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Xing YZ, Guo HY, Xiang F, Li YH. Recent progress in hair follicle stem cell markers and their regulatory roles. World J Stem Cells 2024; 16:126-136. [PMID: 38455104 PMCID: PMC10915958 DOI: 10.4252/wjsc.v16.i2.126] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024] Open
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Hair follicle stem cells (HFSCs) in the bulge are a multipotent adult stem cell population. They can periodically give rise to new HFs and even regenerate the epidermis and sebaceous glands during wound healing. An increasing number of biomarkers have been used to isolate, label, and trace HFSCs in recent years. Considering more detailed data from single-cell transcriptomics technology, we mainly focus on the important HFSC molecular markers and their regulatory roles in this review.
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- Yi-Zhan Xing
- Department of Cell Biology, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Institute of Burn Research, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
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Zhang JJ, Guo HY, Shang CL, Liu L, Huang CY, Wu ZX, Li Y, Wu Y, Li HJ, Liang HM, Xu B. [Investigation of familial tendency of endometriosis]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2023; 58:501-507. [PMID: 37474323 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112141-20221222-00768] [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: 07/22/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the familial heritability of endometriosis and to compare the clinical characteristics of patients with or without a family history of endometriosis. Methods: From January 2020 to June 2022, 850 patients with endometriosis confirmed by laparotomy or laparoscopy in Peking University Third Hospital were included in this study. Clinical data were collected, family history was followed up, and the differences of clinical indicators between patients with and without family history of endometriosis were compared. Results: A total of 850 patients were enrolled, with an average age of (33.8±7.0) years old, 315 (37.1%, 315/850) patients in stage Ⅲ and 496 (58.4%, 496/850) patients in stage Ⅳ. There were 100 patients with family history of endometriosis, accounting for 11.8% (100/850). Most of the 113 relatives involved were mothers, daughters and sisters (76.1%, 86/113), 81.5% (22/27) of the second and third degree relatives were maternal relatives. The median ages of patients with and without family history of endometriosis were 30 and 33 years old respectively at the time of diagnosis. The unmarried rate of patients with family history was higher [42.0% (42/100) vs 26.3% (197/750)]. The percentage of dysmenorrhea patients with family history was higher [89.0% (89/100) vs 55.5% (416/750)]. The medians of dysmenorrhea score in patients with and without family history were 6 and 2, and the median durations of dysmenorrhea were 10 and 1 years. There were significant differences in age, marital status, percentage of dysmenorrhea, dysmenorrhea score and duration (all P<0.001). The median levels of serum cancer antigen (CA) 125 in patients with family history and patients without family history at the time of diagnosis were 57.5 and 46.9 kU/L respectively, with a statistically significant difference (P<0.05). However, there were no significant differences between the two groups in nationality, bady mass index, menarche age, menstrual cycle, menstrual period, menstrual volume, serum CA19-9 level, cyst location and size, stage, history of adverse pregnancy and childbirth, infertility, adenomyosis and deep infiltrating endometriosis (all P>0.05). By comparing the specific conditions of dysmenorrhea patients with and without family history of endometriosis, there were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of the age of onset of dysmenorrhea, duration of dysmenorrhea, primary and secondary dysmenorrhea, and progressive aggravation of dysmenorrhea (all P>0.05). The difference in the degree of dysmenorrhea in dysmenorrhea patients with family history of endometriosis was significant (P<0.001). Conclusions: The incidence of endometriosis has a familial tendency, and most of the involved relatives are the first degree relatives. Compared with patients without family history of endometriosis, endometriosis patients with family history are diagnosed at an earlier age, with higher percentage of dysmenorrhea, had more severe dysmenorrhea and higher serum CA125 level.
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- J J Zhang
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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Han XT, Guo HY, Wang F, Gao XR, Liu L, Wang ML. [Analysis of the relationship between MRI imaging characteristics and clinical symptoms and therapeutic efficacy in adenomyosis patients]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2023; 58:343-350. [PMID: 37217341 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112141-20221130-00727] [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: 05/24/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the relationship between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) imaging characteristics and clinical symptoms and therapeutic efficacy in adenomyosis patients. Methods: The clinical characteristics of the adenomyosis questionnaire was self-designed. This was a retrospective study. From September 2015 to September 2020, totally 459 patients were diagnosed with adenomyosis and underwent pelvic MRI examination at Peking University Third Hospital. Clinical characteristics and treatment were collected, MRI was used to determine the lesion location, and to measure the maximum lesion thickness, the maximum myometrium thickness, uterine cavity length, uterine volume, the minimum distance between the lesion and serosa or endometrium, and whether combined with ovarian endometrioma. The difference of MRI imaging characteristics in patients with adenomyosis and its relationship with clinical symptoms and therapeutic efficacy were analyzed. Results: (1) Among the 459 patients, the age was (39.1±6.4) years. There were 376 patients (81.9%, 376/459) with dysmenorrhea. Whether patients had dysmenorrhea were related to uterine cavity length, uterine volume, ratio of the maximum lesion thickness to the maximum myometrium thickness, and whether patients had ovarian endometrioma (all P<0.001). Multivariate analysis suggested that ovarian endometrioma was the risk factor for dysmenorrhea (OR=0.438, 95%CI: 0.226-0.850, P=0.015). There were 195 patients (42.5%, 195/459) with menorrhagia. Whether patients had menorrhagia were related to age, whether patients had ovarian endometrioma, uterine cavity length, the minimum distance between lesion and endometrium or serosa, uterine volume, ratio of the maximum lesion thickness to the maximum myometrium thickness (all P<0.001). Multivariate analysis suggested that ratio of the maximum lesion thickness to the maximum myometrium thickness was the risk factor for menorrhagia (OR=774.791, 95%CI: 3.500-1.715×105, P=0.016). There were 145 patients (31.6%, 145/459) with infertility. Whether the patients had infertility were related to age, the minimum distance between lesion and endometrium or serosa, and whether patients had ovarian endometrioma (all P<0.01). Multivariate analysis suggested that young and large uterine volume were risk factors for infertility (OR=0.845, 95%CI: 0.809-0.882, P<0.001; OR=1.001, 95%CI: 1.000-1.002, P=0.009). (2) The success rate of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) was 39.2% (20/51). Dysmenorrhea, high maximum visual analogue scale score and large uterine volume affected the success rate of IVF-ET (all P<0.05). The smaller the maximum lesion thickness, the smaller the distance between the lesion and serosa, the larger the distance between the lesion and endometrium, the smaller the uterine volume, and the smaller the ratio of the maximum lesion thickness to the maximum myometrium thickness, the better the therapeutic efficacy of progesterones (all P<0.05). Conclusions: Concomitant ovarian endometrioma increases the risk of dysmenorrhea in patients with adenomyosis. The ratio of the maximum lesion thickness to the maximum myometrium thickness is an independent risk factor for menorrhagia. Young and large uterine volume may increase the risk of infertility. Severe dysmenorrhea and large uterine volume affect the success rate of IVF-ET. The therapeutic efficacy of progesterones is relatively better when the lesion is small and far away from the endometrium.
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- X T Han
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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Tong JL, Zhu GH, Sun DW, Lu D, Cheng YF, Chen H, Pei LJ, Yin X, Zhou WD, Zhang W, Ling D, Xie X, Tan X, Zhu YJ, Wu XM, Hu CY, Li H, Wang Y, Fan JY, Jia XM, Zhu TY, Chen LM, Guo HY, Zhao SJ, Wang S, Feng SW, He XY, Chi YG, Sun XL, Lang JH, Sui L, Zhu L. [Consensus of Chinese experts on hysteroscopy day surgery center set-up and management process]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2022; 57:891-899. [PMID: 36562222 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112141-20220925-00594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Wei SY, Feng B, Bi M, Guo HY, Ning SW, Cui R. Construction of a ferroptosis-related signature based on seven lncRNAs for prognosis and immune landscape in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. BMC Med Genomics 2022; 15:263. [PMID: 36528763 PMCID: PMC9758795 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-022-01418-2] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recent studies have demonstrated that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in regulating tumor cell ferroptosis. However, prognostic signatures based on ferroptosis-related lncRNAs (FRLs) and their relationship to the immune microenvironment have not been comprehensively explored in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). METHODS In the present study, the expression profiles of ccRCC were acquired from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database; 459 patient specimens and 69 adjacent normal tissues were randomly separated into training or validation cohorts at a 7:3 ratio. We identified 7 FRLs that constitute a prognostic signature according to the differential analysis, correlation analysis, univariate regression, and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) Cox analysis. To identify the independence of risk score as a prognostic factor, univariate and multivariate regression analyses were also performed. Furthermore, CIBERSORT was conducted to analyze the immune infiltration of patients in the high-risk and low-risk groups. Subsequently, the differential expression of immune checkpoint and m6A genes was analyzed in the two risk groups. RESULTS A 7-FRLs prognostic signature of ccRCC was developed to distinguish patients into high-risk and low-risk groups with significant survival differences. This signature has great prognostic performance, with the area under the curve (AUC) for 1, 3, and 5 years of 0.713, 0.700, 0.726 in the training set and 0.727, 0.667, and 0.736 in the testing set, respectively. Moreover, this signature was significantly associated with immune infiltration. Correlation analysis showed that risk score was positively correlated with regulatory T cells (Tregs), activated CD4 memory T cells, CD8 T cells and follicular helper T cells, whereas it was inversely correlated with monocytes and M2 macrophages. In addition, the expression of fourteen immune checkpoint genes and nine m6A-related genes varied significantly between the two risk groups. CONCLUSION We established a novel FRLs-based prognostic signature for patients with ccRCC, containing seven lncRNAs with precise predictive performance. The FRLs prognostic signature may play a significant role in antitumor immunity and provide a promising idea for individualized targeted therapy for patients with ccRCC.
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- Shi-Yao Wei
- grid.412463.60000 0004 1762 6325Department of Nephrology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People’s Republic of China ,grid.410736.70000 0001 2204 9268College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150081 Heilongjiang Province People’s Republic of China
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- grid.411491.8Department of Nephrology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 37 Yiyuan Street, Nangang District, Harbin, 150001 Heilongjiang Province People’s Republic of China ,grid.410736.70000 0001 2204 9268College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150081 Heilongjiang Province People’s Republic of China
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- grid.412463.60000 0004 1762 6325Department of Nephrology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People’s Republic of China
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- grid.411491.8Department of Nephrology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 37 Yiyuan Street, Nangang District, Harbin, 150001 Heilongjiang Province People’s Republic of China
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- grid.410736.70000 0001 2204 9268College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150081 Heilongjiang Province People’s Republic of China
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- grid.411491.8Department of Nephrology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 37 Yiyuan Street, Nangang District, Harbin, 150001 Heilongjiang Province People’s Republic of China
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Yan XS, Li M, Liang HM, Guo HY, Wu Y, He HJ, Zhang K, Li H. [The influence of molecular classification in the selection of postoperative adjuvant therapy in endometrial carcinoma]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 102:2500-2505. [PMID: 36008320 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20220125-00187] [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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Objective: To study the value of molecular classification in postoperative adjuvant therapy for endometrial carcinoma (EC). Methods: Patients with stage Ⅰ EC who underwent surgical-pathological staging surgery and molecular classification in Peking University Third Hospital from January 2020 to April 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. The influence of different molecular types of EC on postoperative adjuvant therapy were studied. Results: The age of the 196 patients was (55.1±10.2) years old, and the body mess index (BMI) was (26.0±3.9) kg/m2. Molecular classification was performed in 196 stage ⅠEC patients, identifying the 4 subgroups: POLE mutation (POLEmut, n=19, 9.7%), mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR, n=28, 14.3%), no-specific molecular profile (NSMP, n=142, 72.4%) and p53 mutation (p53abn, n=7, 3.6%). Molecular classification was one of the influencing factors on the selection of postoperative adjuvant therapy for EC patients (P=0.003). POLEmut, dMMR and NSMP subtypes were not the variables in selecting radiotherapy or combined chemo-radiotherapy postoperatively. p53abn subtype was not the influencer for radiotherapy, however, it may contribute to the selection of combined chemo-radiotherapy postoperatively (P<0.001). Conclusion: The p53abn subtype in the molecular classification is an influencing factor in the selection of combined chemo-radiotherapy for EC patients postoperatively.
