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Chen LW, Li JY, Fan L. [Progress in treatment of primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2024; 45:98-102. [PMID: 38527847 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn121090-20230731-00041] [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: 03/27/2024]
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Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) is an aggressive B-cell lymphoma originating from the thymus, which has different clinical and biological characteristics from diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, NOS. PMBCL tends to occur in young women, usually presenting as a large anterior mediastinal mass. Most patients are in stage Ⅰ-Ⅱ at the time of presentation. There is no standard prognostic scoring system for PMBCL. Immunochemotherapy is commonly used in the treatment of PMBCL, but the optimal first-line treatment has not been determined, and the status of radiotherapy is controversial. The value of PET-CT guided therapy needs to be further verified. Relapsed/refractory PMBCL has a poor prognosis, while novel therapies such as PD-1 inhibitors, brentuximab vedotin, and CAR-T can help improve survival in these patients.
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- L W Chen
- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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Ben M, Glinsky JV, Chu J, Spooren AI, Roberts S, Chen LW, Denis S, Lorusso M, Jorgensen V, Gollan EJ, Agostinello J, Van Laake-Geelen CCM, Lincoln C, Stolwijk JM, Bell C, Paddison S, Rainey D, Tranter K, Ilha J, Oostra K, Sherrington C, Harvey LA. Early and intensive Motor Training for people with spinal cord injuries (the SCI-MT Trial): description of the intervention. Spinal Cord 2023; 61:600-607. [PMID: 37468607 PMCID: PMC10645584 DOI: 10.1038/s41393-023-00911-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN Descriptive. OBJECTIVES The primary objective is to describe the intervention that will be provided in a large multi-centre randomised controlled trial titled: Early and Intensive Motor Training for people with Spinal Cord Injuries (the SCI-MT Trial). The secondary objective is to describe the strategies that will be used to operationalise and standardise the Motor Training provided to participants while keeping the intervention person-centred. METHODS The paper focuses on the rationale and principles of Motor Training for people with spinal cord injuries (SCI). The description of the intervention is based on the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist. Specifically, it addresses the following 6 criteria of the TIDieR checklist: why the effectiveness of Motor Training is being examined; what, how, where and when the Motor Training will be administered; and how much Motor Training will be provided. RESULTS A detailed intervention manual has been developed to help standardise the delivery of the intervention. CONCLUSIONS This paper describes the details of a complex intervention administered as part of a large randomised controlled trial. It will facilitate the subsequent interpretation of the trial results and enable the intervention to be reproduced in clinical practice and future trials.
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- M Ben
- Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
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- The Prince of Wales Hospital, Wales, NSW, Australia
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- I.R.C.C.S. Foundation Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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- Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Nesodden, Norway
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- The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, QLD, Australia
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- The Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre, Kew Vic, VIC, Australia
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- Adelante Centre of Expertise in Rehabilitation and Audiology, Hoensbroek, The Netherlands
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Research School CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injures Unit, Glasgow, Scotland
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- Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht and De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Repat Health Precinct, Daw Park, SA, Australia
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- London Spinal Cord Injury Centre, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust, Middlesex, UK
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- Royal Rehab, Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina - UDESC, College of Health and Sport Science, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
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- Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Harvey LA, Glinsky JV, Chu J, Herbert RD, Liu H, Jan S, Billot L, Scivoletto G, Spooren AI, Seelen HA, Ben M, Tranter K, Chen LW, Rainey D, Rimmer C, Jorgensen V, Di Natal F, Denis S, Gollan EJ, Tamburella F, Agostinello J, van Laake-Geelen CM, Bell C, Lincoln C, Stolwijk JM, van der Lede J, Paddison S, Oostra K, Cameron ID, Weber G, Sherrington C, Nunn AK, Synnott EL, McCaughey E, Kaur J, Shetty S. Early and intensive motor training to enhance neurological recovery in people with spinal cord injury: trial protocol. Spinal Cord 2023; 61:521-527. [PMID: 37414835 PMCID: PMC10495259 DOI: 10.1038/s41393-023-00908-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN Protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial (the SCI-MT trial). OBJECTIVES To determine whether 10 weeks of intensive motor training enhances neurological recovery in people with recent spinal cord injury (SCI). SETTING Fifteen spinal injury units in Australia, Scotland, England, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, and Belgium. METHODS A pragmatic randomised controlled trial will be undertaken. Two hundred and twenty people with recent SCI (onset in the preceding 10 weeks, American Spinal Injuries Association Impairment Scale (AIS) A lesion with motor function more than three levels below the motor level on one or both sides, or an AIS C or D lesion) will be randomised to receive either usual care plus intensive motor training (12 h of motor training per week for 10 weeks) or usual care alone. The primary outcome is neurological recovery at 10 weeks, measured with the Total Motor Score from the International Standards for Neurological Classification of SCI. Secondary outcomes include global measures of motor function, ability to walk, quality of life, participants' perceptions about ability to perform self-selected goals, length of hospital stay and participants' impressions of therapeutic benefit at 10 weeks and 6 months. A cost-effectiveness study and process evaluation will be run alongside the trial. The first participant was randomised in June 2021 and the trial is due for completion in 2025. CONCLUSIONS The findings of the SCI-MT Trial will guide recommendations about the type and dose of inpatient therapy that optimises neurological recovery in people with SCI. TRIAL REGISTRATION ACTRN12621000091808 (1.2.2021).
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- Lisa A Harvey
- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, University of Sydney, Kolling Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, University of Sydney, Kolling Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, University of Sydney, Kolling Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Adelante Centre of Expertise in Rehabilitation and Audiology, Hoensbroek, The Netherlands
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- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, University of Sydney, Kolling Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, University of Sydney, Kolling Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Adelante Centre of Expertise in Rehabilitation and Audiology, Hoensbroek, The Netherlands
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Research School CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Repatriation General Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injures Unit, Glasgow, UK
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- Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- London Spinal Cord Injury Centre, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust, Middlesex, UK
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- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, University of Sydney, Kolling Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Victorian Spinal Cord Service, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injures Unit, Glasgow, UK
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- Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Chu J, Glinsky JV, Liu H, Ben M, Spooren AI, Roberts S, Chen LW, Di Natal F, Tamburella F, Jørgensen V, Gollan EJ, Agostinello J, van Laake-Geelen C, Lincoln C, van der Lede J, Stolwijk JM, Bell C, Paddison S, Rainey D, Scivoletto G, Oostra KM, Jan S, Sherrington C, Harvey LA. Early and Intensive Motor Training for people with spinal cord injuries (the SCI-MT Trial): protocol of the process evaluation. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e072219. [PMID: 37643854 PMCID: PMC10465915 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION People with spinal cord injury receive physical rehabilitation to promote neurological recovery. Physical rehabilitation commences as soon as possible when a person is medically stable. One key component of physical rehabilitation is motor training. There is initial evidence to suggest that motor training can enhance neurological recovery if it is provided soon after injury and in a high dosage. The Early and Intensive Motor Training Trial is a pragmatic randomised controlled trial to determine whether 10 weeks of intensive motor training enhances neurological recovery for people with spinal cord injury. This pragmatic randomised controlled trial will recruit 220 participants from 15 spinal injury units in Australia, Scotland, Italy, Norway, England, Belgium and the Netherlands. This protocol paper describes the process evaluation that will run alongside the Early and Intensive Motor Training Trial. This process evaluation will help to explain the trial results and explore the potential facilitators and barriers to the possible future rollout of the trial intervention. METHODS AND ANALYSIS The UK Medical Research Council process evaluation framework and the Implementation Research Logic Model will be used to explain the trial outcomes and inform future implementation. Key components of the context, implementation and mechanism of impact, as well as the essential elements of the intervention and outcomes, will be identified and analysed. Qualitative and quantitative data will be collected and triangulated with the results of the Early and Intensive Motor Training Trial to strengthen the findings of this process evaluation. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethical approval for the Early and Intensive Motor Training Trial and process evaluation has been obtained from the Human Research Ethics Committee at the Northern Sydney Local Health District (New South Wales) in Australia (project identifier: 2020/ETH02540). All participants are required to provide written consent after being informed about the trial and the process evaluation. The results of this process evaluation will be published in peer-reviewed journals. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry (ACTRN12621000091808); Universal Trial Number (U1111-1264-1689).
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- Jackie Chu
- Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
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- Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
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- The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Physiotherapy Department, Roayl North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
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- Physiotherapy Department, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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- Research Department, Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Nesodden, Norway
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- Physiotherapy Department, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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- Physiotherapy Department, Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre, Kew, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Research School CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Adelante Centre of Expertise in Rehabilitation and Audiology, Hoensbroek, The Netherlands
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- Physiotherapy Department, Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit, Glasgow, Scotland
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- Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht and De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht and De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Physiotherapy Department, Repat Health Precinct, Daw Park, South Australia, Australia
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- London Spinal Cord Injury Centre, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust, Stanmore, UK
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- Spinal Injury Unit, Royal Rehab, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- The George Institute for Global Health, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
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- Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
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Chen LW, Wu QS, Dai XF, Dong Y, Li QZ, Fang GH, Zhang GC. [Early results of left ventricular assist device implantation for the treatment of heart failure]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 103:920-923. [PMID: 36973220 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20221121-02443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Twenty-four male patients who underwent left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation due to advanced heart failure in Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University from June 2019 to June 2022 were retrospectively included. The age of patients was 32-61 (48.4±8.4) years. Everheat-Ⅰ, HeartCon and Corheart 6 left ventricular assist systems were used in 10, 6 and 8 cases, respectively. All patients were discharged successfully without mechanical failure, thrombosis or secondary thoracotomy for hemostasis. Early postoperative hemodynamics were significantly improved, left ventricular systolic diameter was reduced, left ventricular ejection fraction was gradually improved, and no hemolysis occurred. The patients were followed up for 3 to 39 (17.9±8.6) months, the cardiac function was restored to grade Ⅰ to Ⅱ, and the 6-minute walking test distance increased significantly. Therefore, satisfactory early results can be achieved with left ventricular assist device implantation for the treatment of heart failure.
