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Fang SY, Chen JW, Chou HW, Chan CY, Wu IH, Chou NK, Wang CH, Chi NH, Huang SC, Yu HY, Chen YS, Hsu RB. Validation of the European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation II in a large Taiwan cardiac surgical centre. J Formos Med Assoc 2023; 122:1265-1273. [PMID: 37316346 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2023.05.028] [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: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE II) is a well-established scoring system for predicting mortality in cardiac surgery. This system was derived predominantly from a European patient cohort; however, no validation of this system has been conducted in Taiwan. We sought to assess the performance of EuroSCORE II at a tertiary centre. METHODS The 2161 adult patients receiving cardiac surgery between 2017 and 2020 in our institution were included. RESULTS Overall, the in-hospital mortality rate was 7.89%. The performance of EuroSCORE II was assessed using the area under the receiver operator curve (AUC) for discrimination and the Hosmer-Lemeshow (H-L) test for calibration. Data were analysed for type of surgery, risk stratification, and status of the operation. EuroSCORE II had good discriminative power (AUC=0.854, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 0.822-0.885) and good calibration (χ2=5.19, p=0.82) for all types of surgery except ventricular assist devices (AUC=0.618, 95% CI: 0.497-0.738). EuroSCORE II also showed good calibration for most types of surgery except coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) combined procedure (P=0.033), heart transplantation (HT) (P=0.017), and urgent operation (P=0.041). EuroSCORE II significantly underestimated the risk for CABG combined procedure and urgent operations, and overestimated the risk for HT. CONCLUSION EuroSCORE II had satisfactory discrimination and calibration power to predict surgical mortality in Taiwan. However, the model is poorly calibrated for CABG combined procedure, HT, urgent operation, and, likely, lower- and higher-risk patients.
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- Shih-Yu Fang
- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Fang SY, Chou YT, Hsu KC, Hsu SL, Yu KW, Tsai YS, Liao YC, Tsai PC, Lee YC. Clinical and genetic characterization of NIPA1 mutations in a Taiwanese cohort with hereditary spastic paraplegia. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2023; 10:353-362. [PMID: 36607129 PMCID: PMC10014004 DOI: 10.1002/acn3.51724] [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] [Received: 10/01/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE NIPA1 mutations have been implicated in hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) as the cause of spastic paraplegia type 6 (SPG6). The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and genetic features of SPG6 in a Taiwanese HSP cohort. METHODS We screened 242 unrelated Taiwanese patients with HSP for NIPA1 mutations. The clinical features of patients with a NIPA1 mutation were analyzed. Minigene-based splicing assay, RT-PCR analysis on the patients' RNA, and cell-based protein expression study were utilized to assess the effects of the mutations on splicing and protein expression. RESULTS Two patients were identified to carry a different heterozygous NIPA1 mutation. The two mutations, c.316G>A and c.316G>C, are located in the 3' end of NIPA1 exon 3 near the exon-intron boundary and putatively lead to the same amino acid substitution, p.G106R. The patient harboring NIPA1 c.316G>A manifested spastic paraplegia, epilepsy and schizophrenia since age 17 years, whereas the individual carrying NIPA1 c.316G>C had pure HSP since age 12 years. We reviewed literature and found that epilepsy was present in multiple individuals with NIPA1 c.316G>A but none with NIPA1 c.316G>C. Functional studies demonstrated that both mutations did not affect splicing, but only the c.316G>A mutation was associated with a significantly reduced NIPA1 protein expression. INTERPRETATION SPG6 accounted for 0.8% of HSP cases in the Taiwanese cohort. The NIPA1 c.316G>A and c.316G>C mutations are associated with adolescent-onset complex and pure form HSP, respectively. The different effects on protein expression of the two mutations may be associated with their phenotypic discrepancy.
