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Xu G, Wang Z, Zhao X, Li R, Zhou T, Xu T, Hu H. A Subject-Specific Attention Index Based on the Weighted Spectral Power. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2024; 32:1687-1702. [PMID: 38648157 DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2024.3392242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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As an essential cognitive function, attention has been widely studied and various indices based on EEG have been proposed for its convenience and easy availability for real-time attention monitoring. Although existing indices based on spectral power of empirical frequency bands are able to describe the attentional state in some way, the reliability still needs to be improved. This paper proposed a subject-specific attention index based on the weighted spectral power. Unlike traditional indices, the ranges of frequency bands are not empirical but obtained from subject-specific change patterns of spectral power of electroencephalograph (EEG) to overcome the great inter-subject variance. In addition, the contribution of each frequency component in the frequency band is considered different. Specifically, the ratio of power spectral density (PSD) function in attentional and inattentional state is utilized to calculate the weight to enhance the effectiveness of the proposed index. The proposed subject-specific attention index based on the weighted spectral power is evaluated on two open datasets including EEG data of a total of 44 subjects. The results of the proposed index are compared with 3 traditional attention indices using various statistical analysis methods including significance tests and distribution variance measurements. According to the experimental results, the proposed index can describe the attentional state more accurately. The proposed index respectively achieves accuracies of 86.21% and 70.00% at the 1% significance level in both the t-test and Wilcoxon rank-sum test for two datasets, which obtains improvements of 41.38% and 20.00% compared to the best result of the traditional indices. These results indicate that the proposed index provides an efficient way to measure attentional state.
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Gu Y, Xu C, Zhang Z, Fang C, Yu J, He D, Xu G. Association between infarct location and haemorrhagic transformation of acute ischaemic stroke after intravenous thrombolysis. Clin Radiol 2024; 79:e401-e407. [PMID: 38135575 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2023.11.024] [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] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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AIM To evaluate the association between computed tomography (CT)-based imaging variables at the time of admission and haemorrhagic transformation (HT) after intravenous thrombolysis (IVT). MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred and eight patients who were treated with IVT for acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) during January 2021 to July 2023 were analysed retrospectively. The infarct location was classified as cortical or subcortical in accordance with the Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) system. Logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic curve analyses were performed to determine the relationship between ischaemic variables and HT. RESULTS Of the total, 18 (16.7%) patients had HT and seven (6.5%) had symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage (sICH). Multivariate analysis revealed that cortical ASPECTS was independently associated with HT (odds ratio [OR], 0.197; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.076-0.511; p=0.001) and cortical ASPECTS was independently associated with sICH (OR, 0.066; 95% CI, 0.009-0.510; p=0.009). To predict HT and sICH, cortical ASPECTS (HT area under the curve [AUC] = 0.881, sICH AUC = 0.971) provided a higher AUC compared with ASPECTS (HT AUC = 0.850, sICH AUC = 0.918). CONCLUSION Cortical ASPECTS seen on CT at the time of admission is associated with HT and sICH after IVT.
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- Y Gu
- Department of Vascular Surgery and Intervention, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 242 Guangji Road, Gusu District, Suzhou 215000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery and Intervention, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 242 Guangji Road, Gusu District, Suzhou 215000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery and Intervention, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 242 Guangji Road, Gusu District, Suzhou 215000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery and Intervention, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 242 Guangji Road, Gusu District, Suzhou 215000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery and Intervention, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 242 Guangji Road, Gusu District, Suzhou 215000, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 242 Guangji Road, Gusu District, Suzhou 215000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery and Intervention, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 242 Guangji Road, Gusu District, Suzhou 215000, China.
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Cui HJ, Chen JM, Wang SS, Cen JZ, Xu G, Wen SS, Liu XB, Zhuang J. [Diagnosis and surgical treatment of high-risk anomalous aortic origin of coronary artery]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2024; 62:242-247. [PMID: 38291641 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112139-20230721-00021] [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] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Objective: To analyze the diagnosis and surgical treatment of high-risk anomalous aortic origin of coronary artery (AAOCA). Methods: This is a retrospective case series study. From January 2016 to July 2023, 24 cases of high-risk AAOCA underwent surgical treatment in Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital. There were 18 males and 6 females, operatively aged (M (IQR)) 13 (26) years (range: 0.3 to 57.0 years). They were confirmed by cardiac ultrasound and cardiac CT, all of which had anomalous coronary running between the aorta and the pulmonary artery. There were 15 cases of the right coronary artery from the left aortic sinus of Valsalva, 6 cases of left coronary artery from the right aortic sinus of Valsalva, 3 cases of the sigle coronary artery. Only 3 patients had no obvious related symptoms (2 cases were complicated with a positive exercise stress test and 1 case with other intracardiac malformations), 21 cases had a history of chest tightness, chest pain, or syncope after exercise. Three patients suffered syncope after exercise and underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation (2 cases were treated with an extracorporeal membrane oxygenerator (ECMO)). The gap from the first symptom to the diagnosis was 4.0 (11.5) months (range: 0.2 to 84.0 months). The detection rate of coronary artery abnormalities suggested by the first cardiac ultrasound was only 37.5% (9/24). Seven patients were complicated with other cardiac diseases (4 cases with congenital heart defects, 2 cases with coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, 1 case with mitral valve disease). Results: All 24 patients underwent surgical treatment (23 cases underwent abnormal coronary artery unroofing, 1 case underwent coronary artery bypass grafting), and 5 patients underwent other intracardiac malformation correction at the same time. There were no death or surgery related complications in the hospital for 30 days after the operation. A patient with preoperative extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation was continuously assisted by ECMO after emergency AAOCA correction and had complications such as limb ischemia necrosis and renal dysfunction after the operation. During the follow-up of 2.2 (3.3) years (range: 1 month to 7.2 years), one patient who previously underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with a stent implant experienced significant postoperative symptomatic relief, and the other discharged patients had no related symptoms. Conclusions: The accurate rate of initial diagnosis for high-risk AAOCA is still low, but the risk of cardiovascular accidents is high. For sports-related chest pain and other symptoms, more attention should be paid to the detection of AAOCA, especially for adolescents. Exercise stress testing can be helpful in evaluating the cardiovascular risk of asymptomatic AAOCA. Instant surgical treatment can achieve satisfactory curative effects.
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- H J Cui
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Cardiocvascular Diseases Institute, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Cardiocvascular Diseases Institute, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Cardiocvascular Diseases Institute, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Cardiocvascular Diseases Institute, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Cardiocvascular Diseases Institute, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Cardiocvascular Diseases Institute, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Cardiocvascular Diseases Institute, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Cardiocvascular Diseases Institute, Guangzhou 510080, China
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Chen L, Xu G, Song X, Zhang L, Chen C, Xiang G, Wang S, Zhang Z, Wu F, Yang X, Zhang L, Ma X, Yu J. A novel antagonist of the CCL5/CCR5 axis suppresses the tumor growth and metastasis of triple-negative breast cancer by CCR5-YAP1 regulation. Cancer Lett 2024; 583:216635. [PMID: 38237887 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2024.216635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive subtype of breast cancer (BC) with a high mortality rate, and few effective therapeutic strategies are available. CCL5/CCR5 is an appealing immunotherapeutic target for TNBC. However, its signaling mechanism is poorly understood and its direct antagonists have not been reported. Here, we developed a high-throughput screening (HTS) assay for discovering its antagonists. Verteporfin was identified as a more selective and potent antagonist than the known CCR5 antagonist maraviroc. Without photodynamic therapy, verteporfin demonstrated significant inhibition on TNBC tumor growth through immune regulation, remarkable suppression of lung metastasis by cell-intrinsic mechanism, and a significant extension of overall survival in vivo. Mechanistically, CCR5 was found to be essential for expression of the key hippo effector YAP1. It promoted YAP1 transcription via HIF-1α and exerted further control over the migration of CD8+ T, NK, and MDSC immune cells through chemokines CXCL16 and CXCL8 which were identified from RNA-seq. Moreover, the CCR5-YAP1 axis played a vital role in promoting metastasis by modulating β-catenin and core epithelial-mesenchymal transition transcription factors ZEB1 and ZEB2. It is noteworthy that the regulatory relationship between CCR5 and YAP1 was observed across various BC subtypes, TNBC patients, and showed potential relevance in fifteen additional cancer types. Overall, this study introduced an easy-to-use HTS assay that streamlines the discovery of CCL5/CCR5 axis antagonists. Verteporfin was identified as a specific molecular probe of this axis with great potentials as a therapeutic agent for treating sixteen malignant diseases characterized by heightened CCR5 and YAP1 levels.
