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Schnettler JD, Wang MS, Gantz M, Bunzel HA, Karas C, Hollfelder F, Hecht MH. Selection of a promiscuous minimalist cAMP phosphodiesterase from a library of de novo designed proteins. Nat Chem 2024:10.1038/s41557-024-01490-4. [PMID: 38702405 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-024-01490-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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The ability of unevolved amino acid sequences to become biological catalysts was key to the emergence of life on Earth. However, billions of years of evolution separate complex modern enzymes from their simpler early ancestors. To probe how unevolved sequences can develop new functions, we use ultrahigh-throughput droplet microfluidics to screen for phosphoesterase activity amidst a library of more than one million sequences based on a de novo designed 4-helix bundle. Characterization of hits revealed that acquisition of function involved a large jump in sequence space enriching for truncations that removed >40% of the protein chain. Biophysical characterization of a catalytically active truncated protein revealed that it dimerizes into an α-helical structure, with the gain of function accompanied by increased structural dynamics. The identified phosphodiesterase is a manganese-dependent metalloenzyme that hydrolyses a range of phosphodiesters. It is most active towards cyclic AMP, with a rate acceleration of ~109 and a catalytic proficiency of >1014 M-1, comparable to larger enzymes shaped by billions of years of evolution.
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, USA.
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Chen Y, Qin LY, Lin SR, Yang LL, Zhang K, Ye LY, Jin YH, Wang MS. [Molecular mechanism analysis of a family with hereditary coagulation F Ⅺ deficiency caused by compound heterozygous mutations]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2024; 45:294-298. [PMID: 38716603 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn121090-20230814-00065] [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: 05/14/2024]
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A 34 year old female patient was scheduled to undergo surgical resection due to a "breast nodule". Preoperative examination revealed an activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) of 66.2 seconds, coagulation factor Ⅺ activity (FⅪ: C) of 2%, and FⅪ antigen (FⅪ: Ag) of 40.3%. The patient and family members showed no abnormal bleeding symptoms. Diagnosed as hereditary coagulation factor Ⅺ deficiency. Genetic testing revealed that the F11 gene had a heterozygous nonsense mutation in exon 10, c.1107C>A (p.Tyr351stop), and a heterozygous missense mutation in exon 13, c.1562A>G (p.Tyr503Cys). The father and son were p Heterozygous carriers of Tyr351stop mutation, while the mother and daughter are p Heterozygous carriers of Tyr503Cys mutations. The in vitro expression results showed that p The Tyr351stop mutation resulted in a significant decrease in the transcription level of F11 gene, while p The Tyr503Cys mutation has no effect on the transcription level and protein expression level of F11 gene, but it leads to a significant decrease in the level of FⅪ:C in the cell culture supernatant.
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- Y Chen
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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Su XH, Ye J, Lei C, Wei SJ, Zheng HB, Shan XY, Wang B, Wang MS. Secondary ear reconstruction based on the Nagata method after unsatisfactory microtia surgery outcomes. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2023; 87:251-258. [PMID: 37924716 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2023.10.075] [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: 07/08/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Follow-up studies on auricular reconstruction procedures have reported postoperative complications; some of which can only be reversed with revision surgery. This study aims to provide a feasible surgical strategy based on the Nagata method for patients requiring secondary revision and verify mid-term aesthetic outcomes. METHODS Secondary auricular reconstructions based on the Nagata method were performed on seven patients seeking secondary revision between 2017 and 2021. Scores of a five-point Likert scale and artificial intelligence ratings based on convolutional nerve networks were used as outcome measures. RESULTS Five patients underwent complete two-stage ear reconstruction, and the other two patients underwent the first-stage microtia procedure only. Few complications were observed, except in Case 4; this patient required an additional minor surgery after frame exposure 6 weeks after the first-stage procedure. All revised ears showed clear anatomical structures, and all patients were satisfied with the aesthetic results. Statistical analysis showed a significant increase in postoperative versus preoperative scores by convolutional neural network models (p < 0.05). Cases 5 and 6, which involved projection surgeries only, had decreased artificial intelligence appearance scores postoperatively. CONCLUSION After adequate preoperative evaluation, secondary auricle reconstruction based on the Nagata method can achieve reliable aesthetic outcomes with few complications. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION INFORMATION ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05604456.
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- X H Su
- Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, China; Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350212, China
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- Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, China; Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350212, China
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- Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, China; Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350212, China
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- Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, China; Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350212, China
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- Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, China; Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350212, China
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- Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, China; Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350212, China
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- Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, China; Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350212, China
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- Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, China; Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350212, China.
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Skinner AM, Tan X, Westman C, Birris T, Drwiega EN, Wang MS, Johnson S. Efficacy of bezlotoxumab to prevent recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in patients with multiple prior recurrent CDI. Anaerobe 2023; 84:102788. [PMID: 37931679 DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102788] [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: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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Among 23 patients with multiply recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (mrCDI) who received bezlotoxumab at the end of antibiotic treatment a sustained clinical response of 91 % at 30 days and 78 % at 90 days was achieved. Bezlotoxumab administered at the end of antibiotic treatment was effective in patients with mrCDI.
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- Andrew M Skinner
- Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USA; Edward Hines Jr., Veteran Affairs Hospital, Research Section, Infection Diseases Section, Hines, IL, USA.
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Spectrum Health Lakeland, Department of Medicine, Saint Joseph, MI, USA; Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Department of Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA.
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- Spectrum Health Lakeland, Department of Medicine, Saint Joseph, MI, USA; Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Department of Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA.
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Spectrum Health Lakeland, Department of Medicine, Saint Joseph, MI, USA; Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Department of Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA.
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- Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USA; Edward Hines Jr., Veteran Affairs Hospital, Research Section, Infection Diseases Section, Hines, IL, USA.
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Zeng ML, Yang LL, Zou AQ, Chen Y, Jia KQ, Wang MS, Jin YH. [Clinical characteristics and gene mutation analysis of two families with hereditary protein C deficiency]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2023; 44:952-955. [PMID: 38185528 PMCID: PMC10753262 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2023.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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- M L Zeng
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou 325015, China
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Jia KQ, Su ZX, Chen HL, Zheng XY, Zeng ML, Zhang K, Ye LY, Yang LL, Jin YH, Wang MS. [Phenotype and genotype analyses of two pedigrees with inherited fibrinogen deficiency]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2023; 44:930-935. [PMID: 38185523 PMCID: PMC10753259 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2023.11.008] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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Objective: To analyze the phenotype and genotype of two pedigrees with inherited fibrinogen (Fg) deficiency caused by two heterozygous mutations. We also preliminarily probed the molecular pathogenesis. Methods: The prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), thrombin time (TT) and plasma fibrinogen activity (Fg∶C) of all family members (nine people across three generations and three people across two generations) were measured by the clotting method. Fibrinogen antigen (Fg:Ag) was measured by immunoturbidimetry. Direct DNA sequencing was performed to analyze all exons, flanking sequences, and mutated sites of FGA, FGB, and FGG for all members. Thrombin-catalyzed fibrinogen polymerization was performed. ClustalX 2.1 software was used to analyze the conservatism of the mutated sites. MutationTaster, PolyPhen-2, PROVEAN, SIFT, and LRT online bioinformatics software were applied to predict pathogenicity. Swiss PDB Viewer 4.0.1 was used to analyze the changes in protein spatial structure and molecular forces before and after mutation. Results: The Fg∶C of two probands decreased (1.28 g/L and 0.98 g/L, respectively). The Fg∶Ag of proband 1 was in the normal range of 2.20 g/L, while it was decreased to 1.01 g/L in proband 2. Through genetic analysis, we identified a heterozygous missense mutation (c.293C>A; p.BβAla98Asp) in exon 2 of proband 1 and a heterozygous nonsense mutation (c.1418C>G; p.BβSer473*) in exon 8 of proband 2. The conservatism analysis revealed that Ala98 and Ser473 presented different conservative states among homologous species. Online bioinformatics software predicted that p.BβAla98Asp and p.BβSer473* were pathogenic. Protein models demonstrated that the p.BβAla98Asp mutation influenced hydrogen bonds between amino acids, and the p.BβSer473* mutation resulted in protein truncation. Conclusion: The dysfibrinogenemia of proband 1 and the hypofibrinogenemia of proband 2 appeared to be related to the p.BβAla98Asp heterozygous missense mutation and the p.BβSer473* heterozygous nonsense mutation, respectively. This is the first ever report of these mutations.
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- K Q Jia
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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Ladzinski AT, Tai A, Rumschlag MT, Smith CS, Mehta A, Boapimp P, Edewaard EJ, Douce RW, Morgan LF, Wang MS, Fisher-Hubbard AO, Cummings MJ, Jagger BW. Clinical Characteristics of the 2019 Eastern Equine Encephalitis Outbreak in Michigan. Open Forum Infect Dis 2023; 10:ofad206. [PMID: 37180595 PMCID: PMC10173547 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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Background Eastern equine encephalitis virus is a mosquito-borne alphavirus responsible for unpredictable outbreaks of severe neurologic disease in animals and humans. While most human infections are asymptomatic or clinically nonspecific, a minority of patients develops encephalitic disease, a devastating illness with a mortality rate of ≥30%. No treatments are known to be effective. Eastern equine encephalitis virus infection is rare in the United States, with an annual average nationwide incidence of 7 cases between 2009 and 2018. However, in 2019, 38 cases were confirmed nationwide, including 10 in Michigan. Methods Data from 8 cases identified by a regional network of physicians in southwest Michigan were abstracted from clinical records. Clinical imaging and histopathology were aggregated and reviewed. Results Patients were predominantly older adults (median age, 64 years), and all were male. Results of initial arboviral cerebrospinal fluid serology were frequently negative, and diagnosis was not made until a median of 24.5 days (range, 13-38 days) after presentation, despite prompt lumbar punctures in all patients. Imaging findings were dynamic and heterogeneous, with abnormalities of the thalamus and/or basal ganglia, and prominent pons and midbrain abnormalities were displayed in 1 patient. Six patients died, 1 survived the acute illness with severe neurologic sequelae, and 1 recovered with mild sequelae. A limited postmortem examination revealed diffuse meningoencephalitis, neuronophagia, and focal vascular necrosis. Conclusions Eastern equine encephalitis is a frequently fatal condition whose diagnosis is often delayed, and for which no effective treatments are known. Improved diagnostics are needed to facilitate patient care and encourage the development of treatments.