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- Shih-Yu Fang
- Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Yuanshan Branch, Yuanshan, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.,Brain Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.,Brain Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Fang SY, Dai XH, Xiao L, Zou J, Yang L, Ye Y, Liao LC. [Estimation of Early Postmortem Interval of Asphyxial Death Rats at Different Ambient Temperatures by GC-MS-Based Metabolomics]. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 36:741-748. [PMID: 33550720 DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2020.06.001] [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: 03/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abstract Objective To establish the orthogonal partial least square (OPLS) model for the estimation of early postmortem interval (PMI) of asphyxial death rats in four ambient temperatures based on gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) metabolomics. Methods The 96 rats were divided into four temperature groups (5 ℃, 15 ℃, 25 ℃ and 35 ℃). Each temperature group was further divided into 3 h, 6 h, 12 h and 24 h after death, and 6 other rats were taken as the control group. The cardiac blood was collected at the set time points for the four temperature groups and 0 h after death for the control group for the metabolomics analysis by GC-MS. By OPLS analysis, the variable importance in projection (VIP)>1 and the result of Kruskal-Wallis test P<0.001 were used to screen out the differential metabolite related to PMIs in the cardiac blood of rats of different temperature groups. Then OPLS regression models of different temperature groups were established with these metabolites. At the same time, a prediction group for investigating the prediction ability of these models was set up. Results Through the analysis of OPLS, 18, 15, 24 and 30 differential metabolites (including organic acids, amino acids, sugars and lipids) were screened out from the rats in groups of 5 ℃, 15 ℃, 25 ℃ and 35 ℃, respectively. The prediction results of the four temperature group models showed that the prediction deviation of 5 ℃ model was larger than that of other groups. The prediction results of other temperature groups were satisfactory. Conclusion There are some differences in the changes of metabolites in cardiac blood of rats at different ambient temperatures. The influence of ambient temperature should be investigated in the study of PMI estimation by metabolomics, which may improve the accuracy of PMI estimation.
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- S Y Fang
- West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Wang DY, Wardani RS, Singh K, Thanaviratananich S, Vicente G, Xu G, Zia MR, Gulati A, Fang SY, Shi L, Chan YH, Price D, Lund VJ, Mullol J, Fokkens WJ. A survey on the management of acute rhinosinusitis among Asian physicians. Rhinology 2011; 49:264-71. [PMID: 21866280 DOI: 10.4193/rhino10.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Based on the `European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal polyps (EP3OS 2007)`, this study aimed to investigate general practitioners (GPs) and other specialists` understanding when managing patients with acute rhinosinusitis (ARS) in Asia. METHODOLOGY Among a total of 2662 questionnaires completed, 2524 (94.8%) were valid for analysis. There were 1308 GPs (51.8%), 989 otolaryngologists (39.2%) and 227 paediatricians (9%) from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan. RESULTS ARS is affecting an estimated 6 - 10% of patients seen in a daily out-patient practice. The EP3OS criteria are well supported by Asian physicians (94.1%). Most physicians (62.7%) agreed that radiological investigation is not needed to diagnose ARS. However, even for mild ARS (common cold), medical treatments were still recommended by 87% of GPs, 83.9% of otolaryngologists, and 70% of paediatricians. The top three first-line treatments prescribed were antihistamines (39.2%), nasal decongestants (33.6%), and antibiotics (29.5%). Antibiotics usage increased as the first line treatment of moderate (45.9%) and severe (60.3%) ARS. CONCLUSION ARS is commonly managed by GPs, otolaryngologists, and paediatricians in Asia. However, understanding of the management of ARS needs further improvement to minimize unnecessary use of radiological investigations, overuse of antibiotics, and under use of nasal corticosteroids.
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- D Y Wang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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Apoptosis mediated through the Fas/Fas-L system is essential in regulating immune function, developing organs, and conferring immune privilege. To illustrate the role of the Fas/Fas-L system in the pathogenesis of human nasal polyps, we investigated the transcripts and protein level of the Fas-L gene in 8 human nasal polyp tissues and 7 nasal turbinate mucosa specimens using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting. Localization of Fas-L was performed with immunohistochemistry. The transcripts of the Fas-L gene were detected at similar levels in both polyps and nasal mucosa. There was a significant overexpression of Fas-L protein on nasal polyps compared to nasal mucosa. Fas-L-positive cells were localized on the epithelial layers of cystically dilated glands and the down-growing epithelium of nasal polyps. Fas-L may play an important role in the pathogenesis of human nasal polyps, including cystic degeneration of submucosal glands and conferring of immune privilege to nasal polyp formation.
