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Fang LJ, Yao XD, Lu MQ, Chu B, Shi L, Gao S, Xiang QQ, Wang YT, Liu X, Ding YH, Chen Y, Wang MZ, Zhao X, Hu WK, Sun K, Bao L. [Comparison of the predictive value of Padua and the IMPEDE assessment scores for venous thromboembolism in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: A single institution experience]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2023; 44:395-400. [PMID: 37550189 PMCID: PMC10440615 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2023.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Objective: To compare the predictive efficacy of the two thrombosis risk assessment scores (Padua and IMPEDE scores) in venous thromboembolism (VTE) within 6 months in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) in China. Methods: This study reviewed the clinical data of 421 patients with NDMM hospitalized in Beijing Jishuitan Hospital from April 2014 to February 2022. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and Youden index of the two scores were calculated to quantify the thrombus risk assessment of VTE by the Padua and IMPEDE scores. The receiver operating characteristics curves of the two evaluation scores were drawn. Results: The incidence of VTE was 14.73%. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and Youden index of the Padua score were 100%, 0%, 14.7%, and 0% and that of the IMPEDE score was 79%, 44%, 49.2%, and 23%, respectively. The areas under the curve of Padua and IMPEDE risk assessment scores were 0.591 and 0.722, respectively. Conclusion: IMPEDE score is suitable for predicting VTE within 6 months in patients with NDMM.
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- L J Fang
- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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Ding YH, Bao L, Lu MQ, Chu B, Shi L, Gao S, Xiang QQ, Fang LJ, Wang YT, Liu X. [Treatment of TAFRO syndrome with tocilizumab: a case report]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2021; 41:1052. [PMID: 33445859 PMCID: PMC7840554 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2020.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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- Y H Ding
- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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Lu MQ, Gong JY, Li CY, Wang JS, Kuerbanjiang A. [Drug-induced vanishing bile duct syndrome]. Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2020; 58:430-431. [PMID: 32392965 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112140-20190923-00605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- M Q Lu
- Department of Pediatrics, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University,Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University,Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University,Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China
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Wang YM, Ma YQ, Bi SC, Ma XD, Guan R, Wang SH, Lu MQ, Shi FS, Hu SH. Therapeutic effect of ginsenoside Rg1 on mastitis experimentally induced by lipopolysaccharide in lactating goats. J Dairy Sci 2019; 102:2443-2452. [PMID: 30612791 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2018-15280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Escherichia coli is a cause of subclinical and clinical mastitis in dairy cattle and goats, and sometimes causes severe clinical disease that may result in death of the animal. Previous investigation showed that ginsenoside Rg1 extracted from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer (Araliaceae) has an anti-inflammatory effect on the sepsis induced by E. coli lipopolysaccharide via competitive binding to toll-like receptor 4. We hypothesized that intravenous injection of Rg1 had therapeutic effect on mastitis experimentally induced by intramammary infusion of lipopolysaccharide in lactating goats. In this study, 9 lactating goats were randomly assigned to 1 of the 3 groups: (1) lipopolysaccharide intramammary infusion + saline intravenous injection, (2) lipopolysaccharide intramammary infusion + Rg1 intravenous injection, and (3) saline intramammary administration + saline intravenous injection. Because no adverse clinical signs were observed after intramammary infusion of saline and intravenous injection of Rg1 in a preliminary experiment, and available qualified goats were limited in this study, this treatment was not included in this study. One udder half of each goat received intramammary infusion of lipopolysaccharide (50 μg/kg of body weight; groups 1 and 2) or saline solution (group 3), and the other half was infused with 2 mL of saline solution at h 0. Afterward, intravenous injections of saline solution (groups 1 and 3) or Rg1 (2.5 mg/kg of body weight; group 2) were administered at h 2 and 4 post-lipopolysaccharide challenge. Blood and milk samples were collected 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 48, and 72 h post-lipopolysaccharide challenge, and clinical signs were monitored hourly after lipopolysaccharide challenge within the first 10 h and at the same time points as blood samples. The results showed that Rg1 treatment downregulated rectal temperature, udder skin temperature, udder girth, milk somatic cell count, and N-acetyl-β-d-glucosaminidase and upregulated milk production, lactose, and recovered blood components, such as white blood cells, neutrophils, lymphocytes, total proteins, albumin, and globulin. Considering the positive therapeutic effect on lipopolysaccharide-induced mastitis in goats presented in this study as well as the anti-inflammatory activity found previously, the botanical Rg1 deserves further study as a therapeutic agent in the treatment of E. coli mastitis in dairy animals.
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- Y M Wang
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China.
