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Li XS, Huang JY, Guo JP, Gu ZM, Liu GX, Zhang Y, Cai ZZ, Wang Y. [Comparison of risk factors for hemorrhagic stroke and ischemic stroke, a prospective long-term follow-up cohort study]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2023; 44:1383-1389. [PMID: 37743270 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20230210-00069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Objective: To analyze and compare the risk factors for hemorrhagic stroke and ischemic stroke and understand the exposure levels in population. Methods: A cohort study of risk factors of stroke was conducted in a rural community in Fengxian District of Shanghai in 2003, and the common risk factors of stroke were investigated at baseline survey, the cerebrovascular hemodynamics indexes were detected, the cerebrovascular function score was calculated according to the unified integral rule, and the incidence of stroke was observed in follow up. The risk factors for hemorrhagic stroke and ischemic stroke were analyzed by cohort study. The risk factors for two subtypes of stroke were compared. Result: A total of 10 565 participants were included in the study, with a mean follow-up period of (11.15±2.26) years, and 103 hemorrhagic stroke cases and 268 ischemic stroke cases were observed during follow-up period. The independent risk factors of hemorrhagic stroke included decreased cerebrovascular function score [hazard ratio (HR)=1.56, 95%CI: 1.23-1.98], history of alcohol consumption (HR=2.46, 95%CI: 1.39-4.34), hypertension (HR=1.75, 95%CI: 1.00-3.07) and older age (HR=1.07, 95%CI: 1.04-1.10). The independent risk factors of ischemic stroke included decreased cerebrovascular function score (HR=1.43, 95%CI: 1.25-1.65), smoking history (HR=1.52, 95%CI: 1.13-2.05), hypertension (HR=1.51, 95%CI: 1.10-2.07), family history of stroke (HR=1.89, 95%CI: 1.13-3.15), left ventricular hypertrophy (HR=1.74, 95%CI: 1.07-2.81) and older age (HR=1.07, 95%CI: 1.05-1.08). Conclusions: Decreased cerebrovascular function score, hypertension, and older age were common independent risk factors of both types of stroke, alcohol consumption history was an independent risk factor of hemorrhagic stroke, and smoking history, and family history of stroke and left ventricular hypertrophy were independent risk factors of ischemic stroke.
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- X S Li
- Shanghai Institute for Cerebrovascular Disease Prevention, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Cerebrovascular Disease Prevention, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Cerebrovascular Disease Prevention, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Cerebrovascular Disease Prevention, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Cerebrovascular Disease Prevention, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Cerebrovascular Disease Prevention, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Cerebrovascular Disease Prevention, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Cerebrovascular Disease Prevention, Shanghai 200063, China
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Huang JY, Zhang W, Xiang R, Deng YQ, Tao ZZ, Xu Y. [Short-term efficacy and safety observation of standardized mite allergen extract rush subcutaneous immunotherapy for allergic rhinitis: a prospective study]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2023; 58:854-862. [PMID: 37675523 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20230401-00149] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Objective: To conduct a comparative analysis of the efficacy, safety, and cytokine changes associated with three distinct dose escalation regimens of allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT), and to provide valuable insights into the implementation of safer and more effective accelerated immunotherapy in clinical practice. Methods: A prospective study of subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) was conducted at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, involving patients with allergic rhinitis visited from 2019 to 2022. Participants were allocated to one of three treatment groups based on their preferences: conventional immunotherapy (CIT, 23 cases), cluster immunotherapy (CLIT, 25 cases), or rush immunotherapy (RIT, 18 cases). The RIT group received a single subcutaneous injection of 150 mg of omalizumab one week before commencing treatment. Subjective evaluation indices, including the Combined Symptom and Medication Score (CSMS), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and single symptom score, were recorded alongside objective evaluation indices (e.g., sIgE, tIgE, Th1/2 and Th17 cytokines) and adverse reactions. Assessments were conducted at baseline, and at 1, 7, and 15 weeks after treatment. SPSS 22.0 software was used for data processing and analysis. Results: The study included a total of 66 patients, comprising 37 males and 29 females, who completed the treatment regimen. In all three groups, CSMS and VAS scores showed significant reductions at 1, 7, and 15 weeks post-treatment (all P<0.05). Notably, the RIT group demonstrated a significantly lower VAS score (4.33±0.94) compared to the CIT (9.48±1.37) and CLIT (9.44±1.33) groups at 1 week post-treatment (P<0.05). Additionally, the RIT group (0.62±0.23) exhibited a lower CSMS score than the CIT (1.54±0.21) and CLIT (1.06±0.22) groups at 15 weeks post-treatment (P<0.05). Furthermore, at the point of reaching the maintenance dose, the RIT group (0.61±0.20) demonstrated superior improvement in nasal itching symptoms compared to the CIT (1.78±0.38) and CLIT groups (1.56±0.32), with P<0.05. The incidence of local adverse reactions in the RIT group (36/11.76%) was lower than that in the CIT (69/20.00%) and CLIT groups (62/16.53%), with P<0.05. Notably, none of the three groups reported grade 3/4 systemic adverse reactions, and there was no statistically significant difference in systemic adverse reactions among the three groups. Following treatment, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-17, sIgE, sIgE/tIgE, and Eos% exhibited varying degrees of decrease in all three groups, whereas IL-10, TNF, and IFN-γ did not show significant changes. Conclusions: All three distinct dose escalation regimens of SCIT demonstrated substantial clinical efficacy. Of note, the approach of combining a single injection of omalizumab with RIT significantly improved early-stage efficacy and exhibited the advantages of safety, effectiveness, and convenience, establishing it as a reliable immunotherapy method.
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- J Y Huang
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Rhinology and Allergy, Research Institute of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Rhinology and Allergy, Research Institute of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Rhinology and Allergy, Research Institute of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Rhinology and Allergy, Research Institute of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Rhinology and Allergy, Research Institute of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Rhinology and Allergy, Research Institute of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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Huang J, Gergel SE. Effectiveness of landscape indicators for explaining the variability of benthic macro-invertebrates in urban streams. J Environ Manage 2023; 342:118130. [PMID: 37182484 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118130] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Landscape indicators - measures of land use and land cover - are widely used as proxies for monitoring urban stream conditions, particularly for benthic invertebrates which are often negatively impacted by watershed urbanization. However, multi-scale and nonlinear relationships between benthic macroinvertebrates and landscape configuration derived from fine spatial resolution land cover are not well explored. Here, we developed a series of landscape indicators and assessed their effectiveness in explaining the variability of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in 63 streams across the Greater Vancouver Region in British Columbia, Canada. We asked: 1) How effective are multi-scale landscape indicators in explaining the variability of instream benthic macroinvertebrates? 2) Does the explanatory power of landscape indicators vary at different spatial scales? 3) Do different urban forest classification schemes and their spatial configurations impact the explanatory power of landscape indicators? We developed high spatial resolution (5-m) landscape indicators and evaluated their utility in statistical models explaining taxa richness, instream benthic indices of biological integrity (B-IBI), % Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT), and % Oligochaetes. For all benthic responses, landscape indicators measured at the watershed scale explained 5-25% more variation than riparian-based indicators. Combining indicators mapped at multiple scales further improved the explanatory power of landscape indicators for % EPT and % Oligochaetes, ultimately explaining over 70% of the variability of benthic macro-invertebrates in streams. Distinguishing deciduous and coniferous forest types improved the explanatory power of landscape indicators in a riparian model for B-IBI by 10%. When considering the spatial arrangement of land cover, patch density of forests in the surrounding watersheds of stream explained as much as 47% of the variability in % Oligochaetes. Our results highlight the importance of investigating nonlinear relationships between benthic macroinvertebrates and landscape configuration. This monitoring approach is transferable across cities interested in maintaining the ecological health of urban streams while supporting urban expansion and growth.
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- Jieying Huang
- Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences University of British Columbia 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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- Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences University of British Columbia 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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Zhao T, Huang JY, Liu CH, Chen RB, Fan WL, Zheng WL. [Endovascular therapy accompanied by spontaneous portosystemic shunts for overt hepatic encephalopathy]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2023; 31:181-185. [PMID: 37137834 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501113-20210705-00315] [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: 05/05/2023]
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Objective: To preliminarily evaluate the safety and efficacy of shunt-related interventional therapy accompanied with spontaneous portosystemic shunts (SPSS) in patients with hepatic encephalopathy (HE). Methods: Case data on six patients who underwent interventional therapy accompanied by SPSS for HE from January 2017 to March 2021 were collected to evaluate the efficacy and postoperative complications. Results: All six patients underwent SPSS. Four patients had hepatitis B cirrhosis; one had alcoholic cirrhosis; and one had hepatic arterioportal fistula-induced portal hypertension. Child-Pugh liver function scores were C and B in three and three cases, respectively. The SPSS type was gastrorenal shunt in two cases; portal-thoracic-azygos venous in two cases; portal-umbilical-iliac venous in one case; and portal-splenic venous - inferior vena cava in one case. Two of them had previously had a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), and there were SPSS prior to TIPS. Five cases (5/6) successfully underwent shunt embolization, and one case (1/6) underwent stent implantation for flow restriction (portal-umbilical-iliac vein). The technical success rate was 100%. HE did not recur during hospitalization or the three-month follow-up period. However, one case had a recurrence of HE within a year after surgery and was treated symptomatically, while another experienced gastrointestinal bleeding a year after surgery.. Conclusion: SPSS embolization or flow restriction is effective and safe for improving HE patients' symptoms.
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- T Zhao
- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang University Medical College Affiliated Sir Run Shaw Hospital, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang University Medical College Affiliated Sir Run Shaw Hospital, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang University Medical College Affiliated Sir Run Shaw Hospital, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang University Medical College Affiliated Sir Run Shaw Hospital, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang University Medical College Affiliated Sir Run Shaw Hospital, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang University Medical College Affiliated Sir Run Shaw Hospital, Hangzhou 310000, China
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Tse YK, Ren QW, Wu MZ, Huang JY, Leung CKL, Li HL, Yiu KH. Statin use after valvular heart surgery is associated with a decreased risk of prosthetic valve endocarditis. Eur Heart J 2023. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac779.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: Public hospital(s). Main funding source(s): Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen, China;
HKU-SZH Fund for Shenzhen Key Medical Discipline
Background
Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a rare but serious complication following valvular heart surgery for which preventive strategies remain unknown. Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that statins may reduce the risk of infections and infection-related complications.
Purpose
We aim to assess the association between statin use and the risk of prosthetic valve endocarditis in patients undergoing valvular heart surgery.
Methods
In all patients undergoing valvular heart surgery in Hong Kong between 2010 and 2021, statin use was ascertained by ≥14-day consecutive filled prescriptions after surgery. Stepwise Poisson regression was applied to identify predictors of PVE. Baseline characteristics between statin nonusers (N = 1400) with statin users (N = 976) were balanced using the inverse probability of treatment weighting. Cox proportional-hazard models with competing risk regression were further performed to estimate the risk of PVE and cardiovascular mortality associated with statin use.
Results
Our study included 2376 patients; the mean age was 57.8±14.2 years, and 54.4% were males. Over a median follow-up of 5.5 years (interquartile range 2.8-8.6), PVE occurred in 93 patients (6.75 [95% CI 5.51-8.26] PVE events per 1000 person-years). PVE was associated with New York Heart Association Class (Relative Risk [RR] 1.22, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] 1.01-1.45; P = 0.035), prior infective endocarditis (RR 8.64, 95% CI 5.58-13.19; P < 0.001), and aortic valve replacement (RR 1.67, 95% CI 1.11-2.53; P = 0.014).
Compared with non-use, statin use was associated with a 47% lower risk of PVE incidence (multivariable-adjusted subdistribution hazard ratio [SHR] 0.53, 95% CI 0.33-0.83; P = 0.006) (Figure 1). This inverse association with the risk of PVE was duration dependent, with an adjusted SHR of 0.60 (95% CI 0.47-0.73; P < 0.001) per year of statin use. Results were consistent across subgroups of sex (male vs female), the number of valvular procedures (single vs multiple), and prosthesis type (mechanical vs biological), but not in groups aged ≤60 years or with prior infective endocarditis (Figure 2). Statin use was associated with a 45% decreased risk of cardiovascular death (SHR 0.55, 95% CI 0.36-0.84; P = 0.006).