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- S Y Fang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Baraniuk JN, Ali M, Yuta A, Fang SY, Naranch K. Hypertonic saline nasal provocation stimulates nociceptive nerves, substance P release, and glandular mucous exocytosis in normal humans. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999; 160:655-62. [PMID: 10430743 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.2.9805081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Hypertonic saline (HTS) induces bronchoconstriction. Potential mechanisms were evaluated in a human nasal provocation model. Aliquots of normal saline (1 x NS, 100 microliters) and higher concentrations (3 x NS, 6 x NS, 12 x NS, 24 x NS) were sprayed into one nostril at 5-min intervals. Lavage fluids were collected from the ipsilateral and contralateral sides to determine the concentrations of specific mucus constituents. Nasal cavity air-space volume was assessed by acoustic rhinometry (AcRh). The distribution of substance-P-preferring neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor mRNA was assessed by in situ reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Unilateral HTS induced unilateral dose-dependent increases in sensations of pain, blockage, and rhinorrhea, the weights of recovered lavage fluids, and concentrations of total protein, lactoferrin, mucoglycoprotein markers, and substance P. Contralateral, reflex-mediated effects were minor. There were no changes in IgG or AcRh measurements. NK-1 receptor mRNA was localized to submucosal glands. HTS caused pain with unilateral substance P release. The presumed nociceptive nerve efferent axon response led to glandular exocytosis, presumably through actions on submucosal gland NK-1 receptors. Vascular processes, including plasma exudation, filling of venous sinusoids, and mucosal edema were not induced in these normal subjects.
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- J N Baraniuk
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an epithelial cancer with a high incidence in Southeast Asia. How it escapes attack from the host immune system is not fully understood. Recently, pieces of evidence show that Fas-ligand (Fas-L)-mediated apoptosis may be involved in immune privilege of tumours. To determine whether a similar mechanism may exist in NPC, the expression of Fas-L was analysed. Biopsy specimens of the nasopharynx were taken from 27 NPC patients. Histologically, they were either non-keratinizing or undifferentiated carcinomas. Nasopharyngeal biopsies of 11 other patients that proved to have no tumour served as control. The transcripts of Fas-L were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Localization of Fas-L protein was performed with immunohistostaining using an antibody recognizing human Fas-L. All nasopharyngeal tissues have a similar amount of transcripts of Fas-L. However, the Fas-L protein was detected exclusively on the cell surface of malignant epithelial cells of NPC. The present findings suggest that Fas-L protein may be involved in evading immune attack of NPC.
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- S T Tsai
- Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Fang SY, Jin YT. Application of endoscopic sinus surgery to primary atrophic rhinitis? A clinical trial. Rhinology 1998; 36:122-7. [PMID: 9830676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The aetiology of primary atrophic rhinitis (AR) is still unclear. Based on the sinus infection theories, endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) was applied to treat AR. ESS was performed on 14 patients following Stammberger's techniques along with middle turbinectomy. Patients were evaluated using clinical symptoms, radiological sinus images, saccharine time tests, bacterial cultures and mucosal ultrastructures, before and 2 years after ESS. Three patients had good recoveries, 6 had partial recoveries and another 5 had persistent disease. Good recovery patients showed clear nasal cavities and mucociliary transport system normalisation. Patients possess in meagre infectious signs or crusting extending to their nasopharynx had poor outcomes. Patients with evidence of obvious infections (cloudy sinus images, mucopus presence in the sinuses and positive culture for Klebsiella ozaenae) had good recoveries following ESS. Candidate selection is critical for the success of ESS treatment in AR. Although further clinical trials are required to prove this strategy.
