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Ni X, Zhao H, Li R, Su H, Jiao J, Yang Z, Lv Y, Pang G, Sun M, Hu C, Yuan H. Development of a model for the prediction of biological age. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2023; 240:107686. [PMID: 37421874 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 06/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Rates of aging vary markedly among individuals, and biological age serves as a more reliable predictor of current health status than does chronological age. As such, the ability to predict biological age can support appropriate and timely active interventions aimed at improving coping with the aging process. However, the aging process is highly complex and multifactorial. Therefore, it is more scientific to construct a prediction model for biological age from multiple dimensions systematically. METHODS Physiological and biochemical parameters were evaluated to gage individual health status. Then, age-related indices were screened for inclusion in a model capable of predicting biological age. For subsequent modeling analyses, samples were divided into training and validation sets for subsequent deep learning model-based analyses (e.g. linear regression, lasso model, ridge regression, bayesian ridge regression, elasticity network, k-nearest neighbor, linear support vector machine, support vector machine, and decision tree models, and so on), with the model exhibiting the best ability to predict biological age thereby being identified. RESULTS First, we defined the individual biological age according to the individual health status. Then, after 22 candidate indices (DNA methylation, leukocyte telomere length, and specific physiological and biochemical indicators) were screened for inclusion in a model capable of predicting biological age, 14 age-related indices and gender were used to construct a model via the Bagged Trees method, which was found to be the most reliable qualitative prediction model for biological age (accuracy=75.6%, AUC=0.84) by comparing 30 different classification algorithm models. The most reliable quantitative predictive model for biological age was found to be the model developed using the Rational Quadratic method (R2=0.85, RMSE=8.731 years) by comparing 24 regression algorithm models. CONCLUSIONS Both qualitative model and quantitative model of biological age were successfully constructed from a multi-dimensional and systematic perspective. The predictive performance of our models was similar in both smaller and larger datasets, making it well-suited to predicting a given individual's biological age.
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- Xiaolin Ni
- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Hospital/National Center of Gerontology of National Health Commission, Beijing, 100730, PR China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, PR China
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- Jiangbin Hospital, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, 530021, PR China
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- Jiangbin Hospital, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, 530021, PR China
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- Clinical Lab, The Seventh Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100700, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Hospital/National Center of Gerontology of National Health Commission, Beijing, 100730, PR China
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- Jiangbin Hospital, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, 530021, PR China
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- Jiangbin Hospital, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, 530021, PR China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, PR China
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- Jiangbin Hospital, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, 530021, PR China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Hospital/National Center of Gerontology of National Health Commission, Beijing, 100730, PR China.
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Development of One Pot Strategy for Hyper Production and In Vivo Evaluation of Lovastatin. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25194380. [PMID: 32987627 PMCID: PMC7583722 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25194380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The aim of this project was to improve the Aspergillus terreus strain and pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse as carrier substrate for bulk production of lovastatin, a cholesterol-lowering drug, in solid state fermentation. Sugarcane bagasse was treated with alkali (1–3% NaOH) for the conversion of complex polysaccharides into simple sugars for better utilization of carrier substrate by microorganism for maximum lovastatin production. Ethidium bromide (time of exposure 30–180 min) was used to induce mutation in Aspergillus terreus and the best mutant was selected on the basis of inhibition zone appeared on petri plates. Fermented lovastatin was quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography. The fermented lovastatin, produced by parent and mutant Aspergillus terreus strain, was checked on body weight, blood glucose and serum cholesterol, ALT, AST, HDL-C, LDL-C, TG and TC levels of rats for their cholesterol lowering capacity. Our results indicate that selected strain along with 2% NaOH treated sugar cane bagasse was best suitable for bulk production of lovastatin by fermentation and fermented lovastatin effectively lower the cholesterol level of rats.
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Xu C, Yu B, Hu H, Nizam MN, Yuan W, Ma J, Xu FJ. PGMA-based gene carriers with lipid molecules. Biomater Sci 2016; 4:1233-43. [PMID: 27374783 DOI: 10.1039/c6bm00360e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Lipids, as the greatest constituent in cell membranes, have been widely used for biomedical applications because of their excellent biological properties. The introduction of membrane lipid molecules into gene vectors would embody greater biocompatibility, cellular uptake and transfection efficiency. In this work, one flexible strategy for readily conjugating lipid molecules with polycations was proposed based on atom transfer radical polymerization to produce a series of cholesterol (CHO)- and phosphatidylinositol (PI)-terminated ethanolamine-functionalized poly(glycidyl methacrylate)s, namely CHO-PGEAs and PI-PGEAs, as effective gene carriers. CHO-PGEAs and PI-PGEAs truly demonstrated much better transfection performances compared to linear ethanolamine-functionalized poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (denoted as BUCT-PGEA) counterparts and traditional standard branched polythylenimine (PEI, 25 kDa). In addition, the good antitumor effects of CHO-PGEA and PI-PGEA were confirmed with suppressor tumor gene p53 systems in vitro and in vivo. The present work could provide a new strategy to develop effective cationic conjugation of lipid molecules for gene therapy.