Conclusions
In patients undergoing valvular surgery, post-operative statin use is associated with a lower risk of PVE. These results provide new avenues for preventing PVE and hence valve failure.
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- Y K Tse
- The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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- The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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- The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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- The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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- The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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- The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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- The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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Hung D, Tse YK, Ren QW, Huang JY, Yiu KH. Prognostic value of longitudinal assessment of inflammatory and nutritional status in patients undergoing valvular heart surgery. Eur Heart J 2023. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac779.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: None.
Background
Novel strategies to improve the long-term risk stratification of valvular surgery are urgently needed as a result of the increasing prevalence of valvular heart diseases globally.
Purpose
This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic implications of longitudinal assessment of inflammatory and nutritional status in patients undergoing valvular surgery.
Methods
1046 patients who underwent valvular surgery were stratified into three groups based on their inflammatory (neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio [NLR]) and nutritional status (prognostic nutritional index [PNI]): without inflammation and malnutrition (normal), inflammation or malnutrition alone (mild), and concomitant inflammation and malnutrition (severe). Optimal NLR and PNI thresholds for predicting all-cause mortality were determined using receiver-operating characteristic analysis. The endpoints were all-cause mortality, cardiovascular death and adverse events (composite of death and heart failure [HF] hospitalization).
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Over a median follow-up of 4.3 years (IQR: 2.6 to 6.4 years), 139 (13.3%) deaths and 148 (14.1%) HF hospitalizations occurred. Based on the optimal cut-off of NLR >4.06 (inflammation) and PNI <45.8 (malnutrition), 714 (68.3%), 214 (20.5%) and 118 (11.3%) patients were categorized into normal, mild and severe groups respectively. Compared with patients without inflammation and malnutrition, those with concomitant inflammation and malnutrition before surgery had the highest risk of all-cause mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 5.60, 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.66-8.57), cardiovascular death (subdistribution HR [SHR] 5.19, 95% CI 2.33-11.60) and adverse events (HR 3.14, 95% CI 2.25-4.38) (p<0.001 for all), adjusted for demographics, cardiovascular risk factors and diseases, medications, valvular surgeries and EuroSCORE II. Discriminatory improvement for predicting all-cause mortality was observed when baseline NLR and PNI were added to EuroSCORE II (C-statistic 0.77 vs 0.73, p=0.04; continuous net reclassification improvement [cNRI] 0.24, 95% CI 0.12-0.36, p=0.004; integrated discrimination improvement [IDI] 0.04, 95% CI 0.01-0.08, p=0.004) and STS score (C-statistic 0.78 vs 0.73, p=0.03; cNRI 0.16, 95% CI 0.06-0.32, p=0.002; IDI 0.02, 95% CI 0.000-0.049, p=0.048) respectively. 1 year following surgery (n=740), those with persistent concomitant inflammation and malnutrition experienced the highest risk of all-cause mortality (HR 8.82, 95% CI 4.21-18.49), cardiovascular death (SHR 12.63, 95% CI 3.85-41.39) and adverse events (HR 5.83, 95% CI 3.16-10.76) than those without (p<0.001 for all).
Conclusion
Concomitant inflammation and malnutrition is common and is strongly associated with mortality and HF in patients undergoing valvular surgery. Beyond conventional risk scores, assessments of inflammatory and nutritional status using NLR and PNI before and after surgery may provide additional prognostic value for long-term outcomes following valvular surgery.
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- D Hung
- The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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- The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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- The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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- The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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- The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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Wu MZ, Ren QW, Huang JY, Tse YK, Yu SY, Cheang LF, Li HL, Chan YH, Tse HF, Yiu KH. Comparison of risk of hyperkalemia between SGLT2 inhibitors and DPP4-inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes. Eur Heart J 2023. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac779.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: None.
Background
Hyperkalemia is a common complication and increases the risk of cardiac arrhythmias and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), especially in those with diabetic nephropathy. We investigated the risk of hyperkalemia in patients initiated on SGLT2 inhibitors versus DPP-4 inhibitors among patients with T2DM.
Methods
This study included patients with T2DM who initiated on SGLT2 inhibitors or DPP-4 inhibitors between January 01, 2015 and December 31, 2019 from a territory-wide clinical registry in Hong Kong (Clinical Data Analysis and Reporting System [CDARS]). A multivariable cox proportional hazards analysis, adjusting for key confounders, was used to compare the risk of central laboratory-determined hyperkalemia (serum potassium ≥6.0mmol/L) and hypokalemia (serum potassium <3.5mmol/L), respectively, between SGLT2 inhibitors and DPP-4 inhibitors.
Results
10193 new users of SGLT2 inhibitors were matched to 17305 new users of DPP-4 inhibitors. During the 2-year follow-up, there were 104 hyperkalemia events (incident rate [IR] = 5.17 per 1000 person-years) among SGLT2 inhibitors and 306 events (IR = 9.09 per 1000 person-years) among DPP-4 inhibitors, of which SGLT2 inhibitors were associated with a lower risk of incident hyperkalemia (Adjusted HR: 0.66 [95%CI 0.53-0.83], p<0.001), compared to DPP-4 inhibitors. The incident hypokalemia was similar between SGLT2 inhibitors and DPP-4 inhibitors (Adjusted HR: 0.91 [95%CI 0.81-1.03], P=0.13).
Conclusion
SGLT2 inhibitors reduced incident hyperkalemia, but without increasing incident hypokalemia compared to DPP-4 inhibitors.
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- M Z Wu
- University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital , Shenzhen , China
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- University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital , Shenzhen , China
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- University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital , Shenzhen , China
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- the University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , China
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- the University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , China
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- the University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , China
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- the University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , China
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- the University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , China
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- the University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , China
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- University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital , Shenzhen , China
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Huang J, Xi Y, Hu J, Tao J. FlowNL: Asking the Flow Data in Natural Languages. IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph 2023; 29:1200-1210. [PMID: 36194710 DOI: 10.1109/tvcg.2022.3209453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Flow visualization is essentially a tool to answer domain experts' questions about flow fields using rendered images. Static flow visualization approaches require domain experts to raise their questions to visualization experts, who develop specific techniques to extract and visualize the flow structures of interest. Interactive visualization approaches allow domain experts to ask the system directly through the visual analytic interface, which provides flexibility to support various tasks. However, in practice, the visual analytic interface may require extra learning effort, which often discourages domain experts and limits its usage in real-world scenarios. In this paper, we propose FlowNL, a novel interactive system with a natural language interface. FlowNL allows users to manipulate the flow visualization system using plain English, which greatly reduces the learning effort. We develop a natural language parser to interpret user intention and translate textual input into a declarative language. We design the declarative language as an intermediate layer between the natural language and the programming language specifically for flow visualization. The declarative language provides selection and composition rules to derive relatively complicated flow structures from primitive objects that encode various kinds of information about scalar fields, flow patterns, regions of interest, connectivities, etc. We demonstrate the effectiveness of FlowNL using multiple usage scenarios and an empirical evaluation.
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Lee CH, Wu MZ, Lui DTW, Fong CHY, Ren QW, Yu SY, Yuen MMA, Chow WS, Huang JY, Xu A, Yiu KH, Lam KSL. Prospective associations of circulating thrombospondin-2 level with heart failure hospitalization, left ventricular remodeling and diastolic function in type 2 diabetes. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2022; 21:231. [PMID: 36335340 PMCID: PMC9637303 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-022-01646-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Background Circulating thrombospondin-2 (TSP2) levels were associated with the development of heart failure (HF) in recent studies. However, these studies included only a minority of patients with type 2 diabetes, which is associated with an increased HF risk. As hyperglycemia induces TSP2 expression and its tissue expression increases in type 2 diabetes, we investigated the prospective association of circulating TSP2 with incident HF hospitalization (HHF), and its associations with longitudinal changes of echocardiographic parameters in type 2 diabetes. Methods Baseline serum TSP2 levels were measured in 4949 patients with type 2 diabetes to determine its association with incident HHF using multivariable Cox regression analysis. In the echocardiographic study, baseline serum TSP2 levels were measured in another 146 patients with type 2 diabetes but without cardiovascular diseases who underwent detailed transthoracic echocardiography at baseline and after 1 year. Results Over a median follow-up of 7.8 years, 330 of 4949 patients (6.7%) developed incident HHF. Baseline serum TSP2 levels were independently associated with the development of HHF (HR 1.31, 95%CI 1.06–1.62, p = 0.014) after adjustments for baseline conventional cardiovascular risk factors, atrial fibrillation, estimated glomerular filtration rate, albuminuria and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein level, use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers, loop-diuretics, aspirin, insulin, metformin and sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors. Moreover, baseline serum TSP2 levels were independently associated with increase in average E/e’ and left atrial volume index (p = 0.04 and < 0.01, respectively). Conclusion Serum TSP2 levels were independently associated with both incident HHF and deterioration in diastolic function in type 2 diabetes. Trial registration Not Applicable Supplementary information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12933-022-01646-x.
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Tang F, Wen X, Zhang X, Qi S, Tang X, Huang J, Zhu C, Shang G, Xu Y, Cai J, Wang R. Ultrafine particles exposure is associated with specific operative procedures in a multi-chair dental clinic. Heliyon 2022; 8:e11127. [PMID: 36276750 PMCID: PMC9574865 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Air quality in dental clinics is critical, especially in light of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, given that dental professionals and patients are at risk of regular exposure to aerosols and bioaerosols in dental clinics. High levels of ultrafine particles (UFP) may be produced by dental procedures. This study aimed to quantify ultrafine particles (UFP) concentrations in a real multi-chair dental clinic and compare the levels of UFP produced by different dental procedures. The efficiency of a high-volume evacuator (HVE) in reducing the UFP concentrations during dental procedures was also assessed. UFP concentrations were measured both inside and outside of a dental clinic in Shanghai, China during a 12-day period from July to September 2020. Dental activities were recorded during working hours. The mean (±standard deviation) concentrations of indoor and outdoor UFP during the sampling period were 8,209 (±4,407) counts/cm3 and 15,984 (±7,977) counts/cm3, respectively. The indoor UFP concentration was much higher during working hours (10,057 ± 5,725 counts/cm3) than during non-working hours (7,163 ± 2,972 counts/cm3). The UFP concentrations increased significantly during laser periodontal treatment, root canal filling, tooth drilling, and grinding, and were slightly elevated during ultrasonic scaling or tooth extraction by piezo-surgery. The highest UFP concentration (241,136 counts/cm3) was observed during laser periodontal treatment, followed by root canal filling (75,034 counts/cm3), which showed the second highest level. The use of an HVE resulted in lower number concentration of UFP when drilling and grinding teeth with high-speed handpieces, but did not significantly reduce UFP measured during laser periodontal therapy. we found that many dental procedures can generate high concentration of UFP in dental clinics, which may have a great health impact on the dental workers. The use of an HVE may help reduce the exposure to UFP during the use of high-speed handpieces.
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- Fengqin Tang
- Department of Stomatology, Clinical Medical College of Shanghai Tenth Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China
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- Department of Stomatology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Stomatology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Craniomaxillofacial Development and Diseases, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China,Department of Prosthodontics, Shanghai Stomatology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Stomatology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Stomatology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Stomatology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Stomatology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Stomatology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China,Corresponding author.
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- School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China,Corresponding author.
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- Department of Stomatology, Clinical Medical College of Shanghai Tenth Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China,Department of Stomatology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China,Corresponding author.
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Yang Y, Huang J, Wu P, Zheng X, Lin H, Ji S. Responsible leadership and project citizenship behavior: A cross-level investigation. Front Psychol 2022; 13:960290. [PMID: 36118436 PMCID: PMC9479460 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.960290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Project citizenship behavior (PCB) has an important positive impact on project success. Researching how to promote PCB is an important issue in project management. Based on social learning theory and social cognitive theory, this paper adopted the method of questionnaire survey and hierarchical linear model (HLM) to analyze the collected data derived from the sample of Chinese construction enterprises and verified this hypothesis. The results show that responsible leadership has a significant positive effect on PCB, moral identity mediates this relationship, and collective moral sensitivity positively moderates this mediating effect. The findings of the study systematically and deeply reveal the intrinsic mechanism of the cross-level influence of responsible leadership on PCB, and provide new enlightenment for the practice of project management.