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- Adam T Ladzinski
- Department of Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MichiganUSA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Corewell Health Lakeland, St Joseph, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MichiganUSA
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- Department of Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MichiganUSA
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- Department of Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MichiganUSA
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- Department of Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MichiganUSA
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- Department of Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MichiganUSA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Corewell Health Lakeland, St Joseph, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MichiganUSA
- Neuroscience Center, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, MichiganUSA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Corewell Health Lakeland, St Joseph, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MichiganUSA
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Premier Radiology, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
- Department of Radiology, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MichiganUSA
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- Correspondence: Brett W. Jagger, MD, PhD, Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, Edward A. Doisy Research Center, 8th Floor, 1100 S Grand Blvd, St Louis, MO 63104 (); Current affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri
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Xu QY, Yang LL, Xie HX, Jin YH, Li XL, Zhou XX, Liu MN, Wang MS. [Clinical phenotype and gene mutation analysis of 12 patients with hereditary protein C deficiency in different families]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2022; 43:35-40. [PMID: 35231991 PMCID: PMC8980666 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2022.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the molecular pathogenesis and clinical features of unrelated 12 patients with inherited coagulation protein C (PC) deficiency in Chinese population. Methods: The PC activity (PC:A) and PC antigen (PC:Ag) were detected by chromogenic substrate and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay, respectively. The nine exons and flanking sequences of the protein C (PROC) gene were amplified by polymerase chain reaction with direct sequencing, and the suspected mutations were validated by reverse sequencing (clone sequencing for deletion mutations) . Results: The PC:A of the 12 probands decreased significantly, ranging from 18% to 55%, and the PC:Ag of the 10 probands decreased significantly. Eleven mutations were found, out of which four mutations [c.383G>A (p.Gly128Asp) , c.997G>A (p.Ala291Thr) , c.1318C>T (p.Arg398Cys) , and c.532G>C (p.Leu278Pro) ] were discovered for the first time. Six mutations were in the serine protease domain, four mutations were located in epidermal growth factor (EGF) -like domains, and one mutation was located in activation peptide. There were two deletion mutations (p.Met364Trp fsX15 and p.Lys192del) , and the rest were missense mutations. Mutations p.Phe181Val and p.Arg189Trp were identified in three unrelated families. All mutations may be inherited, and consanguineous marriages were reported in two families. Among the probands, nine cases had venous thrombosis, two cases had poor pregnancy manifestations, and one case had purpura. Conclusion: Patients with PC deficiency caused by PROC gene defects are prone to venous thrombosis, especially when there are other thrombotic factors present at the same time.
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- Q Y Xu
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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Beckman S, Chia J, Stibbe B, Rykse M, Wang MS. 749. A Nurse-Driven Protocol for Early Detection of Clostridiodes difficile Infections. Open Forum Infect Dis 2021. [PMCID: PMC8644553 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab466.946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Clostridiodes difficile infections (CDI) are a significant cause of hospital acquired infections, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Early detection of CDI has been shown to reduce the spread of CDI within the hospital. As nurses are frequently at the patient’s bedside, we proposed to empower the nursing staff to assess, collect stool samples, and order C. difficile testing. Methods Rates of CDI were measured by our Infection Control Department. Hospital-onset CDI (HO-CDI) was defined as a positive C. difficile PCR assay after 3 days of admission, defined as a stay of at least 3 midnights. Community-onset CDI (CO-CDI) was defined as any case that was diagnosed in the Emergency Department or inpatient ward < 3 days of hospitalization based on stool testing as above. Nursing was instructed and empowered to assess, collect stool specimens, and place an order for C. difficile testing, based on the criteria of ≥3 loose or watery stools over 24 hours. Nursing was also educated to not order a test if patients had received stool softeners, enemas, or laxatives within 24 hours. The protocol was initiated in February 2019. Results Rates of HO-CDI increased during the intervention period, rising from 2.6 cases/10000 patient days and peaking at 17.7 cases/10000 patient days (average 6.7 vs. 12.1 monthly cases per 10,000 patient days. Rates of CO-CDI did not significantly change (12.4 vs. 11.5 monthly cases per 10000 patient days). Due to concerns of inappropriate testing, which included testing after laxatives, enemas, or sending specimens despite < 3 stools over 24 hours, the protocol was discontinued in June 2019. Although the HO-CDI rate remained elevated over the next month, the rate subsequently decreased over the next several months (12.1 vs. 8.0 cases per 10000 patient days). Overall testing also increased over the study period (148.3 vs. 169.9 cases/per 10000 patient days).Figure 1 - Clostridiodes difficile rates ![]()
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Conclusion A nursing driven protocol resulted in increased HO-CDI and overall CDI rates suggesting that the intervention may have been a factor in increasing the frequency of HO-CDI diagnoses, although the possibility of misdiagnosis of colonization for true CDI cannot be excluded. Further education of nursing staff may be a potential intervention in improving appropriate CDI testing. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures
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Wang MS, Frazier NM, Griffiths R, Sikorski CW, Douce RW. Recurrence of Disseminated Mycobacterium avium intracellulare Presenting as Spondylodiscitis and Epidural Abscess in a Patient with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e931595. [PMID: 34370719 PMCID: PMC8363659 DOI: 10.12659/ajcr.931595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Patient: Male, 65-year-old
Final Diagnosis: Mycobacterium avium intracellulare epidural abscess
Symptoms: Back pain • flank pain
Medication: —
Clinical Procedure: Debridement • evacuation of epidural abscess • laminectomy
Specialty: Infectious Diseases • Neurosurgery
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- Michael S Wang
- Department of Medicine, Spectrum Health Lakeland, Saint Joseph, MI, USA.,Department of Medicine, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Spectrum Health Lakeland, Saint Joseph, MI, USA.,Department of Medicine, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Spectrum Health Lakeland, Saint Joseph, MI, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Spectrum Health Lakeland, Saint Joseph, MI, USA.,Department of Surgery, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Spectrum Health Lakeland, Saint Joseph, MI, USA.,Department of Medicine, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA
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Guo YL, Kong WZ, Wan Q, Zheng WJY, Xi JQ, Liu SQ, Wang MS, Jin YH. [Analysis of a pedigree with inherited factor V deficiency caused by compound heterozygous mutation]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2021; 42:135-139. [PMID: 33858044 PMCID: PMC8071673 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2021.02.008] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the molecular pathogenesis of a family with hereditary factor Ⅴ (FⅤ) deficiency. Methods: All the exons, flanking sequences, 5' and 3' untranslated regions of the F5 of the proband, and the corresponding mutation sites of the family members were analyzed via direct DNA sequencing. The CAT measurement was used to detect the amount of thrombin produced. The ClustalX software was used to analyze the conservation of mutation sites. The online bioinformatics software, Mutation Taster, PolyPhen-2, PROVEAN, LRT, and SIFT were applied to predict the effects of mutation sites on protein function. The Swiss-PdbViewer software was used to analyze the changes in the protein model and intermolecular force before and after amino acid variation. Results: The proband had a heterozygous missense mutation c.1258G>T (p.Gly392Cys) in exon 8 of the F5, and a heterozygous deletion mutation c.4797delG (p.Glu1572Lys fsX19) in exon 14, which results in a frameshift and produces a truncated protein. Her grandfather and father had p.Gly392Cys heterozygous variation, whereas her maternal grandmother, mother, little aunt, and cousin all had p.Glu1572LysfsX19 heterozygous variation. The ratio of proband's thrombin generation delay to peak time was significantly increased. Conservation analysis results showed that p.Gly392 was located in a conserved region among the 10 homologous species. Five online bioinformatics software predicted that p.Gly392Cys was pathogenic, and Mutation Taster also predicted p.Glu1572Lys fsX19 as a pathogenic variant. Protein model analysis showed that the replacement of Gly392 by Cys392 can lead to the extension of the original hydrogen bond and the formation of a new steric hindrance, which affected the stability of the protein structure. Conclusion: The c.1258G>T heterozygous missense mutation in exon 8 and the c.4797delG heterozygous deletion mutation in exon 14 of the F5 may be responsible for the decrease of FⅤ levels in this family.
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- Y L Guo
- Laboratory Department of Wenzhou Chinese Medicine Hospital, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Laboratory Department of Wenzhou Chinese Medicine Hospital, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Laboratory Department of Wenzhou Chinese Medicine Hospital, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Laboratory Department of Wenzhou Chinese Medicine Hospital, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Laboratory Department of Wenzhou Chinese Medicine Hospital, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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Li SX, Jin YH, Yang LL, Xu QY, Li XL, Wang MS. [Analysis of the molecular pathogenesis and clinical phenotypes of 10 patients with inherited coagulation factor Ⅺ deficiency]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2021; 41:1041-1043. [PMID: 33445854 PMCID: PMC7840561 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2020.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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- S X Li
- Medical Laboratory Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Medical Laboratory Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Medical Laboratory Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Medical Laboratory Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Medical Laboratory Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Medical Laboratory Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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Liu XB, Gao ZY, Jin S, Gao B, Wang MS, Wu T, Li SB, Tong Q, Zhang JC. [Comparative study on metagenomics of esophageal flora in elderly and middle-aged esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 55:371-378. [PMID: 33730830 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20200707-00984] [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 explore the flora characteristics and differences of esophageal tissues between elderly esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients and young and middle-aged ESCC patients, so as to assist in studying the potential biomarkers of elderly ESCC patients. Methods: In this study, a retrospective study was adopted. 72 ESCC patients diagnosed in Taihe Hospital, Shiyan City, Hubei Province from July 2018 to July 2019 were selected, including 49 patients in the elderly group (≥ 60 years old, 40 males and 9 females), 23 patients in the young and middle-aged group (<60 years old, 21 males and 2 females). In the same period, 20 healthy persons without abnormal gastroscopy in endoscopy center were selected as the control group (aged 35-78 years old, median age 57 years old, 16 males and 4 females). The genomic DNA was extracted from the affected esophageal tissues of patients with ESCC and the middle esophageal samples of the control group. The V4 hypervariable region of bacterial 16SrRNA gene sequence was amplified. Illumina HiSeq sequencing technology was adopted. The flora characteristics of elderly, young and middle-aged ESCC patients was compared and analyzed. QIIME and Rstudio software were used to analyze the sequence data, and nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test or Wilcoxon rank sum test were used for statistical methods. Results: Shannon index [5.17 (4.53, 5.95) vs. 4.79 (3.74, 5.97)], Simpson index [0.94 (0.91, 0.96) vs. 0.92 (0.83, 0.96)] and Chao1 index [343.55 (259.76, 570.59) vs. 329.16 (268.88, 648.00)] were similar in flora of two groups, and there was no significant difference (Z=-0.791, -1.057, -0.380, all P>0.05). There was no significant difference in β-diversity between the elderly group and the young and middle-aged group (PC1=19.14%, PC2=6.95%, PPC1=0.67, PPC2=0.42). At the phyla level, the top 5 phyla in abundance were as follows: Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria and Fusobacteria in the young and middle-aged group, while the top 5 phyla in abundance were as follows: Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, Fusobacteria and Actinobacteria in the elderly group; the significant difference between the two groups was Fusobacteria (Q=0.596, P<0.05). At the genus level, the top 5 genera in the young and middle-aged group in abundance were as follows: Prevotella, Bacteroides, Streptococcus, Selenomonas and Veillonella. In the elderly group, Prevotella, Bacteroides, Streptococcus, Selenomonas and Haemophilus were the top 5 in abundance, and there were significant difference in Fusobacterium between the two groups (Q=0.938, P<0.05). PICRUSt function prediction showed that the abundance of Aminoacyl.tRNA.biosynthesis, Nucleotide.excision.repair, RNA.polymerase, Ribosome, Clavulanic.acid.biosynthesis, Photosynthesis and Photosynthesis. proteins in the elderly group were lower than those in the young and middle-aged group (all Q=0.734, P<0.05). Conclusion: There is no significant difference in α-diversity and β-diversity between elderly ESCC patients and young and middle-aged patients, but the abundance of Fusobacterium flora increased.