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- Ling Chen
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, Sheng Yushou Center of Cell Biology and Immunology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Jilin Cancer Hospital, Changchun, 130000, Jilin, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, Sheng Yushou Center of Cell Biology and Immunology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Jilin Cancer Hospital, Changchun, 130000, Jilin, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, Sheng Yushou Center of Cell Biology and Immunology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, Sheng Yushou Center of Cell Biology and Immunology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, Sheng Yushou Center of Cell Biology and Immunology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, Sheng Yushou Center of Cell Biology and Immunology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, Sheng Yushou Center of Cell Biology and Immunology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, Sheng Yushou Center of Cell Biology and Immunology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, Sheng Yushou Center of Cell Biology and Immunology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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Shen H, Cui G, Li Y, Ye W, Sun Y, Zhang Z, Li J, Xu G, Zeng X, Zhang Y, Zhang W, Huang Z, Chen W, Shen Z. Correction: Follistatin-like 1 protects mesenchymal stem cells from hypoxic damage and enhances their therapeutic efficacy in a mouse myocardial infarction model. Stem Cell Res Ther 2024; 15:47. [PMID: 38378605 PMCID: PMC10877755 DOI: 10.1186/s13287-024-03662-y] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
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- Han Shen
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Department of Cardiology of the First Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Nutrition and Animal Health, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, 210000, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
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Guo T, Zhang G, Nan B, Xu G, Li S, Ren L. Study on the Effect of Sn, In, and Se Co-Doping on the Thermoelectric Properties of GeTe. Materials (Basel) 2024; 17:551. [PMID: 38591402 PMCID: PMC10856547 DOI: 10.3390/ma17030551] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 07/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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GeTe and Ge0.99-xIn0.01SnxTe0.94Se0.06 (x = 0, 0.01, 0.03, and 0.06) samples were prepared by vacuum synthesis combined with spark plasma sintering (SPS). The thermoelectric properties of GeTe were coordinated by multiple doping of Sn, In, and Se. In this work, a maximum zT(zT = S2σT/κ) of 0.9 and a power factor (PF = S2σ) of 3.87 μWmm-1 K-2 were obtained in a sample of Ge0.99In0.01Te0.94Se0.06 at 723K. The XRD results at room temperature show that all samples are rhombohedral phase structures. There is a peak (~27°) of the Ge element in GeTe and the sample (x = 0), but it disappears after Sn doping, indicating that Sn doping can promote the dissolution of Ge. The scattering mechanism of the doped samples was calculated by the conductivity ratio method. The results show that phonon scattering Is dominant in all samples, and alloy scattering is enhanced with the increase in the Sn doping amount. In doping can introduce resonance energy levels and increase the Seebeck coefficient, and Se doping can introduce point defects to suppress phonon transmission and reduce lattice thermal conductivity. Therefore, the thermoelectric properties of samples with x = 0 improved. Although Sn doping will promote the dissolution of Ge precipitation, the phase transition of the samples near 580 K deteriorates the thermoelectric properties. The thermoelectric properties of Sn-doped samples improved only at room temperature to ~580 K compared with pure GeTe. The synergistic effect of multi-element doping is a comprehensive reflection of the interaction between elements rather than the sum of all the effects of single-element doping.
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- Tao Guo
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (T.G.)
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (T.G.)
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (T.G.)
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (T.G.)
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- Center for Advanced Measurement Science, National Institute of Metrology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Center for Advanced Measurement Science, National Institute of Metrology, Beijing 100029, China
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Cavazzoni A, Digiacomo G, Volta F, Alfieri R, Giovannetti E, Gnetti L, Bellini L, Galetti M, Fumarola C, Xu G, Bonelli M, La Monica S, Verzè M, Leonetti A, Eltayeb K, D'Agnelli S, Moron Dalla Tor L, Minari R, Petronini PG, Tiseo M. PD-L1 overexpression induces STAT signaling and promotes the secretion of pro-angiogenic cytokines in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Lung Cancer 2024; 187:107438. [PMID: 38100954 DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2023.107438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Monoclonal antibodies (ICI) targeting the immune checkpoint PD-1/PD-L1 alone or in combination with chemotherapy have demonstrated relevant benefits and established new standards of care in first-line treatment for advanced non-oncogene addicted non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, a relevant percentage of NSCLC patients, even with high PD-L1 expression, did not respond to ICI, highlighting the presence of intracellular resistance mechanisms that could be dependent on high PD-L1 levels. The intracellular signaling induced by PD-L1 in tumor cells and their correlation with angiogenic signaling pathways are not yet fully elucidated. METHODS The intrinsic role of PD-L1 was initially checked in two PD-L1 overexpressing NSCLC cells by transcriptome profile and kinase array. The correlation of PD-L1 with VEGF, PECAM-1, and angiogenesis was evaluated in a cohort of advanced NSCLC patients. The secreted cytokines involved in tumor angiogenesis were assessed by Luminex assay and their effect on Huvec migration by a non-contact co-culture system. RESULTS PD-L1 overexpressing cells modulated pathways involved in tumor inflammation and JAK-STAT signaling. In NSCLC patients, PD-L1 expression was correlated with high tumor intra-vasculature. When challenged with PBMC, PD-L1 overexpressing cells produced higher levels of pro-angiogenic factors compared to parental cells, as a consequence of STAT signaling activation. This increased production of cytokines involved in tumor angiogenesis largely stimulated Huvec migration. Finally, the addition of the anti-antiangiogenic agent nintedanib significantly reduced the spread of Huvec cells when exposed to high levels of pro-angiogenic factors. CONCLUSIONS In this study, we reported that high PD-L1 modulates STAT signaling in the presence of PBMC and induces pro-angiogenic factor secretion. This could enforce the role of PD-L1 as a crucial regulator of the tumor microenvironment stimulating tumor progression, both as an inhibitor of T-cell activity and as a promoter of tumor angiogenesis.
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- A Cavazzoni
- Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Fondazione Pisana per la Scienza ONLUS, Pisa, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Italian Society of Medicine and Scientific Divulgation, SIMED, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority-INAIL, 00078 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma, Parma, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma, Parma, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma, Parma, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Zhang S, Li J, Xu R, Chen Q, Sun G, Lin Y, Cao Y, Chen Y, Geng C, Teng Y, Nie J, Li X, Xu G, Liu X, Jin F, Fan Z, Luo T, Liu H, Wang FS, Jiang Z. Safety of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients With Breast Cancer: Cross-Sectional Study in China. JMIR Public Health Surveill 2023; 9:e46009. [PMID: 38060302 PMCID: PMC10739232 DOI: 10.2196/46009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The widespread use of vaccines against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become one of the most effective means to establish a population immune barrier. Patients with cancer are vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, adverse events, and high mortality, and should be the focus of epidemic prevention and treatment. However, real-world data on the safety of vaccines for patients with breast cancer are still scarce. OBJECTIVE This study aims to compare the safety of COVID-19 vaccines between patients vaccinated before or after being diagnosed with breast cancer. METHODS Patients with breast cancer who sought medical advice from October 2021 to December 2021 were screened. Those who received COVID-19 vaccines were enrolled in this study to analyze the safety of the vaccines. The primary outcome was patient-reported adverse events (AEs). All events after vaccine injection were retrospectively documented from the patients. RESULTS A total of 15,455 patients with breast cancer from 41 hospitals in 20 provinces in China were screened, and 5766 patients who received COVID-19 vaccines were enrolled. Of those enrolled, 45.1% (n=2599) of patients received vaccines before breast cancer diagnosis, 41.3% (n=2379) were vaccinated after diagnosis, and 13.6% (n=784) did not known the accurate date of vaccination or cancer diagnosis. Among the patients vaccinated after diagnosis, 85.4% (n=2032) were vaccinated 1 year after cancer diagnosis and 95.4% (n=2270) were vaccinated during early-stage cancer. Of all 5766 vaccinated patients, 93.9% (n=5415) received an inactivated vaccine, 3.7% (n=213) received a recombinant subunit vaccine, and 2.4% (n=138) received other vaccines, including adenovirus and mRNA vaccines. In the first injection of vaccines, 24.4% (n=10, 95% CI 11.2-37.5) of patients who received an adenovirus vaccine reported AEs, compared to only 12.5% (n=677, 95% CI 11.6-13.4) of those who received an inactivated vaccine. Patients with metastatic breast cancer reported the highest incidence of AEs (n=18, 16.5%, 95% CI 9.5-23.5). Following the second injection, patients who received an inactivated vaccine (n=464, 8.7%, 95% CI 8.0-9.5) and those who received a recombinant vaccine (n=25, 8.7%, 95% CI 5.5-12.0) reported the same incidence of AEs. No significant differences in patient-reported AEs were found between the healthy population and patients with breast cancer (16.4% vs 16.9%, respectively); the most common AEs were local pain (11.1% vs 9.1%, respectively), fatigue (5.5% vs 6.3%, respectively), and muscle soreness (2.3% vs 3.6%, respectively). The type of vaccine and time window of vaccination had little impact on patient-reported AEs. CONCLUSIONS Compared with patients vaccinated before breast cancer diagnosis, there were no significant differences in patient-reported AEs in the patients vaccinated after diagnosis. Thus, it is safe for patients with breast cancer, especially for those in the early stage, to receive COVID-19 vaccines. TRIAL REGISTRATION Chinese Clinical Trial Registry ChiCTR2200055509; https://tinyurl.com/33zzj882.
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- Shaohua Zhang
- Fifth Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Fifth Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China
- Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Fifth Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong, China
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- Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Xinjiang Medical University, Xinjiang, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong, China
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- Nanchang Third Hospital, Jiangxi, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
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- Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei, China
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- The First Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning, China
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- General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Ningxia, China
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- The First Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning, China
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- The First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Sichuan Uniersity Huaxi Campus, Sichuan, China
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- Tumor Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Fifth Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Fifth Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Xu G. [Perioperative management of eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: my perspective and experience]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2023; 58:1254-1258. [PMID: 38186102 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20231120-00229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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- G Xu
- Department of ENT, Xiamen Humanity Hospital, Xiamen 361009, China The Otorhinolaryngology Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 518000, China
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Li R, Zhao X, Wang Z, Xu G, Hu H, Zhou T, Xu T. A Novel Hybrid Brain-Computer Interface Combining the Illusion-Induced VEP and SSVEP. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2023; 31:4760-4772. [PMID: 38015667 DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2023.3337525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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Traditional single-modality brain-computer interface (BCI) systems are limited by their reliance on a single characteristic of brain signals. To address this issue, incorporating multiple features from EEG signals can provide robust information to enhance BCI performance. In this study, we designed and implemented a novel hybrid paradigm that combined illusion-induced visual evoked potential (IVEP) and steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) with the aim of leveraging their features simultaneously to improve system efficiency. The proposed paradigm was validated through two experimental studies, which encompassed feature analysis of IVEP with a static paradigm, and performance evaluation of hybrid paradigm in comparison with the conventional SSVEP paradigm. The characteristic analysis yielded significant differences in response waveforms among different motion illusions. The performance evaluation of the hybrid BCI demonstrates the advantage of integrating illusory stimuli into the SSVEP paradigm. This integration effectively enhanced the spatio-temporal features of EEG signals, resulting in higher classification accuracy and information transfer rate (ITR) within a short time window when compared to traditional SSVEP-BCI in four-command task. Furthermore, the questionnaire results of subjective estimation revealed that proposed hybrid BCI offers less eye fatigue, and potentially higher levels of concentration, physical condition, and mental condition for users. This work first introduced the IVEP signals in hybrid BCI system that could enhance performance efficiently, which is promising to fulfill the requirements for efficiency in practical BCI control systems.
