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Tian Y, Ding B, Ma ZR, Yang JT, Ding GT, Liu HN. Study on physicochemical properties, fatty acids, texture, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of ghee from different regions. J Dairy Sci 2023; 106:7419-7431. [PMID: 37641279 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2023-23300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Due to the lack of basic information on Chinese ghee and the increasing demand of consumers for natural oils, this study aims to explore and distinguish the quality characteristics of ghee in different regions of China. Ghee samples from 16 regions of Qinghai Province, Gansu Province, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and Tibet Autonomous Region were selected and their physicochemical properties, fatty acids, texture, antioxidant and antibacterial activities were determined. The results showed that: (1) The physicochemical properties of ghee were different from different regions, but the freshness and fat content are generally high. The results of iodine value and saponification value suggest that the fatty acid composition is good; (2) The unsaturated fatty acid/saturated fatty acid content of ghee in Tibet and Xinjiang ranges from 63.05% to 79.13%, which is better than that in other regions; (3) Gansu Diebu ghee has the highest hardness (40.69 N); (4) Ghee from different regions has good antioxidant activity, DPPH free radical scavenging activity is 30.45% to 58.06%, ABTS free radical scavenging activity is 41.14% to 65.53%, and has varying degrees of inhibition on gram-positive bacteria. In addition, yak ghee, cattle-yak ghee and cow ghee have better fatty acid composition and antibacterial ability than scalper ghee. The results of this study distinguish the differences in the quality characteristics of yak ghee in different geographical regions. Therefore, it can provide a theoretical basis for the origin tracing and quality-oriented improvement of yak ghee.
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- Y Tian
- China-Malaysia National Joint Laboratory, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Gansu Lanzhou 730030, China; College of Life Science and Engineering, Northwest Minzu University, Gansu Lanzhou 730030, China
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- College of Life Science and Engineering, Northwest Minzu University, Gansu Lanzhou 730030, China
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- China-Malaysia National Joint Laboratory, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Gansu Lanzhou 730030, China
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- College of Life Science and Engineering, Northwest Minzu University, Gansu Lanzhou 730030, China
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- China-Malaysia National Joint Laboratory, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Gansu Lanzhou 730030, China
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- China-Malaysia National Joint Laboratory, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Gansu Lanzhou 730030, China; College of Life Science and Engineering, Northwest Minzu University, Gansu Lanzhou 730030, China.
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Nguyen MH, Swensen SN, Colbert CM, Amin AG, Sponseller PA, Melancon D, Schaub SK, Tseng YD, Blau MH, Halasz LM, Yang JT, Rengan R, Bloch C, Mossa-Basha M, Hofstetter CP, Lo SS. Dosimetric Impact of Radiolucent Carbon Fiber Hardware for Post-Operative Spine Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e140-e141. [PMID: 37784713 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.950] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) The spine is the most common site of osseous metastases. In the non-operative setting, there is growing support for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) over conventional radiation therapy for improved pain relief and local control. Hybrid therapy consisting of separation surgery and post-operative SBRT is considered in patients with biomechanical instability and epidural cord compression. Surgery traditionally requires titanium (Ti) implants, which introduce artifacts on post-operative imaging in addition to increased uncertainty and beam attenuation. Use of radiolucent carbon fiber reinforced polyetheretherketone (CFR-PEEK) hardware has been shown to provide safe and comparable surgical outcomes as compared to Ti. Our primary objective is to assess the dosimetric impact of Ti versus carbon fiber implants in spine SBRT. MATERIALS/METHODS Single institution retrospective series of post-operative spine SBRT from 2019-2020. Re-irradiation cases were excluded. The electronic medical record and treatment planning systems (TPS) were queried. Dosimetric analyses compared original Ti plans with reoptimized plans, replacing Ti hardware electronic density with carbon fiber. Maintaining clinical goals, dose calculations were performed in a treatment planning system using a collapsed cone algorithm. All treatments used step and shoot intensity modulated radiation therapy to avoid beam angles with significant metal along the beam path. Metallic artifacts were contoured and assigned the appropriate tissue density. A D'Agostino-Pearson test was used to assess data for normality. We used paired Student's t-tests to compare three dosimetric outcomes in the setting of Ti and carbon fiber implants. Planning target volume (PTV) coverage was represented by the volume receiving at least the prescribed dose (%), the maximum point dose (dmax, cGy) to the spinal cord planning risk volume (PRV, 2 mm margin), and the overall hot spot intensity (plan dmax). RESULTS A series of 14 consecutive SBRT cases were evaluated (dose 27-30 Gy in 3-5 fractions). All dosimetric outcomes were normally distributed (p>0.05). We found a statistically significant difference in PTV coverage between the original SBRT treatment plans with Ti hardware (mean 85.1 ± 7.9%) and reoptimized carbon fiber hardware (87.3 ± 6.6%; p = 0.002). There was no significant difference in mean spinal cord PRV dmax between Ti and carbon fiber plans (1846 ± 483 cGy vs. 1842 ± 495 cGy; p>0.05). We observed a nonsignificant increase in mean overall dmax from 3932 ± 416 cGy in the Ti cohort to 4111 ± 906 cGy in the carbon fiber cohort (p>0.05). CONCLUSION Carbon fiber implants provide a significant increase in SBRT target coverage, without impacting the overall plan and spinal cord PRV dmax in this retrospective series. In addition to improved post-operative imaging and reduced uncertainty, carbon fiber hardware may offer dosimetric advantages as compared to traditional Ti spinal implants, and warrants further investigation in a larger cohort.
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- M H Nguyen
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington/ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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Ebadi M, Morse M, Gooley T, Ermoian RP, Halasz LM, Lo SS, Yang JT, Percival ME, Cassaday R, Graber J, Taylor L, Venur V, Tseng YD. Craniospinal Irradiation for CNS Leukemia: Rates of Response and Durability of CNS Control. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e464-e465. [PMID: 37785483 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.1665] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Craniospinal irradiation (CSI) is used in the management of leukemia patients with central-nervous-system (CNS) involvement, though the data on response and local control are limited. Given the radioresponsiveness of leukemia, we hypothesized that response to CSI would be high, but CNS control would be influenced by control of systemic disease. MATERIALS/METHODS This retrospective, single-institution analysis included consecutive pediatric and adult patients between 2009-2021 with leukemia that underwent CSI for CNS involvement, defined as presence of blasts (i.e., >0%) on CSF flow cytometry. Endpoints included CNS response rate (RR), CNS local recurrence (LR), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS), which were estimated from start of CSI. The probability of CNS LR was summarized using a cumulative incidence estimate, where death without LR was considered a competing risk. The probabilities of OS and PFS were obtained using Kaplan-Meier estimates. RESULTS Among the 39 eligible patients (43% AML, 49% ALL, 8% blast-phase CML), most were male (59%). All had CSF confirmation of disease. Median age at CSI was 31 years (range 7-67). CSI (protons 54%, photons 46%) was utilized early within the CNS disease course (median 0 CNS relapses prior to CSI). Twenty-five patients (64%) received CSI immediately prior to a stem-cell transplant (SCT), of which 21 (84%) had TBI conditioning to a median dose of 12 Gy (range 2-13.2). Patients treated with CSI alone received a higher CSI dose (median 18 Gy; range 10.8-24) than those treated with SCT consolidation (median 12 Gy; range 10.8-24). Fifteen patients had CSF-positive disease immediately prior to CSI; all 14 of those assessed for response (RR 100%) had confirmed clearance of blasts at a median of 23 days (range 7-197) from CSI start. With a median follow-up of 48 months (range 0.4-123) for survivors, 2-year PFS and OS estimates were 32% and 43%, respectively. Only 5 CNS relapses were noted (2-year CNS LR of 14%). All CNS relapses either occurred after (n = 4) or concurrently (n = 1) with a systemic relapse. In Cox regression univariate models, age, sex, time to CNS disease, positive CSF immediately prior to CSI, and SCT did not show demonstrable evidence of association with CNS LR. However, systemic relapse after CSI (HR 5.9, 95% CI 2.5-13.8, P<0.0001) and systemic disease at the time of CSI (HR 3.9, 95% CI 1.6-9.5, P = 0.003) were associated with higher risk of CNS LR. No grade-3+ acute toxicity was seen during CSI. CONCLUSION CSI is a well-tolerated and effective treatment option for patients with CNS leukemia. Though CNS local recurrence was modest, there was a high risk of systemic relapse and/or death. Control of systemic disease, both before and after CSI, may be important for CNS local control, and raises consideration that CNS recurrence may reflect reseeding from the systemic space.
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- M Ebadi
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington/ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
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- University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington/ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington/ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington/ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington/ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
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Santos P, Chakraborty N, Salz T, Curry M, Vicioso NL, Mathis NJ, Caron M, Ostroff J, Guttman D, Salner AL, Panoff JE, McIntosh AF, Pfister DG, Yang JT, Snyderman AL, Gillespie EF. Implementation Outcomes of Strategies to Promote Short-Course Radiation for Nonspine Bone Metastases in an Academic-Community Partnership: Survey Results from the ALIGNMENT Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:S124-S125. [PMID: 37784321 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.466] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Local treatment of nonspine bone metastases has become increasingly complex, resulting in physician practice variability nationwide. The purpose of this study was to assess physician perceptions of 3 implementation strategies to promote adoption of short course radiotherapy (RT) for nonspine bone metastases. MATERIALS/METHODS ALIGNMENT ("Alliance Group for Bone Metastasis") was a multi-institutional stepped wedge cluster randomized implementation trial testing strategies to increase use of ≤5 fractions for nonspine bone metastases conducted across 3 clinical sites in an academic-community partnership. Strategies included a) multidisciplinary consensus guidelines, b) e-Consults, an email-based consultation platform, and c) personalized audit and feedback (A&F) reports with peer comparison. Using the Proctor et al. framework and validated questions from Weiner et al., physician surveys were used to assess each strategy's usefulness, acceptability (i.e., "I welcome [strategy]"), appropriateness (i.e., "[strategy] seems like a good match"), and feasibility (i.e., "[strategy] seems implementable" or "easy to use"). Survey responses were anonymized, so Fisher's Exact test was used to compare proportions with significance set at p<0.05. RESULTS Overall, 29 of 38 and 30 of 38 physicians participated in the pre- and post-implementation surveys, respectively, with 80% completing both. Pre-implementation, guidelines was most often ranked 1st in terms of usefulness (61%), followed by eConsults (38%) and A&F (3%). Post-implementation, guidelines and eConsults had the most and least favorable acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility scores, respectively (Table), with 77% of physicians being likely to recommend the guidelines to other oncologists. In contrast, while 43% of physicians reported having at least 1 difficult clinical question regarding bone metastases during the study, only 33% of physicians preferred eConsults, while 50% preferred reaching out to a friend/colleague. Lastly, although A&F had the lowest perceived usefulness pre-implementation, A&F had the greatest increase in acceptability (72%→90%; p = 0.10), appropriateness (66%→90%; p = 0.03) feasibility ("implementable": 59%→93%, p = 0.002; "easy to use": 45%→93%, p<0.001). CONCLUSION In this multicenter trial, all strategies were acceptable, appropriate, and feasible, with guidelines and A&F showing the most favorable outcomes post-implementation. While guidelines were assessed as the most useful, A&F had significant increases in appropriateness and feasibility.