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- X B Liu
- Department of Gastroenterology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China Hubei Key Laboratory of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Oncology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Laboratory, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Laboratory, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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Xu QY, Jin YH, Zheng XY, Yang LL, Li XL, Zhang HY, Wang MS. [Phenotypic and genetic analysis of a pedigree with inherited antithrombin deficiency]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2021; 41:589-592. [PMID: 32810967 PMCID: PMC7449768 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2020.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Q Y Xu
- Center of Laboratory Medcine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Center of Laboratory Medcine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Center of Laboratory Medcine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Center of Laboratory Medcine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Center of Laboratory Medcine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Center of Laboratory Medcine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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- Center of Laboratory Medcine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325015, China
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Li JZ, Wang L, Li XZ, Yu WG, Kang LP, Liu YQ, Ji XH, Wu XF, Wang MS, Tao H. [Effects of double-catheter epidural analgesia by lidocaine injection respectively on the delivery outcomes and maternal-infant complications for persistent posterior or lateral occipital position of protracted active phase]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2020; 55:457-464. [PMID: 32842249 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112141-20191228-00705] [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 evaluate the effect of dual-tube epidural segmental injection of lidocaine analgesia on the delivery outcome and maternal and infant complications of persistent posterior occipital position postpartum or lateral occipital position postpartum patients with protracted active phase. Methods: The full and single-term primiparas (n=216, 37 to 42 weeks gestation, 22 to 35 years) diagnosed as persistent posterior or lateral occipital position during the active period were selected from the Department of Obstetrics of Qingdao Municipal Hospital from January 2015 to October 2019. The subjects were randomly assigned into two groups: double-tube epidural block group (n=108) and single-tube epidural block group (n=108), 1% lidocaine was used for epidural analgesia respectively under ultrasound guidance. Senior midwife or obstetricians implement new partogram, and guide women to perform position management, and push or rotate the fetal head in a timely manner. Observation indicators: general condition, the use of non-pharmacological analgesic measures, analgesia related conditions and pain visual analogue scale (VAS) score, delivery-related indicator, cesarean section indication, anesthesia-related indicator, maternal and child complications. Results: (1) General condition: the age, weight, height, gestational age, the ratio of persistent lateral or posterior occipital position, cephalic score, and neonatal birth weight between the two groups of women were not statistically significant (all P>0.05). (2) The use of non-pharmacological analgesic measures: the women's Lamaze breathing method, Doula delivery companionship, percutaneous electrical stimulation, and other measures between two groups were compared, and there were not significant differences (all P>0.05). (3) Analgesia related conditions and VAS scores of women undergoing vaginal delivery: compared with the single-tube epidural block group (n=40), the second-partum time of the women in the double-tube epidural block group (n=59) was significantly shortened [(124±44) vs (86±33) minutes, P<0.01]; after 30 minutes of analgesia (4.4±0.5 vs 0.9±0.5, P<0.01), during forced labor in the second stage of labor (5.7±0.6 vs 1.3±0.4, P<0.01), the VAS scores of pain were also significantly reduced (P<0.01). (4) Labor-related indicators: compared with the single-tube epidural block group, the natural delivery rate (21.3% vs 49.1%) and the delivery experience satisfaction rate (51.9% vs 98.1%) of women in the double-tube epidural block group were significantly increased (all P<0.01), cesarean section rate (63.0% vs 45.4%), instrument assisted rate (15.7% vs 5.6%) decreased significantly (all P<0.05). (5) Cesarean section indications: compared with the single-tube epidural block group, the cesarean section rate caused by prolonged labor or protracted active phase of women in the double-tube epidural block group was significantly reduced (38.0% vs 22.2%; P<0.05), and the fetal distress, intrauterine infection, and social factors caused by cesarean section between the two groups were compared, while the differences were not statistically significant (all P>0.05).(6) Anesthesia related indexes: the block planes of the maternal upper tube administration in the double-tube epidural block group were mostly T7, T8, T9-L2 and L3,While,the block planes in the single-tube epidural block group were mostly T10, T11-S1, S2, S3, and the modified Bromage score were all 0. (7) Maternal and child complications: compared with the single-tube epidural block group, the postpartum hemorrhage rate (18.5% vs 7.4%), the perineal lateral cut rate (20.4% vs 5.6%), the neonatal asphyxia rate (12.0% vs 3.7%), ICU rate of transferred neonates (13.9% vs 4.6%) in the double-tube epidural block group were significantly reduced (all P<0.05). Soft birth canal injury rate, puerperal disease rate and neonatal birth rate between two groups were compared, and there were not statistically significant differences (all P>0.05). Conclusion: Dual-tube epidural segmental injection of lidocaine analgesia could increase the natural delivery rate of women with posterior occipital or lateral occipital position with active stagnation, reduce the rate of cesarean section and the rate of transvaginal instruments, and reduce the complications of mother and child.
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- J Z Li
- Department of Anesthesiology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266071, China
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Our understanding of biological chemistry is shaped by the observation that all life comes from other life-as Pasteur put it, omne vivum ex vivo. A key step in expanding our biochemical vocabulary is to recapitulate biogenic catalysis using non-natural sequences that did not arise from common ancestry. Here we describe an enzyme designed completely de novo that hydrolyzes ATP. This protein was designed to lack β-sheet structure and is competitively inhibited by magnesium, two traits that are unlike natural ATPases.
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- Michael S Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United States
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Li YY, Xu K, Zhao MS, Tong Y, Su KK, Wang MS. [Gene analysis of a family with hereditary coagulation factor XI deficiency]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2020; 41:422-424. [PMID: 32536141 PMCID: PMC7342070 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2020.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Y Y Li
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Wenzhou People's Hospital, Wenzhou 305000, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Wenzhou People's Hospital, Wenzhou 305000, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Wenzhou People's Hospital, Wenzhou 305000, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Wenzhou People's Hospital, Wenzhou 305000, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Wenzhou People's Hospital, Wenzhou 305000, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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Zhao QX, Yang FY, Chen D, Wu LY, Wang MS, Li XS, Wu S, Shi BK, Xing NZ. [Application of Endo-GIA stapler in laparoscopic radicalcystectomy]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 100:1872-1876. [PMID: 32575930 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20190925-02112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the application of Endo-GIA stapler in laparoscopic radical cystectomy, especially in the treatment of lateral bladder ligament, and to evaluate its clinical feasibility and practicability. Methods: A retrospective analysis of clinical data about 38 cases of laparoscopic radical cystectomy (LRC) treated in the Department of Urology, Chaoyang Hospital of Beijing and Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences from July 2017 to June 2019 were conducted. The patients were divided into Endo-GIA stopler group(18 cases) and non-Endo-GIA stopler group (20 cases) according to whether Endo-GIA stapler were used. The basic clinical data, operation time of bladder lateral ligament, operation time of bladder lateral wall, operation time of bladder resection, amount of bleeding during operation, pathological data after operation and related indicators of recovery after operation were compared between the two groups. Results: All 38 patients underwent radical cystectomy (RC) successfully under 3-D laparoscopy without conversion to open surgery. The operation time of bladder lateral ligament in Endo-GIA stapler group was significantly shorter than that in non-Endo-GIA stapler group [(3.25±0.75) min vs (9.20±2.95) min, P=0.042]; the operation time of bladder lateral wall in Endo-GIA stapler group was significantly shorter than that in non-Endo-GIA stapler group [(8.06±1.66) min vs (14.30±3.37) min, P=0.016]. The operation time of cystectomy in the Endo-GIA stapler group was significantly shorter than that in the non-Endo-GIA stapler group [(47.06±4.70) min vs (61.60±14.91) min,P=0.003]. The amount of bleeding in the Endo-GIA stapler group was significantly shorter than that in the non-Endo-GIA stapler group [(37.77±21.30) ml vs (114.50±39.80) ml, P=0.015]. The time of drainage tube removal in Endo-GIA group was significantly shorter than that in the non-Endo-GIA group [(5.83±1.54) d vs (7.30±3.00) d, P=0.002]. The length of post-hospitalization in Endo-GIA group was significantly shorter than that in the non-Endo-GIA group [(7.67±1.78) d vs (9.60±3.25) d,P=0.036]. However, there was no significant difference in other basic clinical data, post-operative pathology and post-operative recovery related indicators. Conclusions: Laparoscopic radical cystectomy using Endo-GIA stapler device is safe and feasible. It is easy to operate, shorten the operation time significantly, and reduce the amount of bleeding. To a certain extent, it is conducive to the recovery of patients after operation to some extent, and worthy of clinical application.
