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Tabanifar B, Moorthy A, Tsai HH, Kannan S, Verma CS, Sabapathy K. JNK mediates cell death by promoting the ubiquitination of the apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease APE1. Cell Rep 2023; 42:113123. [PMID: 37703179 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
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The c-Jun-NH2-terminal kinases (JNKs) regulate cell death, generally through the direct phosphorylation of both pro- and anti-apoptotic substrates. In this report, we demonstrate an alternate mechanism of JNK-mediated cell death involving the anti-apoptotic protein human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1). Treatment of cells with a variety of genotoxic stresses enhanced APE1-JNK (all isoforms of JNK1 or JNK2) interaction, specifically in cells undergoing apoptosis. Steady-state APE1 levels were decreased in these cells, in which APE1 is ubiquitinated and degraded in a JNK-dependent manner. Absence of JNKs reduced APE1 ubiquitination and increased its abundance. Mechanistically, the E3 ligase ITCH associates with both APE1 and JNK and is necessary for JNK-dependent APE1 ubiquitination and degradation. Structural models of the JNK-APE1 interaction support the observation of enhanced association of the complex in the presence of ubiquitin. The data together show a mechanism of JNK-mediated cell death by the degradation of APE1 through ITCH.
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- Bahareh Tabanifar
- Divisions of Cellular & Molecular Research, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore 168583, Singapore
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- Divisions of Cellular & Molecular Research, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore 168583, Singapore
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- Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, QLD 4108, Australia
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- Bioinformatics Institute, ASTAR, Singapore 138671, Singapore; Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117558, Singapore; School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637551, Singapore
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- Divisions of Cellular & Molecular Research, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore 168583, Singapore; School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637551, Singapore.
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Hungerford NL, Fletcher MT, Tsai HH, Hnatko D, Swann LJ, Kelly CL, Anuj SR, Tinggi U, Webber DC, Were ST, Tan BLL. Occurrence of environmental contaminants (pesticides, herbicides, PAHs) in Australian/Queensland Apis mellifera honey. Food Addit Contam Part B Surveill 2021; 14:193-205. [PMID: 34096475 DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2021.1914743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Honey is a popular agricultural product containing mostly sugars and water, but due to its nutritious components and natural production by honeybees (Apis mellifera) from floral nectar, it is marketed as a premium health food item. As environmental monitors, honeybees can potentially transfer environmental contaminants to honey. Whilst pesticides can have ubiquitous presence in agricultural and urban areas, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) can be more prevalent in higher density urban/industrial environments. Australian beehives are customarily located in rural areas/forests, but it is increasingly popular to keep hives in urban areas. This study assessed the levels of environmental contaminants in honeys (n = 212) from Queensland/Australian sources including rural, peri-urban and urban areas. Honey samples were analysed by LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS for 53 herbicides, 83 pesticides, 18 breakdown products (for certain pesticides/herbicides) and 33 PAHs and showed low/negligible pesticide, herbicide and PAHs contamination, consistent regardless of honey origins.
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- Natasha L Hungerford
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Health and Food Sciences Precinct, Coopers Plains, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Health and Food Sciences Precinct, Coopers Plains, Australia
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- Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, Coopers Plains, Australia
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- Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, Coopers Plains, Australia
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- Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, Coopers Plains, Australia
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- Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, Coopers Plains, Australia
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- Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, Coopers Plains, Australia
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- Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, Coopers Plains, Australia
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- Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Health and Food Sciences Precinct, Coopers Plains, Australia
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- Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Health and Food Sciences Precinct, Coopers Plains, Australia
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- Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, Coopers Plains, Australia
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- H H Tsai
- Hull York Medical School and Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Hull, UK
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Nelson A, Tsai HH. Editorial: Clostridium difficile and inflammatory bowel disease - is it always a bad combination? Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2017; 45:1368-1369. [PMID: 28417498 DOI: 10.1111/apt.14039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/08/2022]
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- A Nelson
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, UK
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- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, UK
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Burisch J, Pedersen N, Cukovic-Cavka S, Turk N, Kaimakliotis I, Duricova D, Bortlik M, Shonová O, Vind I, Avnstrøm S, Thorsgaard N, Krabbe S, Andersen V, Dahlerup JF, Kjeldsen J, Salupere R, Olsen J, Nielsen KR, Manninen P, Collin P, Katsanos KH, Tsianos EV, Ladefoged K, Lakatos L, Ragnarsson G, Björnsson E, Bailey Y, O'Morain C, Schwartz D, Odes S, Giannotta M, Girardin G, Kiudelis G, Kupcinskas L, Turcan S, Barros L, Magro F, Lazar D, Goldis A, Nikulina I, Belousova E, Martinez-Ares D, Hernandez V, Almer S, Zhulina Y, Halfvarson J, Arebi N, Tsai HH, Sebastian S, Lakatos PL, Langholz E, Munkholm P. Environmental factors in a population-based inception cohort of inflammatory bowel disease patients in Europe--an ECCO-EpiCom study. J Crohns Colitis 2014; 8:607-16. [PMID: 24315795 DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2013.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2013] [Revised: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing in Eastern Europe possibly due to changes in environmental factors towards a more "westernised" standard of living. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in exposure to environmental factors prior to diagnosis in Eastern and Western European IBD patients. METHODS The EpiCom cohort is a population-based, prospective inception cohort of 1560 unselected IBD patients from 31 European countries covering a background population of 10.1 million. At the time of diagnosis patients were asked to complete an 87-item questionnaire concerning environmental factors. RESULTS A total of 1182 patients (76%) answered the questionnaire, 444 (38%) had Crohn's disease (CD), 627 (53%) ulcerative colitis (UC), and 111 (9%) IBD unclassified. No geographic differences regarding smoking status, caffeine intake, use of oral contraceptives, or number of first-degree relatives with IBD were found. Sugar intake was higher in CD and UC patients from Eastern Europe than in Western Europe while fibre intake was lower (p<0.01). Daily consumption of fast food as well as appendectomy before the age of 20 was more frequent in Eastern European than in Western European UC patients (p<0.01). Eastern European CD and UC patients had received more vaccinations and experienced fewer childhood infections than Western European patients (p<0.01). CONCLUSIONS In this European population-based inception cohort of unselected IBD patients, Eastern and Western European patients differed in environmental factors prior to diagnosis. Eastern European patients exhibited higher occurrences of suspected risk factors for IBD included in the Western lifestyle.
