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Li F, Li W, Yang Y, He Z, Liu D, Guo H, Zheng T, Yue S, Ma Y, Li W, Qi Y. 304TiP Minimal residual disease (MRD)-guided adjuvant tislelizumab after adjuvant chemotherapy in resected stage IIA-IIIB non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): A single-arm phase II study (Seagull). Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.10.332] [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: 12/07/2022] Open
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Gao C, Luo LL, Yue S, Wang FT, Duan XM, Qian YD, Dong YJ, Li HY, Yue J, Xu RX, Liu Y, Gong YD. [Gender differences of genetic etiology in the incidence of major depressive disorder among Han freshmen]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 102:1437-1444. [PMID: 35599408 DOI: 10.3760/112137-20220130-00224] [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: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To analyze the gender differences of genetic etiology in the incidence of major depression disorder among Han freshmen. Methods: A 1-year follow-up survey was carried out among 8 079 Han freshmen from Jining, Rizhao and Weifang without lifetime major depressive disorder (MDD) at baseline (April to October 2018) and 4 828 venous blood samples were also collected. After extracting DNA, Sequenom Mass Array time-of-flight mass spectrometry biochip technology was used to detect the genotypes of 17 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) MDD-related loci. Logistic regression was used for univariate analysis. Generalized multifactor dimension reduction was used to analyze gene-gene interactions. Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) 3.0 was used for MDD diagnosis. Results: The 1-year incidence of MDD among Han freshmen was 2.23% (95%CI: 1.91%-2.60%) and the gender difference of incidence between males (1.97%, 95%CI: 1.52%-2.56%) and females (2.39%, 95%CI: 1.98%-2.90%) was not statistically significant (P>0.05). AG genotype of rs768705 (nearby gene: TMEM161B) was a risk factor for MDD (OR=1.98, 95%CI: 1.24-2.83). The TC genotype of rs17727765 (nearby gene: CRYBA1) was only a risk factor for MDD in males (OR=9.61, 95%CI: 2.04-45.30). An 8-loci interaction model (PMFBP1, OLFM4, LHPP, ENOX1, TMEM161B, SPPL3, FBXL4 and L3MBTL2) could predict MDD in women with an accuracy rate of 60.05%. No effective prediction model was found for MDD in men. Conclusions: There might be gender differences in the genetic etiology of MDD. Further researches on the genetic causes of MDD in men should be explored.
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- C Gao
- School of Mental Health, Jining Medical University, Jining 272013, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053, China
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- School of Mental Health, Jining Medical University, Jining 272013, China
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- Center of Evidence-Based Medicine, Jining Medical University, Jining 272013, China
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- School of Mental Health, Jining Medical University, Jining 272013, China
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- School of Mental Health, Jining Medical University, Jining 272013, China
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- Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- School of Public Health, Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053, China
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- School of Public Health, Yantai Medical University, Yantai 264003, China
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- Center of Evidence-Based Medicine, Jining Medical University, Jining 272013, China
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- Shandong Mental Health Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250014, China
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PURPOSE Erectile dysfunction and COVID-19 share similar risk factors, including vascular disruption of integrity, cytokine release, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between erectile dysfunction and COVID-19 patients. METHODS Odds ratio for erectile dysfunction in patients with a history of COVID-19 with and without comorbidities were calculated using a patients' registry platform i2b2. ICD-10 diagnoses codes were accessed for queries and data were analyzed using logistic regression. RESULTS Patients with COVID-19 were 3.3 times more likely to have erectile dysfunction with 95% CI (2.8, 3.8). The association became stronger with odds ratio 4.8 (95% CI (4.1, 5.7)) after adjusting for age groups. The odds ratio remained the same after adjusting for smoking status with 3.5 (95% CI (3.0, 4.1)). After adjusting for race, COVID-19 patients were 2.6 (95% CI (2.2, 3.1)) times more likely to have erectile dysfunction. The odds ratio were 1.6, 1.8, 1.9 and 2.3 after adjusting for respiratory disease, obesity, circulatory disease and diabetes, respectively. CONCLUSION COVID-19 and erectile dysfunction are strongly associated even after adjustment for known risk factors and demographics.
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- J Katz
- Department of Oral and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Florida College of Dentistry, POB 100414-0414, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
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Angloher G, Dafinei I, Marco ND, Ferroni F, Fichtinger S, Filipponi A, Friedl M, Fuss A, Ge Z, Heikinheimo M, Huitu K, Maji R, Mancuso M, Pagnanini L, Petricca F, Pirro S, Pröbst F, Profeta G, Puiu A, Reindl F, Schäffner K, Schieck J, Schmiedmayer D, Schwertner C, Stahlberg M, Stendahl A, Wagner F, Yue S, Zema V, Zhu Y, Pandola L. Simulation-based design study for the passive shielding of the COSINUS dark matter experiment. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2022; 82:248. [PMID: 35399983 PMCID: PMC8940824 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10184-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The COSINUS (Cryogenic Observatory for SIgnatures seen in Next-generation Underground Searches) experiment aims at the detection of dark matter-induced recoils in sodium iodide (NaI) crystals operated as scintillating cryogenic calorimeters. The detection of both scintillation light and phonons allows performing an event-by-event signal to background discrimination, thus enhancing the sensitivity of the experiment. The choice of using NaI crystals is motivated by the goal of probing the long-standing DAMA/LIBRA results using the same target material. The construction of the experimental facility is foreseen to start by 2021 at the INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) in Italy. It consists of a cryostat housing the target crystals shielded from the external radioactivity by a water tank acting, at the same time, as an active veto against cosmic ray-induced events. Taking into account both environmental radioactivity and intrinsic contamination of materials used for cryostat, shielding and infrastructure, we performed a careful background budget estimation. The goal is to evaluate the number of events that could mimic or interfere with signal detection while optimising the geometry of the experimental setup. In this paper we present the results of the detailed Monte Carlo simulations we performed, together with the final design of the setup that minimises the residual amount of background particles reaching the detector volume.
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- G. Angloher
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
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- Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1050 Vienna, Austria
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
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- Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1050 Vienna, Austria
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- Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1050 Vienna, Austria
- Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, 1020 Vienna, Austria
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- SICCAS-Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Shanghai, 200050 People’s Republic of China
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- Helsinki Institute of Physics, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1050 Vienna, Austria
- Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, 1020 Vienna, Austria
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi, Italy
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- Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1050 Vienna, Austria
- Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, 1020 Vienna, Austria
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1050 Vienna, Austria
- Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, 1020 Vienna, Austria
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- Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1050 Vienna, Austria
- Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, 1020 Vienna, Austria
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- Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1050 Vienna, Austria
- Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, 1020 Vienna, Austria
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Helsinki Institute of Physics, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1050 Vienna, Austria
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- SICCAS-Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Shanghai, 200050 People’s Republic of China
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- SICCAS-Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Shanghai, 200050 People’s Republic of China
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, 95125 Catania, Italy
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Yue S, Wang J. Re: Quantification of peak blood flow velocity at the cardiac valve and great thoracic vessels by four-dimensional flow and two-dimensional phase-contrast MRI compared with echocardiography: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Radiol 2021; 77:314-315. [PMID: 34974914 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2021.11.015] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- S Yue
- Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
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Hussain M, Qayum A, Xiuxiu Z, Liu L, Hussain K, Yue P, Yue S, Y F Koko M, Hussain A, Li X. Potato protein: An emerging source of high quality and allergy free protein, and its possible future based products. Food Res Int 2021; 148:110583. [PMID: 34507729 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Recently protein has gained eminence due to awareness and demand for healthy food. Potato proteins are extracted from potato fruit juice and industrial potato waste; its nutritional and functional values have been found more significant than other vegetables and cereal proteins. Potato proteins can be easily extracted by various separation techniques, including an ion exchange (IEX) and expanded bed adsorption (EBA), and their functional properties can be modified for desire purposes. It contains many essential amino acids necessary for the human body, with an amino acid score (AAS) of 65%. Recent research on potato proteins resulted in several descriptions of new technologies to produce food-grade potato protein. It has recently drawn more attention as a protein source for human consumption, especially as an allergy free protein source and selective activity against cancer cells. Growing shreds of evidence have highlighted that potato protein can be used in many upcoming nutraceuticals and allergy-free food products. Therefore it is gaining more attention from nutritionists and food scientists. This review has summarized the recent knowledge on the nutritional and functional aspects of potato proteins, especially its non-allergic properties, enhancement in functional properties, and possible future-based products.
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- Muhammad Hussain
- Food College, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang St. Xiangfang Dist, 150030 Harbin, China; Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang St. Xiangfang Dist, 150030 Harbin, China
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- Food College, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang St. Xiangfang Dist, 150030 Harbin, China; Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang St. Xiangfang Dist, 150030 Harbin, China
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- Food College, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang St. Xiangfang Dist, 150030 Harbin, China; Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang St. Xiangfang Dist, 150030 Harbin, China
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- Food College, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang St. Xiangfang Dist, 150030 Harbin, China; Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang St. Xiangfang Dist, 150030 Harbin, China
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- Departments of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Food College, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang St. Xiangfang Dist, 150030 Harbin, China; Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang St. Xiangfang Dist, 150030 Harbin, China
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- Food College, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang St. Xiangfang Dist, 150030 Harbin, China; Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang St. Xiangfang Dist, 150030 Harbin, China
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- Department of Food, Greases and Vegetable Protein Engineering, School of Food Sciences, Northeast Agriculture University Harbin, China
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- Department of Agriculture and Food Science, Karakorum International University, Gilgit, Pakistan
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- Food College, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang St. Xiangfang Dist, 150030 Harbin, China; Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 600 Changjiang St. Xiangfang Dist, 150030 Harbin, China.
