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Lin Y, Zhou L, Cai S, Xu Z, Guo X, Zhang Z, Fu X, Jiang G. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Whole Pelvic Irradiation in Cervical Carcinoma Patients after Hysterectomy-Phase I–II Study of FUCH. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Wu A, Jacks L, Zhang Z, Ho A, O'Reilly E, Kowalski A, Kim B, Goodman K. Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy and Concurrent Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced and Resected Pancreatic Cancer: Evaluation of Toxicity and Disease Control Outcomes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Damast S, Wright J, Hsu M, Zhang Z, Lovelock M, Bilsky M, Yamada Y. Re-irradiation of Recurrent Paraspinal Metastases with Hypofractionated IG-IMRT: Impact of Dose. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zhang Z, Li B, Xu J, Yin Y, Huang Y, Li H, Sun H, Wang Z, Yang F, Zhu J. Clinical and Dosimetric Risk Factors of Severe Radiation-induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.1075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Li B, Yi Y, Wang Z, Sun H, Gong H, Zhang Z. Phase I Study of Pemetrexed, Cisplatin, and Concurrent Radiotherapy in Patients with Locally Advanced Non–small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.1061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Koutcher L, Fury M, Sherman E, Wolden S, Zhang Z, Mo Q, Zelefsky M, Kraus D, Pfister D, Lee N. Outcomes and Late Effects: A Comparison of Patients with Locally-advanced Head and Neck Cancer (LAHNC) Treated with Cisplatin (CDDP) and Radiation (RT) vs. Cetuximab (C) and RT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Zhang Z, Zhu J, Xu Y, Gu W, Peng J, Cai G, Cai G. Adjuvant Therapy for T3N0 Rectal Cancer in the TME Era - How Do We Select High Risk Patients? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Rimner A, Bonner P, Gonzales A, Hsu M, Zhang Z, Moskowitz C, Yahalom J. Accelerated Total Lymphoid Irradiation (TLI) as an Integral Component of High-dose Therapy (HDT) Salvage Regimen for Patients with Refractory and Relapsed Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL): 20 Years of Experience with 186 Patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Yamada Y, Lovelock D, Zhang Z, Zelefsky M, Cox B, Fuks Z, Lis E, Bilsky M. The Impact of Dose upon the Local Control of Solid Tumor Metastases Treated with High-dose Spine Radiosurgery. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Song D, Zhang Z, Deguet A, Jain A, Burdette E, Fichtinger G. Intraoperative Dosimetry using Registered Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy during Prostate Brachytherapy: Comparison with Real-time Method using CT as a Standard. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Jasinska A, Service S, Jawaheer D, DeYoung J, Levinson M, Zhang Z, Kremeyer B, Muller H, Aldana I, Garcia J, Restrepo G, Lopez C, Palacio C, Duque C, Parra M, Vega J, Ortiz D, Bedoya G, Mathews C, Davanzo P, Fournier E, Bejarano J, Ramirez M, Ortiz CA, Araya X, Molina J, Sabatti C, Reus V, Ospina J, Macaya G, Ruiz-Linares A, Freimer N. A narrow and highly significant linkage signal for severe bipolar disorder in the chromosome 5q33 region in Latin American pedigrees. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2009; 150B:998-1006. [PMID: 19319892 PMCID: PMC4815924 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We previously reported linkage of bipolar disorder to 5q33-q34 in families from two closely related population isolates, the Central Valley of Costa Rica (CVCR) and Antioquia, Colombia (CO). Here we present follow up results from fine-scale mapping in large CVCR and CO families segregating severe bipolar disorder, BP-I, and in 343 population trios/duos from CVCR and CO. Employing densely spaced SNPs to fine map the prior linkage peak region increases linkage evidence and clarifies the position of the putative BP-I locus. We performed two-point linkage analysis with 1134 SNPs in an approximately 9 Mb region between markers D5S410 and D5S422. Combining pedigrees from CVCR and CO yields a LOD score of 4.9 at SNP rs10035961. Two other SNPs (rs7721142 and rs1422795) within the same 94 kb region also displayed LOD scores greater than 4. This linkage peak coincides with our prior microsatellite results and suggests a narrowed BP-I susceptibility regions in these families. To investigate if the locus implicated in the familial form of BP-I also contributes to disease risk in the population, we followed up the family results with association analysis in duo and trio samples, obtaining signals within 2 Mb of the peak linkage signal in the pedigrees; rs12523547 and rs267015 (P = 0.00004 and 0.00016, respectively) in the CO sample and rs244960 in the CVCR sample and the combined sample, with P = 0.00032 and 0.00016, respectively. It remains unclear whether these association results reflect the same locus contributing to BP susceptibility within the extended pedigrees.