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- J Burisch
- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- IBD Center ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- IBD Center ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, Amager Hospital, Amager, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Amager Hospital, Amager, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Herning Central Hospital, Herning, Denmark
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- Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark
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- Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark; Organ Centre, Hospital of Southern Jutland, Aabenraa, Denmark; Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine V (Hepatology and Gastroenterology), Aarhus University Hospital, Arhus, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Division of Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- 1st Division of Internal Medicine and Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit, University Hospital, Ioannina, Greece
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- 1st Division of Internal Medicine and Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit, University Hospital, Ioannina, Greece
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- Medical Department, Dronning Ingrids Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, TCD, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, TCD, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- U.O. Gastroenterologia, Azienda Ospedaliera - Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Hospital de Vale de Sousa, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal; Institute of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Oporto Medical School, Porto, Portugal; Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Gastroenterology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Gastroenterology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Gastroenterology/UHL, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden; School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- St. Mark's Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Hull and York Medical School, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
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- Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Hull and York Medical School, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Shyu LY, Tsai HH, Lin DP, Chang HH, Tyan YS, Weng JC. An 8-week brain MRI follow-up analysis of rat eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection. Zoonoses Public Health 2013; 61:411-9. [PMID: 24207053 DOI: 10.1111/zph.12087] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Early differential diagnosis and timely follow-up are advantageous in the management of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection. This study aimed to characterize angiostrongyliasis in the rat brain for an 8-week period using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images (T1WI), T2-weighted imaging (T2WI), fluid attenuation inversion recovery (FLAIR) and R2 mapping sequences. The data were analysed with Mathematica and Matlab software programs for weekly changes in each brain following the infection of 20, 50, 100 and 300 third-stage larvae (L3), respectively. The results showed that the average subarachnoid space detected by T2WI technique was peaked up to 10% increase of original size on day 35 after 100 or 300 larvae infection, while those infected with 20 or 50 larvae showed less than 4% increase during the entire course of observation. This increase was relevant to the mortality of the infected rats, because those with 100 or 300 larvae infections showed a sharp decrease in survival rate before day 40. After day 40, the average subarachnoid space was decreased, but the average ventricle size was persistently increased, with the highest increase observed in the group infected with 300 larvae on day 56. Furthermore, the R2 mapping mean and R2 mapping size were significantly different between the brains with severe infection (100 and 300 larvae groups together) and those with mild infection (20 and 50 larvae groups together) on day 49, but not on day 35. Our results showed that diagnosis for different quantity of larvae infection using MRI is possible and follow-up characterization is informative in revealing the effects of angiostrongyliasis on different brain areas. In conclusion, our results support the use of MRI as a non-invasive diagnostic technique for eosinophilic meningitis caused by A. cantonensis infection.
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- L Y Shyu
- Department of Parasitology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Clinical Laboratory, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Pan YF, Viklund IM, Tsai HH, Pettersson S, Maruyama IN. The ulcerative colitis marker protein WAFL interacts with accessory proteins in endocytosis. Int J Biol Sci 2010; 6:163-71. [PMID: 20376207 PMCID: PMC2850539 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.6.163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 11/11/2009] [Accepted: 03/22/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of the major forms of inflammatory bowel disease with unknown cause. A molecular marker, WAFL, has recently been found to be up-regulated in the inflamed colonic mucosa of UC patients. Towards understanding biological function of WAFL, we analyzed proteins interacting with WAFL in HEK-293 cells by immunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry. Among four proteins found to specifically interact with WAFL, both KIAA0196 and KIAA1033 bind to alpha-appendage of the adaptor protein complex 2 (AP2), which acts as an interaction hub for accessory proteins in endocytosis mediated by clathrin-coated vesicle (CCV). The specific interaction between WAFL and KIAA0196 was also confirmed in human colorectal carcinoma HCT-116 cells by co-immunoprecipitation with specific antibodies. Meta-analyses of the databases of expressed genes suggest that the three genes are co-expressed in many tissues and cell types, and that their molecular function may be classified in the category of 'membrane traffic protein'. Therefore, these results suggest that WAFL may play an important role in endocytosis and subsequent membrane trafficking by interacting with AP2 through KIAA0196 and KIAA1033.
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- You Fu Pan
- Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore
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Ge L, Wang XT, Tan SN, Tsai HH, Yong JWH, Hua L. A novel method of protein extraction from yeast using ionic liquid solution. Talanta 2010; 81:1861-4. [PMID: 20441987 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2010.02.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2009] [Revised: 02/05/2010] [Accepted: 02/08/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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As the first attempt, ionic liquid solutions have been employed for direct extraction of proteins from yeast cells. Compared with effects of 21 different ionic liquid solutions on the extraction efficiency, 3-(dimethylamino)-1-propylaminium formate ([DMAPA]FA) was selected as the suitable ionic liquid solution. As this ionic liquid can be easily removed under vacuum, contamination by the chemical noise can be effectively reduced. Both sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) were employed to separate numerous proteins, and the results indicated that the chemical properties of target proteins remained unchanged during the extraction process. Furthermore, extracted proteins were applicable to the standard method for Western blotting which showed proteins maintain immunoreactivity and biological functions. These investigations indicated that the ionic liquid [DMAPA]FA is a promising reagent for protein extraction in yeast cells.
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- Liya Ge
- Natural Sciences and Science Education Academic Group, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore, Singapore
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Kimura's disease (KD) is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology. It usually presents as soft-tissue masses predominantly in the head or neck region. We report a case of an asymptomatic tumour on the left earlobe mimicking a keloid. The tumour was histopathologically diagnosed as KD. This case suggests the importance of conducting skin biopsies of keloidal lesions on head and neck regions, particularly in patients who have peripheral eosinophilia and increased IgE levels.
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- S W Yeh
- Department of Dermatology, Shuang-Ho Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Russo EA, Harris AW, Campbell S, Lindsay J, Hart A, Arebi N, Milestone A, Tsai HH, Walters J, Carpani M, Westaby D, Thillainayagam A, Bansi D, Ghosh S. Experience of maintenance infliximab therapy for refractory ulcerative colitis from six centres in England. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2009; 29:308-14. [PMID: 19035973 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03890.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Infliximab is used for treatment of Crohn's disease and, following the Active Ulcerative Colitis Trials (ACT) 1 and 2, it has been used as rescue and maintenance therapy in moderate and severe ulcerative colitis (UC). AIM To report on English experience with maintenance infliximab in terms of response and colectomy rates and side-effect profile in UC. METHODS A retrospective audit conducted by using a web-based questionnaire filled in by 12 gastroenterologists from six English centres. RESULTS Of the 38 patients receiving induction with infliximab, 28 (73.6%) maintained an ongoing response (8-weekly infusions 5 mg/kg) for a mean duration of 16.8 months (range 4-59), with 21 (55.3%) being in remission. Three of 38 patients (7.9%) who also responded had a secondary loss of response after an average of 10 months (range 8-13); seven of 38 patients (18.4%) showed no response. The colectomy rate was seven of 38 (18.4%, five non-responders and two with secondary loss of response). Adverse effects occurred in five patients (13.2%). Two discontinued infliximab (alopecia, invasive breast cancer). The three less-severe adverse effects were acute and delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions and one persistent otitis media. CONCLUSION Our experience suggests acceptable response rates, colectomy rates and side-effect profile of maintenance therapy with infliximab in moderate and severe UC.
