes in patients with biopsy-proven diabetic nephropathy (DN). METHODS This cohort study included 261 patients with DN. Participants were divided into two groups according to number of red blood cells per high-power field (RBC/hpf) in urine sediment: the hematuria (-) group (≤ 3 RBC/hpf) and the hematuria (+) group (> 3 RBC/hpf). Basic clinical parameters were measured at the time of renal biopsy; relationships between hematuria and clinicopathological features and renal outcomes were analyzed. RESULTS Patients in the hematuria (+) group often had overt proteinuria. Interstitial inflammation was more severe in the hematuria (+) group than in the hematuria (-) group. Glomerular arteriolar hyalinosis, interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy were comparable between groups. For patients with early DN (eGFR ≥ 60 ml/min/1.73 m2), urinary RBC/hpf at baseline was positively correlated with glomerular classification, interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy scores and interstitial inflammation scores. In prognostic analysis, hematuria was associated with a higher risk of progression to end-stage renal disease. Hematuria remained an independent predictor after adjustment for confounding factors such as sex, age, duration of diabetes, serum glucose level, hypertension, cholesterol, eGFR and urine protein excretion, especially in patients with early DN and in male patients. CONCLUSION In this study, hematuria was associated with more severe renal pathologic lesions in patients with DN. The presence of hematuria could be an independent predictor of renal outcome in patients with early DN.
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- Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Division of Pathology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Division of Pathology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Division of Endocrinology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
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Koczkodaj W, Liu F, Marek V, Mazurek J, Mazurek M, Mikhailov L, Özel C, Pedrycz W, Przelaskowski A, Schumann A, Smarzewski R, Strzalka D, Szybowski J, Yayli Y. On the use of group theory to generalize elements of pairwise comparisons matrix: A cautionary note. Int J Approx Reason 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2020.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Liu F, Li J, Li FY. Comment on: Is out-of-hours cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis associated with complications? Br J Surg 2020; 107:e554. [PMID: 32852788 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.11809] [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] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Department of Biliary Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Si chuan Province, China
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- Department of Operating Room, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Nursing College of Sichuan University
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- Department of Biliary Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Si chuan Province, China
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