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Weerathunga V, Hung CC, Dupont S, Hsieh HH, Piyawardhana N, Yuan FL, Kao KJ, Huang KC, Huang WJ. Ocean acidification increases inorganic carbon over organic carbon in shrimp's exoskeleton. Mar Pollut Bull 2023; 192:115050. [PMID: 37216880 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115050] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 04/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Ocean acidification (OA) may either increase or have a neutral effect on the calcification in shrimp's exoskeleton. However, investigations on changes in the carbon composition of shrimp's exoskeletons under OA are lacking. We exposed juvenile Pacific white shrimps to target pHs of 8.0, 7.9, and 7.6 for 100 days to evaluate changes in carapace thickness, total carbon (TC), particulate organic carbon (POC), particulate inorganic carbon (PIC), calcium, and magnesium concentrations in their exoskeletons. The PIC: POC ratio of shrimp in pH 7.6 treatment was significantly higher by 175 % as compared to pH 8.0 treatment. Thickness and Ca% in pH 7.6 treatment were significantly higher as compared to pH 8.0 treatment (90 % and 65 %, respectively). This is the first direct evidence of an increased PIC: POC ratio in shrimp exoskeletons under OA. In the future, such changes in carbon composition may affect the shrimp population, ecosystem functions, and regional carbon cycle.
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- Veran Weerathunga
- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Fiskebäckskil 45178, Sweden; Radioecology Laboratory, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Marine Laboratories, 98000, Principality of Monaco
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan.
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Weerakkody WS, Ling KH, Hsieh HH, Abedneko VG, Shyu JF, Lee TM, Shih YY, Ranatunga RRMKP, Santschi PH, Hung CC. Corrigendum to "Carbon capture by macroalgae Sarcodia suae using aquaculture wastewater and solar energy for cooling in subtropical regions" [Sci. Total Environ. 855 (2023) 158850]. Sci Total Environ 2023; 883:163735. [PMID: 37137197 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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- W Sanjaya Weerakkody
- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan; Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Aquaculture, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Penghu, Taiwan
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- Department of Maine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan; Department of Applied Science, R.O.C. Naval Academy, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Center for Marine Science and Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Marine and Coastal Environmental Sciences, Texas A & M University at Galveston, TX 77554, USA
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan.
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Weerakkody WS, Ling KH, Hsieh HH, Abedneko VG, Shyu JF, Lee TM, Shih YY, Ranatunga RRMKP, Santschi PH, Hung CC. Carbon capture by macroalgae Sarcodia suae using aquaculture wastewater and solar energy for cooling in subtropical regions. Sci Total Environ 2023; 855:158850. [PMID: 36411602 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Rapid growth in the aquaculture industry and corresponding increases in nutrient and organic carbon levels in coastal regions can lead to eutrophication and increased greenhouse gas emissions. Macroalgae are the organisms primarily responsible for the capture of CO2 and removal of nutrients from coastal waters. In the current study, we developed a novel wastewater treatment system in which the red macroalga, Sarcordia suae, is used to capture CO2 under thermostatic conditions in subtropical regions. In 2020 (without temperature control), the carbon capture rate (CCR) of Sarcordia suae varied considerably with the season: winter/spring (2.1-3.9 g-C m-2 d-1) and summer (0.09 g-C m-2 d-1). In 2021, solar powered cooling reduced summer seawater temperatures from 31 to 33 °C to 23-25 °C with a corresponding increase in the mean CCR: winter/spring (2-7 g-C m-2 d-1) and summer (1.33 g-C m-2 d-1). The proposed aquaculture wastewater system proved highly efficient in removing nitrogen (20.7 mg-N g-1 DW d-1, DW = dry weight) and phosphorus (4.4 mg-P g-1 DW d-1). Furthermore, the high density of Sarcodia (1.10 ± 0.03 g cm-3) would permit the harvesting and subsequent dumping of Sarcodia in deep off-shore waters. This study demonstrated a low-cost land-based seaweed cultivation system for capturing CO2 and excess nutrients from aquaculture wastewater year-round under temperature controlled environments in subtropical regions.
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- W Sanjaya Weerakkody
- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan; Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Aquaculture, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Penghu, Taiwan
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- Department of Maine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan; Department of Applied Science, R.O.C. Naval Academy, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Center for Marine Science and Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Marine and Coastal Environmental Sciences, Texas A & M University at Galveston, TX 77554, USA
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan.
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Piyawardhana N, Weerathunga V, Chen HS, Guo L, Huang PJ, Ranatunga RRMKP, Hung CC. Occurrence of microplastics in commercial marine dried fish in Asian countries. J Hazard Mater 2022; 423:127093. [PMID: 34536847 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The major risk of microplastics in marine environments is the bioaccumulation in marine organisms. Plastic ingestion by marine organisms has been investigated and recently more attention has been given to microplastics in seafood. However, it is seldom reported the occurrence of microplastics in marine commercial dried fish products available for human consumption. Here, we report the occurrence of microplastics in 14different marine dried fish products from seven Asian countries. Microplastics were observed in most dried fish, with fibers representing ~80% of the total-microplastics. The major plastic polymers, identified using Micro-Raman spectroscopy, included polyethylene (35%), polyethylene terephthalate (26%), polystyrene (18%), polyvinyl chloride (12%), and polypropylene (9%). The highest count, in either per individual (1.92 ± 0.12) or per gram of dried fish (0.56 ± 0.03), were found in Etrumeus micropus from Japan. Marine dried fish, which are typically eaten whole, may contribute to the ingestion of microplastics by humans, posing potential health risks especially in Asian countries. Further studies are needed to identify the occurrence of smaller sized microplastics and nanoplastics and their potential health impacts.
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- Nathangi Piyawardhana
- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, 70 Lien-hai Rd., Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, 70 Lien-hai Rd., Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, 70 Lien-hai Rd., Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, ROC
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- School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 600 E Greenfield Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53204, USA
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, 70 Lien-hai Rd., Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, ROC
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- Center for Marine Science & Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda 10250, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, 70 Lien-hai Rd., Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, ROC.
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Hung CC, Chen CY, Chen BJ. Colistin and tylosin enhances disaccharidase activities, and improves morphology and permeability of the intestine of broilers. Br Poult Sci 2020; 61:465-470. [PMID: 32216555 DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2020.1747598] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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1. The present study focused on the potential effects of antibiotics on intestinal digestion and integrity in broilers in terms of disaccharidase activity, electrophysiological properties and morphology. 2. One-day-old Arbour Acres birds were randomly allocated to one of four treatment groups for 42 days; control, colistin (20 mg/kg), tylosin (55 mg/kg) or chlortetracycline (CTC, 55 mg/kg) groups. Colistin and tylosin supplementation, but not CTC supplementation, caused an increase in body weight gain. 3. Colistin and tylosin elevated the activities of maltase and sucrase in the mucosa of the jejunum on d 42. Age caused a gradual decrease in the short-circuit current (Isc) and conductance (Gt) of the ileum, as a measure of permeability. The Isc and Gt of the ileum were higher in the colistin-supplemented broilers than in the control birds on d 42. Tylosin- and CTC-supplemented birds displayed Isc and Gt values similar to those of the control birds. 4. Colistin supplementation increased the villus area in the jejunum and thinned the muscularis mucosae in the ileum compared with the control group. Tylosin supplementation decreased the thickness of the muscularis mucosae and the depth of crypt in the jejunum. CTC thickened the muscularis mucosae in the jejunum and ileum. 5. Colistin and tylosin exhibited a beneficial effect on intestinal digestion and integrity by enhancing disaccharidase activities and improving gut morphology and permeability.