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- P Santos
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Strategic Partnerships, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute, Hartford, CT
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL
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- Allentown Radiation Oncology Associates, Allentown, PA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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Wang L, Lv WQ, Yang JT, Lin X, Liu HM, Tan HJ, Quan RP, Long PP, Shen H, Shen J, Deng HW, Xiao HM. Enteric nervous system damage caused by abnormal intestinal butyrate metabolism may lead to functional constipation. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1117905. [PMID: 37228368 PMCID: PMC10203953 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1117905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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Functional constipation (FC) is a high morbidity gastrointestinal disease for which dysfunction in the enteric nervous system is a major pathogenesis mechanism. To enhance our understanding of the involvement of intestinal microbiota and its metabolites in the pathogenesis of FC, we conducted a shotgun metagenomic sequencing analysis of gut microbiota and serum short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) analysis in 460 Chinese women with different defecation frequencies. We observed that the abundance ofFusobacterium_varium, a butyric acid-producing bacterium, was positively correlated (P = 0.0096) with the frequency of defecation; however, the concentrations of serum butyric acid was negatively correlated (P = 3.51E-05) with defecation frequency. These results were verified in an independent cohort (6 patients with FC and 6 controls). To further study the effects of butyric acid on intestinal nerve cells, we treated mouse intestinal neurons in vitro with various concentrations of butyrate (0.1, 0.5, 1, and 2.5 mM). We found that intestinal neurons treated with 0.5 mM butyrate proliferated better than those in the other treatment groups, with significant differences in cell cycle and oxidative phosphorylation signal pathways. We suggest that the decreased butyrate production resulting from the reduced abundance of Fusobacterium in gut microbiota affects the proliferation of intestinal neurons and the energy supply of intestinal cells. However, with FC disease advancing, the consumption and excretion of butyric acid reduce, leading to its accumulation in the intestine. Moreover, the accumulation of an excessively high amount of butyric acid inhibits the proliferation of nerve cells and subsequently exacerbates the disease.
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- Le Wang
- Center for System Biology, Data Sciences, and Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- School of Basic Medical Science, Hunan University of Medicine, Huaihua, Hunan, China
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- Center of Safety Evaluation and Research, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory of Drug Safety Evaluation and Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Center for System Biology, Data Sciences, and Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for System Biology, Data Sciences, and Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Center for System Biology, Data Sciences, and Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Center for System Biology, Data Sciences, and Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Center for System Biology, Data Sciences, and Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Tulane Center of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Tulane Center of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Center for System Biology, Data Sciences, and Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Cai HY, Yang D, Qiao J, Yang JT, Wang ZJ, Wu MN, Qi JS, Holscher C. Erratum to: A GLP-1/GIP Dual Receptor Agonist DA4-JC Effectively Attenuates Cognitive Impairment and Pathology in the APP/PS1/Tau Model of Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2023; 94:1617-1618. [PMID: 37545245 DOI: 10.3233/jad-239006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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Yang JT, Liu ZK, Zhan SY. [Progress in epidemiological research of 2019-nCoV infection and COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2022; 43:1215-1221. [PMID: 35981982 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20220323-00217] [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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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by 2019-nCoV. Due to the physiological change in pregnancy, pregnant women are susceptible to COVID-19 and are at increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, especially in the context of spread of novel variants. At present, less evidences have been obtained from randomized controlled trials on the effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccine use in pregnant women, and the recommendations of COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women vary with countries, posing challenge to the prevention and control of COVID-19 in pregnant women. This paper summarizes the progress in major research of 2019-nCoV infection in pregnancy conducted both at home and abroad, describes the harm of COVID-19 in pregnancy to pregnant women, fetuses and infants and introduces the effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy revealed by real world studies in order to provide reference for the related research and development of COVID-19 prevention and control strategies in pregnant women.
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- J T Yang
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Pharmacovigilance, National Medical Products Administration, Peking University,Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Pharmacovigilance, National Medical Products Administration, Peking University,Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Pharmacovigilance, National Medical Products Administration, Peking University,Beijing 100191, China Research Center of Clinical Epidemiology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China Center for Intelligent Public Health, Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Yuan L, Zhang J, Guo JH, Holscher C, Yang JT, Wu MN, Wang ZJ, Cai HY, Han LN, Shi H, Han YF, Qi JS. DAla2-GIP-GLU-PAL Protects Against Cognitive Deficits and Pathology in APP/PS1 Mice by Inhibiting Neuroinflammation and Upregulating cAMP/PKA/CREB Signaling Pathways. J Alzheimers Dis 2021; 80:695-713. [PMID: 33579843 DOI: 10.3233/jad-201262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive decline in cognitive function. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an important risk factor for AD. Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) has been identified to be effective in T2DM treatment and neuroprotection. OBJECTIVE The present study investigated the neuroprotective effects and possible mechanisms of DAla2GIP-Glu-PAL, a novel long-lasting GIP analogue, in APP/PS1 AD mice. METHODS Multiple behavioral tests were performed to examine the cognitive function of mice. In vivo hippocampus late-phase long-term potentiation (L-LTP) was recorded to reflect synaptic plasticity. Immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence were used to examine the Aβ plaques and neuroinflammation in the brain. IL-1β, TNF-α, and cAMP/PKA/CREB signal molecules were also detected by ELISA or western blotting. RESULTS DAla2GIP-Glu-PAL increased recognition index (RI) of APP/PS1 mice in novel object recognition test, elevated spontaneous alternation percentage of APP/PS1 mice in Y maze test, and increased target quadrant swimming time of APP/PS1 mice in Morris water maze test. DAla2GIP-Glu-PAL treatment enhanced in vivo L-LTP of APP/PS1 mice. DAla2GIP-Glu-PAL significantly reduced Aβ deposition, inhibited astrocyte and microglia proliferation, and weakened IL-1β and TNF-α secretion. DAla2GIP-Glu-PAL also upregulated cAMP/PKA/CREB signal transduction and inhibited NF-κB activation in the hippocampus of APP/PS1 mice. CONCLUSION DAla2GIP-Glu-PAL can improve cognitive behavior, synaptic plasticity, and central pathological damage in APP/PS1 mice, which might be associated with the inhibition of neuroinflammation, as well as upregulation of cAMP-/PKA/CREB signaling pathway. This study suggests a potential benefit of DAla2GIP-Glu-PAL in the treatment of AD.
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- Li Yuan
- Department of Physiology, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, Shanxi, PR China.,Department of Physiology, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Ministry of Education, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Ministry of Education, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, First Hospital, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, PR China
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- Research and Experimental Center, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Ministry of Education, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Ministry of Education, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Ministry of Education, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, PR China
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, Shanxi, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Ministry of Education, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Ministry of Education, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Ministry of Education, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, PR China
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Cai HY, Yang D, Qiao J, Yang JT, Wang ZJ, Wu MN, Qi JS, Hölscher C. A GLP-1/GIP Dual Receptor Agonist DA4-JC Effectively Attenuates Cognitive Impairment and Pathology in the APP/PS1/Tau Model of Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2021; 83:799-818. [PMID: 34366339 DOI: 10.3233/jad-210256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a degenerative disorder, accompanied by progressive cognitive decline, for which there is no cure. Recently, the close correlation between AD and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been noted, and a promising anti-AD strategy is the use of anti-T2DM drugs. OBJECTIVE To investigate if the novel glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)/glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor agonist DA4-JC shows protective effects in the triple APP/PS1/tau mouse model of AD. METHODS A battery of behavioral tests were followed by in vivo recording of long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampus, quantified synapses using the Golgi method, and biochemical analysis of biomarkers. RESULTS DA4-JC improved cognitive impairment in a range of tests and relieved pathological features of APP/PS1/tau mice, enhanced LTP in the hippocampus, increased numbers of synapses and dendritic spines, upregulating levels of post-synaptic density protein 95 (PSD95) and synaptophysin (SYP), normalized volume and numbers of mitochondria and improving the phosphatase and tensin homologue induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1) - Parkin mitophagy signaling pathway, while downregulating amyloid, p-tau, and autophagy marker P62 levels. CONCLUSION DA4-JC is a promising drug for the treatment of AD.
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- Hong-Yan Cai
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.,Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology (Shanxi Medical University), Ministry of Education, Taiyuan, China.,Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Shanxi Province, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology (Shanxi Medical University), Ministry of Education, Taiyuan, China.,Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Shanxi Province, China.,Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology (Shanxi Medical University), Ministry of Education, Taiyuan, China.,Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Shanxi Province, China.,Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology (Shanxi Medical University), Ministry of Education, Taiyuan, China.,Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Shanxi Province, China.,Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Neuroscience Research Group, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China
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Wang Y, Huang H, Zeng M, Quan RP, Yang JT, Guo D, Sun Y, Deng H, Xiao H. Mutation of rat Zp2 causes ROS-mediated oocyte apoptosis. Reproduction 2021; 160:353-365. [PMID: 32520719 DOI: 10.1530/rep-20-0037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
In this study, we investigated a gene-edited (Zp2MT/MT) rat model of infertility caused by the failure to express the zona pellucida glycoprotein 2 (ZP2) due to the significant reduction of mRNA amount. We examined the defects in the zona pellucida (ZP) caused by ZP2 nullification and the influence of these defects on aspects of oocyte development, including apoptosis and fertilization ability. To investigate the cause of the influence to the oocytes' development, we evaluated the morphology of follicular transzonal projections (TZPs), known as 'bridges', which mediate the bidirectional signaling between the oocyte and surrounding granulosa cells and the level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in ovulated eggs. Our results showed that two types of ZP defects were generated in the Zp2MT/MT rat,that is, ZP intact but thinned and ZP cracked (or even absent). The fertilization rate of the ovulated eggs reduced in both types, while increased oocyte apoptosis was observed only in the latter type. Moreover, the increased oocyte apoptosis rate correlated closely with the reduction in follicular TZPs and increased ROS levels in ovulated egg. In conclusion, nullification of rat ZP2 destroyed the integrity of the ZP, impaired the bidirectional signaling between the oocyte and surrounding granulosa cells. Therefore, the resulting infertility likely occurs via elevation of oxidative stress and oocytes apoptosis.