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- L W Chen
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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Nunnerley JL, Glinsky JV, Dunn JA, Stavric VA, Haber A, Denis S, Ben M, Chen LW, Harvey LA. Developing spinal cord injury physiotherapy clinical practice guidelines: a qualitative study to determine how physiotherapists and people living with spinal cord injury use evidence. Spinal Cord 2023; 61:160-168. [PMID: 36513762 PMCID: PMC9746570 DOI: 10.1038/s41393-022-00867-x] [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: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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STUDY DESIGN Generic qualitative design. OBJECTIVES Australian and New Zealand SCI physiotherapists are developing clinical practice guidelines for the physiotherapy management of people living with spinal cord injury. To guide the development of the guidelines it was important to understand how physiotherapists and people living with spinal cord injury use evidence to choose interventions and the potential barriers and facilitators to the uptake of the clinical practice guidelines. SETTING Spinal Cord Injury Centres in Sydney, Australia and New Zealand. METHODS Focus groups and interviews with physiotherapists and people living with spinal cord injury were recorded, transcribed, and subjected to thematic analysis. RESULTS A total of 75 participants took part in the study, 45 physiotherapists and 30 people living with spinal cord injury. Three main themes were identified from the data: (1) Types and sources of evidence that influence treatment choices, (2) the many factors determining treatment choices, and (3) ways in which clinical practice guidelines could influence treatment. CONCLUSIONS Clinical practice guidelines have the potential to reduce the barriers identified by physiotherapists in accessing and interpreting research evidence on interventions for people living with spinal cord injury. Supported implementation of guidelines is required to demonstrate their benefit and encourage physiotherapists to factor in evidence when balancing the multiple factors influencing choice of physiotherapy intervention.
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- Joanne L Nunnerley
- Burwood Academy, Christchurch, New Zealand. .,University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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- Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Lian J, Chen CS, Fang JJ, Chen LW, Cai WC, Zhao GJ, Hong GL, Lu ZQ. [Role of Orai 1-mediated store-operated calcium entry in the immune function of CD4 + T cells in septic mice]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 101:504-510. [PMID: 33631896 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20200616-01863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the role of Orai1-mediated store-operated calcium entry in the immune damage of CD4+ T cells in septic mice. Methods: Sepsis mouse model was established by cecal ligation and puncture(CLP). Balb/c mice of clean grade were sacrificed 1, 3, and 5 days after operation. Spleen samples were harvested at given intervals. Splenic CD4+ T cells were selected by immunomagnetic beads and the expression of Orai1 protein was detected by western blotting, the storage operated calcium entry (SOCE) was detected by flow cytometry, the apoptosis of CD4+ T cells was detected by flow cytometry, the proliferation of CD4+ T cells was detected by CCK-8, and the IFN-γ and IL-4 were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Then the expression of Orai1 protein was regulated to further detect the SOCE and immune function of splenic CD4+ T cells in mice. The experiment was divided into 4 groups, sham group, CLP3 group, Orai1 down group (Orai1-down group) and Orai1 up regulation group (Orai1-up group). Results: The relative expression of Orai1 protein in splenic CD4+ T cells in sham group was 1.03±0.16. Compared with sham group, Orai1 protein levels in CLP Group were all significantly lower (F=19.64, P=0.000 5). The increased value of splenic CD4+ T cells fluorescence intensity in sham group was 494±41. Compared with sham group, the levels of SOCE in CLP Group were all lower (F=30.01, P=0.001). The ratio of early and late apoptosis of CD4+ T cells in sham group was 8.7%±1.5%. Compared with sham group, the early and late apoptosis rates of CLP Group were significantly higher (F=32.29, P=0.000 1). The OD of sham group was 0.81±0.10 at 450 nm. Compared with sham group, the proliferation ability of splenic CD4+ T cells in CLP Group were significantly decreased (F=7.26, P=0.001 8). Compared with sham group, the secretion of IFN-γ and IL-4 by CD4+ T cells and the ratio of IFN-γ/IL-4 in CLP Group were all significantly decreased (F=19.690, 6.183, 11.230, all P<0.05). Compared with CLP3 group, the increased value of fluorescence intensity of CD4+ T cells was significantly decreased, the early and late apoptosis ratio of CD4+ T cells was significantly increased, the OD450 nm value of CD4+ T cells was decreased, the multiplication capacity of splenic CD4+ T cells were decreased, the level of IFN-γ and IL-4 secreted by T cells were decreased, and the value of IFN-γ/IL-4 in orai1-down group was decreased (t=4.819, 7.952, 2.988, 28.760, 3.140, 7.670, all P<0.05). However, Orail-up group showed the opposite trend. Conclusion: Orai1-mediated store-operated calcium entry can alleviate the immune dysfunction of CD4+ T cells in septic mice.
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- J Lian
- Emergency Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Xiangshan Hospital Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Ningbo 315700, China
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- Xiangshan Hospital Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Ningbo 315700, China
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- Emergency Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Emergency Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Emergency Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Emergency Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Emergency Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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Chen LW, Chuang WY, Hsieh YC, Lin HH, Lin WC, Lin LJ, Chang SC, Lee TT. Effects of dietary supplementation with Taiwanese tea byproducts and probiotics on growth performance, lipid metabolism, and the immune response in red feather native chickens. Anim Biosci 2020; 34:393-404. [PMID: 32882776 PMCID: PMC7961192 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.20.0223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Objective This study compared the catechin composition of different tea byproducts and investigated the effects of dietary supplementation with green tea byproducts on the accumulation of abdominal fat, the modulation of lipid metabolism, and the inflammatory response in red feather native chickens. Methods Bioactive compounds were detected, and in vitro anti-obesity capacity analyzed via 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. In animal experiments, 320 one-day-old red feather native chickens were divided into 4 treatment groups: control, basal diet supplemented with 0.5% Jinxuan byproduct (JBP), basal diet supplemented with 1% JBP, or basal diet supplemented with 5×106 colony-forming unit (CFU)/kg Bacillus amyloliquefaciens+5×106 CFU/kg Saccharomyces cerevisiae (BA+SC). Growth performance, serum characteristics, carcass characteristics, and the mRNA expression of selected genes were measured. Results This study compared several cultivars of tea, but Jinxuan showed the highest levels of the anti-obesity compound epigallocatechin gallate. 3T3-L1 preadipocytes treated with Jinxuan extract significantly reduced lipid accumulation. There were no significant differences in growth performance, serum characteristics, or carcass characteristics among the groups. However, in the 0.5% JBP group, mRNA expression of fatty acid synthase (FAS) and acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) were significantly decreased. In the 1% JBP group, FAS, ACC and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ levels were significantly decreased. Moreover, inflammation-related mRNA expression levels were decreased by the addition of JBP. Conclusion JBP contained abundant catechins and related bioactive compounds, which reduced lipid accumulation in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes, however there was no significant reduction in abdominal fat. This may be due to a lack of active anti-obesity compounds or because the major changes in fat metabolism were not in the abdomen. Nonetheless, lipogenesis-related and inflammation-related mRNA expression were reduced in the 1% JBP group. In addition, dietary supplementation with tea byproducts could reduce the massive amount of byproducts created during tea production and modulate lipid metabolism and the inflammatory response in chickens.
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- L W Chen
- Department of Animal Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, 404, Taiwan
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- Kaohsiung Animal Propagation Station, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, 912, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan.,The iEGG and Animal Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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Guo XY, Yang X, Gu XR, Zhuo SJ, Chen LW, Da LJ, Ma D. Formation and Development of Environmental Forensics System in China. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 36:437-444. [PMID: 33047522 DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2020.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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With the growing attention on ecological environment problems and gradual realization of ecological environment value, environmental damage has jumped from administrative penalty to a new stage, judicial penalty, and environmental damage appraisal has provided a legal weapon to safeguard ecological security. As a new forensic category of China with high comprehensiveness and technical difficulty, environmental damage appraisal involves diversified and complex subjects, fields and appraisal objects, and is still in an early stage in terms of theory and practice. This study aims to provide an important reference for the improvement of the Chinese environmental damage appraisal system of environmental damage by summarizing advanced international experience in areas such as laws and regulations, working mechanism and technical system, and putting forward targeted countermeasures and suggestions based on the problems existing in the development and practice of environmental damage appraisal in China.
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- X Y Guo
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration, Shanghai 200241, China
- Institute of Eco-Chongming, Shanghai 202162, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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Chen LW, Glinsky JV, Islam MS, Hossain M, Boswell-Ruys CL, Kataria C, Redhead J, Xiong Y, Gollan E, Costa PD, Denis S, Ben M, Chaudhary L, Wang J, Hasnat MAK, Yeomans J, Gandevia SC, Harvey LA. The effects of 10,000 voluntary contractions over 8 weeks on the strength of very weak muscles in people with spinal cord injury: a randomised controlled trial. Spinal Cord 2020; 58:857-864. [PMID: 32086442 PMCID: PMC7402990 DOI: 10.1038/s41393-020-0439-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Study design A multi-centred, single-blinded randomised controlled trial. Objectives To determine the effect of 10,000 voluntary contractions over 8 weeks on the strength of very weak muscles in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Settings Seven hospitals in Australia and Asia. Methods One hundred and twenty people with recent SCI undergoing inpatient rehabilitation were randomised to either a Treatment or Control Group. One major muscle group from an upper or lower limb was selected if the muscle had grade 1 or grade 2 strength on a standard six-point manual muscle test. Participants allocated to the Treatment Group performed 10,000 isolated contractions of the selected muscle group, as well as usual care in 48 sessions over 8 weeks. Participants allocated to the Control Group received usual care alone. Participants were assessed at baseline and 8 weeks by a blinded assessor. The primary outcome was voluntary muscle strength on a 13-point manual muscle test. There were three secondary outcomes capturing therapists’ and participants’ perceptions of strength and function. Results The mean between-group difference of voluntary strength at 8 weeks was 0.4/13 points (95% confidence interval −0.5 to 1.4) in favour of the Treatment Group. There were no notable between-group differences on any secondary outcome. Conclusion Ten thousand isolated contractions of very weak muscles in people with SCI over 8 weeks has either no or a very small effect on voluntary strength.
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- Lydia W Chen
- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sydney, St Leonards, NSW, Australia.,Spinal Injuries Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
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- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sydney, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Spinal Injuries Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia.,Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, Sector-C, Vasant Kunj, Delhi, India
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- Spinal Injuries Unit, Royal Rehab, Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Guangdong Work Injury Rehabilitation Hospital, Guangdong, China
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- Queensland Spinal Cord Injuries Service, Metro South Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Spinal Injuries Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- NSW Spinal Outreach Service, Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, Sector-C, Vasant Kunj, Delhi, India
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- Guangdong Work Injury Rehabilitation Hospital, Guangdong, China
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- Spinal Injuries Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
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- Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sydney, St Leonards, NSW, Australia.
