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Liu LN, Zhong XW, Wu TF. [The effect of extended depth of focus contact lenses on the accommodation of presbyopic eyes]. Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2021; 57:292-296. [PMID: 33832054 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112142-20200718-00488] [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: 06/12/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the effect of extended depth of focus contact lenses on the accommodation of presbyopic eyes. Methods: It was a double-blind randomized controlled trial. Thirty eyes of 30 emmetropic volunteers (15 males, 15 females) who were staff or family members of Hainan Eye Hospital, aged (49.6±4.5) years, were selected. Non-dominant eyes were fitted with soft contact lenses with an extended depth of field. The subjects and examiners were double-blind. Visual acuities of the subjects were examined at 5 m, 40 cm and 60 cm distance before and after the contact lens wear. Meanwhile, the monocular accommodative amplitude, monocular accommodative facility (±1.00 D), accommodative response, binocular positive/negative relative accommodation and accommodation convergence/accommodation at 40 cm distance were measured. The data were analyzed by paired t test and Wilcoxon signed rank test before and after the contact lens wear, and a P value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Before and after the contact lens wear, the visual acuity at 40 cm was 4.59±0.14 and 4.69±0.10, and the difference was statistically significant (t=4.16, P<0.01). The visual acuity at 60 cm was 4.74±0.10 and 4.74±0.12, and the difference had no statistical significance (t=0.626, P>0.05). The distance visual acuity was 5.00±0.06 and 4.96±0.06, and the difference was statistically significant (t=3.89, P<0.01). The monocular accommodative amplitude was significantly improved from (3.26±0.26) D to (4.00±0.51) D (t=7.59, P<0.01). The monocular accommodative facility was also significantly improved from (2.67±1.60) cyc/min to (3.53±1.87) cyc/min (t=2.17, P<0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in the positive and negative relative accommodation (t=1.90, 0.66; P>0.05). The accommodation convergence/accommodation and adjustment lag had no statistical significance (Z=0.83, 0.11; P>0.05). Conclusion: Wearing contact lenses with an extended depth of field can improve the near vision and accommodation of presbyopes (Chin J Ophthalmol, 2021, 57:292-296).
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- L N Liu
- Hainan Eye Hospital and Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Haikou 570311, China
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- Hainan Eye Hospital and Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Haikou 570311, China
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- Hainan Eye Hospital and Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Haikou 570311, China
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Wee BH, Wu TF, Hong JD. Facile and Scalable Synthesis Method for High-Quality Few-Layer Graphene through Solution-Based Exfoliation of Graphite. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2017; 9:4548-4557. [PMID: 28094493 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b11771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Here we describe a facile and scalable method for preparing defect-free graphene sheets exfoliated from graphite using the positively charged polyelectrolyte precursor poly(p-phenylenevinylene) (PPV-pre) as a stabilizer in an aqueous solution. The graphene exfoliated by PPV-pre was apparently stabilized in the solution as a form of graphene/PPV-pre (denoted to GPPV-pre), which remains in a homogeneous dispersion over a year. The thickness values of 300 selected 76% GPPV-pre flakes ranged from 1 to 10 nm, corresponding to between one and a few layers of graphene in the lateral dimensions of 1 to 2 μm. Furthermore, this approach was expected to yield a marked decrease in the density of defects in the electronic conjugation of graphene compared to that of graphene oxide (GO) obtained by Hummers' method. The positively charged GPPV-pre was employed to fabricate a poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) electrode layer-by-layer with negatively charged GO, yielding (GPPV-pre/GO)n film electrode. The PPV-pre and GO in the (GPPV-pre/GO)n films were simultaneously converted using hydroiodic acid vapor to fully conjugated PPV and reduced graphene oxide (RGO), respectively. The electrical conductivity of (GPPV/RGO)23 multilayer films was 483 S/cm, about three times greater than that of the (PPV/RGO)23 multilayer films (166 S/cm) comprising RGO (prepared by Hummers method). Furthermore, the superior electrical properties of GPPV were made evident, when comparing the capacitive performances of two supercapacitor systems; (polyaniline PANi/RGO)30/(GPPV/RGO)23/PET (volumetric capacitance = 216 F/cm3; energy density = 19 mWh/cm3; maximum power density = 498 W/cm3) and (PANi/RGO)30/(PPV/RGO)23/PET (152 F/cm3; 9 mWh/cm3; 80 W/cm3).