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Pei W, Yue S, Zhi-Hao Y, Ruo-Yu Z, Bin W, Nan L. Testing measurement properties of two EQ-5D youth versions and KIDSCREEN-10 in China. Eur J Health Econ 2021; 22:1083-1093. [PMID: 33893889 DOI: 10.1007/s10198-021-01307-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To assess measurement properties of the two youth versions of EQ-5D (i.e., 5-level EQ-5D-Y [Y-5L] and 3-level EQ-5D-Y [Y-3L]) and KIDSCREEN-10 in China. METHODS Children and adolescents attending schools in Shanghai, China were recruited to self-complete the Y-5L, KIDSCREEN-10, and Y-3L questionnaires. Their feasibility was assessed according to missing responses. Convergent validity of the EQ-5D-Y dimensions, a summated dimension score [SDS], and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) were assessed by examining their correlations with the KIDSCREEN-10 index score and dimensions. Known-groups validity of SDS, VAS, and KIDSCREEN-10 index score were tested by comparing the scores of pupils with and without two conditions (i.e., overweight and shortsightedness), and the relative efficiency (RE) between them was also evaluated. RESULTS A total of 262 pupils (girl: 58.4%; mean age: 12.7 years) were enrolled. Missing responses were low for both the Y-5L (0.3%) and Y-3L (2.4%), and KIDSCREEN-10 (0.3%). The overall ceiling effects were 40.3% for the Y-5L, 44.1% for the Y-3L and 1.1% for the KIDSCREEN-10. The SDSY-5L, SDSY-3L and VAS were moderately correlated with the KIDSCREEN-10 index score (|r|= 0.425 for SDSY-5L, 0.323 for SDSY-3L, and 0.435 for VAS; p < 0.01 for all). Similar EQ-5D-Y and KIDSCREEN-10 dimensions showed moderate to strong correlations (|r|> 0.3). Both the SDSY-5L and SDSY-3L had lower values, and VAS and KIDSCREEN-10 index score had higher values for pupils without shortsightedness compared with those for their counterparts. The difference was statistical significance for the SDSY-5L and VAS (P < 0.05 for both), which also had higher RE in the condition. CONCLUSIONS The Y-5L, Y-3L, and KIDSCREEN-10 questionnaires are feasible and valid for measuring HRQoL among children/adolescents in China. It also appears that the advantages of Y-5L over Y-3L were modest.
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- Wang Pei
- School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
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Yue S, Liu HG. [Research progress of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome and upper airway dilator muscles]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2021; 44:661-664. [PMID: 34256453 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20200721-00827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Abba A, Accorsi C, Agnes P, Alessi E, Amaudruz P, Annovi A, Desages FA, Back S, Badia C, Bagger J, Basile V, Batignani G, Bayo A, Bell B, Beschi M, Biagini D, Bianchi G, Bicelli S, Bishop D, Boccali T, Bombarda A, Bonfanti S, Bonivento WM, Bouchard M, Breviario M, Brice S, Brown R, Calvo-Mozota JM, Camozzi L, Camozzi M, Capra A, Caravati M, Carlini M, Ceccanti A, Celano B, Cela Ruiz JM, Charette C, Cogliati G, Constable M, Crippa C, Croci G, Cudmore S, Dahl CE, Dal Molin A, Daley M, Di Guardo C, D'Avenio G, Davignon O, Del Tutto M, De Ruiter J, Devoto A, Diaz Gomez Maqueo P, Di Francesco F, Dossi M, Druszkiewicz E, Duma C, Elliott E, Farina D, Fernandes C, Ferroni F, Finocchiaro G, Fiorillo G, Ford R, Foti G, Fournier RD, Franco D, Fricbergs C, Gabriele F, Galbiati C, Garcia Abia P, Gargantini A, Giacomelli L, Giacomini F, Giacomini F, Giarratana LS, Gillespie S, Giorgi D, Girma T, Gobui R, Goeldi D, Golf F, Gorel P, Gorini G, Gramellini E, Grosso G, Guescini F, Guetre E, Hackman G, Hadden T, Hawkins W, Hayashi K, Heavey A, Hersak G, Hessey N, Hockin G, Hudson K, Ianni A, Ienzi C, Ippolito V, James CC, Jillings C, Kendziora C, Khan S, Kim E, King M, King S, Kittmer A, Kochanek I, Kowalkowski J, Krücken R, Kushoro M, Kuula S, Laclaustra M, Leblond G, Lee L, Lennarz A, Leyton M, Li X, Liimatainen P, Lim C, Lindner T, Lomonaco T, Lu P, Lubna R, Lukhanin GA, Luzón G, MacDonald M, Magni G, Maharaj R, Manni S, Mapelli C, Margetak P, Martin L, Martin S, Martínez M, Massacret N, McClurg P, McDonald AB, Meazzi E, Migalla R, Mohayai T, Tosatti LM, Monzani G, Moretti C, Morrison B, Mountaniol M, Muraro A, Napoli P, Nati F, Natzke CR, Noble AJ, Norrick A, Olchanski K, Ortiz de Solorzano A, Padula F, Pallavicini M, Palumbo I, Panontin E, Papini N, Parmeggiano L, Parmeggiano S, Patel K, Patel A, Paterno M, Pellegrino C, Pelliccione P, Pesudo V, Pocar A, Pope A, Pordes S, Prelz F, Putignano O, Raaf JL, Ratti C, Razeti M, Razeto A, Reed D, Refsgaard J, Reilly T, Renshaw A, Retriere F, Riccobene E, Rigamonti D, Rizzi A, Rode J, Romualdez J, Russel L, Sablone D, Sala S, Salomoni D, Salvo P, Sandoval A, Sansoucy E, Santorelli R, Savarese C, Scapparone E, Schaubel T, Scorza S, Settimo M, Shaw B, Shawyer S, Sher A, Shi A, Skensved P, Slutsky A, Smith B, Smith NJT, Stenzler A, Straubel C, Stringari P, Suchenek M, Sur B, Tacchino S, Takeuchi L, Tardocchi M, Tartaglia R, Thomas E, Trask D, Tseng J, Tseng L, VanPagee L, Vedia V, Velghe B, Viel S, Visioli A, Viviani L, Vonica D, Wada M, Walter D, Wang H, Wang MHLS, Westerdale S, Wood D, Yates D, Yue S, Zambrano V. The novel Mechanical Ventilator Milano for the COVID-19 pandemic. Phys Fluids (1994) 2021; 33:037122. [PMID: 33897243 PMCID: PMC8060010 DOI: 10.1063/5.0044445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This paper presents the Mechanical Ventilator Milano (MVM), a novel intensive therapy mechanical ventilator designed for rapid, large-scale, low-cost production for the COVID-19 pandemic. Free of moving mechanical parts and requiring only a source of compressed oxygen and medical air to operate, the MVM is designed to support the long-term invasive ventilation often required for COVID-19 patients and operates in pressure-regulated ventilation modes, which minimize the risk of furthering lung trauma. The MVM was extensively tested against ISO standards in the laboratory using a breathing simulator, with good agreement between input and measured breathing parameters and performing correctly in response to fault conditions and stability tests. The MVM has obtained Emergency Use Authorization by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in healthcare settings during the COVID-19 pandemic and Health Canada Medical Device Authorization for Importation or Sale, under Interim Order for Use in Relation to COVID-19. Following these certifications, mass production is ongoing and distribution is under way in several countries. The MVM was designed, tested, prepared for certification, and mass produced in the space of a few months by a unique collaboration of respiratory healthcare professionals and experimental physicists, working with industrial partners, and is an excellent ventilator candidate for this pandemic anywhere in the world.