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Li MF, Hu XY, Chen LW, Lian J, Zhao GJ, Hong GL, Lu ZQ. [Baicalin regulates STIM1-mediated calcium overload and reduces apoptosis of cardiomyocytes induced by lipopolysaccharide]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 99:3176-3182. [PMID: 31694111 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.40.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the protective effect of Baicalin on apoptosis induced by lipopolysaccharide in H9C2 cardiomyocytes and its possible mechanism. Methods: In order to establish apoptosis model of H9C2 cardiomyocytes, H9C2 cardiomyocytes were cultured and divided into four groups: the control group; the baicalin group was treated with baicalin at the final concentration of 10μmol/L for 12 hours; the LPS group was stimulated with LPS at the final concentration of 1 μg/ml for 6 hours; The LPS+baicalin group was stimulated with LPS at the final concentration of 1 μg/ml for 6 hours within treated with baicalin at the final concentration of 10μmol/L for 12 hours. Collecting cell samples, CCK-8 (The Cell Counting Kit-8) was used to detect cell activity, and Terminal-deoxynucleoitidyl Transferase Mediated Nick End Labeling (TUNEL) was used to detect the expression levels of apoptosis. Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy was used to detect the expression levels of store-operated calcium entry in H9C2 cardiomyocytes. Western blot was used to detect the protein expression levels of STIM1, cleaved-caspase3, Bax and Bcl-2. Fluorogenic quantitative PCR was used to detect the mRNA expression level of STIM1. Results: Compared with the control group, LPS-induced H9C2 cardiomyocyte survival rate decreased (P<0.05), the expression level of apoptosis increased (P<0.05), the internal flow of calcium increased (P<0.05), the expression levels of cleaved-caspase3, Bax protein levels increased (P<0.05), Bcl-2 protein level decreased (P<0.05), the expression of STIM1 mRNA and protein level increased (P<0.05). Compared with LPS group, the survival rate of H9C2 cardiomyocytes in baicalin intervention group increased (P<0.05), the expression level of apoptosis decreased (P<0.05), the internal flow of calcium decreased (P<0.05), the expression levels of cleaved-caspase3, Bax protein decreased (P<0.05), and the level of Bcl-2 protein increased (P<0.05), the expression of STIM1 mRNA and protein level decreased (P<0.05). Conclusion: Baicalin may alleviate LPS-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis by alleviating calcium overload, and improve cell survival.
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- M F Li
- Emergency Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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Zhang H, Liu HJ, Huang WH, Chen LW. [Characteristics of pulmonary vascular remodeling in rat model of pulmonary hypertension in left heart disease]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 98:2269-2274. [PMID: 30078284 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2018.28.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate pulmonary vascular remodeling in rat model of pulmonary hypertension in left heart disease (PH-LHD). Methods: A total of 66 male minor Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into control group (n=6), sham operation group (n=6) and model group (n=54). The rats in the control group entered the experimental procedure immediately without any treatment, and the rats in the sham operation group entered the experimental procedure 64 days after sham operation, and the rats in model group entered the experimental procedure (6 rats each) on day 1, day 3, day 5, day 8, day 15, day 22, day 36, day 50 and day 64 respectively after supracoronary aortic banding successfully. The lung tissue was fixed and cut and made into pathological sections to observe the characteristics of pulmonary vascular remodeling. Results: Medial thickening was mainly observed in pulmonary arterioles with diameter <100 μm [(11.17±1.03)%]. Additionally, medial thickening was seen in pulmonary arterioles with diameter 50-100 μm and 20-50 μm from day 15 [(12.73±1.15)%] and day 50 [(14.53±1.53)%], respectively. Medial muscularize of pulmonary arterioles were mainly observed in arterioles with diameter 20-50 μm, and deteriorated with time. Reduced pulmonary arteriole lumen size were observed with diameter 20-50 μm since day 50 (P<0.05). Conclusion: Pulmonary arteries with diameter >100 μm have little effect on the reconstruction of pulmonary vessels in PH-LHD rat model. However, arterioles with diameter 20-50 μm and 50-100 μm are the most important vessels involved in the formation of pulmonary hypertension, especially 20-50 μm.
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- H Zhang
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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Yin HL, Yin J, Chen LW, Li N, Liu ZA, Hu ZB, Shen HB. [Clinical value of classified detection of circulating tumor cells in peripheral blood of NSCLC patients]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2017; 38:677-81. [PMID: 27647400 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3766.2016.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical value of detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) classified by epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) in peripheral blood of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS Peripheral blood samples (7.5 ml each time) were collected from 47 NSCLC patients. Among them, blood samples were collected at the end of each therapy-cycle in three patients for longitudinal monitoring of CTCs. CTCs were enriched by the depletion of leucocytes using a magnetic bead separation technique, stained with EpCAM, cytokeratin 7/8 and their isotypic control antibodies, respectively, and then identified and counted by multi-parameter flow cytometry. RESULTS In the blood samples from 47 patients, EpCAM-positive CTCs were detected in 64.3%(9/14), 40.0%(4/10) and 43.5%(10/23) of patients in stages Ⅰ-Ⅱ, Ⅲ and Ⅳ, respectively. EpCAM-negative CTCs were detected in 78.6%(11/14), 90.0%(9/10) and 91.3%(21/23) of patients in stage Ⅰ-Ⅱ, Ⅲ, and Ⅳ, respectively. The total detection rates of EpCAM-positive and EpCAM-negative CTCs were 48.9%(23/47) and 87.2%(41/47), respectively, showing a statistically significant difference between them (P<0.001). According to the stage of the cancer, there was a significant difference between the detection rates of the two types of CTCs in patients of stage Ⅳ(P=0.001), but not in stage Ⅰ-Ⅱ and Ⅲ (P>0.05). The number of EpCAM-negative CTCs was significantly higher than that of EpCAM-positive CTCs in all stages (P<0.05). The frequency of patients with the percentage of EpCAM-negative CTCs >90% was significantly higher in stage Ⅳ patients than that in stage Ⅰ-Ⅱ cases (P=0.030), while the frequency of patients with the percentage of EpCAM-negative CTCs between 50%~90% was significantly lower in the stage Ⅳ than that in the stage Ⅰ-Ⅱ patients (P=0.001). The treatment of most patients with EpCAM-negative CTCs >50% showed to be ineffective (P=0.033). CONCLUSION Detection of CTCs classified by EpCAM in peripheral blood is helpful in evaluating the distant metastasis and treatment effectiveness of NSCLC patients.
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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Chen LW, Zhu LL, Ji Q, Zhu H, Ren YZ, Fan ZG, Li XB, Gao XF, Zhang YJ, Tian NL. [Relationship between myocardial microRNA-30a expression and myocardial fibrosis in rats post myocardial infarction]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2017; 44:443-9. [PMID: 27220582 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3758.2016.05.015] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the potential role and mechanism of microRNA(miR)-30a in myocardial fibrosis after myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS Rats were randomly divided into 1 week MI group (n=11), 2 weeks MI group (n=13) and 4 weeks MI group (n=15) by applying random number table after left anterior descending coronary artery ligation. Rats in Sham group were examined at respective time points (n=16). Heart function was monitored by echocardiography. Myocardial collagen volume fraction (CVF) was determined on Masson stained sections. Myocardial expression of collagen Ⅰ and Ⅲ was determined by immunohistochemistry. The myocardial mRNA level of miR-30a, TGF-β1 and CTGF were detected by real time-quantitative PCR analysis. The myocardial protein levels of TGF-β1 and CTGF were measured by Western blot analysis. RESULTS The LVEDD ((8.37±0.58) mm) and LVESD ((6.12±0.82) mm) in 4 weeks MI group were significantly higher than those in Sham group ((6.08±0.57) mm, (4.17±0.60) mm), all P<0.01. The FS ((27.0±3.9) %) and LVEF ((51.0±6.3) %) in 4 weeks MI group were significantly lower than those in Sham group ((47.0±2.1) %, (82.0±2.3)%), all P<0.01. The level of myocardial CVF in 1 week MI group, 2 weeks MI group and 4 weeks MI group were significantly higher than in Sham group (all P<0.01) in a time-dependent manner. The level of myocardial collagen Ⅰ and Ⅲ was increased gradually from 1 week to 4 weeks post MI compared with Sham group (all P<0.01). The collagen Ⅰ/Ⅲ ratio was similar between 1 week MI group and Sham group (P=0.58), however, which was significantly higher in 2 weeks MI group and 4 weeks MI group compared with Sham group (all P<0.01), and the ratio was significantly higher in 4 weeks MI group than 2 weeks MI group (P<0.01). The level of miR-30a was significantly and gradually reduced in all MI groups compared with Sham group (all P<0.01). The mRNA and protein levels of TGF-β1 and CTGF were significantly and gradually increased after MI compared with Sham group (all P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that overexpression of miR-30a after MI might be a potential strategy for suppressing myocardial fibrosis by modulating the mRNA and protein levels of TGF-β1 and CTGF.
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- L W Chen
- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, China
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Liu J, Chen LW, Ji KM, Yu L, Zhang ZJ. An endurance-enhancing effect of peanut meal protein hydrolysate in mice: possible involvement of a specific peanut peptide. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2013; 98:830-7. [PMID: 24164258 DOI: 10.1111/jpn.12140] [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: 05/15/2013] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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To improve the functional properties of peanut meal protein for wide utilization, hydrolysis was conducted by alcalase. Compared with saline and peanut meal protein, intragastric administration of low molecular weight (<1 kD) peanut meal peptide (PPH I) could significantly prolong swimming time, increase levels of blood sugar, non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) and liver glycogen and decrease blood lactate content in mice. Levels of Pro, Leu, Val and His in low molecular weight peanut meal peptides were higher significantly than those in other peanut meal protein hydrolysates. Hydrophobic amino acids, such as Pro, Tyr and His, could perhaps capture free radical and increase antioxidant capacity of peanut peptide and retard fatigue induced by free radical. After separation by HPLC, a primary peptide P1, Pro-Glu-Ile-Glu-Val, was sequenced. Its N-terminal was Val, and it was rich in antioxidant amino acid, Pro and Ile. Levels of plasma glucose, NEFA and liver glycogen in PPH I group were higher than those in mice intragastric administration with peptide P1, and the swimming time is longer in PPH I group than in P1 group. So, the high content of P1 was one of the reason why PPH I had high endurance-enhancing capacity.
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- J Liu
- College of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Hebei University of Economics and Business, Shi Jiazhuang, China
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Chen LW, Wang JL, Zhang LY, Yang SM, Li CS, Yu N, Zhao W JD, Zhao LD, Li K, Liu MB, Zhai SQ. Establishment of an animal model of spontaneous cervical lymph node metastasis of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma and obtaining laryngocarcinoma cells with high metastatic potential. Neoplasma 2013; 60:504-10. [PMID: 23790168 DOI: 10.4149/neo_2013_065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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To establish an animal model of spontaneous cervical lymph node metastasis of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma and obtain laryngocarcinoma cells with high metastatic potential, laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma cell line HEP-2 in logarithmic phase were inoculated under the lingual margin mucosa of nude mice. HEP-2 cells metastasized to the cervical lymph nodes were isolated, cultured, and re-inoculated under the lingual margin mucosa of nude mice twice. The tumor formation in the tongue and in the cervical lymph nodes was confirmed by pathological examination. Carcinoma cells' ability of invasion and migration was detected by transwell assay. Human specific Alu sequences were detected by PCR, which indicated that the tumor cells originated from human laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma cell line HEP-2. Finally, an animal model of spontaneous lymph node metastasis of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma was successfully established. Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma cells with high metastatic potential to lymph nodes were obtained through repeated inoculations. .