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- E A Russo
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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Tsai HH, Punekar YS, Morris J, Fortun P. A model of the long-term cost effectiveness of scheduled maintenance treatment with infliximab for moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2008; 28:1230-9. [PMID: 18729845 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03839.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Infliximab (IFX) has been shown to be efficacious in moderate-severe ulcerative colitis (UC). Aim To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a scheduled maintenance treatment (SMT) with IFX in moderate-severe UC patients. METHODS A Markov model was constructed to simulate the progression of a cohort of moderate-severe UC patients treated with IFX (5 mg/kg) SMT. Transitions were estimated from two phase III trials of IFX (ACT I and ACT II). Standard care, comprising immunomodulators and/or corticosteroids was used as a comparator. Two separate treatment strategies were evaluated - continued treatment in IFX responders and continued treatment in IFX patients achieving remission. The dose of IFX was estimated for a 73 kg typical UC patient in the UK. The results were calculated over 10 years using a discount rate of 3.5% for costs and outcomes. The outcome measure was quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) estimated using EQ-5D. Sensitivity analyses explored the uncertainty around the results. RESULTS The incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER) for IFX was 27,424 pounds in the responder strategy and 19,696 pounds in the remission strategy at 10 years. In sensitivity analysis, the ICER for IFX in the responder strategy ranged from 21,066 pounds to 86,322 pounds and in the remission strategy ranged from 14,728 pounds to 46,765 pounds. The model time horizon and patient body weight were important factors affecting results. CONCLUSION Eight-week SMT with IFX appears to be a cost-effective treatment option for adult patients suffering from moderate to severe UC.
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- H H Tsai
- Department of Gastroenterology, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham and Hull York Medical School, UK
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BACKGROUND Colonoscopic polypectomy plays a major role in preventing colo-rectal cancer. However, resection of sessile, broad-based pedunculated and flat lesions carries a high risk of perforation. Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) may significantly reduce this risk. We aim to assess the safety and efficacy of EMR in our unit. PATIENTS AND METHODS A review of a prospective database over a 3-year period identified 87 patients who underwent endoscopic polypectomy for polyps in sizes from 10 to 50 mm, performed by two experienced endoscopists. A total of 33 EMRs were performed on 30 lesions in 24 of these patients. RESULTS Median size of lesions was 20 mm. Most were located in the rectum and sigmoid. 22 lesions were resected en-bloc while 8 were resected piecemeal. Histologically these lesions were predominantly adenomatous polyps. An incidental focus of adenocarcinoma was found in 7 lesions. Histologically complete excision was achieved in 10 lesions. Although histological completeness of excision was not confirmed in 19 lesions, repeat colonoscopy confirmed successful excision. Only one lesion was incompletely excised requiring surgical resection. Bleeding occurred during 2 EMRs, both times successfully controlled by further injection of adrenaline locally. There was no case of bowel perforation. Further surveillance colonoscopy was performed according to established guidelines. Median follow-up period was 21 months. None of the patients diagnosed with adenocarcinoma showed any evidence of recurrence. CONCLUSION Within our unit endoscopic mucosal resection appeared to be safe and effective procedure for resecting large colorectal polyps not suitable for conventional polypectomy. This data would support prompt referral of lesions fulfilling these criteria to specialist units offering this service to avoid unnecessary surgery.
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- J K A Jameel
- Academic Surgical Unit, University of Hull, Hull, UK
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Hsieh CH, Liang CC, Kueh NS, Tsai HH, Jeng SF. Distally based sural island flap for the reconstruction of a large soft tissue defect in an open tibial fracture with occluded anterior and posterior tibial arteries—a case report. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 58:112-5. [PMID: 15629180 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2004.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2003] [Accepted: 05/24/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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To repair a 10 x 16 cm soft tissue defect of right lower leg that accompanied with occluded anterior and posterior tibial arteries in a 30-year-old man who sustained comminuted type III(B) Gustilo open tibial and fibular fracture, we present a successful reconstruction by using a large distally based sural island flap perfused by the lowermost perforator of the peroneal artery. This flap is a useful alternative for distal extremity reconstruction when anterior and posterior tibial arteries are occluded, as large flaps can be elevated safely based on only one peroneal perforator.
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- C H Hsieh
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Kaohsiung, 123 Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung Hsieh, Taiwan, ROC.
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Tsai HH, Chapman R, Shepherd A, McKeith D, Anderson M, Vearer D, Duggan S, Rosen JP. Esomeprazole 20 mg on-demand is more acceptable to patients than continuous lansoprazole 15 mg in the long-term maintenance of endoscopy-negative gastro-oesophageal reflux patients: the COMMAND Study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2004; 20:657-65. [PMID: 15352914 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02155.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Symptom relief, through adherence to appropriate maintenance therapy, is the sole objective of treatment for patients with endoscopy-negative gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. AIM To compare the efficacy of 'on-demand' treatment with esomeprazole 20 mg vs. continuous treatment with lansoprazole 15 mg daily in patients with endoscopy-negative gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. METHODS Endoscopy-negative gastro-oesophageal reflux disease patients who achieved complete resolution of heartburn after short-term (2-4 weeks) treatment with esomeprazole 20 mg (n = 774) were randomized to receive either esomeprazole 20 mg on-demand (n =311) or lansoprazole 15 mg continuous daily treatment (n = 311) for 6 months. RESULTS Significantly more patients were willing to continue taking esomeprazole on-demand than lansoprazole continuous therapy after 6 months (93% vs. 88%; P = 0.02). This superior outcome was achieved despite patients on esomeprazole requiring medication only 38% as often as those on lansoprazole, leading to direct cost savings of more than one-third (36%). Furthermore, patients receiving esomeprazole 20 mg on-demand were more satisfied with their treatment after 1 month compared with patients taking lansoprazole 15 mg continuously. CONCLUSIONS In patients with endoscopy-negative gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, esomeprazole 20 mg on-demand is more acceptable to patients and is an economically more effective treatment than lansoprazole 15 mg continuously.
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- H H Tsai
- Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, Hull, UK.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate normal eruptive pattern of upper permanent canine. One hundred and fifty-one panoramic radiographs were used. Inclination of upper canine and lateral incisor, length and horizontal and vertical positions of cusp and root apex of the canine were evaluated. The canine erupted with increasing distal inclination and with no significant changes of the lateral incisor. Developmental changes of the canines relative to palatal plane and midline were shown by figures.
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- H H Tsai
- Department of Pedodontics, School of Dentistry, China Medical College, Taichung, Taiwan.