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- Yan Wang
- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Genomics, Department of Global Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.,Center of System Biology and Data Information, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Wang KS, Yu G, Xu C, Meng XH, Zhou J, Zheng C, Deng Z, Shang L, Liu R, Su S, Zhou X, Li Q, Li J, Wang J, Ma K, Qi J, Hu Z, Tang P, Deng J, Qiu X, Li BY, Shen WD, Quan RP, Yang JT, Huang LY, Xiao Y, Yang ZC, Li Z, Wang SC, Ren H, Liang C, Guo W, Li Y, Xiao H, Gu Y, Yun JP, Huang D, Song Z, Fan X, Chen L, Yan X, Li Z, Huang ZC, Huang J, Luttrell J, Zhang CY, Zhou W, Zhang K, Yi C, Wu C, Shen H, Wang YP, Xiao HM, Deng HW. Accurate diagnosis of colorectal cancer based on histopathology images using artificial intelligence. BMC Med 2021; 19:76. [PMID: 33752648 PMCID: PMC7986569 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-021-01942-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Accurate and robust pathological image analysis for colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis is time-consuming and knowledge-intensive, but is essential for CRC patients' treatment. The current heavy workload of pathologists in clinics/hospitals may easily lead to unconscious misdiagnosis of CRC based on daily image analyses. METHODS Based on a state-of-the-art transfer-learned deep convolutional neural network in artificial intelligence (AI), we proposed a novel patch aggregation strategy for clinic CRC diagnosis using weakly labeled pathological whole-slide image (WSI) patches. This approach was trained and validated using an unprecedented and enormously large number of 170,099 patches, > 14,680 WSIs, from > 9631 subjects that covered diverse and representative clinical cases from multi-independent-sources across China, the USA, and Germany. RESULTS Our innovative AI tool consistently and nearly perfectly agreed with (average Kappa statistic 0.896) and even often better than most of the experienced expert pathologists when tested in diagnosing CRC WSIs from multicenters. The average area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC) of AI was greater than that of the pathologists (0.988 vs 0.970) and achieved the best performance among the application of other AI methods to CRC diagnosis. Our AI-generated heatmap highlights the image regions of cancer tissue/cells. CONCLUSIONS This first-ever generalizable AI system can handle large amounts of WSIs consistently and robustly without potential bias due to fatigue commonly experienced by clinical pathologists. It will drastically alleviate the heavy clinical burden of daily pathology diagnosis and improve the treatment for CRC patients. This tool is generalizable to other cancer diagnosis based on image recognition.
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- K S Wang
- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Statistical Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane Center of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 1610, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Centers of System Biology, Data Information and Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Centers of System Biology, Data Information and Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Centers of System Biology, Data Information and Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Centers of System Biology, Data Information and Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Centers of System Biology, Data Information and Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Centers of System Biology, Data Information and Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Centers of System Biology, Data Information and Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- College of Information Science and Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Gongli Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200135, China
- Department of Pathology, the Peace Hospital Affiliated to Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, 046000, China
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- Pathological Laboratory of Adicon Medical Laboratory Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, 310023, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, The People's Hospital of Hunan Province, Changsha, 410005, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, The People's Hospital of Hunan Province, Changsha, 410005, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, China
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- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Pathology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Pathology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Department of Pathology, The first affiliated hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Institute of Pathology and southwest cancer center, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China
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- Department of Pathology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- School of Computing Sciences and Computer Engineering, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406, USA
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- School of Computing Sciences and Computer Engineering, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406, USA
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- College of Computing, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, 49931, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Bioinformatics Facility of Xavier NIH RCMI Cancer Research Center, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, 70125, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, 70121, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane Center of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 1610, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
- Division of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane Center of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 1610, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA
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- Centers of System Biology, Data Information and Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China.
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- Department of Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane Center of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 1610, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
- Centers of System Biology, Data Information and Reproductive Health, School of Basic Medical Science, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China.
- Division of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
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Zeng MH, Wang Y, Huang HL, Quan RP, Yang JT, Guo D, Sun Y, Lv C, Li TY, Wang L, Tan HJ, Long PP, Deng HW, Xiao HM. Zp4 is completely dispensable for fertility in female rats†. Biol Reprod 2021; 104:1282-1291. [PMID: 33709118 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioab047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Zona pellucida (ZP), which is composed of at most four extracellular glycoproteins (ZP1, ZP2, ZP3, and ZP4) in mammals, shelters the oocytes and is vital in female fertility. Several studies have identified the indispensable roles of ZP1-3 in maintaining normal female fertility. However, the understanding of ZP4 is still very poor because only one study on ZP4-associated infertility performed in rabbits has been reported up to date. Here we investigated the function of mammalian Zp4 by creating a knockout (KO) rat strain (Zp4-/- rat) using CRISPR-Cas9-mediated DNA-editing method. The influence of Zp4 KO on ZP morphology and some pivotal processes of reproduction, including oogenesis, ovulation, fertilization, and pup production, were studied using periodic acid-Schiff's staining, superovulation, in vitro fertilization, and natural mating. The ZP morphology in Zp4-/- rats was normal, and none of these pivotal processes was affected. This study renewed the knowledge of mammalian Zp4 by suggesting that Zp4 was completely dispensable for female fertility.
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- Ming-Hua Zeng
- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health,School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health,School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health,School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health,School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health,School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health,School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Changsha Reproductive Medicine Hospital, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health,School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health,School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health,School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health,School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Genomics, Department of Global Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.,Center of System Biology and Data Information, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive & Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Center of Reproductive Health,School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Wang ZJ, Han YF, Zhao F, Yang GZ, Yuan L, Cai HY, Yang JT, Holscher C, Qi JS, Wu MN. A dual GLP-1 and Gcg receptor agonist rescues spatial memory and synaptic plasticity in APP/PS1 transgenic mice. Horm Behav 2020; 118:104640. [PMID: 31765661 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2019] [Revised: 11/16/2019] [Accepted: 11/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that severely affects the health and lifespan of the elderly worldwide. Recently, the correlation between AD and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has received intensive attention, and a promising new anti-AD strategy is the use of anti-diabetic drugs. Oxyntomodulin (Oxm) is a peptide hormone and growth factor that acts on neurons in the hypothalamus. OXM activates glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and glucagon (Gcg) receptors, facilitates insulin signaling and has neuroprotective effects against Aβ1-42-induced cytotoxicity in primary hippocampal neurons. Here, we tested the effects of the protease-resistant analogue (D-Ser2)Oxm on spatial memory and synaptic plasticity and the underlying molecular mechanisms in the APP/PS1 transgenic mouse model of AD. The results showed that (D-Ser2)Oxm not only alleviated the impairments of working memory and long-term spatial memory, but also reduced the number of Aβ plaques in the hippocampus, and reversed the suppression of hippocampal synaptic long-term potentiation (LTP). Moreover, (D-Ser2)Oxm administration significantly increased p-PI3K/p-AKT1 expression and decreased p-GSK3β levels in the hippocampus. These results are the first to show an in vivo neuroprotective role of (D-Ser2)Oxm in APP/PS1 mice, and this role involves the improvement of synaptic plasticity, clearance of Aβ and normalization of PI3K/AKT/GSK3β cell signaling in the hippocampus. This study suggests that (D-Ser2)Oxm holds promise for the prevention and treatment of AD.
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- Zhao-Jun Wang
- Department of Physiology, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Ministry of Education, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, PR China
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- Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics, Guangzhou, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Ministry of Education, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, PR China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, PR China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Ministry of Education, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, PR China
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- Neuroscience research group, Henan university of Chinese medicine, Zhengzhou, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Ministry of Education, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, PR China.
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- Department of Physiology, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Ministry of Education, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, PR China.
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Guo P, Zhang SW, Zhang J, Dong JT, Wu JD, Tang ST, Yang JT, Zhang WJ, Wu F. Effects of imipenem combined with low-dose cyclophosphamide on the intestinal barrier in septic rats. Exp Ther Med 2018; 16:1919-1927. [PMID: 30186419 PMCID: PMC6122399 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2018.6373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Anti-infection therapy combined with immunotherapy is one of the important research approaches for treating sepsis. However, the combination of anti-infection and immunotherapy therapeutic agents may have an adverse effect on intestinal barrier function. In the present study, it was hypothesized that imipenem combined with low-dose cyclophosphamide (CTX) could improve the sepsis survival rate compared with imipenem treatment alone. In addition, the alterations in the intestinal barrier were investigated and the possible mechanisms of altering intestinal barrier function in septic rats treated with imipenem combined with low-dose CTX or imipenem alone were explored. To investigate the effect of imipenem combined with low-dose CTX on the intestinal barrier, the markers of histopathology, intestinal permeability, intestinal epithelial apoptosis, cytokines interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, and tight junction proteins zonula occludens (ZO)-1, occludin and claudin-2, were quantitatively and qualitatively evaluated. The results indicated that imipenem combined with low-dose CTX significantly improved the survival rate of rats compared with imipenem alone (P<0.05). However, no significantly difference between the treatment with imipenem combined with low-dose CTX and imipenem treatment alone was indicated with regard to histopathology, intestinal permeability, intestinal epithelial apoptosis and the expression of claudin-2, ZO-1 and TNF-α. However, imipenem combined with low-dose CTX significantly reduced IL-6 and IL-10 expression and significantly increased occludin expression compared with imipenem alone (P<0.05). It was concluded that imipenem combined with low-dose CTX could improve the survival rate of rats with sepsis compared with rats treated with imipenem alone. The present findings suggest that imipenem combined with low-dose CTX may cause damage to the intestinal barrier function and the mechanism may be associated with a reduction in IL-10 expression.