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- L W Chen
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Ng OTW, Chen LW, Chan YS, Yung KKL. Small interfering RNA specific for N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor 2B offers neuroprotection to dopamine neurons through activation of MAP kinase. Neurosignals 2012; 21:42-54. [PMID: 22377595 DOI: 10.1159/000334720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2011] [Accepted: 10/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In the present study, N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor 2B (NR2B)-specific siRNA was applied in parkinsonian models. Our previous results showed that reduction in expression of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor 1 (NR1), the key subunit of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors, by antisense oligos ameliorated the motor symptoms in the 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-lesioned rat, an animal model of Parkinson's disease (PD).
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- Olivia T W Ng
- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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Chu JMT, Chen LW, Chan YS, Yung KKL. Neuroprotective effects of neurokinin receptor one in dopaminergic neurons are mediated through Akt/PKB cell signaling pathway. Neuropharmacology 2011; 61:1389-98. [PMID: 21907219 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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: 04/12/2011] [Revised: 07/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Neurokinin one (NK1) receptor is Substance P (SP) receptor and it is abundantly distributed in the basal ganglia. Growing evidences were shown on their possible roles in the pathogenesis and treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD). NK1 receptor is a kind of G-protein-coupled-receptor (GPCR) and it links to various downstream survival signaling pathways. In the present study, treatment of NK1 receptor agonist septide [(Pyr6, Pro9)-SP (6-11)] was found to ameliorate the motor deficit in 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesioned rats in apomorphine rotation test. Septide treatments were also demonstrated to provide neuroprotection. In 6-OHDA lesioned rats, protection of TH immunoreactive neurons and terminals in substantia nigra (SN) and striatum was found after septide treatment. In SH-SY5Y cultures, cytotoxicity of 6-OHDA was reduced by septide pretreatment. In addition, up-regulations of phosphorylated serine-threonine kinase Akt and phosphorylated mitochondrial apoptotic protein BAD were observed in both in vivo and in vitro models, indicating the inhibition of apoptotic pathway by septide. In conclusion, septide could trigger the pro-survival Akt/PKB signaling pathway and protect dopaminergic neurons in in vivo and in vitro models against 6-OHDA toxicity. Therefore septide treatment may have therapeutic implications in treatment of PD.
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- John M T Chu
- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
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Lin Z, Shan ZG, Liao CX, Chen LW. The effect of microwave and bipolar radio-frequency ablation in the surgical treatment of permanent atrial fibrillation during valve surgery. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011; 59:460-4. [PMID: 21692021 DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1271146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a frequent problem in patients undergoing valve surgery. This study compared microwave and bipolar radio-frequency ablation of the left atrium in AF patients undergoing valve surgery. METHODS Patients who required left atrial ablation for permanent AF (duration > 6 months) during valve surgery were randomized to a microwave group (n = 94) or a radio-frequency group (n = 93). Regular follow-up was carried out at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months post-procedure and annually thereafter. RESULTS There were 4 postoperative deaths in the microwave group and 2 in the radio-frequency group. The median follow-up for all patients was 24.0 months (range: 12-36.0 months). Freedom from AF recurrence was significantly higher in the radio-frequency group than in the microwave group at 3 months (85.7 vs. 72.2 %, P = 0.026), 6 months (87.9 vs. 73.3 %%, P = 0.013), 9 months (84.6 vs. 68.9 %, P = 0.012), 12 months (84.6 vs. 67.8 %%, P = 0.008), and 24 months (88.7 vs. 71.2 %, P = 0.022) and at the latest follow-up (81.3 vs. 65.6 %, P = 0.016). CONCLUSION Bipolar radio-frequency ablation is superior to microwave ablation for the treatment of permanent AF in patients undergoing valve surgery.
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- Z Lin
- Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
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Chen LW, Chien RN, Fang KM, Yen CL, Chang JJ, Lee TS, Liu CJ. Elucidating therapeutic effects on patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and main portal vein thrombosis. Hepatogastroenterology 2010; 57:228-231. [PMID: 20583418] [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: 05/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The survival duration for patients diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with main portal vein thrombosis (MPVT) was usually less than 3 months. The aim of this study is to elucidate whether treatment can prolong the survival for such patients. METHODOLOGY Retrospectively we analyzed the clinical features and outcomes of 63 patients with HCC and MPVT over a 7-year period. Three therapeutic modalities--transcatheter arterial chemotherapy (TAC) with or without radiotherapy (RT), and systemic chemotherapy--were applied. RESULTS The patients were divided into two groups: 34 (54%) patients were treated, while the remaining 29 (46%) were not. Multivariate analysis revealed that Child-Pugh class, Okuda stage for HCC and the presence of treatment were the principal factors to predict survival. The survival was significantly longer in treated patients than those untreated both in the Child-Pugh class A or B patients. Significantly longer survival is evident in patients treated by TAC combing RT compared to those underwent TAC alone, systemic chemotherapy or no treatment. CONCLUSIONS The survival of Child-Pugh class A or B patients can be extended by the use of an appropriate therapeutic modality. TAC combined with RT did the best benefit to prolong survival in such patients.
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- L W Chen
- Liver Research Unit, Chang-Gung University and Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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Zhu RX, Potts R, Pan YX, Yao HT, Lü LQ, Zhao X, Gao X, Chen LW, Gao F, Deng CL. Early evidence of the genus Homo in East Asia. J Hum Evol 2008; 55:1075-85. [PMID: 18842287 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2007] [Revised: 07/03/2008] [Accepted: 05/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The timing and route of the earliest dispersal from Africa to Eastern Asia are contentious topics in the study of early human evolution because Asian hominin fossil sites with precise age constraints are very limited. Here we report new high-resolution magnetostratigraphic results that place stringent age controls on excavated hominin incisors and stone tools from the Yuanmou Basin, southwest China. The hominin-bearing layer resides in a reverse polarity magnetozone just above the upper boundary of the Olduvai subchron, yielding an estimated age of 1.7Ma. The finding represents the age of the earliest documented presence of Homo, with affinities to Homo erectus, in mainland East Asia. This age estimate is roughly the same as for H. erectus in island Southeast Asia and immediately prior to the oldest archaeological evidence in northeast Asia. Mammalian fauna and pollen obtained directly from the hominin site indicate that the Yuanmou hominins lived in a varied habitat of open vegetation with patches of bushland and forest on an alluvial fan close to a lake or swamp. The age and location are consistent with a rapid southern migration route of initial hominin populations into Eastern Asia.
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- R X Zhu
- Paleomagnetism and Geochronology Laboratory (SKL-LE), Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.
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Wang JH, Zhang WP, Liu HX, Wang D, Li YF, Wang WQ, Wang L, He FR, Wang Z, Yan QG, Chen LW, Huang GS. Detection of human parvovirus B19 in papillary thyroid carcinoma. Br J Cancer 2008; 98:611-8. [PMID: 18212749 PMCID: PMC2243166 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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To evaluate whether parvovirus B19, a common human pathogen, was also involved in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), 112 paraffin-embedded thyroid specimens of benign nodules, papillary, medullary and follicular carcinomas, and normal controls were examined for B19 DNA and capsid protein by nested PCR, in situ hybridisation (ISH) and immunohistochemistry (IHC). The expression of the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) was investigated by IHC. The results showed B19 DNA commonly exists in human thyroid tissues; however, there were significant differences between PTC group and normal controls, and between PTC and nonneoplastic adjacent tissues (P<0.001). The presence of viral DNA in PTC neoplastic epithelium was confirmed by laser-capture microdissection and sequencing of nested PCR products. B19 capsid protein in PTC group was significantly higher than that of all the control groups and nonneoplastic adjacent tissues (P⩽0.001). Compared with control groups, the activation of NF-κB in PTC group was significantly increased (P⩽0.02), except for medullary carcinomas, and the activation of NF-κB was correlated with the viral protein presence (P=0.002). Moreover, NF-κB was colocalised with B19 DNA in the neoplastic epithelium of PTC by double staining of IHC and ISH. These results indicate for the first time a possible role of B19 in pathogenesis of PTC.
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- J H Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Department of Pathology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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Chung EKY, Chen LW, Chan YS, Yung KKL. Up-regulation in expression of vesicular glutamate transporter 3 in substantia nigra but not in striatum of 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats. Neurosignals 2007; 15:238-48. [PMID: 17435391 DOI: 10.1159/000101704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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] [Received: 01/19/2007] [Accepted: 02/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Overactivity of the glutamatergic system is suggested to be closely related to the onset and pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUT1, T2 and T3) are a group of glutamate transporters in neurons that are responsible for transporting glutamate into synaptic vesicles and they are key elements for homeostasis of glutamate neurotransmission. The present study was aimed to investigate the expression of VGLUT1, T2 and T3 proteins after the onset of Parkinson's disease. A rat model of Parkinson's disease, the 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rat, was employed. Immunocytochemistry revealed that VGLUT1, T2 and T3 immunoreactivity was not modulated in the striatum of the lesioned rat. Western blotting analyses also showed that there was no change in the expression of T1, T2 and T3 proteins in the striatum. In contrast, no VGLUT1 protein was detected in the substantia nigra. After the lesion, levels of VGLUT2 immunoreactivity and protein were not modulated. Significant increase of VGLUT3 immunoreactivity was observed in the perikarya of GABAergic substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons (+14.7%) although VGLUT3 protein was not modulated in the nigral tissues. VGLUT3 in GABAergic neurons is suggested to play a role in GABA synthesis. The present results may therefore implicate that VGLUT1 and T2 are not modulated in the striatum and the substantia nigra of the 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rat and only VGLUT3 plays a role in pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease.
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- E K Y Chung
- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, PR China
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Lui PW, Yeung CW, Yung WH, Shi Y, Chen LW, Chan YS, Yung KKL. Ablation of gene expression of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor one by antisense oligonucleotides in striatal neurons in culture. Neurosignals 2006; 14:303-16. [PMID: 16772733 DOI: 10.1159/000093045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2005] [Accepted: 02/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In the present study, a twenty-mer antisense oligonucleotide specific for N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor one (ANR1) was applied to striatal neurons in primary cell culture. The ANR1 was found to be specific and nontoxic. Significant reductions in expression of NR1 mRNA and proteins were resulted after a single dose of ANR1 transcripts. Interestingly, there were reductions in total NR1 proteins but two phosphorylated forms of NR1 proteins at serine 896 and 897 residues were not reduced. There was also no change in the pattern of distribution of NR1 immunoreactivity in the striatal neurons. In addition, significant reductions of NMDA-mediated peak inward current were found after application of a higher concentration of ANR1 (20-100 microM) by patch clamp recordings. The present results indicate that ANR1 is a useful agent in reducing NMDA receptor functions. The present data thus provide detailed cellular and molecular mechanisms to explain our previous findings of amelioration of motor symptoms in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. More importantly, application of ANR1 was also found to display neuroprotective effects of striatal neurons against NMDA-induced excitotoxic cell death. The findings have implications in development of new approach in prevention of cell death in neurodegenerative diseases and new treatments for these diseases.
