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Su Z, Huang W, Gu X. Comment on "Positive Selection of Tyrosine Loss in Metazoan Evolution". Science 2011; 332:917; author reply 917. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1187374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Li J, Guo J, Su Z, Hu M, Liu W, Wei Q. Calcineurin subunit B activates dendritic cells and acts as a cancer vaccine adjuvant. Int Immunol 2011; 23:327-34. [DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxr008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Lv M, Liu Y, Zhang J, Sun L, Liu Z, Zhang S, Wang B, Su D, Su Z. Roles of inflammation response in microglia cell through Toll-like receptors 2/interleukin-23/interleukin-17 pathway in cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury. Neuroscience 2011; 176:162-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.11.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2010] [Revised: 11/30/2010] [Accepted: 11/30/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Su Z, Bijen J, Fraaij A. The Interaction of Polymer Dispersions with Portland Cement Paste. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1557/proc-289-199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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AbstractResearch has been done on the interaction of two types of polymer dispersions, a styrene acrylate (SA) and a polyvinylidene chloride (PVDLC), with portland cement by means of a COULTER particle size analyzer and a filtration technique. It was found that over 50% of the polymer SA particles were adsorbed onto the cement surface, the others did not adhere to cement grains and remained dispersed in the mixing water. However, the polymer dispersion PVDLC caused a quick flocculation and coagulation of cement grains and stiffening of the paste. Hardly any free polymer particles of this polymer were found in the liquid phase.
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Scheerens H, Arron J, Su Z, Zheng Y, Putnam W, Erickson R, Choy D, Lee J, Harris J, Jarjour N. Predictive and Pharmacodynamic Biomarkers of Interleukin-13 Blockade: Effect of Lebrikizumab on Late Phase Asthmatic Response to Allergen Challenge. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.12.651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Su Z, Cook RD. Partial envelopes for efficient estimation in multivariate linear regression. Biometrika 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asq063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Xiao S, Xue M, Wan Y, Su Z. Gynandroblastoma with the symptoms of infertility and secondary amenorrhea: a case report. CLIN EXP OBSTET GYN 2011; 38:419-420. [PMID: 22268290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The case of a female patient who failed to get pregnant due to delayed menstruation is reported. Gynecological examination showed that the patient had a male pubic distribution, hypertrophic clitoris, unobstructed vagina and hypertrophic cervices with smooth and medium texture. B ultrasonic examination detected a 42 x 30 mm in size medium echo mass. This mass had irregular shape, smooth surface, relatively clear boundary and hard texture. Examination with paraffin-embedded section indicated that the tumor was composed of supporting cells and to a lesser amount of interstitial components. Some regions had particle-like cell differentiation. These results suggested that the tumor was gynandroblastoma. We found that the increased level of serum testosterone in the patient was the reason for amenorrhea and infertility. The diagnosis and treatment for patients with gynandroblastoma is also discussed.
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Su Z, Xia J, Shao W, Cui Y, Tai S, Ekberg H, Corbascio M, Chen J, Qi Z. Small Islets are Essential for Successful Intraportal Transplantation in a Diabetes Mouse Model. Scand J Immunol 2010; 72:504-10. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2010.02466.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hoppe B, Henderson R, Nichols R, Marcus R, Mendenhall W, Costa J, Williams C, Su Z, Li Z, Mendenhall N. Early Outcomes following Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer in Men 55 Years Old and Younger. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Parks H, Henderson R, Hoppe B, Nichols R, Marcus R, Mendenhall W, Williams C, Su Z, Li Z, Mendenhall N. Is There a Role for Proton Therapy after High-intensity Focused Ultrasound and Cryosurgery Failures in Prostate Cancer? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Tseng D, Rachakonda L, Su Z, Advani R, Horning S, Rosenberg S, Hoppe R, Quon A, Graves E, Loo B, Tran P. Mid-treatment Metabolic Tumor Volume Predicts Progression and Death among Patients with Hodgkin's Disease. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.1275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hong H, Shi L, Su Z, Ge W, Jones WD, Czika W, Miclaus K, Lambert CG, Vega SC, Zhang J, Ning B, Liu J, Green B, Xu L, Fang H, Perkins R, Lin SM, Jafari N, Park K, Ahn T, Chierici M, Furlanello C, Zhang L, Wolfinger RD, Goodsaid F, Tong W. Assessing sources of inconsistencies in genotypes and their effects on genome-wide association studies with HapMap samples. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2010; 10:364-74. [PMID: 20368714 PMCID: PMC2928027 DOI: 10.1038/tpj.2010.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2009] [Accepted: 02/15/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The discordance in results of independent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) indicates the potential for Type I and Type II errors. We assessed the repeatibility of current Affymetrix technologies that support GWAS. Reasonable reproducibility was observed for both raw intensity and the genotypes/copy number variants. We also assessed consistencies between different SNP arrays and between genotype calling algorithms. We observed that the inconsistency in genotypes was generally small at the specimen level. To further examine whether the differences from genotyping and genotype calling are possible sources of variation in GWAS results, an association analysis was applied to compare the associated SNPs. We observed that the inconsistency in genotypes not only propagated to the association analysis, but was amplified in the associated SNPs. Our studies show that inconsistencies between SNP arrays and between genotype calling algorithms are potential sources for the lack of reproducibility in GWAS results.