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- Peng Guo
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Shihezi University School of Medicine, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832000, P.R. China
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- First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency, First Affiliated Hospital, Shihezi University School of Medicine, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832000, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Shihezi University School of Medicine, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832000, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Shihezi University School of Medicine/Key Laboratory of Xinjiang Endemic and Ethnic Diseases/Collaborative Innovation Center of High Incidence of Zoonotic Communicable Disease Prevention in The Western Region, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832000, P.R. China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Shihezi University School of Medicine, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832000, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Shihezi University School of Medicine/Key Laboratory of Xinjiang Endemic and Ethnic Diseases/Collaborative Innovation Center of High Incidence of Zoonotic Communicable Disease Prevention in The Western Region, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832000, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Shihezi University School of Medicine/Key Laboratory of Xinjiang Endemic and Ethnic Diseases/Collaborative Innovation Center of High Incidence of Zoonotic Communicable Disease Prevention in The Western Region, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832000, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Shihezi University School of Medicine/Key Laboratory of Xinjiang Endemic and Ethnic Diseases/Collaborative Innovation Center of High Incidence of Zoonotic Communicable Disease Prevention in The Western Region, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832000, P.R. China
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Hsiao KY, Li WC, Chang CH, Lin MHC, Yang JT, Wang PC, Chen KH. An Evaluation of the ACEP Guideline for Mild Head Injuries in Taiwan. HONG KONG J EMERG ME 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/102490791702400204] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an important issue in the emergency department. In the United States, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) published clinical guideline to select patients with mild head injuries for head computed tomography (CT) scans in 2008. The aim of this study was to identify the possible benefits of compliance with these guidelines for mild head injury patients in Taiwan. Method This was a secondary analysis on our previous study published for association of hypertension and head injuries. In our previous study, we collected data about 1290 patients with head injuries who received brain CT scans in the emergency department from September 2012 to August 2013 for a study regarding the association between head injury and hypertension. In present study, we subjected this data to further analysis to try to validate the ACEP clinical policy for mild head injuries. Results Of these 1,290 patients, 154 were found to have brain haemorrhage on the initial brain CT scan, and 5 were in need of neurosurgical intervention. A total of 859 patients met the ACEP guideline criteria, and 117 of these had brain haemorrhages. The sensitivity and specificity of the ACEP guideline to predict brain haemorrhage were 75.97% (95% confidence interval [CI], 68.44% to 82.48%) and 34.68% (95% CI, 31.91% to 37.53%), respectively. In predicting neurosurgical intervention, the sensitivity and specificity of the guideline were 100% (95% CI, 47.82% to 100%) and 33.54% (95% CI, 30.96% to 36.2%), respectively. Conclusion Although adoption of the ACEP clinical policy may reduce the number of brain CT scans in mild head injury patients who may need neurosurgical interventions, it is not a good selection tool in Taiwan.
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- KY Hsiao
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine; and Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Department of Nursing, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Department of Occupation Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, College of Nursing &the Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion Research Center, Chiayi Campus, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Chiayi; and Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Tao-Yuan; and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chiayi, Taiwan
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Cai HY, Yang JT, Wang ZJ, Zhang J, Yang W, Wu MN, Qi JS. Lixisenatide reduces amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles and neuroinflammation in an APP/PS1/tau mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 495:1034-1040. [PMID: 29175324 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.11.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/18/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been identified as a high risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). The impairment of insulin signaling has been found in AD brain. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is an incretin hormone, normalises insulin signaling and acts as a neuroprotective growth factor. We have previously shown that the long-lasting GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist lixisenatide plays an important role in memory formation, synaptic plasticity and cell proliferation of rats. In the follow-up study, we analysed the neuroprotective effect and mechanism of lixisenatide, injected for 60 days at 10 nmol/kg i.p. once daily in APP/PS1/tau female mice and C57BL/6J female mice (as control) aged 12 month. The results showed that lixisenatide could reduce amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles and neuroinflammation in the hippocampi of 12-month-old APP/PS1/tau female mice; activation of PKA-CREB signaling pathway and inhibition of p38-MAPK might be the important mechanisms in the neuroprotective function of lixisenatide. The study demonstrated that GLP-1R agonists such as lixisenatide might have the potential to be developed as a novel therapy for AD.
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- Hong-Yan Cai
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shanxi Medical University, 56 Xinjian South Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, 030001, China.
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- Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, 56 Xinjian South Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, 030001, China.
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- Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, 56 Xinjian South Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, 030001, China.
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- Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, 56 Xinjian South Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, 030001, China.
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- Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, 56 Xinjian South Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, 030001, China.
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- Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, 56 Xinjian South Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, 030001, China.
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- Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, 56 Xinjian South Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, 030001, China.
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Yeh SI, Huang YC, Cheng CH, Cheng CM, Yang JT. Development of a millimetrically scaled biodiesel transesterification device that relies on droplet-based co-axial fluidics. Sci Rep 2016; 6:29288. [PMID: 27426677 PMCID: PMC4947928 DOI: 10.1038/srep29288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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In this study, we investigated a fluidic system that adheres to new concepts of energy production. To improve efficiency, cost, and ease of manufacture, a millimetrically scaled device that employs a droplet-based co-axial fluidic system was devised to complete alkali-catalyzed transesterification for biodiesel production. The large surface-to-volume ratio of the droplet-based system, and the internal circulation induced inside the moving droplets, significantly enhanced the reaction rate of immiscible liquids used here – soybean oil and methanol. This device also decreased the molar ratio between methanol and oil to near the stoichiometric coefficients of a balanced chemical equation, which enhanced the total biodiesel volume produced, and decreased the costs of purification and recovery of excess methanol. In this work, the droplet-based co-axial fluidic system performed better than other methods of continuous-flow production. We achieved an efficiency that is much greater than that of reported systems. This study demonstrated the high potential of droplet-based fluidic chips for energy production. The small energy consumption and low cost of the highly purified biodiesel transesterification system described conforms to the requirements of distributed energy (inexpensive production on a moderate scale) in the world.
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- S I Yeh
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, No.101, Sec. 2, Guangfu Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yang JT, Xu JY, Jiao J, Zhang R, Han SF, Qin LQ. [Effects of leucine on adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes during and after differentiation]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2016; 50:535-40. [PMID: 27256735 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2016.06.012] [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 observe the effects of leucine on adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 preadipocyte during and after differentiation, and to investigate possible mechanisms. METHODS Respectively, 0.0 (control), 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mmol/L leucine was added in 3T3-L1 cells and cell proliferation was measured by MTT. Then, 3T3-L1 preadipocyte was induced to differentiate. Leucine was added during whole differentiation period, or after differentiation for 4 days. The cells were stained with Oil Red O dye to observe lipid droplet. The culture media were collected and used to determine glycerol contents. Meanwhile, protein expressions related to lypolytic enzymes, leptin signaling pathway were determined by Western blot. RESULTS MTT result showed that cell viabilities were (100.00±12.10)%, (102.73±12.38)%, (103.94±14.65)%, (108.70±5.05)% in 0.0, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mmol/L leucine groups, respectively, there were no significant differences in cell proliferation among 4 groups (F=1.07, P=0.383). When 0.0, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mmol/L leucine was added during differentiation, the relative number of lipid droplet was 1.00±0.06, 0.94±0.09, 0.82±0.08 and 0.79±0.04, respectively (F=11.74, P<0.001), and it was significantly lower in 1.0 and 2.0 mmol/L leucine groups than in control group (P=0.002 and P<0.001, respectively). There was no significant difference in lipid droplet when leucine was added after differentiation (F=0.16, P=0.924). When leucine was added during differentiation, the increment of glyceride contents in medium was (65.04 ± 11.75), (71.45 ± 23.71), (79.37 ± 17.63) and (110.32 ± 25.36) μmol/L, respectively (F=2.92, P=0.100). And it was significantly higher in 2.0 mmol/L leucine group (110.32 ± 25.36) μmol/L than in control group (65.04 ± 11.75) μmol/L (t=2.73, P=0.026). No significant difference of the increment of glyceride contents among 4 groups was observed when leucine was added after differentiation (F=0.80, P=0.528). Western blot results showed that leucine treatment during differentiation upregulated expression level of hormone-sensitive lipase phosphorylation (after 0.0 and 2.0 mmol/L leucine treatment,the protein levels were 1.00 ± 0.08 vs. 2.54 ± 0.27, P<0.001) , and downregulated the protein expression levels of perilipin A, leptin and leptin-related pathway, such as leptin receptor, Janus kinase 2 and suppressor of cytokine signaling-3 (after 0.0 and 2.0 mmol/L leucine was added, the protein levels were (1.00 ± 0.03) vs. (0.31 ± 0.07) , (1.00 ± 0.08) vs. (0.22±0.07) , (1.00±0.07) vs. (0.21 ± 0.04) , (1.00 ± 0.03) vs. (0.35 ± 0.05) , (1.00 ± 0.06) vs. (0.34 ± 0.05) , P<0.001). Leucine treatment after differentiation had no effects on these protein expressions (all P>0.05). CONCLUSION Leucine inhibits adipogenesis during 3T3-L1 preadipocyte differentiation by the regulation of lypolytic enzymes and leptin signaling pathway; however, leucine has no effect on adipogenesis when differentiation completed.
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- J T Yang
- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- School of Radiation Medicine and Protection of Soochow University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou 215123, China
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Yu IF, Yu YH, Chen LY, Fan SK, Chou HYE, Yang JT. A portable microfluidic device for the rapid diagnosis of cancer metastatic potential which is programmable for temperature and CO2. Lab Chip 2014; 14:3621-3628. [PMID: 25075570 DOI: 10.1039/c4lc00502c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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If metastasis of lung cancer can be found and treated early, a victim might have an improved chance to prevail over it, but routine examinations such as chest radiography, computed tomography and biopsy cannot characterize the metastatic potential of lung cancer cells; critical diagnoses to define optimal therapeutic strategies are thus lost. We designed a portable microfluidic device for the rapid diagnosis of cancer metastatic potential. Featuring a micro system to control temperature and a bicarbonate buffered environment, our device discriminates a rate of surface detachment as an index of the migratory ability of cells cultured on pH-responsive chitosan. We labeled metastatic subpopulations of lung cancer cell lines, and verified that our device is capable of separating cells according to their metastatic ability. As only few cells are needed, a patient's specimen from biopsies, e.g. from fine-needle aspiration, can be processed on site to offer immediate information to physicians. We expect that our design will provide valuable information in pre-operative evaluations to assist the definition of therapeutic plans for lung cancer, as well as for metastatic tumors of other types.