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Tsai HH. Developmental changes of mandibular permanent canines and premolars in early mixed dentition. J Clin Pediatr Dent 2002; 26:61-4. [PMID: 11688816] [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: 02/22/2023] Open
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This study investigated the developmental changes of mandibular permanent canines and premolars in early mixed dentition using panoramic radiographs. Positions of cusps and root apices of the teeth relative to the inferior border of mandible were evaluated. The developmental stages of the teeth were divided into three stages. There were few changes in the inclination of the three teeth. The permanent canine began to erupt before stage 2 and the second premolar began to erupt after stage 2. The distance between the inferior border of the mandible and apices of the three teeth was almost fixed in early mixed dentition.
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- H H Tsai
- Department of Pedodontics, School of Dentistry, China Medical College, Taichung, Taiwan.
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Changes in position and mesiodistal angulations of maxillary and mandibular first permanent molars from early mixed dentition to early permanent dentition were measured on panoramic radiographs and compared with the values measured on lateral cephalometric radiographs. It was found that the maxillary and mandibular first permanent molars were uprighted gradually, drifted mesially and vertically, and that the changes in mesiodistal angulations were clearly on the panoramic radiographs in comparison with the cephalometric radiographs.
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- H H Tsai
- Department of Pedodontics, School of Dentistry, China Medical College, Taichung, Taiwan.
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The morphology of the deciduous teeth was investigated. The mean mesiodistal crown dimensions of the deciduous canine, first and second molars and the mean buccolingual crown dimensions of the deciduous second molars in both dental arches of boys were significantly larger than that of girls. The upper deciduous first molar of girls was slender buccolingually and the lower deciduous second molar of boys was slender mesiodistally.
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- H H Tsai
- Department of Pedodontics, School of Dentistry, China Medical Collage, 91 Hsueh Shih Road, Taichung, 404 Taiwan.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the facial morphologic characteristics in children with long and short faces. Lateral cephalometric radiographs of 46 children with long faces and 42 children with short faces were used. Both boys and girls with long faces exhibited upright incisors, excessive upper dentoalveolar development, shorter posterior face height, shorter ramus height and mandibular body, greater gonial angle and backward rotation of mandible when compared with those with short faces.
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- H H Tsai
- Department of Pedodontics, School of Dentistry, China Medical College, 91 Hsueh Shih Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
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Tsai HH. Treatment of anterior crossbite with bilateral posterior crossbite in early mixed dentition: a case report. J Clin Pediatr Dent 2001; 24:181-6. [PMID: 11314139] [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: 02/19/2023] Open
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A case report of a 7-year-old boy who had Class III skeletal pattern is presented. The maxilla was deficient in anteroposterior and transverse dimensions, causing a slightly concave profile, a crossbite relationship of most of the anterior and posterior teeth, and upper anterior crowding. The rapid palatal expansion therapy effectively uprighted the posterior segments and developed the arches. Alignment, leveling and development of a good functional occlusion was accomplished with the .022" x .028" standard edgewise appliance.
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- H H Tsai
- Department of Pedodontics, School of Dentistry, China Medical College, 91 Hsueh Shih Road, Taichung, 404 Taiwan, Republic of China.
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The importance of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) assessment in patients with chronic disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is now acknowledged by researchers. Of the many factors that may influence HRQOL, patient knowledge of the condition and disease-related information provision have hitherto not been studied. In all, 250 patients with inactive IBD (UC = 128, CD = 122) were randomly chosen from our IBD clinic. Two sets of questionnaires [initially a standard questionnaire to assess level of disease-related information by a patient information score (PIS), followed by a HRQOL questionnaire] were sent to each patient. In the PIS, a score of 7 or more indicated satisfactory disease-related knowledge and in the HRQOL, a score less than 51 suggested a normal QOL, and a score above 60 significantly impaired QOL. A total of 168 patients (66%) returned both the questionnaires (UC = 91, CD = 77). The mean QOL in patients with UC and CD was 62.2+/-8.3 and 63.9+/-9.5 respectively, (P = NS). 99 patients (59%) had significantly impaired QOL (mean score 65+/-7.6) with only 12 patients (8%), 6 in each group, having a normal QOL. Mean PIS score for the patients was 7.04+/-0.1; 53% of the UC patients and 75% of the CD patients (P = 0.006) were considered well informed (ie, PIS scores of 7 or more). The mean PIS for UC patients was 6.5+/-0.4 vs 7.5+/-0.2 for the CD group (P = 0.001). There was, however, no correlation seen between the QOL and PIS scores, both for UC and CD patients (R = 0.3). In conclusion, most patients with IBD have impaired QOL, despite of having inactive disease. The level of disease-related knowledge appears to be better in patients with CD, although that does not seem to affect QOL.
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- S Verma
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hull Royal Infirmary, UK
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Tsai HH. Tooth-position, arch-size, and arch-shape in the primary dentition. ASDC J Dent Child 2001; 68:17-22, 10. [PMID: 11324401] [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: 02/19/2023]
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Tooth positions and dental arch forms are related to the growth of the cranio-facial complex. To determine the positions of primary teeth and size and shape of the primary dental arches, sixty dental casts of young children (thirty boys and thirty girls) with normal occlusions were examined. In all casts the coordinates of cusp tips of primary canines and molars, and mesial and distal line angles of primary canines and incisors were digitized. The computer-generated curves were made for the maxillary and mandibular arches using a polynomial model. The results show that there were three major cusp-to-fossa and one cusp-to-marginal ridge relations in primary molar intercuspation. On average, girl's dental arches were smaller than boy's dental arches. The mean curves of mandibular arches in anterior segments were gentler than those of maxillary arches.
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- H H Tsai
- Department of Pedodontics, School of Dentistry, China Medical College, 91 Hsueh Shih Road, Taichung, 404 Taiwan
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Tsai HH. Descriptive classification of variations in primary mandibular first molars. ASDC J Dent Child 2001; 68:23-6, 10. [PMID: 11324402] [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: 02/19/2023]
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Variability in tooth morphology can play a significant role in the achievable results of restorative treatment. This study identified the variations of morphology of the primary mandibular first molar (Type I and II coronal outline and Type A-F cusp alignment.) Type I coronal outline was found more frequently (86 percent) than Type II (14 percent). 93 percent of the primary mandibular first molars comprise four cusps, 5 percent comprise five cusps, and 2 percent comprise 3 cusps (F). Among the four-cusp group, 70 percent had an oblique transverse ridge (C), 25 percent had a poorly developed transverse ridge (A). Among the five-cusp-group, 67 percent had a distal cusp (E), and 33 percent had a fifth lingual cusp (D). The most frequent combination of coronal outline and cusp alignment was Type I-C (60 percent), and followed by Type I-B (22 percent), II-C (5 percent), and II-A (4 percent).