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- P W Lui
- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, PR China
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Splenic tumours are occasionally found during routine physical check-ups or elective abdominal image studies. Histologically, most splenic tumours are of benign vascular origin. To avoid unnecessary surgery for asymptomatic patients with benign splenic tumours and clarify the clinicopathological features of spleen tumours, this study gathered 44 cases of primary or isolated metastatic spleen tumours confirmed by pathology from surgery specimens or biopsies. The differences in clinicopathological features and image presentations between benign and malignant spleen tumour were investigated. Thirty-two cases involved benign tumours while 12 cases were malignant. Among the benign tumours, vascular originating tumours were most common (with 14 cases of cavernous haemangiomas, 13 cases of lymphangioma, three cases of lymphangiohaemangioma and one case of Littoral cell angioma). Notably, one, case of inflammatory pseudotumour because of Schistosoma parasite infection was also noted. Among the malignant tumours, there were four cases of angiosarcomas with vascular endothelium origins, as well as lymphomas and six metastatic tumours. Image studies were non-specific. Image study alone is an inadequate basis for making differential diagnoses between benign and malignant tumours. Instead, pathological studies are required for a final diagnosis. Using previous studies and this investigation, fine needle aspiration biopsy of spleen tumours with the help of ultrasonic or computed tomography appears a safe and effective method for obtaining biopsy specimens. Splenectomy is recommended only for patients with malignancies or complications such as intractable abdominal pain, coagulopathy or tumour rupture with an unstable haemodynamic state.
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- L W Chen
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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Chen LW, Yung KKL, Chan YS. Neurokinin peptides and neurokinin receptors as potential therapeutic intervention targets of basal ganglia in the prevention and treatment of Parkinson's disease. Curr Drug Targets 2004; 5:197-206. [PMID: 15011953 DOI: 10.2174/1389450043490596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a serious motor disorder and it is the second most common brain degenerative disease in human. PD is known to be caused by degeneration of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra but the cause of cell death is largely unknown. Mammalian neurokinins [NKs] are a group of neuropeptides that include substance P (SP; neurokinin-1, NK-1), substance K (SK; NK-2; neurokinin A), and neuromedin K (NK; NK-3; neurokinin B). Their biological effects as neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, or neurotrophic-like factors are mediated by three distinct neurokinin receptors, namely SP receptor (SPR: NK-1 receptor, NK-1R), SKR (NK-2R), and NKR (NK-3R). Several lines of evidence have indicated that neurokinins are implicated in the pathogenesis of PD. First, decreases of SP level and SP-immunoreactivity have been found in nigral and striatal tissues of animals with PD and postmortem PD patients. Second, NKs exert neuroprotective effects on neurons. In addition, NK receptors, namely NK-1 and NK-3 receptors, are abundantly localized in dopaminergic and cholinergic neurons of the basal ganglia, indicating that these neurons are under the physiological regulation of NKs. Moreover, modulation in motor activity occurred in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-treated mice, PD animal model, after systemic administration of NK receptor agonists. NKs and NK receptors, therefore, might be important molecules that are associated with functions and survival of neurons in the basal ganglia, in particular the dopamine neurons. Further studies should be devoted to elucidate the functional roles of NK systems in (a) the neuropathogenesis and neuroprotection during the course of PD, (b) the efficacy of NK receptor drugs towards PD, and (c) potential therapeutic intervention that targets at the prevention or treatment of PD.
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- L W Chen
- Institute of Neurosciences, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, P R China.
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Chan YS, Chen LW, Lai CH, Shum DKY, Yung KKL, Zhang FX. Receptors of glutamate and neurotrophin in vestibular neuronal functions. J Biomed Sci 2003; 10:577-87. [PMID: 14576459 DOI: 10.1159/000073522] [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: 11/19/2022] Open
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The last decade has witnessed advances in understanding the roles of receptors of neurotrophin and glutamate in the vestibular system. In the first section of this review, the biological actions of neurotrophins and their receptors in the peripheral and central vestibular systems are summarized. Emphasis will be placed on the roles of neurotrophins in developmental plasticity and in the maintenance of vestibular function in the adult animal. This is reviewed in relation to the developmental expression pattern of neurotrophins and their receptors within the vestibular nuclei. The second part is focused on the functional role of different glutamate receptors on central vestibular neurons. The developmental expression pattern of glutamate receptor subunits within the vestibular nuclei is reviewed in relation to the potential role of glutamate receptors in regulating the development of vestibular function.
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- Y S Chan
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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Chen LW, Wei LC, Lang B, Ju G, Chan YS. Differential expression of AMPA receptor subunits in dopamine neurons of the rat brain: a double immunocytochemical study. Neuroscience 2002; 106:149-60. [PMID: 11564425 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(01)00255-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 11/22/2022]
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We have examined the distribution of dopamine neurons expressing alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA) receptor subunits (glutamate receptors 1, 2/3 and 4) in the A8-A15 regions of the rat brain using double immunofluorescence. The distribution of glutamate receptor 1- or 2/3-like immunoreactive neurons completely overlapped that of tyrosine hydroxylase-like immunoreactive neurons in dopamine cell groups in the retrorubral field (A8), the substantia nigra (A9), the ventral tegmental area and the nucleus raphe linealis (A10), and the rostral hypothalamic periventricular nucleus (A14, A15). In the caudal hypothalamic periventricular nucleus (A11), arcuate nucleus (A12) and zona incerta (A13), the distribution was partially overlapping. Neurons double-labeled for tyrosine hydroxylase and glutamate receptor 1 or 2/3 immunoreactivities were, however, exclusively found in certain dopamine cell regions: in areas A14-A15, 85-88% of tyrosine hydroxylase-containing neurons expressed glutamate receptor 1 and 22-25% expressed glutamate receptor 2/3, while in areas A8-A10, 20-43% expressed glutamate receptor 1 and 63-84% expressed glutamate receptor 2/3. In contrast, the double-labeled neurons were hardly detected in the A11-A13 regions. No tyrosine hydroxylase-positive neurons displayed glutamate receptor 4 immunoreactivity, though a partially overlapping distribution of tyrosine hydroxylase- and glutamate receptor 4-immunopositive neurons was also seen in regions A8-10, A11 and A13. The present study has demonstrated the morphological evidence for direct modulation of dopamine neurons via AMPA receptors in rat mesencephalon and hypothalamus. This distribution may provide the basis for a selective dopamine neuron loss in neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's disease.
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- L W Chen
- Institute of Neuroscience, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, PR China.
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Pang FC, Chow TW, Cummings JL, Leung VPY, Chiu HFK, Lam LCW, Chen QL, Tai CT, Chen LW, Wang SJ, Fuh JL. Effect of neuropsychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer's disease on Chinese and American caregivers. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2002; 17:29-34. [PMID: 11802227 DOI: 10.1002/gps.510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND In Chinese culture, extended family support, acceptance of age-related cognitive changes and filial tradition of caring for elders may decrease caregiver burden and distress in the context of dementia. OBJECTIVE To study cross-regional and cross-cultural differences in symptom-related caregiver distress due to the behavioral problems of Chinese and American patients with Alzheimer's disease. METHOD Caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease at Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan (n = 89), Chinese University of Hong Kong (n = 31) and the UCLA Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Los Angeles, California (n = 169) reported the neuropsychiatric symptoms of patients and their corresponding distress on the Neuropsychiatric Inventory. RESULT Presence or absence of distress due to the neuropsychiatric symptoms of the patients with Alzheimer's disease was assessed. The three centers differed significantly in the proportions of caregivers with distress caused by depression (p < 0.05) and apathy (p < 0.001). UCLA had higher proportions of caregivers with depression-related distress than Taipei. UCLA caregivers were also more stressed by apathy than caregivers in Taipei and Hong Kong. Logistic regression further supported the findings that depression-related and apathy-related caregiver distress differed between Chinese and American caregivers (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The results were surprising, in that American and Chinese (Taipei and Hong Kong) caregivers exhibited similar distress or lack of distress in response to delusions, hallucinations, agitation, anxiety, euphoria, disinhibition, irritability, aberrant motor behavior, sleep and appetite symptoms of Alzheimer's disease patients. Chinese caregivers were less affected by depression and apathy in patients with Alzheimer's disease than Caucasian caregivers.
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- F C Pang
- Department of Geriatrics, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong.
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Chen LW, Yeh CT, Fang KM, Chu CM, Liaw YF. Reactivation of hepatitis C virus superinfection in a patient seropositive for hepatitis B e antigen. Infection 2001; 29:351-4. [PMID: 11787840 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-001-1195-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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During the course of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, a patient seropositive for hepatitis B e antigen experienced four episodes of acute hepatic necroinflammation. Serum HBV-DNA concentration elevated immediately before the first and third exacerbations, whereas serum hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA was detected during the second and fourth exacerbations. The nucleotide sequences of HCV hypervariable region derived from samples of the two exacerbations were identical. Interestingly, "de novo" seroconversion of anti-HCV antibody (Abbott HCV EIA 3.0) followed by reversion occurred in both the second and fourth exacerbations with low sample/cutoff ratios. Immunoblot analysis using a line-immunoassay (Inno-LIA HCV Ab III) revealed a single positive band (C1) developing after the second exacerbation. These data indicate that the second exacerbation in this patient was caused by newly acquired acute HCV superinfection, whereas the fourth exacerbation was likely due to reactivation of the previous HCV infection. Recognition of such a case suggests that the presence of de novo seroconversion of anti-HCV may indicate either reactivation or acute superinfection of HCV in a patient seropositive for hepatitis B e antigen.