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Zhang Z, Palli SR. Identification of a cis-regulatory element required for 20-hydroxyecdysone enhancement of antimicrobial peptide gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 18:595-605. [PMID: 19754738 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00901.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The antimicrobial peptide diptericin plays an important role in defence against microorganisms. Drosophila melanogaster diptericin mRNA levels showed an increase during the late final instar larval stage when the ecdysteroid titres increase to initiate metamorphosis. Deletion analysis in Drosophila melanogaster mbn2 (mbn2) cells identified a cis-regulatory element (AAGAAAGATCCCCTG) necessary for 20-hydroxyecdysone enhancement of peptidoglycan-induced expression of diptericin in the 3 kb diptericin promoter. Proteins extracted from mbn2 cells treated with peptidoglycan plus 20-hydroxyecdysone specifically bound to this element. 20-hydroxyecdysone also enhanced peptidoglycan-induced expression of four other antimicrobial peptide (AMP) genes--drosomycin, attacin-A, metchnikowin and cecropin A1. Moreover, in silico promoter analysis using the meme program showed that an eight-nucleotide region of the identified cis-regulatory element is present in the promoters of these four AMP genes. These studies suggest that 20-hydroxyecdysone regulates the expression of AMP genes through a conserved cis-regulatory element.
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Zhang Z, Xu H. O1052 Patient-assisted laparoscopic pain mapping in women with chronic pelvic pain. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7292(09)61425-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Xu C, Zhang Z, Hou J, Gao X, Gao X, Wang L, Sun Y. MP-16.06: Is Body Mass Index (BMI) Related to Pre-Therapy Testosterone and the Prognosis of Prostate Adenocarcinoma? Urology 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.07.820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Song G, Zhou L, Yao K, Zhang Z, Gong K, Li N, Xi Z, Wu S, Song Y, Zhang X. UP-1.071: Viviperception of Renal Vessel Variation During Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Surgeries (Report on 525 Cases). Urology 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.07.518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Wu J, Li S, Zhang Z, Li Q, Zhang W, Huang Z, Zhao Y, Shen H. UP-2.102: Ureteroscopic Treatment for Carcinomas of Upper Urinary Tract Using the Holmium Laser (Report on 2 Cases). Urology 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.07.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Dong L, Underhill HR, Yu W, Ota H, Hatsukami TS, Gao TL, Zhang Z, Oikawa M, Zhao X, Yuan C. Geometric and compositional appearance of atheroma in an angiographically normal carotid artery in patients with atherosclerosis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2009; 31:311-6. [PMID: 19779001 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a1793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Arterial remodeling may enable atherosclerotic disease without luminal stenosis. We sought to assess the prevalence and characteristics of atherosclerosis in angiographically normal carotid arteries. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-six arteries with 0% stenosis by MRA were evaluated with multicontrast carotid MR imaging at 3T. For each artery, the percentage wall volume (wall volume/[lumen volume + wall volume] x 100%) and the presence versus absence of an LRNC, calcification, IPH, and fibrous cap rupture were recorded. In addition, the relative size of each plaque component (eg, percentage LRNC = LRNC volume/wall volume x 100%), when present, was calculated. RESULTS The mean of percentage wall volume in arteries with 0% stenosis was 43.0 +/- 6.9% with a range from 31.6% to 60.1%. An LRNC was present in 67.4% (31/46) of arteries, calcification was present in 65.2% (30/46), IPH was present in 8.7% (4/46), and fibrous cap rupture was present in 4.3% (2/46). In arteries with an LRNC (n = 31), the average percentage LRNC volume was 8.8 +/- 7.3% with a range from 1.0% to 31.5%. For calcification (n = 30), the mean percentage calcification volume was 3.8 +/- 4.2% with a range of 0.1%-17.4%. The mean percentage IPH volume (n = 4) was 2.7 +/- 1.7% with a range of 0.5%-4.1%. CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate that stenosis by MRA may underestimate the presence of carotid atherosclerosis, and they demonstrate the need for improved methods for accurately identifying carotid atherosclerotic plaque severity.
