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Duan SB, Wei SS, Wang HM, Ding SH, Chen YZ, Tian JJ, Wang YJ, Chen W, Chen J, Meng QL. [Intein-Mediated Protein trans-Splicing of the Recombinant Streptavidin on Magnetosomes]. Mol Biol (Mosk) 2021; 55:982-986. [PMID: 34837702 DOI: 10.31857/s0026898421060057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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When expressing streptavidin recombinant polypeptide on magnetosomes (called bacterial magnetic nanoparticles, or BMPs), the presence of endogenous bacterial biotin might be detrimental. In the study, the streptavidin monomer fragment (S1-116) was fused with the intein N-terminal (termed precursor S1-116-IN), and S1-116-IN was expressed in E. coli (BL21). Meanwhile, the SA117-160 fragment was fused with the C-terminal intein, and then this chimeric polypeptide was expressed on magnetosomes by fusion with magnetosome membrance protein MamF. In the in vitro protein splicing system, the purified engineered magnetosomes (BMP-SA117-160-IC) and the S1-116-IN precursor were mixed. Intein-mediated trans-splicing reaction was induced to produce the functional magnetic beads BMP-SA. Our results indicate that intein-mediated protein trans-splicing may lead to efficient synthesis of the recombinant streptavidin on the magnetosomes, showing its promising potential to produce other functional magnetic nanoparticles.
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- S B Duan
- Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Suzhou, 215163 China.,Jihua Laboratory, Foshan, 315200 China
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- Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Suzhou, 215163 China.,Jihua Laboratory, Foshan, 315200 China
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- Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Suzhou, 215163 China.,Jihua Laboratory, Foshan, 315200 China
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- Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Suzhou, 215163 China.,Jihua Laboratory, Foshan, 315200 China
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- Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Suzhou, 215163 China.,Jihua Laboratory, Foshan, 315200 China
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- Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Suzhou, 215163 China.,Jihua Laboratory, Foshan, 315200 China
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- Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Suzhou, 215163 China
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- Suzhou Blood Center, Suzhou, 215006 China
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- Suzhou Blood Center, Suzhou, 215006 China.,
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- Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Suzhou, 215163 China.,
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Duan SB, Wei SS, Wang HM, Ding SH, Chen YZ, Tian JJ, Wang YJ, Chen W, Chen J, Meng QL. Intein-Mediated Protein trans-Splicing of the Recombinant Streptavidin on Magnetosomes. Mol Biol 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893321050058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Wang C, Cheng SY, Zhao WW, Yang XN, Zhou KZ, Tian JJ, Jiang DF, Ma PH. A Ternary Supramolecular Self-Assembly Model Based on Cyclopentano Cucurbit[5]uril. CRYSTALLOGR REP+ 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s1063774520070275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Xu W, Lyu ZH, Ma JK, Tian JJ, Feng SH, Cui P, Sa N. [The oncologic and functional outcomes of supracricoid partial laryngectomy for the treatment of laryngeal cancer]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2019; 54:339-342. [PMID: 31137092 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-0860.2019.05.005] [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 evaluate the oncologic and functional outcomes of laryngeal squamous cell carcinomas treated by supracricoid laryngectomy. Methods: The clinical data of 134 patients with laryngeal cancer who underwent supracricoid laryngectomy with cricohyoidoepiglottopexy (CHEP) or cricohyoidopexy (CHP) between July 2005 and April 2014 at Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital were retrospectively reviewed. Ninety-one patients including 31 cases of stage Ⅰ, 36 of stage Ⅱ, 18 of stage Ⅲ and 6 of stage Ⅳ underwent CHEP and 43 patients underwent CHP. Two patients received CHEP due to recurrence after open surgery and laser surgery. Three patients received CHP due to the recurrence of disease after open surgery and postradiotherapy persistence of disease. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to calculate the 3-year and 5-year survival rates. The Chi-square test was used to compare the survival rates between different surgical procedures. Results: All 91 patients who underwent CHEP had successful removals of PEG tubes, and 88 (96.7%) of them had tracheostomy tube decannulation. Among 43 patients with CHP, 42(97.6%) cases removal of PEG tubes(97.6%), including and 40(93.0%) cases with tracheostomy tube decannulation. There was one patient with local recurrence in all cases. In CHEP group, 3-year local control rate was 98.2%; 3-year and 5-year overall survival rate were 94.5% and 93.9%, respectively. In CHP group, 3-year local control rate was 97.6%; 3-year and 5-year overall survival rates were 86.0% and 83.3%, respectively. Pharyngeal fistula appeared in 2 cases of CHEP group and 4 cases of CHP group, and all of them were cured by conservative treatment. Conclusion: Supracricoid laryngectomy shows excellent oncologic and functional results for treatment of laryngeal cancer while maintaining laryngeal functions, especially in terms of local control rate and tracheostomy tube decannulation.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250022, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250022, China; Key Laboratory of Otorhinolaryngology, National Health Commission (Shandong University), Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250022, China; Key Laboratory of Otorhinolaryngology, National Health Commission (Shandong University), Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250022, China; Key Laboratory of Otorhinolaryngology, National Health Commission (Shandong University), Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250022, China; Key Laboratory of Otorhinolaryngology, National Health Commission (Shandong University), Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250022, China; Key Laboratory of Otorhinolaryngology, National Health Commission (Shandong University), Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250022, China; Key Laboratory of Otorhinolaryngology, National Health Commission (Shandong University), Jinan 250012, China
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Xu W, Lyu ZH, Sa N, Ma JK, Tian JJ, Feng SH, Cui P, Cao HY. [Treatment and prognosis of 264 patients with hypopharyngeal carcinoma]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2018; 53:346-351. [PMID: 29764015 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-0860.2018.05.004] [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] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the key factors influencing the prognosis of hypopharyngeal carcinoma and the therapeutic methods improving the efficacy of treatments for hypopharyngeal carcinoma. Methods: Two hundred and sixty-four cases of hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated from May 2010 to May 2015 were analyzed retrospectively. There were 211 cases of pyriform sinus carcinoma, 37 cases of posterior pharyngeal wall carcinoma, and 16 cases of postcricoid carcinoma. According to UICC 2002 criteria, 2 cases were for stage Ⅰ, 14 for stage Ⅱ, 32 for stage Ⅲ and 216 for stage Ⅳ. Postoperative circumferential defects existed in 112 (42.4%) cases, and 86 of them were reconstructed with free jejunum transplantation. Among all cases, 54 patients (20.5%) had the preservation of laryngeal functions after surgery and 210 patients (79.5%) with total laryngectomy; 238 cases (90.2%) underwent bilateral cervical lymph node dissection and 203 patients received posterior pharyngeal lymph node exploration and dissection, with positive metastases for posterior pharyngeal lymph nodes in 36 cases (17.7%). Eight cases with cervical lymph node metastasis extensively involving the soft tissue, prevertebral fascia or encases carotid artery received preoperative radiotherapy of 50 Gy. After surgery 13 patients received concurrent radiotherapy and chemotherapy, 337 underwent adjuvant radiotherapy with a dose of 50-60 Gy each, and 14 patients did not receive radiotherapy or did not completed their radiotherapy programs. SPSS 13.0 saftware was used to analyze the data. Results: All patients were followed up for more than 2 years. With Kaplan-Meier method, the 2-, 3- and 5-years survival rates were 69.6%, 62.8% and 51.3%, respectively. There were significant differences in 3-year survival rates between T1-2 group (75.5%) and T3-4 group (59.2%) (χ(2)=4.282 P=0.039), N0 group (81.6%) and N+ group (58.2%) (χ(2)=6.802 P=0.009), laryngeal functions preserved (81.8%) and unpreserved group (58.9%) (χ(2)=5.314 P=0.021). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that cervical lymph node metastasis was an independent prognostic factor (P=0.027). The success rate of free jejunum transplantation was 98.8%. Local recurrence, cervical lymph node recurrence, second primary cancer, and distant metastasis accounted respectively for 11.2%, 18.8%, 12.5% and 45.0% of death cases. Conclusions: The prognosis-associated factors for hypopharyngeal carcinoma should be taken into account, including the evaluation of the carcinogenesis of the mucosal area, early screening of premalignant lesion or second primary cancer in the esophagus and dissection of the posterior pharyngeal lymph nodes, which will help to improve the local control rate and recent survival rate in patients with hypopharyngeal cancer.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
