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Wang XH, Wang SY, Peng HX, Fan M, Guo HD, Hou TJ, Wang MY, Wu YQ, Qin XY, Tang X, Li J, Chen DF, Hu YH, Wu T. [Genotype-environment interaction on arterial stiffness: A pedigree-based study]. Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 2023; 55:400-407. [PMID: 37291913] [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: 06/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To utilized the baseline data of the Beijing Fangshan Family Cohort Study, and to estimate whether the association between a healthy lifestyle and arterial stiffness might be modified by genetic effects. METHODS Probands and their relatives from 9 rural areas in Fangshan district, Beijing were included in this study. We developed a healthy lifestyle score based on five lifestyle behaviors: smoking, alcohol consumption, body mass index (BMI), dietary pattern, and physical activity. The measurements of arterial stiffness were brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) and ankle-brachial index (ABI). A variance component model was used to determine the heritability of arterial stiffness. Genotype-environment interaction effects were performed by the maximum likelihood methods. Subsequently, 45 candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in the glycolipid metabolism pathway were selected, and generalized estimated equations were used to assess the gene-environment interaction effects between particular genetic loci and healthy lifestyles. RESULTS A total of 6 302 study subjects across 3 225 pedigrees were enrolled in this study, with a mean age of 56.9 years and 45.1% male. Heritability of baPWV and ABI was 0.360 (95%CI: 0.302-0.418) and 0.243 (95%CI: 0.175-0.311), respectively. Significant genotype-healthy diet interaction on baPWV and genotype-BMI interaction on ABI were observed. Following the findings of genotype-environment interaction analysis, we further identified two SNPs located in ADAMTS9-AS2 and CDH13 might modify the association between healthy dietary pattern and arterial stiffness, indicating that adherence to a healthy dietary pattern might attenuate the genetic risk on arterial stiffness. Three SNPs in CDKAL1, ATP8B2 and SLC30A8 were shown to interact with BMI, implying that maintaining BMI within a healthy range might decrease the genetic risk of arterial stiffness. CONCLUSION The current study discovered that genotype-healthy dietary pattern and genotype-BMI interactions might affect the risk of arterial stiffness. Furthermore, we identified five genetic loci that might modify the relationship between healthy dietary pattern and BMI with arterial stiffness. Our findings suggested that a healthy lifestyle may reduce the genetic risk of arterial stiffness. This study has laid the groundwork for future research exploring mechanisms of arterial stiffness.
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- X H Wang
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China
- Key Laboratory of Epidemiology of Major Diseases, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100191, China
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Peng HX, Wang SY, Wang MY, Wang XH, Fan M, Guo HD, Hou TJ, Hao YT, Ren T, Wu T. [The role of the high-level public health school in the development of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2023; 44:662-666. [PMID: 37147842 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20221103-00939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The Ministry of Education and other four departments jointly issued the Notice on the Construction of high-level schools of public Health, proposing that "it will take ten years to build a number of high-level schools of public health, and form a high-quality education development system to adapt to the construction of modern public health system". At present, the construction of high-level public health schools in various universities in China is in full swing. The high-level School of Public Health and the CDC have played an important role in constructing the national public health system and the human health community. The high-level public health schools are of strategic significance and important value to the development of the CDC. The review presents reflections and insights on the role of high-level public health schools in the development of the CDC and the challenges they might face.
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- H X Peng
- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Peking University Center for Public Health and Epidemic Preparedness & Response, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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Wang SY, Peng HX, Xue EC, Chen X, Wang XH, Fan M, Wang MY, Li N, Li J, Zhou ZB, Zhu HP, Hu YH, Wu T. [Progress in research of risk prediction of non-syndromic oral clefts using genetic information]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2023; 44:504-510. [PMID: 36942349 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20220624-00556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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Non-syndromic oral cleft (NSOC), a common birth defect, remains to be a critical public health problem in China. In the context of adjustment of childbearing policy for two times in China and the increase of pregnancy at older childbearing age, NSOC risk prediction will provide evidence for high-risk population identification and prenatal counseling. Genome-wide association study and second generation sequencing have identified multiple loci associated with NSOC, facilitating the development of genetic risk prediction of NSOC. Despite the marked progress, risk prediction models of NSOC still faces multiple challenges. This paper summarizes the recent progress in research of NSOC risk prediction models based on the results of extensive literature retrieval to provide some insights for the model development regarding research design, variable selection, model-build strategy and evaluation methods.