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- H H Tsai
- Department of Pedodontics, School of Dentistry, China Medical College, 91 Hsueh Shih Road, Taichung, 404 Taiwan
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Tsai HH. Components of anterior crossbite in the primary dentition. ASDC J Dent Child 2001; 68:27-32, 10. [PMID: 11324403] [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: 02/19/2023]
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The craniofacial and dental components of anterior crossbite children with a full primary dentition were investigated by means of a cephalometric and correlation study. A group of thirty-two Taiwanese children with anterior crossbite was compared to a group of thirty-two normal occlusion subjects. The facial profile polygon method was used for assessing morphological characteristics of craniofacial pattern. According to the results, early signs of anterior crossbite are present in the primary dentition. A smaller anterior cranial base, a retruded positioning of the maxilla and a smaller interincisal angle were found in the anterior crossbite children. A correlation analysis between all the cephalometric measurements was carried out, and the significance of the differences between correlation coefficients of the two groups was calculated. the normal occlusion group shows negative correlation between interincisal angle and FH-SGn angle. The anterior crossbite group shows positive correlation between FH-NPog angle and U1-FH angle.
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- H H Tsai
- Department of Pedodontics, School of Dentistry, China Medical Collage, 91 Hsueh Shih Road, Taichung, 404 Taiwan, Republic of China
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Tsai HH. Eruption process of the second molar. ASDC J Dent Child 2000; 67:275-81, 231-2. [PMID: 10997244] [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: 02/17/2023]
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The second molar is located at the distal of the first molar, and we must be aware of its stage of development when we plan to move the first molar distally. Few researchers have investigated the development of second molars. The purpose of this study was to observe the eruption process of the maxillary and mandibular second molars by using 238 panoramic radiographs. The developmental stages of the second molar were divided into four stages: the whole crown calcified = stage 1; beginning root formation = stage 2; initial formation of the radicular bifurcation = stage 3; and the root length is equal to the crown height = stage 4. The mesiodistal crown width of the first and second molars, axial inclination and eruption rate of the second molar, and the space available for emergence of the second molar at each stage were measured, and the statistical analysis was made to assess the developmental changes. It was learned that the mandibular second molars began to erupt at stage 3 and the maxillary second molars at stage 2. The axial inclination of the mandibular second molars maintained almost the same angle and the maxillary second molars were uprighted gradually from stage 1 to 4. The available space increased significantly from stage 1 to 2 in both second molars. It is suggested that the space available for emergence of the second molar is prepared before stage 2, and then the tooth begins to erupt. As the maxillary second molars, there was further increase in the available space after stage 3. Negative correlation was seen between the mesiodistal crown width of the mandibular second molar and the available space in stage 2. Positive correlation was seen between the mesiodistal crown width of maxillary second molar and the available space in stage 3. It is suggested that greater increase in the space available for emergence of the second molar could be expected in the maxillary dental arch, if the mesiodistal crown width of the second molar required it.
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- H H Tsai
- Department of Pedodontics, School of Dentistry, China Medical College, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chao CL, Tsai HH, Lee CM, Hsu SM, Kao JT, Chien KL, Sung FC, Lee YT. The graded effect of hyperhomocysteinemia on the severity and extent of coronary atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis 1999; 147:379-86. [PMID: 10559524 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(99)00208-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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It is not clear to what extent methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene and hyperhomocysteinemia effect the severity and extent of coronary atherosclerosis in Asian populations. We examined the MTHFR genotypes and plasma homocysteine (HCY) concentrations in 192 Taiwanese and investigated their relationship with coronary artery disease (CAD), and the severity and extent of coronary atherosclerosis. The distribution of MTHFR genotypes was similar in 116 CAD patients and 76 non-CAD subjects. Homozygosity was noted in 8% of CAD patients and 13% of non-CAD subjects (P=0.33; 95% CI, 0. 2-1.6). The geometric mean of HCY values was higher in CAD patients (11.10+/-1.51 micromol/l) than in non-CAD subjects (9.21+/-1.55 micromol/l) (P=0.003). HCY levels were higher in patients with multi-vessel disease (P<0.05) or in patients with > or = 90% stenotic lesions (P=0.005), compared with non-CAD subjects. The CAD risks in the top two HCY quartiles (> or = 14.0 and 10.1-13.9 micromol/l) were 4.0 (95% CI, 1.7-9.2) and 3.2 (95% CI, 1.4-7.4) times higher than in the lowest quartile (< or = 7.9 micromol/l) (P=0.001 and 0.007, respectively). Linear regression analysis showed significant correlations between HCY concentrations and the severity and extent of atherosclerosis (P=0.0001 for both). In conclusion, hyperhomocysteinemia appears to have a graded effect on the risk of CAD as well as the severity and extent of coronary atherosclerosis. Our findings do not support the homozygous genotype of MTHFR as a genetic risk factor for CAD in this Taiwanese population. Perhaps a further study including assessment of vitamin status is needed to better clarify the relationship between MTHFR genotypes and CAD.
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology), National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Verma S, Giles TE, Tsai HH. Vasculitic small bowel perforation masquerading as spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in a patient with decompensated liver disease. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1999; 11:459-61. [PMID: 10321767 DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199904000-00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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We report on a young patient with decompensated alcohol-induced liver disease (Child-Pugh score C) who presented with clinical, biochemical and radiological evidence suggestive of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. She was however subsequently found to have multiple small bowel perforations, which were diagnosed only at laparotomy. The histology of the bowel showed evidence of vasculitis. This case illustrates two important points. Firstly, even if a patient has all the prerequisites to develop spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, a secondary cause of peritonitis (eg. bowel perforation or intra-abdominal abscess) must always be considered as a differential diagnosis and a repeat ascitic tap is mandatory after 48 h of antibiotic therapy to confirm a decrease in the white cell count. Secondly, it shows the rare co-existence of alcoholic liver disease and vasculitis.
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- S Verma
- Department of Gastroenterology, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, East Yorkshire, UK
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In this study we investigated the reaction of cyclamate and its major metabolite, cyclohexylamine (CyhNH2), with NaOCl. NaOCl at 100 microM was allowed to react with various concentrations of cyclamate and CyhNH2, and the reactivity was compared with those of reduced glutathione (GSH) and ascorbic acid. The results showed that CyhNH2 was less reactive with NaOCl than GSH but was slightly more reactive than ascorbic acid at concentrations below 50 microM. CyhNH2 at 75 and 100 microM did not further decrease NaOCl. Cyclamate was much less reactive than CyhNH2, with only 43% loss in NaOCl at 100 microM cyclamate. When human blood plasma was incubated with 0.75 microM NaOCl, inclusion of CyhNH2 enhanced oxidation of sulfhydryl groups in a concentration-dependent manner, with complete oxidation of SH groups at 7.5 mM CyhNH2. Cyclamate had no effect. This enhancement by CyhNH2 suggests the formation of reactive products from the reaction of CyhNH2 with NaOCl. Absorption spectra demonstrated that reaction of CyhNH2 with NaOCl at pH 7.4 produced N-monochloramine, as evidenced by the appearance of a new peak at 245 nm and by the disappearance of the 292-nm peak of NaOCl. Cyclamate, which contains a sulfamic acid instead of a primary amine, also reacted with NaOCl at pH 7.4, but the reaction was much less pronounced and the product was probably not monochloramine since the peak was at 270 nm rather than at 245 nm. Because cyclamate is an important sweetener in many countries for people with diabetes mellitus, the possibility exists that CyhNH2 may enhance oxidation of important proteins by HOCl/OCl-.
