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Tong R, Zhao L, Guo LJ, Zhou GW, Liang CY, Hou G, Dai HP, Chen WH. [Application of transbronchial cryobiopsy in the diagnosis of postoperative complications after lung transplantation: a report of 6 cases]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2023; 46:34-39. [PMID: 36617926 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20220411-00301] [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: 01/10/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the efficacy and safety of transbronchial cryobiopsy (TBCB) after lung transplantation. Methods: The clinical characteristics, TBCB procedure, diagnosis and treatment, and outcomes of lung transplant recipients of 6 patients (all male, aged 33-67 years) with TBCB in China-Japan Friendship Hospital from May to November 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Results: Among the 6 patients diagnosed by TBCB, there were 2 cases of organizing pneumonia, 1 acute cellular rejection, 1 antibody-mediated rejection, and 1 bronchiolitis obliterans, and 1 diffuse alveolar damage. After the clinical diagnosis was confirmed, the condition improved after adjustment of the treatments followed. There were no serious complications related to the TBCB procedure. Conclusion: TBCB is valuable and relatively safe in the diagnosis of complications after lung transplantation, but the indications need to be strictly controlled.
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- R Tong
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Cessation and Respiratory Diseases Prevention, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Lung Transplantation, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Cessation and Respiratory Diseases Prevention, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Lung Transplantation, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Cessation and Respiratory Diseases Prevention, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Cessation and Respiratory Diseases Prevention, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Lung Transplantation, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Cessation and Respiratory Diseases Prevention, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Cessation and Respiratory Diseases Prevention, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Cessation and Respiratory Diseases Prevention, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Lung Transplantation, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Cessation and Respiratory Diseases Prevention, Beijing 100029, China
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Shi J, Tong R, Zhou M, Gao Y, Zhao Y, Chen Y, Liu W, Li G, Lu D, Meng G, Hu L, Yuan A, Lu X, Pu J. Circadian nuclear receptor Rev-erbalpha is expressed by platelets and potentiates platelet activation and thrombus formation. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.3035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Adverse cardiovascular events have day/night patterns with peaks in the morning, potentially related to endogenous circadian clock control of platelet activation. Circadian nuclear receptor Rev-erbα is an essential and negative component of the circadian clock.
Purpose
We aim to investigate the expression profile and biological function of Rev-erbα in platelets.
Methods and results
Here we report the presence and functions of circadian nuclear receptor Rev-erbα in human and mouse platelets. Both human and mouse platelet Rev-erbα showed a circadian rhythm that positively correlated with platelet aggregation. Global Rev-erbα knockout and platelet-specific Rev-erbα knockout mice exhibited defective in hemostasis as assessed by prolonged tail-bleeding times. Rev-erbα deletion also reduced ferric chloride-induced carotid arterial occlusive thrombosis, prevented collagen/epinephrine-induced pulmonary thromboembolism, and protected against microvascular microthrombi obstruction and infarct expansion in an acute myocardial infarction model. In vitro thrombus formation assessed by CD41-labeled platelet fluorescence intensity was significantly reduced in Rev-erbα knockout mouse blood. Platelets from Rev-erbα knockout mice exhibited impaired agonist-induced aggregation responses, integrin αIIbβ3 activation and α-granule release. Consistently, pharmacological inhibition of Rev-erbα by specific antagonists decreased platelet activation markers in both mouse and human platelets. Mechanistically, mass spectrometry and co-immunoprecipitation analyses revealed that Rev-erbα potentiated platelet activation via oligophrenin-1-mediated RhoA/ERM (ezrin/radixin/moesin) pathway.
Conclusion
We provide the first evidence that circadian protein Rev-erbα is functionally expressed in platelets and potentiates platelet activation and thrombus formation. Rev-erbα may serve as a novel therapeutic target for managing thrombosis-based cardiovascular disease.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Foundation. Main funding source(s): This work was supported by grants from the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (81625002), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81930007).