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- L W Chen
- Liver Research Unit, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Feng YP, Chen LW, Zhou DH, Chen J, Xu XJ, Chi ZQ. Analysis of binding domain and function of chimeric mu/kappa opioid receptors to ohmefentanyl stereoisomers. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2001; 22:981-5. [PMID: 11749787] [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: 02/23/2023] Open
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AIM To investigate specific domains in mu opioid receptors that accounted for selective binding of three stereoisomers of ohmefentanyl (Ohm9204, Ohm9202, and Ohm9203) and study the function of chimera II. METHODS Rat mu and kappa opioid receptors (RMOR, RKOR) and four mu/kappa chimeric receptors (chimeras) I, II, III, and IV were transiently expressed in COS-1 cells. The binding ability and binding domain of receptor to ligands were determined by radioactive ligand and receptor binding experiments. Through measuring cellular cAMP levels, we studied the function of chimera II in mediating signal transduction. RESULTS Binding affinities of four chimeric receptors were similar to wild type opioid receptors (RMOR and RKOR). The binding affinities of Ohm9204 and Ohm9202 to chimera II were similar to that of RMOR. The binding affinities of Ohm9203 to all six receptors were low. U50488 possessed high binding affinity to chimera I, however dynorphie A(1-9) had some binding affinity to chimera II that was similar to RKOR, which indicated the domains of RKOR accounting for selectively binding to peptide ligand dynorphie A(1-9) and nonpeptide ligand U50488 were different. The efficacy of Ohm9204 and Ohm9203 on inhibiting forskolin-stimulated cAMP accumulation in cells transfected with chimera II was similar to that in cells transfected with RMOR. CONCLUSION Replacing 194-268 residues of RMOR with 185-262 residues of RKOR does not influence the ability of mu opioid receptor to bind Ohm9204 and Ohm9202 and the receptor mediated inhibition of cellular cAMP level.
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- Y P Feng
- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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The effect of fMLP (N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine), a neutrophil-stimulating bacterial peptide, on Ca2+ mobilization in human neutrophils was examined using fura-2 as a Ca2+ indicator. fMLP (10 nM-10 microM) increased [Ca2+]i concentration-dependently. The [Ca2+]i signal comprised an initial rise followed by a gradual decay and a sustained phase. External Ca2+ removal partly decreased the signal. La3+ (50 microM) pretreatment mimicked the effect of Ca2+ removal. In Ca(2+)-free medium, pretreatment with 1 microM thapsigargin (an endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump inhibitor) prevented 10 microM fMLP from increasing [Ca2+]i; whereas 1 microM thapsigargin still significantly increased [Ca2+]i after pretreatment with 10 microM fMLP. Addition of 3 mM Ca2+ induced a concentration-dependent [Ca2+]i increase after pretreatment with fMLP in Ca(2+)-free medium. This Ca2+ entry was partly inhibited by econazole (25 microM), SKF96365 (50 microM), and a phospholipase A2 inhibitor (aristolochic acid; 20 microM). The fMLP (10 microM)-induced Ca2+ release was abolished by inhibiting phospholipase C with 2 microM U73122. The fMLP-induced [Ca2+]i increase was inhibited by 25% by pretreatment with 10 nM phorbol ester to activate protein kinase C but was augmented by 27% by pretreatment with 2 microM GF 109203X to inactivate protein kinase C. We found that fMLP increase reactive oxygen intermediate (ROI) production in neutrophils, which can be suppressed by U73122 pretreatment. Collectively, this study shows that in human neutrophils, fMLP increased [Ca2+]i concentration-dependently by releasing Ca2+ from phospholipase C-coupled, thapsigargin-sensitive stores, accompanied by Ca2+ entry. The fMLP-induced [Ca2+]i rise was modulated by protein kinase C, and the fMLP-induced Ca2+ entry was abolished by La3+, and was reduced by econazole, SKF96365 and inhibition of phospholipase A2.
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- L W Chen
- Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta Chung 1st Rd., Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan
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Chen LW, Wei LC, Liu HL, Ding YQ, Zhang H, Rao ZR, Ju G, Chan YS. Cholinergic neurons expressing neuromedin K receptor (NK3) in the basal forebrain of the rat: a double immunofluorescence study. Neuroscience 2001; 103:413-22. [PMID: 11246156 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(00)00568-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 10/18/2022]
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By using a double immunofluorescence method we have examined the distribution of cholinergic neurons expressing neuromedin K receptor (NK3) in the rat brain and spinal cord. The distribution of neuromedin K receptor-like immunoreactive neurons completely overlapped with that of choline acetyltransferase-positive neurons in certain regions of the basal forebrain, e.g. the medial septal nucleus, nucleus of the diagonal band of Broca, magnocellular preoptic nucleus and substantia innominata. Partially overlapping distributions of neuromedin K receptor-like immunoreactive and choline acetyltransferase-positive neurons were found in the basal nucleus of Meynert, globus pallidus, ventral pallidum of the forebrain, tegmental nuclei of the pons and dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. Neurons showing both neuromedin K receptor-like and choline acetyltransferase immunoreactivities, however, were found predominantly in the medial septal nucleus, nucleus of the diagonal band of Broca and magnocellular preoptic nucleus of the basal forebrain: 66-80% of these choline acetyltransferase-positive neurons displayed neuromedin K receptor-like immunoreactivity. Neurons showing both neuromedin K receptor-like and choline acetyltransferase immunoreactivities were hardly detected in other aforementioned regions of the forebrain, brainstem and spinal cord. The present study has provided morphological evidence for direct physiological modulation or regulation of cholinergic neurons by tachykinins through the neuromedin K receptor in the basal forebrain of rats.
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- L W Chen
- Institute of Neuroscience, The Fourth Military Medical University, 710032, Xi'an, PR China.
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Chen LW, Wei LC, Liu HL, Qiu Y, Chan YS. Cholinergic neurons expressing substance P receptor (NK(1)) in the basal forebrain of the rat: a double immunocytochemical study. Brain Res 2001; 904:161-6. [PMID: 11516425 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)02460-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cholinergic neurons expressing substance P receptor (SPR, NK(1)) were examined in the rat brain using double immunofluorescence. The distribution of SPR-like immunoreactive (SPR-LI) neurons completely overlapped with that of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT)-LI neurons in the medial septal nucleus, the nucleus of diagonal band of Broca, the magnocellular preoptic nucleus, the substantia innominata of basal forebrain, the caudate-putamen, and the ventral pallidum of the basal ganglia. In the mesopontine tegmentum and the cranial motor nuclei of the brainstem, the distribution of SPR-LI and ChAT-LI neurons was partially overlapping. Neurons showing both SPR-like and ChAT-like immunoreactivities, however, were predominantly found above basal forebrain regions and 82-90% of these ChAT-LI neurons displayed SPR-like immunoreactivity, in addition to the confirmatory observation that 100% of the ChAT-LI neurons exhibit SPR-like immunoreactivity in the basal ganglia. In contrast, neurons double-labeled for SPR-like and ChAT-like immunoreactivities were hardly detected in aforementioned regions of the brainstem. The present study has provided morphological evidence for direct physiological modulation of cholinergic neurons by tachykinins through substance P receptor in the basal forebrain of the rat.
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- L W Chen
- Institute of Neuroscience, The Fourth Military Medical University, 710032, Xi'an, PR China.
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To understand more fully the effects of bepridil, an antiarrhythmic and antianginal drug, on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and systemic immune responses, its effect on intracellular Ca2+ levels ([Ca2+]i) in human neutrophils was investigated by using fura-2 as a fluorescent probe. Bepridil (10-200 microM) increased [Ca2+]i in a concentration-dependent fashion. This signal was partly inhibited by removal of extracellular Ca2+. In a Ca(2+)-free medium, pretreatment with bepridil (100 microM) abolished the Ca2+ release induced by thapsigargin (1 microM), an endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump inhibitor, and by carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (2 microM), a mitochondrial uncoupler. Pretreatment with carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone and thapsigargin, respectively, partly inhibited bepridil-induced Ca2+ release. Addition of Ca2+ (3 mM) increased [Ca2+]i after pretreatment with bepridil (100 microM) in a Ca(2+)-free medium. Bepridil (100 microM)-induced Ca2+ release was not altered when phospholipase C was inhibited by U73122 (2 microM). Both Ca2+ release and Ca2+ entry induced by bepridil (100 microM) were augmented by activating protein kinase C with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (10 nM), and were suppressed by inhibiting protein kinase C with GF 109203X (2 microM). Treatment with bepridil (10-20 microM) for 30 min increased the production of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI) by more than 50%. Collectively, it was found that bepridil increased [Ca2+]i concentration-dependently in human neutrophils by releasing Ca2+ from the endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria and, possibly, other compartments in a phospholipase C-independent manner. Bepridil also activated Ca2+ influx. The activity of protein kinase C may regulate bepridil-induced Ca2+ release and Ca2+ entry.
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- L W Chen
- Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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This study was designed to investigate the role of NO and effect of iNOS inhibitor on the lung neutrophil deposition and damage after burn. In Experiment 1, specific pathogen-free (SPF) Sprague-Dawley rats underwent 35% total body surface area (TBSA) burn. On the 4th, 8th, 16th, and 24th h after burn, blood was collected for peroxynitrite-mediated dihydrorhodamine 123 (DHR 123) oxidation assay, and lung tissues were harvested for myeloperoxidase (MPO) test and histologic study. Pulmonary microvascular dysfunction was quantitated by measuring the extravasation of Evans blue dye (EBD). In Experiment 2, S-methylisothiourea (SMT) was given (7.5 mg/kg, intraperitoneal immediately post-burn) to suppress iNOS activity. On the 8th h after burn, the effect of SMT on blood DHR 123 oxidation, lung MPO, lung damage, and lung iNOS expression were evaluated. Lung MPO activity increased up to a maximum of 2-fold 8 h after burn. Blood DHR 123 oxidation increased up to a maximum of 2-fold 8 h after burn. Lung permeability increased up to a maximum of 2.5-fold 4 h after burn. SMT significantly decreased lung MPO activity, blood DHR 123 oxidation, and lung permeability by 31%, 41%, and 54%, respectively. SMT markedly decreased the thermal injury-induced perivascular and interstitial inflammatory cell infiltration and iNOS staining in bronchiolar epithelium, endothelial cells, and perivascular and interstitial inflammatory cells. In conclusion, thermal injury induces blood DHR 123 oxidation, lung neutrophil deposition, lung iNOS expression, and lung damage. Peroxynitrite might play an important role in thermal injury-induced lung neutrophil deposition and damage. Specific inhibition of lung iNOS expression and blood DHR 123 oxidation with SMT on thermal injury not only attenuated the lung neutrophil deposition, but also reduced lung damage.
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- L W Chen
- Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung, National Yang-Ming Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Hsu CH, Chen LW, Liao YD, Wu SH, Chen C. 1H, 15N and 13C resonance assignments and secondary structure determination of the RC-RNase 2 from oocytes of bullfrog Rana catesbeiana. J Biomol NMR 2001; 19:87-88. [PMID: 11246862 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008348302036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Wu HF, Chen LW, Chen CH. Probing reactive sites for ion-molecule reactions of anthraquinones with dimethyl ether using an external source ion trap tandem mass spectrometer and computational chemistry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2001; 15:1977-1987. [PMID: 11675663 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Gas-phase ion-molecule reactions of anthraquinone derivatives with dimethyl ether (DME) were investigated using an external source ion trap mass spectrometer. Semi-empirical calculations were executed to determine possible reactive sites for the product ions. Collision activated dissociation (CAD) was successfully performed for very low abundance of ion-molecule products. Even for product ions with a relative intensity below 1%, CAD experiments can be successfully performed. Significantly more structural information could be elucidated based on this special feature. Importantly, the CAD spectra of very minor ions could be measured by this ion trap instrument, which significantly enhances the future role of the ion trap as a powerful analytical instrument. CAD of all product ions on anthraquinone compounds typically eliminates neutral molecules such as CO or H(2)O. A hydration phenomenon in the CAD processes resulting from the precursor ions incorporating one molecule of H(2)O and then eliminating one molecule of CO was observed in this study.