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- Department of Food Science, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
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Dwarakanath AD, Finnie IA, Beesley CM, O'Dowd GM, Nash J, Tsai HH, Parker N, Rhodes JM. Differential excretion of leucocyte granule components in inflammatory bowel disease: implications for pathogenesis. Clin Sci (Lond) 1997; 92:307-13. [PMID: 9093012 DOI: 10.1042/cs0920307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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1. Faecal excretion of the leucocyte primary granule component, myeloperoxidase, and of the secondary granule component, lactoferrin, were compared in inflammatory bowel disease and infective diarrhoea. 2. Faecal lactoferrin correlated with faecal myeloperoxidase in both inflammatory bowel disease (P = 0.0018; n = 32) and infective diarrhoea (P = 0.00013; n = 37), but inflammatory bowel disease was associated with a much higher faecal excretion of lactoferrin but lower excretion of myeloperoxidase than infective diarrhoea. As a consequence, the median ratio of lactoferrin/myeloperoxidase excretion (both expressed as ng/mg of protein) for inflammatory bowel disease was 7.5 (range 3.5-21.3) with similar values for ulcerative colitis (n = 18) and Crohn's disease (n = 14) compared with only 0.9 (range 0.4-2.3; P < 0.0001) for infective diarrhoea. In inflammatory bowel disease faecal lactoferrin and myeloperoxidase excretion remained increased even in clinical remission. 3. In subsequent immunohistochemical studies to assess the possible explanation for these findings, lactoferrin and myeloperoxidase were demonstrated within crypt abscesses and surface mucus, both in inflammatory bowel and in infective diarrhoea mucosal samples. There was a slight increase in the number of lactoferrin-containing cells in the mucosal samples from ulcerative colitis and in the submucosa of samples from Crohn's disease compared with infective diarrhoea, but these changes were not sufficient to account for the marked increase in faecal lactoferrin excretion in inflammatory bowel disease. 4. In all mucosal samples, including those from normal mucosa, lactoferrin was also shown to be contained within mast cells. 5. These results could best be explained by a different mechanism for leucocyte activation in inflammatory bowel disease compared with infective diarrhoea, and are compatible with selective secretion of secondary granule components, which include lactoferrin but not myeloperoxidase, as a result of leucocyte activation by N-formylated bacterial peptides in inflammatory bowel disease.
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Tsai HH. Helicobacter pylori for the general physician. J R Coll Physicians Lond 1997; 31:478-82. [PMID: 9429180 PMCID: PMC5420974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- H H Tsai
- Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire
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- T P Hamilton
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294, USA
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Dwarakanath AD, Tsai HH, Sunderland D, Hart CA, Figura N, Crabtree JE, Rhodes JM. The production of neuraminidase and fucosidase by Helicobacter pylori: their possible relationship to pathogenicity. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 1995; 12:213-16. [PMID: 8745005 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.1995.tb00194.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The pathogenicity of enterobacteria often correlates with their production of neuraminidase (sialidase). Forty-nine Helicobacter pylori isolates have therefore been examined for their production of neuraminidase and other glycosidases. All 49 isolates produced considerable neuraminidase (median 228 IU/microg protein, interquartile range 121-370), pH optimum 7.5. Nine of the 49 also produced fucosidase (median 23 IU/microg protein, interquartile range 12-39), pH optimum 7.0. Production of these enzymes did not correlate with bacterial Cag A expression or duodenal ulceration. Neutrophils exposed to neuraminidase show increased adherence to endothelium so the neuraminidase production by H. pylori could partly explain the predominant neutrophil inflammatory infiltrate seen in H. pylori-associated gastritis. Inhibition of this enzyme by use of neuraminidase-inhibitors could be a useful therapeutic approach.
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- A D Dwarakanath
- Department of Medicine and Medical Microbiology, University of Liverpool, UK
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Dwarakanath AD, Campbell BJ, Tsai HH, Sunderland D, Hart CA, Rhodes JM. Faecal mucinase activity assessed in inflammatory bowel disease using 14C threonine labelled mucin substrate. Gut 1995; 37:58-62. [PMID: 7672682 PMCID: PMC1382769 DOI: 10.1136/gut.37.1.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Previous studies have shown the presence in faeces of sulphatases, sialidases, glycosidases, and proteases relevant to mucus degradation, but the relative role of these enzymes in the degradation of colonic mucus has been unclear. A total mucinase assay using 14C threonine biologically labelled human colonic mucin as substrate was therefore developed in this study. Faecal mucinase activity of a pooled normal faecal filtrate was capable of removing 80% of the 14C threonine label from mucin within eight hours incubation, but 20% remained intact despite prolonged incubation. The pH profile of mucinase activity is broad (pH 4.5-9.5) suggesting contribution from multiple enzymes. Mucinase activity was reduced by preincubation with 100 micrograms/ml chymostatin (82.8%), 0.5 mg/ml EDTA (91.6%), and 4 g/l bismuth subsalicylate (72.0%). All 55 faecal samples studied contained detectable mucinase activity, measured as dpm release/micrograms protein/hour, which was greater in samples from patients with ulcerative colitis (n = 17, median 52.7, interquartile range 32.9-66.9), than controls (n = 26, 34.4, 26.8-40.4, p < 0.02) or patients with Crohn's disease (n = 12, 35.5, 17.5-55.7, p < 0.05). There was, however, no significant difference in faecal mucinase activity between inactive and active ulcerative colitis. These results suggest that faecal mucinase activity is one factor contributing to the thin mucus layer in ulcerative colitis and represents a potential target for drug treatment.