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- X S Yan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology (Peking University Third Hospital), Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology (Peking University Third Hospital), Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology (Peking University Third Hospital), Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology (Peking University Third Hospital), Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology (Peking University Third Hospital), Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology (Peking University Third Hospital), Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology (Peking University Third Hospital), Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology (Peking University Third Hospital), Beijing 100191, China
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Wang C, Wei Y, Liang HM, Zhao YY, Guo HY, Li R, Qiao J. [Clinical risk factors of cesarean scar pregnancies]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 102:2495-2499. [PMID: 36008319 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20211208-02735] [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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Objective: To explore the risk factors related to cesarean scar pregnancies (CSP). Methods: Among the patients during July 2016 to June 2021 in Peking University Third Hospital, 596 cases of CSP patients were included as study group, and 1 192 cases of intrauterine pregnancy(IUP) women with history of cesarean section(s) were chosen as control group through stratified sampling according to the civil year of previous cesarean section matched with CSP group. The correlation between the general situation of patients, the history of gravidity and parity, the history of surgeries in uterine cavity and the previous cesarean section and the occurrence of CSP was explored through multivariate logistic regression analysis. Results: The current age of 596 CSP patients was (34.6±4.4) years, and that of 1 192 IUP patients was (35.6±3.6) years (P<0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the following factors may increase the risk of CSP: age<35 years old (OR=2.306, 95%CI: 1.774-2.998), history of medical abortion (OR=1.629, 95%CI 1.102-2.407), pregnancy interval<2 years from the last cesarean section (OR=2.147, 95%CI: 1.237-3.726), pregnancy interval ≥8 years from the last cesarean section (OR=1.474, 95%CI: 1.110-1.957), history of surgeries in uterine cavity before the last cesarean section (OR=2.558, 95%CI: 1.809-3.615), history of surgeries in uterine cavity after the last cesarean section (OR=8.020, 95%CI: 5.966-10.781), previous cesarean delivery ≥2 times (OR=14.051, 95%CI: 9.699-20.356) and history of previous cesarean sections before labor (OR=2.683, 95%CI: 1.930-3.731)(all P<0.05). Conclusions: The occurrence of CSP is related to the age of patients, the history of medical abortion, pregnancy interval, the history of surgeries in uterine cavity and the previous cesarean section, among which previous cesarean delivery ≥2 times and history of surgeries in uterine cavity after the last cesarean section are the strongly associated risk factors.
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- C Wang
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital; National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital; National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital; National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital; National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital; National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital; National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology; Key Laboratory of Assisted Reproduction (Peking University), Ministry of Education; Beijing Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology and Assisted Reproductive Technology (Peking University Third Hospital), Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital; National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology; Key Laboratory of Assisted Reproduction (Peking University), Ministry of Education; Beijing Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology and Assisted Reproductive Technology (Peking University Third Hospital), Beijing 100191, China
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He TH, Zhang J, Yin ZN, Zhang X, Li Y, Wu Y, Li HJ, Liang HM, Xue LX, Guo HY. [The composition of ascites lymphocytes in high-grade serous ovarian cancer and its correlation with clinical features]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 101:2375-2381. [PMID: 34404130 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20210211-00409] [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: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the composition of ascites lymphocytes in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) and its correlation with clinical features. Methods: A total of 59 newly-diagnosed HGSOC patients, aged (58±11) years old, who were treated at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Peking University Third Hospital from July 2019 to December 2020 were included, collecting ascites and peritoneal irrigation fluid respectively. Detect the proportion of T, B, NK cell and its subpopulations by flow cytometry, and analyze its correlation with the clinical characteristics of patients. Results: Among 59 patients, 48 patients (81.4%) had ascites, and 11 patients (18.6%) had no ascites. Compared with the peritoneal irrigation fluid, the CD3+T (70.2%±15.6% vs 78.1%±6.7%, P=0.014), CD8+T (38.3%±11.2% vs 47.7%±10.1%, P=0.014) and CD16-CD56bright NK [2.0% (0.8%, 3.6%) vs 4.2% (1.5%, 7.1%), P=0.026] cells were significantly decreased in the ascites, while the CD16+CD56dim NK cells was significantly increased [6.8% (2.8%, 15.7%) vs 2.6% (1.6%, 4.3%), P=0.008]. In patients with ascites volume ≥1 000 ml, CD16-CD56bright NK cells were significantly increased than those ascites volume<1 000 ml [3.1% (1.2%, 3.9%) vs 0.8% (0.4%, 2.3%), P=0.002]. Age was significantly positively correlated with the level of CD4+T cells (r=0.332, P=0.021) and the ratio of CD4+T/CD8+T (r=0.379, P=0.008) in ascites. In ascites from patients with poor response to treatment, the proportion of CD4+T cells was increased significantly than those with better response (64.7%±4.2% vs 48.3%±11.7%, P=0.002). Conclusion: The formation of ascites in newly diagnosed high-grade serous epithelial ovarian cancer patients would affect the lymphocyte composition in the abdominal cavity microenvironment, which is related to the patient's age, cancer progression and treatment response.
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- T H He
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China
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- Center of Basic Medical Research, Institute of Medical Innovation and Research, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China
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- Center of Basic Medical Research, Institute of Medical Innovation and Research, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China
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- Center of Basic Medical Research, Institute of Medical Innovation and Research, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China
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Watkins JG, Wang HQ, Thomas D, Murphy C, Taussig D, Ren J, Chrobak C, Guo HY. Langmuir probe array for the small angle slot divertor in DIII-D. Rev Sci Instrum 2021; 92:053523. [PMID: 34243254 DOI: 10.1063/5.0043870] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The DIII-D small angle slot (SAS) divertor is designed for divertor physics studies with enhanced neutral confinement and special target geometries in a closed divertor. The closed nature of the SAS makes optical diagnostic measurements difficult, so a specially designed, multipurpose array of Langmuir probes has been implemented to study the plasma conditions in and around the slot. The probes are spaced to provide at least 2 mm resolution (shorter than the energy decay length) of the near scrape-off layer when mapped to the outer mid-plane. Due to space limitations at the bottom of the slot, a novel spring-loaded probe and tile design was developed to clamp several short rooftop probe tips and insulators to the cooled baseplate. Initial probe measurements revealed tile to tile edge shadowing, especially where magnetic field line surface angles were less than 1°. Additionally, it was found, using three Langmuir probes (at 90°, 180°, and 270°), that the strike point variation of ±5 mm radially around the torus was not well aligned with the circular slot geometry [Watkins et al., Nucl. Mater. Energy 18, 46 (2019)]. These issues were resolved by (1) designing tiles with all probes mounted near the tile center instead of near the edges and (2) aligning these new custom tiles to the measured strike point toroidal surface with a very accurate laser scanning alignment tool. Post-alignment Langmuir probe measurements and plasma behavior demonstrated close agreement at two separate toroidal locations that were 45° apart.
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- J G Watkins
- Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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Xu B, Li HJ, Jia WL, Gong P, Zhou Y, Gao Y, Sun T, Liu ZH, Guo HY. [Clinical study of dienogest in the treatment of refractory endometriosis-associated pain]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2021; 56:178-184. [PMID: 33874712 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112141-20200525-00444] [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: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of dienogest (DNG) in the treatment of refractory endometriosis-associated pain (REAP). Methods: In this study, REAP was defined according to the following criteria: (1) the pain duration was ≥12 months and visual analogue scale (VAS)≥60 mm; (2) the previous treatments with over two medicines like oral contraceptives and levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system failed to achieve satisfactory relief of pain, with VAS reduction less than 50%; with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist or mifepristone, the pain could be controlled temporarily, but it recurred after discontinuation of medicines; (3) the pain could not be relieved by surgery or even repeated surgeries. In the present study, 48 patients with REAP were treated with DNG 2 mg/day orally and the clinical outcomes were retrospectively analyzed. The VAS scores, levels of CA125, estradiol, FSH, LH and changes in the size of endometriotic lesions before and after treatment were compared respectively. The side effects were also analyzed. Results: The average duration of DNG treatment was (20.1±12.8) months. After 3 months of medication, the VAS score was significantly reduced from (77.9±15.8) mm to (20.8±10.7) mm (P<0.01), and CA125 level was significantly reduced from (95±139) kU/L to (38±45) kU/L (P<0.05). The effects were maintained with continuation of DNG treatment. Endometriotic lesions tended to shrink, after 12 months of DNG treatment, the size of ovarian endometriomas was reduced significantly from (3.1±1.0) cm to (1.9±1.2) cm (P<0.05). The mean level of estradiol was maintained at 124.82-221.04 pmol/L and levels of FSH and LH did not change significantly during the treatment. The major side effect was irregular bleeding (75%, 36/48). Conclusions: DNG could effectively relieve REAP and is a well-tolerated therapy. It may supply an alternative option for patients with REAP.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Haidian Section of Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100080, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Haidian Section of Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100080, China
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- Department of Imaging Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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Huang XX, Chi JF, Guo HY. [Research progress of exosomes in the treatment of doxorubicin-related cardiotoxicity]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2021; 60:380-383. [PMID: 33765711 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20200411-00360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- X X Huang
- Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310016, China Shaoxing People's Hospital(Shaoxing Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine), Shaoxing 312000, China
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- Shaoxing People's Hospital(Shaoxing Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine), Shaoxing 312000, China
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- Shaoxing People's Hospital(Shaoxing Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine), Shaoxing 312000, China
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Wang L, Wang HQ, Ding S, Garofalo AM, Gong XZ, Eldon D, Guo HY, Leonard AW, Hyatt AW, Qian JP, Weisberg DB, McClenaghan J, Fenstermacher ME, Lasnier CJ, Watkins JG, Shafer MW, Xu GS, Huang J, Ren QL, Buttery RJ, Humphreys DA, Thomas DM, Zhang B, Liu JB. Integration of full divertor detachment with improved core confinement for tokamak fusion plasmas. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1365. [PMID: 33649306 PMCID: PMC7921092 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21645-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Divertor detachment offers a promising solution to the challenge of plasma-wall interactions for steady-state operation of fusion reactors. Here, we demonstrate the excellent compatibility of actively controlled full divertor detachment with a high-performance (βN ~ 3, H98 ~ 1.5) core plasma, using high-βp (poloidal beta, βp > 2) scenario characterized by a sustained core internal transport barrier (ITB) and a modest edge transport barrier (ETB) in DIII-D tokamak. The high-βp high-confinement scenario facilitates divertor detachment which, in turn, promotes the development of an even stronger ITB at large radius with a weaker ETB. This self-organized synergy between ITB and ETB, leads to a net gain in energy confinement, in contrast to the net confinement loss caused by divertor detachment in standard H-modes. These results show the potential of integrating excellent core plasma performance with an efficient divertor solution, an essential step towards steady-state operation of reactor-grade plasmas.