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- Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- Shanghai University of Traditional Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- Shanghai University of Traditional Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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Yu Q, Huang H, Xue S, Tong R, Laref A, Chen J, He Z, Zhu Z, Luo S. Structural configuration and phase stability in the quaternary Heusler compounds CoCrYSb (Y=Sc,Ti, V). COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2022.113656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Yu TT, Wang CY, Tong R. ERBB2 gene expression silencing involved in ovarian cancer cell migration and invasion through mediating MAPK1/MAPK3 signaling pathway. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 24:5267-5280. [PMID: 32495860 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202005_21309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore possible mechanism of ERBB2 gene expression silencing mediating mitogen-activated protein kinase 1/mitogen-activated protein kinase 3 (MAPK1/MAPK3) signaling pathway on proliferation, migration, and invasion of ovarian cancer cells. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 240 cancer specimens were collected in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer intraoperatively in our hospital from January 2015 to January 2018. Expressions of ERBB2, MAPK1, and MAPK3 in tissues were detected by immunohistochemistry. Following the culture of ovarian cancer cell lines, target cell line with high expression of ERBB2 was screened by qRT-PCR. Cell grouping was performed with four groups after transfection, including Blank group, negative control (NC) group, ERBB2 shRNA group, and ERBB2 overexpression group (shorted as ERBB2 group). The expression levels of ERBB2, MAPK1, MAPK3, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), metalloproteases-2 (MMP-2), and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteases-2 (TIMP-2) were detected by qRT-PCR in different transfection groups, followed by the detection of protein expressions with Western blot. 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay was used to test the proliferation activity of each group after transfection, while transwell assay and scratch test explored cell invasion and migration in each group, respectively. RESULTS Immunohistochemistry showed that the positive rates of ERBB2, MAPK1, and MAPK3 in ovarian cancer tissues were significantly increased than those in adjacent normal epithelial tissues. In the cell experiment, ERBB2 gene was highly expressed in SKOV3 ovarian cancer cell line. There was no significant difference in each index between Blank group and NC group (p > 0.05). Compared with Blank group and NC group, the expression levels of ERBB2, MAPK1, MAPK3, VEGF, and MMP-2 in ERBB2 shRNA group decreased significantly, TIMP-2 increased markedly, and proliferation, invasion, and migration abilities of cells decreased markedly after transfection, showing statistically significant differences (All p < 0.05). By contrast, the expression levels of ERBB2, MAPK1, MAPK3, VEGF, and MMP-2 increased remarkably in ERBB2 group, while TIMP-2 decreased significantly, and cell proliferation, invasion, and migration ability increased evidently after transfection, with statistically significant differences (All p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Silencing ERBB2 gene expression may inhibit the activation of MAPK1/MAPK3 signaling pathway and thus suppress the proliferation, invasion, and migration of ovarian cancer cells. Overexpression of ERBB2 gene can reverse those trends, which in turn support the role of ERBB2 gene expression silencing in molecular targeted therapy of ovarian cancer.
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- T-T Yu
- Department of Gynaecology, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, P.R. China.
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McKee M, Tong R, Bourland J. PO-1310: Gamma Knife Relative Output Factor Measurements with Multichannel Radiochromic Film Dosimetry. Radiother Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)01328-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Liu X, He X, Chen Z, Du S, Yang Y, Shu Y, Li G, Hu Y, Tong R, Li G, Qian Q. SAT-186 Extra-potassium Load from Commonly Used Traditional Chinese Medicines Was an Urgent Problem for CKD Patients. Kidney Int Rep 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.02.198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Tong R, Brewer M, Flavell H, Roberts LD. Professional and interprofessional identities: a scoping review. J Interprof Care 2020:1-9. [PMID: 32053408 DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2020.1713063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 04/11/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Identity development within the interprofessional field is an emerging area of research. This scoping review aims to establish how professional and interprofessional identities are defined, conceptualized, theorized and measured within the interprofessional literature. Six databases were systematically searched for papers focusing on professional and/or interprofessional identities in interprofessional healthcare and education using a scoping review methodology. A total of 84 papers were included. Most papers discussed professional identity only; the minority discussed both identities. There were three key findings. First, no universal definition of interprofessional identity exists. Second, there is no shared understanding of interprofessional identity and its relationship with professional identity. Third, poor alignment between definitions, conceptualizations, theories and measures of interprofessional identity exists. The absence of a psychometrically robust instrument that specifically measures interprofessional identity and the short-term focus of current interprofessional identity research further limits understanding. Research that critically examines professional and interprofessional identity development should be underpinned by clear definitions, concepts, theories and measures of both identities. High-quality research will allow greater understanding of interprofessional identity development and its impact on interprofessional practice.