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- I F Yu
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
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Huang CJ, Fang WF, Ke MS, Chou HYE, Yang JT. A biocompatible open-surface droplet manipulation platform for detection of multi-nucleotide polymorphism. Lab Chip 2014; 14:2057-62. [PMID: 24789224 DOI: 10.1039/c4lc00089g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We present a novel and simple method to manipulate droplets applicable to an open-surface microfluidic platform. The platform comprised a control module for pneumatic droplets and a superhydrophobic polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membrane. With pneumatic suction to cause deflection of the flexible PDMS-based superhydrophobic membrane, the sample and reagent droplets on the membrane become transported and mixed. A facile one-step laser micromachining technique serves to fabricate a superhydrophobic surface; a contact angle of 150° and a hysteresis angle of 4° were achieved without chemical modification. Relative to previous open-surface microfluidic systems, this platform is capable of simultaneous and precise delivery of droplets in two-dimensional (2D) manipulation. Droplets were manipulated with suction, which avoided interference from an external driving energy (e.g. heat, light, electricity) to affect the bio-sample inside the droplets. Two common bio-samples, namely protein and DNA, verified the performance of the platform. Based on the experimental results, operations on protein can be implemented without adsorption on the surface of the platform. Another striking result is the visual screening for multi-nucleotide polymorphism with hybridization-mediated growth of gold-nanoparticle (AuNP) probes. The detection results are observable with the naked eye, without the aid of advanced instruments. The entire procedure only takes 5 min from the addition of the sample and reagent to obtaining the results, which is much quicker than the traditional method. The total sample volume consumed in each operation is only 10 μL, which is significantly less than what is required in a large system. According to this approach, the proposed platform is suitable for biological and chemical applications.
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- C J Huang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
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Lin LC, Yang JT, Weng HH, Hsiao CT, Lai SL, Fann WC. Predictors of early clinical deterioration after acute ischemic stroke. Am J Emerg Med 2010; 29:577-81. [PMID: 20825831 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2009] [Revised: 12/14/2009] [Accepted: 12/15/2009] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The measurements for predicting early deterioration of stroke patients is controversial. We studied laboratory measurements and previously identified risk factors to identify factors or predictors of early deterioration after stroke. A prospective observational study of 196 patients with first-time acute ischemic stroke was performed. Demographic data, patient histories, laboratory measurements, and initial stroke severity assessments were recorded. Patients with early deterioration in National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scores (increase ≥3 points within 3 days) were defined as having stroke-in-evolution (SIE). Thirty patients were diagnosed with SIE. An initial National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score of 12 or higher, a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 12 or lower, d-dimers more than 1000, or blood urea nitrogen/creatinine (BUN/Cr) ratio higher than 15 were more frequent in SIE patients. After multivariate analysis, only a BUN/Cr higher than 15 was independent predictor of SIE. These patients were 3.41-fold more likely to have SIE (P = .008). These findings suggest that BUN/Cr may be a novel predictor of SIE, potentially useful in emergency departments.
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- Leng C Lin
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taiwan
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Ting SC, Yang JT. Pitching stabilization via caudal fin-wave propagation in a forward-sinking parrot cichlid (Cichlasoma citrinellum x Cichlasoma synspilum). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 211:3147-59. [PMID: 18805814 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.020263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Caudal fin-wave propagation (CFP) is a commonly observed behavior in a fish but has been little investigated. Our objective is to understand the function of a CFP for a forward-sinking parrot cichlid that adopts a tilted-down swimming posture. We utilized stereoscopic digital particle-image velocimetry to measure the velocity fields in the wake of both the caudal fin and the pectoral fins and to evaluate the corresponding hydrodynamic forces. The tilted-down posture of this fish is inherently unstable because of the presence of the head-down pitching moment induced from the buoyant force of the body. The down-stroke of the pectoral fins results also in a head-down pitching moment that destabilizes the fish. Our results indicate that a CFP facilitates the pitching stabilization of a fish. In a forward-sinking parrot cichlid, a CFP produces periodic jets (CFP jets) that are oriented laterally and posterodorsally, which result in both thrust and negative lift that induce a head-up pitching moment. The CFP jets are initially trapped by the ventral part of the caudal fin, strengthened and reoriented by the dorsally propagating fin wave, and expelled near the dorsal part of the caudal fin.
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- S C Ting
- Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- W Moffitt
- DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
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Fung KM, Samara ENS, Wong C, Metwalli A, Krlin R, Bane B, Liu CZ, Yang JT, Pitha JV, Culkin DJ, Kropp BP, Penning TM, Lin HK. Increased expression of type 2 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/type 5 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (AKR1C3) and its relationship with androgen receptor in prostate carcinoma. Endocr Relat Cancer 2006; 13:169-80. [PMID: 16601286 DOI: 10.1677/erc.1.01048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Type 2 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3alpha-HSD) is a multi-functional enzyme that possesses 3alpha-, 17beta- and 20alpha-HSD, as well as prostaglandin (PG) F synthase activities and catalyzes androgen, estrogen, progestin and PG metabolism. Type 2 3alpha-HSD was cloned from human prostate, is a member of the aldo-keto reductase (AKR) superfamily and was named AKR1C3. In androgen target tissues such as the prostate, AKR1C3 catalyzes the conversion of Delta(4)-androstene-3,17-dione to testosterone, 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone to 5alpha-androstane-3alpha,17beta-diol (3alpha-diol), and 3alpha-diol to androsterone. Thus AKR1C3 may regulate the balance of androgens and hence trans-activation of the androgen receptor in these tissues. Tissue distribution studies indicate that AKR1C3 transcripts are highly expressed in human prostate. To measure AKR1C3 protein expression and its distribution in the prostate, we raised a monoclonal antibody specifically recognizing AKR1C3. This antibody allowed us to distinguish AKR1C3 from other AKR1C family members in human tissues. Immunoblot analysis showed that this monoclonal antibody binds to one species of protein in primary cultures of prostate epithelial cells and in LNCaP prostate cancer cells. Immunohistochemistry with this antibody on human prostate detected strong nuclear immunoreactivity in normal stromal and smooth muscle cells, perineurial cells, urothelial (transitional) cells, and endothelial cells. Normal prostate epithelial cells were only faintly immunoreactive or negative. Positive immunoreactivity was demonstrated in primary prostatic adenocarcinoma in 9 of 11 cases. Variable increases in immunoreactivity for AKR1C3 was also demonstrated in non-neoplastic changes in the prostate including chronic inflammation, atrophy and urothelial (transitional) cell metaplasia. We conclude that elevated expression of AKR1C3 is highly associated with prostate carcinoma. Although the biological significance of elevated AKR1C3 in prostatic carcinoma is uncertain, AKR1C3 may be responsible for the trophic effects of androgens and/or PGs on prostatic epithelial cells.
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- K-M Fung
- Department of Urology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 920 Stanton L Young Blvd, WP3150, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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OBJECTIVES The recently cloned epidermal growth factor receptor related protein (ERRP) has been proposed to be a negative regulator of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Because of the causal involvement of EGFR and its ligands in gastric cancer growth, we investigated expression of ERRP and cell proliferation in human gastric cancer. METHODS We examined ERRP expression and localisation in surgical specimens of gastric cancers from 47 patients versus non-malignant gastric mucosa and determined their relationship to cell proliferation and differentiation. We also examined expression of ERRP by western blotting in three different gastric cancer cell lines. To further determine the functional properties of ERRP, we examined the effect of ERRP on epidermal growth factor (EGF) induced EGFR phosphorylation essential for its activation in MKN-28 gastric cancer cells. RESULTS ERRP expression was dramatically reduced in gastric cancers (34% of all specimens positive) compared with non-malignant gastric mucosa (66% of specimens positive). Expression of ERRP in cancer cells inversely correlated with cell proliferation and grade of malignancy. Cell lines derived from metastatic gastric cancers had reduced ERRP expression compared with cell lines derived from a non-metastatic cancer. Exogenous ERRP protein markedly inhibited EGF induced EGFR phosphorylation in gastric cancer cells providing a novel molecular mechanism of its action. CONCLUSIONS Our data indicate that downregulation of ERRP could play an important role in gastric cancer differentiation and progression. ERRP is a negative regulator of tumour cell proliferation and may exert its inhibitory effect, in part, by attenuating EGFR activation.
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- Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center/University of California-Irvine, 5901 East 7th St, Long Beach, CA 90822-5201, USA
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Takahashi H, Ahn JK, Akikawa H, Aoki S, Arai K, Bahk SY, Baik KM, Bassalleck B, Chung JH, Chung MS, Davis DH, Fukuda T, Hoshino K, Ichikawa A, Ieiri M, Imai K, Iwata YH, Iwata YS, Kanda H, Kaneko M, Kawai T, Kawasaki M, Kim CO, Kim JY, Kim SJ, Kim SH, Kondo Y, Kouketsu T, Lee YL, McNabb JW, Mitsuhara M, Nagase Y, Nagoshi C, Nakazawa K, Noumi H, Ogawa S, Okabe H, Oyama K, Park HM, Park IG, Parker J, Ra YS, Rhee JT, Rusek A, Shibuya H, Sim KS, Saha PK, Seki D, Sekimoto M, Song JS, Takahashi T, Takeutchi F, Tanaka H, Tanida K, Tojo J, Torii H, Torikai S, Tovee DN, Ushida N, Yamamoto K, Yasuda N, Yang JT, Yoon CJ, Yoon CS, Yosoi M, Yoshida T, Zhu L. Observation of a (6)(LambdaLambda)He double hypernucleus. Phys Rev Lett 2001; 87:212502. [PMID: 11736336 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.212502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A double-hyperfragment event has been found in a hybrid-emulsion experiment. It is identified uniquely as the sequential decay of ( 6)(LambdaLambda)He emitted from a Xi(-) hyperon nuclear capture at rest. The mass of ( 6)(LambdaLambda)He and the Lambda-Lambda interaction energy DeltaB(LambdaLambda) have been measured for the first time devoid of the ambiguities due to the possibilities of excited states. The value of DeltaB(LambdaLambda) is 1.01+/-0.20(+0.18)(-0.11) MeV. This demonstrates that the Lambda-Lambda interaction is weakly attractive.
