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Li M, Chen YB, Liu F, Qu JQ, Ren LC, Chai J, Tang CE. Galectin‑3 facilitates the proliferation and migration of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells via activation of the ERK1/2 and Akt signaling pathways, and is positively correlated with the inflammatory state of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Mol Med Rep 2021; 23:370. [PMID: 33760180 PMCID: PMC7986014 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2021.12009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an epithelial carcinoma originating from the nasopharyngeal mucosal tissue and is highly prevalent in southeast Asia. Galectin-3 (gal-3) serves crucial roles in many cancers but its role in NPC remains to be elucidated. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of gal-3 in NPC. Immunohistochemistry and ELISA were used to determine the expression level of gal-3 in patients with NPC or chronic rhinitis (CR). Gal-3 short hairpin (sh)RNA was established to knockdown gal-3 in 5–8F and 6–10B cells, allowing for the evaluation of the roles of gal-3 in proliferation, migration and apoptosis in NPC cell lines. Immunohistochemistry staining of IL-6 and IL-8 was applied to access the inflammatory state of tumor tissues, and the correlation between the inflammatory state and gal-3 was analyzed. The results demonstrated that gal-3 was upregulated in patients with NPC compared with patients with CR. Knockdown of gal-3 inhibited proliferation and migration in 5-8F and 6-10B cells, as well as promoted apoptosis in these cells. The expression levels of MMP-9 and IL-8 were also decreased in 5-8F and 6-10B cells after transfection with gal-3 shRNA. A positive correlation was identified between the expression level of gal-3 and the inflammatory state of NPC. The phosphorylation levels of ERK1/2 and Akt were downregulated after knockdown of gal-3 in 5-8F and 6-10B cells. In conclusion, the expression level of gal-3 was upregulated in patients with NPC and was positively correlated with the inflammatory state of NPC. The results suggested that gal-3 promoted the proliferation and migration of 5-8F and 6-10B cells, while inhibiting the apoptosis of these cells. Moreover, activation of ERK1/2 and Akt may be the underlying mechanism of the effects of gal-3 on NPC.
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- Mei Li
- Institute of Medical Science Research, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China
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- Institute of Medical Science Research, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China
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- Cholestatic Liver Diseases Center and Department of Gastroenterology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, P.R. China
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- Department of Burn and Reconstructive Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China
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- Cholestatic Liver Diseases Center and Department of Gastroenterology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, P.R. China
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- Institute of Medical Science Research, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China
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Su SY, Dong ZJ, Qu JQ, Liang ZY, Zhang JQ, Ma LX, Liu W, Xu P, Yuan XH. Molecular cloning and single nucleotide polymorphism analysis of IGF2a genes in the common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Genet Mol Res 2012; 11:1327-40. [PMID: 22653579 DOI: 10.4238/2012.may.15.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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We studied whether two IGF2 transcripts in common carp are similar to those found in zebrafish. The full-length IGF2a cDNA contains a 5'-terminal untranslated region (UTR) of 105 bp, a 3'-terminal UTR of 1358 bp and an open reading frame of 612 bp, which encodes a 206-amino acid protein. A 6614-bp full-length IGF2a DNA molecule, including the 5'-flanking region, was isolated. Genomic DNA structure analysis revealed that the IGF2a gene contains four exons and three introns. Bioinformatics analysis indicated that the proteins encoded by IGF2a genes in common carp have one signal peptide and one apparent transmembrane region. Bootstrapping was performed 1000 times to obtain support values for each branch. The common carp IGF2a were clustered in one group, while the outgroup (common carp IGF1) clustered in another group. We identified two new single nucleotide polymorphisms in intron 2 of the gene. One polymorphism, A/N, can be found only in the Huanghe carp. The other polymorphism, C/N, can be found in both male Huanghe carp × female Heilongjiang carp and male Huanghe carp × female Jian carp. The second polymorphism, C/N, is primarily transferred from the male and may be related to heterosis.
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- S Y Su
- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi, PR China
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Wang CK, Cao JG, Peng B, Qu JQ, He ZM. VBMDMP exhibits distinct antiangiogenic activity mediated by integrin alpha5beta3 and death receptor. Cell Biol Int 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2008.01.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Spinel Zn2SnO4 particles with the cubic shape are prepared via a hydrothermal reaction under mild conditions. The hydrothermal conditions, such as alkaline concentration, reaction temperature, and duration time, have an important influence on the product structure and the performance of the electrode prepared with the product. The optimized product is cube-shaped Zn2SnO4 crystalline, which is prepared with 0.4 M of NaOH solution at 200 degrees C for 24 h. These cube-shaped Zn2SnO4 particles with the spinel structure exhibit a large electrochemical capacity of 988 mA h/g and a relatively good capacity retention as anode materials for Li-ion battery. The structures of the as-prepared product and specimens taken from the electrodes after charging-discharging cycles are analyzed by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transition electron microscopy techniques. In particular, it is found for the first time that the spinel Zn2SnO4 structure exists to a great extent after the first cycle and contributes to the extremely high reversible capacity during the following cycles.