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- A. Abba
- Nuclear Instruments S.R.L., Como 22045, Italy
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, ISTP-CNR, Milano 20125, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
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- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- SNOLAB, Lively, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila 67100, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Istituto di Sistemi e Tecnologie Industriali Intelligenti per il Manifatturiero Avanzato, CNR STIIMA, Milano 20133, Italy
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- LSC, Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, Canfranc-Estación 22880, Spain
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- JMP Solutions, London, Ontario N6N 1E2, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Pisa 56124, Italy
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- Istituto di Sistemi e Tecnologie Industriali Intelligenti per il Manifatturiero Avanzato, CNR STIIMA, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Camozzi Group S.p.A., Brescia BS 25126, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, dell'Informazione e della Produzione, Università di Bergamo, Bergamo, 24129, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, dell'Informazione e della Produzione, Università di Bergamo, Bergamo, 24129, Italy
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- LSC, Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, Canfranc-Estación 22880, Spain
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- Camozzi Group S.p.A., Brescia BS 25126, Italy
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- Camozzi Group S.p.A., Brescia BS 25126, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila 67100, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano 20126, Italy
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano 20126, Italy
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche ed Aziendali, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- National Center for Innovative Technologies in Public Health, ISS (Italy National Institute of Health), Roma 00161, Italy
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- Laboratoire Leprince Ringuet, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, Cedex 91128, France
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Pisa 56124, Italy
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- INFN-CNAF, Bologna 40127, Italy
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, ISTP-CNR, Milano 20125, Italy
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- SNOLAB, Lively, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, dell'Informazione e della Produzione, Università di Bergamo, Bergamo, 24129, Italy
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- Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, ISTP-CNR, Milano 20125, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Camozzi Group S.p.A., Brescia BS 25126, Italy
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508, USA
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- SNOLAB, Lively, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano 20126, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, ISTP-CNR, Milano 20125, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut), 80805 München, Germany
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- JMP Solutions, London, Ontario N6N 1E2, Canada
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- JMP Solutions, London, Ontario N6N 1E2, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano 20126, Italy
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- SNOLAB, Lively, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Department of APT, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V5Z 1M9, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Pisa 56124, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- CAPA (Centro de Astropartículas y Física de Altas Energías), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Meccanica, Politecnico di Milano, Milano 20156, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Respiratory and Anaesthesia Technology, Vanier College, Montréal, Quebec H4L 3X9, Canada
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Istituto di Sistemi e Tecnologie Industriali Intelligenti per il Manifatturiero Avanzato, CNR STIIMA, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Pediatria, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, ISTP-CNR, Milano 20125, Italy
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano 20126, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- CAPA (Centro de Astropartículas y Física de Altas Energías), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
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- School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth (Washington), Australia
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- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo, Monza 20900, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano 20126, Italy
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- JMP Solutions, London, Ontario N6N 1E2, Canada
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano 20126, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Equilibar L.L.C., Fletcher, North Carolina 28732, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Informatica, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20122, Italy
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- Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, ISTP-CNR, Milano 20125, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- JMP Solutions, London, Ontario N6N 1E2, Canada
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica del CNR, IFC-CNR, Pisa 56124, Italy
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- SNOLAB, Lively, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes 44300, France
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- JMP Solutions, London, Ontario N6N 1E2, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- 12th Man Technologies, Garden Grove, California 92841, USA
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- MINES ParisTech, PSL University, CTP-Centre of Thermodynamics of Processes, 77300 Fontainebleau, France
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- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 00-614, Poland
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, ISTP-CNR, Milano 20125, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Research Institute, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, The Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- JMP Solutions, London, Ontario N6N 1E2, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Industriale, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia 25123, Italy
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 00-614, Poland
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- CAPA (Centro de Astropartículas y Física de Altas Energías), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
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Qiao GH, Zhu P, Yue L, Yue S. MiR-125b Improves acute myocardial infarction in rats by regulating P38/Sirtl/P53 signaling pathway. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2020; 34:1297-1306. [PMID: 32907315 DOI: 10.23812/20-177-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the differential expression of micro ribonucleic acid (miR)- 125b in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) cases, and to explore the mechanism by which it affects cardiac function. Sprague-Dawley rats were used for AMI modeling, and the expression of miR-125b in the myocardial tissues of AMI rats was detected via fluorescence quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Thereafter, the target genes of miR-125b were collected and uploaded to WenGestalt for gene ontology (GO) and pathway enrichment analyses. In-vitro experiments were then applied to determine the p38-sirtuin 1 (Sirt1)-p53 expression change and cardiomyocyte apoptosis under down-regulation of miR-125b. Next, the interaction between miR-125b and its target genes was verified by luciferase reporter gene assay. The expression of miR-125b in the cardiac tissues was decreased in theAMI group compared with that in the Sham group (p<0.05). The luciferase reporter gene assay confirmed that p38 was the target gene of miR-125b. Furthermore, the down-regulated expression of miR-125b in H9C2 cells up-regulated the protein expressions of p38 and phosphorylated p38, thus activating the Sirt1-p53 signaling pathway. Moreover, the down-regulation of miR-125b expression in H9C2 cells gave rise to the elevated apoptosis rate, and the down-regulated expression of miR-125b induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis through activating the p38-Sirt1-p53 signaling pathway.
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- G H Qiao
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Luoyang Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Luoyang, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Luoyang Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Luoyang, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Luoyang Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Luoyang, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Luoyang Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Luoyang, China
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Shilei Z, Yue S, Tinglin H, Ya C, Xiao Y, Zizhen Z, Yang L, Zaixing L, Jiansheng C, Xiao L. Reservoir water stratification and mixing affects microbial community structure and functional community composition in a stratified drinking reservoir. J Environ Manage 2020; 267:110456. [PMID: 32421660 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Revised: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
To investigate how the aquatic bacterial community of a stratified reservoir drives the evolution of water parameters, the microbial community structure and network characteristics of bacteria in a stratified reservoir were investigated using Illumina MiSeq sequencing technology. A total of 42 phyla and 689 distinct genera were identified, which showed significant seasonal variation. Additionally, stratified variations in the bacterial community strongly reflected the vertical gradient and seasonal changes in water temperature, dissolved oxygen, and nutrition concentration. Furthermore, principal coordinate analysis indicated that most microorganisms were likely influenced by changes in water stratification conditions, exhibiting significant differences during the stratification period and mixing period based on Adonis, MRPP, and Anosim. Compared to the stratification period, 123 enhanced operational taxonomic units (OTUs; 29%) and 226 depleted OTUs (52%) were identified during the mixing period. Linear discriminant analysis effect size results showed that 15 major genera were enriched in the mixing period and 10 major genera were enriched in the stratification period. Importantly, network analysis revealed that the keystone species belonged to hgcI_clade, CL500-29, Acidibacter, Paucimonas, Flavobacterium, Prochlorothrix, Xanthomonadales, Chloroflexia, Burkholderiales, OPB56, KI89A_clade, Synechococcus, Caulobacter or were unclassified. Redundancy analysis showed that temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, chlorophyll-α, total phosphorus, nitrate, and ammonia were important factors influencing the water bacterial community and function composition, which were consistent with the results of the Mantel test analysis. Furthermore, random forest analysis showed that temperature, dissolved oxygen, ammonia, and total dissolved phosphorous were the most important variables predicting water bacterial community and function community α- and β-diversity (P < 0.05). Overall, these results provide insight into the interactions between the microbial community and water quality evolution mechanism in Zhoucun reservoir.
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- Zhou Shilei
- Pollution Prevention Biotechnology Laboratory of Hebei Province, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, PR China; Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, PR China
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- Pollution Prevention Biotechnology Laboratory of Hebei Province, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, PR China; Northwest Engineering Corporation Limited the Power Construction Corporation of China, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, PR China; School of Energy and Environment, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450007, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, PR China; School of Energy and Environment, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450007, PR China
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- Pollution Prevention Biotechnology Laboratory of Hebei Province, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, PR China
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- Pollution Prevention Biotechnology Laboratory of Hebei Province, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, PR China
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- Pollution Prevention Biotechnology Laboratory of Hebei Province, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, PR China
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Zhihua L, Xue Z, Xiaowei H, Xiaobo Z, Jiyong S, Yiwei X, Xuetao H, Yue S, Xiaodong Z. Hypha-templated synthesis of carbon/ZnO microfiber for dopamine sensing in pork. Food Chem 2020; 335:127646. [PMID: 32731123 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Revised: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Carbon/ZnO coaxial microfibers were synthesized with the hypha of Penicillium expansum as low-cost and green template. The SEM images, XRD and Raman spectra were used to characterize the morphology and chemical components of the prepared microfibers. The formation of the coaxial structure could be attributed to the attachment of Zn2+ onto the hypha surface through coordination and electrostatic interactions. Sensing performance of the carbon/ZnO microfibers toward Dopamine (DA) were evaluated by dropping method. Results showed that the proposed sensor exhibited good selectivity, reproducibility, and stability with a detection limit of 0.106 μM. Two linear ranges were obtained from 0 to 50 and 50 to 300 μM. The practicality of the carbon/ZnO microfibers was supported by the successful detection of DA in pork with recovery ranging from 96.85% to 104.51%. Based on the excellent electrochemical performance and easy preparation, the proposed sensor provides a promising method for determination of DA.
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- Li Zhihua
- School of Food and Biological Engineering, School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Rd., 212013 Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Rd., 212013 Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Rd., 212013 Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Rd., 212013 Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Rd., 212013 Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Rd., 212013 Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Rd., 212013 Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Rd., 212013 Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Rd., 212013 Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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Kendler DL, Bone HG, Massari F, Gielen E, Palacios S, Maddox J, Yan C, Yue S, Dinavahi RV, Libanati C, Grauer A. Bone mineral density gains with a second 12-month course of romosozumab therapy following placebo or denosumab. Osteoporos Int 2019; 30:2437-2448. [PMID: 31628490 PMCID: PMC6877701 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-019-05146-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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UNLABELLED Romosozumab is a therapy that stimulates bone formation and reduces bone resorption. In this study of postmenopausal women with low BMD, a second course of romosozumab following a period off treatment or on denosumab increased or maintained BMD, respectively, and was well tolerated, providing insight into treatment sequence options. INTRODUCTION In patients with high fracture risk, therapies that stimulate bone formation provide rapid BMD gains; currently available agents, parathyroid hormone receptor agonists, are limited to a 2-year lifetime exposure and generally used for a single treatment course. However, for long-term osteoporosis management, a second treatment course may be appropriate. Romosozumab, a therapy with the dual effect of increasing bone formation and decreasing bone resorption, reduces fracture risk within 12 months. Here, we report efficacy and safety of a second romosozumab course. METHODS In this phase 2, dose-finding study, postmenopausal women with low bone mass (T-score ≤ - 2.0 and ≥ - 3.5) received romosozumab or placebo (month 0-24) followed by placebo or denosumab (month 24-36); participants then received a year of romosozumab (month 36-48). RESULTS Of 167 participants who entered the month 36-48 period, 35 had been initially randomized to romosozumab 210 mg monthly. In participants who received romosozumab 210 mg monthly followed by placebo, a second romosozumab course (n = 19) increased BMD by amounts similar to their initial treatment (month 0-12) at the lumbar spine (12.4%; 12.0%, respectively) and total hip (6.0%; 5.5%, respectively). Following denosumab, a second romosozumab course (n = 16) increased BMD at the lumbar spine (2.3%) and maintained BMD at the total hip. Safety profiles were similar between first and second romosozumab courses. CONCLUSIONS After 12 months off-treatment, a second romosozumab course again led to rapid and large BMD gains. Following denosumab, BMD gains with romosozumab were smaller than with initial treatment. No new safety findings were observed during the second course.