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- S Y Wang
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,School of Public Health,Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,School of Public Health,Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,School of Public Health,Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,School of Public Health,Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,School of Public Health,Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,School of Public Health,Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,School of Public Health,Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,School of Public Health,Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,School of Public Health,Peking University, Beijing 100191, China Institute of Reproductive and Child Health/Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health, National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, Beijing 100191, China
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Chen X, Wang SY, Xue EC, Wang XH, Peng HX, Fan M, Wang MY, Wu YQ, Qin XY, Li J, Wu T, Zhu J, Li ZP, Zhou DF, Chen YH, Hu Y. [Family-based association tests for rare variants]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2022; 43:1497-1502. [PMID: 36117360 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20211224-01013] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Next-generation sequencing has revolutionized family-based association tests for rare variants. As the lower power of genome wide association study for detecting casual rare variants, methods aggregating effects of multiple variants have been proposed, such as burden tests and variance component tests. This paper summarizes the methods of rare variants association test that can be applied for family data, introduces their principles, characteristics and applicable conditions and discusses the shortcomings and the improvement of the present methods.
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- X Chen
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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Peng HX, Gao WJ, Lyu J, Yu CQ, Huang T, Sun DJY, Liao CX, Pang ZC, Yu M, Wang H, Wu XP, Dong Z, Wu F, Jiang GH, Wang XJ, Liu Y, Deng J, Lu L, Cao WH, Li LM. [A descriptive analysis on body mass index distribution in adult twin pairs in China]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2021; 42:1160-1166. [PMID: 34814525 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20200916-01164] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Objective: To describe the differences in body mass index (BMI) distribution in adult twins registered in Chinese National Twin Registry (CNTR), and provide evidence for the risk factor analysis and prevention and control of overweight or obesity. Methods: A total of 32 725 twin pairs aged 18 years and above who completed the questionnaire survey during 2010-2018 and had complete registered information in CNTR and normal body weight and length were included in the analysis on the population and region specific distributions of BMI of twin pairs and the difference in BMI in twin pairs. Results: The twin pairs included in the analysis were aged (34.6±12.4) years, the twin pairs of same gender accounted for 79.7%. The average BMI was 22.5 kg/m2. The overall prevalence of obesity and overweight was 4.9% and 23.7%, respectively. Participants who were men, 50-59 years old, married, had lower education level, and lived in northern China had higher overweight rate and obesity rate (P<0.001). The difference in overweight or obesity prevalence between monozygotic (MZ) twin pars and dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs was not significant, but firstborn twin pairs had slightly higher rates of overweight and obesity than later-born twin pairs (P<0.05). The analysis in same gender-twin pairs indicated that the difference in BMI was associated with age (trend test: P<0.001), and the difference was more obvious in DZ twin pair in MZ pair and this difference increased with age. The concordant rate of BMI was higher in MZ twin pairs than DZ twin pairs (P<0.05). Conclusion: The distribution of BMI of twin pairs varied with population and region and BMI varied with age due to its genetic nature.