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- L Wang
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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- General Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA.
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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- General Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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Wang ZH, Qi SG, Zhang H, Mao PX, He YL, Li J, Xiao SY, Peng HM, Sun WW, Guo HY, Liu M. [Impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on anxiety among the elderly in community]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 100:3179-3185. [PMID: 33142403 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20200720-02167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To compare the prevalence of anxiety among old people before and during the COVID-19 epidemic in China, and to provide scientific evidence for psychological intervention of the elderly during public health emergencies. Methods: In 2019, the National Psychological Care Project for the Elderly was launched, covering 818 communities across the country, and 188 407 subjects received psychological assessment. In April and May 2020, a convenient sample of 6 467 aged 65 and above subjects were followed up on the anxiety status and its influencing factors during the epidemic period by using structurized questionnaire. Data collection and management were carried out using the national elderly psychological care project data collection platform. McNemar test was used to compare the difference of the prevalence of anxiety among elderly before (October 2019 to January 23, 2020) and during the epidemic (April-May 2020). The difference of the prevalence of anxiety among elderly with different characteristics was compared by chi square test. The influencing factors of anxiety before and during the epidemic situation were analyzed by multivariate logistic regression model. Results: The prevalence of anxiety symptoms in the elderly population was 4.95% (95%CI: 4.42%-5.48%) before the outbreak of COVID-19, and 10.10% (95%CI: 9.36%-10.83%) during the epidemic which was twice as high as before the outbreak. The difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the risk factors of anxiety symptoms before the outbreak were with one underlying disease (OR=1.57, 95%CI: 1.05-2.37), with two or more underlying diseases (OR=3.10, 95%CI: 2.13-4.51), and the protective factors were with hobbies, good relationship between children, good relationship with spouse, positive aging attitude and good psychological resilience (all P<0.05). The risk factors of developing anxiety symptoms during the epidemic were living in rural areas (OR=1.77, 95%CI: 1.42-2.20), participating in social activities regularly (OR=1.23, 95%CI: 1.02-1.48), having a good relationship with friends (OR=1.42, 95%CI: 1.11-1.82) and were quarantined or people around were quarantined for medical observation (OR=2.80, 95% CI: 1.90-4.13). Conclusion: The COVID-19 epidemic leads to a double increase in anxiety among the elderly. We should pay more attention to the psychological state of the elderly in rural area and who is being quarantined or people around being quarantined for medical observation.
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
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- Department of Geriatrics of Beijing Anding Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 100088, China
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- Department of Psychiatry at Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Mental Health Center of Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- School of Sociology and Psychology, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 100081, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
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- Department of Ageing and Health of National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, Beijing 100044, China
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Sun ZZ, Huang XX, Lin N, Lu WW, Guo HY. [Dihydromyricin alleviates doxorubicin-induced myocardial injury by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome in rats]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2020; 49:1046-1051. [PMID: 32992421 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20200108-00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the protective effect of dihydromyricetin (DHM) on doxorubicin (DOX)-induced myocardial injury and its mechanism. Methods: Twenty-four healthy male SD rats were divided into 4 groups: control group, DOX group, DOX+DHM100 group and DOX+DHM200 group. Echocardiography was used to measure cardiac function. At the end of the 6th week, the rats were anesthetized and sacrificed, and the pathological changes of the cardiac tissues were observed by HE staining, Masson staining and WGA staining. Cardiomyocyte apoptosis was observed by TUNEL staining, and protein levels of NLRP3, caspase-1, IL-1β, bax and bcl-2 were detected by Western blot and immunohistochemistry. Results: Compared with the control group, the left ventricular ejection fraction and left ventricular fractional shortening decreased significantly in DOX group, while left ventricular internal dimension at systole and left ventricular internal dimension at diastole increased. In DOX+DHM group, both left ventricular ejection fraction and left ventricular fractional shortening increased, while left ventricular internal dimension at systole and left ventricular internal dimension at diastole decreased (P<0.05). Furthermore, DOX group showed significant myocardial injury histologically, while DOX+DHM group significantly inhibited DOX-induced myocardial injury in rats. Meanwhile, cardiomyocyte hypertrophy was found in the DOX group, while the cardiomyocyte hypertrophy was notably inhibited in the DOX+DHM group. Compared with the control group, the apoptotic rates of cardiomyocytes and the levels of bax/bcl-2 ratio were significantly increased in DOX group, which were significantly alleviated in the DOX+DHM group (P<0.05). In addition, the levels of NLRP3, caspase-1 and IL-1β were increased as compared with control group, while the levels of the above indicators were remarkably reversed in DOX+DHM group as compared with DOX group (P<0.05). Conclusion: DHM alleviates DOX-induced myocardial injury in rats by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome and reducing cardiomyocyte apoptosis.
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Clinical Medical College, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325025, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310020, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the Second Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medicine University, Hangzhou 310053, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310020, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Clinical Medical College, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325025, Zhejiang Province, China
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Yu M, Xiang Y, Ma XX, Xue FX, Feng LM, Wang DB, Huang XH, Zhang Y, Zhang GN, Cao DY, Chen CL, Chen J, Cheng WW, Cui ZM, Di W, Guo HY, Hu LN, Li CZ, Li XM, Liang ZQ, Liu AJ, Liu CD, Meng YG, Shen DH, Wan XP, Wang ZH, Xu L, Yang XS, Zhu GH, Lang JH. [Advices on standards of endometrial cancer screening]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2020; 55:307-311. [PMID: 32464717 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112141-20200201-00070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Wang HQ, Guo HY, Xu GS, Leonard AW, Wu XQ, Groth M, Jaervinen AE, Watkins JG, Osborne TH, Thomas DM, Eldon D, Stangeby PC, Turco F, Xu JC, Wang L, Wang YF, Liu JB. First Evidence of Local E×B Drift in the Divertor Influencing the Structure and Stability of Confined Plasma near the Edge of Fusion Devices. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:195002. [PMID: 32469565 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.195002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The structure of the edge plasma in a magnetic confinement system has a strong impact on the overall plasma performance. We uncover for the first time a magnetic-field-direction dependent density shelf, i.e., local flattening of the density radial profile near the magnetic separatrix, in high confinement plasmas with low edge collisionality in the DIII-D tokamak. The density shelf is correlated with a doubly peaked density profile near the divertor target plate, which tends to occur for operation with the ion B×∇B drift direction away from the X-point, as currently employed for DIII-D advanced tokamak scenarios. This double-peaked divertor plasma profile is connected via the E×B drifts, arising from a strong radial electric field induced by the radial electron temperature gradient near the divertor target. The drifts lead to the reversal of the poloidal flow above the divertor target, resulting in the formation of the density shelf. The edge density shelf can be further enhanced at higher heating power, preventing large, periodic bursts of the plasma, i.e., edge-localized modes, in the edge region, consistent with ideal magnetohydrodynamics calculations.
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- H Q Wang
- General Atomics, Post Office Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
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- General Atomics, Post Office Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- General Atomics, Post Office Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, FI-00076, Aalto, Finland
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Post Office Box 969, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- General Atomics, Post Office Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
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- General Atomics, Post Office Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
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- General Atomics, Post Office Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
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- University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, 4925 Dufferin St., Toronto M3H 5T6, Canada
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- Columbia University, 500 West 120th St., New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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Qian ZP, Mei X, Zhang YY, Zou Y, Zhang ZG, Zhu H, Guo HY, Liu Y, Ling Y, Zhang XY, Wang JF, Lu HZ. [Analysis of baseline liver biochemical parameters in 324 cases with novel coronavirus pneumonia in Shanghai area]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2020; 28:229-233. [PMID: 32270660 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501113-20200229-00076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Objective: To summarize the clinical characteristics and liver biochemical parameters of 324 cases admitted with novel coronavirus pneumonia in Shanghai area. Methods: Clinical data and baseline liver biochemical parameters of 324 cases with novel coronavirus pneumonia admitted to the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center from January 20, 2020 to February 24, 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into two groups based on the status of illness: mild type (mild and typical) and severe type (severe and critical).The differences in clinical data and baseline liver biochemical parameters of the two groups were described and compared. The t-test and Wilcoxon rank-sum test were used for measurement data. The enumeration data were expressed by frequency and rate, and chi-square test was used. Results: Of the 324 cases with novel coronavirus pneumonia, 26 were severe cases (8%), with median onset of 5 days, 20 cases were HBsAg positive (6.2%), and 70 cases (21.6%) with fatty liver, diagnosed with X-ray computed tomography. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), γ-glutamyl transferase (GGT), total bilirubin (TBil), albumin(ALB) and international normalized ratio (INR) of 324 cases at baseline were 27.86 ± 20.02 U/L, 29.33 ± 21.02 U/L, 59.93 ± 18.96 U / L, 39.00 ± 54.44 U/L, 9.46 ± 4.58 μmol / L, 40.64 ± 4.13 g / L and 1.02 ± 0.10. Of which, ALT was > than the upper limit of normal (> ULN), accounting for 15.7% (51/324). ALT and AST > ULN, accounting for 10.5% (34/324). ALP > ULN, accounting for 1.2% (4/324). ALP and GGT > ULN, accounting for 0.9% (3/324). INR > ULN was lowest, accounting for 0.6% (2/324). There were no statistically significant differences (P > 0.05) in ALT [(21.5 vs. 26) U / L, P = 0.093], ALP [(57 vs.59) U/L, P = 0.674], and GGT [(24 vs.28) U/L, P = 0.101] between the severe group and the mild group. There were statistically significant differences in AST (23 U/L vs. 34 U/L, P < 0.01), TBil (10.75 vs. 8.05 μmol / L, P < 0.01), ALB (35.79 ± 4.75 vs. 41.07 ± 3.80 g/L, P < 0.01), and INR (1.00 vs. 1.04, P < 0.01). Conclusion: The baseline liver biochemical parameters of 324 cases with novel coronavirus pneumonia in Shanghai area was comparatively lower and the liverinjury degree was mild, and the bile duct cell damage was rare.