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Lyu ZH, Xu W, Sa N, Ma JK, Tian JJ, Feng SH, Cao HY. [Significance of retropharyngeal node dissection in treatment of hypopharyngeal carcinoma]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2018; 53:359-363. [PMID: 29764017 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-0860.2018.05.006] [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: investigate the incidence of retropharyngeal lymph node (RPLN) metastasis and the risk factors for RPLN metastasis in hypopharyngeal cancer, and the relationship of planned dissection of the RPLN with the survival and tumor control rates in patients with hypopharyngeal cancer. Methods: A total of 203 patients with hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma who underwent radical surgery as initial treatment from February 2011 to July 2015 were analyzed retrospectively. There were 167 cases of pyriform sinus carcinoma, 23 cases of posterior pharyngeal wall carcinoma, and 13 cases of postcricoid carcinoma. Results: The incidence of RPLN metastasis in HPC was 17.7%, with a highest rate of 43.5% in pharyngeal wall carcinoma. The incidence of RPLN metastasis in T3-4 pyriform sinus carcinoma was 18.3%, which significantly higher than 2.8% in T1-2 cases(χ(2)=5.360, P=0.020). The rate of RPLN metastasis was 23.8% in N2b-3 and 8.6% in N0-2a, with a statistically significant difference(χ(2)=7.637, P=0.006). There was no statistically significant difference in overall survival rates between patients with and without RPLN metastasis(P>0.05). Data were analyzed by SPSS 13.0 software. Conclusions: RPLN metastasis is not rare in hypopharyngeal carcinoma. Planned dissection of the RPLN should be performed with the initial surgery in patients with advanced hypopharyngeal cancer, especially posterior pharyngeal wall carcinoma, T3-4 pyriform sinus carcinoma and staged N2b-3 disease, which can reduce the regional recurrence rate and provided with a better prognosis.
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- Z H Lyu
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
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Qiao XJ, Ellingson BM, Kim HJ, Wang DJJ, Salamon N, Linetsky M, Sepahdari AR, Jiang B, Tian JJ, Esswein SR, Cloughesy TF, Lai A, Nghiemphu L, Pope WB. Arterial spin-labeling perfusion MRI stratifies progression-free survival and correlates with epidermal growth factor receptor status in glioblastoma. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2014; 36:672-7. [PMID: 25542879 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a4196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2014] [Accepted: 09/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Glioblastoma is a common primary brain tumor with a poor but variable prognosis. Our aim was to investigate the feasibility of MR perfusion imaging by using arterial spin-labeling for determining the prognosis of patients with glioblastoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling with 3D background-suppressed gradient and spin-echo was acquired before surgery on 53 patients subsequently diagnosed with glioblastoma. The calculated CBF color maps were visually evaluated by 3 independent readers blinded to patient history. Pathologic and survival data were correlated with CBF map findings. Arterial spin-labeling values in tumor tissue were also quantified by using manual fixed-size ROIs. RESULTS Two perfusion patterns were characterized by visual evaluation of CBF maps on the basis of either the presence (pattern 1) or absence (pattern 2) of substantial hyperperfused tumor tissue. Evaluation of the perfusion patterns was highly concordant among the 3 readers (κ = 0.898, P < .001). Pattern 1 (versus pattern 2) was associated with significantly shorter progression-free survival by Kaplan-Meier analysis (median progression-free survival of 182 days versus 485 days, P < .01) and trended with shorter overall survival (P = .079). There was a significant association between pattern 1 and epidermal growth factor receptor variant III expression (P < .01). CONCLUSIONS Qualitative evaluation of arterial spin-labeling CBF maps can be used to stratify survival and predict epidermal growth factor receptor variant III expression in patients with glioblastoma.
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- X J Qiao
- From the Departments of Radiological Sciences (X.J.Q., B.M.E., H.J.K., N.S., M.L., A.R.S., J.J.T., S.R.E., W.B.P.)
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- From the Departments of Radiological Sciences (X.J.Q., B.M.E., H.J.K., N.S., M.L., A.R.S., J.J.T., S.R.E., W.B.P.)
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- From the Departments of Radiological Sciences (X.J.Q., B.M.E., H.J.K., N.S., M.L., A.R.S., J.J.T., S.R.E., W.B.P.)
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- Neurology (D.J.J.W., T.F.C., A.L., L.N.), David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- From the Departments of Radiological Sciences (X.J.Q., B.M.E., H.J.K., N.S., M.L., A.R.S., J.J.T., S.R.E., W.B.P.)