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- D L Kendler
- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 150-943 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4E1, Canada.
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- Michigan Bone and Mineral Clinic, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Metabólicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
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- Amgen Ltd., Cambridge, UK
- Cambridge Statistics Ltd, Cambridge, UK
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- Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
- Atara Biotherapeutics, Westlake Village, CA, USA
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- Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
- Corcept Therapeutics, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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Zhang J, Hussain A, Yue S, Zhang T, Marshall J. Osmotically induced removal of lens epithelial cells to prevent PCO after pediatric cataract surgery: Pilot study to assess feasibility. J Cataract Refract Surg 2019; 45:1480-1489. [PMID: 31564322 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2019.04.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 04/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Development of an osmotic-shock technique to remove human lens epithelial cells (LECs) as a preventive measure to address posterior capsule opacification (PCO) after pediatric cataract surgery. SETTING Department of Genetics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, England, and Department of Ophthalmology, Ruijin Hospital, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. DESIGN Laboratory study. METHODS Various tissue preparations of human LECs (cultured on coverslips/collagen-coated membrane inserts, human lens capsule biopsies, and lens organ cultured PCO models) were subjected to a single or incremental hyperosmotic shock (NaCl, 350-4000 mOsm/L) in the presence of inhibitors of the Na+-K+-2Cl- cotransporter (NKCC) (to disable the regulatory volume increase [RVI] process). The integrity of the cell monolayer was determined by phase-contrast microscopy, viability assays, and measurement of transepithelial resistance. RESULTS Hyperosmotic shock (400 mOsm/L) caused rapid cell shrinkage (<5 minutes) in all the LEC models studied. In the absence of the NKCC inhibitor, the shrunk cells gradually returned to their original cell volume and architecture over time, while still exposed to the hyperosmotic shock. However, inhibition of the RVI process disabled the ability for restoration of cell volume leading to persistent cell shrinkage, subsequently resulting in cell detachment from the underlying support medium. CONCLUSION Hyperosmotic shock in the presence of inhibitors of the RVI process was effective in rapidly detaching LECs from their basement membranes. This technique could potentially facilitate removal of residual LECs left on the lens capsule after cataract surgery, thus decreasing or eliminating the risk for aggressive cell proliferation and the development of PCO.
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- JinJun Zhang
- Department of Genetics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, England.
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- Department of Genetics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, England
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- Department of Genetics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, England; Department of Ophthalmology, Ruijin Hospital, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Genetics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, England
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- Department of Genetics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, England
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Arellano LM, Yue S, Atienzar P, Gómez-Escalonilla MJ, Ortega-Higueruelo FJ, Fierro JLG, García H, Langa F. Modulating charge carrier density and mobility in doped graphene by covalent functionalization. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:9999-10002. [PMID: 31372622 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc04571f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Covalent B-functionalization of B-doped graphene has been performed for the first time. The electronic properties and Hall effect of functionalized N- and B-doped graphene can be tuned by tailoring the electron-donating/-withdrawing properties of the organic addend.
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- Luis M Arellano
- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Instituto de Nanociencia, Nanotecnología y Materiales Moleculares (INAMOL), 45071-Toledo, Spain.
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Xu L, Zhang X, Gao G, Yue S. Highly efficient preparation of active S-phenyl-L-cysteine with tryptophan synthase using a chemoenzymatic method. BMC Biotechnol 2019; 19:49. [PMID: 31319821 PMCID: PMC6639955 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-019-0538-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background S-Phenyl-L-cysteine is regarded as having potential applicability as an antiretroviral/protease inhibitor for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In the present study, optically active S-phenyl-L-cysteine was prepared in a highly efficient manner from inexpensive bromobenzene using tryptophan synthase through a chemoenzymatic method. Results The chemoenzymatic method used a four-step reaction sequence. The process started with the reaction of magnesium and bromobenzene, followed by a Grignard reaction, and then hydrolysis and enzymatic synthesis using tryptophan synthase. Through this approach, S-phenyl-L-cysteine was chemoenzymatically synthesized using tryptophan synthase from thiophenol and L-serine as the starting material. Conclusions High-purity, optically active S-phenyl-L-cysteine was efficiently and inexpensively obtained in a total yield of 81.3% (> 99.9% purity).
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- Lisheng Xu
- Department of Life and Food Science, Suzhou University, Suzhou, 234000, China.
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- Department of Life and Food Science, Suzhou University, Suzhou, 234000, China
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- Department of Life and Food Science, Suzhou University, Suzhou, 234000, China
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- Department of Life and Food Science, Suzhou University, Suzhou, 234000, China
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Datong C, Minghui L, Cheng J, Yue S, Dongbin X, Yueming L. Coronary Calcium Detection Based on Improved Deep Residual Network in Mimics. J Med Syst 2019; 43:119. [PMID: 30911850 DOI: 10.1007/s10916-019-1218-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Coronary calcium detection in medicine image processing is a hot research topic. According to the low resolution and complex background in medicine image, an improved coronary calcium detection algorithm based on the Single Shot MultiBox Detector (SSD) in Mimics is proposed in this paper. The algorithm firstly uses the aggregate channel feature model to preprocess the image to obtain the suspected calcium area, which greatly reduces the time of single-frame image detection. The basic network VGG-16 is replaced by Resnet-50, which introduces the identity mapping to solve the problem of reducing the detection accuracy when the number of network layers are increased. Finally, the powerful and flexible two-parameter loss function is used to optimize the training deep network and improve the network model generalization ability. Qualitative and quantitative experiments show that the performance of the proposed detection algorithm exceeds the existing calcium detection algorithms, and the detection efficiency is improved while ensuring the accuracy of calcium detection.
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- Chen Datong
- School of Medical Technology, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, 161006, Heilongjiang, China.
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- School of Medical Technology, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, 161006, Heilongjiang, China
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- School of Medical Technology, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, 161006, Heilongjiang, China
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- Third Affiliated Hospital of Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, 161006, Heilongjiang, China
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- School of Medical Technology, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, 161006, Heilongjiang, China
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- School of Medical Technology, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, 161006, Heilongjiang, China
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Wang YS, Liu ZD, Yue S, Wang WZ, Tian FS. [Effect of biofeedback therapy on metabolic syndrome under different levels of job stress]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2019; 36:728-733. [PMID: 30541190 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-9391.2018.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the effect of biofeedback therapy on metabolic syndrome (MS) and the effect of different levels of job stress on the outcome. Methods: The physicians in tertiary hospitals who were diagnosed with MS from January to December, 2016 were divided into biofeedback group and health education group according to different intervention methods, and moderate group, medium group, and high group according to different levels of job stress. A 6-month intervention was implemented from May to October, 2017. A two-way factorial design was used to analyze the main effect of biofeedback on physical and biochemical parameters and the interaction of biofeedback and job stress. Results: After 6 months of intervention, the patients in both the biofeedback group and the moderate group had significantly decreased waist circumference, body mass index, systolic blood pressure (SBP) , diastolic blood pressure (DBP) , and levels of triglyceride (TG) , total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) , and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and a significantly increased level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) (all P<0.05) ; the patients in both the health education group and the moderate group had significantly decreased SBP, DBP, and levels of TG, LDL-C, and FPG (P<0.05) . The factorial analysis of variance showed that there was a synergistic interaction between the intervention method and job stress level in SBP, DBP, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, and FPG among MS patients (P<0.05) . The high group had significantly more improvements in all indices compared with the medium group and the moderate group (P<0.05) . Conclusion: Biofeedback therapy can effectively improve blood pressure, blood lipids, and blood glucose in MS patients, and is more effective for patients with high job stress level.
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- Y S Wang
- Department of Public Health Management, Tianjin 4th Center Hospital, Tianjin 300140, China
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Cosar S, Yan Z, Zhao F, Lambrou T, Yue S, Bellotto N. Thermal Camera Based Physiological Monitoring with an Assistive Robot. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2018; 2018:5010-5013. [PMID: 30441466 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2018.8513201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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This paper presents a physiological monitoring system for assistive robots using a thermal camera. It is based on the detection of subtle changes in temperature observed on different parts of the face. First, we segment and estimate these face regions on thermal images. Then, by applying Fourier analysis on temperature data, we estimate respiration and heartbeat rate. This physiological monitoring system has been integrated in an assistive robot for elderly people at home, as part of the ENRICHME project. Its performance has been evaluated on a new thermal dataset for physiological monitoring, which is made publicly available for researchpurposes.