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- Yuxin Yang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Public Project Audit, School of Engineering Audit, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, China
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- McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Public Project Audit, School of Engineering Audit, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Law, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Xujiang Zheng,
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Public Project Audit, School of Engineering Audit, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Public Project Audit, School of Engineering Audit, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, China
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Cai J, Ji Z, Wu J, Chen L, Zheng D, Chen Y, Zhang X, Xie W, Huang J, Chen M, Lin R, Lin W, Chen Y, Li Z. Development and validation of a novel endoplasmic reticulum stress-related lncRNA prognostic signature and candidate drugs in breast cancer. Front Genet 2022; 13:949314. [PMID: 36092873 PMCID: PMC9452962 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.949314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Breast cancer (BC), the most common malignancy in women, has a high cancer-related mortality. Endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS), a response to the accumulation of unfolded proteins, has emerging roles in tumorigenesis, including invasion, metastasis, immune escape, etc. However, few studies have focused on the correlation between ERS with long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in BC. We attempted to construct an ERS-related lncRNA prognostic signature and study its value in BC from tumor mutational burden (TMB), tumor immune microenvironment (TIME), cluster, clinical treatment, and so on. In the present study, transcriptomic and clinical data of BC patients were extracted from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. Correlation test, Cox regression analysis, least absolute shrinkage, and selection operator (LASSO) method were performed to determine an ERS-related lncRNA prognostic signature. Survival and predictive performance were analyzed according to Kaplan-Meier curves and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, while nomograms and calibration curves were established. Then, an enrichment analysis was performed to study the functions and biological processes of ERS-related lncRNAs. TMB and TIME were also analyzed to assess the mutational status and immune status. Additionally, by using consensus cluster analysis, we compared differences among tumor subtypes. Drug sensitivity analysis and immunologic efficacy evaluations were performed together for further exploration. We identified a novel prognostic signature consisting of 9 ERS-related lncRNAs. High-risk patients had worse prognoses. The signature had a good predictive performance as an independent prognostic indicator and was significantly associated with clinicopathological characteristics. Enrichment analysis showed that metabolic pathways were enriched in high-risk patients, while immune pathways were more active in low-risk patients. Low-risk patients had lower TMB, higher immune scores, and stronger immune functions. Cluster analysis clarified that cluster 2 had the most active immune functions and was sensitive to more drugs, which may have the best clinical immunological efficacy. A clinical efficacy evaluation revealed that patients in the low-risk group may benefit more from chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy. The novel signature has significant clinical implications in prognosis prediction for BC. Our study clarifies that there is a potential connection between the ERS-related lncRNAs and BC, which may provide new treatment guidelines for BC.
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- Jiehui Cai
- Department of Thyroid, Breast and Hernia Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
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- Department of Thyroid, Breast and Hernia Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
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- Department of Thyroid, Breast and Hernia Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
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- Department of Thyroid, Breast and Hernia Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
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- Department of Thyroid, Breast and Hernia Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
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Du YQ, Liang C, Gu YP, Zhou HY, Huang JY, Cao J. [Evaluation of the effectiveness of malaria control health education among overseas enterprise employees]. Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi 2022; 34:383-391. [PMID: 36116928 DOI: 10.16250/j.32.1374.2022032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of health education on knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) relating to malaria control among overseas enterprise employees. METHODS In September 2019, on-site malaria control health education was conducted among all Chinese employees of a China-funded mining enterprise in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The KAP questionnaire for malaria control was generated on the Questionstar website, and the participants were subjected to two questionnaire surveys prior to and 14 months after health education. After the questionnaires were recovered, all valid questionnaires were divided into 4 groups, including the baseline group (the questionnaires filled out by respondents who received health education and participated in two questionnaire surveys before health education), the loss-to-follow-up group (the questionnaires filled out by respondents who received health education but only participated in the questionnaire survey after health education), the retest group (the questionnaires filled out by respondents who received health education and participated in two questionnaire surveys after health education) and the new group (questionnaires filled out by respondents who did not receive health education and only participated in the questionnaire survey after health education) according to subjects' receiving health education and participation in two questionnaire surveys. The correct rate of malaria control knowledge, the proportion to good attitudes towards malaria control and the proportion of good practices towards malaria control were compared between the baseline group and the loss-to-follow-up group, between the baseline group and the retest group, and between the retest group and the new group. RESULTS A total of 110 and 142 valid questionnaires were recovered during the two surveys, and the recovery rates were 90.9% and 70.3%, respectively. There were 77, 77, 33, and 65 valid questionnaires recovered from the baseline group, the loss-to-follow-up group, the retest group, and the new group, respectively. There were no significant differences in respondents' gender, age and educational levels between the baseline group and the loss-to-follow-up group (all P values > 0.05), and there were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of the mean score of malaria control knowledge (Z = 2.011, P > 0.05), the mean score of attitudes towards malaria control (t = -0.787, P > 0.05) and the mean score of practices towards malaria control (t = -0.787, P > 0.05). There were significant differences between the retest group and the baseline group in terms of the mean score of malaria control knowledge (10.83 vs. 9.79; Z = -4.017, P < 0.05), the mean score of attitudes towards malaria control (29.48 vs. 28.61; Z = -1.981, P < 0.05) and the mean score of practices towards malaria control (6.43 vs. 5.91; Z = -2.499, P < 0.05). There were no significant differences between the retest group and the new group in terms of gender, age or education levels (all P values > 0.05), and a higher mean score of malaria control knowledge was found in the retest group than in the new group (10.83 vs. 9.81; Z = -2.962, P < 0.05), while no significant differences were seen in the mean score of attitudes towards malaria control (29.48 vs. 30.17; Z = -1.158, P > 0.05) and the mean score of practices towards malaria control (6.43 vs. 6.37; Z = -0.048, P > 0.05) between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS Malaria control health education may significantly improve the understanding of malaria control knowledge, positive attitudes towards malaria control and the compliance of practices towards malaria control among overseas enterprise employees.
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- Y Q Du
- School of Public Health, Fudan University, National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, Shanghai 200032, China
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- National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214064, China
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- National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214064, China
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- National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214064, China
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- School of Public Health, Fudan University, National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, Shanghai 200032, China
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- National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214064, China
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Wu LW, Wang L, Wen ZL, Ma H, Ou QF, Wu C, Gao X, Shi L, Li HW, Xia F, Song S, Zhu ZQ, Liu HY, Chen XC, Zhang SL, Huang JY, Song YZ. [Screening and preliminary validation of biomarkers in sputum-negative pulmonary tuberculosis based on positron emission tomography/computed tomography and transcriptomics]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2022; 45:567-572. [PMID: 35658381 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20211207-00864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To screen and perform preliminary clinical validation of biomarkers of activity based on positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT) and transcriptomics in sputum-negative pulmonary tuberculosis lesion tissue. Methods: Nine patients with sputum-negative pulmonary tuberculosis treated surgically at the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center for Thoracic Surgery from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2019 were retrospectively collected as the discovery group, including four males and five females, aged 20-57 years (mean 36 years). All of the patients underwent PET-CT scanning before surgery, and the resected specimens were postoperatively classified according to preoperative PET-CT. The resected specimens were divided into areas with increased fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) metabolism (SUVmax>3) and areas with normal FDG metabolism (SUVmax ≤ 3) according to the preoperative PET-CT performance. After sample processing, total RNA was extracted from the tissues of different regions, and then whole gene transcriptome sequencing was performed. Bioinformatics analysis of the two sets of data was performed to discover the expression profiles of the differences in whole gene transcriptome data between the two regions and to screen for candidate biomarkers. Eighty patients with sputum-negative pulmonary tuberculosis admitted to Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center from January 1, 2019 to January 1, 2021 were retrospectively collected as the validation group, including 37 males and 43 females, aged 20-62 years, with an average age of 39 years. The validation group was divided into a group with increased SUV (n=40) and a group without lesions on CT imaging (n=40). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to determine the protein levels of candidate biomarkers in the peripheral plasma of patients. The effect of biomarkers was assessed using subject operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Student's t-test was used to determine whether the difference in protein levels between the two groups was statistically significant. Results: Bioinformatics analysis revealed that the expression levels of C1QB, CCL19, CCL5 and HLA-DMB correlated with the metabolic activity of sputum-negative tuberculosis lesion tissue. Further screening and validation by the validation group confirmed that the difference in C1QB protein levels in the peripheral plasma of patients was statistically significant between the group with increased SUV and the group without lesions on CT imaging [(3.55±0.34) mg/L vs. (2.75±0.21) mg/L, t=4.12, P<0.001]. And the ROC curve showed that the area under the curve for C1QB protein levels was 0.731, which had potential clinical value. Conclusion: The C1QB protein level can be used to assess the activity of lesions in patients with sputum-negative tuberculosis and is a potential biomarker.
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- L W Wu
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201052, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201052, China
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- Department of Scientific Research, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201052, China
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- Department of Scientific Research, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201052, China
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- Department of Tuberculosis, Wuxi No.5 People's Hospital, Wuxi 214007, China
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- Department of Tuberculosis, Changchun Infectious Disease Hospital, Changchun 130123, China
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- Department of PET-CT, Universal Medical Imaging, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201052, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201052, China
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- Department of Lung Disease, the Navy's 905th Hospital, Shanghai 200050, China
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- Department of Pathology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201052, China
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- Department of Laboratory, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201052, China
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- Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100006, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Medicine Collage, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Medicine Collage, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Scientific Research, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201052, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201052, China
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Liu J, Zuo S, Huang J, Zhang F, Zuo A. Synthesis of unsymmetrical 1,3-substituted-1,3-dihydro-benzimidazolones via copper-catalyzed C–N coupling under visible light. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj02054h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Although photoinduced copper catalysis for carbon–nitrogen (C–N) amine bond formation with alkyl/aryl halides has been developed, the potential of copper photocatalysis for the synthesis of 1,3-substituted benzimidazolones remains mostly unexplored.
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- Jianjun Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and UICentre (Drug Discovery at UIC), University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
- SynChem, Inc., 1400 Chase Avenue, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007, USA
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Wang W, Zhang TT, Hou MZ, Ning S, Shang Y, Wang XT, Wang L, Lin SX, Fang YL, Huang JY, Wu JY, Zhang BL, Xu YS. [Analysis of bacterial pathogens and clinical characteristics of children with respiratory tract infections in Tianjin]. Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2021; 59:949-956. [PMID: 34711030 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112140-20210331-00276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Objective: To analyze the pathogenic bacteria and epidemiological characteristics in children with respiratory tract infection in Tianjin area. Methods: Retrospective case analysis was performed on 2 392 hospitalized children in the wards of respiratory diseases, intensive care unit and special care ward of Tianjin Children's Hospital from June 2018 to May 2019. Thirteen pathogenic bacteria in deep sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples were detected by loop-mediated isothermal amplification. The laboratory data and clinical characteristics of the infected children were analyzed, and the comparison between groups was performed by t test or χ2 test. Results: Among 2 392 cases, 1 407 were males and 985 females. There was no significant difference in the detection rate between males and females (72.5% (1 020/1 407) vs.74.2% (731/985), χ2=0.87, P=0.35). A total of 1 751 strains and 12 kinds of positive respiratory pathogens were detected, with a detection rate of 73.2%. Among them, 913 (38.2%) strains were Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP), 514 (21.5%) were Streptococcus pneumoniae (Sp), 381 (15.9%) were Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and 279 (11.7%) were Hemophilus influenzae (Hi). There was significant difference in the detection rate of pathogens among different age groups (χ²=83.67, P<0.01). The positive rate of alveolar lavage fluid group was higher than that of deep sputum fluid group [81.6% (614/752) vs. 69.3% (1 137/1 640), χ2=39.89, P<0.01]. The length of hospital stay of children infected with different pathogens was significantly different (all P<0.01). There was significant difference in duration of fever among children infected with different pathogens (χ²=228.69,103.56, 3.96, 27.38,24.50,41.66, all P<0.05). There were 63 (7.7%) cases of atelectasis, 260 (31.9%) cases of pleurisy and 120 (14.7%) cases of pleural effusion in MP children. Children with Sma were most likely to involve the heart system (2/9), and children with Eco infection had a higher incidence of complications such as those of blood (3/19), urinary (2/19), digestive systems(4/19), systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis (1/19). Conclusions: The main bacterial pathogens of respiratory tract infection in children in Tianjin were MP, Sp, MRSA and Hi. It is suggested that clinicians should not only pay attention to the respiratory symptoms of children, but also pay attention to the complications caused by bacterial pathogen infection, so as to prevent the deterioration of the disease and improve the prognosis.