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- C C Hung
- Department of Nutrition, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture , Tainan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University ; Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University ; Taipei, Taiwan
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Hung CC, Chen YF, Hsu SC, Wang K, Chen J, Burdige DJ. Erratum: Corrigendum: Using rare earth elements to constrain particulate organic carbon flux in the East China Sea. Sci Rep 2016; 6:37881. [PMID: 27934851 PMCID: PMC5146715 DOI: 10.1038/srep37881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Hung CC, Chen YF, Hsu SC, Wang K, Chen J, Burdige DJ. Using rare earth elements to constrain particulate organic carbon flux in the East China Sea. Sci Rep 2016; 6:33880. [PMID: 27670426 PMCID: PMC5037389 DOI: 10.1038/srep33880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Fluxes of particulate organic carbon (POC) in the East China Sea (ECS) have been reported to decrease from the inner continental shelf towards the outer continental shelf. Recent research has shown that POC fluxes in the ECS may be overestimated due to active sediment resuspension. To better characterize the effect of sediment resuspension on particle fluxes in the ECS, rare earth elements (REEs) and organic carbon (OC) were used in separate two-member mixing models to evaluate trap-collected POC fluxes. The ratio of resuspended particles from sediments to total trap-collected particles in the ECS ranged from 82–94% using the OC mixing model, and 30–80% using the REEs mixing model, respectively. These results suggest that REEs may be better proxies for sediment resuspension than OC in high turbidity marginal seas because REEs do not appear to undergo degradation during particle sinking as compared to organic carbon. Our results suggest that REEs can be used as tracers to provide quantitative estimates of POC fluxes in marginal seas.
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- Chin-Chang Hung
- Department of Oceanography, and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan.,Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 23529 USA
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- Department of Oceanography, and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan
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- Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, 310012, PR China
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- Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, 310012, PR China
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- Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 23529 USA
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Hung CC, Tsao SC, Huang KH, Jang JP, Chang HK, Dobbs FC. A highly sensitive underwater video system for use in turbid aquaculture ponds. Sci Rep 2016; 6:31810. [PMID: 27554201 PMCID: PMC4995459 DOI: 10.1038/srep31810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The turbid, low-light waters characteristic of aquaculture ponds have made it difficult or impossible for previous video cameras to provide clear imagery of the ponds’ benthic habitat. We developed a highly sensitive, underwater video system (UVS) for this particular application and tested it in shrimp ponds having turbidities typical of those in southern Taiwan. The system’s high-quality video stream and images, together with its camera capacity (up to nine cameras), permit in situ observations of shrimp feeding behavior, shrimp size and internal anatomy, and organic matter residues on pond sediments. The UVS can operate continuously and be focused remotely, a convenience to shrimp farmers. The observations possible with the UVS provide aquaculturists with information critical to provision of feed with minimal waste; determining whether the accumulation of organic-matter residues dictates exchange of pond water; and management decisions concerning shrimp health.
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- Chin-Chang Hung
- Department of Oceanography, and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan.,Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 23529 USA
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- Department of Oceanography, and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan
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- Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 23529 USA
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Hung CW, Huang KH, Shih YY, Lin YS, Chen HH, Wang CC, Ho CY, Hung CC, Burdige DJ. Benthic fluxes of dissolved organic carbon from gas hydrate sediments in the northern South China Sea. Sci Rep 2016; 6:29597. [PMID: 27432631 PMCID: PMC4949426 DOI: 10.1038/srep29597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Hydrocarbon vents have recently been reported to contribute considerable amounts of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to the oceans. Many such hydrocarbon vents widely exist in the northern South China Sea (NSCS). To investigate if these hydrocarbon vent sites release DOC, we used a real-time video multiple-corer to collect bottom seawater and surface sediments at vent sites. We analyzed concentrations of DOC in these samples and estimated DOC fluxes. Elevated DOC concentrations in the porewaters were found at some sites suggesting that DOC may come from these hydrocarbon vents. Benthic fluxes of DOC from these sediments were 28 to 1264 μmol m(-2 )d(-1) (on average ~321 μmol m(-2 )d(-1)) which are several times higher than most DOC fluxes in coastal and continental margin sediments. The results demonstrate that the real-time video multiple-corer can precisely collect samples at vent sites. The estimated benthic DOC flux from the methane venting sites (8.6 × 10(6 )mol y(-1)), is 24% of the DOC discharge from the Pearl River to the South China Sea, indicating that these sediments make an important contribution to the DOC in deep waters.
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- Chia-Wei Hung
- Department of Oceanography, and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan.,Department of Applied Science, R.O.C Naval Academy, Kaohsiung 81345, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan
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- Institute of Undersea Technology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan
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- Institute of Undersea Technology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan.,Department of Ocean, Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 23529 USA
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- Department of Ocean, Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 23529 USA
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Sheng WH, Hsieh SM, Lee SC, Chen MY, Wang JT, Hung CC, Chang SC. Fatal lactic acidosis associated with highly active antiretroviral therapy in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection in Taiwan. Int J STD AIDS 2016; 15:249-53. [PMID: 15075019 DOI: 10.1258/095646204773557785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Lactic acidosis (LA), a rare but life-threatening adverse effect associated with antiretroviral therapy, has been reported with an increasing frequency since the mid1990s. From June 1994 to June 2002, a total of six patients, four males and two females with a median age of 43 years (range, 30 to 74 years), had been diagnosed with LA. The estimated incidence of LA was 5.1 per 1000 patient-years (PYs) on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) (95% confidence interval [95% CI], 4.5-5.5 per 1000 PYs) and 4.4 per 1000 PY on nucleoside analogues (NAs) (95% CI, 3.9-4.7 per 1000 PYs). Their median body mass index at diagnosis of LA was 17.6 kg/m2 (range 16.3 to 22.6 kg/m2). The median CD4+ lymphocyte count at the initial diagnosis of HIV infection and at the onset of LA was 38 cells/µL (range, 4 to 103 cells/µL) and 108 cells/µL (range, 79 to 224 cells/µL), respectively. The most common symptoms were nausea, vomiting, and dyspnoea. All of the patients had findings suggestive of NA-related mitochondrial toxicity, such as myositis, pancreatitis, fatty hepatitis, peripheral neuropathy or lipodystrophy. The prescribed NA related to LA were stavudine in six patients, lamivudine, five, and didanosine, one. Despite treatment, all patients died of persistent circulatory collapse following LA. The median duration from diagnosis to death was eight days (range, 4-17 days). Our report highlights that clinicians caring for patients with AIDS should be alerted to the potentially fatal LA associated with antiretroviral therapy when patients present with low body mass index, lipodystrophy, unexplained abdominal symptoms, dyspnoea, or elevated aminotransferases.
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- W H Sheng
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan 100
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Hung CC, Chen MY, Hsieh SM, Hsiao CF, Sheng WH, Chang SC. Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and incidence of toxoplasma encephalitis in non-haemophiliac HIV-1-infected adults in Taiwan. Int J STD AIDS 2016; 16:302-6. [PMID: 15899084 DOI: 10.1258/0956462053654230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We assessed the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and incidence of toxoplasma encephalitis (TE) in 844 non-haemophiliac HIV-infected patients in Taiwan between June 1994 and April 2003. Approximately 70% (69.3%) of them had a baseline CD4+ lymphocyte count of 200 × 106/L or less, and more than 70% (73.9%) having initiated highly active antiretroviral therapy. The seroprevalence of T. gondii infection was 10.2%, which did not differ with sex, age, route of transmission, birth inside or outside of Taiwan, or CD4+ lymphocyte stratifications. After a median observation duration of 603 days (range, 1–3264 days), 10 (1.2%) patients developed 11 episodes of TE after a median interval of 30 days (range, 1–941 days) between enrolment and diagnosis of TE, with an incidence of 0.59 per 100 person-years (PY) (95% confidence interval, 0.56–0.63 per 100 PY). We concluded that the incidence of TE of HIV-infected patients in Taiwan was lower than that reported in western countries because of a lower seroprevalence of T. gondii infection and use of antimicrobial prophylaxis and antiretroviral therapy, although most of the patients were at the late stage of HIV infection.