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Chen T, Li Z, Su Z, Shi L. Transcriptome analysis identifies the carcinogenic effects of aristolochic acid in rat kidney. Toxicol Lett 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.03.607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Chvetsov A, Su Z, Henderson R, Mendenhall N. SU-GG-T-477: Dose Simulation in Random Media for Radiotherapy Planning with Proton Beams. Med Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3468875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Shi Y, Wang H, Su Z, Chen J, Xue Y, Wang S, Xue Y, He Z, Yang H, Zhou C, Kong F, Liu Y, Yang P, Lu L, Shao Q, Huang X, Xu H. Differentiation Imbalance of Th1/ Th17 in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Might Contribute to Pathogenesis of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. Scand J Immunol 2010; 72:250-5. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2010.02425.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Su Z, Edwards A, Li Z. SU-GG-J-106: Prostate and Pelvic Lymph Node PTV Margins for Treatment of Pelvic IMRT Followed by Proton Prostate Boost. Med Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3468330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Flampouri S, Slopsema R, Su Z, Ho M, Li Z. MO-FF-A3-05: Dosimetric Interplay Effects for Proton Uniform Scanning Lung Treatments. Med Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3469153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Su Z, Slopsema R, Flampouri S, Li Z. SU-GG-T-447: Interplay between Prostate Intra-Fraction Motion and Proton Uniform Scanning Treatment: A Dosimetry Study. Med Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3468845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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La TH, Minn AY, Su Z, Fisher GA, Ford JM, Kunz P, Goodman KA, Koong AC, Chang DT. Multimodality treatment with intensity modulated radiation therapy for esophageal cancer. Dis Esophagus 2010; 23:300-8. [PMID: 19732129 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2009.01004.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The objective of this study is to determine the feasibility and report the outcome of patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer treated with preoperative or definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) using intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). Between 2003 and 2007, 30 patients with non-cervical esophageal cancer received concurrent chemotherapy and IMRT at Stanford University. Eighteen patients were planned for definitive CRT and 12 were planned for preoperative CRT. All patients had computed tomography-based treatment planning and received IMRT. The median dose delivered was 50.4 Gy. Patients planned for preoperative CRT underwent surgery 4-13 weeks (median 8.3 weeks) following completion of CRT. Median follow-up of surviving patients from start of RT was 24.2 months (range 8.2-38.3 months). The majority of tumors were adenocarcinomas (67%) and poorly differentiated (57%). Tumor location was 7% upper, 20% mid, 47% lower, and 27% gastroesophageal junction. Actuarial 2-year local-regional control (LRC) was 64%. High tumor grade was an adverse prognostic factor for LRC and overall survival (OS) (P= 0.015 and 0.012, respectively). The 2-year LRC was 83% vs. 51% for patients treated preoperatively vs. definitively (P= 0.32). The 2-year disease-free and OS were 38% and 56%, respectively. Twelve patients (40%) required feeding tube placement, and the average weight loss from baseline was 4.8%. Twelve (40%) patients experienced grade 3+ acute complications and one patient died of complications following feeding tube placement. Three patients (10%) required a treatment break. Eight patients (27%) experienced grade 3 late complications. No grade 4 complications were seen. IMRT was effective and well tolerated. Disease recurrence remains a challenge and further investigation with dose escalation to improve LRC and OS is warranted.