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- School of Psychology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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Tong R, Hu S, Yang H. Peritoneal dialysis related fungal peritonitis caused by Candida krusei: The first reported case. Nephrology (Carlton) 2019; 23:703-704. [PMID: 30133971 DOI: 10.1111/nep.13167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ren Tong
- Division of Nephrology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Internal Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- Division of Nephrology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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Hu S, Tong R, Bo Y, Ming P, Yang H. Fungal peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis: 5-year review from a North China center. Infection 2018; 47:35-43. [PMID: 30145773 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-018-1204-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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PURPOSE Fungal peritonitis (FP) is a rare but devastating complication in peritoneal dialysis (PD), accounting for high rates of technique failure, morbidity and mortality. This study was conducted to investigate FPs with regard to peritonitis rate, microbiology testing, patient characteristics, clinical features, antifungal treatments, and clinical outcomes in patients on PD. METHODS This single-center study retrospectively reviewed all FP episodes diagnosed from June 1, 2012 to June, 2017. All FPs were matched in a 1:5 ratio with PD patients diagnosed with bacterial peritonitis. Clinical, biochemical characteristics and detailed data on peritonitis episodes were recorded. RESULTS Eleven fungal peritonitis episodes (rate of 0.0067 episodes per patient-year on dialysis) were identified. All FPs were caused by Candida species (identification and antifungal susceptibility testing were performed with VITEK 2® compact system), including C. albicans (6/11), C. parapsilosis (4/11) and C. krusei (1/11). Except C. krusei, no Candida resistance to fluconazole was detected. Compared to bacterial peritonitis (matched cases, n = 55), FP group showed higher rate of previous antibiotic use (p = 0.002), higher total effluent cell count (p = 0.007), and lower serum albumin (p = 0.01), higher rate of infection-related surgery (p < 0.001), HD transfer (p = 0.001), and all-cause death (p = 0.006). High prevalence (≥ 50%) of female gender, anuria, CCI ≥ 4, hypoalbuminemia, anemia, and hypokalemia were also observed in FP patients. More than half of the FP patients presented gastrointestinal symptoms (7/11) and extraperitoneal infection (6/11). Eight (72.7%) patients had catheter surgically removed with a median 5.5 lag days, four (36.4%) patients died within 3 months and six (54.5%) cases led to technique failure. CONCLUSIONS FP results in high rates of catheter loss and all-cause mortality in 3 months of follow-up, candida species were the commonest pathogens in our center. Variations of clinical features and susceptibility patterns were observed. Gastrointestinal disorders maybe a potential risk factor for FP.
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- Shouci Hu
- Division of Nephrology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300391, China
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- Division of Nephrology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300391, China
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- Division of Nephrology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300391, China
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- Division of Nephrology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300391, China
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- Division of Nephrology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300391, China.