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- C C Hung
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 7 Chung-Shan Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Hsieh CH, Wang TY, Hung CC, Chen MC, Hsu KC. Improvement of glycemic control in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats by Atlantic salmon skin gelatin hydrolysate as the dipeptidyl-peptidase IV inhibitor. Food Funct 2016; 6:1887-92. [PMID: 25946069 DOI: 10.1039/c5fo00124b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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In our previous study, Atlantic salmon skin gelatin hydrolysed with flavourzyme possessed 42.5% dipeptidyl-peptidase (DPP)-IV inhibitory activity at a concentration of 5 mg mL(-1). The oral administration of the hydrolysate (FSGH) at a single dose of 300 mg per day in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats for 5 weeks was evaluated for its antidiabetic effect. During the 5-week experiment, body weight increased, and the food and water intake was reduced by FSGH in diabetic rats. The daily administration of FSGH for 5 weeks was effective for lowering the blood glucose levels of diabetic rats during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). After the 5-week treatment, plasma DPP-IV activity was inhibited; the plasma activity of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), insulin, and the insulin-to-glucagon ratio were increased by FSGH in diabetic rats. The results indicate that FSGH has the function of inhibiting GLP-1 degradation by DPP-IV, resulting in the enhancement of insulin secretion and improvement of glycemic control in STZ-induced diabetic rats.
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- C H Hsieh
- Department of Health and Nutrition Biotechnology, Asia University, Taiwan
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Tsai CC, Hsieh CF, Hung CC, Chao CM, Lai CC. Sister Mary Joseph nodule. QJM 2015. [PMID: 26221042 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcv135] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- C C Tsai
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Shih YY, Hung CC, Gong GC, Chung WC, Wang YH, Lee IH, Chen KS, Ho CY. Enhanced Particulate Organic Carbon Export at Eddy Edges in the Oligotrophic Western North Pacific Ocean. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0131538. [PMID: 26171611 PMCID: PMC4501708 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2015] [Accepted: 06/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mesoscale eddies in the subtropical oligotrophic ocean are ubiquitous and play an important role in nutrient supply and oceanic primary production. However, it is still unclear whether these mesoscale eddies can efficiently transfer CO2 from the atmosphere to deep waters via biological pump because of the sampling difficulty due to their transient nature. In 2007, particulate organic carbon (POC) fluxes, measured below the euphotic zone at the edge of warm eddy were 136-194 mg-C m-2 d-1 which was greatly elevated over that (POC flux = 26-35 mg-C m-2 d-1) determined in the nutrient-depleted oligotrophic waters in the Western North Pacific (WNP). In 2010, higher POC fluxes (83-115 mg-C m-2 d-1) were also observed at the boundary of mesoscale eddies in the WNP. The enhanced POC flux at the edge of eddies was mainly attributed to both large denuded diatom frustules and zooplankton fecal pellets based on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) examination. The result suggests that mesoscale eddies in the oligotrophic waters in the subtropical WNP can efficiently increase the oceanic carbon export flux and the eddy edge is a crucial conduit in carbon sequestration to deep waters.
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- Yung-Yen Shih
- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan
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- Institute of Marine Environmental Chemistry and Ecology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan
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- Institute of Marine Environmental Chemistry and Ecology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan
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Yang JC, Yeh CH, Chen YT, Liao SC, Huang R, Liu HJ, Hung CC, Chen SH, Wu SL, Lai CH, Chiu YP, Chiu PW, Chu YH. Conduction control at ferroic domain walls via external stimuli. Nanoscale 2014; 6:10524-10529. [PMID: 25092204 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr03300k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Intriguing functionalities at nano-sized domain walls have recently spawned a new paradigm for developing novel nanoelectronics due to versatile characteristics. In this study, we explore a new scenario to modulate the local conduction of ferroic domain walls. Three controlling parameters, i.e., external electrical field, magnetic field and light, are introduced to the 90° domain walls (90° DWs) of BiFeO₃. Electrical modulation is realized by electrical transport, where the mobility of 90° DWs can be altered by gating voltage. We further use the ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic coupling to reveal the inherent magnetism at the DWs. With an established magnetic nature, magnetotransport has been conducted to introduce magnetic controlling parameter, where a giant positive magnetoresistance change can be observed up to 200%. In addition, light modulated conduction, a core factor for multifunctional applications, is successfully demonstrated (current enhancement by a factor of 2 with 11 W white lamp). These results offer new insights to discover the tunability of domain wall nanoelectronics.
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- J C Yang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Room 709, Engineering Building VI, 1001 University Road, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan.
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Chen CY, Lai CC, Chen KS, Hsu CC, Hung CC, Chen MH. Total and organic mercury concentrations in the muscles of Pacific albacore (Thunnus alalunga) and bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus). Mar Pollut Bull 2014; 85:606-612. [PMID: 24559740 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.01.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Revised: 01/07/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Muscles of 115 North Pacific albacore (ALB, Thunnus alalunga) and 75 Pacific bigeye tuna (BET, Thunnus obesus), collected from 2001 to 2006, were analyzed. No ALB, but 13 large BET had organic mercury (OH g) concentrations exceeding 1 μg g(-1) wet weight. For both ALB and BET, total mercury (THg) and OH g concentrations were significantly and positively correlated with fork length (FL) and body weight. The muscle Hg bioaccumulation rates of BET were higher than those of ALB, particularly in the adult fish. Moreover, the lines had crossover points among the two species that imply the young BET (FL<110 cm) contains lower muscle Hg concentrations than ALB of the same size. The suggested weekly dietary intake of ALB and small-BET meats is 340 g, and of BET meat it is 150 g for a 60-kg person based on the provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI) of methylmercury set by the WHO.
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- Chiee-Young Chen
- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Kaohsiung 81143, Taiwan
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan; Institute of Oceanography, College of Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Oceanography, College of Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan; Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, National Applied Research Laboratories, Kaohsiung 85243, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan.
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Hung CC, Ko FC, Gong GC, Chen KS, Wu JM, Chiang HL, Peng SC, Santschi PH. Increased zooplankton PAH concentrations across hydrographic fronts in the East China Sea. Mar Pollut Bull 2014; 83:248-257. [PMID: 24775063 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.03.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Revised: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/29/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The Changjiang has transported large quantities of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to the East China Sea (ECS), but information of these pollutants in zooplankton is limited. To understand PAHs pollution in zooplankton in the ECS, total concentrations of PAHs in zooplankton from surface waters were measured. Values of PAHs ranged from 2 to 3500 ng m(-3) in the ECS, with highest PAHs levels located at the salinity front between the Changjiang Diluted Water (CDW) and the mid-shelf waters. In contrast, concentrations of zooplankton PAHs in the mid-shelf and outer-shelf waters were significantly lower (2-23 ng m(-3)) than those in the CDW. These results demonstrate that PAHs are conspicuously accumulated in zooplankton at the salinity front between the CDW and the mid-shelf waters. These higher levels of PAHs in zooplankton at the salinity front may be further biomagnified in marine organisms of higher trophic levels through their feeding activities.