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Feng ZP, Zhang Z, van Kesteren RE, Straub VA, van Nierop P, Jin K, Nejatbakhsh N, Goldberg JI, Spencer GE, Yeoman MS, Wildering W, Coorssen JR, Croll RP, Buck LT, Syed NI, Smit AB. Transcriptome analysis of the central nervous system of the mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis. BMC Genomics 2009; 10:451. [PMID: 19775440 PMCID: PMC2760584 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2009] [Accepted: 09/23/2009] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background The freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis (L. stagnalis) has served as a successful model for studies in the field of Neuroscience. However, a serious drawback in the molecular analysis of the nervous system of L. stagnalis has been the lack of large-scale genomic or neuronal transcriptome information, thereby limiting the use of this unique model. Results In this study, we report 7,712 distinct EST sequences (median length: 847 nucleotides) of a normalized L. stagnalis central nervous system (CNS) cDNA library, resulting in the largest collection of L. stagnalis neuronal transcriptome data currently available. Approximately 42% of the cDNAs can be translated into more than 100 consecutive amino acids, indicating the high quality of the library. The annotated sequences contribute 12% of the predicted transcriptome size of 20,000. Surprisingly, approximately 37% of the L. stagnalis sequences only have a tBLASTx hit in the EST library of another snail species Aplysia californica (A. californica) even using a low stringency e-value cutoff at 0.01. Using the same cutoff, approximately 67% of the cDNAs have a BLAST hit in the NCBI non-redundant protein and nucleotide sequence databases (nr and nt), suggesting that one third of the sequences may be unique to L. stagnalis. Finally, using the same cutoff (0.01), more than half of the cDNA sequences (54%) do not have a hit in nematode, fruitfly or human genome data, suggesting that the L. stagnalis transcriptome is significantly different from these species as well. The cDNA sequences are enriched in the following gene ontology functional categories: protein binding, hydrolase, transferase, and catalytic enzymes. Conclusion This study provides novel molecular insights into the transcriptome of an important molluscan model organism. Our findings will contribute to functional analyses in neurobiology, and comparative evolutionary biology. The L. stagnalis CNS EST database is available at .
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Du H, Matsushima T, Spyvee M, Goto M, Shirota H, Gusovsky F, Chiba K, Kotake M, Yoneda N, Eguchi Y, DiPietro L, Harmange JC, Gilbert S, Li XY, Davis H, Jiang Y, Zhang Z, Pelletier R, Wong N, Sakurai H, Yang H, Ito-Igarashi H, Kimura A, Kuboi Y, Mizui Y, Tanaka I, Ikemori-Kawada M, Kawakami Y, Inoue A, Kawai T, Kishi Y, Wang Y. Discovery of a potent, metabolically stabilized resorcylic lactone as an anti-inflammatory lead. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2009; 19:6196-9. [PMID: 19783437 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.08.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2009] [Revised: 08/26/2009] [Accepted: 08/31/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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With bioactivity-guided phenotype screenings, a potent anti-inflammatory compound f152A1 has been isolated, characterized and identified as the known natural product LL-Z1640-2. Metabolic instability precluded its use for the study on animal disease models. Via total synthesis, a potent, metabolically stabilized analog ER-803064 has been created; addition of the (S)-Me group at C4 onto f152A1 has resulted in a dramatic improvement on its metabolic stability, while preserving the anti-inflammatory activities.
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Tang D, Yin Y, Zhang Z, Gao Y, Wei Y, Chen Y, Han L. Simultaneous HPLC-DAD analysis of five flavonoids in diabetic rat plasma and its application in the study of pharmacokinetics. ACTA CHROMATOGR 2009. [DOI: 10.1556/achrom.21.2009.3.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Rimner A, Bonner P, Gonzales A, Hsu M, Zhang Z, Moskowitz C, Yahalom J. 9203 Accelerated total lymphoid irradiation (TLI)-containing salvage regimen for patients with refractory and relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma (HL): 20 years outcome with multivariate analysis. EJC Suppl 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(09)71894-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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He X, Chian R, Zhang Z, Zhou P, Wei Z, Cao Y. The process of spermatogenesis plays an important role in the pregnancy outcome of ICSI treatment for patients with azoospermic infertility. Fertil Steril 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Matsuo M, Habara Y, Takeshima Y, Awano H, Okizuka Y, Zhang Z, Yagi M. T.P.1.03 In vitro splicing analysis reveals that availability of a cryptic splice site is not a determinant for alternative splicing patterns caused by +1G>A mutations in introns of the dystrophin gene. Neuromuscul Disord 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.06.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Yi Y, Li B, Wang Z, Sun H, Gong H, Zhang Z. 6534 Cyfra21–1 and CEA are useful markers for predicting the sensitivity to chemoradiotherapy of esophageal carcinoma. EJC Suppl 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(09)71256-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Li B, Gong H, Huang W, Yi Y, Zhang Z, Li H, Wang Z, Sun H. 6530 Phase I study of concurrent selective lymph node late course accelerated hyper-fractionated radiotherapy and pemetrexed, cisplatin for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. EJC Suppl 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(09)71252-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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