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- Q X Zhao
- Department of Urology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Urology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Urology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Urology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Urology, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Urology Institute of Shenzhen University, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Following Precision Medical Research Institute, Luohu Hospital Group, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Urology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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Mancini JA, Pike DH, Tyryshkin AM, Haramaty L, Wang MS, Poudel S, Hecht M, Nanda V. Design of a Fe 4 S 4 cluster into the core of a de novo four-helix bundle. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2020; 67:574-585. [PMID: 32770861 DOI: 10.1002/bab.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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We explore the capacity of the de novo protein, S824, to incorporate a multinuclear iron-sulfur cluster within the core of a single-chain four-helix bundle. This topology has a high intrinsic designability because sequences are constrained largely by the pattern of hydrophobic and hydrophilic amino acids, thereby allowing for the extensive substitution of individual side chains. Libraries of novel proteins based on these constraints have surprising functional potential and have been shown to complement the deletion of essential genes in E. coli. Our structure-based design of four first-shell cysteine ligands, one per helix, in S824 resulted in successful incorporation of a cubane Fe4 S4 cluster into the protein core. A number of challenges were encountered during the design and characterization process, including nonspecific metal-induced aggregation and the presence of competing metal-cluster stoichiometries. The introduction of buried iron-sulfur clusters into the helical bundle is an initial step toward converting libraries of designed structures into functional de novo proteins with catalytic or electron-transfer functionalities.
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- Joshua A Mancini
- Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Program, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Program, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Program, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Program, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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Wang MS, Faheem S, Mangio J, Pham K, Lloyd D, Hatch-Vallier B, Johnson E. The Face of Clostriodes Difficile Infections in the Outpatient Setting. Spartan Med Res J 2020. [PMID: 33655182 PMCID: PMC7746043 DOI: 10.51894/001c.12883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Wang MS, Faheem S, Mangio J, Pham K, Lloyd D, Hatch-Vallier B, Johnson E. The Face of Clostriodes Difficile Infections in the Outpatient Setting. Spartan Med Res J 2020; 5:12883. [PMID: 33655182 PMCID: PMC7746043] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 10/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND It has long been well-established that Clostridiodes difficile infections (CDI) can cause severe morbidity and mortality. However, most of the literature to date has focused on hospital-diagnosed infections with less emphasis on clinic-based CDI cases. Guidelines from the 2010 IDSA/SHEA for CDI advocate for metronidazole as first-line therapy for mild to moderate CDI cases. However, the 2017 guidelines recommend oral vancomycin or fidaxomicin as first-line therapy due to their superior efficacy. Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare Clostriodes difficile infections in convenience samples of clinic vs. hospital patients. METHODS In 2019, a retrospective, case-controlled study was performed by the first six authors between 2015-2017 (i.e., prior to the 2017 IDSA/SHEA CDI guidelines) to compare ambulatory and hospital CDI treatment prescriptions. Analytic data included frequency of White blood cells (WBC) and creatinine collection, frequency of severe CDI cases, compliance with the 2010 guidelines, CDI recurrence, and mortality. RESULTS An eligible subgroup of N = 92 hospital patients at Spectrum Health Lakeland were more likely to have WBC (98.4% vs 32.6%, p<0.001) and creatinine (97.8 vs. 39.4, P < 0.001) drawn than 184 patients receiving clinic-based care. Hospital sampled patients were more likely to have severe CDI (46.7% vs 6.7%, p < 0.001). Mortality was less common in hospital patients (1.1% vs. 7.6%, p = 0.017) and the recurrence rates were similar. (21.2% inpatient vs. 28.3% outpatient, (p = 0.224). CONCLUSIONS Based on these results, assessment of CDI severity remains limited in the ambulatory population due to the lack of severity markers. It is unclear if this is due to lack of available laboratory resources or difference in clinical presentation. Of those sample patients who have available markers of severity, patients receiving clinic-based diagnoses were less likely assessed to have severe CDI. Keywords: Cloistriodes difficile infection, ambulatory, severity markers.
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Zhang HX, Li JK, Wang MS, Wang YZ, Lei JQ. [Research progress of magnetic resonance imaging in hepatocellular carcinoma]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2019; 27:153-156. [PMID: 30818924 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-3418.2019.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common malignant tumors of liver. Rational treatment in early stage of HCC can significantly increase the survival rate of patients. Detection of early-stage liver lesions through diffusion-weighted imaging, diffusion kurtosis imaging, incoherent motion within voxels, magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging, dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging, or other functional imaging can accurately evaluate grade of malignancy and guide towards the curative effect of different treatment schemes. Volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE) with three techniques, namely, CAIPIRINHA, Dixon, and TWIST, i.e., CDT-VIBE sequence can provide multiple sets of arterial phase images in a short time, and detect small foci transient enhancement that cannot be detected by other examinations, and the differences in initial enhancement phase of apparent lesions are of great significance for suggesting hemodynamic characteristics. In addition, magnetic resonance imaging predicts microvascular invasion of HCC, i.e., indirectly predicts HCC lesions recurrence rate, and overall survival time after liver transplantation. This article reviews the current research progress of magnetic resonance imaging technology in HCC.
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- H X Zhang
- First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Radiology, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Radiology, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Radiology, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Radiology, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Meng YK, Wang MS, Guo YF, Yang Y. [Advances in research of odontoid fractures in the elderly]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2019; 57:231-235. [PMID: 30861653 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5815.2019.03.017] [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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Odontoid fractures constitute the most common cervical spine fracture in the population aged. The optimal management strategy for odontoid fractures remains controversial, especially in the elderly, because of the high morbidity and mortality with both conservative and operative intervention. This review discusses the management of odontoid fractures among the elderly, with a focus on the various treatment options and their outcomes.
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- Y K Meng
- Department of Spinal Surgery, Zhengzhou Orthopaedic Hospital, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Spinal Surgery, Zhengzhou Orthopaedic Hospital, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Spinal Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China
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- Department of Spinal Surgery, Zhengzhou Orthopaedic Hospital, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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Wang MS, Hoegler KJ, Hecht MH. Unevolved De Novo Proteins Have Innate Tendencies to Bind Transition Metals. Life (Basel) 2019; 9:E8. [PMID: 30634485 PMCID: PMC6463171 DOI: 10.3390/life9010008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Revised: 12/31/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Life as we know it would not exist without the ability of protein sequences to bind metal ions. Transition metals, in particular, play essential roles in a wide range of structural and catalytic functions. The ubiquitous occurrence of metalloproteins in all organisms leads one to ask whether metal binding is an evolved trait that occurred only rarely in ancestral sequences, or alternatively, whether it is an innate property of amino acid sequences, occurring frequently in unevolved sequence space. To address this question, we studied 52 proteins from a combinatorial library of novel sequences designed to fold into 4-helix bundles. Although these sequences were neither designed nor evolved to bind metals, the majority of them have innate tendencies to bind the transition metals copper, cobalt, and zinc with high nanomolar to low-micromolar affinity.
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- Michael S Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA.
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Wang MS, Wu HT, Huang XB. [Efficacy and economic evaluation of sublingual immunotherapy with Dermatophagoides farinae drops in patients with allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2018; 30:538-542. [PMID: 29871064 DOI: 10.13201/j.issn.1001-1781.2016.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and economics of sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) with Dermatophagoides farinae drops in patients with allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma. Method:Two hundred and three patients (aged 4-60 yr) with allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma induced by house dust mites were retrospectively analyzed. Eighty-six patients were treated by SLIT with standardized Dermatophagoides farina drops and pharmacotherapy (SLIT group), while 117 patients were treated by standardized pharmacotherapy (drug group). Patients were followed up for 2 years with one visit in every 3 months. Total nasal syptom score (TNSS), total rhinitis medicine score (TRMS), daytime asthma syptom score (DASS), nighttime asthma syptom score (NASS), total asthma medicine score (TAMS) and treatment charge were recorded at each visit. Result:There was no significant difference between two groups in TNSS, TRMS, DASS, NASS, TAMS before treatment (all P>0.05). After 1-year or 2-year duration, there were significant differences between the SLIT group and drug group in TNSS, TMSS, DASS, NASS, TAMS (all P<0.01). After 1-year or 2-year duration, the symptom scores and medication scores of SLIT group significantly decreased compared with those before treatment (all P<0.01). In terms of treatment charge, although direct cost of SLIT group was a little higher than that of drug group, the indirect cost of SLIT group was remarkably lower than that of drug group, showing significant difference (P<0.01). Conclusion:SLIT with Dermatophagoides farinae drops is effective in patients with allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma, which may also reduce indirect cost.
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- M S Wang
- Hospital of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Hainan General Hospital, Haikou, 570311, China
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- Hospital of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Hainan General Hospital, Haikou, 570311, China
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- Hospital of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Hainan General Hospital, Haikou, 570311, China
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Cannon JM, Douce RW, Grubbs ER, Wills CB, Khan A, Schmidt EM, Wang MS. Comparison of Acute Kidney Injury During Treatment with Vancomycin and either Piperacillin-Tazobactam or Meropenem. Spartan Med Res J 2017. [PMID: 33655128 PMCID: PMC7746064 DOI: 10.51894/001c.6440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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CONTEXT Empiric antibiotics are often required in hospitalized patients with serious infections who may be septic and at risk for drug resistant organisms. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the observed incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in a sample of adult patients receiving either piperacillin-tazobactam and vancomycin or meropenemvancomycin for at least 72 hours. METHODS Single-center, retrospective matched cohort at a 200-bed Regional Community Medical Center. Adult patients were included in the sample if they were without preexisting renal dysfunction and admitted over an 18-month time period to receive either the combination of piperacillin-tazobactam and vancomycin or meropenem-vancomycin. Sample patients were evaluated for AKI. This condition was defined by the authors as an increase in serum creatinine of 0.5mg/ml or an increase of 50% above baseline during the duration of antibiotic treatment. RESULTS A total of 266 patients receiving either combination of antibiotics were evaluated for AKI. The incidence of AKI was significantly higher in the piperacillin-tazobactam and vancomycin group (n = 74/292, 25%) compared with the meropenem-vancomycin group (n=8/74, 9.5%, p=0.008). CONCLUSIONS The results of this study suggest that the combination of piperacillin-tazobactam and vancomycin is associated with an increased incidence of AKI. Higher vancomycin trough concentrations were associated with increased risk for development of AKI.