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Zhang L, Li M, He S, Tong R, Zhu JQ, Wang GQ. [Diagnostic value of endobronchial ultrasonography with a guide sheath for peripheral pulmonary ground glass opacity]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2017; 40:845-849. [PMID: 29320832 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2017.11.009] [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 diagnostic value of endobronchial ultrasonography with a guide sheath (EBUS-GS) for peripheral pulmonary ground glass opacity (GGO). Methods: The clinical data of 27 consecutive patients with 27 GGOs diagnosed by EBUS-GS between November 2014 to December 2015 in our Cancer Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. The average age of these 27 patients, including 9 males and 18 females, was 59±11 years. The median lesion size of the 27 GGOs was 2.9±1.2 cm, including 24 mixed GGOs and 3 pure GGOs. EBUS images of all 27 GGOs were evaluated, cytological, histological and combination diagnosis analyzed, and complications observed. Results: Under thin bronchoscope, 2 out of 27 cases showed bronchial stenosis, 1 showed bronchial stenosis with mucosal swelling, and the other 24 did not show abnormalities. Twenty-five out of 27 GGOs were found by EBUS, including 22 cases of mGGO and 3 of pGGO. In these ultrasonic images of 22 mGGOs, 18 showed mixed blizzard sign, 3 showed diffusely heterogeneous acoustic shadow and 1showed blizzard sign. Ultrasonic images of 3 pGGOs all appeared as blizzard sign. Twenty-six cytological specimens were obtained, and 16 were diagnosed clearly. All 27 histological specimens were collected, and 18 were diagnosed clearly. Nineteen of 27 cases were diagnosed by combination of cytological and histological specimens. One complication of EBUS-GS with mild bleeding was observed, and hemorrhage was terminated by conservative treatment. Conclusions: EBUS-GS is valuable for GGO diagnosis with less complications and higher safety. GGO ultrasonic image manifested as mixed blizzard sign, blizzard sign or diffusely heterogeneous acoustic shadow.
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- L Zhang
- Department of Endoscopy, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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Chen B, Liu S, Wang J, Hu B, Xu H, Tong R, Hu X, Xue J, Lu Y. Prognostic value of FGFR1 overexpression and amplification in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients: a combined analysis from TCGA database. Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw391.05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Zhou L, Li R, Tang F, Liu J, Tong R, Xue J, Liu Y, Wang S, Zhong R, Lu Y. 83P Cerebral toxicity of whole brain radiotherapy plus icotinib in rats. J Thorac Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s1556-0864(16)30196-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Olorunsola O, Fidelman N, Behr S, Kohi M, Kolli K, Taylor A, Tong R, LaBerge J, Kerlan R. Hepatic vein imaging findings associated with elevated lung shunt fraction in patients being considered for yttrium-90 radioembolization. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2014.12.605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Peng G, Dan W, Jun W, Junjun Y, Tong R, Baoli Z, Yang X. Transcriptome profiling of the cancer and adjacent nontumor tissues from cervical squamous cell carcinoma patients by RNA sequencing. Tumour Biol 2015; 36:3309-17. [PMID: 25586346 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-014-2963-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the world. The discovery of vital diagnostic and therapeutic markers against cervical squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) would broaden our understanding on the molecular basis of CSCC. In this study, we thoroughly analyzed the transcriptome of CSCC and matched adjacent nontumor (ATN) tissue. RNA sequencing was performed to screen the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of three pairs of CSCC and ATN tissues. Functional enrichment analysis was used to uncover the biological functions of DEGs. Protein interaction network was carried out to reveal interaction of DEGs. Quantitative real-time PCR was conducted to validate the expression of DEGs. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the relationship between clinicopathological parameters of CSCC and DEGs. There were a total of 347 significantly common DEGs in the three paired examples, including 104 consistent upregulated and 148 consistent downregulated DEGs. The 347 DEGs were categorized into 73 functional categories by Gene Ontology (GO) analysis. The Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis suggested six significantly signal pathways. The protein interaction network uncovered three important DEGs, including retinol dehydrogenase 12 (RDH12), ubiquitin D (UBD), and serum amyloid A1 (SAA1). We found that RDH12 expression was decreased in 74.5 % of CSCC tissues. RDH12 expression was negatively associated with tumor size and depth of cervical invasion. The UBD was overexpressed in 61.7 % of CSCC tissues and was positively related with tumor size and lymphatic metastasis. The SAA1 protein was overexpressed in 57.4 % of CSCC tissues and was positively related with clinicopathological parameters of tumor size, lymphatic metastasis, and depth of cervical invasion. The RDH12, UBD, and SAA1 genes might participate in the progression of CSCC.