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- H X Peng
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistc, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistc, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistc, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistc, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistc, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistc, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistc, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Qingdao Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Qingdao 266033, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100013, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336,China
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- Tianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tianjin 300011, China
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- Qinghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xining 810007, China
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- Heilongjiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin 150030, China
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- Handan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Handan 056001, China
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- Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming 650034, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistc, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistc, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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Yao XP, Peng HX, Wu JR. [Silencing PBX1 expression induces apoptosis and ROS production of lung cancer cells]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2020; 42:843-848. [PMID: 33113625 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112152-20200220-00107] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the effects of pre-B lymphocytic leukemia transcription factor (PBX1) expression on the apoptosis, reactive oxygen species (ROS) content and transcriptional activation factor 3 (STAT3) signaling pathway of lung cancer cells. Methods: Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to detect the expression level of PBX1 in lung cancer tissues and adjacent tissues. The correlation between PBX1 expression level and clinical pathological parameters of patients were analyzed. Western blot was used to detect the protein expression level of PBX1 in human lung cancer cell lines, including A549, SPC-A1, SK-MES-1 and H1299. A549 cells were transfected with blank control (blank group), negative control (NC group) or PBX1 small interfering RNA (siRNA group), respectively. The cells apoptosis and ROS content were detected by flow cytometry. The protein expression levels of PBX1, STAT3, phosphorylated STAT3 (p-STAT3), B cell lymphoma/leukemia-2 (Bcl-2) and survivin in each group were detected by western blot. Results: The expression level of PBX1 mRNA in lung cancer was (2.36±0.23), significantly higher than (1.02±0.15) in paracancerous tissues (P<0.05). The expression level of PBX1 was correlated with lung cancer differentiation, lymph node metastasis and TNM stage (P<0.05). The expression levels of PBX1 in human lung cancer cells A549, SPC-A1, SK-MES-1 and H1299 were (0.454±0.038), (0.403±0.034), (0.311±0.028) and (0.377±0.035), respectively, significantly higher than (0.041±0.007) of human normal lung cells MRC-5 (P<0.05). The expression level of PBX1 protein in A549 cells transfected with PBX1 siRNA was (0.082±0.010), significantly lower than (0.704±0.065) of the blank group (P<0.05). The apoptosis rate and ROS content of siPBX1 group were (30.78±3.64)% and (51.55±5.03), respectively, significantly higher than (3.92±0.27)% and (22.36±1.31) of blank group (P<0.05). The protein expressions of p-STAT3, Bcl-2 and survivin were (0.051±0.006), (0.202±0.018) and (0.068±0.008), respectively, significantly lower than (0.172±0.010), (0.425±0.041) and (0.196±0.021) of blank group (P<0.05). Conclusion: Inhibition of PBX1 expression can induce the apoptosis of lung cancer cell, the mechanism may be related to ROS production and down-regulation of STAT3 signal.
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- X P Yao
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Hubei University of Arts and Sciences, Xiangyang 441000, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Liyuan Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430000, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Hubei University of Arts and Sciences, Xiangyang 441000, China
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Quan L, Qin FX, Li YH, Estevez D, Fu GJ, Wang H, Peng HX. Magnetic graphene enabled tunable microwave absorber via thermal control. Nanotechnology 2018; 29:245706. [PMID: 29595518 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aabaae] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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By synthesizing nitrogen-doped graphene (NG) via a facile thermal annealing method, a fine control of the amount and location of doped nitrogen as well as the oxygen-containing functional groups is achieved with varying annealing temperature. The favorable magnetic properties have been achieved for N-doped rGO samples obtained at two temperatures of all NG samples, i.e., 500 °C and 900 °C with saturation magnetization of 0.63 emu g-1 and 0.67 emu g-1 at 2 K, respectively. This is attributed to the optimized competition of the N-doping and reduction process at 500 °C and the dominated reduction process at 900 °C. NG obtained at 300 °C affords the best overall absorbing performance: when the absorber thickness is 3.0 mm, the maximum absorption was -24.6 dB at 8.51 GHz, and the absorption bandwidth was 4.89 GHz (7.55-12.44 GHz) below -10 dB. It owes its large absorbing intensity to the good impedance match and significant dielectric loss. The broad absorption bandwidth benefits from local fluctuations of dielectric responses contributed by competing mechanisms. Despite the significant contribution from materials loss to the absorption, the one quarter-wavelength model is found to be responsible for the reflection loss peak positions. Of particular significance is that an appropriate set of electromagnetic parameters associated with reasonable reduction is readily accessible by convenient control of annealing temperature to modulate the microwave absorbing features of graphene. Thus, NG prepared by thermal annealing promises to be a highly efficient microwave absorbent.