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- John M. Cannon
- Lakeland Health Department of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacist, St. Joseph, MI
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- Lakeland Health Department of Medicine, Core Faculty, St. Joseph, MI, Lakeland Health Internal Medicine Resident, PGY-3 Resident, St. Joseph, MI
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- Lakeland Health Department of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacist, St. Joseph, MI
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- Lakeland Health Internal Medicine Resident, PGY-3 Resident, St. Joseph, MI
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- Lakeland Health Internal Medicine, Program Director, St. Joseph, MI
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Hall KC, Franks AT, McAtee RC, Wang MS, Lu VI, Franz KJ. Metal-binding hydrazone photoswitches for visible light reactivity and variable relaxation kinetics. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2017; 16:1604-1612. [PMID: 29086784 DOI: 10.1039/c7pp00173h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The range of applications for photoswitching moieties is diverse, and the ability to design switches with variable photochemical and physical properties is consequently important for realizing their potential. Previously we reported on the photochromism of (E)-N'-(1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)ethylidene)isonicotinohydrazide (HAPI), an aroylhydrazone compound first developed as a transition metal chelator. Herein we report the synthesis of structurally related aroylhydrazone chelators and explore the effect of these modifications on their UVA, UVC and blue light photoreactivity, photostationary state composition, photoisomer thermal stability, and relative iron(iii) binding affinity. These findings will inform the next generation of aroylhydrazone photoswitches for metal-gated photoswitching applications.
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- Kacey C Hall
- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
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Sun DY, Zhang XS, Gao RG, Li K, Feng BH, Wang MS, He W. [Phonological assessment and voice analysis of thyroid surgery patients]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2017; 31:998-1002. [PMID: 29798162 DOI: 10.13201/j.issn.1001-1781.2017.13.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective:To investigate the changes of speech and voice acoustics in patients with thyroid disease before and after operation, get objective values, and conducive to guiding the clinical diagnosis and treatment and recurrent laryngeal nerve protection. Method:A total of 216 patients undergoing thyroid surgery from October 2015 to October 2016 were treated with TVQ and GRBAS at 1 day before surgery, 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months postoperatively to phonological assessment, and Praat software was used to collect and analyze the acoustic acoustics index for preoperative and postoperative comparative analysis. Result:All patients did not damage the recurrent laryngeal nerve, unilateral or bilateral thyroid subtotal resection (no exploration of recurrent laryngeal nerve) in patients with postoperative speech and voice index F0 was decreased at 1 week after surgery (P<0.05), the other indicators did not change significantly; difference was found out in single-sided total thyroidectomy+ipsilateral central area lymph node dissection, bilateral thyroidectomy+unilateral central area lymph node dissection (exploration of unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve) in patients with TVQ, GRBAS and F0, HNR after surgery 1 week compared with preoperative (P<0.05), However, there was no significant difference 3 months; TVQ, GRBAS and F0, HNR were significantly changed in patients with bilateral thyroidectomy+bilateral central lymph node dissection (revealed bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve) at 1 week after operation (P>0.05). F0 and HNR were lower than those before operation, and the patients were treated with Jitter and Shimmer. The patients were treated with TVQ, GRBAS, Jitter and Shimmer before operation, however, the majority of patients' TVQ, GRBAS, Jitter, Shimmer can be restored to preoperative level after surgery 3 months (P>0.05). Conclusion:The appearance of speech and voice problems in patients after thyroid surgery may increase with the expansion of the surgical range, the change in speech and voice after neck lymph node dissection is reversible.
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- D Y Sun
- Department of General Surgery, the Second People's Hospital of Qujing, Qujing, 655000, China
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- Department of General Surgery, the Second People's Hospital of Qujing, Qujing, 655000, China
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- Department of General Surgery, the Second People's Hospital of Qujing, Qujing, 655000, China
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- Department of General Surgery, the Second People's Hospital of Qujing, Qujing, 655000, China
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- Department of General Surgery, the Second People's Hospital of Qujing, Qujing, 655000, China
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- Department of General Surgery, the Second People's Hospital of Qujing, Qujing, 655000, China
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- Department of General Surgery, the Second People's Hospital of Qujing, Qujing, 655000, China
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Moghieb A, Bramlett HM, Das JH, Yang Z, Selig T, Yost RA, Wang MS, Dietrich WD, Wang KKW. Differential Neuroproteomic and Systems Biology Analysis of Spinal Cord Injury. Mol Cell Proteomics 2016; 15:2379-95. [PMID: 27150525 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m116.058115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Acute spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition with many consequences and no known effective treatment. Although it is quite easy to diagnose traumatic SCI, the assessment of injury severity and projection of disease progression or recovery are often challenging, as no consensus biomarkers have been clearly identified. Here rats were subjected to experimental moderate or severe thoracic SCI. At 24h and 7d postinjury, spinal cord segment caudal to injury center versus sham samples was harvested and subjected to differential proteomic analysis. Cationic/anionic-exchange chromatography, followed by 1D polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, was used to reduce protein complexity. A reverse phase liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry proteomic platform was then utilized to identify proteome changes associated with SCI. Twenty-two and 22 proteins were up-regulated at 24 h and 7 day after SCI, respectively; whereas 19 and 16 proteins are down-regulated at 24 h and 7 day after SCI, respectively, when compared with sham control. A subset of 12 proteins were identified as candidate SCI biomarkers - TF (Transferrin), FASN (Fatty acid synthase), NME1 (Nucleoside diphosphate kinase 1), STMN1 (Stathmin 1), EEF2 (Eukaryotic translation elongation factor 2), CTSD (Cathepsin D), ANXA1 (Annexin A1), ANXA2 (Annexin A2), PGM1 (Phosphoglucomutase 1), PEA15 (Phosphoprotein enriched in astrocytes 15), GOT2 (Glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase 2), and TPI-1 (Triosephosphate isomerase 1), data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD003473. In addition, Transferrin, Cathepsin D, and TPI-1 and PEA15 were further verified in rat spinal cord tissue and/or CSF samples after SCI and in human CSF samples from moderate/severe SCI patients. Lastly, a systems biology approach was utilized to determine the critical biochemical pathways and interactome in the pathogenesis of SCI. Thus, SCI candidate biomarkers identified can be used to correlate with disease progression or to identify potential SCI therapeutic targets.
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- Ahmed Moghieb
- From the ‡Program for Neurotrauma, Neuroproteomics & Biomarkers Research, §The Departments of Psychiatry, and ‖Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
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- **Department of Neurological Surgery, ‡‡The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14th Terrace LPLC 3-18, Miami, Florida, 33136
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- From the ‡Program for Neurotrauma, Neuroproteomics & Biomarkers Research, §§Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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- From the ‡Program for Neurotrauma, Neuroproteomics & Biomarkers Research, §The Departments of Psychiatry, and
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- From the ‡Program for Neurotrauma, Neuroproteomics & Biomarkers Research
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- ‖Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
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- **Department of Neurological Surgery, ‡‡The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14th Terrace LPLC 3-18, Miami, Florida, 33136
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- **Department of Neurological Surgery, ‡‡The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14th Terrace LPLC 3-18, Miami, Florida, 33136
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- From the ‡Program for Neurotrauma, Neuroproteomics & Biomarkers Research, §The Departments of Psychiatry, and ¶Neuroscience,
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Wang MS, Liu MY, Dong XR, Wang W. [Impact of age-related cataract on regulation of circadian rhythm in elderly]. Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2016; 52:309-14. [PMID: 27094070 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0412-4081.2016.04.021] [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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This review presented an introduction of the visual pathway related circadian rhythm regulation system: the intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells-suprachiasmatic nucleus-pineal gland-melatonin axis, and discussed the impact of light with different wave length and irradiation received by retina on circadian rhythm and sleep habit. A hypothesis was proposed consequently that the high morbidity of sleep disorder in elderly might be partially attributable to the long-term blue light blocking status induced by age-related cataract. A number of relative literatures were reviewed and a novel research direction was advanced on improving circadian rhythm and sleep condition in elderly based on the current knowledge. (Chin J Ophthalmol, 2016, 52: 309-314).
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- M S Wang
- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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Shan XY, Huang XM, Wang MS, Zheng HB, Liu ZL, Wang B. Follow-up observational study of "bi-ring method" breast surgery for treating hypermastia and mastoptosis. CLIN EXP OBSTET GYN 2016; 43:57-62. [PMID: 27048019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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PURPOSE This study investigated the efficacy and patient satisfaction of "bi-ring method" breast surgery in 46 patients with hypermastia and/or mastoptosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS A questionnaire survey, objective data measurements, visual analysis system survey, and various scoring scales were used to qualitatively and quantitatively assess the patients' indicators before and after surgery. RESULTS Statistical analysis showed the following: symptoms and signs in patients with macromastia improved significantly; all patients' breast shapes improved significantly and became more symmetrical and durable; all patients had minor hidden scars; the nipples and areolas had good feeling postoperatively, and there were relatively few mild complications. CONCLUSIONS The patients' overall satisfaction was high, indicating that the "bi-ring method" of breast plastic surgery could not only improve the breast shape and boast concealed scars but could significantly improve the patients' signs and symptoms of hypermastia, but the nipples and areolas had good postoperative feeling and there were few complications. Thus, this is a reasonable surgical approach that is worthy of promotion.