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- Department of Severe Hepatology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Infection and Immunology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Severe Hepatology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Severe Hepatology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Severe Hepatology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Severe Hepatology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Severe Hepatology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Severe Hepatology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Education, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Severe Hepatology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Severe Hepatology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China; Department of Infection and Immunology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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Zhang BY, Li MM, Liu AM, Wu WT, Guo HY, Gao XY, Wu CL, Shang SH, Yan H, Dang SN. [The association between the frequency of prenatal care in childbearing aged women and risk of small for gestational age among neonatal twins in Shaanxi Province]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 54:129-132. [PMID: 32074697 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2020.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the association between the frequency of prenatal care in childbearing aged women and risk of small for gestational age (SGA) among neonatal twins in Shaanxi Province. Methods: From July to December 2013, a total of 30 027 childbearing aged women, who were pregnant from January 2010 to November 2013 and had definite outcomes, were selected from 30 districts (counties) of Shaanxi Province by using the multi-stage random sampling method. The questionnaires with a face-to-face survey method were used to retrospectively collect demographic information, pregnancy history, lifestyle during pregnancy, disease history, nutritional supplements, and health care during pregnancy. Information on the gestational age and birth weight of the newborn were obtained by consulting the medical certificate of birth and were registered as twin A and twin B by birth order. Finally, 356 childbearing aged women and their twin babies with complete data were included in the analysis. A generalized estimation equation model was used to analyze the association between the frequency of prenatal care and the risk of SGA among neonatal twins. Results: The age of childbearing aged women was (27.44±4.68) years old, of which 79.49% (283 women) were rural residents and 44.38% (158 women) had seven or more times prenatal care. The gestational age and birth weight were (37.64±2.51) weeks and (2 510±497) g, respectively. The prevalence of SGA was 51.40% (183/356) for twin A and 53.37% (190/356) for twin B, respectively. The prevalence of SGA was 44.30% (70/158) for twin A with seven or more times prenatal care and 42.41% (67/158) for twin B with seven or more times prenatal care, which was lower than that for twins with less than seven times prenatal care, respectively [57.07% (113/198) and 62.12% (123/198)] (P values were 0.017 and <0.001). The results of generalized estimation equation model suggested that compared to those with less than seven times prenatal care, after adjusting for parity, birth order, place of residence, maternal age, occupation, education, family wealth index, passive smoking, pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome, folic acid, and iron supplement during perinatal period, and gender of the newborn, the OR (95%CI) of risk of SGA among childbearing aged women with seven or more times prenatal care was 0.60 (0.40-0.91). Conclusion: Seven or more times prenatal care could reduce the risk of SGA among neonatal twins in Shanxi Province.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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Zhu L, Xu DM, Wu WZ, Xu HN, Liu J, Liu LY, Fan QL, Guo HY, Shi W, Li HJ, Cao YN. [Effect of thunder-fire moxibustion combined with vibration training on low back pain of primary osteoporosis]. Zhongguo Zhen Jiu 2020; 40:17-20. [PMID: 31930893 DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20190509-k0005] [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: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the therapeutic effect of thunder-fire moxibustion combined with vibration training and simple vibration training on low back pain of primary osteoporosis by Young's modulus of ultrasonic wave, and seek an objective evaluating method. METHODS A total of 60 patients were randomized into an observation group and a control group, 30 cases in each one. The patients in the two groups were treated with vibration training using whole body vibration treatment bed. In the observation group, thunder-fire moxibustion was applied at Yaoyangguan (GV 3), Mingmen (GV 4), Ganshu (BL 18), Shenshu (BL 23) and Dachangshu (BL 25). The treatment was given once every other day, 3 times a week for 4 weeks. The visual analogue score (VAS), real-time shear wave elastography (RTSWE) and medical outcomes study 36-item short-form hearth survey (SF-36) were used to evaluate pain intensity, multifidus muscle tone (Young's modulus) and quality of life before treatment, after 4-week treatment and 1 month after treatment. RESULTS Compared before treatment, the VAS scores, Young's modulus of multifidus muscle and 5 dimensions of SF-36 (physical condition, body pain, general health, social function and mental health) after 4-week treatment and 1 month after treatment were significantly improved in the two groups (all P<0.05), the physiological role in the observation group after 4-week treatment and 1 month after treatment were improved (both P<0.05). In the observation group, the VAS scores, Young's modulus of multifidus muscle and 3 dimensions of SF-36 (physiological role, body pain and general health) after 4-week treatment and 1 month after treatment were superior to the control group (all P<0.05). CONCLUSION The therapeutic effect of thunder-fire moxibustion combined with vibration training is superior to simple vibration training in relieving low back pain intensity and multifidus muscle tone, and improving quality of life for primary osteoporosis. RTSWE technique can be an objective examination method to evaluate pain.
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- Lu Zhu
- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of CM, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of CM, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of CM, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of CM, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of CM, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of CM, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of CM, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of CM, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of CM, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of CM, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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Li MM, Zhang BY, Shi GS, Guo HY, Li SS, Wu WT, Mi BB, Dang SN, Yan H. [Association between congenital heart disease and maternal disease in early pregnancy in women of childbearing age]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2019; 40:1130-1133. [PMID: 31594159 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2019.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the relationship between maternal disease in early pregnancy of women of childbearing age and congenital heart disease of neonates. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used in this study and stratified multistage random sampling method was used. A questionnaire survey was conducted in the childbearing-aged women during 2010-2013 in Shaanxi province. Propensity score (PS) matched (1∶1) analysis was used to match participants with diseases to those without disease in early pregnancy. Through the control of the confounders step by step, a logistic regression model was established to evaluate the ORs of congenital heart disease according to the independent variable of maternal disease. Results: A total of 28 680 pairs of mothers and infants were included in this study, the proportion of the women with disease in early pregnancy was 20.25% (5 807). After PS matching, 5 436 pairs were matched. After adjusting all confounding factors, the multivariable logistic regression analysis results showed that maternal disease (OR=1.86, 95%CI: 1.23-2.81), especially cold (OR=2.19, 95%CI: 1.46-3.28), gynecological disease (OR=4.74, 95%CI: 2.03-11.09) and diabetes (OR=14.00, 95%CI: 1.64-119.21), in early pregnancy were the risk factors for congenital heart disease of neonate. Conclusion: In women of childbearing age, disease in early pregnancy, especially cold, gynecological disease and diabetes, can increase the risk of congenital heart disease in neonates.
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- M M Li
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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Zhang CJ, Chi JF, Zheng LR, Guo HY. [Research progress on the treatment of cryptogenic stroke with patent foramen ovale]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2019; 58:701-704. [PMID: 31461825 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1426.2019.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- C J Zhang
- Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310016, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital(Shaoxing Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine), Shaoxing 312000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital(Shaoxing Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine), Shaoxing 312000, China
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Lin H, Zhang J, Meng LP, Ni TJ, Gao FD, Chi JF, Guo HY, Xu FK. [Impact of Herpud1 in the homocysteine-induced phenotypic switching of vascular smooth muscle cells]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2019; 47:561-569. [PMID: 31365998 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3758.2019.07.010] [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: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the impact of homocysteine inducible endoplasmic reticulum(ER) protein with ubiquitin like domain 1 protein (Herpud1) in the homocysteine (Hcy) -induced phenotypic switching of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Methods: VSMCs were derived from thoracic aortic artery of male Sprague Dawley rats and cultured VSMCs (4-7 passage) were treated with various concentrations of Hcy (0, 100, 500 and 1 000 μmol/L) and applied to immunofluorescence to observe the morphological changes of VSMCs via SM-actin staining. Western blot was used to detect the expression of VSMCs phenotypic markers, including Osteopontin, Calponin and smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (SM-MHC) and the expression of endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) related proteins, including C/EBP-homologous protein (CHOP), inositol-requiring kinase 1 (IRE-1) and glucose regulating protein 78 (GRP78) in the absence and presence of non-selective inhibitor of ERS, 4-phenylbutyric acid (4-PBA, 2 mg/ml). The Herpud1 mRNA and protein levels were determined in Hcy-stimulated VSMCs treated with 4-PBA or transfected with specific siRNA targeting Herpud1. Results: Compared with the control group, SM-actin staining results showed that the shape of VSMCs treated with different concentrations of Hcy for 24 hours changed from long fusiform into round form, arrangement of myofilament became irregular and the most significant alteration was found in the 500 μmol/L Hcy group. After intervention of 24 hours, various concentration of Hcy increased protein expression of Osteopontin, and reduced Calponin and SM-MHC protein expressions in VSMCs (all P<0.05). In addition, the results showed that Hcy increased the expression of CHOP, IRE-1 and GRP78 in a dose-dependent manner, which could be reversed by 4-PBA treatment (all P<0.05). However, 4-PBA inhibited Hcy induced upregulation of Osteopontin and downregulation of Calponin and SM-MHC, suggesting that ERS was involved in Hcy-induced phenotypic switching of VSMCs. Herpud1 protein was mostly expressed in the cytoplasm and was also expressed in the nucli, both in the control, Hcy and Hcy+4-PBA groups. Moreover, Hcy increased mRNA and protein levels of Herpud1 (P<0.05), whereas treatment with 4-PBA could significantly reduce Hcy-induced upregulation of Herpud1 (P<0.05). Furthermore, knockdown of Herpud1 abrogated the effects of Hcy on VSMCs phenotype markers. Conclusion: Herpud1 plays an important role in Hcy-induced phenotypic switching of VSMCs.
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- Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital (Shaoxing Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine), Shaoxing 312000, China
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- First Clinical and Information Engineering College of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital (Shaoxing Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine), Shaoxing 312000, China
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- Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- Second Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital (Shaoxing Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine), Shaoxing 312000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital (Shaoxing Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine), Shaoxing 312000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital (Shaoxing Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine), Shaoxing 312000, China
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Xu GS, Yang QQ, Yan N, Wang YF, Xu XQ, Guo HY, Maingi R, Wang L, Qian JP, Gong XZ, Chan VS, Zhang T, Zang Q, Li YY, Zhang L, Hu GH, Wan BN. Promising High-Confinement Regime for Steady-State Fusion. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:255001. [PMID: 31347864 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.255001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Revised: 05/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A reproducible stationary high-confinement regime with small "edge-localized modes" (ELMs) has been achieved recently in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak, which has a metal wall and low plasma rotation as projected for a fusion reactor. We have uncovered that this small ELM regime is enabled by a wide edge transport barrier (pedestal) with a low density gradient and a high density ratio between the pedestal foot and top. Nonlinear simulations reveal, for the first time, that the underlying mechanism for the observed small ELM crashes is the upper movement of the peeling boundary induced by an initial radially localized collapse in the pedestal, which stops the growth of instabilities and further collapse of the pedestal, thus providing a physics basis for mitigating ELMs in future steady-state fusion reactors.