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- Guo Peng
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, No. 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Wang Fu Jing Street, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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Monteiro IP, Gabriel D, Timko BP, Hashimoto M, Karajanagi S, Tong R, Marques AP, Reis RL, Kohane DS. A two-component pre-seeded dermal-epidermal scaffold. Acta Biomater 2014; 10:4928-4938. [PMID: 25192821 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2014] [Revised: 08/18/2014] [Accepted: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We have developed a bilayered dermal-epidermal scaffold for application in the treatment of full-thickness skin defects. The dermal component gels in situ and adapts to the lesion shape, delivering human dermal fibroblasts in a matrix of fibrin and cross-linked hyaluronic acid modified with a cell adhesion-promoting peptide. Fibroblasts were able to form a tridimensional matrix due to material features such as tailored mechanical properties, presence of protease-degradable elements and cell-binding ligands. The epidermal component is a robust membrane containing cross-linked hyaluronic acid and poly-l-lysine, on which keratinocytes were able to attach and to form a monolayer. Amine-aldehyde bonding at the interface between the two components allows the formation of a tightly bound composite scaffold. Both parts of the scaffold were designed to provide cell-type-specific cues to allow for cell proliferation and form a construct that mimics the skin environment.
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- I P Monteiro
- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; 3B's Research Group - Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, AvePark, 4806-909 Taipas, Guimarães, Portugal; ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory University of Minho, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- 3B's Research Group - Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, AvePark, 4806-909 Taipas, Guimarães, Portugal; ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory University of Minho, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- 3B's Research Group - Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, AvePark, 4806-909 Taipas, Guimarães, Portugal; ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory University of Minho, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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- E Long
- Sichuan Provincial People' s Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan Provincial People' s Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Long E, Hu M, Tong R, Qin Y. Cost Analysis Of Pharmaceutical Service In Hospital: A Case Study In A Tertiary Hospital In Sichuan, China. Value Health 2014; 17:A792. [PMID: 27202961 DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2014.08.443] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- Sichuan Provincial People' s Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan Provincial People' s Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Tong R, Kolli K, Saeed M, Rieke V, Lee E, Hetts S, Wilson M. Thermal ablation using resistive heating by MRI high power catheter. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2013.12.502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Tong R, Kohi M, Fidelman N, Kuo Y, Kolli K, Taylor A, LaBerge J, Kerlan R. Clinical outcome of IR drainage of breast seroma following mastectomy with reconstruction. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2013.01.132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE In this study, the presence and severity of external auditory canal exostoses (EACE) in a group of white water kayakers related to the duration and intensity of kayaking and the number of ear infections reported were identified. DESIGN A community-based volunteer cross-sectional study was completed with 92 kayakers (69 men, 23 women; mean (SD) age 29.3 (8.72) years) and 65 control volunteers (37 men, 28 women; mean (SD) age 36.9 (14.9) years). After exclusions, 269 individual ears were examined (154 kayakers and 115 controls). Participants completed a questionnaire and underwent otoscopic examination. Main outcome measures were the presence and severity of EACE, the duration and frequency of kayaking and self-reported ear infections. Exclusion criteria included other cold-water exposure, known ear pathology or poor visualisation of the auditory canal. RESULTS The findings demonstrated that 69.5% of kayaker ears and 1.7% of the control group were found to have EACE. Severity of EACE was significantly associated with the duration (p<0.01) and frequency (p<0.05) of kayaking with 90.6% of kayakers that had participated for more than 10 years having evidence of EACE. A significant relationship also existed between the number of self-reported ear infections and the severity of EACE (p<0.01). CONCLUSION There is a positive relationship between the duration and frequency of white water kayaking and the presence and severity of EACE and associated ear infections.