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- W Wang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Prevention and Treatment, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin Pediatric Research Institute, Tianjin 300134, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin 300134, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Prevention and Treatment, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin Pediatric Research Institute, Tianjin 300134, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin 300134, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin 300134, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Prevention and Treatment, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin Pediatric Research Institute, Tianjin 300134, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Prevention and Treatment, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin Pediatric Research Institute, Tianjin 300134, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Prevention and Treatment, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin Pediatric Research Institute, Tianjin 300134, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Prevention and Treatment, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin Pediatric Research Institute, Tianjin 300134, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Prevention and Treatment, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin Pediatric Research Institute, Tianjin 300134, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Prevention and Treatment, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin Pediatric Research Institute, Tianjin 300134, China
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- Special Care Ward, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin 300134, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin 300134, China
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Tong XT, Liu PQ, Zhou HQ, Jin J, Liu KY, Huang JY, Zhang W, Chen SM, Tao ZZ, Xu Y. [The expression and significance of TRPM8 among chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2021; 56:1059-1065. [PMID: 34666466 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20210430-00243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To compare the expression and difference of melastatin-related transient receptor potential 8(TRPM8) among chronic rhinosinusitis, nasal polyps and normal mucosa tissues. And to explore the significant expression of TRPM8 among CRSwNP. Methods: Fifty-one patients underwent endoscopic sinus surgery in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery of Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University from February 2019 to January 2020 were recruited, including 33 males and 18 females, aged from 14 to 65 years old (34.55±1.689).Immunohistochemistry was used to detected the expression of TRPM8 protein among CRSsNP(17),CRSwNP (17) and control tissuses(17). In addition, the correlation between the expression of TRPM8 protein in CRSwNP patients and preoperative CT Lund-Mackay scores and preoperative VAS scores and sinonasal outcome test-20 scores was analyzed, respectively. The primary human nasal epithelial cells were cultured in vitro and the expression of TRPM8 was detected by quantitative real-time PCR and western blotting. The tissue in control group, chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP) group and the CRSwNP group were collected and grinded into tissue homogenized. The expression of TRPM8 protein was detected by western blotting after 24 h stimulation after homogenate was added into the medium of RPMI 2650 and primary nasal epithelial cells. Results: Compared with the control, the expression of TRPM8 was significantly up-regulated in nasal polyps (t=6.852, P<0.05). TRPM8 was mainly expressed in epithelial cells. The expression of TRPM8 in the epithelial cells of CRSsNP had no difference with the control group (t=1.980, P>0.05). In addition, the expression of TRPM8 in CRSwNP patients was positively correlated with the preoperative CT Lund-Mackay scores and VAS scores and SNOT-20 scores (r=0.512, P<0.05;r=0.853, P<0.01;r=0.814, P<0.01). After cultured primary epithelial cells in vitro, the expression level of TRPM8 in epithelial cells derived from nasal polyp was significantly higher than that in control group (t=8.845, P<0.05). By adding the homogenization of control and CRSsNP and CRSwNP tissues, the expression of TRPM8 in RPMI 2650 cells and primary nasal epithelial cells was changed and that was significantly increased after adding the homogenization of the group of CRSwNP. Conclusion: TRPM8 is highly expressed in nasal polyps epithelial cells, suggesting that TRPM8 may be involved in the pathogenesis of nasal polyps regulated by nasal epithelial cells.
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- X T Tong
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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Chao JY, Xiong KP, Zhuang S, Zhang JR, Huang JY, Li J, Mao CJ, Wu HH, Wang JY, Liu CF. [Relationship between emotional apathy and motor symptoms, sleep and cognitive function in patients with early Parkinson's disease]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 101:2792-2797. [PMID: 34551496 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20210130-00286] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To study the relationship between emotional apathy and motor symptoms, sleep, and cognitive function in patients with early Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods: One hundred and twenty-nine early PD patients who were treated in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University from June to October 2020 were included, including 82 male and 47 female patients. The emotional apathy was assessed by modified apathy rating scale (MAES). The above 129 patients were divided into 67 patients in the PD with emotional apathy group (MAES>14 points) and 62 patients in the PD without emotional apathy group (MAES≤ 14 points). Age, gender, course of disease and levodopa equivalent dose were also collected. Hoehn-Yahr stage and unified Parkinson's disease rating scale PartⅢ(UPDRS-Ⅲ), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), polysomnography, and Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale (MoCA) were used to evaluate the motor symptoms, sleep and cognitive functions of patients with early PD, and the clinical characteristics of patients with early PD with apathywere determined. Results: Compared with PD patients without apathy, those with apathy had longer disease duration [M(Q1,Q3)][5.0 (3.0, 7.0) years vs 3.0 (2.0, 5.0) years, P=0.006] and severer motor symptoms [20.0 (10.0, 28.0) vs 14.0 (8.5, 23.0), P=0.047]. There was no significant difference in PSQI score between the two groups. Among the 33 patients who completed polysomnography, compared with PD patients without apathy (n=16), those with apathy (n=17) had a longer rapid eye movement (REM) sleep latency [150 (124, 184) min vs 87 (57, 133) min, P=0.035)] and more frequent periodic limb movements in the REM phase(P=0.042).The REM sleep ratio (r=0.373, P=0.042), apnea-hypopena index (AHI)(r=0.374, P=0.046) and oxygen deficit index (r=0.409, P=0.025) were positively correlated with the degree of apathy in PD patients. PD patients with apathy had relatively poorer performance in cognition assessment than those without apathy and total MoCA score was inversely correlated with the degree of apathy (r=-0.231, P=0.017). Conclusion: Early PD patients with apathy have objective sleep disorders dominated by REM sleep disorders, which can have a negative impact on cognitive function.
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- J Y Chao
- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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Lee AWT, Ng JKW, Liao J, Luk AC, Suen AHC, Chan TTH, Cheung MY, Chu HT, Tang NLS, Zhao MP, Lian Q, Chan WY, Chan DYL, Leung TY, Chow KL, Wang W, Wang LH, Chen NCH, Yang WJ, Huang JY, Li TC, Lee TL. Single-cell RNA sequencing identifies molecular targets associated with poor in vitro maturation performance of oocytes collected from ovarian stimulation. Hum Reprod 2021; 36:1907-1921. [PMID: 34052851 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deab100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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STUDY QUESTION What is the transcriptome signature associated with poor performance of rescue IVM (rIVM) oocytes and how can we rejuvenate them? SUMMARY ANSWER The GATA-1/CREB1/WNT signalling axis was repressed in rIVM oocytes, particularly those of poor quality; restoration of this axis may produce more usable rIVM oocytes. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY rIVM aims to produce mature oocytes (MII) for IVF through IVM of immature oocytes collected from stimulated ovaries. It is not popular due to limited success rate in infertility treatment. Genetic aberrations, cellular stress and the absence of cumulus cell support in oocytes could account for the failure of rIVM. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION We applied single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to capture the transcriptomes of human in vivo oocytes (IVO) (n = 10) from 7 donors and rIVM oocytes (n = 10) from 10 donors. The effects of maternal age and ovarian responses on rIVM oocyte transcriptomes were also studied. In parallel, we studied the effect of gallic acid on the maturation rate of mouse oocytes cultured in IVM medium with (n = 84) and without (n = 85) gallic acid. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS Human oocytes were collected from donors aged 28-41 years with a body mass index of <30. RNA extraction, cDNA generation, library construction and sequencing were performed in one preparation. scRNA-seq data were then processed and analysed. Selected genes in the rIVM versus IVO comparison were validated by quantitative real-time PCR. For the gallic acid study, we collected immature oocytes from 5-month-old mice and studied the effect of 10-μM gallic acid on their maturation rate. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE The transcriptome profiles of rIVM/IVO oocytes showed distinctive differences. A total of 1559 differentially expressed genes (DEGs, genes with at least 2-fold change and adjusted P < 0.05) were found to be enriched in metabolic processes, biosynthesis and oxidative phosphorylation. Among these DEGs, we identified a repression of WNT/β-catenin signalling in rIVM when compared with IVO oocytes. We found that oestradiol levels exhibited a significant age-independent correlation with the IVO mature oocyte ratio (MII ratio) for each donor. rIVM oocytes from women with a high MII ratio were found to have over-represented cellular processes such as anti-apoptosis. To further identify targets that contribute to the poor clinical outcomes of rIVM, we compared oocytes collected from young donors with a high MII ratio with oocytes from donors of advanced maternal age and lower MII ratio, and revealed that CREB1 is an important regulator. Thus, our study identified that GATA-1/CREB1/WNT signalling was repressed in both rIVM oocytes versus IVO oocytes and in rIVM oocytes of lower versus higher quality. Consequently we investigated gallic acid, as a potential antioxidant substrate in human rIVM medium, and found that it increased the mouse oocyte maturation rate by 31.1%. LARGE SCALE DATA Raw data from this study can be accessed through GSE158539. LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION In the rIVM oocytes of the high- and low-quality comparison, the number of samples was limited after data filtering with stringent selection criteria. For the oocyte stage identification, we were unable to predict the presence of oocyte spindle, so polar body extrusion was the only indicator. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS This study showed that GATA-1/CREB1/WNT signalling was repressed in rIVM oocytes compared with IVO oocytes and was further downregulated in low-quality rIVM oocytes, providing us the foundation of subsequent follow-up research on human oocytes and raising safety concerns about the clinical use of rescued oocytes. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S) This work was supported by the Collaborative Research Fund, Research Grants Council, C4054-16G, and Research Committee Funding (Research Sustainability of Major RGC Funding Schemes), The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Chemical Pathology, and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Assisted Reproductive Technology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Assisted Reproductive Technology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China.,Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IVF Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology & Department of Medical Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Infertility and Reproductive Medicine, Taiwan IVF Group Center, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
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- Department of Infertility and Reproductive Medicine, Taiwan IVF Group Center, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
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- Department of Infertility and Reproductive Medicine, Taiwan IVF Group Center, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
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- Assisted Reproductive Technology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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Liu LL, Qiu HX, Xu J, Duan LM, Tian T, Wang JJ, Gao X, Yin GL, Huang JY, Cheng WY. [The clinical significance of plasma PTX3 in patients with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2020; 59:528-534. [PMID: 32594686 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20191112-00745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the significance of plasma pentraxin 3 (PTX3) in patients with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH). Methods: Plasma PTX3 levels were tested by ELISA in 48 newly diagnosed sHLH patients, 18 healthy volunteers and 9 lymphoma controls in the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from January 2017 to July 2019. Clinical parameters were collected, and the correlations with PTX3 levels were analyzed. Results: PTX3 level in newly diagnosed group was significantly higher than that of healthy control group [16.29(1.17-66.00) vs. 0.76(0.01-7.86) μg/L, P<0.01]. Patients with lymphoma-associated HLH(LHLH) had higher plasma level of PTX3 than Fhose with infection-associated HLH (IHLH) [24.29(3.36-66.00) vs. 9.56(1.17-36.50)μg/L, P<0.05]. Plasma PTX3 levels in 48 sHLH patients were positively correlated with serum ferritin (P<0.05). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve for plasma PTX3 levels of sHLH and healthy controls produced a cutoff value at 3.9 μg/L, with its 86.7% sensitivity and 94.4% specificity. And ROC analysis showed that PTX3 17.5 μg/L was the critical value for diagnosis of LHLH from non-LHLH group, that the sensitivity and specificity were 63.0% and 76.2% respectively. The 1-year overall survival (OS) rate in patients with PTX3≥17.5 μg/L was significantly lower in those with PTX3<17.5 μg/L (18.5% vs. 75.8%, P<0.01). Conclusion: These results indicate the potential of PTX3 as a biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis in patients with sHLH.