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Silverman SL, Siris E, Belazi D, Recknor C, Papaioannou A, Brown JP, Gold DT, Lewiecki EM, Quinn G, Balasubramanian A, Yue S, Stolshek B, Kendler DL. Persistence at 24 months with denosumab among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis: results of a prospective cohort study. Arch Osteoporos 2018; 13:85. [PMID: 30088189 PMCID: PMC6096691 DOI: 10.1007/s11657-018-0491-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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UNLABELLED Persistence with prescribed medications for chronic diseases is important; however, persistence with osteoporosis treatments is historically poor. In this prospective cohort study of postmenopausal women treated for osteoporosis in real-world clinical practice settings in the USA and Canada, 24-month persistence with denosumab was 58%. PURPOSE Patients who persist with their prescribed osteoporosis treatment have increased bone mineral density (BMD) and reduced risk of fracture. Twelve-month persistence with denosumab in routine clinical practice is as high as 95%, but there are limited data on longer-term persistence with denosumab in this setting. METHODS This single-arm, prospective, cohort study evaluated 24-month persistence with denosumab administered every 6 months in postmenopausal women receiving treatment for osteoporosis in real-world clinical practice in the USA and Canada. Endpoints and analyses included the percentage of patients who persist with denosumab at 24 months (greater than or equal to four injections with a gap between injections of no more than 6 months plus 8 weeks), the total number of injections received by each patient, changes in BMD in persistent patients, and the incidence of serious adverse events (SAEs) and fractures. RESULTS Among 935 enrolled patients, 24-month persistence was 58% (50% in US patients and 75% in Canadian patients). A majority of patients received at least four injections over the observation period (62% of US patients and 81% of Canadian patients). Among patients who were persistent at 24 months and who had a baseline, 12-month, and 24-month DXA scan, mean BMD increased from baseline to 24 months by 7.8% at the lumbar spine and 2.1% at the femoral neck. SAEs and fractures were reported for 122 (13.0%) patients and 54 (5.8%) patients, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Persistence with denosumab for 24 months yields improvement in BMD among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis treated in routine clinical practice in the USA and Canada.
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- Stuart L. Silverman
- OMC Clinical Research Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA, 8641 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 301, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 USA
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- Columbia University Medical Center, 180 Fort Washington Avenue, HP9-964, New York, NY USA
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- AlchemiPharma, 1582 High Grove LN, Malvern, PA USA
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- United Osteoporosis Centers, 2350 Limestone Parkway, Gainesville, GA USA
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- Juravinski Research Center, McMaster University, Room 151, 88 Maplewood Avenue, Hamilton, Canada
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- CHU de Québec (CHUL) Research Center, Laval University, Room TR-83, 2705 Laurier Boulevard, Quebec City, QC Canada
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- Duke University Medical Center, Box 3003, Durham, NC USA
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- New Mexico Clinical Research and Osteoporosis Center, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 300 Oak St. NE, Albuquerque, NM USA
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- Outlier Statistics Ltd, 25 Blacksmith Close, St Michaels Mead, Bishop’s Stortford, UK
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- Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA USA
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- Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Prohealth, 150-943 W Broadway, Vancouver, BC Canada
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Brahimi SV, Yue S, Sriraman KR. Alloy and composition dependence of hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility in high-strength steel fasteners. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2017; 375:rsta.2016.0407. [PMID: 28607186 PMCID: PMC5468724 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2016.0407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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High-strength steel fasteners characterized by tensile strengths above 1100 MPa are often used in critical applications where a failure can have catastrophic consequences. Preventing hydrogen embrittlement (HE) failure is a fundamental concern implicating the entire fastener supply chain. Research is typically conducted under idealized conditions that cannot be translated into know-how prescribed in fastener industry standards and practices. Additionally, inconsistencies and even contradictions in fastener industry standards have led to much confusion and many preventable or misdiagnosed fastener failures. HE susceptibility is a function of the material condition, which is comprehensively described by the metallurgical and mechanical properties. Material strength has a first-order effect on HE susceptibility, which increases significantly above 1200 MPa and is characterized by a ductile--brittle transition. For a given concentration of hydrogen and at equal strength, the critical strength above which the ductile-brittle transition begins can vary due to second-order effects of chemistry, tempering temperature and sub-microstructure. Additionally, non-homogeneity of the metallurgical structure resulting from poorly controlled heat treatment, impurities and non-metallic inclusions can increase HE susceptibility of steel in ways that are measurable but unpredictable. Below 1200 MPa, non-conforming quality is often the root cause of real-life failures.This article is part of the themed issue 'The challenges of hydrogen and metals'.
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- S V Brahimi
- Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada
- Industral Fasteners Institute, Cleveland, OH 44131, USA
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- Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada
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- Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada
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Yue S, Min L. [ Strongyloides stercoralis infection with hypothyroidism: one case report]. Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi 2017; 29:393-394. [PMID: 29469544 DOI: 10.16250/j.32.1374.2016256] [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: 11/27/2022]
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This paper reports the diagnosis and treatment of one rare case of thyroid dysfunction caused by Strongyloides stercoralis infection.
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- Sun Yue
- Department of Endocrine, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530027, China
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- Department of Endocrine, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530027, China
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Zhang G, Zhu Y, Qin W, Yu L, Wu G, Ma S, Wang F, Qin R, Yang X, Tao K, Yue S, Zhao G, Yang Z, Yuan J, Dou K, Yuan J. Combined Kidney Transplantation and Splenic Fossa Auxiliary Heterotopic Liver Transplantation in a Highly Sensitized Recipient: A Case Report. Transplant Proc 2017; 48:3191-3196. [PMID: 27932179 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Revised: 08/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Combined kidney and auxiliary orthotopic liver transplantation from the same donor is used to treat highly sensitized renal transplant recipients. Auxiliary liver can protect the transplanted kidney against hyperacute rejection. METHODS In the current case, combined kidney and splenic fossa auxiliary heterotopic liver transplantation was performed from the same donor for a highly sensitized recipient without preoperative preconditioning. No postoperative hyperacute rejection occurred. RESULTS Seven days after surgery, preexisting antibody levels rose and decreased after treatment; meanwhile, the function of transplanted kidney returned to normal. During 24 months of follow-up, the grafts showed good blood perfusion and functioned well. The levels of preexisting antibodies, donor-specific antibodies (DSA) and C1q-fixing human leukocyte antigen (C1q-HLA) antibodies, all decreased. CONCLUSIONS Combined kidney and splenic fossa auxiliary heterotopic liver transplantation can be used in renal transplantation for highly sensitized recipients.
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- G Zhang
- Department of Urology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Urology, Hanzhong Central Hospital, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Urology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Urology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Urology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Urology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Urology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Urology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Urology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi, China
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- Xijing Orthopedic Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Urology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanxi, China.
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OBJECTIVES This study investigated whether psychological distress predicts the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and if the association differs between populations at a high or low diabetes risk level among Chinese police officers. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Single centre. PARTICIPANTS 6559 participants underwent clinical measurements at the hospital in April 2007. 5811 police officers participated in the follow-up consisting of new-onset diabetes (NOD) events occurring annually between 2008 and 2011. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES Baseline data were collected from policemen who completed the Symptom Checklist 90-Revised (SCL-90-R) questionnaire and a self-designed questionnaire. Psychological distress was measured by the SCL-90-R questionnaire. Hong Kong Chinese Diabetes Risk Score (HKCDRS) was used to evaluate the risk of T2DM, and the participants were divided into low-risk group and high-risk group based on the HKCDRS. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to calculate the HRs of the incidence of T2DM related to psychological distress and further stratified the analysis based on HKCDRS. RESULTS Among 5811 participants, 179 subjects developed NOD during the 4-year follow-up. 54 subjects (1.63%) with a HKCDRS 0-7 vs 125 subjects (4.98%) with a HKCDRS>7 developed NOD (p<0.05). There was a significant association between psychological distress and T2DM (HR=1.46; 95% CI 1.05 to 2.02). Among the participants with a high-risk score (HKCDRS>7), 7.07% of those with psychological distress developed T2DM compared with 4.43% of participants without psychological distress (p<0.05). The corresponding adjusted HR for psychological distress was 1.61 (95% CI 1.10 to 2.37). CONCLUSIONS Psychological distress is an independent risk factor for T2DM in this prospective cohort study. Stratification analysis indicated that psychological distress was associated with T2DM in a high-risk level population.
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- C Li
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Tongling University, Tongling, Anhui, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Cardiology, Tianjin 4 Center Hospital, The 4 Center Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Tianjin Emergency Medical Center, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Medical Center of Police Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Tianjin 4 Center Hospital, The 4 Center Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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Zhenghao F, Mujun W, Jinlong C, Yue S, Aimin L, Quanxing Z. Adsorption Characteristics of o-Phthalic Acid and its Separation by Resins from Maleic Acid and Fumaric Acid in Wastewater. ADSORPT SCI TECHNOL 2016. [DOI: 10.1260/0263617053737208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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A comparison was made of the adsorption properties towards o-phthalic acid of ND100 resin modified by oxygen groups and ND900 resin modified by amine groups. The work presented focused on various properties including adsorption under static equilibrium conditions, the adsorption thermodynamics and kinetics. In addition, a method was devised for the separation of o-phthalic acid from maleic acid and fumaric acid in wastewater. Two isotherm models (Langmuir and Freundlich) were used to fit the static adsorption results. Both equations fitted the experimental data perfectly. The kinetic results led to the conclusion that the adsorption of o-phthalic acid onto ND900 involved a type of chemical transition.
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- Fei Zhenghao
- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Bioresources and Environmental Protection, Yancheng Teachers College, Jiangsu 224002, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Tiandi Environmental Protection Engineering Co. Ltd., Zhejiang 310005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Bioresources and Environmental Protection, Yancheng Teachers College, Jiangsu 224002, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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Renhua G, Yue S, Shidai J, Jing F, Xiyi L. 165P: Long noncoding RNA LUCAT1 is associated with poor prognosis in human non-small cell lung cancer and affects cell proliferation via regulating p21 and p57 expression. J Thorac Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s1556-0864(16)30275-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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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Sriraman KR, Manimunda P, Chromik RR, Yue S. Effect of crystallographic orientation on the tribological behavior of electrodeposited Zn coatings. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra15490a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Tribo/transfer film evolution during sliding wear of steel contact on oriented Zn coatings.