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- S Y Fang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Neuroendocrine components exist in the human nasal mucosa. However, the pathophysiological and neuroimmunological roles of the regulatory peptides in allergic rhinitis (AR) require further investigation. To analyse the functional morphology and quantify the tissue concentration of regulatory peptides in the nasal mucosa of AR subjects, human inferior turbinate mucosa specimens from 25 patients with AR, 20 patients with non-allergic rhinitis and 10 patients without any nasal diseases were investigated. Using immunohistochemistry and radioimmunoassays, we detected the presence, distribution and concentrations of various neuropeptides [vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), neuropeptide Y (NPY), substance P (SP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)] and general neuroendocrine markers (neuron-specific enolase and chromogranin A). Quantitative analysis of the stained fibres and cells was performed using a graphic AutoCAD program. The presence and distribution of NPY, CGRP and SP nerve fibres and neuroendocrine cells were similar among the three subject groups. AR subjects had significantly higher tissue concentrations of VIP and SP. AR subjects had increased numbers of VIP fibres which predominantly innervated vessels. Thus, VIP and SP play important neuroimmunological roles in the pathogenesis of AR.
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- S Y Fang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC.
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p53 gene mutation is documented in head and neck cancer. No reports exist relating this mutation to normal mucosa or benign and malignant lesions of the nasal cavity. We investigate p53 overexpression using immunohistochemical techniques improved by an antigen retrieval method. p53 protein was analyzed in the following cases: normal, benign [papilloma and inverted papilloma (IP)] and malignant [squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC) arising in IP, SCC alone, adenocarcinoma and small-cell carcinoma]. Both the intensity and rate of positive p53 immunostaining were evaluated using a quantitative Auto-CAD program. Overexpression of p53 protein was not identified in normal mucosa, benign or premalignant lesions; however, approximately 60% is correlated to nasal cancer. p53 overexpression correlates with heavy smoking. Both the IP and SCC portions of SCC synchronous with IP showed similar p53 immunoreactivity. SCC arising in IP shows a lower p53 immunoreactivity than SCC alone. Thus, smoking along with a p53 mutation may be a mutagenic agent in nasal cancers. Alteration of the p53 protein may play an important role in the early stages of the malignant transformation of IP. A low p53 immunoreactivity indicates the presence of wild-type p53 protein. This may show a better response to radiation therapy yielding a better prognosis for SCC arising in IP compared to SCC alone. However, further clinical trials are required to investigate this possibly worthwhile prognostic marker.
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- S Y Fang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Gene mutation of p53 is documented in head and neck cancer. No reports exist relating human sinonasal inverted papilloma (IP) and its transformation to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Using immunohistochemical techniques improved by an antigen retrieval method, p53 protein was analyzed in the following subjects: 16 IP, 12 SCC arising in IP, and 15 SCC alone subjects. Both the intensity (PI) and rate (PR) of positive p53 immunostaining were evaluated using a quantitative AutoCAD program. We correlated p53 protein expression with clinical features. p53 immunoreactivity is significantly lower in IP than in SCC specimens. Both the IP and SCC portions of IP synchronous SCC subjects showed similar p53 protein expression. SCC arising in IP shows a lower p53 immunoreactivity than SCC alone. Alteration of p53 protein may have an important role in the early stages of IP malignant transformation and prove a potential biomarker for risk assessment. Low p53 immunoreactivity, indicating the presence of a wild-type p53, may correlate with the prognosis for SCC arising in IP. However, further clinical trials are required to investigate this possibly worthwhile prognostic marker.
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- S Y Fang
- Department of Otolaryngology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Fang SY, Druce HM, Baraniuk JN. Anticholinergic properties of brompheniramine, chlorpheniramine, and atropine in human nasal mucosa in vitro. Am J Rhinol 1998; 12:131-3. [PMID: 9578932 DOI: 10.2500/105065898781390271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 11/20/2022]
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Brompheniramine and chlorpheniramine have anticholinergic activities, but the relative potency of these effects has not been well defined. The anticholinergic properties of brompheniramine, chlorpheniramine, and atropine were assessed in an in vitro model of human nasal mucosal glandular secretion. Methacholine was used as a cholinergic agonist to stimulate glandular secretion of 7F10-mucin. These drugs (0.01-1000 microM) or vehicle (saline) were added to explant cultures with and without 100 microM methacholine. 7F10-mucin concentrations were measured in culture supernatants after 2-hour incubations. The effective dose reducing methacholine-induced secretion (ED50) was determined. ED50 was 0.25 microM for atropine, 4.10 microM for brompheniramine, and 4.63 microM for chlorpheniramine. None of the anticholinergic drugs changed spontaneous glandular exocytosis. Brompheniramine and chlorpheniramine are equipotent anticholinergic agents in human nasal mucosa in vitro. Atropine was 16 to 19 times more potent.