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Zhang HB, Wang MS, Wang ZS, Zhou AM, Zhang XM, Dong XW, Peng QH. Supplementation dietary zinc levels on growth performance, carcass traits, and intramuscular fat deposition in weaned piglets. Biol Trace Elem Res 2014; 161:69-77. [PMID: 25048402 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-014-0078-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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] [Received: 05/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This study was conducted to estimate dietary zinc (Zn) levels on growth performance, carcass traits, and intramuscular fat (IMF) deposition in weaned piglets. Sixty piglets were randomly divided into five groups, as follows: control (basal diet), Zn250, Zn380, Zn570, and Zn760 with supplementation of 250, 380, 570, and 760 mg Zn/kg of the basal diet, respectively. The final weight, average daily gain (ADG), gain/feed (G/F), lean meat percentage, fat meat percentage, lean eye area, backfat thickness, and IMF content were dose-dependently increased in all groups of Zn treatment. The serum total triglycerides (TG) and free fatty acid (FFA) were significantly higher in all Zn treatments than in the control. The enzyme activities of lipoprotein lipase (LPL), fatty acid synthase (FAS), and acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) were markedly higher, while enzyme activities of hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) and carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 (CPT-1) were significantly lower in all Zn treatments than in the control. The messenger RNA (mRNA) levels of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1 (SREBP-1), stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD), FAS, ACC, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), LPL, and adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (A-FABP) were significantly higher, while the mRNA levels of CPT-1 and HSL were significantly lower in all Zn treatments compared with the control. These results indicated that high levels of Zn increased IMF accumulation by up-regulating intramuscular lipogenic and fatty acid transport gene expression and enzyme activities while down-regulating lipolytic gene expression and enzyme activities.
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- H B Zhang
- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, China
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Wen XJ, Cheng AC, Wang MS, Jia RY, Zhu DK, Chen S, Liu MF, Liu F, Chen XY. Detection, differentiation, and VP1 sequencing of duck hepatitis A virus type 1 and type 3 by a 1-step duplex reverse-transcription PCR assay. Poult Sci 2014; 93:2184-92. [PMID: 25012848 DOI: 10.3382/ps.2014-04024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Duck hepatitis A virus (DHAV) is an infectious pathogen causing fatal duck viral hepatitis in ducklings. Although both the inactivated vaccines and live attenuated vaccines have been used to protect ducklings, DHAV-1 and DHAV-3 still cause significant serious damage to the duck industry in China and South Korea. For rapid detection, differentiation, and epidemic investigation of DHAV in China, a genotype-specific 1-step duplex reverse-transcription (RT) PCR assay was established in this study. The sensitivity and specificity of the developed RT-PCR assay was evaluated with nucleic acids extracted from 2 DHAV reference strains, and 9 other infectious viruses and bacteria. The genotype-specific primers amplified different size DNA fragments encompassing the complete VP1 gene of the DHAV-1 or DHAV-3. The assay detected the liver samples collected from experimentally infected ducklings and dead ducklings collected from different regions of China. Sequence analysis of these DNA fragments indicated that VP1 sequences of DHAV-1 can be used to distinguish wild type and vaccine strains. The phylogenetic analysis of VP1 sequences indicated that the developed RT-PCR assay can be used for epidemic investigation of DHAV-1 and DHAV-3. The developed RT-PCR assay can be used as a specific molecular tool for simultaneous detection, differentiation, and sequencing the VP1 gene of DHAV-1 and DHAV-3, which can be used for understanding the epidemiology and evolution of DHAV.
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- X J Wen
- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu city, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu city, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu city, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu city, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, 46# Xinkang Road, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, P. R. China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu city, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu city, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, 46# Xinkang Road, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, P. R. China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu city, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu city, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, 46# Xinkang Road, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu city, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, 46# Xinkang Road, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, P. R. China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu city, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu city, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, 46# Xinkang Road, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, P. R. China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu city, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu city, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, 46# Xinkang Road, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu city, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu city, Sichuan, 611130, P. R. China
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Wang HC, Wang J, Li WH, Huang YF, Xia HQ, Wang MS, Lu N, Guo YS, Zhang CQ. Cladosporium cladosporioides Identified in China on Tobacco Seeds. Plant Dis 2014; 98:1002. [PMID: 30708905 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-12-13-1203-pdn] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is a leafy, annual, solanaceous plant grown commercially for its leaves. China is the biggest single tobacco market and accounts for more than 40% of the global tobacco consumption (1). Tobacco seed harvested in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China, are commonly contaminated or infected by various fungal pathogens, which can cause abnormal seedlings with dark brown lesions and stunting of roots and decayed seeds. In 2013, five samples of 500 seeds from tobacco cv. Guiyan 4 were tested for germination on moistened paper on petri dishes. On average, 35% of the seeds from all five samples developed into abnormal seedlings or were decayed and were plated onto potato dextrose agar media and grown for 5 days at 25°C in darkness to confirm the presence of a pathogen. However, one fungus was isolated from an average of 10% of the 500 seeds sampled. It was identified morphologically as Cladosporium cladosporioides (Fresen.) de Vries based on the velvety olive-brown with almost black reverse colony color and dimensions and color of conidia and conidiophores. Conidia formed in long branched chains that readily disarticulate, single celled, elliptical to limoniform, 2 to 8 (avg. 4.3) × 2 to 3 (avg. 2.1) μm. Conidia were pale to olive brown and smooth to verruculose. Ramoconidia were 0 to 1 septate, 7 to 14 (avg. 9.2) × 2 to 4 (avg. 2.6) μm, smooth or sometimes minutely verruculose. Conidiophores were pale to olive brown, macro- and micronemateus, smooth or sometimes verruculose, and of various lengths up to 320 μm long and 2 to 5 μm wide. Primer pair ITS1 and ITS4 was employed to amplify the regions of ITS1-5.8s-ITS2 of the pathogens. Sequences of all three isolates (G3, G10, and G18) (Accession Nos. KF841547, KF841554, and KF841560) were identical to each other and to four sequences in GenBank (JX230994.1, JQ768317.1, JQ768322.1, and AB763555.1). Pathogenicity of the three isolates of C. cladosporioides was verified on tobacco seedlings of 3-week-old grown on wet filter paper in the petri dishes (9 cm in diameter). For each isolate, 20 seedlings incubated in one plate were inoculated with 0.5 ml of a suspension of 105 conidia/ml. Twenty seedlings were treated with sterile water as control treatment. After inoculation, the petri dishes were incubated at 25°C, 100 to 120 μEm-2 S-1, RH > 80%, and 16 h light per day for disease development. At 96 h after inoculation, symptoms comprising medium brown to black lesions on the roots were clearly visible on inoculated plants but not on the control plants. All seedlings inoculated died 9 days after inoculation whereas control seedlings remained symptomless. Re-isolation attempts on PDA from roots demonstrated C. cladosporioides to be present in symptomatic seedlings but not in roots of the control plants. Moreover, the characteristics of the cultured fungi were exactly the same as those originally isolated. Isolates G3, G10, and G18 (KF841547, KF841554, and KF841560) were deposited with the Tobacco Diseased Fungi, Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Sciences, Guizhou, China. Previously, C. cladosporioides has also been isolated from macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche) racemes in South Africa (4), from diseased papaya (Carica papaya L.) in Taiwan province of China (2), and from seeds of Amaranthus spp. in Poland (3). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of C. cladosporioides causing seed disease on tobacco in China and the disease should be considered in existing disease management practices. References: (1) British American Tobacco Annual Report, 8, 2012. (2) R. S. Chen, et al. Plant Dis. 93:426, 2009. (3) W. Pusz. Phytopathologia 54:15, 2009. (4) N. van den Berg et al. Plant Dis. 92:484, 2008.
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Sciences, Guiyang 550081, P. R. China
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- College of Life Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, P. R. China
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- Guizhou Institute of Plant Protection, Guiyang 550006, P. R. China
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- College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Sciences, Guiyang 550081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Sciences, Guiyang 550081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Sciences, Guiyang 550081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Sciences, Guiyang 550081, P. R. China
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- College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, P. R. China. Foundations: National Natural Science Foundation of China (31360448), Guizhou Tobacco Company (201305, 201336, 201436), and Guizhou Science Technology Foundation ([2011] 2337)
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Sun KF, Cheng AC, Wang MS. Bioinformatic analysis and characteristics of glycoprotein C encoded by the newly identified UL44 gene of duck plague virus. Genet Mol Res 2014; 13:4505-15. [PMID: 25036355 DOI: 10.4238/2014.june.17.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Glycoprotein C is one of the duck plague virus (DPV) glycoproteins and is encoded by the DPV UL44 gene. DPV glycoprotein C (DPV-gC) comprises 431 amino acids with a putative molecular mass of 47.35 kDa. Sequence analysis indicated that the protein possesses typical characteristics of type-I membrane glycoproteins, containing an N-terminal signal sequence, an external domain, a C-terminal membrane anchor region, and a short cytoplasmic domain. Comparisons of 22 alphaherpesvirus-gC protein sequences revealed eight conservative Cys-residue sites, which may play a crucial role in the biological functions and structural stabilization of the DPV-gC protein. Estimates of potential antigenic epitopes and secondary structure identified four B cell dominant epitopes, which are located at amino acids 68-71, 87-91, 369-352, and 372-374. A model for the structure of DPV-gC was derived by associating its predicted secondary and three-dimensional structures. In conclusion, these results will provide a basis for further functional studies of DPV-gC, establishing novel clinical diagnoses of DPV, and in the development of a new DPV vaccine.
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu City, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu City, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu City, Sichuan, China
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Wang H, Xue L, Yan R, Zhou Y, Wang MS, Cheng MJ, Huang HJ. Comparison of FIB-4 and APRI in Chinese HBV-infected patients with persistently normal ALT and mildly elevated ALT. J Viral Hepat 2013; 20:e3-10. [PMID: 23490387 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2012] [Accepted: 08/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Significant liver disease has been reported in chronic hepatitis B patients with normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT). Liver biopsy (LB) is the current gold standard for assessing hepatic inflammation and fibrosis in patients with chronic HBV. However, associated risks have led to the development of noninvasive models. Their utility in patients with normal ALT is unknown. FIB-4 and aspartate aminotransferase (AST)-to-platelet ratio index (APRI) were calculated for patients with chronic HBV infection undergoing biopsy. The performance of each model and AUROC for predicting significant fibrosis (Scheuer's score ≥ S2) were determined for the entire cohort and stratified by elevated (≥50 U/L) and normal ALT. Two-hundred and thirty-one liver biopsies were included. The number of patient with normal ALT was 140, and 22.1% had significant fibrosis. The AUROC curve for patients with normal ALT was 0.81 for FIB-4 and 0.80 for APRI, compared with 0.71 for FIB-4 and 0.72 for APRI for those with mildly elevated ALT level. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of FIB-4 were 0.63, 0.88, 0.61 and 0.93, for patients with normal ALT; the values for APRI were 0.40, 0.88, 0.33 and 0.93. Both FIB-4 and APRI are useful for identification of those without significant fibrosis. However, because they have poor PPV, LB will continue to be used for assessment of HBV-infected patients with normal ALT and mildly elevated ALT.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang People's Provincial Hospital, Zhejiang, China.