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- Department of Mining & Materials Engineering
- McGill University
- Montreal
- Canada
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- Department of Mining & Materials Engineering
- McGill University
- Montreal
- Canada
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- Department of Mining & Materials Engineering
- McGill University
- Montreal
- Canada
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- Department of Mining & Materials Engineering
- McGill University
- Montreal
- Canada
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Yali W, Jian L, Yuan W, Yue S. Effect of Xinfeng capsule in the treatment of active rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized controlled trial. J TRADIT CHIN MED 2015; 35:626-31. [DOI: 10.1016/s0254-6272(15)30150-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Brunner N, Yue S, Stub D, Webb J, Wood D. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE DIASTOLIC PULMONARY GRADIENT, TRANSPULMONARY GRADIENT AND PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE AND MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION UNDERGOING TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION. Can J Cardiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.07.253] [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: 11/17/2022] Open
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Yue S, Zhang Y, Gao Y. A study on the susceptibility of allogeneic human hepatocytes to porcine endogenous retrovirus. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2015; 19:3486-3491. [PMID: 26439047] [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: 06/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) is a virus that can be integrated into porcine genome. It has been proved that PERV can infect the cells of a variety of species. However, little is known about the infectivity of PERV to human hepatocytes. The present study focused on the susceptibility of primary human hepatocytes to PERV. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cell culture supernatant containing PERV was used to infect primary allogeneic hepatocytes and human embryonic kidney cell line HEK-293. The integration of PERV into the genome and PERV expression were detected by using PCR and RT-PCR. RESULTS Gene and mRNA sequences of PERV were detected in HEK-293 cells; however, viral gene expression was not detected in 3 groups of primary allogeneic hepatocytes. CONCLUSIONS HEK-293 cells can be infected by PERV, but 3 groups of primary allogeneic hepatocytes were not sensitive to PERV, indicating PERV had no infectivity to primary human hepatocytes.
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- S Yue
- Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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Paradis F, Yue S, Grant JR, Stothard P, Basarab JA, Fitzsimmons C. Transcriptomic analysis by RNA sequencing reveals that hepatic interferon-induced genes may be associated with feed efficiency in beef heifers1. J Anim Sci 2015; 93:3331-41. [DOI: 10.2527/jas.2015-8975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [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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Yue S, Jie X, Wei L, Bin C, Dou Dou W, Yi Y, QingXia L, JianLin L, TieSong Z. Simultaneous detection of ochratoxin A and fumonisin B1 in cereal samples using an aptamer-photonic crystal encoded suspension array. Anal Chem 2014; 86:11797-802. [PMID: 25405701 DOI: 10.1021/ac503355n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A simple, new aptamer-photonic crystal encoded suspension array was designed to simultaneously quantify and qualify ochratoxin A(OTA) and fumonisin B1(FB1) in cereal samples. The aptamers of OTA and FB1 were immobilized on the surfaces of photonic crystals by chemical bonding. When the target mycotoxins appear in a sample, the fluorescence-labeled complementary DNA of the aptamer dissociates from their double DNA hybrid and results in an obvious decrease in fluorescence intensity of the microsphere. The difference value of fluorescent intensities for each kind of silica photonic crystal microsphere (SPCM) quantitatively conveys the concentration of mycotoxin, and the structure colors or reflectance peak positions of the SPCMs confirm the kind of mycotoxin detected. The reaction conditions including the immobilization method for aptamers, hybridization, and incubation conditions have been optimized. This developed method displayed a wide linear detection range (0.01-1 ng/mL for OTA and 0.001-1 ng/mL for FB1) and a low limit of detection (0.25 pg/mL for OTA and 0.16 pg/mL for FB1). The recovery rates in the spiked cereal samples ranged from 81.80% to 116.38% for OTA and 76.58%-114.79% for FB1. The positive detection results in the naturally contaminated cereal samples were in agreement with those of classic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). This simple suspension array scheme displays a great application potential for the high throughput screen assay of mycotoxins.
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- Sun Yue
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nanjing Normal University , Nanjing 210097, China
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Evenepoel P, Cooper K, Holdaas H, Messa P, Mourad G, Olgaard K, Rutkowski B, Schaefer H, Deng H, Torregrosa JV, Wuthrich RP, Yue S. A randomized study evaluating cinacalcet to treat hypercalcemia in renal transplant recipients with persistent hyperparathyroidism. Am J Transplant 2014; 14:2545-55. [PMID: 25225081 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Revised: 05/15/2014] [Accepted: 05/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Persistent hyperparathyroidism (HPT) after kidney transplantation (KTx) is associated with hypercalcemia, hypophosphatemia and abnormally high levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH). In this randomized trial, cinacalcet was compared to placebo for the treatment of hypercalcemia in adult patients with persistent HPT after KTx. Subjects were randomized 1:1 to cinacalcet or placebo with randomization stratified by baseline corrected total serum calcium levels (≤11.2 mg/dL [2.80 mmol/L] or >11.2 mg/dL [2.80 mmol/L]). The primary end point was achievement of a mean corrected total serum calcium value<10.2 mg/dL (2.55 mmol/L) during the efficacy period. The two key secondary end points were percent change in bone mineral density (BMD) at the femoral neck and absolute change in phosphorus; 78.9% cinacalcet- versus 3.5% placebo-treated subjects achieved the primary end point with a difference of 75.4% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 63.8, 87.1), p<0.001. There was no statistical difference in the percent change in BMD at the femoral neck between cinacalcet and placebo groups, p=0.266. The difference in the change in phosphorus between the two arms was 0.45 mg/dL (95% CI: 0.26, 0.64), p<0.001 (nominal). No new safety signals were detected. In conclusion, hypercalcemia and hypophosphatemia were effectively corrected after treatment with cinacalcet in patients with persistent HPT after KTx.
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- Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Van Londen M, Humalda JK, Aarts BM, Sanders JS, Bakker SJL, Navis GJ, De Borst MH, Pazik J, O Dak M, Lewandowski Z, Podgorska M, Sadowska A, Sitarek E, Malejczyk J, Durlik M, Drechsler C, Philstrom H, Meinitzer A, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Abedini S, Fellstrom B, Jardine A, Wanner C, Maerz W, Holdaas H, Halleck F, Staeck O, Neumayer HH, Budde K, Khadzhynov D, Rostaing L, Allal A, Congy N, Aarninck A, Del Bello A, Maggioni S, Debiols B, Sallusto F, Kamar N, Stolyarevich E, Artyukhina L, Kim I, Tomilina N, Zaidenov V, Kurenkova L, Keyzer CA, De Borst MH, Van Den Berg E, Jahnen-Dechent W, Navis G, Bakker SJL, Van Goor H, Pasch A, Aulagnon F, Avettand-Fenoel V, Scemla A, Lanternier F, Lortholary O, Anglicheau D, Legendre C, Zuber J, Furic-Cunko V, Basic-Jukic N, Coric M, Kastelan Z, Hudolin T, Kes P, Mikolasevic I, Racki S, Lukenda V, Orlic L, Dobrowolski LC, Verberne HJ, Ten Berge IJM, Bemelman FJ, Krediet CTP, Ferreira AC, Silva C, Remedio F, Pena A, Nolasco F, Heldal K, Lonning K, Leivestad T, Reisaeter AV, Hartmann A, Foss AE, Midtvedt K, Vlachopanos G, Kassimatis T, Zerva A, Kokkona A, Stavroulaki E, Agrafiotis A, Sanchez Sobrino B, Lafuente Covarrubias O, Karsten Alvarez S, Zalamea Jarrin F, Rubio Gonzalez E, Huerta Arroyo A, Portoles Perez J, Basic-Jukic N, Kes P, Baek CH, Kim M, Kim JS, Yang WS, Han DJ, Park SK, Zulkarnaev A, Vatazin A, Cabiddu G, Maxia S, Castellino S, Loi V, Guzzo G, Piccoli GB, Pani A, Bucsa C, Tacu D, Harza M, Sinescu I, Mircescu G, Stefan G, Alfieri CM, Laura F, Danilovic