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
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Yang JT, Chang CN, Lee TH, Lin TN, Hsu JC, Hsu YH, Wu JH. Hyperbaric oxygen treatment decreases post-ischemic neurotrophin-3 mRNA down-regulation in the rat hippocampus. Neuroreport 2001; 12:3589-92. [PMID: 11733717 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200111160-00043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The therapeutic effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) on ischemic injury was investigated using in situ hybridization to detect the mRNA expression of neurotrophin-3 (NT-3), which is thought to play a crucial role in protecting against neuronal death induced by brain ischemia. The rats under investigation were subjected to 10 min transient forebrain ischemia, and subsequently exposed to HBO (100% oxygen, 2.5 atm absolute) for 2 h. Levels of NT-3 mRNA in the CA1, CA2 and CA3 regions, and the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus were measured after various reperfusion periods. Neuronal death in the hippocampal CA1 region was also measured by Nissl staining, seven days post ischemia. The results demonstrated that HBO treatment significantly reduced the ischemia-induced down-regulation of the NT-3 mRNA level at 4 h post ischemia, and significantly increased cell survival 7 days after reperfusion. The findings suggest that an HBO treatment maintaining the NT-3 mRNA level in the hippocampus can be beneficial to the ischemic brain within a certain time frame.
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- J T Yang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei 105, Taiwan
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Pinco KA, Liu S, Yang JT. alpha4 integrin is expressed in a subset of cranial neural crest cells and in epicardial progenitor cells during early mouse development. Mech Dev 2001; 100:99-103. [PMID: 11118892 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4773(00)00503-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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By RNA in situ hybridization and immunohistochemical analyses of early stage mouse embryos, we find that alpha 4 integrin gene is expressed in migratory cranial neural crest cells originating from the presumptive forebrain, midbrain, and rhombomeres 1 and 2 of the presumptive hindbrain. alpha 4 is also expressed in epicardial progenitor cells in the septum transversum that migrate to the heart.
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- K A Pinco
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Yang JT, Bader BL, Kreidberg JA, Ullman-Culleré M, Trevithick JE, Hynes RO. Overlapping and independent functions of fibronectin receptor integrins in early mesodermal development. Dev Biol 1999; 215:264-77. [PMID: 10545236 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mouse embryos deficient in fibronectin (FN-null) die at E8.5 with mesodermal defects. Eight integrin heterodimers alpha3beta1, alpha4beta1, alpha5beta1, alpha8beta1, alphavbeta1, alphavbeta3, alphavbeta6, and alphaIIbbeta3 can bind to FN. However, embryos deficient in each of these integrins exhibit less severe defects than do FN-null embryos, raising questions as to which integrin(s) are the key FN receptors for these early FN-dependent processes. alpha5beta1 is believed to be the key receptor and alpha5-null embryos display mesodermal defects similar to, although less severe than, those of FN-null. Here we report that the alpha5-null mutation exhibits a more severe phenotype on a 129Sv (129) than on a C57BL/6 (B6) background, as does the FN-null mutation. While alpha5-null/B6 embryos develop normal headfolds, alpha5-null/129 embryos have headfold defects similar to those of FN-null. The differences between FN-null and alpha5-null embryos, however, cannot be attributed to genetic background. FN-null embryos never form somites, whereas in alpha5-null/129 embryos the somites do condense but fail to epithelialize. Second, we examined double mutants carrying all possible pairwise combinations of null mutations in alpha3, alpha4, and alpha5 integrin genes. There was no evidence for any synergy between paired mutations, suggesting that these integrin genes do not have overlapping functions during early embryonic development. Finally, we examined double-mutant embryos deficient in both alpha5 and alphav integrin genes. These double-mutant embryos have an amniotic defect similar to that of FN-null embryos, but die even earlier with a defect in gastrulation. These studies thus revealed a gradation in the severity of defects in the mutations alpha5(-/-); alphav(-/-) > FN(-/-) (129) > FN(-/-) (B6) > alpha5(-/-) (129) > alpha5(-/-) (B6), and in each step in this series there is a certain degree of phenotypic overlap, suggesting that the defects arising from these mutations may result from disruptions of the same embryonic process.
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- J T Yang
- Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Yang JT, Chang CN, Hsu YH, Wei KC, Lin TK, Wu JH. Increase in CSF NGF concentration is positively correlated with poor prognosis of postoperative hydrocephalic patients. Clin Biochem 1999; 32:673-5. [PMID: 10638954 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9120(99)00077-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- J T Yang
- Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
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We investigated roles of alpha4 integrins during hematopoiesis using mutant and chimeric mice. Yolk sac erythropoiesis and migration of hematopoietic progenitors to fetal liver, spleen, and bone marrow can occur without alpha4 integrins. Although terminal differentiation of these progenitors is possible without alpha4 integrins, these receptors are essential to maintain normal hematopoiesis in fetal liver, spleen, and bone marrow microenvironments. Moreover, alpha4-deficient erythroid progenitors and pre-B cells neither transmigrate beneath the stroma nor expand-properly in vitro. In contrast, alpha4-null cells migrate and differentiate efficiently into T lymphocytes within the thymus. In summary, alpha4 integrins are essential for normal development of all hematopoietic lineages in fetal liver, bone marrow, and spleen, likely by regulating the proliferation/differentiation balance of hematopoietic progenitors.
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- A G Arroyo
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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OBJECTIVE To study the transported L-arginine in rat hepatocytes during different stages of sepsis. DESIGN A prospective, controlled study. SUBJECTS Thirty-six Sprague-Dawley male rats (250 to 300 g) were anesthetized and studied. INTERVENTIONS Early sepsis was produced 9 hrs after cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) and late sepsis developed 18 hrs after CLP. The control group underwent sham operation. Plasma membrane of rat hepatocytes was prepared by differential centrifugation. The [3H] L-arginine uptake of plasma membrane vesicles during sepsis was measured and inhibition studies employing omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) and aminoguanidine were performed. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS L-arginine transport was saturable, increased linearly with plasma membrane protein concentration, and increased with uptake time up to 5 mins. [3H] L-arginine uptake increased by 77% to 121% (p < .05) during early sepsis, with no significant changes during late sepsis. Comparing inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase, L-NAME was effective in inhibiting L-arginine transport while aminoguanidine was not. CONCLUSIONS L-arginine transport was enhanced in rat hepatocytes during the early stage of sepsis. The increased uptake of L-arginine could contribute to the increase production of nitric oxide by hepatocyte during sepsis.
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- T L Hwang
- Department of Surgery and Physiology and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wey MY, Yang JT, Wei MC. The major species of heavy metal aerosol resulting from water cooling systems and spray dryer systems during incineration processes. J Air Waste Manag Assoc 1998; 48:1069-1076. [PMID: 9846130 DOI: 10.1080/10473289.1998.10463771] [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] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Trace toxic metals in municipal solid waste may escape from the incineration process in flue gas, in dry collected ash, in wet scrubbed ash, or as a suspended aerosol. Therefore, understanding the behavior of heavy metals in the flue gas and the best controls in the air pollution control equipment are important and necessary. The control conditions of water cooling and spray dryer systems during incineration processes significantly influence the formation of heavy metal compounds. The formation of chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), and cadmium (Cd) species under various control conditions (water cooling tower and spray dryer reactor) was investigated in this study. The object of the experiment is to understand the effects of water cooling and spray dryer systems individually on the formation of heavy metal species. The operating parameters that are evaluated include different control systems, control temperatures, and chlorine content. A thermodynamic equilibrium model was also used to evaluate experimental data. In order to match real incineration conditions, a two-stage simulation was performed in this experiment. The results showed that the relationship of speciation between the simulation prediction and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis is consistent for Cr compounds; both indicated that Cr2O3 is the major species. The relationship is almost the same for Cd compounds, but not for Pb compounds.
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- MY Wey
- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University
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Yang JT, Chang CN, Lee TH, Hsu JC, Lin TN, Wu JH. Dexamethasone inhibits ischemia-induced transient reduction of neurotrophin-3 mRNA in rat hippocampal neurons. Neuroreport 1998; 9:3477-80. [PMID: 9855302 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199810260-00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dexamethasone (DEX) increases the expression of neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) in normal rat hippocampal neurons, whereas transient forebrain ischemia reduces the NT-3 mRNA level. The effect of DEX on the expression of NT-3 mRNA in injured brain cells after ischemia has not been investigated, however. Using in situ hybridization and ribonuclease protection assay methods, we studied NT-3 mRNA expression in rats with and without DEX administration after transient forebrain ischemia. Without DEX treatment, NT-3 mRNA was down-regulated in the hippocampal neurons at 2, 4, 12 h and returned to basal levels 24 h following ischemia. With DEX treatment, however, NT-3 mRNA showed no change at 2, 4 and 12 h and increased 24 h after ischemia. The results indicate that DEX inhibits ischemia-induced NT-3 mRNA down-regulation during the first 12 h and up-regulates NT-3 mRNA 24 h after ischemia. DEX administration might be effective in influencing some of the pathophysiological effects of ischemia in the hippocampus.
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- J T Yang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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We have previously established that a dimer repeat of the complete HPV 16 genome is sufficient to cause multiple organ malignancies, either carcinomas or T-cell lymphomas, in transgenic mice. Here, we report the expression of oncogenes supporting the notion that these tumors arose via multiple oncogenic pathways. In these mice, the transgenic HPV 16 genome cosegregated with the tumor phenotype. E6/E7 expression was observed in both carcinomas and T-cell lymphomas, while E2 expression was observed only in T-cell lymphomas. Some of the T-cell lymphomas revealed E2 expression alone, implying that oncogenic pathways of HPV other than the one involving E6/E7 existed in these transgenic mice. To establish that this is the case, expression of genes downstream from E6/E7 and oncogenes involved in T-cell lymphoma formation were analyzed. p53 mutations were observed in two of five tumors that lacked E6 expression. High levels of c-myc gene expression were observed in five of six tumors with E7 expression, suggesting that a pathway involving E7, inactivation of Rb, and activation of c-myc is important in tumorigenesis of HPV 16 in these transgenic animals. High levels of expression of the c-Pim gene were also noted in two of three c-myc-expressing T-cell lymphomas, suggesting cooperation between these two proto-oncogenes. Activation of Hox-11, Tal2/SCL-2, and Rbtn1/Ttg1 expression, which are highly associated with human T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), was observed in three of three T-cell lymphomas with E2 expression but not E6/E7 expression, showing that pathways to tumor formation not involving E6/E7 exist in these transgenic animals. At least two oncogenic pathways to tumors in HPV 16 transgenic mice exist, one involving E6/E7 and c-myc and the other involving E2 and lymphomagenic oncogenes.