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- S Y Fang
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20007-2197, USA
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BACKGROUND The neuropeptides and neuroendocrine cells are proven to exist in the human nasal mucosa. However, the pathophysiological and neuroimmunological roles of regulatory peptides in human nasal diseases require further investigation. OBJECTIVES To investigate and compare the functional morphology and quantify the tissue concentration of regulatory peptides in the nasal mucosas of normal, allergic rhinitis (AR) and chronic hypertrophic rhinitis (CHR) subjects. METHODS Human inferior turbinate mucosa specimens from 28 patients with AR, 25 patients with CHR and 15 patients without any nasal diseases were investigated. Using immunohistochemistry and radioimmunoassays, we detected the presence, distribution and concentrations of various neuropeptides (vasoactive intestinal peptides [VIP], neuropeptide Y [NPY], substance P [SP], calcitonin gene-related peptides [CGRP]) and general neuroendocrine markers (neurone-specific enolase, chromogranin A and somatostatin). Quantitative analysis of the stained fibres and cells were performed using a graphic AutoCAD program. RESULTS The presence and distribution of NPY, CGRP, and SP nerve fibres and neuroendocrine cells were similar among the three subject groups. AR subjects had significantly higher VIP and SP tissue concentrations. VIP fibres had highest density in AR subjects and these fibers predominantly innervated vessels. In CHR, VIP fibres primarily innervated glands. CONCLUSIONS VIP and SP may play an important neuroimmunological role in the pathogenesis of AR. VIP may lead to the hypertrophic changes of submucosal glands in the pathogenesis of CHR.
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- S Y Fang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Fang SY, Ohyama M. Assessment of cell surface glycoconjugates in normal, benign and malignant human nasal mucosa. Rhinology 1997; 35:166-70. [PMID: 9532636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Aberrant glycosylation of proteins is a common characteristic of neoplastic changes. No reports exist relating cell surface glycoconjugates to normal, benign and malignant human nasal mucosa. Using lectin affinity histochemistry, glycoconjugate reactivities for peanut agglutinin (PNA), concanavalin A (Con A), Griffonia simplicifolia agglutinin II (GSA-II), soy bean agglutinin (SBA) and Ulex europaeus agglutinin l (UEA-I) were analysed in the following groups: normal, benign (polyp, papilloma, and inverted papilloma) and malignant (squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) alone, SCC arising in inverted papilloma, and adenocarcinoma). The positive rate of lectin staining was evaluated using a quantitative AutoCAD programme. We correlated glycoconjugate expression to clinical features, diagnosis, and malignant transformation. The positive rate of PNA after neuraminidase pre-treatment (NA-PNA) staining was higher in inverted papilloma, while all-negative in polyp and papilloma. NA-PNA staining may be used as a differential diagnostic tool. Both inverted papilloma portions and SCC portions of the SCC synchronized with inverted papilloma subjects showed similar Con A and NA-PNA staining patterns. The biological characteristics define inverted papilloma as a pre-malignant neoplasm. The positive rate of PNA staining was significantly higher in inverted papilloma (inverted papilloma transformed to SCC) compared to inverted papilloma alone. Hence, PNA staining may predict malignant transformation of inverted papilloma. However, further investigations are required to prove this possibly worthwhile prognostic marker.