B, Cresseri D, Meneghini M, Riccardo F, Regalia A, Messa P, Panuccio V, Tripepi R, Parlongo G, Quattrone S, Leonardis D, Tripepi G, Zoccali C, Mallamaci F, Amer H, Geerdes PA, Fettes TT, Prieto M, Walker RC, Edwards BS, Cosio FG, Khrabrova M, Nabokov A, Groene HJ, Weithofer P, Kliem V, Smirnov A, Dobronravov V, Sezer S, Gurlek Demirci B, Tutal E, Guliyev O, Say N CB, Ozdemir Acar FN, Haberal M, Albugami MM, Hussein M, Alsaeed S, Almubarak A, Bel'eed-Akkari K, Go biewska JE, Tarasewicz A, D bska- lizie A, Rutkowski B, Albugami MM, Hussein M, Almubarak A, Alsaeed S, Bel'eed-Akkari K, Ailioaie O, Arzouk N, Tourret J, Mercadal L, Szumilak D, Ourahma S, Parra J, Billault C, Barrou B, Alfieri CM, Floreani R, Ulivieri FM, Meneghini M, Regalia A, Zanoni F, Croci D, Rastaldi MP, Messa PG, Keyzer CA, Riphagen IJ, Joosten MM, Navis G, Muller Kobold AC, Kema IP, Bakker SJL, De Borst MH, Santos Lascasas J, Malheiro J, Fonseca I, Martins L, Almeida M, Pedroso S, Dias L, Henriques A, Cabrita A, Vincenti F, Weir M, Von Visger J, Kopyt N, Mannon R, Deng H, Yue S, Wolf M, Halleck F, Khadzhynov, D, Schmidt D, Petereit F, Slowinski T, Neumayer HH, Budde K, Staeck O, Hernandez Vargas H, Artamendi Larranaga M, Gil Catalinas F, Ramalle Gomara E, Bello Ovalle A, Pimentel Guzman G, Coloma Lopez A, Dall Anesse C, Gil Paraiso A, Beired Val I, Sierra Carpio M, Huarte Loza E, Slubowska K, Szmidt J, Chmura A, Durlik M, Staeck O, Khadzhynov D, Schmidt D, Niemann M, Petereit F, Lachmann N, Neumayer HH, Budde K, Halleck F, Alotaibi T, Nampoory N, Gheith O, Halim M, Aboatteya H, Mansour H, Abdulkawey H, Said T, Nair P, WazNa-Jab O Ska E, Durlik M, Elias M, Caillard S, Morelon E, Rivalan J, Moal V, Frimat L, Mourad G, Rerolle JP, Legendre C, Mousson C, Delahousse M, Pouteil-Noble C, Dantal J, Cassuto E, Subra JF, Lang P, Thervet E, Roosweil D, Molnar MZ, Fornadi K, Ronai KZ, Novak M, Mucsi I, Scale TM, Robertson S, Kumwenda M, Jibani M, Griffin S, Williams AJ, Mikhail A, Jeong JC, Koo TY, Jeon HJ, Han M, Oh KH, Ahn C, Yang J, Bancu I, Canas L, Juega J, Malumbres S, Guermah I, Bonet J, Lauzurica R, Basso E, Messina M, Daidola G, Mella A, Lavacca A, Manzione AM, Rossetti M, Ranghino A, Ariaudo C, Segoloni GP, Biancone L, Whang E, Son SH, Kwon H, Kong JJ, Choi WY, Yoon CS, Ferreira AC, Silva C, Aires I, Ferreira A, Remedio F, Nolasco F, Ratkovic M, Basic Jukic N, Gledovic B, Radunovic D, Prelevic V, Stefan G, Garneata L, Bucsa C, Harza M, Sinescu I, Mircescu G, Tacu D, Aniort J, Kaysi S, Mulliez A, Heng AE, Su owicz J, Wojas-Pelc A, Ignacak E, Janda K, Krzanowski M, Miarka P, Su owicz W, Filipov JJ, Zlatkov BK, Dimitrov EP, Svinarov DA, Champion L, Renoux C, Randoux C, Du Halgouet C, Azeroual L, Glotz D, Vrtovsnik F, Daugas E, Musetti C, Battista M, Cena T, Izzo C, Airoldi A, Magnani C, Stratta P, Fiskvik I, Holte H, Bentdal O, Holdaas H, Erkmen Uyar M, Sezer S, Bal Z, Guliyev O, Colak T, Gurlek Demirci B, Ozdemir Acar N, Haberal M, Kara E, Ahbap E, Basturk T, Koc Y, Sakaci T, Sahutoglu T, Akgol C, Sevinc M, Unsal A, Seyahi N, Abdultawab K, Alotaibi T, Gheith O, Mansour H, Halim M, Nair P, Said T, Balaha M, Elsayed A, Awadeen W, Nampoory N, Hwang JC, Jiang MY, Lu YH, Weng SF, Madziarska K, Zmonarski SC, Augustyniak-Bartosik H, Magott-Procelewska M, Krajewska M, Mazanowska O, Banasik M, Penar J, Weyde W, Boraty Ska M, Klinger M, Swarnalatha G, Narendranath L, Shanta Rao G, Sawhney A, Subrahmanyam L, Kumar S, Jeon H, Hakim A, Patel U, Shrivastava S, Banerjee D, Kimura T, Yagisawa T, Nanmoku K, Kurosawa A, Sakuma Y, Miki A, Nukui A, Lee CH, Oh IH, Park JS, Watarai Y, Narumi S, Goto N, Hiramitsu T, Tsujita M, Yamamoto T, Kobayashi T, Muniz Pacios L, Molina M, Cabrera J, Gonzalez E, Garcia Santiago A, Aunon P, Santana S, Polanco N, Gutierrez E, Jimenez C, Andres A, Mohammed M, Hammam M, Housawi A, Goldsmith DJ, Cronin A, Frame S, Smalcelj R, Canoz MB, Yavuz DD, Altunoglu A, Yavuz R, Colak T, Haberal M, Tong A, Hanson CS, Chapman JR, Halleck F, Budde K, Papachristou C, Craig J, Zheng XY, Han S, Wang LM, Zhu YH, Zeng L, Zhou MS, Guliyev O, Erkmen Uyar M, Sezer S, Bal Z, Colak T, Gurlek Demirci B, Ozdemir Acar N, Haberal M, Ranghino A, Diena D, De Rosa FG, Faletti R, Barbui AM, Guarnaccia C, Corcione S, Messina M, Ariaudo C, Segoloni GP, Biancone L, Patel R, Murray PD, Moiseev A, Kalachik A, Harden PN, Norby G, Mjoen G, Holdaas H, Gilboe IM, Shi Y, Luo L, Cai B, Wang T, Tao Y, Wang L, Erkmen Uyar M, Sezer S, Bal Z, Guliyev O, Tutal E, Gurlek Demirci B, Ozdemir Acar N, Haberal M, Di Vico MC, Messina M, Mezza E, Giraudi R, Nappo A, Boaglio E, Ranghino A, Fop F, Segoloni GP, Biancone L, Carta P, Dattolo E, Buti E, Zanazzi M, Villari D, Di Maria L, Santoro G, Li Marzi V, Minetti EE, Nicita G, Carta P, Zanazzi M, Buti E, Antognoli G, Dervishi E, Vignali L, Caroti L, Di Maria L, Minetti EE, Dorje C, Kovacevic G, Hammarstrom C, Strom EH, Holdaas H, Midtvedt K, Reisaeter AV, Alfieri CM, Floreani R, Meneghini M, Regalia A, Zanoni F, Vettoretti S, Croci MD, Rastaldi MP, Messa P, Heldal K, Lonning K, Reisaeter AV, Bernklev T, Midtvedt K, Strakosha A, Pasko N, Nasto F, Cadri V, Dedei A, Thereska N. 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Zhang Z, Jones D, Yue S, Lee P, Jones J, Sutcliffe C, Jones E. Hierarchical tailoring of strut architecture to control permeability of additive manufactured titanium implants. Materials Science and Engineering: C 2013; 33:4055-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2013.05.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Revised: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 05/24/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Sriraman K, Brahimi S, Szpunar J, Osborne J, Yue S. Characterization of corrosion resistance of electrodeposited Zn–Ni Zn and Cd coatings. Electrochim Acta 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [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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Yue S, Antone E, Ingrand P, Bironneau V, Neau JP, Paquereau J, Meurice JC. Pronostic cardio-vasculaire et métabolique du syndrome d’apnées du sommeil positionnel : étude de cohorte historique à partir de 240 patients. Rev Mal Respir 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2012.10.105] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Bruce J, Hui A, Waggot D, Yue S, Shi W, Perez-Ordonez B, Xu W, O'Sullivan B, Waldron J, Liu F. The Role of MicroRNAs in Human Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.07.070] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Yue S, Godet C, Meurice JC. Apport du scanner thoracique dans le diagnostic de pneumopathies avec hyperéosinophilie périphérique. Rev Mal Respir 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2012.10.010] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Cao C, Yu X, Liao Z, Zhu N, Huo H, Wang M, Ji G, She H, Luo Z, Yue S. Hypertonic saline reduces lipopolysaccharide-induced mouse brain edema through inhibiting aquaporin 4 expression. Crit Care 2012; 16:R186. [PMID: 23036239 PMCID: PMC3682288 DOI: 10.1186/cc11670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2012] [Accepted: 10/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Three percent sodium chloride (NaCl) treatment has been shown to reduce brain edema and inhibited brain aquaporin 4 (AQP4) expression in bacterial meningitis induced by Escherichia coli. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is the main pathogenic component of E. coli. We aimed to explore the effect of 3% NaCl in mouse brain edema induced by LPS, as well as to elucidate the potential mechanisms of action. METHODS Three percent NaCl was used to treat cerebral edema induced by LPS in mice in vivo. Brain water content, IL-1β, TNFα, immunoglobulin G (IgG), AQP4 mRNA and protein were measured in brain tissues. IL-1β, 3% NaCl and calphostin C (a specific inhibitor of protein kinase C) were used to treat the primary astrocytes in vitro. AQP4 mRNA and protein were measured in astrocytes. Differences in various groups were determined by one-way analysis of variance. RESULTS Three percent NaCl attenuated the increase of brain water content, IL-1β, TNFα, IgG, AQP4 mRNA and protein in brain tissues induced by LPS. Three percent NaCl inhibited the increase of AQP4 mRNA and protein in astrocytes induced by IL-1β in vitro. Calphostin C blocked the decrease of AQP4 mRNA and protein in astrocytes induced by 3% NaCl in vitro. CONCLUSIONS Osmotherapy with 3% NaCl ameliorated LPS-induced cerebral edema in vivo. In addition to its osmotic force, 3% NaCl exerted anti-edema effects possibly through down-regulating the expression of proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β and TNFα) and inhibiting the expression of AQP4 induced by proinflammatory cytokines. Three percent NaCl attenuated the expression of AQP4 through activation of protein kinase C in astrocytes.