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatric Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatric Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatric Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatric Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatric Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatric Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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Li BZ, Li MS, Huang JY, Chen YY, Lu YH. [Expanding the pandemic influenza preparedness framework to the epidemic of COVID-19]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 54:597-601. [PMID: 32842276 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20200316-00357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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On March 11, 2020, WHO officially declared that COVID-19 had become Pandemic. As of March 31, the epidemic had affected more than 178 countries and regions, with more than 780 000 confirmed cases. The Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework for the sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits (the 'PIP Framework' or 'Framework') is an international arrangement adopted by the World Health Organization in May 2011 to improve global pandemic influenza preparedness and response. Since the transmission route and transmission capacity of COVID-19 are similar to that of influenza A (H1N1) in 2009, which conforms to the basic elements of "human pandemic", and the epidemic scale has exceeded that of influenza A (H1N1), it is probable to incorporate COVID-19 epidemic response into PIPF, and at the same time to verify and improve PIPF in practice. It is recommended that WHO, other international organizations and relevant countries make full use of the PIPF system to respond to the epidemic and better coordinate national actions at the global level. At the same time, China should also make the planning and deploy of domestic epidemic prevention and control and international epidemic cooperation under the framework.
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- B Z Li
- School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- School of Public Health, Fudan University/National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment (Fudan University)/Fudan Global Health Institute, Shanghai 200032, China
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- School of Public Health, Fudan University/National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment (Fudan University)/Fudan Global Health Institute, Shanghai 200032, China
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- School of Public Health, Fudan University/Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Public Health and Safety (Fudan University) /Fudan Global Health Institute, Shanghai 200032, China
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Cheng WY, Xu J, Duan LM, Tian T, Wang JJ, Gao X, Yin GL, Huang JY, Wang MM, Liu LL, Qiu HX. [Clinical significance of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with pleural effusion]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2020; 40:1040-1043. [PMID: 32023738 PMCID: PMC7342671 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2019.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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- W Y Cheng
- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatric Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatric Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatric Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatric Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatric Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Geriatric Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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Wu J, Dai FJ, You JY, Ding ZW, Qian BJ, Huang JY, Xu R, Wang XY, Yuan J, Zou YZ. [Feasibility of echocardiography-guided repeated intraventricular blood sampling in mice]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2020; 48:61-65. [PMID: 32008297 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3758.2020.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the feasibility of echocardiography-guided closed-chest repeated intraventricular blood sampling in mice, and to clarify the maximum blood volume that can be collected by this method, and whether the method can be used for long-term repeated blood collection in mice. Methods: Twenty-four male C57BL/6J mice (10-14 weeks old) were divided into the terminal experiment group (n=4, for investigating the maximum blood amount that could be sampled at one time), the repeated 0.5 ml blood collection group (n=10, sampling 0.5 ml whole blood each time, once every two days for consecutive 4 weeks), and the repeated 0.75 ml blood collection group (n=10, sampling 0.75 ml whole blood each time, once every two days for consecutive 4 weeks). High-frequency echocardiography was used to display the largest section of the left ventricle, guiding the insulin syringe needle through the thorax into the left ventricle for blood collection. In the repeated 0.5 ml blood collection group, echocardiography was used to detect the cardiac structure and function before blood collection, three minutes after blood collection, and one week after the last (the 14th) blood collection. Results: We successfully performed echocardiography-guided closed-chest intraventricular blood sampling, with an average operating time (88±19)s per mouse, and a maximum blood volume (1.43±0.11)ml per mouse. In the repeated 0.5 ml blood collection group, heart rate, left ventricular ejection fraction, left ventricular fractional shortening, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension and left ventricular posterior wall end-diastolic thickness remained uncganged before the first blood collection and after 4 weeks of repeated blood collection (all P>0.05). No death in the repeated 0.5 ml blood collection group. However, in the 0.75 ml blood collection group, two mice died before the end point. Conclusions: The echocardiography-guided closed-chest intraventricular blood sampling is a safe, minimally invasive, convenient and efficient method, and can be used repeatedly for long-term blood collection in mice.
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200120, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- School of Medical Technology, Jiangsu Vocational College of Medicine, Yancheng 224005, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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Chen YS, Lian LF, Xu YH, Li XH, Zhang Y, Huang JY, Li MY, Yang J, Wang FR. [Association of glycosylated hemoglobin level at admission with outcomes of intracerebral hemorrhage patients]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2019; 40:1445-1449. [PMID: 31838819 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2019.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the association of the glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level at admission with 90 days functional outcome in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Methods: Patients admitted to the Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital from January to December 2017 were prospectively and continuously enrolled in this study. Clinical data were collected at admission and functional outcomes 90 days after ICH were assessed by using the modified RANKIN scale. Univariate and multivariate conditional logistic regression models were constructed. Patients were divided into four groups according to the quartile of HbA1c values. The median value of HbA1c in each group was taken as the substitute value and P for trend was calculated. The logistic regression model was fitted by restricted cubic splines to investigate the association between HbA1c level and outcome of ICH. Results: A total of 345 patients with ICH were enrolled, including 214 with favorable outcomes and 131 with poor outcomes (99 severe disability cases and 32 deaths). The risk of poor 90 days outcomes was significantly associated with HbA1c level at admission indicated by multivariate logistic regression analysis, and the P for trend test was <0.001 (middle-level group vs. low-level group: OR=2.33, 95%CI: 1.07-5.07; high-level group vs. low-level group: OR=2.52, 95%CI: 1.12-5.64; extremely high-level group vs. low-level group: OR=6.80, 95%CI: 3.01-15.34). Results from the restricted cubic spline showed that there was a linear correlation between HbA1c level at admission and poor 90 days outcomes of ICH (χ(2)=14.81, P<0.001; non- linear test: P=0.118). Compared with patients with HbA1c level of 6.5%, the risk of poor outcomes in patients with HbA1c level of <6.5% decreased linearly with the decrease in HbA1c level at admission, and the risk in patients with HbA1c level >6.5% was higher but not significantly. Conclusion: There was correlation between high HbA1c level at admission and 90 days poor outcome of ICH. High HbA1c level is an independent prediction indicator for ICH.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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Zhang XM, Pang F, Huang JY, Tan Y, Liu J, Deng WM. [The efficacy of the improved tongue base suspension surgery combined with UPPP in the treatment of severe OSA]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2019; 33:313-318. [PMID: 30970400 DOI: 10.13201/j.issn.1001-1781.2019.04.007] [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] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective:This study was designed to show the preliminary efficacy and safety of the improved tongue base suspension surgery in severe obstructive sleep apnea(OSA) patients classified as Friedman Ⅱand Friedman Ⅲ. Method:The severe OSA patients diagnosed by PSG as Friedman Ⅱ type and Ⅲ type underwent surgery treatment. The tongue base of the patient was implanted with titanium plate and fixed on the chin of mandible. The UPPP surgery was performed with reference to H-UPPP. After surgery, the patients were followed up, PSG was re-examined and the change of various subjective and objective indicators of rehabilitation and adverse reactions were observed and recorded.Result: One hundred and two patients with severe OSA who were not tolerant or unwilling to use CPAP treatment were treated by the above surgical method. All the patients underwent surgery successfully and generally recovered about 1 month after the surgery without obvious tongue base pain, foreign body sensation or other discomfort. Eating and speaking function were as usual, the wound was healed well, and no serious infection or rejection was observed. The main postoperative adverse reactionwas tension line fracture(3 cases). Sixty-seven patients completed follow-up. At 3 to 6 months after surgery, the AHI, ESS sleepiness score and snore index were lower than those before surgery, while LSaO₂and CT 90% were higher than those before surgery(P<0.01). The AHI before surgery was 60.5± 22.4, and the average AHI after surgery was 27.8± 22.4. The effective rate of the surgery was 71.6% and the success rate was 58.2%. The AHI has dropped by an average of 54.0%, and snore improved by 63.9%. Conclusion: After preliminary clinical observation, the study suggests that the improved tongue base suspension with UPPP has satisfactory curative effect and feasibility for the treatment of severe OSA patients classified as Friedman Ⅱ type and Ⅲ type.
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- X M Zhang
- Department of Sleep and Disorders, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510655, China
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Xue Z, Liu N, Hu H, Huang J, Kalkhajeh YK, Wu X, Xu N, Fu X, Zhan L. Adsorption of Cd(II) in water by mesoporous ceramic functional nanomaterials. R Soc Open Sci 2019; 6:182195. [PMID: 31183142 PMCID: PMC6502379 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.182195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Mesoporous ceramic functional nanomaterials (MCFN) is a self-assembled environmental adsorbent with a monolayer molecular which is widely used in the treatment of industrial wastewater and contaminated soil. This work aimed to study the relationship between the adsorption behaviour of Cd(II) by MCFN and contact time, initial concentration, MCFN dosage, pH, oscillation rate and temperature through a batch adsorption method. The adsorption kinetic and isotherm behaviours were well described by the pseudo-second-order and Langmuir models. The batch characterization technique revealed that MCFN had several oxygen-containing functional groups. Using Langmuir model, the maximum adsorption capacity of MCFN for Cd(II) was 97.09 mg g-1 at pH 6, 25°C, dosage of 0.2 g and contact time of 180 min. Thermodynamic study indicated that the present adsorption process was feasible, spontaneous and exothermic at the temperature range of 25-55°C. The results of this study provide an important enlightenment for Cd removal or preconcentration of porous ceramic nanomaterial adsorbents for environmental applications.
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- Zhongjun Xue
- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, 230036 Hefei, People's Republic of China
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Huang JY, Liu CD, Zhang WM, Fu YK, Ma HY. [The study on behaviour of protective equipment utilization of workers exposed to benzene and factors based on Planned Behavior Theory]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2018; 36:136-139. [PMID: 29699016 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-9391.2018.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate and predict the behavioral intention and mode of the protective equipment utilization selection of the workers who used Benzene, the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) was applied to establish the behavioral model to enhance the theoretical foundation for long-term intervention. Methods: Questionnaires were used to survey the 707 workers, and all the behaviors of using protective equipment were investigated. Evaluate the relationships between each variable and obtain the influence affects by structural equation model. Results: The investigation showed that 38.47% of the total workers (272 cases) used whole body protection, 13.58% used partially, and 16.69% didn't use any body protection. There were significant difference between the varying degrees in the four dimensions (behavioral attitude, perceived behavior control, subjective norm, and behavioral intention) (P<0.01) . The results of structural equation model revealed that perceived behavior control was the most important influencing factor, subjective norm, positive attitude, negative attitude were the other three respects in sequence. The path co-efficient were 0.600、0.215、0.141 and 0.046 respectively. Conclusion: The study show that the theory of planned behavior can effectively explain the behavioral intention and behavior of protective equipment utilization. Therefore, combining the subjective initiative of individuals with the supervision of enterprises, In order to effectively enhance the protective equipment utilization of benzene workers.
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- J Y Huang
- Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310036, China
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Nielsen LS, Andreasen PA, Grøndahi-Hansen J, Huang JY, Kristensen P, Danø K. Monoclonal Antibodies to Human 54,000 Molecular Weight Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor from Fibrosarcoma Cells - Inhibitor Neutralization and One-Step Affinity Purification. Thromb Haemost 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1661523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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SummaryMouse monoclonal antibodies were derived against a plasminogen activator inhibitor with a mol.wt. of ∼54,000 (54 K) from the human fibrosarcoma cell line HT-1080. Screening for hybrids producing antibodies directed against the inhibitor was performed with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) followed by immunoblotting. Four clones of hybridomas producing IgG1 antibodies were further characterized. The inhibitor was purified ∼50-fold to homogeneity from conditioned cell culture fluid with a yield of ∼85% by a one-step procedure using Sepharose-conjugated monoclonal antibody. In the 125I-fibrin plate assay one of the antibodies neutralized the effect of the inhibitor on urokinase-type plasminogen activator. Two of the antibodies bound complexes between urokinase-type plasminogen activator and inhibitor while the remaining two antibodies did not. The antibodies could be used for immunocytochemical localization of the inhibitor in HT-1080 cells. All four antibodies cross-reacted with a plasminogen activator inhibitor derived from cultured human umbilical cord endothelial cells.