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Li S, Hu T, Chen Y, Wang X, Liu T, Ma G, Su Z. Chemically modified konjac glucomannan with high colloid osmotic pressure: Physiological evaluation in a rabbit model as a plasma substitute. Glycobiology 2010; 20:950-8. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwq050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Yang P, Qiu G, Wang S, Su Z, Chen J, Wang S, Kong F, Lu L, Ezaki T, Xu H. The mutations of Th1 cell-specificT-boxtranscription factor may be associated with a predominant Th2 phenotype in gastric cancers. Int J Immunogenet 2010; 37:111-5. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2010.00899.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Robertson KR, Su Z, Margolis DM, Krambrink A, Havlir DV, Evans S, Skiest DJ. Neurocognitive effects of treatment interruption in stable HIV-positive patients in an observational cohort. Neurology 2010; 74:1260-6. [PMID: 20237308 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181d9ed09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Prior studies have shown improved neurocognition with initiation of antiretroviral treatment (ART) in HIV. We hypothesized that stopping ART would be associated with poorer neurocognitive function. METHODS Neurocognitive function was assessed as part of ACTG 5170, a multicenter, prospective observational study of HIV-infected subjects who elected to discontinue ART. Eligible subjects had CD4 count >350 cells/mm(3), had HIV RNA viral load <55,000 cp/mL, and were on ART (>or=2 drugs) for >or=6 months. Subjects stopped ART at study entry and were followed for 96 weeks with a neurocognitive examination. RESULTS A total of 167 subjects enrolled with a median nadir CD4 of 436 cells/mm(3) and 4.5 median years on ART. Significant improvements in mean neuropsychological scores of 0.22, 0.39, 0.53, and 0.74 were found at weeks 24, 48, 72, and 96 (all p < 0.001). In the 46 subjects who restarted ART prior to week 96, no significant changes in neurocognitive function were observed. CONCLUSION Subjects with preserved immune function found that neurocognition improved significantly following antiretroviral treatment (ART) discontinuation. The balance between the neurocognitive cost of untreated HIV viremia and the possible toxicities of ART require consideration. CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE This study provides Class III evidence that discontinuing ART is associated with an improvement in 2 neuropsychological tests (Trail-Making Test A & B and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised Digit Symbol subtest) for up to 96 weeks. Resuming ART was not associated with a decline in these scores for up to 45 weeks.
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Su Z, Kong F, Wang S, Chen J, Yin R, Zhou C, Zhang Y, He Z, Shi Y, Xue Y, Shi X, Lu L, Shao Q, Xu H. The rag locus of Porphyromonas gingivalis might arise from Bacteroides via horizontal gene transfer. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2010; 29:429-37. [PMID: 20195672 PMCID: PMC2953623 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-0880-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2009] [Accepted: 01/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Porphyromonas gingivalis is regarded as one of the risk factors of periodontitis. P. gingivalis exhibits a wide variety of genotypes. Many insertion sequences (ISs), located in their chromosomes, made P. gingivalis differentiate into virulent and avirulent strains. In this research, we investigated the prevalence of P. gingivalis in the gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) among periodontitis patients from Zhenjiang, China, detected the P. gingivalis rag locus distributions by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and analyzed the origin of the P. gingivalis rag locus based on evolution. There were three rag locus variants co-existing in Zhenjiang. The results showed that the rag locus may be associated with severe periodontitis. This work also firstly ascertained that the rag locus might arise, in theory, from Bacteroides sp. via horizontal gene transfer.
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Lai TL, Shih MC, Su Z. Tests and confidence intervals for secondary endpoints in sequential clinical trials. Biometrika 2009. [DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asp063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Tang C, Tian G, Wang Y, Su Z, Li C, Lin B, Huang H, Yu X, Li X, Long Y, Zeng Y. Selective response of dopamine in the presence of ascorbic acid and uric acid at gold nanoparticles and multi-walled carbon nanotubes grafted with ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid modified electrode. B CHEM SOC ETHIOPIA 2009. [DOI: 10.4314/bcse.v23i3.47656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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