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Colonic mucin is heavily sulphated and it has been shown that enzymatic desulphation by faecal bacterial sulphatases greatly increases its susceptibility to degradation by faecal glycosidases. A possible role for faecal mucin sulphatase in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease has therefore been explored. Faecal mucin sulphatase activity assayed using 35S mucin as substrate was increased in ulcerative colitis (median 80.2 units/g pellet weight (range 6.9-1063; 95% confidence intervals (CI): 45.2 to 293.8, n = 22) compared with 11.3 units/g (range 3.0-53.5; 95% CI: 8.7 to 29.8, n = 17) in healthy controls (p < 0.01), where one unit released 1000 dpm free sulphate/hour from 35S mucin (1680 dpm/microgram). Patients with active ulcerative colitis had higher sulphatase activity (median 146; 95% CI: 98 to 253 units/g, n = 10) than those with inactive ulcerative colitis (median 42.2; CI: 22.5 to 81.6 units/g, n = 12) (p < 0.05). Longitudinal studies in patients with ulcerative colitis show fluctuations of faecal mucin sulphatase activity corresponding to clinical disease activity in six of seven patients. Faecal mucin sulphatase activity was not significantly increased in Crohn's disease (median 36.6, range 5.7-106.6; 95% CI: 22.9 to 65.3 units/g, n = 14). The bismuth salts, bismuth subcitrate and bismuth subsalicylate were found to inhibit faecal mucin sulphatase activity at concentrations achievable therapeutically. The increased faecal mucin sulphatase activity in ulcerative colitis could be the result of greater intraluminal substrate (mucin) availability leading to bacterial enzyme induction, but would probably result in more rapid degradation of secreted mucin and represents a potential target for treatment.
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- H H Tsai
- Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool
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Sialylation of mucus glycoproteins confers charge and increased resistance to enzymatic degradation. The hypothesis that mucus sialylation might be altered in ulcerative colitis has been studied using in vitro culture of mucosal biopsies for 24 h with 3H N-acetyl mannosamine as a specific sialic acid precursor. Rectal biopsies were obtained at colonoscopy from patients with clinically inactive ulcerative colitis (n = 9) and controls (n = 12) who were patients found to have a normal colonoscopy performed for iron deficiency anaemia or altered bowel habit. The incorporation of 3H N-acetyl mannosamine into mucin was increased in ulcerative colitis (n = 9; 150; 113.3-393.2 dpm/micrograms mucin, median and interquartile ranges), compared with controls (n = 12; 33.6; 19.7-68.4 dpm/micrograms; p < 0.01). The ratio of incorporation into mucin of 3H N-acetyl mannosamine/14C N-acetyl galactosamine was also increased in ulcerative colitis (3.27; 1.93-4.98 dpm/dpm), compared with controls (1.35; 1.24-1.7 dpm/dpm; p < 0.001) suggesting that the increased incorporation of N-acetyl mannosamine probably reflects an increase in the average extent of sialylation per mucin oligosaccharide chain rather than an increase in the number of oligosaccharide chains. This increase in mucin sialylation seems unlikely to have a pathogenic role in the development of colitis but provides further evidence for the similarity between the alterations that occur in ulcerative colitis, colonic polyposis and malignancy.
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- N Parker
- University Department of Medicine, Royal Liverpool University, UK
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Parker N, Finnie IA, Raouf AH, Ryder SD, Campbell BJ, Tsai HH, Iddon D, Milton JD, Rhodes JM. High performance gel filtration using monodisperse highly cross-linked agarose as a one-step system for mucin purification. Biomed Chromatogr 1993; 7:68-74. [PMID: 8485376 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.1130070204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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High performance gel filtration on monodisperse cross-linked agarose (Superose 6) has been assessed as a system for purification of mucus glycoproteins. Comparison with the conventional two-step purification of mucus glycoprotein by Sepharose CL4B gel filtration followed by caesium chloride density gradient centrifugation shows that purification by high performance gel filtration is at least as thorough, yielding mucin that is free from non-mucin glycoproteins as defined by buoyant density, mobility on sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and absence of Concanavalin A binding (mannose-containing) material. This technique allows mucus glycoprotein to be purified from lyophilized crude mucin in 120 min compared with approximately 72 h using the conventional techniques. This makes the comparative study of mucus glycoprotein changes in disease states much more feasible.
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- N Parker
- University Department of Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK
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Raouf AH, Tsai HH, Parker N, Hoffman J, Walker RJ, Rhodes JM. Sulphation of colonic and rectal mucin in inflammatory bowel disease: reduced sulphation of rectal mucus in ulcerative colitis. Clin Sci (Lond) 1992; 83:623-6. [PMID: 1335401 DOI: 10.1042/cs0830623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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1. Normal colonic mucin is heavily sulphated and this increases its resistance to degradation by bacterial enzymes. Any defect in mucus sulphation could therefore be important in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis. 2. Rectal biopsies taken at colonoscopy from patients with ulcerative colitis (n = 9), patients with Crohn's disease (n = 6) and control subjects (n = 16) were cultured for 24 h in the presence of N-[3H]acetylglucosamine and [35S]sulphate. Mucin was then extracted and purified, and the ratio of [35S]sulphate to N-[3H]acetylglucosamine incorporated into pure mucin was assessed. 3. The ratio of [35S]sulphate to N-[3H]acetylglucosamine incorporated into mucin was significantly reduced in rectal biopsies taken from patients with ulcerative colitis (0.463, 0.305-0.703, geometric mean and 95% confidence intervals) compared with control subjects (0.857, 0.959-1.111, P < 0.01). In patients with Crohn's disease the reduction in this ratio (0.559, 0.378-0.829) did not quite reach statistical significance (P = 0.06). There was no difference between the ratio of [35S]sulphate to N-[3H]acetylglucosamine incorporated into mucin in Crohn's disease and that in ulcerative colitis (P = 0.26). 4. In control subjects the ratio of [35S]sulphate to N-[3H]acetylglucosamine incorporated into mucin was higher in the rectal biopsies (0.882, 0.618-1.022) than in their paired proximal colonic biopsies (0.602, 0.421-0.861; P < 0.01), but this regional variation was not observed in either ulcerative colitis (rectum: 0.450, 0.262-0.773; right colon: 0.470, 0.321-0.690, P = 0.3) or Crohn's disease (rectum: 0.459, 0.260-0.815; right colon: 0.492, 0.260-0.929, P = 0.8).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- A H Raouf
- University Department of Medicine, Liverpool, U.K
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Tsai HH. Scottish women medical pioneers: Manchuria 1894-1912. Scott Med J 1992; 37:56-9. [PMID: 1609270 DOI: 10.1177/003693309203700211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In Edwardian Britain, less than 2% of all registered medical practitioners were women. Yet during that era, women played a significant role in providing medical care and education in what were lonely, harrowing and difficult conditions in the Third World. This is the story of how a group of Scottish women doctors brought Western medicine to a remote region of Manchuria between 1894 and 1912.