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- The Finsen Laboratory, Finsen Institute, and Laboratory of Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Finsen Laboratory, Finsen Institute, and Laboratory of Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Finsen Laboratory, Finsen Institute, and Laboratory of Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Finsen Laboratory, Finsen Institute, and Laboratory of Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Finsen Laboratory, Finsen Institute, and Laboratory of Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Finsen Laboratory, Finsen Institute, and Laboratory of Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Jin JJ, Wang WM, Zhu GD, Zhou HY, Cao J, Huang JY. [Current status of malaria rapid diagnostic testing strips application in primary-level healthcare providers in Jiangsu Province]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 52:734-737. [PMID: 29996301 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2018.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the current status of malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) strips application and malaria laboratory technicians' evaluation about them at primary healthcare provider level in Jiangsu Province. Methods: From November to December 2016, 878 medical institutions and 118 CDCs of city, county and township/community level in Jiangsu Province were selected as study samples using stratified random sampling method. Self-designed questionnaire was distributed to investigate the institution's malaria work task, RDT strips application and evaluation status in 2015. We also investigated the socio-demographic information and collected the RDT strips evaluation score from the malaria laboratory technicians selected from the institutions investigated (one technician from each institution). Rank sum test was performed to compare the RDT strips evaluation scores between medical institutions and CDCs, and among different medical institutions and CDCs. Results: In 2015, 405 cases of malaria were reported, 362 200 person-time of malaria blood testing task was conducted, and 100 000 RDT strips were procured and provided for healthcare providers in Jiangsu province for free. Of the 996 healthcare institutions investigated, 628 used RDT strips in the year 2015 and the median (P(25), P(75)) of RDT strips volume used in these institutions was 10 (2, 25). The volume of RDT strips used in CDCs (15 (5, 52)) was significantly higher than that in medical institutions (10 (2, 25), (Z=3.42, P=0.001)). The investigated CDCs gave higher score on RDT strips' testing time per operation (10 (8.5, 10)) than medical institutions (9(8, 10), (Z=-2.20, P=0.028)). The employers of 614 investigated malaria laboratory technicians used RDT strips in 2015. The median of the scores given by CDC malaria laboratory technicians for RDT strips in terms of testing time per operation, testing operation and results judgement difficulties were 10 (9, 10), 10 (9, 10) and 10 (9, 10), respectively, which were significantly higher than those from technicians of medical institutions (9 (8, 10), 9 (8, 10), 9 (8, 10), (Z values were -2.55, -2.97 and -2.96, respectively; P values were all less than 0.05)). Conclusion: RDT strips had been widely performed in health institutions in Jiangsu Province. The amount of RDT strips used in CDCs was significantly higher than that in medical institutions. Primary-level institutions and malaria laboratory technicians generally recognized RDT strips' advantage for application in terms of testing time and operational procedure. CDCs and malaria laboratory technicians from them gave higher regards on RDT strips in terms of testing time per operation, testing operation and results judgement difficulties compared with that of medical institutions.
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- J J Jin
- School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, National Health Committee, Shanghai 200032, China
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Zheng QY, Kuang MD, Li Y, Wu XT, Huang JY, Zhang CT, Liu HW, Lu WJ, Wang J, Chen YQ. [Establishment and evaluation of a new method for determining hemodynamics of pulmonary hypertension rats]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2018; 41:485-490. [PMID: 29886624 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2018.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: By evaluating the hemodynamic parameters such as cardiac output (CO), right ventricular pressure (RVP), pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and total pulmonary resistance index (TPRI) in pulmonary hypertension rat model, we established a more comprehensive hemodynamic evaluation system, which objectively evaluated the severity of disease and exercise tolerance in rats with pulmonary hypertension. Methods: SD rats were randomly divided into a control group and a model group with 5 rats in each group. The model group was intraperitoneally injected with SU5416 (20 mg/kg) and placed in an oxygen chamber at a 10% oxygen concentration for 21 days and then placed in a normoxic environment for 14 days. After modeling, rats were anesthetized and mechanically ventilated. The operator cut the skin along the right paraxial line, detached and ligated the intercostal artery, and then cut off the 3 and 4 ribs, exposing the heart and freeing aortic root about 0.2 cm. The flowmeter probe was set in the dissected aortic segment, and real-time recording time, blood flow waveforms, cardiac output were calculated accordingly. Then the needle attached to the baroreceptor was inserted into the right ventricle and the system acquired the right ventricular time-pressure waveform. After the waveform stabilized for about 30 seconds, the end of the cannula was sent to the pulmonary artery trunk through the entrance of the pulmonary artery to record the time-pressure curve of the pulmonary artery. Results: RVSP, PASP, PADP and mPAP in the model group were significantly higher than those of the control group [ RVSP(23.4±5.4) mmHg, 1 mmHg=0.133 kPa vs (56.4±13.0) mmHg, PASP (22.8±4.4) mmHg vs (58.5±14.9) mmHg, PADP (9.7±1.9) mmHg vs (30.3±7.0) mmHg, mPAP (14.1±2.7) mmHg vs (41.9±8.0) mmHg, all P<0.05 ]. Compared with the control group, the cardiac index in the model group was significantly lower [ CI (0.54±0.08) ml·min(-1)·g(-1) vs (0.40±0.09) ml·min(-1)·g(-1,) P=0.02 ]. Furthermore, compared with the control group, pulmonary vascular resistance index was significantly increased in the model group[PVRI (0.27±0.03) mmHg·ml(-1)·min(-1)·kg(-1) vs (0.06±0.01) mmHg·ml(-1)·min(-1)·kg(-1,) P<0.05]. The pathological results also showed that the middle part of pulmonary arterioles in the model group had muscular hypertrophy and muscular pulmonary arterioles, and even plexiform lesions. Conclusion: In this study, we established a new method that simultaneously determined several hemodynamic parameters such as RVSP, PASP, PADP, CO, CI and PVRI, which provided a more comprehensive assessment of hemodynamic changes in pulmonary hypertension rat models.
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- Q Y Zheng
- Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, the First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Wei MZ, Luo QN, Huang JY, Yan WJ, Li X. [The clinical features and surgical treatment of facial basal cell carcinoma]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2018; 32:279-281. [PMID: 29798504 DOI: 10.13201/j.issn.1001-1781.2018.04.008] [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] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective:To investigate the clinical features and reasonable surgical treatment of facial basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Method:The clinical features of primary facial BCC from 37 patients were analyzed.All patients were cured by standard surgical excision with intraoperative frozen section examination and ensuring margins negative,the defects were reconstructed by using adaptive flaps after resection. Result:The patients were followed up for 12 to 36 months after operation.Two cases of 37(2/37,5.41%) with unclear margin developed local recurrence during 4-6 months after resection,the cure rate was 94.59% (35/37). Except 4 cases were suffered with distal skin flap necrosis, the others were well developed. Conclusion:The clinical feature of primary facial basal cell carcinoma was various. The complete resection of primary nidus with clear margin is the key to a successful treatment of facial basal cell carcinoma, and satisfactory therapeutic effects can be obtained after repairing defects by using adaptive flaps after resection.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Guangdong Province Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Foshan, 528200, China
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- Department of Pathology, Guangdong Province Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Guangdong Province Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Foshan, 528200, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Guangdong Province Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Foshan, 528200, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Guangdong Province Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Foshan, 528200, China
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Yang L, Fan JH, Liu LL, Su Y, Lu D, Huang JY, Zhang H, Li Y, Huo HD, Liu GT. Comparison of gefitinib and platinum-based chemotherapy and only platinum-based chemotherapy to treat lung adenocarcinoma. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2018; 32:613-618. [PMID: 29921389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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To study the curative effects and safety for patients who adopt both gefitinib and platinum-based chemotherapy or only platinum-based chemotherapy in the treatment of lung adenocarcinoma, 80 EGFR mutation-positive lung adenocarcinoma patients in stage IIIB/IV were divided into two groups. Half of them received both gefitinib and standard chemotherapy (group A), and the others (group B) received only standard chemotherapy. Overall response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS) and the related toxicities of both groups were recorded in order to take certain nursing measures for a variety of toxicities. Next, statistical methods were used to analyze the curative effects and safety of the two treatments. The results showed that ORR, DCR and median progression-free (mPFS) survival of the two groups of patients showed no statistical difference (P >0.05). However, group A (18.56 months) had a longer median overall survival (mOS) than group B (14.87 months), which was of statistical significance (P less than 0.05). Nausea and loss of appetite were common mild adverse reactions, and anemia and leukocytopenia were moderate common adverse reactions. The difference between these two groups of patients regarding adverse reactions was not statistically significant (P>0.05). In conclusion, the two treatments have similar safety, but lung adenocarcinoma patients with drug resistance during stage IIIB/IV after using first-line gefitinib therapy have lower survival benefits than patients who take both gefitinib and platinum-based chemotherapy.
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- Central Sterile Supply Department, Affiliated HongQi Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated HongQi Hospital of MuDanJiang Medical University, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated HongQi Hospital of MuDanJiang Medical University, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Central Sterile Supply Department, Affiliated HongQi Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Central Sterile Supply Department, Affiliated HongQi Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Central Sterile Supply Department, Affiliated HongQi Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Central Sterile Supply Department, Affiliated HongQi Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Central Sterile Supply Department, Affiliated HongQi Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Central Sterile Supply Department, Affiliated HongQi Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Affiliated HongQi Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, China
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Huang J, Yu Z, Gao H, Yan X, Chang J, Wang C, Hu J, Zhang L. Chemical structures and characteristics of animal manures and composts during composting and assessment of maturity indices. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0178110. [PMID: 28604783 PMCID: PMC5467826 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Changes in physicochemical characteristics, chemical structures and maturity of swine, cattle and chicken manures and composts during 70-day composting without addition of bulking agents were investigated. Physicochemical characteristics were measured by routine analyses and chemical structures by solid-state 13C NMR and FT-IR. Three manures were of distinct properties. Their changes in physicochemical characteristics, chemical structures, and maturity were different not only from each other but also from those with addition of bulking agents during composting. Aromaticity in chicken manure composts decreased at first, and then increased whereas that in cattle and swine manure composts increased. Enhanced ammonia volatilization occurred without addition of bulking agents. NMR structural information indicated that cattle and chicken composts were relatively stable at day 36 and 56, respectively, but swine manure composts were not mature up to day 70. Finally, the days required for three manures to reach the threshold values of different maturity indices were different.
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- Jieying Huang
- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
- Anhui Province Key Lab of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
- Anhui Province Key Lab of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Agro-Products Processing Science and Technology, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
- Anhui Province Key Lab of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
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Xu YN, Li J, Huang JY, Zhu C, Mao CJ, Shen Y, Liu CF. [Effect of obstructive sleep apnea on sleep architecture of acute ischemic stroke patients]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2017; 97:920-924. [PMID: 28355753 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2017.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the effect of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on sleep architecture in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients. Methods: Seventy AIS patients with polysomnography examination from June 2014 to April 2016 were included in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University. Twenty-seven healthy controls during the same period were chosen as control group. According to apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), AIS patients were divided into AIS group (AHI<5/h) and AIS+ OSA group (AHI≥5/h). Their general conditions, Neurological function defect (national institutes of health stroke scale, NIHSS) on admission and at discharge and self-care ability (modified Rankin Scale, mRS) at discharge and 3 months later (mRS score <2 reflected good prognosis, and mRS score≥2 reflected unfavorable prognosis) were collected. Results: Fifty-two patients (74.3%) had OSA in total seventy AIS patients. Total sleep time (TST) was significantly shorter and sleep efficiency (SE) was lower in AIS group than the control group (P=0.007, 0.008, respectively). AIS+ OSA group had longer non-rapid eye movement (NREM)1 than control group [24.9(21.3) vs 14.3(10.6), P=0.044]. Compared with AIS group, AIS+ OSA group had shorter NREM3 [13.0(13.2) vs 19.6(12.8), P=0.039]. There was no significant difference between the infarct location of AIS group and AIS+ OSA group. However, AIS+ OSA group had higher mRS score observed at 3 months through follow-up visit than AIS group (P=0.027). Spearman correlation analysis showed a positive correlation between unfavorable prognosis of stroke at 3 months and atrial fibrillation, the oxygen desaturation index (ODI), percentage of oxygen saturation <90% of total recording time (TS90%), AHI, the longest time of apnea and hypopnea, respiratory related microarousal and NIHSS, while a negative correlation between unfavorable prognosis of stroke and NREM3, lowest nocturnal oxygen saturation (L-SaO(2)). On Logistic analysis, the unfavorable prognosis was independently predicted by AHI and NIHSS. Conclusions: Sleep architecture of cerebral infarction patients are disturbed with its characteristic of shorter total sleep time and lower sleep efficiency. Cerebral infarction patients with OSA have longer NREM1 and shorter NREM3.