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- J T Yang
- Department of Pediatrics and the Children's Memorial Institute for Education and Research, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
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Chen CC, Chen CM, Yang JT, Kao YY. Localization of a repetitive DNA sequence to the primary constrictions of maize pachytene chromosomes. Chromosome Res 1998; 6:236-8. [PMID: 9609669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- C C Chen
- Department of Botany, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China
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Pan SM, Yang JT, Chen CC. The predictors of long-term care service utilization among older Americans. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 1998; 14:226-33. [PMID: 9589617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Long-term care for the elderly has recently become an area of great interest for practicing social workers because of the increasing number of aged persons and the important role of government in financing and regulating their care. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to provide a set of estimates on patterns in long-term care service use among older Americans over an eight-year period. This study applied multinomial logistic regression to analyzing the data from the National Long-Term Care Survey of 1982-1989 (NLTCS). The results of this study showed a number of differences from the results with cross-sectional studies. Of the 6,393 sample persons, more than half (56.5%) died over the eight years from 1982 to 1989. The rate of entering nursing homes (12.6%) was low. The rate of using community-based care services was fairly low. About 10.4 percent of the sample received care from helping professional personnel or paid helpers. As expected, the number receiving care from kin and other informal support was high. Long-term care services in the United States were distributed very unequally among various social groups. The indicator of need was not the only determinant of service utilization. Other variables such as number of household members, race, age and education were also important for service utilization. The predictors of deceased versus informal help were need, age, number of household member, gender and marital status. The predictors of nursing home care versus informal help were need, age, number of household members, education, attitude toward nursing home and race. The predictors of community-based help care versus informal help were need, number of household members, and education.
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- S M Pan
- Department of Medical Sociology, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Liu CZ, Yang JT, Yoon JW, Villavicencio E, Pfendler K, Walterhouse D, Iannaccone P. Characterization of the promoter region and genomic organization of GLI, a member of the Sonic hedgehog-Patched signaling pathway. Gene X 1998; 209:1-11. [PMID: 9524201 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(97)00668-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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GLI is the prototype for the Gli-Kruppel gene family characterized by a consensus C2-H2 zinc finger domain and is believed to function as a transcription activator in the vertebrate Sonic hedgehog-Patched signal transduction pathway. Understanding GLI gene regulation may be of importance to understanding causes of human birth defects and cancer. To begin to understand the regulation of this developmentally important gene we have cloned the human GLI gene and functionally characterized its 5' flanking region. The GLI gene is composed of 12 exons and 11 introns and in the zinc finger coding region shares a highly conserved splicing pattern with several other Gli family members in both vertebrates and C. elegans. A major transcription initiation site was identified upstream of the GLI translation start site along with three minor transcription initiation sites. The region surrounding the transcription initiation sites lacks TATA and CCAAT consensus sequences, has a high GC content, includes a CpG island, and contains several GC boxes. A 487bp segment surrounding the transcription initiation sites increased expression of a luciferase reporter gene 15-fold in Tera-1 cells and was defined as the core promoter region of human GLI. In transgenic mice this region directed beta-galactosidase expression to the central nervous system on embryonic days 10.5-12.5 and to sites of endochondral ossification on embryonic days 12.5 and 13.5 in a pattern comparable to the endogenous expression pattern of mouse gli within these tissues. The previously identified gastrointestinal expression of gli was not driven by this region and may require elements outside of the core promoter. Sequence analysis of the 5' flanking region of the mouse gli gene and the full-length mouse gli cDNA demonstrated high homology with human GLI, suggesting conservation of GLI regulation and function.
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- C Z Liu
- Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Developmental Systems Biology, Children's Memorial Institute for Education, Research, Children's Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children's Plaza, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
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Yoon JW, Liu CZ, Yang JT, Swart R, Iannaccone P, Walterhouse D. GLI activates transcription through a herpes simplex viral protein 16-like activation domain. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:3496-501. [PMID: 9452474 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.6.3496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Three proteins have been identified in mammals, GLI, GLI2, and GLI3, which share a highly conserved zinc finger domain with Drosophila Cubitus interruptus and are believed to function as transcription factors in the vertebrate Sonic hedgehog-Patched signaling pathway. To understand the role GLI plays in the Sonic hedgehog-Patched pathway and mechanisms of GLI-induced transcriptional regulation, we have characterized its transcriptional regulatory properties and contributions of specific domains to transcriptional regulation. We have demonstrated that GLI activates expression of reporter constructs in HeLa cells in a concentration-dependent manner through the GLI consensus binding motif and that a GAL4 binding domain-GLI fusion protein activates reporter expression through the GAL4 DNA binding site. GLI-induced transcriptional activation requires the carboxyl-terminal amino acids 1020-1091, which includes an 18-amino acid region highly similar to the alpha-helical herpes simplex viral protein 16 activation domain, including the consensus recognition element for the human TFIID TATA box-binding protein-associated factor TAFII31 and conservation of all three amino acid residues believed to contact directly chemically complementary residues in TAFII31. The presence of this region in the GLI activation domain provides a mechanism for GLI-induced transcriptional regulation.
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- J W Yoon
- Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Developmental Systems Biology, Children's Memorial Institute for Education and Research, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA
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Yang JT, Liu CZ, Villavicencio EH, Yoon JW, Walterhouse D, Iannaccone PM. Expression of human GLI in mice results in failure to thrive, early death, and patchy Hirschsprung-like gastrointestinal dilatation. Mol Med 1997; 3:826-35. [PMID: 9440116 PMCID: PMC2230283] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND GLI is an oncodevelopmental gene in the vertebrate hedgehog/patched signaling pathway that is spatiotemporally regulated during development and is amplified in a subset of human cancers. GLI is the prototype for the Gli-Kruppel family of transcription factors, which includes the Drosophila segment polarity gene ci, the C. elegans sex-determining gene tra-1, and human and mouse GLI3, all of which contain a conserved domain of five C2-H2 zinc fingers. GLI3 mutations have been implicated in the mouse mutant extra toes, as well as in human Greig cephalopolydactaly syndrome and the autosomal dominant form of Pallister-Hall syndrome. As such, GLI and the vertebrate hedgehog/patched signaling pathway appear to play important roles in both normal development and neoplasia. MATERIALS AND METHODS Since it is not known whether aberrant GLI expression is similarly linked to developmental disorders, we developed gain-of-function transgenic mice which express human GLI ectopically. RESULTS Affected transgenic mice exhibit a phenotype of failure to thrive, early death, and Hirschsprung-like patches of gastrointestinal dilatation. The colons of affected mice have greatly attenuated smooth muscle layers and abnormal overlying epithelium. The density of myenteric plexuses is reduced in the colonic walls. The severity of the phenotype is related to the level of transgene expression. CONCLUSIONS The transgenic mouse model supports a role for GLI in gastrointestinal development. As part of the vertebrate hedgehog/patched signaling pathway, GLI is essential to mesoderm and CNS ectoderm development and transgenic GLI expression affects neuronal, muscular, and epithelial cell differentiation in the gut. Expression of human GLI in mice results in impairment of enteric neuronal development and a Hirschsprung-like phenotype.
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- J T Yang
- Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Tsuchida T, Sadato N, Yonekura Y, Yamamoto K, Waki A, Sugimoto K, Yang JT, Ishizu K, Hayashi N, Ishii Y. Quantification of regional cerebral blood flow with continuous infusion of technetium-99m-ethyl cysteinate dimer. J Nucl Med 1997; 38:1699-702. [PMID: 9374336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED We propose a new method to quantify regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) with continuous infusion of 99mTc-ethyl cysteinate dimer (ECD) and dynamic SPECT. METHODS Thirteen subjects were studied. Seven subjects had SPECT and PET studies, and the other six subjects were involved in the measurement of blood clearance of 99mTc-ECD. During constant infusion of 99mTc-ECD (740 MBq) over 10 min, dynamic SPECT scans were obtained every 1 min by means of a triple-head rotating SPECT camera. Intermittent arterial blood sampling with octanol extraction was performed every 1 min to estimate the arterial input function. Influx constant (Ku) obtained by Gjedde-Patlak graphical plot method was compared with rCBF measured by PET using 15O CO2 steady state method. In order to simplify the procedure, arterial input function in each subject was estimated by calibration of the arterial blood sampled at the end of the scan to the standard arterial input function estimated from the blood clearance rate in six subjects. RESULTS Ku was linearly correlated with rCBF (Ku = 0.09 + 0.62 rCBF, r = 0.85, p < 0.05). Ku calculated with the estimated input function (Ku') and rCBF also demonstrated a linear relationship (Ku' = 0.05 + 0.65 rCBF, r = 0.84, p < 0.05). CONCLUSION The proposed method with one-point arterial sampling is a simple, clinically feasible tool for quantitative measurement of rCBF with 99mTc-ECD.
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- T Tsuchida
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research Center, Fukui Medical School, Japan
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Alpha5beta1 integrin is a cell surface receptor that mediates cell-extracellular matrix adhesions by interacting with fibronectin. Alpha5 subunit-deficient mice die early in gestation and display mesodermal defects; most notably, embryos have a truncated posterior and fail to produce posterior somites. In this study, we report on the in vivo effects of the alpha5-null mutation on cell proliferation and survival, and on mesodermal development. We found no significant differences in the numbers of apoptotic cells or in cell proliferation in the mesoderm of alpha5-null embryos compared to wild-type controls. These results suggest that changes in overall cell death or cell proliferation rates are unlikely to be responsible for the mesodermal deficits seen in the alpha5-null embryos. No increases in cell death were seen in alpha5-null embryonic yolk sac, amnion and allantois compared with wild-type, indicating that the mutant phenotype is not due to changes in apoptosis rates in these extraembryonic tissues. Increased numbers of dying cells were, however, seen in migrating cranial neural crest cells of the hyoid arch and in endodermal cells surrounding the omphalomesenteric artery in alpha5-null embryos, indicating that these subpopulations of cells are dependent on alpha5 integrin function for their survival. Mesodermal markers mox-1, Notch-1, Brachyury (T) and Sonic hedgehog (Shh) were expressed in the mutant embryos in a regionally appropriate fashion. Both T and Shh, however, showed discontinuous expression in the notochords of alpha5-null embryos due to (1) degeneration of the notochordal tissue structure, and (2) non-maintenance of gene expression. Consistent with the disorganization of notochordal signals in the alpha5-null embryos, reduced Pax-1 expression and misexpression of Pax-3 were observed. Anteriorly expressed HoxB genes were expressed normally in the alpha5-null embryos. However, expression of the posteriormost HoxB gene, Hoxb-9, was reduced in alpha5-null embryos. These results suggest that alpha5beta1-fibronectin interactions are not essential for the initial commitment of mesodermal cells, but are crucial for maintenance of mesodermal derivatives during postgastrulation stages and also for the survival of some neural crest cells.