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- Chin-Chang Hung
- Department of Oceanography and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan; Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, National Applied Research Laboratories, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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- National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung 94450, Taiwan; Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung 94450, Taiwan
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- Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, National Applied Research Laboratories, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Institute of Marine Environmental Chemistry and Ecology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Institute of Marine Environmental Chemistry and Ecology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan
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- Institute of Marine Environmental Chemistry and Ecology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, National Formosa University, Yunlin 63201, Taiwan
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Laboratory for Oceanography and Environmental Research, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX 77553, USA
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Li YJ, Wu HH, Weng CH, Chen YC, Hung CC, Yang CW, Wang RYL, Sakamoto N, Tian YC. Cyclophilin A and nuclear factor of activated T cells are essential in cyclosporine-mediated suppression of polyomavirus BK replication. Am J Transplant 2012; 12:2348-62. [PMID: 22642569 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04116.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Immunosuppressants have impacts on the development of polyomavirus-associated nephropathy. We previously demonstrated that cyclosporin A (CsA) suppressed polyomavirus BK (BKV) replication. The role of cyclophilin A (CypA) and nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) in CsA-imposed suppression of BKV replication was determined in this study. Results demonstrated that knockdown of CypA but not CypB significantly reduced BKV large T antigen (TAg) expression and BKV titer. Overexpression of CypA reversed CypA siRNA-induced inhibition in BKV TAg expression. In addition, CypA overexpression attenuated the suppressive effect of CsA on TAg expression, suggesting CypA implicated in CsA-mediated anti-BKV effect. Knockdown of NFATc3 abrogated TAg expression, while overexpression of NFATc3 promoted TAg expression and augmented BKV promoter activity. NFATc3 binding to the BKV promoter was verified by chromatin immunoprecipitation assay and electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Renal histology also displayed an increase in NFATc3 expression in tubulointerstitium of BKV-associated nephropathy. Furthermore, overexpression of NFATc3 rescued CsA-mediated inhibition of BKV load and TAg expression. A CsA analog, NIM811, which cannot block NFAT functionality, failed to suppress TAg expression. In conclusion, CypA and NFAT are indispensable in BKV replication. CsA inhibits BKV replication through CypA and NFAT, which may be potential targets of anti-BKV treatment.
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- Y J Li
- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Taiwan's unique setting allows it to release disproportionately large quantities of fluvial sediment into diverse dispersal systems around the island. Earthquakes, lithology, topography, cyclone-induced rainfall, and human disturbance play major roles in the catchment dynamics. Deep landslides dominate the sediment-removal process on land, giving fluvial sediment distinct geochemical signals. Extreme conditions in river runoff, sediment load, nearshore waves and currents, and the formation of gravity flows during typhoon events can be observed within short distances. Segregation of fresh biomass and clastic sediment occurs during the marine transport process, yet turbidity currents in the Gaoping Submarine Canyon carry woody debris. Strong currents in the slope and back-arc basin of the Okinawa Trough disperse fine-grained sediments rapidly and widely. Temporal deposition and remobilization may occur when the shallow Taiwan Strait acts as a receptacle. Taiwan can therefore serve as a demonstration of the episodic aspect of the source-to-sink pathway to both the coastal and deep-ocean environments.
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- James T Liu
- Institute of Marine Geology and Chemistry, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Kuo JY, Ko FC, Cheng JO, Meng PJ, Li JJ, Hung CC. Environmental assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the surface sediments of a remote region on the eastern coast, Taiwan. Environ Monit Assess 2012; 184:2967-2979. [PMID: 21713486 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2164-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2010] [Accepted: 06/03/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Surface sediment samples were collected in He-Ping Harbor and the nearby He-Ping Estuary from 2005 to 2006 to examine spatial and temporal variability in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations. The sum of the 16 USEPA priority pollutant PAHs varied from 8 to 312 ng/g dry weight, which was relatively low compared to values obtained from other studies in the world. Regarding temporal changes in the PAH profile, total PAH concentrations in the wet season were lower than during the dry season in He-Ping Harbor. However, the concentration of PAHs exhibited no significant difference in the four seasons in the He-Ping Estuary. PAH concentrations in He-Ping Harbor were higher than those in the He-Ping Estuary. In comparison with sediment quality guidelines, PAH concentrations of sediments in this study were lower than those outlined in the criteria, which suggests no evident adverse biological effects due to PAHs around the He-Ping coast. Ratios of specific PAH compounds calculated to assess the possible sources of PAHs reflect that PAHs in He-Ping Harbor may mainly be from pyrogenic coal combustion.
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- Jun-Yi Kuo
- Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Dong-Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan
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Hung CC, Gong GC, Ko FC, Lee HJ, Chen HY, Wu JM, Hsu ML, Peng SC, Nan FH, Santschi PH. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface sediments of the East China Sea and their relationship with carbonaceous materials. Mar Pollut Bull 2011; 63:464-470. [PMID: 21439594 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2010] [Revised: 02/27/2011] [Accepted: 03/01/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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This study measured concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface sediments in the East China Sea (ECS) to investigate possible sources and fate of PAHs. Total concentration of PAHs in the sediments of the ECS ranged from 22 to 244 ng g(-1), with the highest levels in the coastal area and outer shelf. The observed PAH results showed elevated levels in both inner and outer shelf areas, a finding that is different from predictions by an ocean circulation model, suggesting that terrestrial sources are important for PAH contaminations in the ECS, while sediment resuspension, tidal changes and lateral transport may be important in affecting the distribution of PAHs in the outer shelf. The distribution of PAHs in the surface sediments of the ECS is similar to the distribution of carbonaceous materials (e.g., particulate organic carbon and black carbon), suggesting that carbonaceous materials may strongly affect the distribution of PAHs.
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- Chin-Chang Hung
- Institute of Marine Evnironmental Chemistry and Ecology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan.
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Chen HY, Chen LD, Chiang ZY, Hung CC, Lin FJ, Chou WC, Gong GC, Wen LS. Size fractionation and molecular composition of water-soluble inorganic and organic nitrogen in aerosols of a coastal environment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2010jd014157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hung CC, Gong GC, Ko FC, Chen HY, Hsu ML, Wu JM, Peng SC, Nan FH, Yeager KM, Santschi PH. Relationships between persistent organic pollutants and carbonaceous materials in aquatic sediments of Taiwan. Mar Pollut Bull 2010; 60:1010-1017. [PMID: 20206366 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2009] [Revised: 01/24/2010] [Accepted: 01/28/2010] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Recent studies have shown that many persistent organic pollutants (POPs, e.g., polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and various pesticides), are strongly associated with carbonaceous materials (including organic carbon (OC) and black carbon (BC)). We hypothesize that carbonaceous materials can be used as a first-order pollution index, to indicate areas where POP pollution may require further investigation. We tested our hypothesis and found that strong, positive correlations between BC and OC contents versus the concentrations of PCBs (and PAHs) existed in estuarine sediments of the Danshui River in 2005 and 2008. Thus, our preliminary results demonstrate that POC and BC are potential indicators of the POP pollution potential in fluvial sediments of the Danshui River in Taiwan. This innovative approach can provide a simple, relatively inexpensive and expedient means to monitor concentrations of POPs in polluted aquatic sediments of Taiwan, and/or those having a legacy of POP inputs.
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- Chin-Chang Hung
- Institute of Marine Environmental Chemistry and Ecology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202, Taiwan.
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Liao CW, Lee YL, Sukati H, D'lamini P, Huang YC, Chiu CJ, Liu YH, Chou CM, Chiu WT, Du WY, Hung CC, Chan HC, Chu B, Cheng HC, Su J, Tu CC, Cheng CY, Fan CK. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among children in Swaziland, southern Africa. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2010; 103:731-6. [PMID: 20030998 DOI: 10.1179/000349809x12554106963474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- C W Liao
- Department of Parasitology, Taipei Medical University College of Medicine, Taiwan
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Xu C, Santschi PH, Schwehr KA, Hung CC. Optimized isolation procedure for obtaining strongly actinide binding exopolymeric substances (EPS) from two bacteria (Sagittula stellata and Pseudomonas fluorescens Biovar II). Bioresour Technol 2009; 100:6010-6021. [PMID: 19574036 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2008] [Revised: 09/09/2008] [Accepted: 06/02/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Different chemical extractants (NaCl, EDTA, HCl and NaOH) and physical methods (ultrasonication and heating) were examined by their efficacies of extracting "attached" exopolymeric substances (EPS) secreted by marine bacterium Sagittula stellata (SS) and terrestrial bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens Biovar II (PF). Extraction by 0.5 N HCl for 3 h was best for SS while extraction by 0.05 N NaCl for 3-5 h was regarded as optimal for PF. Improvements in EPS purification included a pre-diafiltration step to remove the broth material and reduce the solution volume, thus the usage of ethanol, and time. The EPS harvested at the optimal time and purified by the improved method were enriched in polysaccharides, with smaller amounts of proteins, thus having amphiphilic properties. Isoelectric focusing of (234)Th or (240)Pu labeled EPS showed both actinides were strongly bound to macromolecules with low pI, similar to reported marine or soil colloidal natural organic matter (NOM).