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Li L, Zhu DK, Zhou Y, Wang MS, Cheng AC, Jia RY, Chen S, Liu F, Yang QM, Chen XY. Adhesion and invasion to duck embryo fibroblast cells by Riemerella anatipestifer. Poult Sci 2013; 91:3202-8. [PMID: 23155031 DOI: 10.3382/ps.2012-02552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Here, we investigated adhesion and invasion of Riemerella anatipestifer (RA) to primary duck embryo fibroblast (DEF) cells. The ability of RA to adhere to, and more importantly, to invade DEF cells was demonstrated by using a gentamicin invasion assay and was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Adhesion of RA could be found by TEM after 1 h of inoculation. Both apoptosis and necrocytosis of DEF were indicated by TEM after 10 h of incubation, which suggested a complex mechanism of DEF cell death induced by RA. Our results showed that internalized RA had the ability to leave the DEF cells. Inhibition studies indicated that RA proteins play a role in adhesion. Moreover, invasion of RA to DEF cells was shown to require rearrangement of actin microfilaments and microtubular cytoskeletal elements. Because the adhesion and invasion ability of RA to DEF cells could be demonstrated in vitro, similar processes might occur in vivo, where DEF cells play a crucial role in the diffusion of RA in ducks.
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu City, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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Wang MS, Evans CT, Rodriguez T, Gerding DN, Johnson S. Clostridium difficile infection and limitations of markers for severity in patients with hematologic malignancy. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012; 34:127-32. [PMID: 23295558 DOI: 10.1086/669081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To describe characteristics of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and markers of severe CDI among patients with hematologic malignancies. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Tertiary care teaching hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS Inpatients with hematologic malignancies and CDI were age and time matched with 2 control inpatients without hematologic malignancies. Chart reviews were performed, and C. difficile isolates were strain typed. RESULTS Case patients (n = 41) and control patients (n = 82) patients were different in respect to receipt of immunosuppressive agents within 2 months (92.7% vs 25.6%; P < .0001); neutropenia within 2 months (75.6% vs 3.7%; P < .0001) and mean (± standard deviation) white blood cell (WBC) count at diagnosis (vs 4.9 ± 14.1 vs 11.8 ± 6.8 x 10(3) cells/mL; P <.0001); baseline mean creatinine level (0.89 ± 0.1 vs 1.6 ± 2.4 mg/dL; P = .003), mean creatinine level at diagnosis (0.83 ± 0.4 vs 1.85 ± 1.9 mg/dL; P = .004), and creatinine increases of 1.5 times over baseline (2.4% vs 15.1%; P = .02). Immunosuppressive agents and creatinine level remained significant in multivariable analysis (P = .03 for both variables). Severity correlated with mortality when measured by alternate severity criteria but not when measured by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America/Infectious Diseases Society of America criteria, which are based solely on WBC count and creatinine elevation. The prevalence of the epidemic BI/NAP1/027 strain was similar in both groups. CONCLUSIONS Patients with hematologic malignancies had lower creatinine levels at the time of CDI diagnosis compared with control patients. WBC counts also tended to be lower in case patients. CDI severity criteria based on WBC count and creatinine level may not be applicable to patients with hematologic malignancies.
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- Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USA.
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Two major outbreaks of parvovirus infection occurred in domestic waterfowls in Taiwan in the last two decades; the first was in 1982 and the second in 1989/1990. Parvoviruses isolated in the two outbreaks were sequenced between nucleotides 142 and 680 of the VP3 gene. Sequence comparisons reveal that these viruses could be divided into two groups respectively related to goose parvovirus (GPV) and Muscovy duck parvovirus (MDPV). Nucleotide differences between ''GPV'' and ''MDPV'' groups range from 16.2% to 19.4%. In comparison, the differences within the ''GPV'' group are only 0-6.5%, while those within the ''MDPV'' group are only 0.2-1.7%. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that parvoviruses isolated in the 1982 outbreak in Taiwan are all GPV-related, whereas those isolated in the 1989/1990 outbreak are all MDPV-related. GPV-related isolates from Taiwan were separated into two groups, Thai group and European group. In comparison, all MDPV-related isolates from Taiwan are clustered in a single group that is closely related to a French MDPV isolate. The MDPV-related infection in Taiwan occurred at almost the same time in 1989 as the MDPV outbreak in France. The close phylogenetic relationship between the ''MDPV'' Taiwanese isolates and the French MDPV isolate exhibited on the VP3 fragment investigated suggests that they should be compared more deeply, to look for a possible common origin. The MDPV-related 1985 isolate might be a candidate.
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Lai CP, Yang JY, Garg AS, Wang MS, Chitgarha MR, Willner AE, Bergman K. Experimental demonstration of packet-rate 10-Gb/s OOK OSNR monitoring for QoS-aware cross-layer packet protection. Opt Express 2011; 19:14871-14882. [PMID: 21934848 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.014871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A cross-layer network platform may enable introspective access to the physical layer, allowing optical performance monitoring measurements to feedback to higher layers for packet rerouting and protection. We experimentally demonstrate quality-of-service-aware packet protection that leverages cross-layer signaling based on the monitoring of packets' optical-signal-to-noise ratio. In order to detect degraded data streams, the monitoring system is based on a delay-line Mach-Zehnder interferometer and a field-programmable gate array. The system is realized in an experimental cross-layer enabled optical packet switched fabric, measuring the optical-signal-to-noise ratio for 10-Gb/s OOK streams. The packet protection scheme uses the dynamic performance measurements to actuate a rerouting of high-quality-of-service packets. 8 × 10-Gb/s wavelength-striped optical messages are rerouted through the fabric error-free (bit-error rates less than 10(-12)).
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- Caroline P Lai
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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Chen S, Ma GP, Wang MS, Cheng AC, Zhu DK, Luo QH, Jia RY, Liu F, Chen XY, Han XF, Bo Y, Zhou DC. Efficacy study and field application of an inactivated new type gosling viral enteritis virus vaccine for domestic geese. Poult Sci 2011; 90:766-74. [PMID: 21406361 DOI: 10.3382/ps.2010-01135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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New type gosling viral enteritis virus (NGVEV) caused a serious disease in naive juvenile goslings. In the described studies the performance of 2 vaccines was analyzed: a vaccine containing adjuvanted inactivated NGVEV and a vaccine containing adjuvanted inactivated NGVEV and recombinant goose IL-2. Breeder geese were subcutaneously vaccinated at the beginning of the egg production period with the vaccines. Breeder geese sham vaccinated with PBS served as control. The cellular and humoral immune responses of the vaccinated breeder geese, as well as the presence of maternally derived antibody to NGVEV, were investigated by ELISA, virus neutralization test, and lymphocyte proliferation assay, respectively. A significantly higher immunogenicity (P < 0.05) was induced by the inactivated NGVEV-recombinant goose IL-2 adjuvant vaccine compared with the inactivated NGVEV vaccine. The offspring of the vaccinated birds were challenged with virulent NGVEV (100 50% lethal dose) and the protective efficacy of the vaccines was determined. Furthermore, in a field trial the efficacy of the inactivated NGVEV vaccine was recorded from years 2003 to 2007. No clinical signs or abnormal health status were observed in the vaccinated breeder geese and the progeny. After a single application, >80% protection was shown in the progeny of geese vaccinated against NGVEV challenge for approximately 5 mo. The extensive field trials further demonstrated that vaccination of breeder geese with the inactivated NGVEV vaccine could be a safe and efficacious means to control NGVE disease. Moreover, the level of maternally derived NGVEV antibody titer in the egg yolk reflected the level of NGVEV antibodies in the breeder geese, suggesting that the egg yolk could be used to monitor the vaccination efficacy in commercial goose breeder flocks.
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- Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan, Sichuan Province, 625014, China
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Shen FX, Ma GP, Cheng AC, Wang MS, Li CF, Sun KF, Chang H, Zhu DK, Jia RY, Chen XY, Sun T. Development and application of an indirect immunohistochemical method for the detection of duck plague virus vaccine antigens in paraffin sections and localization in the vaccinated duckling tissues. Poult Sci 2010; 89:1915-23. [PMID: 20709976 DOI: 10.3382/ps.2010-00848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The objective of the present study was to develop and apply a streptavidin-alkaline phosphatase labeling system of indirect immunohistochemistry (SP-IHC) to detect antigenic distribution and localization regularity of duck plague virus (DPV) vaccine antigens in paraformaldehyde-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues of experimentally vaccinated ducklings. Male New Zealand rabbits were immunized with purified DPV antigens, which were engaged by a combination of differential centrifugation and sucrose-density gradient ultracentrifugation. The rabbit anti-DPV polyclonal antibodies were purified and used as the primary antibodies. Forty-eight 28-d-old DPV-free Pekin ducklings were subcutaneously inoculated with attenuated DPV vaccine in the immunization group and sterile PBS in the control group. The tissues were collected at sequential time points between 4 h and 18 wk postvaccination (PV) and were prepared for SP-IHC observation. The presence of DPV-specific antigens was first observed in the liver and spleen at 12 h PV; in the bursa of Fabricius, thymus, Harderian gland, esophagus, and intestinal tract at 1 d PV; and in the heart, lung, kidney, pancreas, and brain at 3 d PV. The positive staining reaction could be detected in the vaccinated duckling tissues until 18 wk PV, and no positive staining cells could be observed in the controls. The highest levels of positive staining reaction were found in the liver, spleen, bursa of Fabricius, thymus, and intestinal tract, whereas a few DPV vaccine antigens were distributed in the heart, pancreas, and esophagus. The target cells had a ubiquitous distribution, especially in the mucosal epithelial cells, lamina propria cells, macrophages, hepatocytes, and lymphocytes, which served as the principal sites for antigen localization. These findings demonstrated that SP-IHC was a reliable method for detecting antigenic distribution and localization regularity of DPV vaccine antigens in routine paraffin sections. The present study may be useful for describing proliferation and distribution regularity of DPV vaccine in the vaccinated duckling tissues and enhance further studies and clinical application of attenuated DPV vaccine.