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- H F Wu
- Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taipei Hsien 251, Taiwan.
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Chen LW, Wei LC, Liu HL, Duan L, Ju G, Chan YS. Retinal dopaminergic neurons (A17) expressing neuromedin K receptor (NK(3)): a double immunocytochemical study in the rat. Brain Res 2000; 885:122-7. [PMID: 11121538 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(00)02985-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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By using a double immunofluorescence method we examined the distribution of dopaminergic neurons (A17) expressing neuromedin K receptor (NKR, NK(3)) in the rat retina. The distribution of NKR-like immunoreactive (-LI) neurons partially overlapped that of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-LI neurons in the inner retina of section and flat-mount preparation. Neurons showing both TH- and NKR-like immunoreactivities were found in the retina (A17): 100% of these TH-LI neurons displayed NKR-like immunoreactivity, and they constituted about 3.5% of total NKR-LI neurons. The majority of double-labeled neurons with TH- and NKR-like immunoreactivities were distributed in the proximal inner nuclear layer and the upper part of inner plexiform layer of the retina, and characterized with appearance of amacrine cells. The present study has provided morphological evidence for direct physiological modulation of dopaminergic neurons by tachykinins through NKR in the rat retina (A17).
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- L W Chen
- Institute of Neuroscience, The Fourth Military Medical University, 710032, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
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We are interested in studying the co-localization of NMDA glutamate receptor subunits (NR1, NR2A/B) and AMPA glutamate receptor subunits (GluR1, GluR2, GluR2/3 and GluR4) in individual neurons of the rat vestibular nuclei. Immunoreactivity for NR1, NR2A/B, GluR1, GluR2, GluR2/3 and GluR4 was found in the somata and dendrites of neurons in the four major subdivisions (superior, medial, lateral, and spinal vestibular nuclei) and in two minor groups (groups x and y) of the vestibular nuclei. Double immunofluorescence showed that all the NR1-containing neurons exhibited NR2A/B immunoreactivity, indicating that native NMDA receptors are composed of NR1 and NR2A/B in a hetero-oligomeric configuration. Co-expression of NMDA receptor subunits and AMPA receptor subunits was demonstrated by double labeling of NR1/GluR1, NR1/GluR2/3, NR1/GluR4 and NR2A/B/GluR2 in individual vestibular nuclear neurons. All NR1-containing neurons expressed GluR2/3 immunoreactivity, and all NR2A/B-containing neurons expressed GluR2 immunoreactivity. However, only about 52% of NR1-immunoreactive neurons exhibited GluR1 immunoreactivity and 46% of NR1-containing neurons showed GluR4 immunoreactivity. The present data reveal that NMDA receptors are co-localized with variants of AMPA receptors in a large proportion of vestibular nuclear neurons. These results suggest that cross-modulation between NMDA receptors and AMPA receptors may occur in individual neurons of the vestibular nuclei during glutamate-mediated excitatory neurotransmission and may in turn contribute to synaptic plasticity within the vestibular nuclei.
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- L W Chen
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 5 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong, China
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The effect of ATP on Ca2+ mobilization in human neutrophils was examined by using fura-2 as a Ca2+ indicator. ATP (0.1-100 microM) caused a significant [Ca2+]i increase in a concentration-dependent manner. The [Ca2+]i signal comprised an initial rise followed by a plateau. Removal of external Ca2+ diminished the peak value of the [Ca2+]i signal. In Ca2+-free medium, pretreatment with an endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump inhibitor, thapsigargin, prevented ATP from releasing Ca2+. In contrast, thapsigargin still increased [Ca2+], after pretreatment with 10 microM ATP. These results indicate that 10 microM ATP released Ca2+ mainly from thapsigargin-sensitive stores. Adding 3 mM Ca2+ induced a concentration-dependent increase in [Ca2+]i after pretreatment with ATP or thapsigargin in Ca2+-free medium, suggesting ATP induced Ca2+ influx via capacitative Ca2+ entry. ATP (10 microM)-induced Ca2+ release was abolished by inhibiting phospholipase C with 2 microM U73122, indicating that inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) mediates ATP-induced Ca2+ release. Conversely, ATP-induced [Ca2+]i increase was abolished by activating protein kinase C (PKC) with 10 nM phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), but was not altered by inhibiting PKC with 2 microM GF 109203X. This implies ATP-induced [Ca2+]i increase is a PMA-linked event. Together, the results suggest ATP increases [Ca2+]i in human neutrophils by releasing Ca2+ from IP3-coupled, thapsigargin-sensitive Ca2+ stores, and inducing Ca2+ influx via the process of capacitative Ca2+ entry. The ATP-induced Ca2+ signal is a PMA-linked event.
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- L W Chen
- Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
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Chen LW, Wei LC, Liu HL, Rao ZR. Noradrenergic neurons expressing substance P receptor (NK1) in the locus coeruleus complex: a double immunofluorescence study in the rat. Brain Res 2000; 873:155-9. [PMID: 10915824 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(00)02494-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 10/18/2022]
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By using a double immunofluorescence method we examined the distribution of noradrenergic neurons expressing substance P receptor (NK1) or neuromedin K receptor (NK3) in the rat brainstem. The distribution of SPR-like immunoreactive (-LI) neurons completely overlapped that of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-LI neurons in the locus coeruleus (A6), ventrolateral and lateral reticular formation of pons (A5 and A7). Partially overlapping distribution of SPR- and TH-LI neurons were found in certain regions of the medulla oblongata (A1-A4). Neurons showing both SPR- and TH-like immunoreactivities, however, were only found in the locus coeruleus complex (A5-A7): 100% of these TH-LI neurons displayed SPR-like immunoreactivity. Neurons showing both NKR- and TH-like immunoreactivities were not detected in the aforementioned areas of brainstem. The present study has provided morphological evidence for direct physiological modulation of noradrenergic neurons by tachykinins through SPR in locus coeruleus complex (A5-A7).
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- L W Chen
- Institute of Neurosciences, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China.
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Chen LW, Hsu CM, Huang JK, Chen JS, Chen SC. Effects of bombesin on gut mucosal immunity in rats after thermal injury. J Formos Med Assoc 2000; 99:491-8. [PMID: 10925556] [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: 02/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Severe burns induce a disruption in gastrointestinal mucosal integrity and facilitate bacterial translocation (BT). Bombesin (BBS), a tetradecapeptide analogous to mammalian gastrin-releasing peptide, can induce the release of all gut hormones except secretin. This study examined the effects of BBS on mucosal immunity in rats after thermal injury. METHODS Forty-two Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into one sham control group and six burn groups. Burn groups were subjected to 35% total body surface area burn injury. One to 6 days after the injury, six animals (one from each group) were killed every 24 hours. Biliary secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA), jejunal mucosal height, intestinal permeability, and BT to the mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs), liver, and spleen were examined. In a second experiment, three groups of rats (6 in each) received either sham treatment and saline injection, or thermal injury and saline injection, or thermal injury and BBS injection. Twenty-four hours after burns or sham treatment, six animals (1 from each group) were killed. The biliary SIgA, jejunal mucosal height, and BT to the MLNs, liver, and spleen were examined. RESULTS The biliary SIgA decreased to one-seventh of normal levels 1 day after burn injury, and increased thereafter. The jejunal mucosal height decreased significantly to two-thirds of the normal value 1 day after burn injury. The intestinal mucosal permeability increased significantly to three times the normal level 2 days after the burn injury, and decreased thereafter. BBA significantly reduced the BT incidence and significantly increased the biliary SIgA and jejunal mucosal height 1 day after burn injury. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study show that, in rats, the intestinal permeability increased, the gut mucosal barrier failed, and the gut immunity deteriorated in the first few days after burn injury. BBS therapy helped to restore the postburn gut mucosal barrier in rats, by increasing biliary SIgA levels and the jejunal mucosal height.
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- L W Chen
- Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Wei Q, Zhou DH, Shen QX, Chen J, Chen LW, Wang TL, Pei G, Chi ZQ. Human mu-opioid receptor overexpressed in Sf9 insect cells functionally coupled to endogenous Gi/o proteins. Cell Res 2000; 10:93-102. [PMID: 10896171 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7290039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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: 11/09/2022] Open
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Human mu-opioid receptor (HmuOR) with a tag of six consecutive histidines at its carboxyl terminus had been expressed in recombinant baculovirus infected Sf9 insect cells. The maximal binding capacity for the [3H] diprenorphine and [3H]ohmefentanyl (Ohm) were 9.1 +/- 0.7 and 6.52 +/- 0.23 nmol/g protein, respectively. The [3H] diprenorphine or [3H] Ohm binding to the receptor expressed in Sf9 cells was strongly inhibited by mu-selective agonists [D-Ala2, N-methyl-Phe4, glyol5]enkephalin (DAGO), Ohm, and morphine, but neither by delta nor by kappa selective agonist. Na+ (100 mM) and GTP (50 microM) could reduce HmuOR agonists etorphine and Ohm affinity binding to the overexpressed HmuOR. mu-selective agonists DAGO and Ohm effectively stimulated [35S]GTP-gammaS binding (EC50 = 2.7 nM and 6.9 nM) and inhibited forskolin- stimulated cAMP accumulation (IC50 = 0.9 nM and 0.3 nM). The agonist-dependent effects could be blocked by opioid antagonist naloxone or by pretreatment of cells with pertussis toxin (PTX). These results demonstrated that HmuOR overexpressed in Sf9 insect cells functionally coupled to endogenous G(i/o) proteins.