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- L Quan
- Institute for Composites Science Innovation (InCSI), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 38 Zheda Road, 310027, People's Republic of China
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Wang S, Huang LJ, Geng L, Scarpa F, Jiao Y, Peng HX. Significantly enhanced creep resistance of low volume fraction in-situ TiBw/Ti6Al4V composites by architectured network reinforcements. Sci Rep 2017; 7:40823. [PMID: 28094350 PMCID: PMC5240138 DOI: 10.1038/srep40823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We present a new class of TiBw/Ti6Al4V composites with a network reinforcement architecture that exhibits a significant creep resistance compared to monolithic Ti6Al4V alloys. Creep tests performed at temperatures between 773 K and 923 K and stress range of 100 MPa-300 MPa indicate both a significant improvement of the composites creep resistance due to the network architecture made by the TiB whiskers (TiBw), and a decrease of the steady-state creep rates by augmenting the local volume fractions of TiBw in the network region. The deformation behavior is driven by a diffusion-controlled dislocation climb process. Moreover, the activation energies of these composites are significantly higher than that of Ti6Al4V alloys, indicating a higher creep resistance. The increase of the activation energy can be attributed to the TiBw architecture that severely impedes the movements of dislocation and grain boundary sliding and provides a tailoring of the stress transfer. These micromechanical mechanisms lead to a remarkable improvement of the creep resistance of these networked TiBw/Ti6Al4V composites featuring the special networked architecture.
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- S Wang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science (ACCIS), Bristol University, Bristol, BS8 1TR, United Kingdom
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- Institute for Composites Science Innovation (InCSI), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, PR China
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Peng HX, Wei XY, Xiao YX, Sun Y, Biggs AR, Gleason ML, Shang SP, Zhu MQ, Guo YZ, Sun GY. Management of Valsa Canker on Apple with Adjustments to Potassium Nutrition. Plant Dis 2016; 100:884-889. [PMID: 30686143 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-09-15-0970-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Valsa canker, caused by the fungus Valsa mali, is one of the most destructive diseases of apple in the primary production areas of China and other East Asian countries. Currently, there are no effective control methods for this disease. We investigated the occurrence of Valsa canker in 24 apple orchards in Shaanxi Province in concert with foliar nutrient analysis, and found that there was a significant negative correlation of leaf potassium (K) content with incidence and severity of Valsa canker. Fertilization experiments showed that increasing tree K content enhanced resistance to pathogen colonization and establishment. Apple trees with leaf K content greater than 1.30% exhibited almost complete resistance to Valsa mali. Field trials demonstrated that increasing K fertilization could significantly reduce disease incidence. Improved management of tree nutrition, especially K content, could effectively control the occurrence and development of Valsa canker.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543
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- Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research and Education Center, West Virginia University, Kearneysville 25443
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University
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Peng HX, Xu X, Yang R, Chu YM, Yang DM, Xu Y, Zhou FL, Ma WZ, Zhang XJ, Guan M, Yang ZH, Jin ZD. Molecular analysis of MLH1 variants in Chinese sporadic colorectal cancer patients. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr7689. [PMID: 27173243 DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15027689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in mismatch repair genes, especially in the MLH1 gene, are closely associated with susceptibility to hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. However, few relevant findings are available regarding the association between sporadic colorectal cancer (SCRC) and SNPs of MLH1 in Chinese patients. Therefore, the present study aimed to describe the pathogenic association between three important MLH1 polymorphisms and SCRC in the Chinese population. Peripheral blood samples from 156 SCRC patients and 311 healthy controls were collected. DNA was purified from peripheral blood, and the V384D, R217C, and I219V polymorphisms were evaluated using high-resolution melting analysis and direct sequencing. The association between the three important MLH1 polymorphisms and clinical pathological features of the SCRC patients was analyzed. In addition, PMS2-MLH1 protein interactions were determined by co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) to determine the protein functional alteration induced by these SNPs. Among the three polymorphisms, V384D was significantly associated with the risk of SCRC (OR = 31.36, P < 0.0001). The allele frequencies were 4.81 and 0.16% in the SCRC group. No association was found between SCRC and R217C, or between SCRC and I219V. Moreover, the allele frequency of R217C was significantly higher in the SCRC patients younger than 60 years than in those older than 60 years. Co-IP showed that the MLH1 R217C, V384D, and I219V variants had relative binding abilities with PMS2 of 0.59, 0.70, and 0.80, respectively, compared with the wild-type. These findings suggest that MLH1 V384D could be a promising genetic marker for susceptibility to SCRC.