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Xu YJ, Tang XY, Yang M, Zhang SG, Liu MH, Guo YX, Lu MQ. [The therapeutic effects of interleukin 10 gene-modified bone marrow-derived dendritic cells in a murine model of liver fibrosis]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2018; 57:835-840. [PMID: 30392240 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1426.2018.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the therapeutic effects and mechanisms of interleukin-10 (IL-10) gene-modified dendritic cells (DC-IL-10) in mice with liver fibrosis. Methods: DC-IL-10 was constructed in vitro, the phenotype and function of which were evaluated by flow cytometry. BALB/c mice were treated with intraperitoneal injection of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) to establish liver fibrotic model. DC-IL-10 was administrated via tail vein. Animals were divided into 4 groups including normal dendritic cell(DC) control, liver fibrosis only, negative lentiviral transfection DC (DC-mock) and DC-IL-10. Liver function, cytokine secretion, T lymphocyte differentiation and liver histomorphology were tested. Real-time PCR and western blot were used to analyze the effect of DC-IL-10 on Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and its role in liver fibrosis. Results: When compared with DC control and DC-mock, the expression of DC-IL-10 surface stimulating molecules (major histocompatibity complex-Ⅱ, CD(80), CD(86)) were significantly decreased (F=14.708, 22.503, 12.595, respectively, all P<0.05), and DC-IL-10 significantly inhibited T lymphocyte proliferation (F=50.295, P<0.05). When compared with liver fibrosis group, serum alanine aminotransferase and aspartate transaminase were decreased in DC-IL-10 treated group (all P<0.05), other parameters including inflammatory factors (tumor necrosis factor α, IL-6, IL-1β) reduced (all P <0.05), the proportion of regulatory T cells (Treg) increased (F=6.742, P<0.05), pathological damage improved, the expression of Wnt3a, α-SMA and β-catenin mRNA and protein significantly reduced in DC-IL-10 treatment group (all P<0.001) . Conclusions: DC-IL-10 induces elevation of Treg for immune tolerance, as well as inhibition of inflammatory response, block of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, which translates into improvement of liver fibrosis.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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Chu B, Lu MQ, Wu MQ, Shi L, Fu LN, Gao S, Fang LJ, Xiang QQ, Bao L. [Clinical characteristics of bone disease in multiple myeloma and clinical significance of monitoring bone metabolic markers]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2016; 96:1424-9. [PMID: 27266350 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2016.18.008] [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 observe the clinical characteristics of bone disease in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and the clinical significance of monitoring bone metabolic markers. METHODS The data of 178 MM cases newly diagnosed in Beijing Ji Shui Tan Hospital from January 2009 to June 2014 were reviewed to analysis the types and classification of bone disease and to observe the clinical characteristics of patients with different grades of bone disease. The levels of bone metabolic markers total procollagen type Ⅰ N-terminal peptide (tPINP) and β C-terminal telopeptide of type Ⅰ collagen (β-CTX) were monitored regularly in the two years following treatment in 66 cases. RESULTS (1) Among the 178 newly diagnosed MM cases, 167 cases complained of pain in bones on first visit, 35 cases combined with hypercalcemia, 83 cases combined with osteoporosis, 154 cases combined with osteolytic bone destruction, and 73 cases combined with pathologic fracture. The most common osteolytic location was the spine. The most common fracture sites was the spine. (2) According to bone disease grading, the 178 cases were divided into group A (bone grade 0-2, n=51) and group B(bone grade 3-4, n=127). There were no significant differences between group A and group B in gender, median age, therapeutic effect/ineffec, median overall survival, median progress-free survival, mean serum lactic dehydrogenase, mean albumin, urine light chains and serum creatinine(all P>0.05). Compared with group A, group B had lower hemoglobin level[(99.78±29.93)vs (108.84±29.30) g/L], and higher blood calcium level[(2.47±0.40)vs (2.30±0.29) mmol/L], serum β2-microglobuin level[(6.04±4.84)vs (4.12±3.97)mg/L], and bone marrow plasma cells percentage(33.30%±24.87% vs 23.51%±22.67%)(all P<0.05). (3) Before treatment, the levels of β-CTX and tPINP in patients of group B(n=47) were higher than those in group A(n=19)(median 0.78 vs 0.42 μg/L, 60.95 vs 43.47 μg/L, both P<0.05). The ratio of β-CTX /tPINP in group B was higher than that in group A (median 0.017 vs 0.012, P<0.05). After chemotherapy for 3 months, there were no differences in the level of tPINP compared with that before treatment in both group A and group B (both P>0.05), the level of β-CTX decreased significantly compared with that before treatment in both groups(median 0.16 vs 0.42 μg/L, 0.26 vs 0.78 μg/L, both P<0.05); the ratio of β-CTX /tPINP decreased significantly compared with that before treatment in both group A and in group B(median 0.008 vs 0.012, 0.011 vs 0.017, both P<0.05). There were no differences in the level of β-CTX, tPINP and β-CTX/tPINP ratio after treatment for 6 months, 1 year and 2 years compared with that after 3 months in both group A and group B (all P>0.05). (4)All patients were divided into two groups according to the therapeutic effect: effective group included patients who reach the effect of partial remission or better remission(n=48), while ineffective group included