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- S Y Fang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Fang SY, Jin YT, Ohyama M. Lectin immunohistochemistry study of nasal inverted papilloma and associated neoplasms. Anticancer Res 1997; 17:3691-6. [PMID: 9413225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND We aimed to investigate the tumor biology of nasal IP and identify the biological characteristics associated with early diagnosis and malignant transformation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Lectins immunohistochemistry were performed on inverted papilloma (IP), and associated neoplasms. IP synchronized with polyp or squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and IP metachronized with SCC were analyzed and correlated to clinical information. RESULTS Canavalia ensiformis (ConA) and Arachis hypogaea (PNA) with neuraminidase pretreatment (NA-PNA) showed similar staining in both the IP and SCC portions of the IP synchronized with SCC. The IP and polyp portions of an IP synchronized polyp had positive NA-PNA staining, while papilloma and polyps alone had negative staining. Strong NA-PNA staining in the IP (transformed to SCC) showed significant differences from IP. CONCLUSION These biological characteristics define IP as a premalignant neoplasm. NA-PNA staining may be helpful for an early detection of IP. Strong NA-PNA staining in IP may predict malignant transformation.
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- S Y Fang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Fang SY. Recovery of non-invasive Aspergillus sinusitis by endoscopic sinus surgery. Rhinology 1997; 35:84-8. [PMID: 9299657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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No previous data regarding non-invasive Aspergillus sinusitis (NIAS) treated by endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) has stated any relevance to pre-operative evaluations, disease entities, and the reversibility of symptoms and the sinus mucosa. This prospective study of 31 patients with NIAS and treated by ESS (Strammberger's method) was designed to tackle the above problems. All patients were followed post-operatively by endoscopy once a week. The most refractory symptom was post-nasal dripping. The other symptoms such as foul odour showed progressive improvement by the second post-operative week. Prolonged saccharin time and disease history longer than two years showed the warning signs of a poor recovery. Most patients belonged to the chronic indolent sinusitis group with 55.5% having a complete recovery within the 9th to 12th post-operative weeks. Most patients of allergic Aspergillus sinusitis manifested a recurrent course within months following a post-ESS silent period. All patients of aspergilloma completely recovered prior to the 8th post-operative week.
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- S Y Fang
- Department of Otolaryngolgy, Faculty of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Fang SY, Shen CL. Neuropeptidergic innervation of human nasal mucosa in various pathological conditions. Proc Natl Sci Counc Repub China B 1997; 21:8-12. [PMID: 9208481] [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: 02/04/2023]
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This study aims to investigate the roles of neuropeptides in the pathophysiology of human nasal diseases. By using immunohistochemistry and radioimmunoassay, we detected the presence, distribution and concentrations of the following neuropeptides in human nasal tissue: vasoactive intestinal peptides (VIP), neuropeptide Y (NPY), substance P (SP), and calcitonin gene-related peptides (CGRP). This was performed in human nasal inferior turbinate mucosa from 20 patients with allergic rhinitis, twenty-five patients with chronic hypertrophic rhinitis and 10 patients without any nasal disease conditions. The presence and distribution of NPY. CGRP and SP fibers among the three subject groups displayed no evident differences. VIP fibers were densely stained around the vessels in the allergic group. In contrast, these fibers were more prominently distributed around the submucosal glands of the chronic hypertrophic rhinitis group. The concentration of VIP and SP in human nasal inferior turbinate showed a significant increase in allergic subjects. Thus, VIP may be revelant to the hypertrophic changes of the nasal mucosa. Both SP and VIP may play significant neuroimmunological roles in the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis.
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- S Y Fang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Nitric oxide mediates neuromuscular events in the opossum esophagus. The NADPH diaphorase stain is used to localize nitric oxide synthase-containing enteric neurons. Cells stain by the NADPH diaphorase technique because they reduce nitroblue tetrazolium to the visible formazan. The effects of nitroblue tetrazolium on neuromuscular function and nitric oxide synthase of esophageal muscle were studied. The NADPH diaphorase stain was performed. Nitroblue tetrazolium inhibited lower esophageal sphincter relaxation, abolished the latency gradient of the off response, and inhibited nitric oxide synthase. The NADPH diaphorase technique stained myenteric plexus nerve cell bodies and nerve processes. Nitroblue tetrazolium is not a nonspecific muscle or nerve toxin, as nerve-mediated cholinergic responses, responses to exogenous nitric oxide, and responses to myogenic stimulation were maintained after nitroblue tetrazolium abolished the off response and lower esophageal sphincter relaxation. Nitroblue tetrazolium inhibits nitric oxide-mediated events and nitric oxide synthase. It stains neurons in the esophageal myenteric plexus.