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- Chen Xu
- Laboratory for Oceanographic and Environmental Research, Departments of Oceanography and Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University, 5007 Avenue U, Galveston, TX 77551, United States.
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Chou WC, Gong GC, Sheu DD, Hung CC, Tseng TF. Surface distributions of carbon chemistry parameters in the East China Sea in summer 2007. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1029/2008jc005128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Lin CM, Lin JW, Tsai JT, Ko CP, Hung KS, Hung CC, Su YK, Wei L, Chiu WT, Lee LM. Intracranial pressure fluctuation during hemodialysis in renal failure patients with intracranial hemorrhage. Acta Neurochir Suppl 2009; 101:141-4. [PMID: 18642649 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-78205-7_24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Coagulopathy in renal failure patients often makes them vulnerable to intracranial hemorrhage. Emergency decompression to remove the hematoma and to stop bleeding is always indicated. After the surgery, hemodialysis (HD) should be arranged to maintain the BUN/Cr. level, and I/O balance. During HD, intracranial pressure in all of the patients in this study fluctuated. This phenomenon always resulted in neurological deterioration in acute or chronic renal failure. We present intracranial pressure (ICP) changes during HD in five acute or chronic renal failure patients with intracranial hemorrhage. They all underwent craniectomy or craniotomy with ICP monitors implantation. Different HD protocols were arranged for these patients and then we observed clinical results. ICP elevated during HD and resulted in severe brain swelling. This situation was one of the clinical presentations of dialysis disequilibrium syndrome (DDS). Four patients died because of this complication and one survived. ICP fluctuation seemed to be correlated with the fluid amount and frequency of HD. The prevalence and pathophysiology of DDS remain unclear. Renal failure patient with intracranial hemorrhage may be complicated with DDS when HD was performed. An attempt to reduce the fluid amount and to increase the frequency of HD might help these patients.
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- C M Lin
- Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Xu C, Santschi PH, Zhong JY, Hatcher PG, Francis AJ, Dodge CJ, Roberts KA, Hung CC, Honeyman BD. Colloidal cutin-like substances cross-linked to siderophore decomposition products mobilizing plutonium from contaminated soils. Environ Sci Technol 2008; 42:8211-8217. [PMID: 19068796 DOI: 10.1021/es801348t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Relatively recently, inorganic colloids have been invoked to reconcile the apparent contradictions between expectations based on classical dissolved-phase Pu transport and field observations of "enhanced" Pu mobility (Kersting et al. Nature 1999, 397, 56-59). A new paradigm for Pu transport is mobilization and transport via biologically produced ligands. This study for the first time reports a new finding of Pu being transported, at sub-pM concentrations, by a cutin-like natural substance containing siderophore-like moieties and virtually all mobile Pu. Most likely, Pu is complexed by chelating groups derived from siderophores that are covalently bound to a backbone of cutin-derived soil degradation products, thus revealing the history of initial exposure to Pu. Features such as amphiphilicity and small size make this macromolecule an ideal collector for actinides and other metals and a vector for their dispersal. Cross-linking to the hydrophobic domains (e.g., by polysaccharides) gives this macromolecule high mobility and a means of enhancing Pu transport. This finding provides a new mechanism for Pu transport through environmental systems that would not have been predicted by Pu transport models.
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- C Xu
- Laboratory for Oceanographic and Environmental Research (LOER), Department of Oceanography Sciences, Texas A&M University, Galveston, Texas 77551, USA
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Chen HY, Su CC, Hung CC, Yeh TC, Shen YH, Tsai CH, Chen LD, Gong GC. Occurrence of azaarenes in sediments of the Danshuei River, Taiwan: the use of azaarenes as indicator of anthropogenic source to the estuarine system. Environ Toxicol 2008; 23:25-35. [PMID: 18214931 DOI: 10.1002/tox.20308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Azaarenes belong to the newly identified classes of anthropogenic pollutants. To our knowledge, this study presents the first result of pollution history of azaarenes and their controlling factors in estuary. To understand the transport mechanisms, surface sediment samples were collected from 18 sites of the Danshuei River during the summer and the winter of 2005. The highest concentrations of azaarene, 21.9 ng g(-1) for 2-ring, 9.89 ng g(-1) for 3-ring, and 9.17 ng g(-1) for 4-ring, were observed in midstream surface sediments near the Shi-Zi-Tou waste water pumping station. Therefore, this waste water pumping station not only provides a good sediment accumulation environment but also discharges small particle size sediments, which contain mass amounts of azaarenes into the Danshuei River. This research also finds highly significant covariations among 3-ring and 4-ring azaarenes, which suggests similar source strengths and transport mechanisms for these compounds. Additionally, core samples were collected from two sites of the Danshuei River and analyzed to determine the pollution history. Values found in the core sediments correspond to pollution events in recent history. Contaminant inputs via in situ burning of dumping field and wastewater discharge for the periods of 1975-1985 and 2004-2005, respectively, were two major sources of azaarenes to the Danshuei River.
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- Hung-Yu Chen
- Department of Marine Environmental Informatics, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan.
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Ju DT, Lin JW, Lin MS, Lee LM, Tseng HM, Wei CP, Yen CH, Hung CC, Hung KS, Lin CM, Lin TJ, Chiu WT, Tsai JT. Hypofractionated CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery for acoustic neuromas with and without association to neurofibromatosis Type 2. Acta Neurochir Suppl 2008; 101:169-173. [PMID: 18642654 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-78205-7_29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [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] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery (CKSRS) has been proved effective in treating intra-cranial lesions. To treat acoustic neuroma (AN) patients with or without neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2) associations, the functional preservation of hearing, trigeminal nerve, and facial nerve are important. Twenty-one patients were treated with hypofractionated CKSRS. Fourteen non-NF2 and seven NF2 patients were enrolled. Cranial nerve function, audiograms, and magnetic resonance images (MRI) were monitored. Mean follow-up was 15 month. Tumors with volumes ranging from 0.13 to 24.8 cm3 (mean 5.4 cm3) were irradiated with the marginal dose 1800-2000 cGy/3 fractions. Tumors were treated with an 80 to 89% isodose line (mean 83%) and mean 97.9% tumor coverage. Two patients experienced hearing deterioration (16.7%) in the non-NF2 group, and 3 patients (50%) in the NF2 group. No facial or trigeminal dysfunction, brain stem toxicity, or cerebellar edema occurred. Tumor regression was seen in 9 patients (43%) and stable in 12 patients (57%). 100% tumor control rate was achieved. Hypofractionated CKSRS was not only effective in tumor control but also excellent in hearing preservation for non-NF2 AN. But for NF2 patients, although the tumor control was remarkable, hearing preservation was modest as in non-NF2 patients.
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- D T Ju
- National Defense Medical Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Lin JW, Tsai JT, Lin CM, Lee LM, Hung KS, Huang SJ, Hsiao SH, Chung WY, Tsai MD, Hsia CC, Hung CC, Chiu WT. Evaluation of optimal cerebral perfusion pressure in severe traumatic brain injury. Acta Neurochir Suppl 2008; 101:131-136. [PMID: 18642647 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-78205-7_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability. In the 2000 guidelines, one of the suggestions for TBI treatment was to maintain cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) < or = 70 mmHg. But in the 2003 guidelines, the suggestion was changed to < or = 60 mmHg. There have been some discrepancies of opinions about this recommendation in recent publications. In this study, we retrospectively reviewed 305 severe TBI (STBI) patients with Glasgow Coma Scales (GCS) < or = 8 between January 1, 2002 and March 31, 2003. The study group was stratified according to use or nonuse of intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring, ICP levels, ages, and GCS levels in order to test the correlation between CCP and the prognosis. The patients < 50-year-old, with higher GCS level, with ICP monitoring, and with ICP levels < 20 mmHg had lower mortality rates and better prognosis (GOS) (p < 0.05 or 0.001). The patients in the GCS 3-5 subgroup had a significantly lower mortality and better prognosis if the CPP value was maintained higher than 70 mmHg (p < 0.05) The optimal CPP maintained < or = 60 mmHg did not fit in all STBI patients. Our study concludes that it is critical to maintain CPP substantially higher in lower GCS level patients.