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- University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK
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Winkler F, Kozin S, Tong R, Hicklin D, Munn L, Jain R. Kinetics of vascular normalisation by VEGFR2 blockade governs brain tumour response to radiation: role of angiopoietin-1 and matrix metalloproteinases. Akt Neurol 2005. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-919261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In this paper I argue that a global bioethics is possible. Specifically, I present the view that there are within feminist approaches to bioethics some conceptual and methodological tools necessary to forge a bioethics that embraces the health-related concerns of both developing and developed nations equally. To support my argument I discuss some of the challenges that have historically confronted feminists. If feminists accept the idea that women are entirely the same, then feminists present as fact the fiction of the essential "Woman." Not only does "Woman" not exist, -she" obscures important racial, ethnic, cultural, and class differences among women. However, if feminists stress women's differences too much, feminists lose the power to speak coherently and cogently about gender justice, women's rights, and sexual equality in general. Analyzing the ways in which the idea of difference as well as the idea of sameness have led feminists astray, I ask whether it is possible to avoid the Scylla of absolutism (imperialism, colonialism, hegemony) on the one hand and the Charybdis of relativism (postmodernism, fragmentation, Balkanization) on the other. Finally, after reflecting upon the work of Uma Narayan, Susan Muller Okin, and Martha Nussbaum, I conclude that there is a way out of this ethical bind. By focusing on women's, children's, and men's common human needs, it is possible to lay the foundation for a just and caring global bioethics.
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- R Tong
- UNC-Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
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This article addresses the issue of women as primary caregivers to children and the concept of "maternal practice." The idea of maternal practice guides mothers as they learn (1) how to meet their child's physical, psychological, and spiritual needs, and (2) how to make their child socially acceptable. Hindrances to maternal practice include severe poverty and disabilities of the mother. The relationship between maternal practice and the quest for health care in the U.S. is discussed. Maintaining adequate health care is more difficult when parents are poorly educated and/or impoverished. Without proper health care, poor children are less likely to be able to compete with rich children in society. Dental care is also a concern, because proper dental care is fundamental in the maintenance of overall health. Dental care is not a "luxury" but medically necessary care. Solutions include increasing the awareness of such programs as CHIP and WIC, extending Medicaid benefits to more children, and compensating health care practitioners for working with Medicaid recipients. In addition, society must think more maternally and increase health and dental care accessibility, particularly to the poor in rural areas. The article concludes with the thought that if society expects mothers to care for their children, then society must care for mothers.
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- Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001, USA.
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Nightingale AK, James PP, Morris-Thurgood J, Harrold F, Tong R, Jackson SK, Cockcroft JR, Frenneaux MP. Evidence against oxidative stress as mechanism of endothelial dysfunction in methionine loading model. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001; 280:H1334-9. [PMID: 11179081 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.280.3.h1334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Endothelial dysfunction reflects reduced nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability due to either reduced production, inactivation of NO, or reduced smooth muscle responsiveness. Oral methionine loading causes acute endothelial dysfunction in healthy subjects and provides a model in which to study mechanisms. Endothelial function was assessed using flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) of the brachial artery in humans. Three markers of oxidative stress were measured ex vivo in venous blood. NO responsiveness was assessed in vascular smooth muscle and platelets. Oral methionine loading induced endothelial dysfunction (FMD decreased from 2.8 +/- 0.8 to 0.3 +/- 0.3% with methionine and from 2.8 +/- 0.8 to 1.3 +/- 0.3% with placebo; P < 0.05). No significant changes in measures of plasma oxidative stress or in vascular or platelet sensitivity to submaximal doses of NO donors were detected. These data suggest that oxidative stress is not the mechanism of endothelial dysfunction after oral methionine loading. Furthermore, the preservation of vascular and platelet NO sensitivity makes a signal transduction abnormality unlikely.
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- Department of Cardiology, Wales Heart Research Institute, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom.