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- K L Goh
- Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA
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Yang JT, Yamamoto K, Sadato N, Tsuchida T, Takahashi N, Hayashi N, Yonekura Y, Ishii Y. Clinical value of triple-energy window scatter correction in simultaneous dual-isotope single-photon emission tomography with 123I-BMIPP and 201Tl. Eur J Nucl Med 1997; 24:1099-106. [PMID: 9283101 DOI: 10.1007/bf01254240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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To improve the image quality in simultaneous dual-isotope single-photon emission tomography (SPET) with iodine-123 labelled 15-(p-iodophenyl)-3-methylpentadecanoic acid (BMIPP) and thallium-201, we applied the triple-energy window method (TEW) for correction of the cross-talk and scatter artifact. Seventy-one patients with coronary artery disease were included. 201Tl cross-talk into the 123I acquisition window (group 1, n = 30) and 123I cross-talk into the 201Tl window (group 2, n = 41) were studied. In group 1, 123I images were first obtained (single-isotope images), followed by 201Tl injection and SPET acquisition using dual-isotope windows (dual-isotope images). In group 2, the order was reversed. The dual-isotope SPET images with and without TEW were compared with the single-isotope images. Qualitative evaluation was performed by scoring the segmental defect pattern. Detectability of the mismatched fatty acid metabolism on dual-isotope SPET was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Segmental defect pattern agreement between dual and corrected single images was significantly improved by TEW correction (P<0.01). The agreement was particularly improved in segments with absence of uptake. There was no significant difference between TEW-corrected dual-isotope SPET and corresponding single-isotope SPET with regard to either % defect count or background activity. Mismatched fatty acid metabolism depicted by dual-isotope SPET predicted abnormal wall motion more accurately with TEW than without TEW. With TEW, a practical method for scatter and cross-talk correction in clinical settings, simultaneous dual 123I-BMIPP/201Tl SPET is feasible for the assessment of myocardial perfusion/metabolism mismatch.
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- J T Yang
- Department of Radiology, Fukui Medical School, Fukui, Japan
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Liao JJ, Cheng WC, Chang CN, Yang JT, Wei KC, Hsu YH, Lin TK. Reoperation for recurrent trigeminal neuralgia after microvascular decompression. Surg Neurol 1997; 47:562-8; discussion 568-70. [PMID: 9167781 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-3019(96)00250-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Microvascular decompression (MVD) is an effective technique for those who have trigeminal neuralgia (TN) but cannot tolerate, or show no response to medicine. Though the initial success rate is high, some patients may develop severe recurrent neuralgia, especially after a longer period of follow-up. The efficacy of reoperation needs to be evaluated. To know the possible risk factors of recurrence after initial MVD is mandatory to the management of recurrent TN. METHODS Among the 80 cases of TN treated with MVD, five cases showed severe recurrent symptoms within a follow-up period from 9 months-4 years. The symptoms recurred on the same side of the face, and were unresponsive to medical treatment. Brain computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may reveal the etiology of recurrence. Repeat decompression of the trigeminal nerve was the main goal of reoperation, which was done via a suboccipital approach. RESULTS Over the past 17 years, 80 MVDs for TN have been performed at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. There were five cases of serious postoperative recurrence, which could not be relieved by medicine. Recurrence occurred 1 day-12 months after the initial surgery. Three cases were due to vascular compression, while two were caused by the local effect of Teflon felt. Reoperation produced complete remission in four patients, and partial remission in one. CONCLUSIONS An increasing number of patients may experience severe recurrent TN after initial MVD during a long period of follow-up. Reoperation is safe and beneficial for these patients, but the results are dependent on the etiology of the recurrence. Further vascular compression of the trigeminal nerve can be relieved by MVD. Otherwise, in cases of severe adhesion caused by Teflon, complete microneural lysis can achieve satisfactory results.
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- J J Liao
- Department of Surgery, Chang Gung College of Medicine & Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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It has been suggested, on the basis of immunolocalization studies in vivo and antibody blocking experiments in vitro, that alpha 4 integrins interacting with vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1) are involved in myogenesis and skeletal muscle development. To test this proposal, we generated embryonic stem (ES) cells homozygous null for the gene encoding the alpha 4 subunit and used them to generate chimeric mice. These chimeric mice showed high contributions of alpha 4-null cells in many tissues, including skeletal muscle, and muscles lacking any detectable (< 2%) alpha 4-positive cells did not reveal any gross morphological abnormalities. Furthermore, assays for in vitro myogenesis using either pure cultures of alpha 4-null myoblasts derived from the chimeras or alpha 4-null ES cells showed conclusively that alpha 4 integrins are not essential for muscle cell fusion and differentiation. Taking these results together, we conclude that alpha 4 integrins appear not to play essential roles in normal skeletal muscle development.
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- J T Yang
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA
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Yang JT, Hynes RO. Fibronectin receptor functions in embryonic cells deficient in alpha 5 beta 1 integrin can be replaced by alpha V integrins. Mol Biol Cell 1996; 7:1737-48. [PMID: 8930896 PMCID: PMC276022 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.7.11.1737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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alpha 5 beta 1 integrin mediates cell adhesion to extracellular matrix by interacting with fibronectin (FN). Mouse lines carrying null mutations in genes encoding either the alpha 5 integrin subunit or FN have been generated previously. Both mutations are embryonic lethal with overlapping defects, but the defects of alpha 5-null embryos are less severe. Primary embryonic cells lacking alpha 5 beta 1 are able to adhere to FN, form focal contacts, migrate on FN, and assemble FN matrix. These results suggest the involvement of (an)other FN receptors(s). In this study, we examined functions of alpha 4 beta 1 and alpha V integrins in embryonic cells lacking alpha 5 beta 1. Our analysis of cells lacking both alpha 4 beta 1 and alpha 5 beta 1 showed that alpha 4 beta 1 is also not required for these FN-dependent functions. Using alpha V-specific blocking reagents, we showed that alpha V integrins are required for alpha 5-null cells, but not wild-type cells, to adhere and spread on FN. Our data also showed that, although the expression levels of alpha V integrins on the wild-type and alpha 5-null cells are similar, there is an increase in recruitment of alpha V integrins into focal contacts in alpha 5-null cells plated on FN, indicating that alpha V integrins can compensate functionally for the loss of alpha 5 beta 1 in focal contacts of alpha 5-null cells. Finally, our data suggested possible roles for alpha V integrins in replacing the role of alpha 5 beta 1 in FN matrix assembly in vitro and in FN-dependent embryonic functions in vivo.
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- J T Yang
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts, USA
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Mice chimeric for the expression of alpha4 integrins were used to dissect the roles of these receptors in development and traffic of lymphoid and myeloid cells. During fetal life, T cell development is alpha4 independent, but after birth further production of T cells becomes alpha4 dependent. Precursors for both T and B cells require alpha4 integrins for normal development within the bone marrow. In contrast, monocytes and natural killer cells can develop normally without alpha4 integrins. Thus, there are lymphocyte-specific, developmentally regulated requirements for alpha4 integrins in hematopoiesis in the bone marrow. We also show that alpha4 integrins are essential for T cell homing to Peyer's patches, but not to other secondary lymphoid organs, including spleen, lymph nodes, and intestinal epithelium.
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- A G Arroyo
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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The conformational parameters Pk for each amino acid species (j = 1-20) of sequential peptides in proteins are presented as the product of P(i,k), where i is the number of the sequential residues in the kth conformational state (k = alpha-helix, beta-sheet, beta-turn, or unordered structure). Since the average parameter for an n-residue segment is related to the average probability of finding the segment in the kth state, it becomes a geometric mean of (Pk)av = II (P(i,k))1/n with amino acid residue i increasing from 1 to n. We then used ln(Pk)av to convert a multiplicative process to a summation, i.e., ln(Pk)av = (1/n)sigma P(i,k) (i = 1 to n) for ease of operation. However, this is unlike the popular Chou-Fasman algorithm, which has the flaw of using the arithmetic mean for relative probabilities. The Chou-Fasman algorithm happens to be close to our calculations in many cases mainly because the difference between their Pk and our ln Pk is nearly constant for about one-half of the 20 amino acids. When stronger conformation formers and breakers exist, the difference become larger and the prediction at the N- and C-terminal alpha-helix or beta-sheet could differ. If the average conformational parameters of the overlapping segments of any two states are too close for a unique solution, our calculations could lead to a different prediction.
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- J T Yang
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0130, USA
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Hwang TL, Chen MF, Huang SF, Yu HC, Widjaja R, Yang JT, Liu MS, Lau YT. Density of muscarinic receptors in rat myocardium during early sepsis. J Formos Med Assoc 1995; 94:655-9. [PMID: 8527971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The muscarinic receptor changes in two subcellular fractions of rat myocardium during sepsis, the sarcolemma (SL) and light vesicles (LV), were studied. [3H]-quinuclidinyl benzilate ([3H]-QNB) was used as a radioligand. Sepsis was induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). The septic rats had higher pulse rates and slightly higher blood glucose levels than control rats. The marker enzyme assays revealed that the SL fraction was enriched with 5'-nucleotidase and the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity increased over 20-fold, while the LV fraction showed very little enrichment when compared with the homogenate. [3H]-QNB binding studies showed that Bmax increased by 58.8% in SL with no changes in LV during early sepsis (9 h post-CLP), but there was no significant change in the Kd value. These data indicate that muscarinic cholinergic receptors in rat heart SL increase during early sepsis. Since the muscarinic cholinergic receptors mediate parasympathetic modulation of myocardial contractility, changes in the number of muscarinic receptors in the cardiac SL may have a pathophysiologic significance in the development of hemodynamic changes during sepsis.
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- T L Hwang
- Department of Surgery, Chang Gung College of Medicine and Technology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan ROC
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