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Xu G, Wang Z, Zhao X, Li R, Zhou T, Xu T, Hu H. Attentional State Classification Using Amplitude and Phase Feature Extraction Method Based on Filter Bank and Riemannian Manifold. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2023; 31:4402-4412. [PMID: 37917520 DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2023.3329482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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As a significant aspect of cognition, attention has been extensively studied and numerous measurements have been developed based on brain signal processing. Although existing attentional state classification methods have achieved good accuracy by extracting a variety of handcrafted features, spatial features have not been fully explored. This paper proposes an attentional state classification method based on Riemannian manifold to utilize spatial information. Based on the concept of Riemannian manifold of symmetric positive definite (SPD) matrix, the proposed method exploits the structure of covariance matrix to extract spatial features instead of using spatial filters. Specifically, Riemannian distances from intra-class Riemannian means are extracted as features for their robustness. To fully extend the potential of electroencephalograph (EEG) signal, both amplitude and phase information is utilized. In addition, to solve the variance of frequency bands, a filter bank is employed to process the signal of different frequency bands separately. Finally, features are fed into a support vector machine with a polynomial kernel to obtain classification results. The proposed attentional state classification using amplitude and phase feature extraction method based on filter bank and Riemannian manifold (AP-FBRM) method is evaluated on two open datasets including EEG data of 29 and 26 subjects. According to the experimental results, the optimal set of filter bank and the optimal technique to extract features containing both amplitude and phase information are determined. The proposed method respectively achieves accuracies of 88.06% and 80.00% and outperforms 8 baseline methods, which manifests that the proposed method creates an efficient way to recognize attentional state.
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Li M, Xu G, Cui Y, Wang M, Wang H, Xu X, Duan S, Shi J, Feng F. CT-based radiomics nomogram for the preoperative prediction of microsatellite instability and clinical outcomes in colorectal cancer: a multicentre study. Clin Radiol 2023; 78:e741-e751. [PMID: 37487841 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2023.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
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AIM To develop and validate a computed tomography (CT)-based radiomics nomogram for preoperative prediction of microsatellite instability (MSI) status and clinical outcomes in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study enrolled 497 CRC patients from three centres. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression was utilised for feature selection and constructing the radiomics signature. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were employed to identify significant clinical variables. The radiomics nomogram was constructed by integrating the radiomics signature and the identified clinical variables. The performance of the nomogram was evaluated through receiver operating characteristic curves, calibration curves, and decision curve analysis. Kaplan-Meier analysis was performed to investigate the prognostic value of the nomogram. RESULTS The radiomics signature comprised 10 radiomics features associated with MSI status. The nomogram, integrating the radiomics signature and independent predictors (age, location, and thickness), demonstrated favourable calibration and discrimination, achieving areas under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves (AUCs) of 0.89 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.83-0.95), 0.87 (95% CI: 0.79-0.95), 0.88 (95% CI: 0.81-0.96), and 0.86 (95% CI: 0.78-0.93) in the training cohort, internal validation cohort, and two external validation cohorts, respectively. The nomogram exhibited superior performance compared to the clinical model (p<0.05). Additionally, survival analysis demonstrated that the nomogram successfully stratified stage II CRC patients based on prognosis (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.357, p=0.022). CONCLUSION The radiomics nomogram demonstrated promising performance in predicting MSI status and stratifying the prognosis of patients with CRC.
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Tumour Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China; Department of Radiology, Yancheng No. 1 People's Hospital, Yancheng 224006, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Yancheng No. 1 People's Hospital, Yancheng 224006, Jiangsu Province, China; Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shanxi Cancer Hospital, Shanxi 030013, Shanxi Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Yancheng No. 1 People's Hospital, Yancheng 224006, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Tumour Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Affiliated Tumour Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
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- GE Healthcare China, Shanghai 210000, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Tumour Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Tumour Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China.
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Xu G, Zheng J, Sun L. Can SGRT be a Substitute for Plan Verification Procedure? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e451-e452. [PMID: 37785454 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.1638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Verification of plan (VP) has been part of our pre-treatment workflow for treatment isocenter verification. Currently, our center uses simulator for VP procedure for all our patients before the treatment. We would like to investigate if SGRT could be a good substitute for VP procedure to simplify our pre-treatment workflow. MATERIALS/METHODS In Group A (A-c, A-t, A-a), 20 patients of each treatment site (cranial, thorax and abdomen) were selected randomly. Patients did not go through VP procedure. During the first fraction of treatment, the therapists were guided by SGRT system (Vision RT, UK) and aligned the patient to 3mm and 1°using a standard region of interest (ROI). First CBCT was taken as a reference to customize the ROI for better suitability. Next, the patient was re-aligned to 1mm and 1°using the new ROI. Second CBCT was acquired, and 6 degrees of freedoms shifts were recorded. In Group B (B-c, B-t, B-a), 20 patients of each treatment site (cranial, thorax and abdominal) that were assigned for VP over the same period as Group A patients. Group B patients were aligned based on the skin markings drawn during VP procedure. CBCTs were taken at the first fraction of treatment and shifts were recorded. RESULTS A total of 60 CBCT images were analyzed for each group of patients. The absolute mean and standard deviations were shown in Table 1. The results indicated that Group A is superior, if not comparable, to Group B. Table 1: The absolute mean and standard deviations of first fraction of CBCT positioning errors for Group A and B patients. CONCLUSION With appropriate ROI, SGRT is a good or superior substitute for plan verification procedure. Localization verification can be done during day one of treatment which ease the pre-treatment workflow to both patients and clinical team. Analysis of customized ROI will be further studied in the future.
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- Jiangsu Cancer Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Cancer Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Cancer Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Tang LJ, Li XM, Zhang XW, Luo Y, Xu G. [Effects of advanced platelet-rich fibrin on deep partial-thickness burn wounds in nude mice]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Yu Chuang Mian Xiu Fu Za Zhi 2023; 39:771-778. [PMID: 37805789 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20220804-00334] [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] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/09/2023]
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Objective: To explore the effects of advanced platelet-rich fibrin (A-PRF) on deep partial-thickness burn wounds in nude mice and its mechanism. Methods: The experimental study method was adopted. Forty healthy volunteers in Subei People's Hospital were recruited, including 32 females and 8 males, aged 60 to 72 years. Leukocyte platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF) and A-PRF membranes were prepared after venous blood was extracted from them. The microstructure of two kinds of platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) membranes was observed by field emission scanning electron microscope. The number of samples was 3 in the following experiments. The L-PRF and A-PRF membranes were divided into L-PRF group and A-PRF group and cultured, and then the release concentrations of platelet-derived growth factor-AB (PDGF-AB) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in culture supernatant were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay on culture day 1, 3, 7, and 14. Mice L929 fibroblasts (Fbs) were divided into L-PRF group and A-PRF group, and cultured with L-PRF or A-PRF conditioned medium, respectively. On culture day 1, 3, and 7, the cell proliferation activity was detected by thiazole blue method. The cell migration rate was detected and calculated at 24 h after scratching by scratch test. Thirty-six male BALB/c nude mice aged 6-8 weeks were selected to make a deep partial-thickness burn wound on one hind leg, and then divided into normal saline group, L-PRF group, and A-PRF group, according to the random number table, with 12 mice in each group. The wounds of nude mice in normal saline group were only washed by normal saline, while the wounds of nude mice in L-PRF group and A-PRF group were covered with the corresponding membranes in addition. The wounds of nude mice in the 3 groups were all bandaged and fixed with dressings. On treatment day 4, 7, and 14, the wound healing was observed and the wound healing rate was calculated. Masson staining was used to observe the new collagen in wound tissue, and immunohistochemical staining was used to detect the percentage of CD31 positive cells in the wound. Data were statistically analyzed with independent sample t test, analysis of variance for repeated measurement, analysis of variance for factorial design, one-way analysis of variance, and least significant difference test. Results: L-PRF membrane's dense network structure was composed of coarse fibrin bundles, with scattered white blood cells and platelets with complete morphology. A-PRF membrane's loose network structure was composed of fine fibrin bundles, with scattered small amount of deformed white blood cells and platelets. On culture day 1, the release concentration of PDGF-AB in PRF culture supernatant in A-PRF group was significantly higher than that in L-PRF group (t=5.73, P<0.05), while the release concentrations of VEGF in PRF culture supernatant in the two groups were similar (P>0.05). On culture day 3, 7, and 14, the release concentrations of PDGF-AB and VEGF in PRF culture supernatant in A-PRF group were significantly higher than those in L-PRF group (with t values of 6.93, 7.45, 5.49, 6.97, 8.97, and 13.64, respectively, P<0.05). On culture day 3, 7, and 14, the release concentrations of PDGF-AB and VEGF in PRF culture supernatant in the two groups were all significantly higher than those in the previous time points within the group (P<0.05). On culture day 1, 3, and 7, the proliferation activity of mice Fbs in A-PRF group was 0.293±0.034, 0.582±0.054, and 0.775±0.040, respectively, which were significantly stronger than 0.117±0.013, 0.390±0.036, and 0.581±0.037 in L-PRF group (with t values of 8.38, 5.14, and 6.16, respectively, P<0.05). At 24 h after scratching, the migration rate of mice Fbs in A-PRF group was (60.9±2.2)%, which was significantly higher than (39.1±2.3)% in L-PRF group (t=11.74, P<0.05). On treatment day 4, the wound exudates of nude mice in L-PRF group and A-PRF group were less with no obvious signs of infection, while the wounds of nude mice in normal saline group showed more exudation. On treatment day 7, the wounds of nude mice in L-PRF group and A-PRF group were dry and crusted, while there was still a small amount of exudate in the wounds of nude mice in normal saline group. On treatment day 14, the wounds of nude mice in A-PRF group tended to heal; a small portion of wounds remained in nude mice in L-PRF group; the wound of nude mice was still covered with eschar in normal saline group. On treatment day 4, 7, and 14, the wound healing rate and percentage of CD31 positive cells of nude mice in L-PRF group were all significantly higher than those in normal saline group (P<0.05); compared with those in normal saline group and L-PRF group, the wound healing rate of nude mice in A-PRF group was significantly increased (P<0.05), the newborn collagen was orderly and evenly distributed, with no excessive deposition, and the percentage of CD31 positive cells was significantly increased (P<0.05). Conclusions: The stable fibrin network structure of A-PRF can maintain the sustained release of growth factors, accelerate cell proliferation, and promote cell migration, so as to shorten the healing time and improve the healing quality of deep partial-thickness burn wounds in nude mice.