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- G S Xu
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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Gao HN, Guo HY, Zhang H, Xie XL, Wen PC, Ren FZ. Yak-milk-derived exosomes promote proliferation of intestinal epithelial cells in an hypoxic environment. J Dairy Sci 2018; 102:985-996. [PMID: 30580945 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2018-14946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Intestinal epithelial cells (IEC) are an important part of the intestinal barrier. Barrier function was disrupted under hypoxia, but milk-derived exosomes can regulate the intestinal barrier function. However, the mechanisms underlying the association between yak milk exosomes and hypoxia in IEC remain poorly understood. In this follow-up study, we proposed an effective optimization method for purifying yak-milk-derived exosomes. The Western blot analyses indicated that the expression of the proteins of the endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (TSG101), proteins of the tetraspanin family (CD63), and heat shock protein 70 (Hsp-70) proteins from yak-milk-derived exosomes were significantly higher than those in cow-milk-derived exosomes. Flow cytometry analysis showed that yak milk had 3.7 times the number of exosomes compared with cow milk. Moreover, we explored whether yak milk exosomes could facilitate intestinal cell survival under hypoxic conditions in vitro. The 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide results showed that yak-milk-derived exosomes significantly increased survival of IEC-6 cells with rates of up to 29% for cells incubated in hypoxic conditions for 12 h, compared with those of cow-milk-derived exosomes posttreatment (rates of up to 22% for cells incubated in hypoxic conditions for 12 h). Confocal microscopy revealed that the IEC-6 cells uptake more yak-milk-derived exosomes than cow milk in hypoxic conditions. Furthermore, the Western blot analyses indicated that yak-milk-derived exosomes significantly promote oxygen-sensitive prolyl hydroxylase (PHD)-1 expression and decrease the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-α and its downstream target vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the IEC-6 cells. Further, yak-milk-derived exosomes significantly inhibited p53 levels. In conclusion, our findings demonstrate that yak-milk-derived exosomes more effectively activate the hypoxia-inducible factor signaling pathway, thus promoting IEC-6 cell survival, which may result in higher hypoxia tolerance than cow-milk-derived exosomes.
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- H N Gao
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, China
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- Treasure of Tibet Yak Dairy Co., Ltd., Lhasa, 610000, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, China.
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Feng DL, Zhuo LD, Lu D, Li H, Wang Y, Guo HY. [Osteogenic potential of different adipose derived stem cells in rats]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 53:771-776. [PMID: 30419659 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1002-0098.2018.11.010] [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: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To compare the in vitro osteogenic ability of brown adipose stem cells (BADSC) and white adipose stem cells (WADSC), and to provide evidence for further research and clinical application of adipose-derived stem cells. Methods: The brown fat under the scapula of SD rats and the white adipose tissue in the groin were isolated and obtained BADSC and WADSC. The morphology of the cells was observed by an inverted phase contrast microscope, and the cell count was used to detect the proliferative ability. After osteogenic induction, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) staining and alizarin red staining were performed. The expression of the osteogenic marker gene [Runt-related transcription factor-2 (RUNX2), osteocalcin] was detected by quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). Results: Both BADSC and WADSC were osteogenic. The ALP activity of BADSC was significantly greater than that of WADSC at each time point after osteogenic induction. After 5 weeks of osteogenic induction, BADSC formed a larger area of calcium nodules (accumulated optical density was 92 558±1 507), which was significantly greater than WADSC (accumulated optical density was 52 319±1 786) (t=29.81, P<0.05). The expression of BADSC osteogenic marker genes (RUNX2 and osteocalcin) was significantly higher than that of WADSC (P<0.05). Conclusions: Both BADSC and WADSC have the potential for osteogenic differentiation, but BADSC has better osteogenic differentiation ability than WADSC.
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- Shanxi Medical University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Taiyuan 030001, China (Present address: Stomatological Center, Armed Police General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China)
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- Stomatological Center, Armed Police General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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- Institute of Military Medicine, Academy of Military Sciences, Beijing 100850, China (Present address: Department of Plastic Surgery, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100853, China)
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- Institute of Military Medicine, Academy of Military Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Institute of Military Medicine, Academy of Military Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Shanxi Medical University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Taiyuan 030001, China (Stomatological Center, Armed Police General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China)
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Xu JC, Wang L, Xu GS, Zhu DH, Feng W, Liu JB, Deng GZ, Lan H, Yao DM, Luo GN, Guo HY. Design of Langmuir probe diagnostic system for the upgraded lower tungsten divertor in EAST tokamak. Rev Sci Instrum 2018; 89:10J127. [PMID: 30399710 DOI: 10.1063/1.5038822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In order to achieve long-pulse H-mode plasma scenario over 400 s with high heating power in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) device, the lower graphite divertor will be upgraded into a tungsten (W) divertor with active water cooling, which consists of the W/Cu monoblock units and the W flat-tile units as the divertor plasma facing components. As a fundamental diagnostic tool, the divertor Langmuir probe (Div-LP) diagnostic system will be upgraded accordingly. This paper presents the design of two kinds of new Div-LP systems, which are planned to be utilized on the W/Cu monoblock units and the W flat-tile units for the upgraded lower tungsten divertor, respectively, including their structures and preliminary poloidal and toroidal layouts. The Div-LP diagnostic system can measure the plasma parameters with the schemes of triple-probe, double-probe, and single-probe, to obtain the spatial and temporal distribution of plasma behavior on the divertor targets, which is useful for the discharge control and operation in EAST. In addition, the thermal analysis of the two kinds of probe assemblies is also carried out by using the three-dimensional finite element code ANSYS, which is aimed to get the optimal designs to withstand the long-pulse and high-power operation in EAST future experiments.
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- J C Xu
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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Han XT, Guo HY, Kong DL, Han JS, Zhang LF. [Analysis of characteristics and influence factors of diagnostic delay of endometriosis]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2018. [PMID: 29534377 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-567x.2018.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To access the influence factors of diagnostic delay of endometriosis. Methods: We designed a questionnaire of diagnostic delay of endometriosis. From February 2014 to February 2016, 400 patients who had dysmenorrhea and diagnosed with endometriosis by surgery in Peking University Third Hospital were surveyed retrospectively. Time and risk factors of diagnostic delay were analyzed. Results: The diagnostic delay of 400 patients was 13.0 years (0.2-43.0 years), 78.5%(314/400) patients thought pain was a normal phenomenon and didn't see the doctor. Patients who suffered dysmenorrhea at menarche experienced longer diagnostic delay than those who had dysmenorrhea after menarche (18.0 vs 4.5 years; Z=191.800, P<0.01) . Patients who suffered aggravating dysmenorrhea experienced shorter delay time than those who suffered stable or relieving dysmenorrhea (11.0 vs 12.5 vs 18.0 years; Z=8.270, P<0.05) , with the difference statistically significant, single factor analysis shows. Severe dysmenorrhea, deep infiltration endometriosis (DIE) , family history of dysmenorrhea or endometriosis, previous surgical history of endometriosis, high stage, with infertility, adenomyoma or other symptoms, could help to shorten diagnostic delay with no significant difference (P>0.05) . By multiple logistic regression analysis, the results shown that whether have dysmenorrhea at menarche and clinical diagnosis time were the independent factors affecting delayed diagnosis (P<0.01) . Conclusions: Diagnostic delay of endometriosis is common and the mean delay time is 13.0 years mainly due to the unawareness of dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea at menarche, clinical diagnosis time and dysmenorrhea intensity are the factors affecting time of diagnostic delay.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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Hou YL, Gao MD, Guo HY, Wang R, Wang Z, Yu YH, Lou JL, Zhao Y. [Diagnostic value of albumin-bilirubin grade combined with serum ammonia in cirrhosis with hepatic encephalopathy]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 98:127-131. [PMID: 29343038 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2018.02.011] [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: 06/07/2023]
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Objective: To explore the value of albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) grade combined with serum ammonia in the diagnosis of cirrhosis with hepatic encephalopathy (HE). Methods: The serum level of total bilirubin(TBIL), albumin( ALB )and blood ammonia were detected in 139 patients including 73 cirrhosis patients without HE and 66 cirrhosis patients with HE from January 2015 to January 2017 in Beijing You'an Hospital, and the relationship between ALBI and blood ammonia value and Child grade and hepatic encephalopathy was analyzed. Results: The level of ALBI and blood ammonia were more and more higher with the increase of Child grade, the level of ALBI in Child A, B and C were -2.3±0.6, -1.7±0.5, -0.9±0.4, and there was a statistically significant(F=125.100, P<0.001). The blood ammonia concentration in Child A, B and C were(42.6±16.0), (56.1±31.2), (69.8±34.7) μmol/L, and there was a statistically significant(F=7.400, P<0.001). The level of ALBI was higher with the increase of model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) grade, and there was a positive correlation(r=0.547, P<0.001). The ALBI value in the HE group was higher than the cirrhosis patients without HE((-1.1±0.5)vs(-1.6±0.7)), and the difference was statistically significant (t=5.244, P<0.001). Level of blood ammonia in the HE group was(83.6±39.5)μmol/L, which was higher than the level of cirrhosis patients without HE(42.9±17.0)μmol/L, and the difference was statistically significant (t=8.130, P<0.001) . When ALBI and blood ammonia were combined, the ROC curve area was 0.911, the sensitivity was 93.9%, the specificity was 93.2%. Conclusion: There is a significant diagnosis value and high clinical application when ALBI is combined with blood ammonia to diagnose HE .
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- Clinical Laboratory Center, You'an Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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Yin XY, Cheng GH, Guo HY, Wang Q, Li YJ, Zhang H. Single cell transcriptome profiling revealed differences in gene expression during oocyte maturation in Haimen white goats. Genet Mol Res 2017; 16:gmr-16-01-gmr.16019564. [PMID: 28301674 DOI: 10.4238/gmr16019564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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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Juvenile in vitro embryo transfer is an important animal reproductive technology that can shorten the generation interval of livestock, explore the reproductive potential of dams with excellent genetic traits, accelerate genetic progress and production efficiency of the herd, and provide a wealth of genetic resources for livestock breeding. However, oocytes from kids do not develop as well as those from female goats during in vitro maturation. To identify differences during different stages of oocyte maturation, we used single cell transcriptome sequencing to compare gene expression in mature oocytes from kids and female goats. We identified 1086 differentially expressed genes in mature oocytes from kids and female goats. Of these, we observed upregulated expression in 355 genes and downregulated expression in 435 genes. The differentially expressed genes were involved in a total of 245 different pathways; of which 30 were significant (P ≤ 0.05). We used real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction to screen and verify the expression of five genes specifically involved in oocyte maturation (MOS, RPS6KA1, CPEB1, ANAPC13, and CDK1). Further study of these genes will be of great importance for improving the reproductive performance of Haimen white goats.
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetics and Molecular Breeding of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetics and Molecular Breeding of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetics and Molecular Breeding of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetics and Molecular Breeding of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetics and Molecular Breeding of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetics and Molecular Breeding of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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Xu Z, Wu ZW, Gao W, Chen YJ, Wu CR, Zhang L, Huang J, Chang JF, Yao XJ, Gao W, Zhang PF, Jin Z, Hou YM, Guo HY. Filterscope diagnostic system on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). Rev Sci Instrum 2016; 87:11D429. [PMID: 27910502 DOI: 10.1063/1.4961294] [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: 06/06/2023]
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A filterscope diagnostic system has been mounted to observe the line emission and visible bremsstrahlung emission from plasma on the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak during the 2014 campaign. By this diagnostic system, multiple wavelengths including Dα (656.1 nm), Dγ (433.9 nm), He ii (468.5 nm), Li i (670.8 nm), Li ii (548.3 nm), C iii (465.0 nm), O ii (441.5 nm), Mo i (386.4 nm), W i (400.9 nm), and visible bremsstrahlung radiation (538.0 nm) are monitored with corresponding wavelength filters. All these multi-channel signals are digitized at up to 200 kHz simultaneously. This diagnostic plays a crucial role in studying edge localized modes and H-mode plasmas, due to the high temporal resolution and spatial resolution that have been designed into it.