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- Chen Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), Beijing 100029, China
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Reis A, Rudnitskaya A, Chariyavilaskul P, Dhaun N, Melville V, Goddard J, Webb DJ, Pitt AR, Spickett CM. Top-down lipidomics of low density lipoprotein reveal altered lipid profiles in advanced chronic kidney disease. J Lipid Res 2014; 56:413-22. [PMID: 25424003 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m055624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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This study compared the molecular lipidomic profile of LDL in patients with nondiabetic advanced renal disease and no evidence of CVD to that of age-matched controls, with the hypothesis that it would reveal proatherogenic lipid alterations. LDL was isolated from 10 normocholesterolemic patients with stage 4/5 renal disease and 10 controls, and lipids were analyzed by accurate mass LC/MS. Top-down lipidomics analysis and manual examination of the data identified 352 lipid species, and automated comparative analysis demonstrated alterations in lipid profile in disease. The total lipid and cholesterol content was unchanged, but levels of triacylglycerides and N-acyltaurines were significantly increased, while phosphatidylcholines, plasmenyl ethanolamines, sulfatides, ceramides, and cholesterol sulfate were significantly decreased in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. Chemometric analysis of individual lipid species showed very good discrimination of control and disease sample despite the small cohorts and identified individual unsaturated phospholipids and triglycerides mainly responsible for the discrimination. These findings illustrate the point that although the clinical biochemistry parameters may not appear abnormal, there may be important underlying lipidomic changes that contribute to disease pathology. The lipidomic profile of CKD LDL offers potential for new biomarkers and novel insights into lipid metabolism and cardiovascular risk in this disease.
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- Ana Reis
- School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
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- Centro de Estudios do Ambiente e do Mar (CESAM), Department of Chemistry, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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- Clinical Pharmacology Unit, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Clinical Pharmacology Unit, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Clinical Pharmacology Unit, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Clinical Pharmacology Unit, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
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Jia X, Chen Y, Zidichouski J, Zhang J, Sun C, Wang Y. Co-administration of berberine and plant stanols synergistically reduces plasma cholesterol in rats. Atherosclerosis 2008; 201:101-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2007] [Revised: 03/07/2008] [Accepted: 03/07/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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This article re-examines and refutes the theories of intra-adipocyte lipolysis activated by phosphatidylcholine and by phospholipids in general, when injected into adipose tissue to reduce localized adiposity. These theories have not been confirmed and at times they conflict with current, although incomplete, knowledge relative to adipocyte metabolism. In particular, those regarding adipose tissues with little-known biochemical characteristics such as the primary localized adiposities. The use of the term 'lipolysis' is considered inappropriate; instead, these types of treatments should be indicated by the term 'adipocytolysis', given the demonstrated lytic activity of sodium deoxycholate on cell membranes, whose action, if not unique, is certainly prominent.
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Grigore L, Norata GD, Catapano AL. Combination therapy in cholesterol reduction: focus on ezetimibe and statins. Vasc Health Risk Manag 2008; 4:267-78. [PMID: 18561502 PMCID: PMC2496970 DOI: 10.2147/vhrm.s1204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Although widely used in lipid lowering therapy, HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (even when administered at high doses) are frequently insufficient to achieve guideline-recommended LDL-C goals for many patients with hypercholesterolemia in everyday clinical practice. Many patients do not achieve LDL-C goal on the initial dose of statin and the majority of these patients does not reach their goal after 6 months. As a consequence, a wide therapeutic gap exists between target LDL-C levels and those typically achieved in clinical practice. A recent and more effective therapeutic hypocholesterolemic strategy is to treat the two main sources of cholesterol simultaneously (production of cholesterol, mainly in the liver, and absorption of cholesterol in the intestine) with a complementary mechanism of action, by co-administering ezetimibe, a novel agent inhibiting cholesterol absorption, with a statin, which inhibits cholesterol production in the liver. Ezetimibe can be effectively and safely co-administered with any dose of any statin and, compared with the single inhibition of cholesterol production, afforded by statins alone, provides consistently greater reductions in LDL-C through dual inhibition of both cholesterol production and absorption. We summarize the pivotal role of both the liver and intestine in the overall balance of cholesterol in the body and describe the clinical impact and relevance of using ezetimibe either alone or co-administered with statins in controlling elevated levels of plasma LDL cholesterol.
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- Liliana Grigore
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of MilanMilan, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of MilanMilan, Italy
- Center for the Study of Atherosclerosis, Bassini HospitalCinisello B, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of MilanMilan, Italy
- Center for the Study of Atherosclerosis, Bassini HospitalCinisello B, Italy
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Grigore L, Norata GD, Catapano AL. Inhibition of synthesis and absorption of cholesterol: A new option in managing hypercholesterolemia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2007.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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