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- J L Conklin
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
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Two new triterpenoid glycosides, quinovic acid-3 beta-O-beta-D- glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside and quinovic acid-3 beta-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)-beta-D-fucopyranoside (named rubelloside A and B, respectively), were isolated from roots of Adina rubella. Their structures were elucidated by spectral and chemical means. Rubelloside B exhibited immunological enhancement.
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- S Y Fang
- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Academia Sinica, People's Republic of China
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Xia ZD, Zhu TB, Du JY, Zheng QX, Wang L, Li SP, Chang CY, Fang SY. Macrophages in degradation of collagen/hydroxylapatite(CHA), beta-tricalcium phosphate ceramics (TCP) artificial bone graft. An in vivo study. Chin Med J (Engl) 1994; 107:845-9. [PMID: 7867393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The macrophages mediated biodegradation of two biomaterials, collagen/hydroxylapatite (CHA) and beta-tricalcium phosphate ceramics (TCP), was studied in 24 male Kunming mice and 20 male C57BL/6 mice with histopathologic, histochemical and ultrastructural observation. It was demonstrated that macrophages infiltrated after CHA, TCP were implanted. The macrophages could be differentiated from fibroblasts and the other infiltrated cells for special cellular profile and strong acid phosphatase activity. Morphologically, monocyte-macrophages and infused multinuclear giant cell degraded CHA and TCP by phagocytosis and extracellular resorption. The carbonic anhydrase activity of macrophages was demonstrated by histochemical technique. It suggested that macrophages secreted H+ and accomplished the decalcification of calcium phosphate compound of CHA and TCP. We conclude that macrophages are the main mediating cells which degraded CHA and TCP intracellularly and extracellularly.
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- Z D Xia
- Department of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan
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Fang SY. Normalization of maxillary sinus mucosa after FESS. A prospective study of chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps. Rhinology 1994; 32:137-40. [PMID: 7839085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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To observe the normalization of antral mucosa after FESS, 71 patients suffering from chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps were enrolled in this study. Pre-operative profiles including history, allergy skin test, and saccharin time test were done. Endoscopic findings of the antral mucosa were divided into 3 groups: polyposis, oedema, and thickening. The time sequence required for normalization of the mucosa was observed through the antromeatal opening. A patient's history of more than seven years, a saccharin time longer than 36 min, and polyposis of antral mucosa are ominous signs for recovery. The most frequent endoscopic finding of maxillary sinusitis is oedema and many of the sinus units (42%) gained complete recovery during the third month. Pre-operative profiles and endoscopic findings during surgery can serve as a reference of recovery time and treatment modality.
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- S Y Fang
- Department of Otolaryngology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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To evaluate the secretory element transformation of maxillary sinus mucosa after endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS), I enrolled 20 patients. Five normal antral mucosae were used as controls, and 15 antral mucosae were investigated according to pathologic and secretory patterns. The post-ESS mucosa was evaluated at the 16th week, when gross recovery appeared. Specimens from the rear wall of the antrum were observed under a scanning electron microscope (x2,000). A significant decrease of goblet cells and increase of glands was illustrated in the sinusitis cases, especially the polypoid and purulent groups. In post-ESS cases, the number of goblet cells is about the same as in controls, but the number of gland openings is higher. My conclusions were that 1) the repair of the antral mucosa requires more time than gross recovery and 2) post-ESS follow-up should be longer than 16 weeks to prevent recurrence.
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- S Y Fang
- Department of Otolaryngology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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The pathophysiological effects of non-cholinergic, non-adrenergic neuropeptides are well known in the nasal mucosa, but unclear in the polyps. Since the pathophysiological roles of neuropeptides depend on their presence in the target tissue, specimens of nasal polyps were removed from 20 patients and examined for the presence of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), neuropeptide Y (NPY), dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH), substance P (SP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). To visualize these neuropeptide fibers, immunohistochemical staining by the peroxidase-anti-peroxidase method and color reaction by Nickel enhancement of diaminobenzidine (DAB) were used. Fine varicose neuropeptides immunostained fibers were predominantly distributed in the pedicle of the polyps. No neuropeptides were found in the mucosal epithelium and subepithelium. NPY fibers were predominantly seen around the thick wall vessels, whereas the VIP fibers were mainly to be found in close proximity to the submucosal glands and fairly close to the vessels. SP or CGRP fibers were not found in the polyps. VIP and NPY in the pedicle of the polyps may be present in connection with mucosal inflammation, tissue edema and cystic degeneration of the glands in the early stage of polyp formation. Thus these neuropeptides may contribute to the development and growth of nasal polyps.