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- J W Lin
- Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Lin JW, Tsai JT, Lee LM, Lin CM, Hung CC, Hung KS, Chen WY, Wei L, Ko CP, Su YK, Chiu WT. Effect of hyperbaric oxygen on patients with traumatic brain injury. Acta Neurochir Suppl 2008; 101:145-149. [PMID: 18642650 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-78205-7_25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the medical therapeutic use of oxygen at a higher atmospheric pressure. The United States Food and Drug Administration have approved several clinical applications for HBOT, but HBOT in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients has still remained in controversial. The purpose of our study is to evaluate the benefit of HBOT on the prognosis of subacute TBI patients. We prospectively enrolled 44 patients with TBI from November 1, 2004 to October 31, 2005. The study group randomly included 22 patients who received HBOT after the patients' condition stabilization, and the other 22 corresponding condition patients were assigned into the matched control group who were not treated with HBOT. The clinical conditions of the patients were evaluated with the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) before and 3 to 6 months after HBOT. The GCS of the HBOT group was improved from 11.1 to 13.5 in average, and from 10.4 to 11.5 (p < 0.05) for control group. Among those patients with GOS = 4 before the HBOT, significant GOS improvement was observed in the HBOT group 6 months after HBOT. Based on this study, HBOT can provide some benefits for the subacute TBI patients with minimal adverse side effects.
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- J W Lin
- Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Because of the rapid industrial and economic growth, Taiwan and other developing countries have faced an enormous increase in the number of motorcycles, which has subsequently caused a rapid increase of the motorcycle-related traumatic brain injuries (TBI). In order to tackle this serious problem, stepwise approaches for TBI were implemented in Taiwan from 1991 to 2007. Step 1 was to do a nationwide TBI registry in order to identify the risk factors and determinants. We found that the major cause of TBI in Taiwan was motorcycle-related injury, and very few motorcyclists wore a helmet. Step 2 was to launch the implementation of the helmet use law on June 1, 1997. A rapid decline of TBI hospitalizations and deaths was demonstrated soon thereafter. Step 3 was to enroll into international collaborations with the Global Spine and Head Injury Prevention Project (Global SHIP Project) groups for TBI. The comparative results thus obtained could be used to develop prevention strategies for developing countries. Step 4 was to implement clinical researches for TBI, which included a Propofol study, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), brain parenchymal oxygen (PbtO2) monitoring, etc. Step 5 was to develop guidelines for the management of severe TBI in Taiwan. Through a 2-year period of review, discussion, and integration, a 9-chapter guideline was published in June 2007. In summary, our experience and process for management of TBI in Taiwan can be used as a reference for other developing countries.
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- J W Lin
- Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yeager KM, Santschi PH, Rifai HS, Suarez MP, Brinkmeyer R, Hung CC, Schindler KJ, Andres MJ, Weaver EA. Dioxin chronology and fluxes in sediments of the Houston Ship Channel, Texas: influences of non-steady-state sediment transport and total organic carbon. Environ Sci Technol 2007; 41:5291-8. [PMID: 17822093 DOI: 10.1021/es062917p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (dioxins) are persistent contaminants that bioaccumulate and pose serious risks to humans. The primary objective of this study was to determine the history and mechanisms of dioxin accumulation in sediments of the Houston Ship Channel (HSC) using analytical data on natural and anthropogenic radionuclides (7Be, 137Cs, and 210Pb) and dioxins. Results showed that present-day sedimentary dioxin accumulation rates are orders of magnitude higher than atmospheric inputs to the HSC. Most stations showed dioxin peaks in the near surface, indicating continuing inputs despite federal regulations. Stations with high dioxin inventories reflect accentuated accumulation in the HSC as one moves west toward Houston, at the confluence of the HSC and the San Jacinto River and upstream in the San Jacinto River. These results indicate that a significant quantity of dioxins continues to be released into the environment here or that sedimentary storage and release of previously supplied dioxins is significant, or both. The results support the interpretation that the HSC is influenced by episodic sediment resuspension, erosion and lateral transport processes driven by tides, wind, shipping, and dredging, which can cause intermittently high accumulations of dioxins, and underscores the need for additional research on the roles of sedimentary processes in organic contaminant bioavailability.
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- Kevin M Yeager
- Department of Marine Science, University of Southern Mississippi, 1020 Balch Boulevard, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi 39529, USA.
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Hung CC, Gong GC, Chen HY, Hsieh HL, Santschi PH, Wade TL, Sericano JL. Relationships between pesticides and organic carbon fractions in sediments of the Danshui River estuary and adjacent coastal areas of Taiwan. Environ Pollut 2007; 148:546-54. [PMID: 17395347 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.11.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2006] [Revised: 11/11/2006] [Accepted: 11/26/2006] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In order to understand the fate of pesticides in marine environments, concentrations of pesticides and different carbonaceous fractions were determined for surface sediments in the Danshui River and nearby coastal areas of Taiwan. The major compounds detected were tetrachlorobenzene, HCHs, chlordane, aldrin, DDDs, DDEs and DDTs. Total concentrations of pesticides in the sediments ranged from not detectable to 23 ng g(-1), with the maximum value detected near the discharge point of the marine outfall from the Pali sewage treatment plant. These results confirm that pesticides persist in estuarine and nearby coastal environments of the Danshui River well after their ban. Concentrations of total pesticides significantly correlate with concentrations of total organic carbon and black carbon in these sediments, suggesting that total organic carbon and black carbon regulate the distribution of trace organic pollutants in fluvial and coastal marine sediments.
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- Chin-Chang Hung
- Institute of Marine Environmental Chemistry and Ecology, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Pei-Ning Road, Keelung 202, Taiwan, ROC.
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Hung CC, Huang YH, Chen CY. Heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of hypophosphite by H2O2: pH effect. Water Sci Technol 2007; 55:89-93. [PMID: 17674832 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Phosphorus chemicals control key aspects of eutrophication and other environmental process. Hypophosphite (HP) originating from manmade and natural sources was evidenced as present in the environment and was investigated rarely. Recently, iron oxide has been used as a catalyst for oxidising organic contaminants with hydrogen peroxide (i.e. heterogeneous Fenton-like reaction). This study focused mainly on the oxidation of 1.0 mM HP by hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a novel iron oxide catalyst (B1 catalyst) which was prepared through a fluidised-bed Fenton reactor (FBR-Fenton). The background experiments including the oxidation experiment of HP by air only, by H2O2 only and adsorption of HP by B1 catalyst were first elucidated. It was found that HP could not be oxidised at all by air and H2O2 at pH 2.5-12 in 24 hours. On the other hand, it could be adsorbed by B1 catalyst with 89.8% removal at pH 2.5 in 5 hours and complete desorption at pH 11.0. Then, we investigated the effects of pH and Fe leaching from the catalyst on the oxidative efficiency of HP. We found that although the removal rate of HP at pH 2.5 is faster than that at pH 4.0, B1 catalyst has a higher HP oxidation efficiency at pH 4.0 than that at pH 2.5. We conclude that it is a major heterogeneous catalytic oxidation by our novel iron oxide catalyst to oxidise HP at pH 4.0. Also, B1 could be a useful and potential catalyst for the treatment of HP wastewater.