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- Z Xu
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230031, China
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
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Yang YJ, Zhang J, Hou Y, Jiang BY, Pan HF, Wang J, Zhong DY, Guo HY, Zhu Y, Cheng J. Effectiveness and safety of Chinese massage therapy (Tui Na) on post-stroke spasticity: a prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial. Clin Rehabil 2016; 31:904-912. [PMID: 27512098 DOI: 10.1177/0269215516663009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Chinese massage therapy (Tui Na) for patients with post-stroke spasticity. DESIGN A prospective, multicenter, blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled intervention trial. SUBJECT A total of 90 patients with post-stroke spasticity were randomly assigned to the experimental (Tui Na therapy) group ( n = 45) or control (placebo Tui Na therapy) group ( n = 45). INTERVENTION Participants in the experimental group received Tui Na therapy, while those in the control group received placebo-Tai Na (gentle rubbing) for 20-25 minutes per limb, once per day, five days per week for a total of four weeks. All participants in both groups received conventional rehabilitation. MAIN MEASURE The Modified Ashworth Scale, the Fugl-Meyer Assessment and the Modified Barthel Index were used to assess the severity of spasticity, motor function of limbs and activities of daily living, respectively. Assessments were performed at baseline, at four weeks and at three months. RESULTS Tui Na group had a significantly greater reduction in Modified Ashworth Scale in only four muscle groups than the control did (elbow flexors, P = 0.026; wrist flexors, P = 0.005; knee flexors, P = 0.023; knee extensors, P = 0.017). Improvements were sustained at three months follow-up. There was no significant difference between the two groups in Fugl-Meyer Assessment ( P = 0.503) and Modified Barthel Index ( P = 0.544). No adverse reaction was recorded in any of the cases mentioned at all study sites. CONCLUSIONS Tui Na might be a safe and effective treatment to reduce post-stroke spasticity of several muscle groups.
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- Yu-Jie Yang
- 1 The Second Clinical Medical School, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu, China
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- 2 The Graduate School, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu, China
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- 3 The Rehabilitation Department, The Suzhou Industrial Park Loufeng Hospital, Suzhou, China
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- 4 The Rehabilitation Department, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- 5 The Rehabilitation Department, The Taixing Chinese Medicine Hospital, Taixing, China
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- 6 The Rehabilitation Department, The Dandong Hospital, Dandong, China
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- 7 The Rehabilitation Department, The Dayi Chinese Medicine Hospital, Dayi, China
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- 1 The Second Clinical Medical School, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu, China
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- 1 The Second Clinical Medical School, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu, China.,8 Rehabilitation Center, Hainan Provincial Nongken General Hospital, Hainan, China
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- 1 The Second Clinical Medical School, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu, China
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Xu JC, Wang L, Xu GS, Luo GN, Yao DM, Li Q, Cao L, Chen L, Zhang W, Liu SC, Wang HQ, Jia MN, Feng W, Deng GZ, Hu LQ, Wan BN, Li J, Sun YW, Guo HY. Upgrade of Langmuir probe diagnostic in ITER-like tungsten mono-block divertor on experimental advanced superconducting tokamak. Rev Sci Instrum 2016; 87:083504. [PMID: 27587120 DOI: 10.1063/1.4960181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In order to withstand rapid increase in particle and power impact onto the divertor and demonstrate the feasibility of the ITER design under long pulse operation, the upper divertor of the EAST tokamak has been upgraded to actively water-cooled, ITER-like tungsten mono-block structure since the 2014 campaign, which is the first attempt for ITER on the tokamak devices. Therefore, a new divertor Langmuir probe diagnostic system (DivLP) was designed and successfully upgraded on the tungsten divertor to obtain the plasma parameters in the divertor region such as electron temperature, electron density, particle and heat fluxes. More specifically, two identical triple probe arrays have been installed at two ports of different toroidal positions (112.5-deg separated toroidally), which can provide fundamental data to study the toroidal asymmetry of divertor power deposition and related 3-dimension (3D) physics, as induced by resonant magnetic perturbations, lower hybrid wave, and so on. The shape of graphite tip and fixed structure of the probe are designed according to the structure of the upper tungsten divertor. The ceramic support, small graphite tip, and proper connector installed make it possible to be successfully installed in the very narrow interval between the cassette body and tungsten mono-block, i.e., 13.5 mm. It was demonstrated during the 2014 and 2015 commissioning campaigns that the newly upgraded divertor Langmuir probe diagnostic system is successful. Representative experimental data are given and discussed for the DivLP measurements, then proving its availability and reliability.
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- J C Xu
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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Xu GS, Wan BN, Wang HQ, Guo HY, Naulin V, Rasmussen JJ, Nielsen AH, Wu XQ, Yan N, Chen L, Shao LM, Chen R, Wang L, Zhang W. Low-to-High Confinement Transition Mediated by Turbulence Radial Wave Number Spectral Shift in a Fusion Plasma. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 116:095002. [PMID: 26991181 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.095002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2014] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A new model for the low-to-high (L-H) confinement transition has been developed based on a new paradigm for turbulence suppression by velocity shear [G. M. Staebler et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 055003 (2013)]. The model indicates that the L-H transition can be mediated by a shift in the radial wave number spectrum of turbulence, as evidenced here, for the first time, by the direct observation of a turbulence radial wave number spectral shift and turbulence structure tilting prior to the L-H transition at tokamak edge by direct probing. This new mechanism does not require a pretransition overshoot in the turbulent Reynolds stress, shunting turbulence energy to zonal flows for turbulence suppression as demonstrated in the experiment.
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- G S Xu
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
- General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
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- PPFE, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- PPFE, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- PPFE, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
- PPFE, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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Sun YY, Xu HX, Li JH, Shi XQ, Wu JC, Ji R, Guo HY. Phytoremediation of soils contaminated with phenanthrene and cadmium by growing willow (Salix × aureo-pendula CL 'j1011'). Int J Phytoremediation 2016; 18:150-156. [PMID: 26247604 DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2015.1073668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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To assess the phytoremediation potential of an autochthonous willow (Salix × aureo-pendula CL 'J1011') for phenanthrene (PHE)-contaminated soils and PHE-cadmium (PHE-Cd) co-contaminated soils, we conducted field experiments in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China. Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and ethyl lactate were tested for individual and combined effects on the phytoremediation efficiency. For PHE-contaminated soils, willow plus ethyl lactate resulted in significant removal of PHE from soils after 45 days, and the PHE concentration in the shoots was significantly higher with than without ethyl lactate. For PHE-Cd co-contaminated soils, both willow plus EDTA and willow plus EDTA and ethyl lactate led to a significant decrease in the concentrations of PHE and Cd in the soils after 45 days, whereas willow alone did not. The PHE and Cd concentrations in the willow shoots were significantly enhanced in the presence of EDTA alone and with ethyl lactate, except for the PHE concentration in stems with EDTA alone. Under the same treatment, the presence of Cd had no significant influence on the PHE removal from soils. The results indicate the feasibility of using this willow together with both EDTA and ethyl lactate for the simultaneous removal of PHE and Cd from soils.
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- a Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hydrosciences Department, Nanjing University , Nanjing , China
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- a Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hydrosciences Department, Nanjing University , Nanjing , China
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- b Jiangsu Maritime Safety Administrations , Nanjing , China
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- a Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hydrosciences Department, Nanjing University , Nanjing , China
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- a Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hydrosciences Department, Nanjing University , Nanjing , China
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- c State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University , Nanjing , China
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- c State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University , Nanjing , China
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Wang XT, Lv M, Guo HY. Effects of epidural block combined with general anesthesia on antitumor characteristics of T helper cells in hepatocellular carcinoma patients. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2016; 30:67-77. [PMID: 27049077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This study discusses the changes of T helper cells (Th cells) of patients who received different anesthesia methods in liver cancer resection. We selected 122 patients who were diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma and underwent liver cancer resection and divided them into a general anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia group (group A) and general anesthesia group (group B). Peripheral blood was collected to detect Th cells on the day of surgery, and on the second and seventh days after surgery. Th1 and Th2 cell frequency and mRNA expression of interferon-γ (IFN-γ) of all patients significantly rose on the second day but recovered to the previous level on the seventh day. Th1/Th2 increased remarkably on the seventh day compared to the second day. Compared to the day of surgery, Th17, regulatory T (Treg)cells as well as mRNA expression of interleukin-17 (IL-17) and FoxP3 had no obvious changes on the second day, but dramatically declined on the seventh day. Compared to group B, Th1 cell frequency and Th1/Th2 in group A had a slight increase on the second day, and a remarkable increase on the seventh day; but Th2, Th17 and Treg cell frequency in group A slightly decreased on the second day and remarkably decreased on the seventh day. mRNA of IFN-γ, cytokine levels and IFN-γ/IL-4 of group A were all higher than group B on the seventh day, while mRNA of IL-17, concentration of IL-17 as well as concentration of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) in group A were much lower than group B. These findings suggest that improving antitumor activity of Th cells can benefit patients who receive liver cancer resection.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Anesthesia, Epidural
- Anesthesia, General
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/blood
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/genetics
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/immunology
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/pathology
- Cytokines/blood
- Cytokines/genetics
- Cytokines/metabolism
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Humans
- Liver Neoplasms/blood
- Liver Neoplasms/genetics
- Liver Neoplasms/immunology
- Liver Neoplasms/pathology
- Lymphocyte Count
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Nerve Block
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology
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- Second affiliated hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong, China
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- Qianfoshan hospital, Shandong University, Shandong, China
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- Second affiliated hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
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Wang DN, Guo HY, Liu YL, Sun CX, Xu YF, Liu WT. Therapeutic effects of transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells on ConA-induced acute liver injury in mice. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2015; 23:4800-4807. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v23.i30.4800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To assess the therapeutic action of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) on concanavalin A (ConA)-induced acute liver injury in mice.
METHODS: BMMSCs were isolated from bone tissues of C57BL/6 mice, cultured, identified, and labeled with CM-Dil in vitro. C57BL/6 mice were injected with different doses of ConA to find the optimal concentration to generate a mouse model of ConA-induced hepatitis. C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into groups I-IV and a control group. Groups I-IV were injected with CM-Dil labeled BMMSCs at 1 × 105, 5 × 105, 1 × 106, and 1 × 107, respectively. The control group was injected with PBS. Serum levels of liver enzymes [alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST)], cytokines [tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interferon-γ (IFN-γ), and interleukin-4 (IL-4)], histopathology, and localization of BMMSCs were investigated at 24 h after injection.
RESULTS: We collected cells in line with the characteristics of BMMSCs, and the rate of CM-Dil labeling was over 90%. With increasing doses of ConA, the severity of liver injury increased, and 15 mg/kg was the optimal dose for inducing acute liver injury in C57BL/6 mice. Serum levels of ALT, AST, TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-4 and Knodell score were significantly reduced in groups II and III as compared with the control group (P < 0.05). Injected CM-Dil labeled BMMSCs were located in the liver of ConA-injected mice, but were not detected in the heart, lung or spleen.