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- Department of Burn Rehabilitation, Shanghai Yangzhi Rehabilitation Hospital (Shanghai Sunshine Rehabilitation Center), Tongji University, Shanghai 201613, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery of Subei People's Hospital, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery of Subei People's Hospital, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery of Subei People's Hospital, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery of Subei People's Hospital, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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Deng H, Nan B, Xu G. Innovative Design of Bismuth-Telluride-Based Thermoelectric Transistors. Materials (Basel) 2023; 16:5536. [PMID: 37629826 PMCID: PMC10456323 DOI: 10.3390/ma16165536] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 07/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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Conventional thermoelectric generators, predominantly based on the π-type structure, are severely limited in their applications due to the relatively low conversion efficiency. In response to the challenge, in this work, a Bi2Te3-based thermoelectric transistor driven by laser illumination is demonstrated. Under laser illumination, a temperature difference of 46.7 °C is produced between the two ends of the transistor structure. Further, the hole concentrations in each region redistribute and the built-in voltages decrease due to the temperature difference, leading to the formation of the transistor circuit. Additionally, the operation condition of the thermoelectric transistor is presented. The calculation results demonstrate that the maximum output power of such a designed thermoelectric transistor is 0.7093 μW.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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Xu G, Xin J, Deng H, Shi R, Zhang G, Zou P. High-Throughput Screening of High-Performance Thermoelectric Materials with Gibbs Free Energy and Electronegativity. Materials (Basel) 2023; 16:5399. [PMID: 37570102 PMCID: PMC10419649 DOI: 10.3390/ma16155399] [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: 06/25/2023] [Revised: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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Thermoelectric (TE) materials are an important class of energy materials that can directly convert thermal energy into electrical energy. Screening high-performance thermoelectric materials and improving their TE properties are important goals of TE materials research. Based on the objective relationship among the molar Gibbs free energy (Gm), the chemical potential, the Fermi level, the electronegativity (X) and the TE property of a material, a new method for screening TE materials with high throughput is proposed. This method requires no experiments and no first principle or Ab initio calculation. It only needs to find or calculate the molar Gibbs free energy and electronegativity of the material. Here, by calculating a variety of typical and atypical TE materials, it is found that the molar Gibbs free energy of Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 from 298 to 600 K (Gm = -130.20~-248.82 kJ/mol) and the electronegativity of Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 and PbTe (X = 1.80~2.21) can be used as criteria to judge the potential of materials to become high-performance TE materials. For good TE compounds, Gm and X are required to meet the corresponding standards at the same time. By taking Gm = -130.20~-248.82 kJ/mol and X = 1.80~2.21 as screening criteria for high performance TE materials, it is found that the Gm and X of all 15 typical TE materials and 9 widely studied TE materials meet the requirement very well, except for the X of Mg2Si, and 64 pure substances are screened as potential TE materials from 102 atypical TE materials. In addition, with reference to their electronegativity, 44 pure substances are selected directly from a thermochemical data book as potential high-performance TE materials. A particular finding is that several carbides, such as Be2C, CaC2, BaC2, SmC2, TaC and NbC, may have certain TE properties. Because the Gm and X of pure substances can be easily found in thermochemical data books and calculated using the X of pure elements, respectively, the Gm and X of materials can be used as good high-throughput screening criteria for predicting TE properties.
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- Guiying Xu
- Beijing Municipal Key Lab. of Advanced Energy Materials and Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (J.X.); (H.D.); (R.S.); (G.Z.)
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- Beijing Municipal Key Lab. of Advanced Energy Materials and Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (J.X.); (H.D.); (R.S.); (G.Z.)
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- Beijing Municipal Key Lab. of Advanced Energy Materials and Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (J.X.); (H.D.); (R.S.); (G.Z.)
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- Beijing Municipal Key Lab. of Advanced Energy Materials and Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (J.X.); (H.D.); (R.S.); (G.Z.)
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- Beijing Municipal Key Lab. of Advanced Energy Materials and Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; (J.X.); (H.D.); (R.S.); (G.Z.)
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang 550025, China;
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Tie J, Xu G, Li Y, Fan X, Yang Q, Nan B. Study on Enhancing the Thermoelectric Stability of the β-Cu 2Se Phase by Mn Doping. Materials (Basel) 2023; 16:5204. [PMID: 37512478 PMCID: PMC10383636 DOI: 10.3390/ma16145204] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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Cu2Se is a promising thermoelectric (TE) material due to its low cost, Earth abundance, and high thermoelectric properties. However, the biggest problem of Cu2Se is its unstable chemical properties. In particular, under the action of an electric field or gradient temperature field, the chemical potential of copper ions inside the material increases. When the external field is strong enough, the chemical potential of copper ions at the negative end of the material reaches the chemical potential of elemental copper. Under these conditions, copper ions must precipitate out, causing Cu2Se to be unstable, and making it unsuitable for use in applications. In this study, we prepared Cu2-xMnxSe (x = 0, 0.02, 0.04 and 0.06) series bulk materials by vacuum melting-annealing and sintered by spark plasma sintering (SPS). We investigated the effects of Mn doping on the composition, microstructure, band structure, scattering mechanism, thermoelectric properties, and stability of Cu2Se. The results show that Mn doping can adjust the carrier concentration, promote the stabilization of the β-phase structure and improve the electrical properties of Cu2Se. When x = 0.06, the highest power factor (PF) value of Cu1.94Mn0.06Se at 873 K was 1.62 mW m-1 K-2. The results of carrier scattering mechanism analysis based on the conductivity ratio method show that the sample doped with Mn and pure Cu2Se had the characteristics of ionization impurity scattering, and the scattering factor was 3/2. However, the deterioration in thermal conductivity was large, and a superior zT value needs to be obtained. The cyclic test results of high-temperature thermoelectric properties show that Mn doping can hinder Cu+ migration and improve its thermoelectric stability, which preliminarily verifies the feasibility of using the stable zirconia mechanism to improve the thermoelectric stability of Cu2Se.
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- Jian Tie
- Beijing Municipal Key Lab of Advanced Energy Materials and Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
- College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810016, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Lab of Advanced Energy Materials and Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Lab of Advanced Energy Materials and Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Lab of Advanced Energy Materials and Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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Zhu C, Li P, Xu G, Cheng H, Gao G. Recent progress and challenges of Zn anode modification materials in aqueous Zn-ion batteries. Coord Chem Rev 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Wang M, Zhang Q, Xu G, Huang S, Zhao W, Liang J, Huang J, Cai S, Zhao H. [Association between vitamin D level and blood eosinophil count in healthy population and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2023; 43:727-732. [PMID: 37313813 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2023.05.07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its association with blood eosinophil count in healthy population and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS We analyzed the data of a total 6163 healthy individuals undergoing routine physical examination in our hospital between October, 2017 and December, 2021, who were divided according to their serum 25(OH)D level into severe vitamin D deficiency group (< 10 ng/mL), deficiency group (< 20 ng/mL), insufficient group (< 30 ng/mL) and normal group (≥30 ng/mL). We also retrospectively collected the data of 67 COPD patients admitted in our department from April and June, 2021, with 67 healthy individuals undergoing physical examination in the same period as the control group. Routine blood test results, body mass index (BMI) and other parameters were obtained from all the subjects, and logistic regression models were used to investigate the association between 25(OH)D levels and eosinophil count. RESULTS The overall abnormal rate of 25(OH)D level (< 30 ng/mL) in the healthy individuals was 85.31%, and the rate was significantly higher in women (89.29%) than in men. Serum 25(OH)D levels in June, July, and August were significantly higher than those in December, January, and February. In the healthy individuals, blood eosinophil counts were the lowest in severe 25(OH)D deficiency group, followed by the deficiency group and insufficient group, and were the highest in the normal group (P < 0.05). Multivariable regression analysis showed that an older age, a higher BMI, and elevated vitamin D levels were all risk factors for elevated blood eosinophils in the healthy individuals. The patients with COPD had lower serum 25(OH)D levels than the healthy individuals (19.66±7.87 vs 26.39±9.28 ng/mL) and a significantly higher abnormal rate of serum 25(OH)D (91% vs 71%; P < 0.05). A reduced serum 25(OH)D level was a risk factor for COPD. Blood eosinophils, sex and BMI were not significantly correlated with serum 25(OH)D level in patients with COPD. CONCLUSION Vitamin D deficiency is common in both healthy individuals and COPD patients, and the correlations of vitamin D level with sex, BMI and blood eosinophils differ obviously between healthy individuals and COPD patients.