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- C C Hung
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City 701, Chinese Taiwan
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Hung CC, Gong GC, Jiann KT, Yeager KM, Santschi PH, Wade TL, Sericano JL, Hsieh HL. Relationship between carbonaceous materials and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the sediments of the Danshui River and adjacent coastal areas, Taiwan. Chemosphere 2006; 65:1452-61. [PMID: 16757014 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.04.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2005] [Revised: 04/03/2006] [Accepted: 04/06/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Persistent organic pollutants, POPs (e.g., polychlorinated biphenyls) can seriously and deleteriously affect environmental quality and human health. These organic pollutants are exhibiting high affinities to solid phases and thus, quickly end up in sediments. To better understand the role of carbonaceous materials in the transport and distributions of POPs in terrestrial and near-shore environments, concentrations of PCBs and carbonaceous materials (including total organic carbon, black carbon and total carbohydrates), were determined in surface sediments of the Danshui River and nearby coastal areas, Taiwan. Total concentrations of PCBs in the sediments ranged from non-detectable to 83.9 ngg(-1), dry weight, with the maximum value detected near the discharge point of the marine outfall from the Pali Sewage Treatment Plant. These results suggest that the sewage treatment plant has discharged PCBs in the past and the concentrations are still high due to their persistence; alternatively, PCBs are still being discharged in the estuarine and near-shore environment of the Danshui River. Organic carbon and black carbon concentrations correlated well with those of total PCBs in the sediments, suggesting that both organic carbon and black carbon significantly affect the distribution of trace organic pollutants through either post-depositional adsorption, or by co-transport of similar source materials. The field results demonstrate that black carbon and plays an important role in the general distribution of PCBs, while concentrations of some specific PCBs are affected by both black carbon and organic carbon concentrations.
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- Chin-Chang Hung
- Institute of Marine Environmental Chemistry and Ecology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Hsiung PC, Tsai YF, Liang CC, Hung CC, Chen MY, Chang SC. Effects of internal medicine residency training in AIDS care in Taiwan. AIDS Care 2006; 18:426-32. [PMID: 16777633 DOI: 10.1080/09540120500202019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Having contact and interacting with HIV/AIDS patients has long been recognized as a means for improving AIDS-related knowledge and attitudes among physicians and hence for increasing their intention to provide AIDS care. To investigate the impact of one-month residency training in an AIDS inpatient unit on internal medicine residents, this quasi-experimental, pre-post, two-group study, conducted from April 2000 to April 2001, used questionnaires. At follow-up, residents who received training in the AIDS unit (experimental group) were significantly more knowledgeable about HIV/AIDS, had more positive attitudes and greater intention to care for HIV-infected patients than residents who did not receive this training (control group). Results suggest that a one-month AIDS residency training intervention can effectively enhance residents' HIV-related knowledge, attitudes and intention to care for patients infected with HIV.
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- P C Hsiung
- School of Nursing, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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OBJECTIVES Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are implicated in the destruction of the periodontium during inflammatory periodontal diseases. The imbalance in oxidant/antioxidant activity may be a key factor in the damaging effects of ROS. This study aimed to determine the lipid peroxidation levels in gingival crevicular fluid and saliva, and glutathione (GSH) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) in saliva in patients with chronic periodontitis. METHODS Gingival crevicular fluid and saliva were collected from 13 patients and 9 healthy control subjects during the preliminary study, and from 21 patients during the subsequent study. Lipid peroxidation level, GSH level and GPx activity were determined by spectrophotometric assay. RESULTS The preliminary study found that when comparing patients to healthy controls, the gingival crevicular fluid samples produced the following results, respectively: higher lipid peroxidation concentration (microm) (by sites: 167.55 vs. 53.71, p < 0.0001; by subjects: 151.99 vs. 50.66, p < 0.005) and total amount (pmol) (by sites: 93.02 vs. 8.47, p < 0.0001, by subjects: 80.44 vs. 7.84, p < 0.0005). In saliva samples, lower GSH concentration (microm) (373.04 vs. 606.67, p < 0.05), higher lipid peroxidation concentration (microm) (0.66 vs. 0.13, p < 0.0005), and no difference in GPx activity were found in patients than in those of healthy controls. The subsequent study showed statistically significant (p < 0.05) improvement of clinical periodontal parameters (plaque index, gingival index, probing attachment level, probing pocket depth and gingival crevicular fluid volume), decreases in gingival crevicular fluid lipid peroxidation levels (concentration and total amount) at the sites after the completion of phase 1 periodontal treatment. Similarly, the periodontal treatment resulted in a significant decrease of lipid peroxidation concentrations (p < 0.05), increase in GSH concentration (p < 0.001), and no change in GPx activity in saliva samples. CONCLUSION The increased levels of lipid peroxidation may play a role in the inflammation and destruction of the periodontium in periodontitis.
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- C C Tsai
- Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan.
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Chiang HL, Chia YY, Chen YS, Hung CC, Liu K, Lo Y. Epidural abscess in an obstetric patient with patient-controlled epidural analgesia – a case report. Int J Obstet Anesth 2005; 14:242-5. [PMID: 15993774 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2004.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2004] [Revised: 11/01/2004] [Accepted: 11/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We present the case of a 37-year-old pregnant woman who underwent a cesarean section due to previous cesarean delivery. Spinal anesthesia was performed at the L2-3 intervertebral space with an epidural catheter inserted at L1-2 for postoperative patient-controlled epidural analgesia. When the epidural catheter was removed on day three, an area of redness round the entry point was noted and the patient complained of low back pain, but was discharged from hospital. Later the same day, she felt backache so severe that she was unable to stand up or bend her body. She called for help and was sent to our emergency room. Physicians noted a small amount of discharge from the insertion site, and the body temperature was elevated to 38 degrees C. An anesthesiologist and an infectious disease specialist were consulted, and an epidural abscess was suspected. Urgent magnetic resonance imaging revealed an epidural abscess at L1-2. After five days of unsuccessful treatment with oxacillin, a 28-day course of vancomycin, followed by two months of oral fusidic acid, resulted in complete remission of the epidural abscess. The patient has remained free of neurologic deficit.
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- H L Chiang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
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Wu VC, Wu KD, Hung CC, Lin SL, Huang JW, Hsueh PR. Disseminated mycobacterium abscessus infection in a hemodialysis patient with acquired reactive perforating collagenosis--a case study and literature review. Clin Nephrol 2005; 63:57-60. [PMID: 15678699 DOI: 10.5414/cnp63057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sheng WH, Hung CC, Chen MY, Hsieh SM, Chang SC. Successful discontinuation of fluconazole as secondary prophylaxis for cryptococcosis in AIDS patients responding to highly active antiretroviral therapy. Int J STD AIDS 2002; 13:702-5. [PMID: 12396541 DOI: 10.1258/095646202760326462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Seven AIDS patients with disseminated cryptococcosis who had had immune reconstitution following highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) had discontinued their secondary antifungal prophylaxis to prevent relapse of Cryptococcus neoformans infection. The median CD4+ count was 236 cells/ micro L (range, 117-404 cells/ micro L; mean, 247 cells/ micro L) and the plasma viral loads were undetectable in five patients at discontinuation of antifungal prophylaxis. No relapse of cryptococcosis was detected in these patients after a median observation duration of nine months (range, 5.5-4.1 months, mean, 14.6 months) following discontinuation. Our data and review of the literature suggest that discontinuation of fluconazole prophylaxis is safe in patients with reconstitution of immunity following#10; initiation of HAART.