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- H X Peng
- Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.,Digestive Endoscopy Center, Shanghai Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Central Laboratory, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical School, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Digestive Endoscopy Center, Shanghai Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Digestive Endoscopy Center, Shanghai Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Digestive Endoscopy Center, Shanghai Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Digestive Endoscopy Center, Shanghai Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Central Laboratory, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical School, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Central Laboratory, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical School, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Central Laboratory, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical School, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Baoshan District Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Li W, Qiao X, Li M, Zheng Q, Ren Q, Zhu YQ, Peng HX. Self-Assemblies of Acicular Hollow Fe/C Nanostructures. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2015; 15:5845-5850. [PMID: 26369160 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2015.9089] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Self-assemblies of acicular hollow Fe/C structures were synthesized using D-glucose monohydrate and ferric chloride as precursors by a simple hydrothermal process followed by carbonization at 800 °C. The self-assembled structures with an overall diameter of 15~20 µm composed of radially formed hollow needles from a central core with an average diameter of ca. 1 µm and a length up to 10 µm. The end of the needles was revealed to be a awl shape with a hollow structure formed during the self-assembly process and the subsequent heat treatment. The hollow structure was probably caused by the Kirkendall effect at 800 °C. The materials exhibit ferromagnetic characteristic with saturation magnetization (Ms), remanent magnetization (Mr), and coercivity (Hc) of 22.2 emu/g, 3 emu/g, and 151.22 Oe, respectively, with Ms much lower than that of Fe3O4.
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Xu HG, Cheng JF, Peng HX, Lv K, Wang H, Liu P, Zhong M, Zhang MY. JNK phosphorylation promotes natural degeneration of cervical endplate chondrocytes by down-regulating expression of ANK. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2013; 17:2335-2344. [PMID: 24065227] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Endplate degeneration leads to accelerated degeneration of the intervertebral disc. The importance of endplate chondrocytes in this process is unclear. Many cellular processes in chondrocytes are controlled by activated c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNK) and protein kinase B (AKT). However, the involvement of their pathways in the degeneration process needs to be elucidated. AIM To study activation of JNK and AKT signaling pathways and their significance for degeneration of endplate chondrocytes, as well as involvement of progressive ankylosis protein (ANK) in this process. MATERIALS AND METHODS Rat primary chondrocytes were grown to confluence and subcultured until passage 4. Morphological appearances (microscope, hematoxylin & eosin staining, toluidine blue staining) and proliferation rates of cells (MTT test) were observed. Further, levels of type II collagen, aggrecan, phosphorylated JNK and AKT, total JNK, AKT and ANK were evaluated by qPCR, flow cytometry and Western blot assays. Furthermore, inhibition experiments with SP600125, the JNK inhibitor, were carried out in the passage 4 cells to assess the effects of the JNK pathway on natural degeneration of endplate chondrocytes. RESULTS The proliferative speed of endplate chondrocytes progressively decreased during passaging. Expressions of type II collagen and aggrecan were significantly decreased with cells at higher passages. Furthermore, phosphorylation of JNK, but not AKT, was significantly up-regulated and accompanied by reduced ANK expression. Inhibition of the JNK pathway increased expression of type II collagen, aggrecan and ANK and facilitated proliferation rates. CONCLUSIONS Phosphorylation of JNK promotes natural degeneration of cervical endplate chondrocytes, likely by down-regulating ANK expression.
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- H-G Xu
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yijishan Hospital, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, People's Republic of China.
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