CONCLUSION: The therapeutic efficacy of BMMSCs for ConA-induced hepatitis is defined. It is possible that BMMSCs migrate to the inflammatory sites and reduce the production of TNF-α, IFN-γ and IL-4 to alleviate liver injury induced by ConA.
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Hu JS, Sun Z, Guo HY, Li JG, Wan BN, Wang HQ, Ding SY, Xu GS, Liang YF, Mansfield DK, Maingi R, Zou XL, Wang L, Ren J, Zuo GZ, Zhang L, Duan YM, Shi TH, Hu LQ. Erratum: New Steady-State Quiescent High-Confinement Plasma in an Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak [Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 055001 (2015)]. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:169901. [PMID: 26550908 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.169901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Yang YJ, He XH, Guo HY, Wang XQ, Zhu Y. Efficiency of muscle strength training on motor function in patients with coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis. Int J Clin Exp Med 2015; 8:17536-17550. [PMID: 26770345 PMCID: PMC4694245] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 10/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Existing literature has shown that patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) can benefit greatly from the strength training; therefore, the strength training should play a more important role in cardiac rehabilitation. However, the medical community may still have conservation to apply the strength training owing to no comprehensive study so far to compare the effectiveness of the strength training to the other trainings, such as aerobic training. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of strength training on motor function in patients with CAD. METHODS Published articles from the earliest date available to July 2015 were identified using electronic searches. Two reviewers selected independently relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating exercise program with strength training versus control interventions (exercise without strength training, including aerobic training and no exercise group) for the treatment of CAD patients. We examined effects of exercise with strength training versus control interventions on peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak), duration of exercise test and muscle strength. Two reviewers extracted data independently. RESULTS Twenty seven trials that represented 1151 participants passed the selection criteria and were evaluated for the effects of strength training in CAD patients. For improving VO2peak [SMD (95%CI) = 0.58 (0.11, 1.06)] and muscle strength [upper limb, SMD (95% CI) =0.44 (0.34, 0.55); lower limb, SMD (95% CI) =0.33 (0.16, 0.50)], exercise program with strength training were significantly more effective than one without it. But there is no significantly difference on duration of exercise test [SMD (95%CI) = 0.17 (-0.04, 0.39)] in strength training group than in control group. CONCLUSIONS We conclude strength training is effective in improving muscle strength and VO2peak, in CAD patients, when compared to patients with control group. Furthermore, our evaluations suggest that strength training does not compromise clinical trial completion or safety.
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- The Second Clinical Medical School, Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineRoad No. 138 Qixia District in Nanjing Xianlin, Nanjing 210000, Jiangsu, China
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- Palmer College of Chiropractic Florida4777 City Centre Parkway Port Orange, FL 32129, USA
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- The Second Clinical Medical School, Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineRoad No. 138 Qixia District in Nanjing Xianlin, Nanjing 210000, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Sport Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of SportShanghai 200438, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical School, Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineRoad No. 138 Qixia District in Nanjing Xianlin, Nanjing 210000, Jiangsu, China
- Rehabilitation Center, Hainan Provincial Nongken Ceneral HospitalHainan, China
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Pan T, Guo HY, Zhang H, Liu AP, Wang XX, Ren FZ. Oral administration of Lactobacillus paracasei alleviates clinical symptoms of colitis induced by dextran sulphate sodium salt in BALB/c mice. Benef Microbes 2015; 5:315-22. [PMID: 24889889 DOI: 10.3920/bm2013.0041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 12/12/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the alleviating effect of Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei LC-01 (LC-01) on the murine model of colitis induced by dextran sulphate sodium (DSS). 50 pathogen-free, 6-week-old male BALB/c mice were divided randomly into 5 groups, including a control group and four DSS-LC-01-treated groups (DSS, DSS-106, DSS-108, and DSS-1010 with 0, 1×106, 1×108 and 1×1010 cfu/ml LC-01, respectively). To test the effectiveness of LC-01 as a prophylactic it was administered for 7 days before the onset of the disease in DSS-LC-01-treated mice. After 7 days, colitis was induced by administration of 2.5% (w/v) DSS in drinking water for a further 7 days. The disease activity index (DAI), histological score, myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity and the level of the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumour necrosis factor α (TNF-α) were measured. DAI, histological scores and MPO activity of mice treated with a medium or high dose of LC-01 were significantly lower compared to a low-dose of LC-01 and DSS treatment alone (P<0.05). Colon length shortening could be prevented with increasing dose of LC-01. In addition, the levels of IL-1β and TNF-α were suppressed significantly by treatment with a medium and high dose of LC-01. However, no significant difference in the indices mentioned above were observed between a low dose of LC-01 and treatment with DSS alone (P≯0.05). An appropriate dose of LC-01 can prevent intestinal damage in mice with DSS-induced colitis. The expression of inflammatory cytokines related to pathogenesis of DSS-induced colitis decreased following treatment with LC-01.
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- Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, and Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, P.O. Box 303, No. 17 Tsinghua East Road, Beijing 100083, China P.R
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- Beijing Higher Institution Engineering Research Center of Animal Product, China Agricultural University, No. 17 Tsinghua East Road, Beijing 100083, China P.R
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- Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, and Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, P.O. Box 303, No. 17 Tsinghua East Road, Beijing 100083, China P.R
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- Mengniu Dairy (Beijing) Company, Beijing 011500, China P.R
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- College of Food Science and Technology Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China P.R
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- Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, and Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, P.O. Box 303, No. 17 Tsinghua East Road, Beijing 100083, China P.R. Beijing Higher Institution Engineering Research Center of Animal Product, China Agricultural University, No. 17 Tsinghua East Road, Beijing 100083, China P.R
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Hu JS, Sun Z, Guo HY, Li JG, Wan BN, Wang HQ, Ding SY, Xu GS, Liang YF, Mansfield DK, Maingi R, Zou XL, Wang L, Ren J, Zuo GZ, Zhang L, Duan YM, Shi TH, Hu LQ. New steady-state quiescent high-confinement plasma in an experimental advanced superconducting tokamak. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 114:055001. [PMID: 25699449 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.055001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A critical challenge facing the basic long-pulse high-confinement operation scenario (H mode) for ITER is to control a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instability, known as the edge localized mode (ELM), which leads to cyclical high peak heat and particle fluxes at the plasma facing components. A breakthrough is made in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak in achieving a new steady-state H mode without the presence of ELMs for a duration exceeding hundreds of energy confinement times, by using a novel technique of continuous real-time injection of a lithium (Li) aerosol into the edge plasma. The steady-state ELM-free H mode is accompanied by a strong edge coherent MHD mode (ECM) at a frequency of 35-40 kHz with a poloidal wavelength of 10.2 cm in the ion diamagnetic drift direction, providing continuous heat and particle exhaust, thus preventing the transient heat deposition on plasma facing components and impurity accumulation in the confined plasma. It is truly remarkable that Li injection appears to promote the growth of the ECM, owing to the increase in Li concentration and hence collisionality at the edge, as predicted by GYRO simulations. This new steady-state ELM-free H-mode regime, enabled by real-time Li injection, may open a new avenue for next-step fusion development.
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China and General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China and Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Association EURATOM-FZ, Jülich D-52425, Germany
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- Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA
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- Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA
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- CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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Cui N, Wen PC, Liang Q, Liu HN, Zhang WB, Wang PJ, Guo HY, Ren FZ. Chemical composition of yak colostrum and transient milk. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2014; 99:825-33. [PMID: 25545664 DOI: 10.1111/jpn.12282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The objective of this study was to assess the changes in the chemical composition of yak colostrum and transient milk. Samples were collected from 12 yaks on days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 post-partum (PP). The gross composition, nitrogen fraction distribution, amino acid (AA) profile and fatty acid (FA) profile were analysed. All the components decreased rapidly during the first 3 days except lactose which increased. The ratio of whey protein to casein protein decreased from 46:54 to 17:83 during the first 7 days PP. The content of all the AAs decreased, while the percentages of eight essential AAs in protein of samples increased during the study period. Monounsaturated FAs and polyunsaturated FAs decreased in the first 7 days PP, whereas saturated FAs increased. In conclusion, the changes in chemical composition were remarkable during the first 3 days. The slight variations, happened during the transient period, are not negligible, which also should be taken into account in the development of yak colostrum supplements.
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Life Science and Engineering, Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Beijing key laboratory of Nutrition, Health & Food Safety, Beijing, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Wang HQ, Xu GS, Wan BN, Ding SY, Guo HY, Shao LM, Liu SC, Xu XQ, Wang E, Yan N, Naulin V, Nielsen AH, Rasmussen JJ, Candy J, Bravenec R, Sun YW, Shi TH, Liang YF, Chen R, Zhang W, Wang L, Chen L, Zhao N, Li YL, Liu YL, Hu GH, Gong XZ. New edge coherent mode providing continuous transport in long-pulse H-mode plasmas. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:185004. [PMID: 24856704 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.185004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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An electrostatic coherent mode near the electron diamagnetic frequency (20-90 kHz) is observed in the steep-gradient pedestal region of long pulse H-mode plasmas in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak, using a newly developed dual gas-puff-imaging system and diamond-coated reciprocating probes. The mode propagates in the electron diamagnetic direction in the plasma frame with poloidal wavelength of ∼8 cm. The mode drives a significant outflow of particles and heat as measured directly with the probes, thus greatly facilitating long pulse H-mode sustainment. This mode shows the nature of dissipative trapped electron mode, as evidenced by gyrokinetic turbulence simulations.