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Lili Y, Yi W, Ji Y, Yue S, Weimin S, Ming L. Global activation of CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes correlates with an impairment in regulatory T cells in patients with generalized vitiligo. PLoS One 2012; 7:e37513. [PMID: 22649532 PMCID: PMC3359382 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2012] [Accepted: 04/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Melanocyte-specific CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) play a pivotal role in vitiligo-induced depigmentation. Yet, the mechanisms underlying the high frequency of generalized autoimmune disorders associated with generalized vitiligo (GV) are unknown. We hypothesized that an imbalance between activated CD8+ CTLs and regulatory T cells (Tregs) exists in patients with GV . Assessment of the circulating CD8+ CTLs and Tregs by flow cytometric analysis revealed an obvious expansion of CD8+ CTLs and a concomitant decrease in Treg cells in GV patients. The percentages of skin infiltrating CD8+ CTLs and Tregs were evaluated by immunohistochemistry and revealed dramatically increased numbers of both CD8+ CTLs and Tregs in the perilesional skin of GV patients. However, peripheral Tregs were impaired in their ability to suppress the proliferation and cytolytic capacity of autologous CD8+ T cells, suggesting that a functional failure of Tregs and the hyper-activation of CD8+ CTLs may contribute to progressive GV. Our data indicate that reduced numbers and impaired function of natural Tregs fail to control the widespread activation of CD8+ CTLs, which leads to the destruction of melanocytes and contributes to the elevated frequency of various associated autoimmune diseases. This knowledge furthers our understanding of the mechanisms of immune tolerance that are impaired in GV patients and may aid in the future development of effective immunotherapy for GV patients.
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- Departments of dermatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Departments of dermatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Departments of dermatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Departments of dermatology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Departments of dermatology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Departments of dermatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Chamanfar A, Jahazi M, Gholipour J, Wanjara P, Yue S. Suppressed liquation and microcracking in linear friction welded WASPALOY. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Martin RA, Yue S, Hanna JV, Lee PD, Newport RJ, Smith ME, Jones JR. Characterizing the hierarchical structures of bioactive sol-gel silicate glass and hybrid scaffolds for bone regeneration. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2012; 370:1422-1443. [PMID: 22349249 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Bone is the second most widely transplanted tissue after blood. Synthetic alternatives are needed that can reduce the need for transplants and regenerate bone by acting as active temporary templates for bone growth. Bioactive glasses are one of the most promising bone replacement/regeneration materials because they bond to existing bone, are degradable and stimulate new bone growth by the action of their dissolution products on cells. Sol-gel-derived bioactive glasses can be foamed to produce interconnected macropores suitable for tissue ingrowth, particularly cell migration and vascularization and cell penetration. The scaffolds fulfil many of the criteria of an ideal synthetic bone graft, but are not suitable for all bone defect sites because they are brittle. One strategy for improving toughness of the scaffolds without losing their other beneficial properties is to synthesize inorganic/organic hybrids. These hybrids have polymers introduced into the sol-gel process so that the organic and inorganic components interact at the molecular level, providing control over mechanical properties and degradation rates. However, a full understanding of how each feature or property of the glass and hybrid scaffolds affects cellular response is needed to optimize the materials and ensure long-term success and clinical products. This review focuses on the techniques that have been developed for characterizing the hierarchical structures of sol-gel glasses and hybrids, from atomic-scale amorphous networks, through the covalent bonding between components in hybrids and nanoporosity, to quantifying open macroporous networks of the scaffolds. Methods for non-destructive in situ monitoring of degradation and bioactivity mechanisms of the materials are also included.
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- R A Martin
- School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
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Yue S. Study of quantitative assessment of left ventricular systolic function by tissue motion annular displacement in heart failure patients. Heart 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300867.363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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AIM This paper discussed the basic concepts, theories and practices of traditional Chinese nursing (TCN) to enrich our understanding of relevant concepts and ways to contribute to human health. BACKGROUND Advantages of TCN include health education based on theories and techniques of traditional Chinese medicine. It focuses mainly on mobilizing humans' capacity for self-adjustment and self-rehabilitation to make a dynamic balance between yin and yang, qi and blood and zang and fu. It has played a significant role in the fields of primary nursing, geriatric nursing, hospice, family nursing, etc., in China. METHOD PubMed, CINAHL, Ovid Medline (English) and the Wang Fang (Chinese) databases were searched for literature on a range of keywords relating to traditional Chinese medicine and nursing. Forty references (13 English and 27 Chinese) were finally selected for review. CONCLUSION Practices of nursing care in traditional Chinese medicine are based mainly on the theories of yin-yang and the five elements. There are two prime characteristics in the theoretical system of TCN: holism and nursing determination based on syndrome differentiation. The distinctive content include prevention, daily care of patients, dietary nursing, etc. TCN, with its characteristics of little damage, little pain, ease of operation and low cost, is appropriately used in primary health care in China. By combining Western and Eastern philosophies and approaches to nursing, life phenomena can be better understood, and more ways to promote health can be exploited. Scientists are beginning to use Western research methods to establish effectiveness. Many common interventions would not, however, be considered safe in Western nursing practice without more evidence and consideration of health and safety issues.
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- Y Hao
- School of Nursing, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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Jones JR, Lin S, Yue S, Lee PD, Hanna JV, Smith ME, Newport RJ. Bioactive glass scaffolds for bone regeneration and their hierarchical characterisation. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 2010; 224:1373-87. [DOI: 10.1243/09544119jeim836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Scaffolds are needed that can act as temporary templates for bone regeneration and actively stimulate vascularized bone growth so that bone grafting is no longer necessary. To achieve this, the scaffold must have a suitable interconnected pore network and be made of an osteogenic material. Bioactive glass is an ideal material because it rapidly bonds to bone and degrades over time, releasing soluble silica and calcium ions that are thought to stimulate osteoprogenitor cells. Melt-derived bioactive glasses, such as the original Bioglass® composition, are available commercially, but porous scaffolds have been difficult to produce because Bioglass and similar compositions crystallize on sintering. Sol-gel foam scaffolds have been developed that avoid this problem. They have a hierarchical pore structure comprising interconnected macropores, with interconnect diameters in excess of the 100 μm that is thought to be needed for vascularized bone ingrowth, and an inherent nanoporosity of interconnected mesopores (2–50 nm) which is beneficial for the attachment of osteoprogenitor cells. They also have a compressive strength in the range of cancellous bone. This paper describes the optimized sol-gel foaming process and illustrates the importance of optimizing the hierarchical structure from the atomic through nano, to the macro scale with respect to biological response.
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- J R Jones
- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, UK
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, UK
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, UK
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- School of Physical Sciences, Ingram Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
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Alajez NM, Shi W, Hui ABY, Bruce J, Lenarduzzi M, Ito E, Yue S, O'Sullivan B, Liu FF. Enhancer of Zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is overexpressed in recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma and is regulated by miR-26a, miR-101, and miR-98. Cell Death Dis 2010; 1:e85. [PMID: 21368858 PMCID: PMC3035896 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2010.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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There is increasing evidence supporting the role of members of the polycomb group (PcG) gene family in tumor development and progression. However, their precise role in tumorigenesis and mechanisms of their regulation remain to be elucidated. Using nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) as a disease model, a comprehensive analysis was undertaken on the clinical significance of EZH2 expression, identification of the cellular processes regulated by EZH2, and the mechanisms of its deregulated expression. Herein, we report EZH2 as being associated with a higher risk of relapse in NPC patients (P=0.002). Genome-wide microarray and bioinformatics identified several vital cellular processes (such as differentiation, development, and apoptosis) to be regulated by EZH2, corroborated by in vitro lethality, and delayed tumor formation in vivo upon EZH2 depletion. The combination of global microRNA (miR) profiling in primary NPC specimens, and in silico analyses provided several candidate miRs that could regulate EZH2. Using a luciferase-based assay, miR-26a, miR-101, and miR-98 were validated as bona fide regulators of EZH2 expression. In particular, miR-98 was underexpressed in relapsed patient samples, strongly suggesting an important role for the miR-98 and EZH2 axis in NPC biology.
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- N M Alajez
- Division of Applied Molecular Oncology, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Canada
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Yuman L, Mingxing X, Xinfang W, Qing L, Li Y, Lan J, Yue S, Ning Z. e0691 Feasibility and reproducibility of a new semiautomated quantification of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction in normal adults using real time 3-dimensional echocardiography. Heart 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.208967.691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Cao Y, Jin ZX, Tong XP, Yue S, Sakai T, Kawanami T, Sawaki T, Miki M, Iwao H, Nakajima A, Masaki Y, Fukushima Y, Fujita Y, Nakajima H, Okazaki T, Umehara H. Synergistic effects of topoisomerase I inhibitor, SN38, on Fas-mediated apoptosis. Anticancer Res 2010; 30:3911-3917. [PMID: 21036702] [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: 05/30/2023]
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Inhibitors of topoisomerase I, such as camptothecin, have proven to be among the most promising new classes of anti-neoplastic agents introduced into the clinical setting in recent years. Irinotecan (CPT-11) is one of the most widely used camptothecin analogs and is converted to form the active metabolite SN-38. The present study was designed to explore apoptosis induced by SN38 and anti-Fas antibody (CH11) in WR/Fas-SMS1 cells and its possible mechanisms. The results demonstrate that combination of SN38 and CH11 synergistically enhanced cell apoptosis in WR/Fas-SMS1 cells. Western blotting analysis showed that combination of SN38 and CH11 activated the ATM-Chk1-p53 pathway, increased protein expression of phospho-p53 and cleavaged caspase-3, but down-regulated expression of phospho-p21. Our data suggest that combination of SN38 and CH11 enhanced apoptosis through down-regulation of p21 phosphorylation. In conclusion, inhibition of p21 could be a new adjuvant approach in cancer therapy.
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- Department of Hematology and Immunology, Kanazawa Medical University, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa, Japan
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