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- W H Sheng
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Liaw YS, Tsai-Wu JJ, Wu CH, Hung CC, Lee CN, Yang PC, Luh KT, Kuo SH. Variations in the NRAMP1 gene and susceptibility of tuberculosis in Taiwanese. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2002; 6:454-60. [PMID: 12019922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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SETTING National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. OBJECTIVE To study the variations in the NRAMP1 gene using five genotypes (274C/T, 577-18G/A, A318V, D543N and 3' untranslated region [UTR]), and the susceptibility of tuberculosis and HIV infection in Taiwanese. DESIGN The study sample included 49 patients with tuberculosis, 48 healthy control subjects and 60 HIV-infected patients. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products amplified from their genomic DNA were subjected to restriction enzyme digestion and were analysed using agarose gel electrophoresis. RESULTS A318V was not polymorphic in the studied population. Only D543N and 3'UTR were more heterozygous. In 274 C/T and 577-18G/A, the allele frequencies showed the predominant type to be the homozygous patterns C/C (94%) and G/G (94%), respectively. There were no statistically significant differences between the tuberculosis patients and the healthy control subjects. Despite the high susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients, genotypic frequencies in the HIV-positive patients were not significantly different between tuberculous (n = 29) and non-tuberculous patients (n = 31). In comparison with previous studies, there were significant differences between different ethnic groups in allele frequencies for 274C/T, D543N and 3'UTR. CONCLUSION The allele and genotype of NRAMPI polymorphism among Taiwanese differed from those of Caucasians, Africans and Hispanics. No allelic associations were identified between the NRAMP1 alleles and tuberculosis susceptibility.
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- Y S Liaw
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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Hung CC, Chen YH, Tsai MT, Chen CH. Systematic search for mutations in the human tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP-3) gene on chromosome 22 and association study with schizophrenia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001; 105:275-8. [PMID: 11353449 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Several linkage studies have suggested that chromosome 22q12-q13 is a putative region for schizophrenic genes. In this study, the human tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3 (TIMP-3) gene was investigated as positional candidate gene for schizophrenia because of its regulatory function on extracellular matrix proteins, cell adhesion molecules, and neural cell adhesion molecules in the brain. We systematically searched for the nucleotide variants by sequencing all the exons and their flanking intronic sequences in a sample of Chinese schizophrenic patients from Taiwan. Two silent mutations in the exon 3 were identified: c.249T-->C at codon 83 (His) and c.261C-->T at codon 87 (Ser). However, no mutations causing amino acid alteration or aberrant splicing of transcripts were observed. Hence, it is unlikely that the TIMP-3 gene itself may play an important role in the genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia. Further case control association study revealed a significant difference of genotype distribution of the c.249T-->C between schizophrenic patients and control. This finding supports that 22q12 is a schizophrenia susceptible region, and it is likely that there might be other genetic mutations in the neighborhood of the TIMP-3 gene locus that may contribute to the susceptibility of schizophrenia.
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- C C Hung
- Department of Psychiatry, Tzu-Chi General Hospital and Institute of Human Genetics, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien City, Taiwan
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Chen YC, Kung SS, Chen BY, Hung CC, Chen CC, Wang TY, Wu YM, Lin WH, Tzeng CS, Chow WY. Identifications, classification, and evolution of the vertebrate alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) receptor subunit genes. J Mol Evol 2001; 53:690-702. [PMID: 11677629 DOI: 10.1007/s002390010256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2001] [Accepted: 05/09/2001] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The AMPA receptor (AMPAR), a pharmacologically defined ionotropic glutamate receptor, mediates fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the vertebrate central nervous system. Mammalian and avian AMPARs are assembled from the products of four genes (GRIA1-GRIA4) conserved in their translated sequences and gene organizations. Teleost fish also express AMPAR subunits; however, the AMPAR genes have not been extensively investigated in lower vertebrates. To elucidate the evolution of vertebrate AMPAR genes, reverse-transcriptase PCR-based surveys of subunits expressed in the brains of eight nonmammalian vertebrates were performed. The newly cloned vertebrate AMPAR subunits were classified by their sequence identities to the mammalian AMPAR subunits. The results of molecular and phylogenetic analyses indicated that the members of the AMPAR gene family increased from two in the jawless hagfish to four in the tetrapods and the shark and to more than four in the teleost fish. The sizes of AMPAR gene families correlate well with those of many multigene families observed in various vertebrates. Moreover, all vertebrates expressed at least one AMPAR subunit bearing an arginine (R) at the Q/R site, at which no invertebrate glutamate receptor subunit has been found to have an R residue, suggesting that the low calcium-permeable AMPARs appeared at early evolutionary stages of vertebrate central nervous systems. Uniquely, the loop 1 (L1) regions between hydrophobic domain 1 and hydrophobic domain 2 of the hagfish putative GRIA2 and all the teleost GRIA1 subunits were much longer than those of the remaining known ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits. The length and sequence of the L1 of teleost GRIA1 subunits were heterogeneous, suggesting that the amino acid residues in L1 were not highly selected.
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- Y C Chen
- Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec 2, Kang Fu Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30043, Republic of China
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Hsieh SM, Pan SC, Hung CC, Tsai HC, Chen MY, Chang SC. Association between cytomegalovirus-specific reactivity of T cell subsets and development of cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. J Infect Dis 2001; 184:1386-91. [PMID: 11709780 DOI: 10.1086/324419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2001] [Revised: 08/21/2001] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The association between cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific reactivity of T cell subsets and development of CMV retinitis (CMV-R) was prospectively studied in 50 CMV-seropositive AIDS patients. The frequency of CMV-specific CD69 expression on CD8 T cells was similar in patients with and patients without CMV-R (median, 1.0% vs. 1.2%; P=.14). However, the frequency of CMV-specific CD69 expression on CD4 T cells was significantly lower in patients with CMV-R than in those without CMV-R (median, 0.4% vs. 2.25%; P<.001). CMV-specific CD4 T cell reactivity in patients who developed CMV-R shortly after starting highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) remained low, although the CD4 cell counts increased markedly. Therefore, development of CMV-R is associated with a poor CMV-specific reactivity of CD4 T cells but not with poor reactivity of CD8 T cells. Development of CMV-R after initiation of HAART is associated with a poor reconstitution of CMV-specific immune response, rather than with immune rebound.
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- S M Hsieh
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Hsieh SM, Pan SC, Hung CC, Tsai HC, Chen MY, Lee CN, Chang SC. Kinetics of antigen-induced phenotypic and functional maturation of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells. J Immunol 2001; 167:6286-91. [PMID: 11714792 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.11.6286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs), a critical component of innate immunity, are the most potent APCs. When DCs mature, they can elicit strong T cell responses. We studied the kinetics of Ag-induced phenotypic and functional maturation of human monocyte-derived DCs using an in vitro T cell-independent culture system. With this model, we herein show that an Ag that has recently or repetitively been exposed ("exposed Ag") rapidly induces a high level of maturation; however, an Ag that has never or only remotely been exposed ("unexposed Ag") slowly induces a low level of maturation. The kinetics of Ag-induced maturation of DCs possibly implies a novel mechanism for immunological memory that would provide maximal host protection from repetitively invading pathogens in the environment.
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- S M Hsieh
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Wang JT, Yao M, Tang JL, Chang SC, Hung CC. Prior invasive fungal infection is not a contraindication for subsequent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in adult patients with hematologic malignancies. J Clin Oncol 2001; 19:4000-1. [PMID: 11579127 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2001.19.19.4000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hsiung PC, Tsai YF, Hung CC, Chen MY. Intention of residents in internal medicine to care for patients infected with HIV at a university hospital in Taiwan. Int J STD AIDS 2001; 12:602-8. [PMID: 11516370 DOI: 10.1258/0956462011923787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate internal medicine residents' HIV-related knowledge and their attitudes towards caring for HIV-infected patients, and determine the extent to which these variables influence their care-providing intention. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 56 internal medicine residents at a university hospital in Taiwan. Results showed residents' lack of sufficient knowledge was reflected by their inaccurate assessment of HIV-associated risk and their tendency to overuse protective gear in unnecessary situations. In general, residents expressed slightly positive attitudes with a neutral intention to care for HIV-infected patients. Knowledge and attitudes were significantly correlated with intention. The use of stepwise regression analysis revealed attitudes accounted for 59% of the variance in intention. Future efforts should focus on designing, implementing, and evaluating educational programmes that address residents' needs to ensure a solid HIV-related knowledge base, support their positive attitudes, address their ambivalent feelings toward providing HIV care, and enhance their intention to care for HIV-infected patients.
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- P C Hsiung
- School of Nursing, National Taiwan University, 1 Section 1, Jen-Ai Road, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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