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- Department of Neurology and Suzhou Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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Xie XR, Qin C, Chen L, Cheng DB, Huang JY, Wei XX, Yu LX, Liang ZJ. [A clinical study on the pathogenesis of lung cancer-related cerebral infarction]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2017; 56:99-103. [PMID: 28162178 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1426.2017.02.004] [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 explore the risk factors for lung cancer-related cerebral infarction. Methods: The hospitalized active lung cancer patients on anti-cancer therapy with no traditional stroke risk factors, who experienced an acute cerebral infarct in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University from January 2005 to December 2015, were consecutively collected as the LCRS (lung cancer-related stroke) group. The active lung cancer patients without cerebral infarction hospitalized at the same peroid matched with the LCRS group for age and gender were collected as the LC (lung cancer) group. Clinical data from the two groups were analyzed. Results: A total of 139 LCRS patients and 139 LC patients were enrolled in the study, with 110 male and 29 female in each group, and there were no significant difference for the mean age between the LCRS group (52.1±10.4 years old ) and the LC group (52.1±10.1 years old). Two or more acute ischemic lesions of the brain were showed by MRI in most patients in the LCRS group (117 cases, 84.2%). Compared with the LC group, more patients in the LCRS group were found with adenocarcinoma, metastasis, elevated plasma D-dimer, CA125 and CA199 levels [88 cases (63.3%) vs 47 cases (33.8%); 98 cases (70.5%) vs 56 cases (40.3%); (468.38±291.37) μg/L vs (277.59±191.22) μg/L; (221.42±146.34) U/ml vs (106.84±69.97) U/ml; (254.68±185.84) U/ml vs (97.15±63.64) U/ml; with all P<0.001]. By logistic regression analysis of multiple factors, the elevated plasma D-dimer, CA125 and CA199 levels were showed to be independent risk factors for the cerebral infarction (OR=1.003, 95%CI 1.001-1.004; OR=1.006, 95%CI 1.003-1.010; OR=1.011, 95%CI 1.007-1.015). Conclusions: The elevated plasma D-dimer, CA125 and CA199 levels are the risk factors for the lung cancer related cerebral infarction, which may lead to hypercoagulation and induce cerebral infarction eventually.
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China
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Chen XY, Pan XH, Chen W, Chen SS, Huang JY, Ye ZZ. Large degree of polarization of photoluminescence caused by anisotropic strain in nonpolar a-plane Mg xZn 1-xO layers grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Opt Lett 2016; 41:4727-4730. [PMID: 28005878 DOI: 10.1364/ol.41.004727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A large degree of polarization (ρ) of photoluminescence (PL) approximate to 1 is obtained in each nonpolar a-plane MgxZn1-xO layer grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) with x=0.01, 0.03, and 0.10, respectively. Anisotropic in-plane strains are selectively introduced by using foreign substrates and doping with different Mg contents, which strongly modify the valence band structures, leading to anisotropic optical properties. A polarized Raman measurement shows that anisotropic in-plane strains along the y and z axes increase with the increasing Mg contents. Polarized PL spectra show that ρ gradually increases to 0.97 with decreasing in-plane strains, resulting from an increasing difference in transition energy (ΔE) between E⊥c and E‖c caused by a lift of the degeneracy of valence band structures. The obtained highly polarized emission is close to linear polarized light, which is desirable in the backlighting of liquid crystal displays.
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This study investigated the frequency of aspiration pneumonia in conscious stroke patients fed by a family member and examined the effect of introducing training in swallowing techniques by nurses. A total of 96 consecutive patients presenting with dysphagia due to acute stroke were included in the study. Patients presenting between January 2000 and July 2003 ( n = 48) were fed orally by a family member given general nursing information (group A), whereas those presenting between August 2003 and March 2005 ( n = 48) were fed orally by an experienced nurse trained in specific swallowing techniques (group B). All patients were examined daily for the presence of aspiration pneumonia. The incidence of aspiration pneumonia was 33.3% in group A and 6.3% in group B ( P < 0.05). The incidence of aspiration pneumonia in dysphagic stroke patients who are orally fed is still high. Training in swallowing during oral feeding offers clear protection against pneumonia in conscious stroke patients.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, PR China
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Mo RK, Wang J, Huang JY, Wen QL, Huang JF. [Influence of manganese exposure via intracerebral injection on behavioristics and substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons in rats]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2016; 34:406-11. [PMID: 27514546 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-9391.2016.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the changes in behavioristics, substantia nigra tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreactive cells, and ultrastructure of substantia nigra neurons in rats after manganese exposure via intracerebral injection. METHODS A total of 72 healthy male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into exposure group and control group, with 36 rats in each group. The stereotactic technique was used for injection of 1 μl MnCl2·4H2O (1 mol/L) into the corpus striatum in the exposure group, and the control group was injected with the same volume of normal saline. The changes in rotational behavior, number of TH immunoreactive cells in the substantia nigra, and ultrastructure of the substantia nigra induced by apomorphine were observed at 8 hours and 1, 3, 7, 15, and 30 days after injection, and this measure was compared with manganese exposure via intraperitoneal injection. RESULTS After apomorphine induction for 30 minutes, the exposure group showed a gradual increase in the number of rotations over the time of manganese exposure (F= 176.921, P<0.01) and a significantly higher number of rotations than the control group (F=482.654, P<0.01). The exposure group showed a gradual reduction in the mean A value of TH immunoreactive cells in the injured substantia nigra over the time of exposure (F=12.009, P<0.01) , and this value differed significantly between the injured substantia nigra in the exposure group and the contralateral substantia nigra in the exposure group and the injured side in the control group (F=36.131, P<0.01). At 3, 7, 15, and 30 days after exposure, the injured substantia nigra showed a significantly lower mean A value of TH immunoreactive cells than the contralateral side in the exposure group (all P<0.01). At 7, 15, and 30 days, the injured substantia nigra in the exposure group showed a significantly lower mean A value than the injured side in the control group (all P<0.01). After manganese exposure, substantia nigra neurons showed the changes including mitochondrial swelling, dilatation of the endoplasmic reticulum, and demyelination of nerve fibers in different stages, which suggested the dynamic process of dopaminergic neuron injuries. Compared with manganese exposure via intraperitoneal injection, manganese exposure via intracerebral injection can induce behavioral changes and injuries of the substantia nigra-striatum system more quickly. CONCLUSION Manganese exposure via intracerebral injection induces behavioral changes and injuries of substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons in rats within a short time.
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China
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Fan D, Huang JW, Zeng XL, Li Y, E JC, Huang JY, Sun T, Fezzaa K, Wang Z, Luo SN. Simultaneous, single-pulse, synchrotron x-ray imaging and diffraction under gas gun loading. Rev Sci Instrum 2016; 87:053903. [PMID: 27250438 DOI: 10.1063/1.4950869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We develop a mini gas gun system for simultaneous, single-pulse, x-ray diffraction and imaging under high strain-rate loading at the beamline 32-ID of the Advanced Photon Source. In order to increase the reciprocal space covered by a small-area detector, a conventional target chamber is split into two chambers: a narrowed measurement chamber and a relief chamber. The gas gun impact is synchronized with synchrotron x-ray pulses and high-speed cameras. Depending on a camera's capability, multiframe imaging and diffraction can be achieved. The proof-of-principle experiments are performed on single-crystal sapphire. The diffraction spots and images during impact are analyzed to quantify lattice deformation and fracture; fracture is dominated by splitting cracks followed by wing cracks, and diffraction peaks are broadened likely due to mosaic spread. Our results demonstrate the potential of such multiscale measurements for studying high strain-rate phenomena at dynamic extremes.
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- The Peac Institute of Multiscale Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, People's Republic of China
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- The Peac Institute of Multiscale Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, People's Republic of China
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- The Peac Institute of Multiscale Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, People's Republic of China
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- The Peac Institute of Multiscale Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, People's Republic of China
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- The Peac Institute of Multiscale Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, People's Republic of China
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- The Peac Institute of Multiscale Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, People's Republic of China
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division P-25, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- The Peac Institute of Multiscale Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, People's Republic of China
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Cai Y, Huang JY, Wu HA, Zhu MH, Goddard WA, Luo SN. Tensile Strength of Liquids: Equivalence of Temporal and Spatial Scales in Cavitation. J Phys Chem Lett 2016; 7:806-810. [PMID: 26885747 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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It is well known that strain rate and size effects are both important in material failure, but the relationships between them are poorly understood. To establish this connection, we carry out molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of cavitation in Lennard-Jones and Cu liquids over a very broad range of size and strain rate. These studies confirm that temporal and spatial scales play equivalent roles in the tensile strengths of these two liquids. Predictions based on smallest-scale MD simulations of Cu for larger temporal and spatial scales are consistent with independent simulations, and comparable to experiments on liquid metals. We analyze these results in terms of classical nucleation theory and show that the equivalence arises from the role of both size and strain rate in the nucleation of a daughter phase. Such equivalence is expected to hold for a wide range of materials and processes and to be useful as a predictive bridging tool in multiscale studies.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230027, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230027, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230027, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University , Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P. R. China
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- Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University , Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P. R. China
- The Peac Institute of Multiscale Sciences , Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P. R. China
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Huang JY, Yang JF, Qu Q, Qu J, Liu F, Liu FE, Xiong T, Lu SH. DNA repair gene XRCC3 variants are associated with susceptibility to glioma in a Chinese population. Genet Mol Res 2015; 14:10569-75. [PMID: 26400288 DOI: 10.4238/2015.september.8.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The susceptibility to glioma is not well understood. It has been suggested that the X-ray cross complementing group 3 (XRCC3) gene influences the capacity to repair DNA damage, leading to increased glioma susceptibility. In this study, we evaluated the relationship between XRCC3 mutations and glioma risk. Genotypes were assessed in 389 Chinese glioma patients and 358 healthy controls. XRCC3 Thr241Met (rs861539) and 2 additional polymorphisms, rs3212112 (c.774+19T>G) and rs1799796 (c.562-14A>G), were directly sequenced. The frequency of the rs861539 T allele was significantly lower in the glioma group than in healthy controls [11.1 vs 17.7%, odds ratio = 0.62 (0.48-0.80), P < 0.001]; the frequencies of the CT or CT+TT genotypes differed between groups (18.5 vs 31%, 20.3 vs 33.2%, respectively). The frequency of the rs3212112 G allele was significantly higher in the glioma group than in healthy controls [15.8 vs 5.3%, odds ratio = 2.94 (2.07-4.17), P < 0.001]. The frequencies of the GT or TG+GG genotypes differed between groups (25.4 vs 7.8%, 28.5 vs 9.2%, respectively). This study demonstrates that the rs861539 and rs3212112 polymorphisms in the XRCC3 gene may influence the risk of glioma development in Chinese populations.
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- J Y Huang
- Operation Center, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Subramanian A, Hudak NS, Huang JY, Zhan Y, Lou J, Sullivan JP. On-chip lithium cells for electrical and structural characterization of single nanowire electrodes. Nanotechnology 2014; 25:265402. [PMID: 24919450 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/26/265402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We present a transmission electron microscopy (TEM)-compatible, hybrid nanomachined, on-chip construct for probing the structural and electrical changes in individual nanowire electrodes during lithium insertion. We have assembled arrays of individual β-phase manganese dioxide (β-MnO2) nanowires (NWs), which are employed as a model material system, into functional electrochemical cells through a combination of bottom-up (dielectrophoresis) and top-down (silicon nanomachining) unit processes. The on-chip NWs are electrochemically lithiated inside a helium-filled glovebox and their electrical conductivity is studied as a function of incremental lithium loading during initial lithiation. We observe a dramatic reduction in NW conductivity (on the order of two to three orders in magnitude), which is not reversed when the lithium is extracted from the nanoelectrode. This conductivity change is attributed to an increase in lattice disorder within the material, which is observed from TEM images of the lithiated NWs. Furthermore, electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) was employed to confirm the reduction in valence state of manganese, which occurs due to the transformation of MnO2 to LixMnO2.