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- Laboratory of Chronic Airway Diseases, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Laboratory of Chronic Airway Diseases, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Laboratory of Chronic Airway Diseases, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Laboratory of Chronic Airway Diseases, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Laboratory of Chronic Airway Diseases, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Laboratory of Chronic Airway Diseases, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Laboratory of Chronic Airway Diseases, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Laboratory of Chronic Airway Diseases, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Laboratory of Chronic Airway Diseases, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Liang Z, Xu G, Liu T, Zhong Y, Mo F, Li Z. Quantitatively biomechanical response analysis of posterior musculature reconstruction in cervical single-door laminoplasty. Comput Methods Programs Biomed 2023; 233:107479. [PMID: 36933316 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The current trend of laminoplasty is developing toward the goal of muscle preservation and minimum tissue damage. Given this, muscle-preserving techniques in cervical single-door laminoplasty have been modified with protecting the spinous processes at the sites of C2 and/or C7 muscle attachment and reconstruct the posterior musculature in recent years. To date, no study has reported the effect of preserving the posterior musculature during the reconstruction. The purpose of this study is to quantitatively evaluate the biomechanical effect of multiple modified single-door laminoplasty procedures for restoring stability and reducing response level on the cervical spine. METHODS Different cervical laminoplasty models were established for evaluating kinematics and response simulations based on a detailed finite element (FE) head-neck active model (HNAM), including ① C3 - C7 laminoplasty (LP_C37), ② C3 - C6 laminoplasty with C7 spinous process preservation (LP_C36), ③ C3 laminectomy hybrid decompression with C4 - C6 laminoplasty (LT_C3 + LP_C46) and ④ C3 - C7 laminoplasty with unilateral musculature preservation (LP_C37 + UMP). The laminoplasty model was validated by the global range of motion (ROM) and percentage changes relative to the intact state. The C2 - T1 ROM, axial muscle tensile force, and stress/strain levels of functional spinal units were compared among the different laminoplasty groups. The obtained effects were further analysed by comparison with a review of clinical data on cervical laminoplasty scenarios. RESULTS Analysis of the locations of concentration of muscle load showed that the C2 muscle attachment sustained more tensile loading than the C7 muscle attachment, primarily in flexion-extension (FE) and in lateral bending (LB) and axial rotation (AR), respectively. Simulated results further quantified that LP_C36 primarily produced 10% decreases in LB and AR modes relative to LP_C37. Compared with LP_C36, LT_C3 + LP_C46 resulted in approximately 30% decreases in FE motion; LP C37 + UMP also showed a similar trend. Additionally, when compared to LP_C37, LT_C3 + LP_C46 and LP C37 + UMP reduced the peak stress level at the intervertebral disc by at most 2-fold as well as the peak strain level of the facet joint capsule by 2-3-fold. All these findings were well correlated with the result of clinical studies comparing modified laminoplasty and classic laminoplasty. CONCLUSIONS Modified muscle-preserving laminoplasty is superior to classic laminoplasty due to the biomechanical effect of the posterior musculature reconstruction, with a retained postoperative ROM and loading response levels of the functional spinal units. More motion-sparing is beneficial for increasing cervical stability, which probably accelerates the recovery of postoperative neck movement and reduces the risk of the complication for eventual kyphosis and axial pain. Surgeons are encouraged to make every effort to preserve the attachment of the C2 whenever feasible in laminoplasty.
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China; College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shenzhen Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi 530023, China
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- College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China.
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- Department of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi 530023, China.
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Li X, Liu Y, Xu G, Xie Y, Wang X, Wu J, Chen H. Plasma metabolomic characterization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection. Cell Death Dis 2023; 14:276. [PMID: 37076483 PMCID: PMC10113737 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-023-05791-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
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Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 have spread rapidly worldwide; however, most infected patients have mild or no symptoms. This study aimed to understand the host response to Omicron infections by performing metabolomic profiling of plasma. We observed that Omicron infections triggered an inflammatory response and innate immune, and adaptive immunity was suppressed, including reduced T-cell response and immunoglobulin antibody production. Similar to the original SARS-CoV-2 strain circulating in 2019, the host developed an anti-inflammatory response and accelerated energy metabolism in response to Omicron infection. However, differential regulation of macrophage polarization and reduced neutrophil function has been observed in Omicron infections. Interferon-induced antiviral immunity was not as strong in Omicron infections as in the original SARS-CoV-2 infections. The host response to Omicron infections increased antioxidant capacity and liver detoxification more than in the original strain. Hence, these findings suggest that Omicron infections cause weaker inflammatory alterations and immune responses than the original SARS-CoV-2 strain.
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- Xue Li
- Department of Basic Medicine, Haihe Clinical School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Department of Basic Medicine, Haihe Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Regenerative Medicine, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Key Research Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention for State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Department of Basic Medicine, Haihe Clinical School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Department of Basic Medicine, Haihe Clinical School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Regenerative Medicine, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Regenerative Medicine, Tianjin, 300350, China.
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Acute Abdomen Disease Associated Organ injury and ITCWM Repair, Tianjin, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Regenerative Medicine, Tianjin, 300350, China.
- Key Research Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention for State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Tianjin, 300350, China.
- Department of Tuberculosis, Haihe Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
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- Department of Basic Medicine, Haihe Clinical School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
- Department of Basic Medicine, Haihe Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Regenerative Medicine, Tianjin, 300350, China.
- Key Research Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention for State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Tianjin, 300350, China.
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Lyu T, Yang Q, Li Z, Zhang C, Liu F, Li J, Hu L, Xu G. High Pressure Drives Microstructure Modification and zT Enhancement in Bismuth Telluride-Based Alloys. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:19250-19257. [PMID: 37017576 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c02586] [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] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Manipulating and integrating the microstructures at different scales is crucial to tune the electrical and thermal properties of a given compound. High-pressure sintering can modify the multiscale microstructures and thus empower the cutting-edge thermoelectric performance. In this work, the high-pressure sintering technique followed by annealing is adopted to prepare Gd-doped p-type (Bi0.2Sb0.8)2(Te0.97Se0.03)3 alloys. First, the high energy of high-pressure sintering promotes the reduction of grain size, thus increasing the content of 2D grain boundaries. Next, high-pressure sintering induces strong interior strain, where 1D dense dislocations are generated near the strain field. More interestingly, the rare-earth element Gd with a high melting temperature is dissolved into the matrix via high-pressure sintering, thus promoting the formation of 0D extrinsic point defects. This concurrently improves the carrier concentration and density-of-state effective mass, resulting in an enhanced power factor. In addition, the integrated 0D point defects, 1D dislocations, and 2D grain boundaries by high-pressure sintering strengthen phonon scattering, thereby achieving a low lattice thermal conductivity of 0.5 Wm-1 K-1 at 348 K. Consequently, a maximum zT value of ∼1.1 at 348 K is achieved in the 0.4 at % Gd-doped (Bi0.2Sb0.8)2(Te0.97Se0.03)3 sample. This work demonstrates that high-pressure sintering enables microstructure modification to enhance the thermoelectric performance of Bi2Te3-based and other bulk materials.
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- Tu Lyu
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Sciences and Geothermal Energy Exploitation and Utilization, Institute of Deep Earth Sciences and Green Energy, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
- College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
- Beijing Municipal Key Lab of Advanced Energy Materials and Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Lab of Advanced Energy Materials and Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Energy Storage and Electrotechnics Department, China Electric Power Research Institute Limited Company, Beijing 100192, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Sciences and Geothermal Energy Exploitation and Utilization, Institute of Deep Earth Sciences and Green Energy, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Sciences and Geothermal Energy Exploitation and Utilization, Institute of Deep Earth Sciences and Green Energy, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Sciences and Geothermal Energy Exploitation and Utilization, Institute of Deep Earth Sciences and Green Energy, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Sciences and Geothermal Energy Exploitation and Utilization, Institute of Deep Earth Sciences and Green Energy, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Lab of Advanced Energy Materials and Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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Ma Z, Zhao X, Zhang X, Xu G, Liu F. [DTX2 overexpression promotes migration and invasion of colorectal cancer cells through the Notch2/Akt axis]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2023; 43:340-348. [PMID: 37087577 PMCID: PMC10122736 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2023.03.02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of changes in DTX2 expression level on migration and invasion of colorectal cancer (CRC) cells and explore the mechanism. METHODS Two CRC cell lines SW620 and LoVo were transfected with a specific shRNA targeting DTX2 (DTX2-shRNA) or a DTX2-overexpressing plasmid (pcDNA-DTX2), and the transfection efficiency was evaluated with RT-qPCR and Western blotting. Scratch and Transwell assays were used to assess the changes in migration and invasion ability of the transfected cells, and the cellular expression levels of Notch2, NICD, AKT, p-Akt and MMP-2/9 proteins were detected with Western blotting. The CRC cells were co-transfected with pcDNA-DTX2 and Notch2 siRNA to assess the effect of Notch2 knockdown on DTX2 overexpression-induced enhancement of cell migration and invasion. RESULTS The expression levels of DTX2 at both the mRNA and protein levels were significantly decreased in CRC cells transfected with DTX2- shRNA (P < 0.01) and increased in cells transfected with pcDNA-DTX2 (P < 0.01). Scratch and Transwell assays showed that the migration and invasion abilities of CRC cells were significantly lowered following DTX2 knockdown (P < 0.01) and were enhanced in cells with DTX2 overexpression (P < 0.01). The expression levels of Notch2, NICD, p-Akt and MMP-2 proteins decreased significantly in CRC cells with DTX2 knockdown (P < 0.05) and increased obviously in DTX2-overexpressing cells (P < 0.05). In both of the two CRC cell lines, transfection with Notch2 siRNA obviously reversed the effect of DTX2 overexpression in promoting cell migration and invasion (P < 0.01) and expressions of the related proteins. CONCLUSION DTX2 overexpression promotes migration and invasion of CRC cells through the Notch2/Akt axis, suggesting the potential of DTX2 as a new biological indicator of CRC.
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- Department of Anorectal Surgery, Dalian University Affiliated Xinhua Hospital, Dalian 116021, China
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- Department of Anorectal Surgery, Dalian University Affiliated Xinhua Hospital, Dalian 116021, China
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- Department of Anorectal Surgery, Dalian University Affiliated Xinhua Hospital, Dalian 116021, China
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- Department of Anorectal Surgery, Dalian University Affiliated Xinhua Hospital, Dalian 116021, China
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- Department of Anorectal Surgery, Dalian University Affiliated Xinhua Hospital, Dalian 116021, China
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SELVASKANDAN H, Gaultney T, Heath D, Linfoot S, Xu G. WCN23-0139 Leveraging modern machine learning tools to predict outcomes of in-patient acute kidney injury. Kidney Int Rep 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.02.220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/22/2023] Open
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Shen Y, Xu G, Li J, Lin X, Yang F, Yang H, Chen W, Wu Y, Wu X, Cheng Q, Zhu J, Li Y, Li Y. Functional Ionic Liquid Polymer Stabilizer for High-Performance Perovskite Photovoltaics. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202300690. [PMID: 36811515 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202300690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 02/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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The stability-related issues arising from the perovskite precursor inks, films, device structures and interdependence remain severely under-explored to date. Herein, we designed an ionic-liquid polymer (poly[Se-MI][BF4 ]), containing functional moieties like carbonyl (C=O), selenium (Se+ ), and tetrafluoroborate (BF4 - ) ions, to stabilize the whole device fabrication process. The C=O and Se+ can coordinate with lead and iodine (I- ) ions to stabilize lead polyhalide colloids and the compositions of the perovskite precursor inks for over two months. The Se+ anchored on grain boundaries and the defects passivated by BF4 - efficiently suppress the dissociation and migration of I- in perovskite films. Benefiting from the synergistic effects of poly[Se-MI][BF4 ], high efficiencies of 25.10 % and 20.85 % were exhibited by a 0.062-cm2 device and 15.39-cm2 module, respectively. The devices retained over 90 % of their initial efficiency under operation for 2200 h.