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- S Y Fang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Xia ZD, Chang CY, Fang SY, Sun SC, Wang LH. An ultrastructural observation of macrophages in rabbits' radius callus. J Tongji Med Univ 1993; 13:248-51. [PMID: 8151746 DOI: 10.1007/bf02888020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The ultrastructure of macrophages in rabbits' radius callus at the 14th and 31st day after fracture had been observed in the study. It was found that macrophages mostly appeared in the early stage callus where there were inflammation, clot, and bone chips. Commonly seen macrophages were active phagocytes with single nucleus, but they could evolve to form multinuclear macrophages or fuse into foreign body giant cells. We are therefore led to conclude that the functions performed by macrophages in healing callus are to phagocytize and digest damaged cellular fragments, small bone chips, clot and foreign body; to disrupt larger dead bone matrix extracellularly and to resorb them by microvilli-like processes on the surface of foreign body giant cells.
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- Z D Xia
- Department of Orthopedics, Xiehe Hospital, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan
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Wu WG, Chi LM, Yang TS, Fang SY. Freezing of phosphocholine headgroup in fully hydrated sphingomyelin bilayers and its effect on the dynamics of nonfreezable water at subzero temperatures. J Biol Chem 1991; 266:13602-6. [PMID: 1649825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy are applied to characterize the nonfreezable water molecules in fully hydrated D2O/sphingomyelin at temperatures below 0 degrees C. Upon cooling, DSC thermogram displays two thermal transitions peaked at -11 and -34 degrees C. The high-temperature exothermic transition corresponds to the freezing of the bulk D2O, and the low-temperature transition, which has not previously been reported, can be ascribed to the freezing of the phosphocholine headgroup in the lipid bilayer. The dynamics of nonfreezable water are also studied by 2H NMR T1 (spin-lattice relaxation time) and T2e (spin-spin relaxation time obtained by two pulse echo) measurements at 30.7 MHz and at temperatures down to -110 degrees C. The temperature dependence of the T1 relaxation time is characterized by a distinct minimum value of 2.1 +/- 0.1 ms at -30 degrees C. T2e is discontinuous at temperature around -70 degrees C, indicating another freezing-like event for the bound water at this temperature. Analysis of the relaxation data suggest that nonfreezable water undergoes both fast and slow motions at characteristic NMR time scales. The slow motions are affected when the lipid headgroup freezes.
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- W G Wu
- Institute of Life Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Fang SY, Hsu CJ, So TK. [Relationships between nasal polyps and nasal allergy]. Taiwan Yi Xue Hui Za Zhi 1988; 87:802-7. [PMID: 3241159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Fang SY. [Cerebral thrombosis with epilepsy as the initial symptom. A clinical analysis of 15 cases]. Zhonghua Shen Jing Jing Shen Ke Za Zhi 1986; 19:212-3. [PMID: 3769655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Fang SY. [53 cases of brain stem encephalitis]. Zhonghua Shen Jing Jing Shen Ke Za Zhi 1985; 18:105-7. [PMID: 4017753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Chen ZC, Tong ET, Wan CC, Huang GZ, Sun SG, Mei YW, Fang SY, Yang MS, Feng XW, Shi CZ. Studies on hypokalemic flabbiness disease. Acta Academiae Medicinae Wuhan 1984; 4:197-201. [PMID: 6549350 DOI: 10.1007/bf02857163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Fang SY. [Cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis--report of 57 cases]. Zhonghua Shen Jing Jing Shen Ke Za Zhi 1984; 17:33-5. [PMID: 6468108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Fang SY. [Air filling technic of high caudal block (author's transl)]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 1980; 18:166-7. [PMID: 7297289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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