patients who did not reach the effect of partial remission(n=18). Before treatment there were no differences in the level of β-CTX, tPINP and β-CTX/tPINP ratio between the effective groupand the ineffective group (all P>0.05). After chemotherapy for 3 months, there were no differences in the level of tPINP compared with that before treatment in both effective group and ineffective group (all P>0.05), but the level of β-CTX decreased significantly compared with that before treatment both in effective group and ineffective group (median 0.24 vs 0.60 μg/L, 0.44 vs 0.95 μg/L, both P<0.05). The ratio of β-CTX /tPINP decreased significantly compared with that before treatment both in effective group and ineffective group (median 0.005 vs 0.012, 0.005 vs 0.011, both P<0.05). There were no differences in the level of β-CTX, tPINP and β-CTX/tPINP ratio after treatment for 6 months, 1 year and 2 years compared with that for 3 months both in effective group and ineffective group (all P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS Pain in bones, osteolysis and pathological fracture are the most common clinical manifestations in myeloma-related bone disease. The severity of bone disease can reflect the tumor load, but may not affect the therapeutic effect and the overall survival. The bone metabolic markers tPINP and β-CTX can be used to evaluate the severity of myeloma-related bone disease at diagnosis and to monitor the effect of treatment for bone disease.
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- B Chu
- Department of Hematology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100096, China
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Li X, Zhang JF, Lu MQ, Yang Y, Xu C, Li H, Wang GS, Cai CJ, Chen GH. Alleviation of ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat liver transplantation by induction of small interference RNA targeting Fas. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2007; 392:345-51. [PMID: 17235585 DOI: 10.1007/s00423-006-0142-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2006] [Accepted: 12/12/2006] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cellular apoptosis plays an important role in ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury during organ transplantation. Synthetic small interference RNA (siRNA) targeting apoptotic receptor Fas has proven effective to protect mice against hepatitis and renal I/R injury. The objective of this study is to investigate the silencing impact of Fas siRNA to alleviate I/R injury in rat liver transplantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Rat hepatocytes (BRL cells) were transfected with three pairs of synthesized Fas siRNA; cells untreated and treated with GFP siRNA were taken as blank and siRNA control. The most effective Fas siRNA was chosen for in vivo experiments. Syngeneic orthotopic liver transplantation was performed in Fas siRNA group, siRNA control group, and blank control group of Sprague-Dawley rats. There were 25 pairs of rats in each group. siRNA transfection of donor rats was done with hydrodynamic injection method 48 h before liver procurement. Blood and liver samples were collected for evaluation of serum ALT levels, Fas protein and mRNA expression, and apoptosis by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining, 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24 h after liver transplantation. RESULTS Fas siRNA2, which inhibited Fas gene expression much more than other siRNAs, was chosen for in vivo experiment. The serum ALT levels of Fas siRNA group were much less than those of blank and siRNA control groups 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24 h after blood reperfusion, indicating diminishing ischemia-reperfusion injury. Donor livers in Fas siRNA group had substantially less cell apoptosis. The expression of Fas mRNA and protein was reduced dramatically in the Fas siRNA group compared with the other two groups. CONCLUSION Fas-mediated apoptosis play an important role in I/R injury of rat liver transplantation. Silencing Fas by hydrodynamic injection of siRNA holds therapeutic promise to limit I/R injury.
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- X Li
- Department of Liver Transplantation, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510630, China
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- Transplantation Center, Affiliated First Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, 510080 Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
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Lu MQ, O'Brien L, Stuart IM. Barley malting quality and yield interrelationships and the effect on yield distribution of selection for malting quality in the early generations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1071/ar99084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Relationships between malting quality attributes and grain yield in
segregating populations can profoundly influence the intensity and sequence of
trait selection. Consequently, the interrelationships between malting quality
parameters predicted by near infrared transmittance (NIT) spectroscopy, grain
weight, and grain yield in unselected populations of F2,
F3, and F4 breeding lines from 4
barley crosses were examined. The simple and partial correlations between malt
extract, protein content, and diastatic power were similar to those reported
in previous studies except for a positive correlation between malt extract and
diastatic power in the F2 and F3
generations. This positive relationship should enhance selection for improved
malting quality in breeding programs.
There were no relationships between grain yield and malting quality
attributes, which would have an adverse impact on the intensity and sequence
of trait selection.