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- From the Departments of Radiological Sciences (X.J.Q., B.M.E., H.J.K., N.S., M.L., A.R.S., J.J.T., S.R.E., W.B.P.)
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- From the Departments of Radiological Sciences (X.J.Q., B.M.E., H.J.K., N.S., M.L., A.R.S., J.J.T., S.R.E., W.B.P.)
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- Department of Radiology (B.J.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- From the Departments of Radiological Sciences (X.J.Q., B.M.E., H.J.K., N.S., M.L., A.R.S., J.J.T., S.R.E., W.B.P.)
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- From the Departments of Radiological Sciences (X.J.Q., B.M.E., H.J.K., N.S., M.L., A.R.S., J.J.T., S.R.E., W.B.P.)
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- Neurology (D.J.J.W., T.F.C., A.L., L.N.), David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Neurology (D.J.J.W., T.F.C., A.L., L.N.), David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Neurology (D.J.J.W., T.F.C., A.L., L.N.), David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- From the Departments of Radiological Sciences (X.J.Q., B.M.E., H.J.K., N.S., M.L., A.R.S., J.J.T., S.R.E., W.B.P.)
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Tian JJ, Zhang QF, Zhang LL, Gao R, Shen LF, Zhang SG, Qu XH, Cao GZ. Energy materials: core/shell structural photoelectrodes assembled with quantum dots for solar cells. Nano Rev 2013; 4:21080. [PMID: 23766888 PMCID: PMC3681210 DOI: 10.3402/nano.v4i0.21080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- J J Tian
- Advanced Material and Technology Institute, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, P.R. China ; Department of Materials and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Shrimp is very low in total fat, yet it has a high cholesterol content. Although shrimp is a popular food in the American diet, many people avoid it because of its high cholesterol content. The objective of this study was to test the effect of the addition of cholesterol from shrimp to a low-fat baseline diet as well as to compare the effect of an equal amount of dietary cholesterol derived from shrimp or egg on the plasma lipoprotein pattern of normolipidemic subjects. In a randomized crossover trial, a diet containing 300 g shrimp/d, which supplied 590 mg dietary cholesterol/d, significantly increased low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by 7.1% (P = 0.014) and high-density-lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol by 12.1% (P = 0.0001) when compared with a baseline diet matched for fat content but containing only 107 mg cholesterol/d. However, because the percentage increase in LDL cholesterol was less than for HDL cholesterol, the shrimp diet did not worsen the ratio of total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol or the ratio of LDL to HDL cholesterol. Moreover, shrimp consumption decreased triacylglycerol (triglyceride) concentrations by 13% (P = 0.004). The diet containing two large eggs per day with 581 mg dietary cholesterol/d also raised LDL- and HDL-cholesterol concentrations compared with baseline, but the percentage increase in LDL cholesterol (10.2%, P = 0.0001) was more than for HDL cholesterol (7.6%, P = 0.004) and there was a trend toward worse lipoprotein ratios. In a comparison of the two high-cholesterol diets, the shrimp diet produced significantly lower ratios of total to HDL cholesterol and lower ratios of LDL to HDL cholesterol than the egg diet as well as lower triacylglycerol concentrations. We conclude that moderate shrimp consumption in normolipidemic subjects will not adversely affect the overall lipoprotein profile and can be included in "heart healthy" nutritional guidelines.
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- E R De Oliveira e Silva
- Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics and Metabolism, General Clinical Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021-6399, USA
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Rao proposed and compared several approaches for predicting future observations in a growth curve model. The assessment of associated prediction efficiency for different prediction methods were evaluated by Cross-Validation Assessment Error (CVAE). He used three data sets, each with a limited number of subjects (13-27) and also with a limited number of repeated measurements (4-7) per subject, to illustrate the prediction methods. In the present paper, we applied four of the prediction methods discussed by Rao, on a data set with a relatively large number of subjects (174) and also with a larger number of measurements (21) per subject, using the polynomial function and log-linear function. We propose to use the restricted cubic spline function as an alternative growth curve model and compare its performance with the polynomial function and log-linear function. It turns out that, at least for larger data sets such as that used in this paper, the prediction methods perform somewhat better when the growth is described by restricted cubic spline function than when the growth is described by polynomial function and log-linear function.
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- J J Tian
- Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, OH 45267-0183
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