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- A Rong
- Institute of New Energy Material Chemistry, Department of Materials Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Wang JY, Yang YT, Bao YF, Qu JQ. Leishmania mexicana: the circular DNA 1 (CD1) element contains genes encoding nucleotide-binding protein. Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 2003; 19:217-20. [PMID: 12571969] [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: 02/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the nucleotide sequence of cloned CD1 fragments from Leishmania mexicana and find ORFs predicted to have protein coding function. METHODS CD1 element was separated by CHEF and recovered by agarase, and the digested CD1 fragments were cloned into pZero vector. Nucleotide sequences were determined by the dideoxy chain termination method with the automatic sequencing system ALF using the M13 universal primers. Sequences were analyzed using GCG-PCGENE computer programs. RESULTS The sequence with 4,385 nucleotides was determined and two ORFs were considered to have protein coding function (encoding nucleotide-binding protein). CONCLUSION Genes encoding nucleotide-binding protein were identified from the amplified CD1 element of Leishmania mexicana.
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- J Y Wang
- Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025
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Guan LR, Qu JQ, Cai JJ, Matsumoto Y, Chang KP. [Detection of canine visceral leishmaniasis by rK 39 antigen dipstick method]. Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 2003; 19:58. [PMID: 12572030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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Yang YT, Guan LR, Qu JQ. [A case of American cutaneous leishmaniasis imported from Venezuela]. Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 2003; 19:307. [PMID: 12572051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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Qu JQ, Guan LR, Shulidan I, Zuo XP, Chai JJ, Chen SB, Kawazu S, Katakura K, Matsumoto Y, Reed SG, Chang KP. Rapid screening with a recombinant antigen (rK39) for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis using dipstick. Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 2003; 18:155-8. [PMID: 12567693] [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: 02/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic value of the recombinant antigen of 39 amino acid repeats encoded by a kinesin-like gene of Leishmania changasi (rK39) in serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). METHODS In Kashi, Xinjiang, 13 VL patients with splenomegaly and bone marrow aspirate culture positive were subjected to dipstick assay. A drop of whole blood or serum from patient was placed at the absorbing pad at the bottom of the dipstick. Flooding of the bottom protein with buffer allows serum proteins to migrate upwards, producing the positive band and Western blot analysis of rK39 subsequently performed with the sera collected. RESULTS The end-point titers of anti-rK39 antibodies of these sera were determined by ELISA and found to fall within the range of 10(-2) to 10(-4), which were consistent with the intensity of their reaction with rK39 in dipstick assay. The positive sera could also recognize the specific rK39 band as analyzed by Western blot analysis. CONCLUSION The rK39 dipstick assay is more rapid, specific, sensitive and less invasive than the conventional methods of diagnosis for VL in the areas of low endemicity.
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- J Q Qu
- Institute of Parasit Diseases, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Shanghai 200025
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Katakura K, Kawazu S, Naya T, Nagakura K, Ito M, Aikawa M, Qu JQ, Guan LR, Zuo XP, Chai JJ, Chang KP, Matsumoto Y. Diagnosis of kala-azar by nested PCR based on amplification of the Leishmania mini-exon gene. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:2173-7. [PMID: 9665985 PMCID: PMC104997 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.8.2173-2177.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [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: 12/10/1997] [Accepted: 04/28/1998] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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To diagnose visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar), we have developed a nested PCR method based on amplification of the mini-exon gene, which is unique and tandomly repeated in the Leishmania genome. Nested PCR was sufficiently sensitive for the detection of DNA in an amount equivalent to a single Leishmania parasite or less. We examined the usefulness of this PCR method using bone marrow aspirates and buffy coat cells collected from kala-azar patients who had or had not received chemotherapy in northwest China. We obtained PCR positivity for all of the parasitologically positive bone marrow samples from the patients. Some ambiguities with the primary PCR results were eliminated by the subsequent nested PCR. The buffy coat samples from 7 of 12 patients with splenomegaly were positive by the nested PCR, although only 2 of them were positive for parasites by culture. However, buffy coat samples from nine children, whose splenomegaly has been reduced and clinically cured by antimony treatment, were all negative. Thus, this nested PCR method represents a new tool for the diagnosis of kala-azar with patient blood samples instead of bone marrow or spleen aspirates obtained by more invasive procedures.
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- K Katakura
- Department of Tropical Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Guan LR, Yang YQ, Qu JQ, Shen WX. Discovery and study of Leishmania turanica for the first time in China. Bull World Health Organ 1995; 73:667-72. [PMID: 8846493 PMCID: PMC2486811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Reported are the results of multidisciplinary studies on Leishmania turanica, which was isolated from the auricular tissues of naturally infected great gerbils in Xinjiang, China. Discussed are the biology of the parasite, its molecular biology, its pathogenicity in rodents and humans and its vectors. This was the first time that L. turanica had been reported in China. L. turanica is highly pathogenic in BALB/c mice, with the resulting systemic infection being lethal, and it causes dermal lesions in Meriones unguiculatus. L. turanica parasitizes the macrophages in the interstitium of the testes of Cricetulus barabensis, and entirely destroys the Leydig's cells of severely infected animals. Inoculation of L. turanica can induce simian and human cutaneous leishmaniasis. The cell membrane and flagella of the promastigotes of L. turanica have rather active ACPase. The major vectors of L. turanica were Phlebotomus mongolensis and P. andrejevi.