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- H H Tsai
- Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool
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Tsai HH, Sunderland D, Gibson GR, Hart CA, Rhodes JM. A novel mucin sulphatase from human faeces: its identification, purification and characterization. Clin Sci (Lond) 1992; 82:447-54. [PMID: 1315656 DOI: 10.1042/cs0820447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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1. Colonic mucus is heavily sulphated and it is likely that this contributes considerably to its resistance to degradation by bacterial enzymes. The presence of a mucin-desulphating enzyme in faeces could therefore be very important in determining the rate of degradation of secreted mucus and hence the level of protection of the mucosa. 2. A novel assay for mucin sulphatase has been developed using biologically labelled human colonic [35S]sulphomucin as a substrate and a mucin sulphatase has been purified from faeces by sequential high-performance gel filtration and ion-exchange chromatography. 3. The mucin sulphatase has been shown to have a pH optimum of 4.5 and activity over the pH range 3-7. It has a pI of 4.0 and is inhibited by inorganic sulphate and phosphate. The purified enzyme preparation gave a single band on electrophoresis with a molecular mass of 15,000 Da. It has a Km of 41.9 mmol/l and a Vmax. of 1.17 katal/kg for glucose 6-sulphate. The enzyme was also shown to enhance fivefold the deglycosylation of [3H]glucosamine-labelled mucin by a faecal mucin glycosidase preparation. 4. Two bacteroides spp. isolated from normal human faeces, Bacteroides fragilis and B. thetaiotaomicron, were found to be producers of mucin-desulphating enzymes. 5. Mucin sulphatase is likely to be critical in determining the rate of enzymic degradation of secreted colonic mucin.
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- H H Tsai
- Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, U.K
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We report a case of gastric antral vascular ectasia in a patient with primary biliary cirrhosis in whom chronic blood loss was a major problem. She required repeated blood transfusions that were complicated by reactions and still had persistent anaemia. She was treated with laser phototherapy in the form of quadrantic photocoagulation with a neodynium yttrium-aluminium-garnet laser. This greatly improved the endoscopic appearance of the gastric lesions and effectively controlled blood loss. She required no further transfusions. Bleeding recurred after 11 months which was controlled by further laser photocoagulation.
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- H H Tsai
- University Department of Materia Medica, Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow
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Tsai HH. Statistical analyses of enzyme inhibitor kinetics: a hierarchical model-dependent approach. Biochem Int 1991; 23:75-81. [PMID: 1863279] [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: 12/29/2022]
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Inference of the nature of an enzyme inhibitor and calculations of inhibitor constants from linear plots are prone to be unreliable when experimental error is significant. This may be minimised by a method of statistical analysis using nonlinear regression methods and modelling using the variance ratio test of a hierarchy of models of inhibitor behaviour.
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- H H Tsai
- Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
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1. Perindopril, a new ACE inhibitor, is a prodrug requiring conversion into its active form perindoprilat by hydrolysis in the liver. 2. The pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of perindopril (8 mg oral) and perindoprilat (2 mg intravenously) were studied in a double-blind randomised crossover study in a group of patients with compensated biopsy-proven hepatic cirrhosis. 3. Blood pressure and heart rate responses were similar after the two routes of administration as were plasma renin activity and aldosterone levels following dosing. 4. The AUC of perindoprilat after oral administration of perindopril represented 46 +/- 4% of the total AUC of perindopril and its metabolite when expressed in molar terms. Comparison with the AUC of perindoprilat after its intravenous administration suggested that 30 +/- 6% of the oral dose of perindopril was converted to its active metabolite. 5. The findings are comparable with those in healthy subjects. It appears that the presence of relatively mild hepatic cirrhosis does not significantly alter the pharmacokinetics of perindopril.
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- H H Tsai
- University Department of Materia Medica, Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow
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Howden CW, Tsai HH, Reid JL. Twenty-four-hour intragastric acidity in duodenal ulcer patients during dosing with placebo, and 150 mg ranitidine twice or four times daily. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 1989; 3:253-8. [PMID: 2520620 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.1989.tb00211.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Twenty-four-hour intragastric acidity was measured in 10 patients with a past history of duodenal ulcer on the fourth day of dosing with placebo, and either 150 mg ranitidine given twice or four times daily. The order of the treatments was randomized and a double-blind design was employed. Ranitidine (150 mg) b.d. decreased median integrated 24-h intragastric acidity by 65.1%, nocturnal acidity by 89.1%, and daytime acidity by 54.6% (all P less than 0.01 compared to placebo). The corresponding decreases with 150 mg ranitidine q.d.s. were 62.3, 89.9 and 48.8%, respectively (all P less than 0.01) compared to placebo). There were no significant differences between the two dosage regimens of ranitidine (P greater than 0.05). This study shows that giving extra doses of 150 mg ranitidine during the day does not increase the degree of suppression of intragastric acidity.
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- C W Howden
- University Department of Materia Medica, Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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Tsai HH. [Factors that affect alignment of upper permanent lateral incisors in early mixed dentition]. Kokubyo Gakkai Zasshi 1989; 56:222-43. [PMID: 2794694 DOI: 10.5357/koubyou.56.222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The purpose of the present study was to find the factors that affect the alignment of the upper permanent lateral incisors in early mixed dentition. The materials, consisting of dental casts and lateral cephalograms which were taken from 30 children (15 males and 15 females) who had normal occlusion in deciduous dentition and normal permanent central incisor relationship, were divided into three groups, according to the bilateral symmetry alignment of the upper permanent lateral incisors (Group A: Normal alignment, Group B: Linguoversion, Group C: Mesiolinguotorsiversion). The principal component analysis was carried out to clarify the characteristics among the multi-variates, which are upper incisor shape, dental arch form, craniofacial morphology and amount of dento-craniofacial development, in Groups A, B and C. The results obtained were as follows: Group A shows a tendency to be harmonious in upper permanent incisor shape, dental arch form, craniofacial morphology and dento-craniofacial development. Group B shows a tendency to have a larger labio-lingual width of the upper permanent incisors, less anterior arch length development and less forward movement of the upper permanent lateral incisor in the maxilla before eruption. Group C shows a tendency to have a larger mesio-distal width of the upper permanent incisors, less anterior arch width development, longer distance between the upper permanent lateral incisor edge and the nasal floor and more forward and descent movement of the upper permanent lateral incisor in the maxilla before eruption.
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We recall the phenomenal achievement of Dr Dugald Christie, a Scottish surgeon who pioneered Western medicine in Manchuria and single-handedly set up several hospitals and a medical college in his 40 years in that country.
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The features on barium enema of ischaemic colitis is characteristic and the radiological sign of "thumb printing" thought to be almost pathognomonic of the condition. We report a case of inflammatory bowel disease, probably Crohn's disease mimicking these radiological features. This has not to our knowledge been previously documented.
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- H H Tsai
- Department of Materia Medica, Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow
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Li KT, Tsai HH. Urban and population decentralization policies: the experience of Taiwan, R.O.C.. Ind Free China 1988; 69:1-4. [PMID: 12316211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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Tsai HH, Eastmond CJ. Modified costotransversectomy in treatment of intractable costovertebral pain in ankylosing spondylitis. Br J Rheumatol 1987; 26:66-7. [PMID: 2434181 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/26.1.66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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