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- Yunxiu Shen
- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China.,State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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Shen Y, Xu G, Li J, Lin X, Yang F, Yang H, Chen W, Wu Y, Wu X, Cheng Q, Zhu J, Li Y, Li Y. Functional Ionic Liquid Polymer Stabilizer for High‐Performance Perovskite Photovoltaics. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202300690] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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- Yunxiu Shen
- Soochow University College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science CHINA
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- Soochow University College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science CHINA
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- Soochow University College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science CHINA
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- Soochow University College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science CHINA
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- Soochow University College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science CHINA
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- Soochow University College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science CHINA
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- Soochow University College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science CHINA
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- Soochow University College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science CHINA
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- Soochow University College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science CHINA
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- Soochow University College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science CHINA
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- Soochow University College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science CHINA
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- Soochow University College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Ren-ai Road 199#, Industry Park 215123 Suzhou CHINA
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- Soochow University College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science CHINA
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Li R, Hu H, Zhao X, Wang Z, Xu G. A static paradigm based on illusion-induced VEP for brain-computer interfaces. J Neural Eng 2023; 20:026006. [PMID: 36808912 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/acbdc0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Visual evoked potentials (VEPs) have been commonly applied in brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) due to their satisfactory classification performance recently. However, most existing methods with flickering or oscillating stimuli will induce visual fatigue under long-term training, thus restricting the implementation of VEP-based BCIs. To address this issue, a novel paradigm adopting static motion illusion based on illusion-induced visual evoked potential (IVEP) is proposed for BCIs to enhance visual experience and practicality. APPROACH This study explored the responses to baseline and illusion tasks including the Rotating-Tilted-Lines (RTL) illusion and Rotating-Snakes (RS) illusion. The distinguishable features were examined between different illusions by analyzing the event-related potentials (ERPs) and amplitude modulation of evoked oscillatory responses. MAIN RESULTS The illusion stimuli elicited VEPs in an early time window encompassing a negative component (N1) from 110 to 200 ms and a positive component (P2) between 210 and 300 ms. Based on the feature analysis, a filter bank was designed to extract discriminative signals. The task-related component analysis (TRCA) was used to evaluate the binary classification task performance of the proposed method. Then the highest accuracy of 86.67% was achieved with a data length of 0.6 s. SIGNIFICANCE The results of this study demonstrate that the static motion illusion paradigm has the feasibility of implementation and is promising for VEP-based BCI applications.
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- Ruxue Li
- Intelligent Information and Communication Technology Research and Development Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences, 99 Haike Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, Shanghai, 201210, CHINA
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- Intelligent Information and Communication Technology Research and Development Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences, 99 Haike Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, Shanghai, 201210, CHINA
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- Intelligent Information and Communication Technology Research and Development Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, 99 Haike Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, Shanghai, 201210, CHINA
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- Intelligent Information and Communication Technology Research and Development Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences, 99 Haike Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, Shanghai, 201210, CHINA
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- Intelligent Information and Communication Technology Research and Development Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, 99 Haike Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, Shanghai, Shanghai, 201210, CHINA
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Zhao J, Chen P, Xu G, Sun J, Ruan Y, Xue M, Wu Y. [ Bushen Huoxue Fang improves recurrent miscarriage in mice by down-regulating the JAK2/STAT3 pathway]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2023; 43:265-270. [PMID: 36946047 PMCID: PMC10034533 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2023.02.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of Bushen Huoxue Fang (BSHXF, a traditional Chinese medicine formula) for improving recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) in mice and the role of tyrosine kinase (JAK2) and transcriptional activator (STAT3) signaling pathway in its therapeutic mechanism. METHODS Female CBA/J mice were caged with male DBA/2 mice to establish RSA mouse models, which were randomly divided into model group, dydrogesterone group and BSHXF group, with the female mice caged with male BALB/c mice as the control group (n=6). From the first day of pregnancy, the mice were subjected to daily intragastric administration of BSHXF, dydrogesterone, or distilled water (in control and model groups) for 12 days. After the treatments, serum levels of antithrombin III (AT-III), activated protein C (APC), tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA), progesterone, human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), and estradiol (E2) were detected in each group using ELISA. HE staining was used to observe the morphological changes of the endometrium of the mice. Western blotting was performed to determine the expressions of p-JAK2, p-Stat3 and Bcl-2 in the placenta of the mice. RESULTS Compared with the control mice, the mouse models of RSA showed a significantly increased embryo loss rate with decreased serum levels of AT-III, T-PA, progesterone, APC and HCG, increased placental expressions of p-JAK2, p-STAT3 and Bax, and decreased expression of Bcl-2 (P < 0.05). Treatments with BSHXF and dydrogesterone both increased serum levels of AT-III, t-PA and HCG in the mouse models; Serum APC level was significantly reduced in BSHXF group and serum progesterone level was significantly increased in dydrogesterone group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION BSHXF can improve the prethrombotic state and inhibit cell apoptosis by downregulating the JAK2/STAT3 pathway to increase the pregnancy rate in mouse models of RSA.
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- J Zhao
- First Clinical Medical College, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Division II of Department of Reproductive Center, The first affiliated hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Henan Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- First Clinical Medical College, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- First Clinical Medical College, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- First Clinical Medical College, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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Lin Z, Wang H, Song J, Xu G, Lu F, Ma X, Xia X, Jiang J, Zou F. The role of mitochondrial fission in intervertebral disc degeneration. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2023; 31:158-166. [PMID: 36375758 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2022.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Low back pain (LBP) is an extremely common disorder and is a major cause of disability globally. Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) is the main contributor to LBP. Nevertheless, the specific mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of IVDD remain unclear. Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles that continuously undergo fusion and fission, known as mitochondrial dynamics. Accumulating evidence has revealed that aberrantly activated mitochondrial fission leads to mitochondrial fragmentation and dysfunction, which are involved in the development and progression of IVDD. To date, research into mitochondrial dynamics in IVDD is at an early stage. The present narrative review aims to summarize the most recent findings about the role of mitochondrial fission in the pathogenesis of IVDD.
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- Z Lin
- Department of Orthopedics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
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- Department of Orthopedics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
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- Department of Orthopedics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
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- Department of Orthopedics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
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- Department of Orthopedics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
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- Department of Orthopedics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
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- Department of Orthopedics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
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- Department of Orthopedics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
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- Department of Orthopedics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
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Li C, Dong X, Yuan Q, Xu G, Di Z, Yang Y, Hou J, Zheng L, Chen W, Wu G. Identification of novel characteristic biomarkers and immune infiltration profile for the anaplastic thyroid cancer via machine learning algorithms. J Endocrinol Invest 2023:10.1007/s40618-023-02022-6. [PMID: 36725810 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-023-02022-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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PURPOSE Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is a rare and lethal malignant cancer. In recent years, the application of molecular-driven targeted therapy and immunotherapy has markedly improved the prognosis of ATC. This study aimed to identify characteristic genes for ATC diagnosis and revealed the role of ATC characteristic genes in drug sensitivity and immune cell infiltration. METHODS We downloaded ATC RNA-sequencing data from the GEO database. Following the combination and normalization of the dataset, we first divided the combined datasets into the training cohort and the validation cohort. We identified differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in ATC by differential expression analysis in the training cohort. We used two machine learning algorithms, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) and support vector machine-recursive feature elimination (SVM-RFE) to identify ATC characteristic genes. The CIBERSORT algorithm was performed to calculate the abundance of various immune cells in ATC. Finally, we validated the expression of ATC characteristic genes by quantitative RT-PCR (RT-qPCR) in ATC cell lines and immunohistochemistry (IHC). RESULTS A total of 425 DEGs were identified in the training cohort, including 240 upregulated genes and 185 downregulated genes. Four ATC characteristic genes (ADM, PXDN, MMP1, and TFF3) were identified, and their diagnostic value was validated in the validation cohort (AUC in ROC analysis > 0.75). We established a practical gene expression-based nomogram to accurately predict the probability of ATC. We also found that ATC characteristic biomarkers are associated with the tumor immune microenvironment and drug sensitivity. CONCLUSION ADM, PXDN, MMP1, and TFF3 might serve as potential ATC diagnostic biomarkers and may be helpful for ATC molecular targeted therapy and immunotherapy.
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Department of Gastric and Colorectal Surgical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
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Mu Y, Zhang D, Li J, Han B, Xu G, Wang K, An B, Ju D, Li L, Zhou W. Fabrications of Sb@rGO@NSC composite materials as anodes with high performance for lithium ion batteries. Electrochim Acta 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Zhang J, Xu G, Xu L. Number of Teeth and Denture Use Are Associated with Frailty among Chinese Older Adults: A Cohort Study Based on the CLHLS from 2008 to 2018. J Nutr Health Aging 2023; 27:972-979. [PMID: 37997718 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-023-2014-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the association between oral health and the development of frailty over a 10-year period in older Chinese adults. DESIGN This was a cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS The data in this study were derived from the 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2018 waves of the Chinese Longitudinal Health Longevity Survey (CLHLS). The final analysis included 1155 older adults who had complete data for the Frailty Index (FI) and the other factors(oral health, sociodemographics, etc) that were analyzed in the study. MEASUREMENTS Frailty was assessed by the FI, which consists of 40 deficits(self-health assessments, diseases, physical functions,etc). Multivariable logistic regression was carried out to calculate the odds ratios (ORs) of the independent variables,which were obtained from investigator surveys and self-reports, in association with the development of frailty. RESULTS The prevalence of frailty at baseline was 22.94%, and the 10-year incidence of frailty was 24.16% (215/890). Age, number of natural teeth, use of dentures, toothache and sex were independent risk factors for frailty at baseline. After full adjustment, multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that compared with having ≥21 teeth, edentulism (ORs 3.575; 95% CI 2.095,6.101) and partial tooth loss (ORs 2.448; 95% CI 1.592,3.766) were associated with progression to frailty. Compared with those with ≥21 teeth, those with <21 teeth and without dentures (ORs 2.617; 95% CI 1.713,3.999) were more likely to progress to frailty. CONCLUSION The loss of natural teeth is associated with the progression of frailty in older Chinese adults and denture using can help lower the odds of being frailty. Further research on maintain natural teeth and the appropriate use of dentures may help to establish effective frailty prevention strategies for the older adults.