The effect of F2 and F3 selection
for malting quality on F3 and F4
yield distributions was estimated by comparing the F3
and F4 yield distributions of the entire unselected
population with those for the selected populations. Individual selection and
sequential independent selection in the F2 and
F3 generation for malting quality parameters predicted
by NIT spectroscopy and grain weight in 4 crosses generally did not alter the
nature of the subsequent yield distributions, yet 78–90% of lines
could be discarded and there still existed adequate genetic gain for grain
yield in the retained population of potentially good malting quality lines.
These results indicate that barley breeders could use NIT spectroscopy to
efficiently select in the early generations for malting quality prior to the
conduct of yield testing and obtain good genetic gain for both malting quality
and grain yield.
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Lu MQ, O'Brien L, Stuart IM. Environmental and genetic variation for grain yield and barley malting quality attributes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1071/ar99042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Genotype, environment, and genotype × environment interaction effects
for malting quality attributes and grain yield were investigated using
breeding lines from the F2, F3, and F4 generations and the parental varieties of 4
barley crosses. There were significant differences between the parental
varieties for all attributes studied. Both malting quality and grain yield
exhibited a wide range among progenies in all generations. While performance
of the parental varieties and progeny for malting quality and grain yield were
greatly influenced by environment, performance in one environment was
predictive of that in other environments. Only for grain protein content was
there evidence of crossover G × E interaction.
Heritability was generally higher for F3 to F4 than for F2 to F3 for all malting quality attributes. F3 on F2 regression per cent
heritability estimates for protein content, potential malt extract and grain
weight were all highly significant with values generally medium in magnitude.
Genetic gain was obtained from selection in both the F2
and F3 generations. Heritability and genetic gain
varied from cross to cross for diastatic power. Progress from selection for
the other quality attributes attests to the potential value of NIT (near
infrared transmittance) spectroscopy for predicting potential malting quality.
Heritability for F2 to F3 for
grain yield was not significant in any cross, indicating selection for yield
on the basis of individual F2 plant yield was
ineffective. Heritability for grain yield from F3 to F4 was highly significant and medium in magnitude for 3
of the 4 crosses.
The results of this study indicate that good genetic gain could be expected
from early generation selection for potential malting quality using NIT
spectroscopy and for grain yield using F3 progeny
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- D T Akin
- Dental Research Centers, Emory University School of Postgraduate Dentistry, USA
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A fluorescent analog of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II), cis-bis(6-aminoquinoline)dichloroplatinum(II), was prepared from K2[PtCl4] and 6-aminoquinoline (AQL). HPLC of the thiourea derivative of the new complex showed that it has the cis-configuration. The Pt-AQL complex and the parent ligand AQL were evaluated for biological activity and cellular uptake, using the ciliate Tetrahymena pigmentosa. The complex was relatively nontoxic at the tested levels below 5 x 10(-4) M, but did exhibit inhibition of culture growth at 5 x 10(-4) M. Measurement of cellular uptake of the Pt-AQL complex demonstrated incorporation into the cell, with localization primarily within the vacuoles of the cells. Comparable measurement of the parent ligand AQL showed little measurable cellular uptake.
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- M Q Lu
- Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls 50614
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Hydrin 1 is the biosynthetic precursor of vasotocin in Xenopus laevis. We have synthesized deamino and fluorescein analogues of hydrin 1 and characterized their physiological action in the urinary bladder of the toad, Bufo marinus. 1-Deamino-hydrin 1 (d-hydrin) was more potent than vasotocin in stimulating osmotic water flow across intact bladders and more potent than vasotocin in displacing tritium-labeled vasopressin [( 3H]AVP) from cell membranes. 1-Deamino-[11-lysine (fluorescein)]-hydrin 1 (flu-hydrin) was found to be the most potent fluorescent vasotocin receptor probe synthesized to date. Flu-hydrin increased osmotic water flow across bladders with a half-maximal effective dose (ED50) value of 6 x 10(-10) M and displaced [3H]AVP from membranes with a half-maximal concentration (IC50) value of 3 x 10(-9) M. The hydrosmotic response to flu-hydrin was blocked by 1-deamino-[4-lysine (p-azido-benzoyl)]arginine vasotocin [d4Lys(N3)-AVT]. Epifluorescence light microscopic studies showed vesicular uptake of flu-hydrin at the basolateral membrane of toad bladder epithelial cells, and this uptake was blocked by d4Lys(N3)AVT. This study shows that d-hydrin can serve as a foundation molecule to which reporter groups, such as fluorescent residues, can be attached with better preservation of hydrosmotic activity than is possible with similar modifications of vasotocin.
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- P Eggena
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai Medical Schools, City University of New York, New York 10029
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