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Jing X, Ji-Shuan S, Xiao-Ming Z, Tong R, Liang Y, Han-Peng Z. Novel Templating Route to Mesoporous Silica Molecular Sieves. ACTA PHYS-CHIM SIN 2001. [DOI: 10.3866/pku.whxb20010301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- R Tong
- Philosophy Department and Center for Applied and Professional Ethics, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
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Binder J, Kaufman J, Possing E, Liebenthal E, Tong R, Ward B. Functional parcellation of human auditory cortex: Sensitivity to intensity and spectral pattern information. Neuroimage 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s1053-8119(00)91228-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Diao P, Jiang D, Cui X, Gu D, Tong R, Zhong B. Unmodified supported thiol/lipid bilayers: studies of structural disorder and conducting mechanism by cyclic voltammetry and AC impedance. Bioelectrochem Bioenerg 1999; 48:469-75. [PMID: 10379570 DOI: 10.1016/s0302-4598(99)00038-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Supported thiol/lipid bilayer assembly, one of the most spectacular bilayer systems in recent years, has provided a good model to study biomembranes because of its high mechanical stability. In this work, the structural and conducting property of unmodified Au supported octadecanethiol/phosphatidylcholine bilayers were investigated using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The forming process of bilayer was monitored by capacitance plane plot. The normalized membrane capacitance of supported bilayer is 0.52 microF cm(-2). Kinetically controlled voltammograms determined by Butler-Volmer equation were obtained for both thiol monolayer and thiol/lipid bilayer in linear sweep voltammetry. Results of EIS experiment indicate that collapsed sites and pinhole defects exist in thiol monolayer and lipid monolayer, respectively. The difference between the values of experimental and theoretical standard electron transfer rate constant indicates that the conducting mechanism of Au supported thiol monolayer is electron tunneling at collapsed sites. The conducting mechanism of Au supported thiol/lipid bilayer is attributed as the following: the electroactive species could diffuse through pinholes in the lipid monolayer and reach collapsed sites in thiol monolayer, where electron transfer occurs via a tunneling process. The fractional coverage of the lipid monolayer measure by EIS experiments is about 0.98 or higher.
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- Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan
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A quick and accurate way to rotate and shift nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) images using the two-dimensional chirp-z transform is presented. When the desired image grid is rotated and shifted from the original grid due to patient motion, the chirp-z transform can reconstruct NMR images directly onto the ultimate grid instead of reconstructing onto the original grid and then applying interpolation to get the final real-space image in the conventional way. The rotation angle and shift distances are embedded in the parameters of the chirp-z transform. The chirp-z transform implements discrete sinc interpolation to get values at grid points that are not exactly on the original grid when applying the inverse Fourier transform. Therefore, the chirp-z transform is more accurate than methods such as linear or bicubic interpolation and is more efficient than direct implementation of sinc interpolation because the sinc interpolation is implemented at the same time as reconstruction from k-space.
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- R Tong
- Biophysics Research Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226-0509, USA.
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Cui X, Jiang D, Diao P, Li J, Tong R, Wang X. Electron transfer between ferrocene-modified Au/octadecanethiol/lipid BLM electrode and redox couples in solution. Bioelectrochem Bioenerg 1999; 48:243-7. [PMID: 10228595 DOI: 10.1016/s0302-4598(98)00202-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bilayers incorporated with ferrocene consisting of self-assembled octadecanethiol and lipid monolayer on gold substrates were fabricated. Its electrochemical behaviors in solutions containing different redox couples were investigated by cyclic voltammetry and ac impedance. The transmembrane electron transfer reaction across octadecanethiol self-assembled film and an adsorbed phospholipid layer mediated by ferrocene have been observed in the solution of Fe(CN)6(3-/4-). The formal potential difference between mediator in bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) and redox couple in solution has a great impact on the transmembrane electron transfer behavior. The ferrocene-modified BLM electrodes might be useful for constructing a bilayer-based electrochemical current rectifying device.
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- X Cui
- Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Taiyuan, China
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Techniques for rotating two- and three-dimensional (2-D and 3-D) images using fast Fourier transforms (FFT's) are presented. The methods are applications of the multidimensional chirp algorithm. In the 2-D case, one chirp transformation is sufficient, requiring four 2-D FFT's, In the 3-D case, two successive chirp transformations are required, needing six 3-D FFT's.