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- Liyu Xu, Department of Geriatrics, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou 310013, People's Republic of China, ; Tel. :+86 13486183817
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Yu XY, Zhao MY, Zhang Y, Xu G. [Research advances on the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers with autologous platelet-rich fibrin]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Yu Chuang Mian Xiu Fu Za Zhi 2022; 38:1185-1189. [PMID: 36594150 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20220110-00001] [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] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Diabetic foot is one of the serious complications of diabetic patients, which makes the society and public health bear a huge economic burden. In recent years, more and more studies at home and abroad have been conducted on the treatment of chronic wounds with autologous platelet-rich fibrin, and the therapeutic concepts and methods have been updated constantly. In this paper, we reviewed the general situation of autologous platelet-rich fibrin, the mechanism of autologous platelet-rich fibrin in promoting the healing of diabetic foot ulcers and the new progress in its application, so as to provide a new strategy for the repair of diabetic foot ulcers.
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- Graduate School of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- The First Department of Facial and Neck Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100144, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou 225001, China
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Wu YJ, Liu T, Ma JR, Wang WY, Ou SM, Zhao Y, Gao J, Xu G, Sun YQ. [The influence of two kinds of transnasal endoscopic surgery on the outcome status of sinus cavity in patients with eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2022; 57:1450-1456. [PMID: 36707949 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20220905-00540-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the trend of postoperative cavity status in patients with eosinophilic chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps (eCRSwNP) who underwent total nasalization surgery and partial reboot surgery. And to discuss the relationship between tissue eosinophil counts and status of postoperative cavity. Methods: Patients with eCRSwNP in four tertiary medical centers (Longgang ENT Hospital, Xiamen Humanity Hospital, Guangdong Clifford Hospital and the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University) from March 2018 to October 2021 were divided into 2 groups. The group without previous surgery history was performed for the nasalization surgery, and another group with previous surgery history underwent the part-reboot surgery. The follow-up time after operation was defined as the following 5 stages: 6, 12, 20-24, 36 and more than 42 months. According to FESS-95 Guangzhou standard, status of sinus cavity was assessed and classified into 3 categories: good, better and bad. The association between the sinus cavity status and tissue eosinophil counts in the above 5 stages was analyzed by one-way ANOVA, and P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: A total of 72 eCRSwNP patients finished the follow-up in this study. There were 47 males and 25 females in these patients, aged from 11 to 67 years. A total of 50 cases underwent nasalization surgery and 22 cases underwent partial reboot surgery. With the follow-up time from 6 to 48 months, there were 72 cases (100.0%) who completed 6 months and 12 months follow up, 46 cases (63.9%) for 20-24 months, 36 cases (50.0%) for 32-36 months and 16 cases (22.2%) with the follow-up time more than 42 months. No matter what kind of surgery, there was no "bad" situation of the surgical cavity status 6 months after the operation, and the differentiation gradually occurred more than 12 months after the surgery. Moreover, the rates of "good" cavity status for the 5 stages in the group of nasalization surgery were 78.0%, 66.0%, 56.7%, 47.6% and 42.9%, and were 63.6%, 45.5%, 25.0%, 20.0% and 11.1% in the partial reboot surgery group, respectively, suggesting that the status of nasal cavity in nasalization surgery group was always better than that in partial reboot surgery group in every period. In addition, the "bad" rate was 0, 8.0%, 10.0%, 14.3% and 28.6% in the group of nasalization surgery, and was 0, 27.3%, 18.8%, 33.3% and 55.6% in the partial reboot surgery group, respectively. The average percentage of tissue eosinophil counts in the 72 cases was 42.1%, which had no obvious effect on the status of the surgical cavity (P>0.05). Conclusions: For eCRSwNP patients, the operative cavity status in the patients without previous operation history treated with nasalization surgery is good. The time of 1-2 years after surgery is the main period for sinus lesions. The counts of tissue eosinophils has no significant influence on surgical sinus cavity status in the eCRSwNP patients.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Longgang ENT Hospital & Shenzhen Key Laboratory of ENT Institute, Shenzhen 518172, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Xiamen Humanity Hospital, Xiamen 361009, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Xiamen Humanity Hospital, Xiamen 361009, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Xiamen Humanity Hospital, Xiamen 361009, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Guangdong Clifford Hospital, Guangzhou 511495, China
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- Department of Pathology of District Maternity and Longgang Heathcare Hospital, Shenzhen 518172, China
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- Department of Pathology of Xiamen Humanity Hospital, Xiamen 361009, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Xiamen Humanity Hospital, Xiamen 361009, China Otorhinolaryngology Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 518000, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen 510080, China
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Liu J, Xiang Y, Tang D, Xu G. Gastrointestinal: A case of type 1 gastric neuroendocrine tumor with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022. [PMID: 36343942 DOI: 10.1111/jgh.16026] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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Xu G, Zhu C, Gao G. Recent Progress of Advanced Conductive Metal-Organic Frameworks: Precise Synthesis, Electrochemical Energy Storage Applications, and Future Challenges. Small 2022; 18:e2203140. [PMID: 36050887 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202203140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with diverse composition, tunable structure, and unique physicochemical properties have emerged as promising materials in various fields. The tunable pore structure, abundant active sites, and ultrahigh specific surface area can facilitate mass transport and provide outstanding capacity, making MOFs an ideal active material for electrochemical energy storage and conversion. However, the poor electrical conductivity of pristine MOFs severely limits their applications in electrochemistry. Developing conductive MOFs has proved to be an effective solution to this problem. This review focuses on the design and synthesis of conductive MOF composites with judiciously chosen conducting materials, pristine MOFs, and assembly methods, as well as the preparation of intrinsically conductive MOFs based on building 2D π-conjugated structures, introducing mixed-valence metal ions/redox-active ligands, designing π-π stacked pathways, and constructing infinite metal-sulfur chains (-M-S-)∞ . Furthermore, recent progress and challenges of conductive MOFs for energy storage and conversion (supercapacitors, Li-ion batteries, Li-S batteries, and electrochemical water splitting) are summarized.
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- Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Micro Fabrication of the Ministry of Education, School of Sensing Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Micro Fabrication of the Ministry of Education, School of Sensing Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Micro Fabrication of the Ministry of Education, School of Sensing Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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Liu Q, Qu Y, Wang K, Wu R, Zhang Y, Huang X, Chen X, Wang J, Zhang S, Zhang J, Xiao J, Yi J, Xu G, Luo J. Lymph Node Metastasis Spread Patterns and the Effectiveness of Prophylactic Neck Irradiation in Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SNSCC). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.1342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kang X, Ma R, Li X, Chen Y, Chen H, Liang Z, Zhou H, Xu G, Dong C, Lin J. 10P Detection of early-stage lung cancer using 5-hydroxymethylcytosine signatures in circulating cell-free DNA. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Zhang P, Zhang Q, Hu X, Li W, Tong Z, Sun T, Teng Y, Wu X, Ouyang Q, Yan X, Cheng J, Liu Q, Feng J, Wang X, Xu G, Wu F, Xia B, Xu B. 229P Dalpiciclib plus fulvestrant in HR+/HER2− advanced breast cancer (ABC): Updated analysis from the phase III DAWNA-1 trial. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Xu G, Cai X, Wang S, Fang B, Wang H, Zhu Y. Characteristics, kinetics, infrared analysis and process optimization of co-pyrolysis of waste tires and oily sludge. J Environ Manage 2022; 316:115278. [PMID: 35576713 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 02/07/2022] [Revised: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The ecology was severely harmed by waste tires (WT) and oily sludge (OS). The OS and WT combinations' co-pyrolysis features, synergistic effects, and gas products were studied using thermogravimetric-infrared spectroscopy (TG-FTIR). To study kinetics and optimize pyrolysis, the Coats-Redfern and response surface methods were used. The results revealed that the OS and WT co-pyrolysis has synergistic effects. The major pyrolysis temperature range and the pyrolysis residual rate increased as the heating rate increased, and the E of the reaction increased. The strength of small-molecular-gases precipitation was modified by increasing the ratio of WT to OS, which increased OS pyrolysis. CH4, CO2, CO, and H2O are the most common gas products. The minimum estimated E and residual amount were 40.599 kJ/mol and 39.33%, respectively, when the WT mixture ratio was 58.7% and the heating rate was 10 °C/min. All the study contributes basic data to the development of the treatment of OS and WT in collaboration.
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- Guiying Xu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, 400054, China; Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, 2360 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6P 1Z3, Canada
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, 400054, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, 400054, China
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- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, 2360 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6P 1Z3, Canada
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- Heilongjiang Province Key Laboratory of Geographical Environment Monitoring and Spatial Information Service in Cold Regions, Heilongjiang Province Collaborative Innovation Center of Cold Region Ecological Safety, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, 150025, China.