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- L R Guan
- Institute of Parasitic Diseases (IPD), Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine (CAPM), Shanghai, China
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Qu JQ, Zhong L, Masoom-Yasinzai M, Abdur-Rab M, Aksu HS, Reed SG, Chang KP, Gilman-Sachs A. Serodiagnosis of Asian leishmaniasis with a recombinant antigen from the repetitive domain of a Leishmania kinesin. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1994; 88:543-5. [PMID: 7992333 DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(94)90154-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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rK39 is a recombinant product of the 39 amino acid repeats found in a kinesin-like gene of visceral Leishmania spp. This and other antigens were compared for immunodiagnostic potential by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with sera from confirmed cases of Asian cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis. In preliminary trials, rK39 proved superior to 2 purified Leishmania antigens, a cytosolic protein (p36) and a membrane protein (gp63), for immunodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis. Of the 53 visceral cases from China and Pakistan assayed, 52 were seropositive (98%) at a 10(-1) dilution with 36 ng of rK39. End point titrations of 27 highly positive samples yielded anti-rK39 antibody titres ranging from c. 10(-3) to beyond 10(-4). Antigen titrations with one positive serum further revealed that rK39 was 25-fold more sensitive than Leishmania whole cell soluble lysates. 31 cutaneous leishmaniasis cases from Turkey assayed for anti-rK39 antibody gave reactions ranging from negative or marginally positive to positive. In Brazil, all cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis cases gave negative results in this assay.
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- J Q Qu
- Department of Microbiology/Immunology, University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois 60064
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Lu HG, Zhong L, Guan LR, Qu JQ, Hu XS, Chai JJ, Xu ZB, Wang CT, Chang KP. Separation of Chinese Leishmania isolates into five genotypes by kinetoplast and chromosomal DNA heterogeneity. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1994; 50:763-70. [PMID: 8024072 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1994.50.763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Leishmaniasis remains endemic in China, especially in the west and northwest frontier regions in central Asia. Epidemic outbreaks of both visceral and cutaneous forms of the disease have become a serious concern in view of such events occurring in neighboring countries. In the present study, we have begun to characterize available parasites as an initial step in understanding the epidemiology of leishmaniasis in central Asia. Nineteen Leishmania isolates collected since the 1950s from epidemiologically different foci in China were separated into five genotypes (Groups I-V) based on their polymorphisms in both kinetoplast (kDNA) and nuclear (nDNA) DNAs. Both kDNA and nDNA are conserved in Group I, which consists of six isolates, i.e., five cases of human kala-azar and one case of canine leishmaniasis isolated from three distant foci more than 30 years apart. In contrast, both kDNA and nDNA are heterogeneous in Group II, consisting of 10 isolates scattered in the plain area from the eastern coast to the western desert. This group includes five kala-azar cases, one post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis case, two sand fly isolates, and two canine isolates. The remaining three groups (III-V), two from great gerbils (Rhombomys opimus) and one from a kala-azar case, differ among themselves and from the aforementioned groups. Groups I, II/III, IV, and V contain isolates that have been recognized epidemiologically or typed isoenzymatically as L. donovani s.l., L. infantum s.l., L. turinica, and L. gerbilli, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- H G Lu
- Department of Microbiology/Immunology, University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School, Illinois
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Qu JQ, Bao YF. Dot-ELISA using monoclonal antibodies for identification of Leishmania donovani. Chin Med J (Engl) 1987; 100:823-6. [PMID: 3127137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Qu JQ. [The extent and pattern of infiltration along the bronchial wall in central type lung cancer]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 1986; 8:193-5. [PMID: 3743348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Gross and microscopic study was made in fifty specimens emphasizing on the bronchial wall of lung cancer. The extent and pattern of infiltration along the proximal bronchial wall in the central type lung cancer were observed. The cancerous tissue extended proximally from less than 1.2 cm in the majority of cases, to a maximum of 1.6 cm from the cancer base. The lesions can be divided into three gross types: infiltrating, polypoid and nodular. In the infiltrating type, the cancerous tissue spread along the bronchial wall far and may involve multiple layers in the wall. In the polypoid type, the infiltration did not reach far as compared with the other types. None in the polypoid type was over 0.4 cm. The nodular type comprising 54% (27/50), was more common than the others. In order to improve the operative result, infiltrating pattern and distance along the bronchial wall are important references for resection of central type lung cancer.
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Zhu DY, Xu WC, Qian YD, Bao YF, Qu JQ. [Subclinical cerebral cysticercosis and Biltricide (praziquantel)]. Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao 1984; 6:281-4. [PMID: 6241069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Wang J, Bao YF, Xiong GH, Jin CF, Guang LR, Qu JQ, Li RL, Zhang JQ, Jiang YL. [Mebendazole in the experimental treatment of cysticercosis]. Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao 1981; 3 Suppl 1:63-5. [PMID: 6459882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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