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- A Subramanian
- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA
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Hwang I, Huang JY, Kim M, Lee BJ, Kim C, Choi JY, Kim MH, Lee HS, Moon D, Lee EH, Kim DE, Nam SH, Shin S, Cho M. Top-up operation at Pohang Light Source-II. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:055113. [PMID: 24880421 DOI: 10.1063/1.4878256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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After three years of upgrading work, PLS-II (S. Shin, Commissioning of the PLS-II, JINST, January 2013) is now successfully operating. The top-up operation of the 3 GeV linear accelerator had to be delayed because of some challenges encountered, and PLS-II was run in decay mode at the beginning in March 2012. The main difficulties encountered in the top-up operation of PLS-II are different levels between the linear accelerator and the storage ring, the 14 narrow gap in-vacuum undulators in operation, and the full energy injection by 3 GeV linear accelerator. Large vertical emittance and energy jitter of the linac were the major obstacles that called for careful control of injected beam to reduce beam loss in the storage ring during injection. The following measures were taken to resolve these problems: (1) The high resolution Libera BPM (see http://www.i-tech.si) was implemented to measure the beam trajectory and energy. (2) Three slit systems were installed to filter the beam edge. (3) De-Qing circuit was applied to the modulator system to improve the energy stability of injected beam. As a result, the radiation by beam loss during injection is reduced drastically, and the top-up mode has been successfully operating since 19th March 2013. In this paper, we describe the experimental results of the PLS-II top-up operation and the improvement plan.
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-834, South Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-834, South Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-834, South Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-834, South Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-834, South Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-834, South Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-834, South Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-834, South Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-834, South Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-834, South Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-834, South Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-834, South Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-834, South Korea
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- Department of Physics, POSTECH, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-834, South Korea
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White GR, Ainsworth R, Akagi T, Alabau-Gonzalvo J, Angal-Kalinin D, Araki S, Aryshev A, Bai S, Bambade P, Bett DR, Blair G, Blanch C, Blanco O, Blaskovic-Kraljevic N, Bolzon B, Boogert S, Burrows PN, Christian G, Corner L, Davis MR, Faus-Golfe A, Fukuda M, Gao J, García-Morales H, Geffroy N, Hayano H, Heo AY, Hildreth M, Honda Y, Huang JY, Hwang WH, Iwashita Y, Jang S, Jeremie A, Kamiya Y, Karataev P, Kim ES, Kim HS, Kim SH, Kim YI, Komamiya S, Kubo K, Kume T, Kuroda S, Lam B, Lekomtsev K, Liu S, Lyapin A, Marin E, Masuzawa M, McCormick D, Naito T, Nelson J, Nevay LJ, Okugi T, Omori T, Oroku M, Park H, Park YJ, Perry C, Pfingstner J, Phinney N, Rawankar A, Renier Y, Resta-López J, Ross M, Sanuki T, Schulte D, Seryi A, Shevelev M, Shimizu H, Snuverink J, Spencer C, Suehara T, Sugahara R, Takahashi T, Tanaka R, Tauchi T, Terunuma N, Tomás R, Urakawa J, Wang D, Warden M, Wendt M, Wolski A, Woodley M, Yamaguchi Y, Yamanaka T, Yan J, Yokoya K, Zimmermann F. Experimental validation of a novel compact focusing scheme for future energy-frontier linear lepton colliders. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:034802. [PMID: 24484144 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.034802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A novel scheme for the focusing of high-energy leptons in future linear colliders was proposed in 2001 [P. Raimondi and A. Seryi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3779 (2001)]. This scheme has many advantageous properties over previously studied focusing schemes, including being significantly shorter for a given energy and having a significantly better energy bandwidth. Experimental results from the ATF2 accelerator at KEK are presented that validate the operating principle of such a scheme by demonstrating the demagnification of a 1.3 GeV electron beam down to below 65 nm in height using an energy-scaled version of the compact focusing optics designed for the ILC collider.
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- G R White
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025-7090, USA
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- CLRC: Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 4AD, United Kingdom
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
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- LAL, Universite Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Orsay, France
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom and Science and Technology Facilities Council, Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon SN2 1SZ, United Kingdom
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- Universidad de Valencia - Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFC), Edificio Institutos de Investigación, c/ Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, E-46980 Paterna, Spain
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland and LAL, Universite Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Orsay, France
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland and CLRC: Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 4AD, United Kingdom and Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Oxford St., Liverpool L69 3BX, United Kingdom
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Universidad de Valencia - Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFC), Edificio Institutos de Investigación, c/ Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, E-46980 Paterna, Spain
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland and Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech, C. Jordi Girona, 31. 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- LAPP-Universite de Savoie-CNRS/IN2P3, Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, 1370 San Kyuk-dong, Puk ku, Taegu 635, South Korea
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), San-31 Hyoja-dong, Pohang 790-784, South Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), San-31 Hyoja-dong, Pohang 790-784, South Korea
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- Institute for Chemical Research (ICR), Nuclear Science Research Facility, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, 1370 San Kyuk-dong, Puk ku, Taegu 635, South Korea
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- LAPP-Universite de Savoie-CNRS/IN2P3, Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, 1370 San Kyuk-dong, Puk ku, Taegu 635, South Korea
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- Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, 1370 San Kyuk-dong, Puk ku, Taegu 635, South Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), San-31 Hyoja-dong, Pohang 790-784, South Korea
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025-7090, USA
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- LAL, Universite Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Orsay, France
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025-7090, USA
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025-7090, USA
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025-7090, USA
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom and John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, 1370 San Kyuk-dong, Puk ku, Taegu 635, South Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), San-31 Hyoja-dong, Pohang 790-784, South Korea
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025-7090, USA
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Universidad de Valencia - Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFC), Edificio Institutos de Investigación, c/ Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, E-46980 Paterna, Spain
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025-7090, USA
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- Tohoku University, 28 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8576 Japan
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025-7090, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Oxford St., Liverpool L69 3BX, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025-7090, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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Protti DA, Di Marco S, Huang JY, Vonhoff CR, Nguyen V, Solomon SG. Inner retinal inhibition shapes the receptive field of retinal ganglion cells in primate. J Physiol 2013; 592:49-65. [PMID: 24042496 PMCID: PMC3903351 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.257352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Abstract The centre–surround organisation of receptive fields is a feature of most retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and is critical for spatial discrimination and contrast detection. Although lateral inhibitory processes are known to be important in generating the receptive field surround, the contribution of each of the two synaptic layers in the primate retina remains unclear. Here we studied the spatial organisation of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs onto ON and OFF ganglion cells in the primate retina. All RGCs showed an increase in excitation in response to stimulus of preferred polarity. Inhibition onto RGCs comprised two types of responses to preferred polarity: some RGCs showed an increase in inhibition whilst others showed removal of tonic inhibition. Excitatory inputs were strongly spatially tuned but inhibitory inputs showed more variable organisation: in some neurons they were as strongly tuned as excitation, and in others inhibitory inputs showed no spatial tuning. We targeted one source of inner retinal inhibition by functionally ablating spiking amacrine cells with bath application of tetrodotoxin (TTX). TTX significantly reduced the spatial tuning of excitatory inputs. In addition, TTX reduced inhibition onto those RGCs where a stimulus of preferred polarity increased inhibition. Reconstruction of the spatial tuning properties by somatic injection of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic conductances verified that TTX-mediated inhibition onto bipolar cells increases the strength of the surround in RGC spiking output. These results indicate that in the primate retina inhibitory mechanisms in the inner plexiform layer sharpen the spatial tuning of ganglion cells.
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- D A Protti
- D. A. Protti: Anderson Stuart Bldg (F13), The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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Bi Y, He Y, Huang JY, Xu L, Tang N, He TC, Feng T. Induced maturation of hepatic progenitor cells in vitro. Braz J Med Biol Res 2013; 46:559-66. [PMID: 23903683 PMCID: PMC3859339 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20132455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2012] [Accepted: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Hepatic progenitor cells (HPCs) are a potential cell source for liver cell
transplantation but do not function like mature liver cells. We sought an
effective and reliable method to induce HPC maturation. An immortalized HP14.5
albumin promoter-driven Gaussian luciferase (ALB-GLuc) cell line was established
from HPCs isolated from fetal mouse liver of post coitus day 14.5 mice to
investigate the effect of induction factors on ALB promoter. HP14.5 parental
cells were cultured in DMEM with different combinations of 2% horse serum (HS),
0.1 µM dexamethasone (DEX), 10 ng/mL hepatic growth factor (HGF), and/or 20
ng/mL fibroblast growth factor 4 (FGF4). Trypan blue and crystal violet staining
were used to assess cell proliferation with different induction conditions.
Expression of hepatic markers was measured by semi-quantitative RT-PCR, Western
blot, and immunofluorescence. Glycogen storage and metabolism were detected by
periodic acid-Schiff and indocyanine green (ICG) staining. GLuc activity
indicated ALB expression. The combination of 2% HS+0.1 µM Dex+10 ng/mL HGF+20
ng/mL FGF4 induced the highest ALB-GLuc activity. Cell proliferation decreased
in 2% HS but increased by adding FGF4. Upon induction, and consistent with
hepatocyte development, DLK, AFP, and CK19 expression decreased, while ALB,
CK18, and UGT1A expression increased. The maturity markers tyrosine
aminotransferase and apolipoprotein B were detected at days 3 and 6
post-induction, respectively. ICG uptake and glycogen synthesis were detectable
at day 6 and increased over time. Therefore, we demonstrated that HPCs were
induced to differentiate into functional mature hepatocytes in
vitro, suggesting that factor-treated HPCs may be further explored
as a means of liver cell transplantation.
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- Y Bi
- Stem Cell Biology and Therapy Laboratory, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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Stevens JB, Abdallah BY, Liu G, Horne SD, Bremer SW, Ye KJ, Huang JY, Kurkinen M, Ye CJ, Heng HHQ. Heterogeneity of cell death. Cytogenet Genome Res 2013; 139:164-73. [PMID: 23548436 DOI: 10.1159/000348679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Cell death constitutes a number of heterogeneous processes. Despite the dynamic nature of cell death, studies of cell death have primarily focused on apoptosis, and cell death has often been viewed as static events occurring in linear pathways. In this article we review cell death heterogeneity with specific focus on 4 aspects of cell death: the type of cell death; how it is induced; its mechanism(s); the results of cell death, and the implications of cell death heterogeneity for both basic and clinical research. This specifically reveals that cell death occurs in multiple overlapping forms that simultaneously occur within a population. Network and pathway heterogeneity in cell death is also discussed. Failure to integrate cell death heterogeneity within analyses can lead to inaccurate predictions of the amount of cell death that takes place in a tumor. Similarly, many molecular methods employed in cell death studies homogenize a population removing heterogeneity between individual cells and can be deceiving. Finally, and most importantly, cell death heterogeneity is linked to the formation of new genome systems through induction of aneuploidy and genome chaos (rapid genome reorganization).
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- J B Stevens
- Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Mich. 48201, USA
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Li JY, Huang JY, Xing B, Ren KW, Li M, Wei D, Gu PY, Chen G, Gu B, Zhang GF, Hu WX. SP600125, a JNK inhibitor, suppresses growth of JNK-inactive glioblastoma cells through cell-cycle G2/M phase arrest. Pharmazie 2012; 67:942-946. [PMID: 23210245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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SP600125 is a well studied inhibitor of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). Its direct biochemical effects on JNK-inactive tumor cells are usually ignored. In this study, we investigated the effects of SP600125 on JNK-inactive U251 human glioblastoma cells. Our results demonstrate that, 20 microM or more SP600125 can induce significant cell growth inhibition and cell-cycle G2/M phase arrest in U251 cells. Interestingly, we also found that SP600125 can stop the duplicated chromosomes from separating into two cells and the karyokinesis progression. Our study opened up a new perspective for further studies involved in JNK inhibitors or anti-glioma therapy.
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- J Y Li
- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing City, Nanjing, China
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