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- H Q Wang
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China and General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Association EURATOM-DTU, Physics Department, DK 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Association EURATOM-DTU, Physics Department, DK 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Association EURATOM-DTU, Physics Department, DK 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Association EURATOM-DTU, Physics Department, DK 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
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- Fourth State Research, 503 Lockhart Drive, Austin, Texas 78704-4335, USA
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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Chi JF, Uzui H, Guo HY, Ueda T, Lee JD. Effects of eplerenone on the activation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 stimulated by high glucose and interleukin-1β in human cardiac fibroblasts. Genet Mol Res 2014; 13:4845-55. [PMID: 24615074 DOI: 10.4238/2014.january.24.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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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The aim of this study was to determine the influence of high glucose (HG) and interleukin (IL)-1β on human cardiac fibroblast (HCF) functions, and to evaluate the effects of eplerenone in these responses. HCFs were cultured in normal or HG media in the absence or presence of IL-1β and/or eplerenone. We assessed matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) activity in the supernatant by in-gel zymography, and determined mRNA expression levels of MMP-2 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Equimolar D-mannitol was used as an osmotic control. HG stimulated MMP-2 activity and promoted MMP-2 mRNA synthesis. Increased effects were also observed in equimolar D-mannitol treatments, but these effects were weaker compared to those of glucose. The combination of HG and IL-1β resulted in a 2-fold increase in MMP-2 activity and mRNA expression compared with HG or IL-1β alone. Increases in HG- or IL-1β-induced MMP-2 activity and mRNA expression were blocked by eplerenone. Neither HG nor IL-1β affected TIMP-2 mRNA expression. HG increased MMP-2 activity by regulation of MMP- 2 mRNA expression in HCFs through osmotic and non-osmotic pathways. Synergistic effects of IL-1β added to HG media on MMP-2 activity and mRNA expression were observed in HCFs. Eplerenone normalized the effect of MMP-2 activity and HG- or IL-1β-induced expression in HCFs.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Shimoaizuki, Matsuoka, Eiheiji-Cho, Fukui, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Shimoaizuki, Matsuoka, Eiheiji-Cho, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Shimoaizuki, Matsuoka, Eiheiji-Cho, Fukui, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Shimoaizuki, Matsuoka, Eiheiji-Cho, Fukui, Japan
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Yang CP, Cao JL, Yang RR, Guo HR, Li ZH, Guo HY, Shao YC, Liu GB. Efficacy of electrocoagulation in sealing the cystic artery and cystic duct occluded with only one absorbable clip during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2013; 24:72-6. [PMID: 24180354 DOI: 10.1089/lap.2013.0193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Even though laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) emerged over 20 years ago, controversies persist with regard to the best method to ligate the cystic duct and artery. We proposed to assess the effectiveness and safety of electrocoagulation to seal the cystic artery and cystic duct after their occlusion with only one absorbable clip. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively compared the clinical data for 635 patients undergoing LC using electrocoagulation to seal the cystic artery and cystic duct that were occluded with only one absorbable clip (Group 1) and 728 patients undergoing LC using titanium clips (Group 2). In parallel, 30 rabbits randomized into six groups underwent cholecystectomy. After cystic duct ligation with absorbable or titanium clips, the animals were sacrificed 1, 3, or 6 months later, and intraabdominal adhesions were assessed after celiotomy. RESULTS The mean operative time was significantly shorter (41.6 versus 58.9 minutes, P<.01) in Group 1 than in Group 2. No cystic duct leaks occurred in any patients from Group 1, compared with seven leaks among the 728 (0.96%) patients from Group 2 (P<.05). The morbidity was significantly higher in Group 2 than in Group 1 (3.43% versus 1.58%). Mean intraoperative blood loss and hospitalization length were not significantly different between the two groups, and no deaths occurred in either group. In animal experiments, adhesion was tighter for absorbable than for titanium clips, but fibrous tissue encapsulation was thinner at the site of titanium clips. CONCLUSIONS Electrocoagulation of the cystic artery and cystic duct that were occluded with only one absorbable clip is safe and effective during LC. This approach is associated with shortened operative times and reduced leakage, compared with the standard method using metal clips.
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- Chang-Ping Yang
- 1 Department of General Surgery, The 117th Hospital of the People's Liberation Army , Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Liang Y, Gong XZ, Gan KF, Gauthier E, Wang L, Rack M, Wang YM, Zeng L, Denner P, Wingen A, Lv B, Ding BJ, Chen R, Hu LQ, Hu JS, Liu FK, Jie YX, Pearson J, Qian JP, Shan JF, Shen B, Shi TH, Sun Y, Wang FD, Wang HQ, Wang M, Wu ZW, Zhang SB, Zhang T, Zhang XJ, Yan N, Xu GS, Guo HY, Wan BN, Li JG. Magnetic topology changes induced by lower hybrid waves and their profound effect on edge-localized modes in the EAST tokamak. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 110:235002. [PMID: 25167503 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.235002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Strong mitigation of edge-localized modes has been observed on Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak, when lower hybrid waves (LHWs) are applied to H-mode plasmas with ion cyclotron resonant heating. This has been demonstrated to be due to the formation of helical current filaments flowing along field lines in the scrape-off layer induced by LHW. This leads to the splitting of the outer divertor strike points during LHWs similar to previous observations with resonant magnetic perturbations. The change in the magnetic topology has been qualitatively modeled by considering helical current filaments in a field-line-tracing code.
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- Y Liang
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Association EURATOM-FZ Jülich, Institut für Energie und Klimaforschung Plasmaphysik, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Association EURATOM-FZ Jülich, Institut für Energie und Klimaforschung Plasmaphysik, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Association EURATOM-FZ Jülich, Institut für Energie und Klimaforschung Plasmaphysik, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, D-52425 Jülich, Germany and Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Association EURATOM-FZ Jülich, Institut für Energie und Klimaforschung Plasmaphysik, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6169, USA
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Association EURATOM-FZ Jülich, Institut für Energie und Klimaforschung Plasmaphysik, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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Xing YZ, Wang RM, Yang K, Guo HY, Deng F, Li YH, Ye JX, He L, Lian XH, Yang T. Adenovirus-mediated Wnt5a expression inhibits the telogen-to-anagen transition of hair follicles in mice. Int J Med Sci 2013; 10:908-14. [PMID: 23781137 PMCID: PMC3675505 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.6137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2013] [Accepted: 05/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The canonical Wnt/β-catenin pathway plays an important role in hair cycle induction. Wnt5a is a non-canonical Wnt family member that generally antagonizes canonical Wnt signaling in other systems. In hair follicles, Wnt5a and canonical Wnt are both expressed in cells in the telogen stage. Wnt5a has been shown to be critical for controlling hair cell fate. However, the role that Wnt5a plays in the transition from the telogen to anagen stage is unknown. In this study, using whole-mount in situ hybridization, we show that Wnt5a is produced by several other cell types, excluding dermal papilla cells, throughout the hair cycle. For example, Wnt5a is expressed in bulge and secondary hair germ cells in the telogen stage. Our studies focused on the depilated 8-week-old mouse as a synchronized model of hair growth. Interestingly, overexpression of adenovirus Wnt5a in the dorsal skin of mice led to the elongation of the telogen stage and inhibition of the initiation of the anagen stage. However, following an extended period of time, four pelage hair types grew from hairless skin that was induced by Wnt5a, and the structure of these new hair shafts was normal. Using microarray analysis and quantitative arrays, we showed that the expression of β-catenin and some target genes of canonical Wnt signaling decreased after Wnt5a treatment. These data demonstrate that Wnt5a may inhibit the telogen stage to maintain a quiescent state of the hair follicle.
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- Yi-Zhan Xing
- Department of Cell Biology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Guo HY, Hu XM, Han DD, Wang ZP, Meng L. Lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status in vagina microenvironment of patients with several common vaginitis. CLIN EXP OBSTET GYN 2013; 40:331-336. [PMID: 24283159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Oxidative stress has been suggested to play an important role in many diseases, including vaginitis. To evaluate oxidative biomarkers in the secretion of cervix samples of vaginitis, this study will illustrate the status of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status in vaginal microenvironment. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 257 patients with vaginitis, including candida vaginitis, bacterial vaginosis, and trichomonas vaginitis were involved in this study. Cervico-vaginal fluid was collected from these patients before and after treatment, and the malondialdehyde (MDA), catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and vitamin C levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS The results revealed that the MDA and H2O2 levels were increased in the vaginitis patients, while there was no significant difference in MDA level among different kinds of vaginitis before treatment. The CAT and vitamin C levels in vaginitis were decreased before treatment. Moreover, the data also showed that the MDA and H2O2 levels were decreased, while the CAT, SOD, and vitamin C levels were increased after received treatment, respectively, and there was no significant difference between controls and vaginitis. CONCLUSION This study indicated that oxidative stress played an important role in vaginitis.
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- Department of Urology, The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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Zhou J, Wang X, Ai T, Cheng X, Guo HY, Teng GX, Mao XY. Preparation and characterization of β-lactoglobulin hydrolysate-iron complexes. J Dairy Sci 2012; 95:4230-6. [PMID: 22818436 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-5282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2011] [Accepted: 04/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to determine the best preparation condition of β-lactoglobulin hydrolysate-iron complexes and characterize its structural transformation both before and after binding using the UV-visible absorption spectrum, Fluorescence spectrum, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Results showed that β-lactoglobulin hydrolysates obtained with alcalase after hydrolysis for 6h possessed the highest iron-binding capacity. The highest yield of complexes was obtained when the mass ratio between β-lactoglobulin hydrolysate and Fe(3+) reached 40:1, with the optimal pH value of 7.0. All of the spectra indicated that some sites such as amido bonds transformed during chelation, and nitrogen atoms could chelate with Fe(3+) to form coordinate bonds by offering electron pairs. Therefore, β-lactoglobulin hydrolysate-iron complexes may be good carriers for iron and possess great potential to be used as iron supplements.
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- J Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy of Beijing and Ministry of Education, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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A soft, pasty, high-moisture surface defect occurs with progressive brining of Mozzarella cheese. Addition of calcium is traditionally used to prevent this defect but the underlying mechanism is not clear. Mozzarella cheese was formed into a cylinder inside brine on its plane surface to ensure semi-infinite, unidirectional mass transfer and placed into brine containing 0, 0.1, or 0.25% (wt/wt) calcium chloride. To monitor the effect on cheese composition of calcium in brine, we measured calcium and water contents of the cheese during brining. The extent of calcium loss from the cheese decreased significantly with the addition of calcium. Addition of calcium to a final concentration of 0.25% decreased the loss of calcium from 94.13 to 18.22% from the outside region of the cheese after 30 d, and the water content of the cheese was decreased from 67.8 to 48.8%. To further elucidate the effect of calcium in brine, the Boltzmann method was used to determine the effective diffusion coefficient value, and low-field nuclear magnetic resonance was used to measure the cheese transversal relaxation time. The migration of calcium interfered with salt diffusion. At the end of brining, the amount of water bound to the protein of the cheese significantly increased. Addition of calcium to a final concentration of 0.25% diminished the proportion of bound water by 20.96%. In conclusion, addition of calcium hinders the diffusion of sodium and modifies the distribution of water in Mozzarella cheese during brining.
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- J Luo
- Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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Liu SC, Shao LM, Zweben SJ, Xu GS, Guo HY, Cao B, Wang HQ, Wang L, Yan N, Xia SB, Zhang W, Chen R, Chen L, Ding SY, Xiong H, Zhao Y, Wan BN, Gong XZ, Gao X. New dual gas puff imaging system with up-down symmetry on experimental advanced superconducting tokamak. Rev Sci Instrum 2012; 83:123506. [PMID: 23277986 DOI: 10.1063/1.4770122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Gas puff imaging (GPI) offers a direct and effective diagnostic to measure the edge turbulence structure and velocity in the edge plasma, which closely relates to edge transport and instability in tokamaks. A dual GPI diagnostic system has been installed on the low field side on experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST). The two views are up-down symmetric about the midplane and separated by a toroidal angle of 66.6°. A linear manifold with 16 holes apart by 10 mm is used to form helium gas cloud at the 130×130 mm (radial versus poloidal) objective plane. A fast camera is used to capture the light emission from the image plane with a speed up to 390,804 frames/s with 64×64 pixels and an exposure time of 2.156 μs. The spatial resolution of the system is 2 mm at the objective plane. A total amount of 200 Pa.L helium gas is puffed into the plasma edge for each GPI viewing region for about 250 ms. The new GPI diagnostic has been applied on EAST for the first time during the recent experimental campaign under various plasma conditions, including ohmic, L-mode, and type-I, and type-III ELMy H-modes. Some of these initial experimental results are also presented.
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- S C Liu
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, P. O. Box 1126, Hefei 230031, China.
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