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
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Pei X, Xu G, Zhou Y, Tao L, Cui X, Wang Z, Xu B, Wang AL, Zhao X, Dong H, An Y, Cao Y, Li R, Hu H, Yu Y. A simultaneous electroencephalography and eye-tracking dataset in elite athletes during alertness and concentration tasks. Sci Data 2022; 9:465. [PMID: 35918334 PMCID: PMC9345900 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01575-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The dataset of simultaneous 64-channel electroencephalography (EEG) and high-speed eye-tracking (ET) recordings was collected from 31 professional athletes and 43 college students during alertness behavior task (ABT) and concentration cognitive task (CCT). The CCT experiment lasting 1–2 hours included five sessions for groups of the Shooting, Archery and Modern Pentathlon elite athletes and the controls. Concentration targets included shooting target and combination target with or without 24 different directions of visual distractors and 2 types of music distractors. Meditation and Schulte Grid trainings were done as interventions. Analysis of the dataset aimed to extract effective biological markers of eye movement and EEG that can assess the concentration level of talented athletes compared with same-aged controls. Moreover, this dataset is useful for the research of related visual brain-computer interfaces. Measurement(s) | brain activity and eye movements measurement | Technology Type(s) | electroencephalography and eye-tracking | Factor Type(s) | electroencephalography (EEG) • eye-tracking (ET) | Sample Characteristic - Organism | Human | Sample Characteristic - Location | China |
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- Xinzhen Pei
- Human Phenome Institute, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Ministry of Education Frontiers Center for Brain Science, School of Life Science, Research Institute of Intelligent Complex Systems, and Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Human Phenome Institute, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Ministry of Education Frontiers Center for Brain Science, School of Life Science, Research Institute of Intelligent Complex Systems, and Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Competitive Sports Training Management Center, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Research Institute of Sports Science (Shanghai Anti-doping Agency), Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Human Phenome Institute, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Ministry of Education Frontiers Center for Brain Science, School of Life Science, Research Institute of Intelligent Complex Systems, and Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Shanghai Research Institute of Sports Science (Shanghai Anti-doping Agency), Shanghai, China
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- Human Phenome Institute, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Ministry of Education Frontiers Center for Brain Science, School of Life Science, Research Institute of Intelligent Complex Systems, and Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
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- Human Phenome Institute, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Ministry of Education Frontiers Center for Brain Science, School of Life Science, Research Institute of Intelligent Complex Systems, and Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Chen G, Xu Q, Fessing M, Mardaryev A, Sharov A, Xu G, Botchkarev V. 723 DNA dioxygenases Tet2/3 regulate gene promoter accessibility and three-dimensional chromatin topology in lineage-specific loci to control hair growth. J Invest Dermatol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2022.05.735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Yang Q, Lyu T, Nan B, Tie J, Xu G. Enabling High Quality Factor and Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance in BiBr 3-Doped Sn 0.93Mn 0.1Te via Band Convergence and Band Sharpening. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:32236-32243. [PMID: 35815510 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c06822] [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] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Lead-free SnTe-based materials are expected to replace PbTe and have gained much attention from the thermoelectric community. In this work, a maximum ZT of ∼1.31 at 873 K is attained in SnTe via promoting a high quality factor resulting from Mn alloying and BiBr3 doping. The results show that Mn alloying in SnTe converges the L band and the ∑ band in valence bands to supply enhanced valley degeneracy and the density of states effective mass, giving rise to a high power factor of ∼21.67 μW cm-1 K-2 at 723 K in Sn0.93Mn0.1Te. In addition, the subsequent BiBr3 doping can sharpen the top of the valence band to coordinate the contradiction between the band effective mass and the carrier mobility, thus enhancing the carrier mobility while maintaining a relatively large density of states effective mass. Consequently, a maximum power factor of 23.85 μW cm-1 K-2 at 873 K is achieved in Sn0.93Mn0.1Te-0.8 atom % BiBr3. In addition to band sharpening, BiBr3 doping can also effectively suppress the bipolar effect at elevated temperatures and reduce the lattice thermal conductivity by strengthening the point defect phonon scattering. Benefitting from doping BiBr3 in Sn0.93Mn0.1Te optimizes the carrier mobility and suppresses the lattice thermal conductivity, resulting in a dramatically enhanced quality factor. Accordingly, an average ZT of ∼0.62 in the temperature range of 300-873 K is obtained in Sn0.93Mn0.1Te-0.8 atom % BiBr3, ∼250% increase compared with that in Sn1.03Te.
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- Beijing municipal key lab of advanced energy materials and technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- Beijing municipal key lab of advanced energy materials and technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
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- Beijing municipal key lab of advanced energy materials and technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- Beijing municipal key lab of advanced energy materials and technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- Beijing municipal key lab of advanced energy materials and technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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Huang Y, Yang Y, Zhao Y, Guo D, Chen L, Shi L, Xu G. DOCK4 regulates ghrelin production in gastric X/A-like cells. J Endocrinol Invest 2022; 45:1447-1454. [PMID: 35302184 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-022-01785-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PURPOSE Ghrelin, a gastric hormone, provides a hunger signal to the central nervous system to stimulate food intake. Ghrelin also modulates neuroinflammatory and apoptotic processes. Dedicator of cytokinesis 4 (DOCK4), a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF), is involved in the regulation of neuronal polarization and axon regeneration. However, the effect of DOCK4 on ghrelin production has not been explored. METHODS The expression of DOCK4 in human and mouse stomach was examined by immunohistochemical staining. The synthesis and secretion of ghrelin in Dock4 null mice were evaluated by real-time quantitative PCR, Western blot and ELISA. The effects of DOCK4 on ghrelin production in mHypoE-42 cells were measured by real-time quantitative PCR and Western blot. RESULTS We showed that DOCK4 was expressed in both human and mouse gastric ghrelin cells. The mRNA and protein levels of gastric ghrelin, as well as ghrelin secretion, were remarkably diminished in Dock4 null mice. Furthermore, we showed that overexpression of Dock4 significantly stimulated ghrelin expression, while siRNA knockdown of endogenous Dock4 resulted in a marked decrease of ghrelin in mHypoE-N42 cells. CONCLUSIONS Our results identify DOCK4 as a critical regulator for ghrelin production in gastric X/A-like cells.
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- Y Huang
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu Avenue West, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510632, Guangdong, China
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- JNU-HKUST Joint Laboratory for Neuroscience and Innovative Drug Research, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu Avenue West, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510632, Guangdong, China
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- JNU-HKUST Joint Laboratory for Neuroscience and Innovative Drug Research, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu Avenue West, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510632, Guangdong, China
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- JNU-HKUST Joint Laboratory for Neuroscience and Innovative Drug Research, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu Avenue West, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510632, Guangdong, China.
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Yang X, Sun Y, Xu G. Abstract No. 176 Single-center phase-II study of TACE combined with sorafenib plus immune checkpoint inhibitors as first-line treatment in patients with BCLC B/C hepatocellular carcinoma. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.03.257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Chen Y, Wan J, Xu G, Wu X, Li X, Shen Y, Yang F, Ou X, Li Y, Li Y. “Reinforced concrete”-like flexible transparent electrode for organic solar cells with high efficiency and mechanical robustness. Sci China Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-022-1242-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chen W, Liu S, Li Q, Cheng Q, He B, Hu Z, Shen Y, Chen H, Xu G, Ou X, Yang H, Xi J, Li Y, Li Y. High-Polarizability Organic Ferroelectric Materials Doping for Enhancing the Built-In Electric Field of Perovskite Solar Cells Realizing Efficiency over 24. Adv Mater 2022; 34:e2110482. [PMID: 35122342 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202110482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The built-in electric field (BEF) intensity of silicon heterojunction solar cells can be easily enhanced by selective doping to obtain high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs), while it is challenging for perovskite solar cells (pero-SCs) because of the difficulty in doping perovskites in a controllable way. Herein, an effective method is reported to enhance the BEF of FA0.92 MA0.08 PbI3 perovskite by doping an organic ferroelectric material, poly(vinylidene fluoride):dabcoHReO4 (PVDF:DH) with high polarizability, that can be driven even by the BEF of the device itself. The polarization of PVDF:DH produces an additional electric field, which is maintained permanently, in a direction consistent with that of the BEF of the pero-SC. The BEF superposition can more sufficiently drive the charge-carrier transport and extraction, thus suppressing the nonradiative recombination occurring in the pero-SCs. Moreover, the PVDF:DH dopant benefits the formation of a mesoporous PbI2 film, via a typical two-step processing method, thereby promoting perovskite growth with high crystallinity and a few defects. The resulting pero-SC shows a promising PCE of 24.23% for a 0.062 cm2 device (certified PCE of 23.45%), and a remarkable PCE of 22.69% for a 1 cm2 device, along with significantly improved moisture resistances and operational stabilities.
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- Weijie Chen
- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-Optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-Optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- School of Optoelectronics Science and Engineering & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-Optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- School of Optoelectronics Science and Engineering & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- School of Optoelectronics Science and Engineering & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-Optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-Optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-Optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-Optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-Optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-Optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-Optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-Optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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Bei J, Xu G, Chang J, Wang X, Qiu D, Ruan J, Li X, Gao S. [SARS-CoV-2 with transcription regulatory sequence motif mutation poses a greater threat]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2022; 42:399-404. [PMID: 35426804 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2022.03.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the mutations in transcription regulatory sequences (TRSs) of coronaviruss (CoV) to provide the basis for exploring the patterns of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and outbreak. METHODS A combined evolutionary and molecular functional analysis of all sets of publicly available genomic data of viruses was performed. RESULTS A leader transcription regulatory sequence (TRS-L) usually comprises the first 60-70 nts of the 5' UTR in a CoV genome, and the body transcription regulatory sequences (TRS-Bs) are located immediately upstream of the genes other than ORF1a and 1b. In each CoV genome, the TRS-L and TRS-Bs share a specific consensus sequence, namely the TRS motif. Any changes of nucleotide residues in the TRS motifs are defined as TRS motif mutations. Mutations in the TRS-L or multiple TRS-Bs result in superattenuated variants. The spread of super-attenuated variants may cause an increase in asymptomatic or mild infections, prolonged incubation periods and a decreased detection rate of the viruses, thus posing new challenges to SARS-CoV-2 prevention and control. The super-attenuated variants also increase their possibility of long-term coexistence with humans. The Delta variant is significantly different from all the previous variants and may lead to a large-scale transmission. The Delta variant (B.1.617.2) with TRS motif mutation has already appeared and shown signs of spreading in Singapore, which, and even the Southeast Asia, may become the new epicenter of the next wave of SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. CONCLUSION TRS motif mutation will occur in all variants of SARS-CoV-2 and may result in super-attenuated variants. Only super-attenuated variants with TRS motif mutations will eventually lose the abilities of cross-species transmission and causing outbreaks.
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- J Bei
- Agro-Biological Gene Research Center, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- John Van Geest Cancer Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, United Kingdom
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Shi JB, Sun YQ, Xu G. [Endotype-based surgical treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2022; 57:130-135. [PMID: 35196755 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20210819-00561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- J B Shi
- Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China
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- Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Xiamen Humanity Hospital, Xiamen 361015, China
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