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- Q Wei
- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Academy of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Guo X, Chen LW, Liu WL, Guo ZG. High glucose inhibits expression of inducible and constitutive nitric oxide synthase in bovine aortic endothelial cells. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2000; 21:325-8. [PMID: 11324460] [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: 02/19/2023] Open
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AIM To investigate the effects of high glucose on the expression of nitric-oxide synthase (NOS) in cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEC). METHODS BAEC were cultured and passaged in normal glucose (NG) 5.5 mmol.L-1, high glucose (HG) 25 mmol.L-1, or high osmolarity (glucose 5.5 mmol.L-1 + mannitol 19.5 mmol.L-1, Mann-BAEC), lipopolysaccharides (LPS)-induced nitric oxide (NO) production was assessed by Griess reaction. The expression of inducible NOS (iNOS) and constitutive NOS (ecNOS) was determined by Western blot. RESULTS At a concentration range from 0.5 to 2 mg.L-1, LPS stimulated NO production in NG-BAEC in a concentration-dependent manner. NO production reached the peak level at LPS 1 mg.L-1. HG inhibited NO production, when compared with NG- and Mann-BAEC (nitrite mumol.L-1: HG-BAEC 43 +/- 8, vs NG-BAEC 71 +/- 11, Mann-BAEC 70 +/- 9, n = 4 experiments, P < 0.01). iNOS expression was decreased by 39.9% and 39.3%, and ecNOS by 28% and 24% respectively in HG-BAEC, when compared with NG- or Mann-BAEC. However, no marked difference was observed in the LPS-induced NO production and the expression of iNOS and ecNOS between NG- and Mann-BAEC. CONCLUSIONS Inhibition of BAEC NO production by HG was mainly due to a decreased expression of NOS protein.
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- X Guo
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Hu-nan Medical University, Changsha 410078, China
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Chen LW, Shen AY, Chen JS, Wu SN. Differential regulation of Ca2+ influx by fMLP and PAF in human neutrophils: possible involvement of store-operated Ca2+ channel. Shock 2000; 13:175-82. [PMID: 10718373 DOI: 10.1097/00024382-200003000-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Calcium (Ca2+) influx into human polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) in response to N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP) and platelet-activating factor (PAF) stimulation was studied. Whole blood was taken by venous puncture from healthy human volunteers. PMNs were isolated, diluted, and incubated with 2 microM fura-2 AM. The cytosolic free calcium concentration, [Ca2+]i, in human neutrophils was determined by microfluorometry. We found that the net area under the fMLP- or PAF-induced [Ca2+]i rise curve in Ca2+-free medium decreased to 75% or 30% of the area under the curve in Ca2+ medium. Treatment of PMNs with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), a protein kinase C activator, completely abolished the intracellular Ca2+ level stimulated by PAF, but not the intracellular Ca2+ level stimulated by fMLP. Treatment of PMNs with PAF did not abolish the intracellular Ca2+ level elevation stimulated by fMLP. In addition, treatment of PMNs with fMLP did not abolish intracellular Ca2+ level elevation stimulated by PAF. Loperamide, a positive modulator for store-operated calcium (SOC) channels, elicited an increase in intracellular calcium after the activation of SOC channels stimulated by fMLP or PAF. After the addition of guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate, N2,2'-O-Dibutyryl-, sodium salt (db-cGMP), the initial increase of PAF- or fMLP-induced PMNs intracellular Ca2+ fluorescences was well preserved, but the slope and the peak height of fluorescence curves declined compared with the curves without db-cGMP. In conclusion, we found that PAF and fMLP regulate the Ca2+ influx of PMNs in different ways. Most of the PAF-induced [Ca2+]i rise resulted from Ca2+ influx, and most of the fMLP-induced [Ca2+]i elevation resulted from intracellular stores release. The initial mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ stores in PAF-stimulated signals is mediated by protein kinase C (PKC) phosphorylation, but not in fMLP-stimulated route. SOC channels are present and important in the fMLP- or PAF-induced PMNs Ca2+ influx. There was no apparent cross-regulation between PAF- and fMLP-stimulated intracellular Ca2+ influx.
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- L W Chen
- Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Jan CR, Chen LW, Lin MW. Ca(2+) mobilization evoked by chloroform in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2000; 292:995-1001. [PMID: 10688615] [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: 02/15/2023] Open
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The effect of chloroform on Ca(2+) mobilization in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells was examined by using Fura-2 as a Ca(2+) probe. Chloroform (24-248 mM) concentration dependently increased intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)). Ca(2+) removal inhibited the Ca(2+) signals evoked by 93 to 248 mM chloroform by reducing both the initial rise and the sustained phase. In Ca(2+)-free medium, pretreatment with 93 mM chloroform abolished the Ca(2+) release induced by 1 microM thapsigargin, an endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) pump inhibitor, and partially reduced the Ca(2+) release induced by 2 microM carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone, a mitochondrial uncoupler. Pretreatment with carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone and thapsigargin to deplete the Ca(2+) stores in mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum, respectively, only partially inhibited chloroform-induced Ca(2+) release. This suggests that chloroform released Ca(2+) from multiple internal pools. The addition of 3 mM Ca(2+) increased [Ca(2+)](i) after pretreatment with 93 mM chloroform in Ca(2+)-free medium. La(3+) (1 mM) partially inhibited the [Ca(2+)](i) increase induced by 93 mM chloroform. Chloroform (93 mM)-induced Ca(2+) release was not altered when the formation of inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate was abolished by U73122 (2 microM), a phospholipase C inhibitor, but was inhibited by 90% by inhibition of phospholipase A(2) with 40 microM aristolochic acid. Collectively, we found that 93 mM chloroform increased [Ca(2+)](i) in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells by releasing Ca(2+) from multiple stores in a manner independent of the formation of inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate, followed by Ca(2+) entry from external medium. Other solvents, such as ethanol, methanol, and DMSO, did not affect the resting [Ca(2+)](i) at a concentration of 248 mM.
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- C R Jan
- Department of Medical Education, Veterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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Guo X, Liu WL, Chen LW, Guo ZG. High glucose impairs endothelium-dependent relaxation in rabbit aorta. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2000; 21:169-73. [PMID: 11263266] [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: 02/19/2023] Open
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AIM To study the effects of high glucose on endothelium-dependent relaxation (EDR) and the action of L-arginine, superoxide dismutase (SOD), or glucose re-normalization in aorta. METHODS Measurement of EDR of the isolated rabbit thoracic aortic rings. RESULTS Elevated glucose (25 mmol.L-1) caused profound impairment of acetylcholine (ACh)-induced relaxation, EC50: 1.6 mumol.L-1 (95% CL: 7.9 nmol.L(-1)-6.3 mumol.L-1) vs normal glucose (5.5 mmol.L-1) EC50: 0.08 mumol.L-1 (95% CL: 0.02 mumol.L(-1)-0.3 mumol.L-1) (P < 0.01), which not reversed followed by a further 24 h incubation in normal glucose M199, EC50: 2.0 mumol.L-1 (95% CL: 0.2 pmol.L(-1)-12.5 mumol.L-1). However, aortic rings incubated with mannitol (19.5 mmol.L-1) relaxed to ACh normally. L-arginine 1 mmol.L-1 or SOD 150 U.L-1 restored ACh relaxation in elevated glucose to normal, EC50: 0.16 mumol.L-1 (95% CL: 0.04 mumol.L(-1)-0.8 mumol.L-1) and 0.16 mumol.L-1 (95% CL: 0.03-0.63 mumol.L-1). The relaxation in response to sodium nitroprusside was not different between rings exposed to normal or elevated glucose. CONCLUSION Hyperglycemia impaired EDR, which was not reversible by glucose re-normalization, increased free radical production and altered L-arginine metabolism were involved in this endothelium dysfunction.
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- X Guo
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Hu-nan Medical University, Changsha 410078, China.
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The expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is increased in the intestine and results in mucosal damage after endotoxin challenge. Although the oral administration of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) solution promotes bacterial translocation (BT) and increases the intestinal permeability, the role of NO in the nutrition-induced loss of mucosal barrier function remains unclear. The distribution of fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran (FITC-dextran, 4400) across the lumen of small intestine in rat was examined to investigate the role of NOS activity on the intestinal permeability under oral TPN feeding. Fifty-one rats were randomly divided into 4 groups. Group I (control group) was fed with rat chow, group II received TPN solution orally. Groups III and IV received TPN solution supplemented with NOS inhibitors. On day 9, FITC-dextran was injected into the intestinal lumen. After 30 min, blood samples were taken from portal vein and analyzed for plasma FITC-dextran level by fluorescence spectrophotometry. Samples of small intestine were frozen and sectioned in a cryostat for morphological and NOS histochemical studies. Homogenates of small intestine were used for NOS activity measurement. The plasma level of FITC-dextran showed a significant increase (P < 0.05) in rats fed with oral TPN compared with the control ones. Supplement with NOS inhibitors significantly decreased the intestinal permeability in groups III and IV compared with group II. Similarly, the total NOS activities showed a significant 2-fold increase (P< 0.05) in group II, and NOS inhibitors decreased the elevated NOS activity. These data suggest that oral TPN feeding for 9 days leads to an increase in permeability to dextran and the total NOS activity of small intestine, and both induction of the intestinal permeability and NOS activity were inhibited by treatment with NOS inhibitors. Addition of S-methylisothiourea (SMT), an iNOS selective inhibitor, profoundly inhibited 66% of the induced iNOS activity (P < 0.05) and reduced 74% of the diet-induced increase in intestinal permeability (P < 0.05) in group II. The induced permeability change in rats receiving oral TPN is mainly due to the activity of intestinal mucosal iNOS. The induction of iNOS is an important mediator for intestinal barrier dysfunction. Administration of SMT, which specifically decreases iNOS activity, is useful in the prevention of diet-induced barrier failure.
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- C M Hsu
- Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Guo X, Liu WL, Chen LW, Guo ZG. High glucose enhances H2O2-induced apoptosis in bovine aortic endothelial cells. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2000; 21:41-5. [PMID: 11263246] [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: 02/19/2023] Open
Abstract
AIM To investigate the effect of high glucose on hydroperoxide (H2O2)-induced apoptosis in cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEC). METHODS BAEC were cultured and passaged in normal glucose (5.5 mmol.L-1, NG) and high glucose (25 mmol.L-1, HG). Morphologic changes and quantification of apoptotic cells were determined under fluorescence microscope after H2O2-treated BAEC for 24 h with Hoechst 33258 staining. DNA fragmentation was visualized by agarose gel electrophoresis. The expression of phospho-p38 Ca(2+)-calmodulin dependent protein kinase (CCDPK, formerly called MAPK) was measured by Western blotting. RESULTS H2O2 elicited typical apoptotic morphologic changes (chromatic condensation, nucleus fragmentation). At 100 -300 mumol.L-1, both NG- and HG-BAEC incubated with H2O2 for 24 h increased cell apoptosis and phospho-p38 CCDPK expression in a concentration-dependent manner. In HG-BAEC, H2O2 induced DNA fragmentation at a lower concentration than that in NG-BAEC, and the apoptotic cell count in HG-BAEC was also higher than that of NG-BAEC (P < 0.05). Similarly, the expression of phospho-p38 CCDPK induced by H2O2 was up-regulated in HG-BAEC (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION High glucose enhances H2O2-induced apoptosis in BAEC, which is related to high expression of phospho-p38 CCDPK.
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Affiliation(s)
- X Guo
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Hunan Medical University, Changsha 410078, China.
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