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In this paper I seek to distinguish a feminist virtue ethics of care from (1) justice ethics, (2) narrative ethics, (3) care ethics and (4) virtue ethics. I also connect this contemporary discussion of what makes a virtue ethics of care feminist to eighteenth and nineteenth century debates about male, female, and human virtue. In conclude that by focusing on issues related to gender--primarily those related to the systems, structures, and ideologies that create and sustain patterns of male domination and female subordination--we can begin to appreciate that true care and bona-fide virtue can flourish only in societies that treat all persons with equal respect and consideration.
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- R Tong
- Medical Humanities and Philosophy, Davidson College, NC 28036, USA
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Tong R. A feminist interpretation of Engelhardt's bioethics: more a moral friend than a moral stranger. Reason Pap 1997:60-74. [PMID: 15085825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Tong R. Feminist approaches to bioethics. J Clin Ethics 1996; 7:315-9. [PMID: 9029332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- R Tong
- Davidson College, N.C., USA
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This essay discusses the history of the "futility debate" and the motives that sometimes prompt health care professionals, health care providers, patients, and surrogates to take different sides in it. Changes in the health care system, financial responsibility shifts, technical medical advances, and medical care rationing are analyzed as contributors to the futility debate. So too are variations in the definition of futility examined as part of the current controversy. The respective attitudes of professionals, providers, patients, and surrogates in accepting the goals, capabilities, and limits of medicine are also explored. In particular, the lack of honest communication between health care professionals/health care providers on the one hand and patients/surrogates on the other is acknowledged as a major roadblock in the building of care-focused futility policies. Finally, various initial attempts of hospitals to create futility guidelines are evaluated in order to detect problem areas and to suggest lines of improvement.
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- Department of Philosophy, Davidson College, North Carolina 28036-1719, USA
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Tong R. Is there a right to health care? N C Med J 1993; 54:590-5. [PMID: 8272113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Tong R. An exercise in futility. Are we bidden to "treat" the untreatable? N C Med J 1993; 54:386-91. [PMID: 8377850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The purpose of this commentary on James Nelson's article [1] is to advocate introducing the ethics of care into the arena of gestational conflict. Too often the debate gets stalled in a maternal versus fetal rights headlock. Interventionists stress fetal over maternal rights: they believe education, post-birth prosecution or pre-birth seizure of pregnant women may be permissible. In contrast to interventionists, other philosophers stress that favoring fetal rights treats women like 'fetal containers'. I question whether we should really consider issues of moral/parental obligations to children in terms of rights. Rather, the language of care should guide moral conduct vis-a-vis children/fetuses. The particularity of each woman's story--the particulars of her human relationships--inform her story. An individual's ability to care is largely a function of whether community cares for her. We must care for others to enable them to care for themselves and their loved ones--born or unborn.
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- R Tong
- Department of Philosophy, Davidson College, NC 28036
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In this paper I examine the epistemology and ethics of consensus, focusing on the ways in which decision makers use/misuse ethical expertise. The major questions I raise and tentative answers I give are the following: First, are the 'experts' really experts? My tentative answer is that they are bona fide experts who often represent specific interest groups. Second, is the experts' authority merely epistemological or is it also ethical? My tentative answer is that the experts' authority consists not only in their command over specific matters of fact and/or value, but also in their ability to achieve 'consensus' about what is 'true'/'false', or 'right'/'wrong'. Third, should the authority of expertise be limited? My tentative answer is that it should be limited in the area of facts but especially in the area of values. Persons who are ethics 'experts' must be particularly careful to practice an ethics of persuasion rather than an ethics of compulsion. Their role is not to force their group consensus upon decision makers' individual moral perceptions and deliberations; rather it is to help decision makers come to their own conclusions about what they ought to do.
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- R Tong
- Davidson College, NC 28036
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Xiaozhen Y, Tong R, Jie C, Longgen Z. REDUCTION OF P<SUB>2</SUB>Mo<SUB>18<sup>6-</sup></SUB><SBP></sup> EXCITATION STATE BY ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS. ACTA PHYS-CHIM SIN 1989. [DOI: 10.3866/pku.whxb19890622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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