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- F X Shen
- Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, P. R. China
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Chen S, Cheng AC, Wang MS, Zhu DK, Jia RY, Luo QH, Liu F, Chen XY, Yang JL. Humoral and cellular immune responses in adult geese induced by an inactivated vaccine against new type gosling viral enteritis virus. Poult Sci 2010; 89:2410-8. [PMID: 20952704 DOI: 10.3382/ps.2010-00958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To assess the immunogenicity of an inactivated new type gosling viral enteritis virus (NGVEV) vaccine, we investigated 3 different doses of the inactivated vaccine and the inactivated vaccine in conjunction with 3 different doses of recombinant goose interleukin-2 (rGoIL-2) adjuvant. A virus concentration of 10(5) 50% embryo infective dose/mL was subcutaneously inoculated into adult geese divided into 6 groups. The dynamic changes of the humoral and cellular immunity responses elicited by the vaccines in the adult geese postvaccination (PV) were investigated using ELISA, virus neutralization test, and lymphocyte proliferation assay. The clearance of virus from the intestines of geese (175 d PV) was studied by histopathological examination and indirect immunofluorescence assay after virulent NGVEV challenge. This study showed that the inactivated NGVEV vaccine elicits strong humoral and cellular responses in the vaccinated adult geese. The absorbance values of specific anti-NGVEV antibodies, the neutralization antibody titer, and the lymphocyte proliferation index rapidly increased, peaked at about 28 d PV, progressed to the plateau stage, and then decreased slightly. The rGoIL-2 adjuvant enhanced the immune response, and this adjuvant in conjunction with the inactivated NGVEV vaccine induces a significantly higher specific anti-NGVEV antibody absorbance value, neutralization antibody titer, and lymphocyte proliferation index than the non-adjuvant-inactivated NGVEV vaccine (P < 0.05). The inactivated NGVEV vaccine conferred adequate efficient ability to clear NGVEV in vaccinated geese even in the last phase of the vaccination period (175 d PV). The inactivated NGVEV vaccine (0.5 mL/goose) with 1,000 units of rGoIL-2 adjuvant/goose is the most effective dose, thereby eliciting the strongest humoral and cellular immunity responses and providing the most efficacious clearance of NGVEV in vivo.
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- Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan, Sichuan Province, 625014, China
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Liang WK, Wang MS. Source reconstruction of brain electromagnetic fields--source iteration of minimum norm (SIMN). Neuroimage 2009; 47:1301-11. [PMID: 19361564 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.03.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2008] [Revised: 02/11/2009] [Accepted: 03/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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A recursive scheme aiming at obtaining sparse and focal brain electromagnetic source distribution is proposed based on the interpretation that the weighted minimum norm is the minimum norm estimates of amplitudes on grid points for the source distribution specified by the diagonal elements of the weight matrix. The source distribution is updated so that, at each grid point, the number of current dipoles equals the total source strength estimate of the pre-specified current dipoles. The source strength of a pre-specified current dipole is estimated by projecting the vector of minimum norm estimate to the space spanned by the three column vectors, corresponding to the three amplitudes of the current dipole, of the resolution matrix. The norm of the projected vector yields the source strength estimate of the current dipole. Exact inverse solutions are obtained by this source iteration of minimum norm (SIMN) algorithm for noiseless MEG signals from multi-point sources provided the sources are sufficiently sparse and there are no substantial cancellations among the signals of the sources. For noisy data, a set of "noise sources" is introduced. The diagonal matrix formed by the "noise source numbers" plays the role of regularization matrix and Tikhonov regularization is applied to initialize the "noise source numbers". Application to the source localization of real EEG data is also presented.
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- Wei-Kuang Liang
- Department of Physics, National Central University, Jhongli 32001, Taiwan, ROC
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The distribution patterns of Salmonella Enteritidis in systemic organs, which have not been described previously, should be studied to better understand its pathogenesis in vivo. We inoculated the ducklings with Salmonella Enteritidis via the nasal route and performed a real-time PCR assay for determining the concentration of Salmonella Enteritidis DNA and studied the histopathology of various tissues postinoculation. The results show that the Salmonella Enteritidis load in systemic organs has a close correlation with the progression of disease. Further, rapid dissemination and active replication of Salmonella Enteritidis in multiple systemic organs accelerated the progression of disease.
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- Avian Diseases Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine of Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan, Sichuan Province, 625014, China
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Deng SX, Cheng AC, Wang MS, Yan B, Yin NC, Cao SY, Zhang ZH, Cao P. The pathogenesis of Salmonella enteritidis in experimentally infected ducks: a quantitative time-course study using taqman polymerase chain reaction. Poult Sci 2008; 87:1768-72. [PMID: 18753444 DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00166] [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] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Ducks were subcutaneously infected with a high-virulence strain of Salmonella enterica ssp. enterica serovar Enteritidis (Salmonella Enteritidis). The kinetics of the Salmonella Enteritidis genomic DNA loads, the immunohistochemical localization of the bacterial antigens, and the histopathological examination in various tissues were investigated. The results showed that the time course of the appearance of the Salmonella Enteritidis bacterial antigens and the lesions in various tissues was coincident with the bacterial load of the organism in various infected tissues. This suggests that Salmonella Enteritidis loads in systemic organs are closely correlated with the progression of the infection.
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- S X Deng
- Avian Diseases Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine of Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan, Sichuan, China
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Deng SX, Cheng AC, Wang MS, Li XR, Yan B. Replication kinetics of Salmonella enteritidis in internal organs of ducklings after oral challenge: a quantitative time-course study using real-time PCR. Vet Res Commun 2008; 33:273-80. [PMID: 18781393 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-008-9175-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2008] [Accepted: 08/21/2008] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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This research was undertaken to understand the replication kinetics of Salmonella enteritidis (S. enteritidis) in the internal organs of ducklings after oral challenge over a 2 wk period. A serovar-specific real-time, fluorescence-based quantitative polymerase chain reaction (FQ-PCR) assay was used to detect genomic DNA of S. enteritidis in the blood and the internal organs at different time points respectively. The results showed that the spleen was positive at 12 h post inoculation (PI) and the blood was at 14 h PI. The organism was detected in the liver and heart at 16 h PI, the pancreas and kidney were positive at 20 h PI, and the final organ to show a positive results was the gallbladder at 22 h PI. The copy number of S. enteritidis DNA in each tissue reached a peak at 24 h-36 h PI, with the liver and spleen containing the highest concentration of S. enteritidis. The blood, heart, kidney, pancreas, and gallbladder had low concentrations. S. enteritidis populations began to decrease and were not detectable at 3 d PI, but were still present up to 2 wk for the spleen without causing apparent symptoms. To make the results meaningful, a side-by-side bacteriology method (IFA) was performed. The results of IFA were similar to the FQ-PCR assay. This research provided a significant data for understanding the life cycle of S. enteritidis in the internal organs, and may help to understand the pathogenesis of S.entertidis in the future.
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- S X Deng
- Avian Diseases Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine of Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan, 625014, Sichuan Province, China
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Direct transmission electron microscope (TEM) observations of the field emission and evaporation process of emitting carbon nanotubes (CNTs) shown that the tip structure of the CNT is in general composed of irregular shaped graphitic sheets which extend typically more than 10 nm from the end of the CNT. It is found that the irregular shaped graphitic sheets at the tip of the CNT may greatly enhance the field emission characteristics of the CNT when compared with that having an ideal circular edge. The field evaporation of the CNT proceeds typically via the removal of the irregular shaped graphitic sheets from the tip of the CNT, and field emission characteristics of a CNT depend far more sensitively on the tip structure than on the geometric length of the CNT.
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- M S Wang
- Key Laboratory on the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Conforti L, Fang G, Beirowski B, Wang MS, Sorci L, Asress S, Adalbert R, Silva A, Bridge K, Huang XP, Magni G, Glass JD, Coleman MP. NAD(+) and axon degeneration revisited: Nmnat1 cannot substitute for Wld(S) to delay Wallerian degeneration. Cell Death Differ 2006; 14:116-27. [PMID: 16645633 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The slow Wallerian degeneration protein (Wld(S)), a fusion protein incorporating full-length nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase 1 (Nmnat1), delays axon degeneration caused by injury, toxins and genetic mutation. Nmnat1 overexpression is reported to protect axons in vitro, but its effect in vivo and its potency remain unclear. We generated Nmnat1-overexpressing transgenic mice whose Nmnat activities closely match that of Wld(S) mice. Nmnat1 overexpression in five lines of transgenic mice failed to delay Wallerian degeneration in transected sciatic nerves in contrast to Wld(S) mice where nearly all axons were protected. Transected neurites in Nmnat1 transgenic dorsal root ganglion explant cultures also degenerated rapidly. The delay in vincristine-induced neurite degeneration following lentiviral overexpression of Nmnat1 was significantly less potent than for Wld(S), and lentiviral overexpressed enzyme-dead Wld(S) still displayed residual neurite protection. Thus, Nmnat1 is significantly weaker than Wld(S) at protecting axons against traumatic or toxic injury in vitro, and has no detectable effect in vivo. The full protective effect of Wld(S) requires more N-terminal sequences of the protein.
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- L Conforti
- The Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB2 4AT, UK
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Wang MS, Peng LM, Wang JY, Jin CH, Chen Q. Quantitative Analysis of Electron Field-Emission Characteristics of Individual Carbon Nanotubes: The Importance of the Tip Structure. J Phys Chem B 2006; 110:9397-402. [PMID: 16686482 DOI: 10.1021/jp054971i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Electron field-emission measurements on individual carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were performed inside the transmission electron microscope (TEM). The field-emission characteristics of CNTs with different tip structures were compared, and their field conversion factor and emission area were studied systematically. It was found that the field-emission characteristics of a CNT depend sensitively on its tip structure, and in particular an opened CNT was shown to be superior to a capped CNT. High-resolution TEM observations revealed that the tip of an opened CNT may, in general, be regarded as being composed of irregular shaped graphitic sheets, and these graphitic sheets have been found to improve dramatically the field-emission characteristics, but the sharp edge may result in larger error in the calculated emission area. The influence of uncertainty in the work function of the CNTs on the field conversion factor and emission area calculation was also investigated.
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- M S Wang
- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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