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- Boon-Hong Wee
- Department of Chemistry, Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Incheon National University , 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 21022, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Incheon National University , 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 21022, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Incheon National University , 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 21022, Republic of Korea
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Ding Y, Li XY, Liu YP, Li DX, Song JQ, Li MQ, Qin YP, Wu TF, Yang YL. [Psychomotor retardation and intermitent convulsions for 8 months in an infant]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2016; 18:67-71. [PMID: 26781416 PMCID: PMC7390091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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This study reports a boy with psychomotor retardation and epilepsy due to maternal phenylketonuria (PKU). The boy was admitted at the age of 20 months because of psychomotor retardation and epilepsy. He had seizures from the age of 1 year. His development quotient was 43. He presented with microcephaly, normal skin and hair color. Brain MRI scan showed mild cerebral white matter demyelination, broadening bilateral lateral ventricle and foramen magnum stricture. Chromosome karyotype, urine organic acids, blood amino acids and acylcarnitines were normal. His mother had mental retardation from her childhood. She presented with learning difficulties and yellow hair. Her premarriage health examinations were normal. She married a healthy man at age of 26 years. When she visited us at 28 years old, PKU was found by markedly elevated blood phenylalanine (916.54 μmol/L vs normal range 20-120 μmol/L). On her phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene, a homozygous mutations c.611A>G (p.Y204C) was identified, which confirmed the diagnosis of PAH-deficient PKU. Her child carries a heterozygous mutation c.611A>G with normal blood phenylalanine. Her husband had no any mutation on PAH. It is concluded that family investigation is very important for the etiological diagnosis of the children with mental retardation and epilepsy. Carefully clinical and metabolic survey should be performed for the parents with mental problems to identify parental diseases-associated child brain damage, such as maternal PKU.
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- Yuan Ding
- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
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A humidity sensor made from a transferable PANI thin film exhibits relatively high sensitivity and short response/recovery times. The sensitive properties are tailorable by acid doping.
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- Tong-Fei Wu
- Department of Chemistry
- Research Institute of Natural Sciences
- Incheon National University
- Incheon
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Research Institute of Natural Sciences
- Incheon National University
- Incheon
- Republic of Korea
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Ding Y, Li XY, Liu YP, Li DX, Song JQ, Li MQ, Qin YP, Wu TF, Yang YL. [Psychomotor retardation and intermitent convulsions for 8 months in an infant]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2016; 18:67-71. [PMID: 26781416 PMCID: PMC7390091 DOI: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2016.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This study reports a boy with psychomotor retardation and epilepsy due to maternal phenylketonuria (PKU). The boy was admitted at the age of 20 months because of psychomotor retardation and epilepsy. He had seizures from the age of 1 year. His development quotient was 43. He presented with microcephaly, normal skin and hair color. Brain MRI scan showed mild cerebral white matter demyelination, broadening bilateral lateral ventricle and foramen magnum stricture. Chromosome karyotype, urine organic acids, blood amino acids and acylcarnitines were normal. His mother had mental retardation from her childhood. She presented with learning difficulties and yellow hair. Her premarriage health examinations were normal. She married a healthy man at age of 26 years. When she visited us at 28 years old, PKU was found by markedly elevated blood phenylalanine (916.54 μmol/L vs normal range 20-120 μmol/L). On her phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene, a homozygous mutations c.611A>G (p.Y204C) was identified, which confirmed the diagnosis of PAH-deficient PKU. Her child carries a heterozygous mutation c.611A>G with normal blood phenylalanine. Her husband had no any mutation on PAH. It is concluded that family investigation is very important for the etiological diagnosis of the children with mental retardation and epilepsy. Carefully clinical and metabolic survey should be performed for the parents with mental problems to identify parental diseases-associated child brain damage, such as maternal PKU.
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- Yuan Ding
- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
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Liu YP, Ding Y, Li XY, Wang HJ, Song JQ, Ye JT, Wu TF, Yang YL. [Acute brainstem encephalitis and myelitis in a girl with isolated methylmalonic aciduria due to MUT gene defect]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2015; 17:1103-1106. [PMID: 26483233] [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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Methylmalonyl CoA mutase deficiency due to MUT gene defect has been known as the main cause of isolated methylmalonic acidemia in Mainland China. This study reported a patient with isolated methylmalonic aciduria (MUT type) characterized as acute brainstem encephalitis and myelitis. The previously healthy girl presented with fever, lethargy and progressive weakness in her extremities at the age of 3 years and 2 months. Three day later, she had respiratory distress and consciousness. Cranial MRI revealed bilateral symmetrical lesion of pallidum, brain stem and spinal cord, indicating acute brainstem encephalitis and myelitis. Her blood propionylcarnitine (6.83 μmol/L vs normal range 1.0 to 5.0 μmol/L) and urinary methylmalonic acid (133.22 mmol/mol creatinine vs normal range 0.2 to 3.6 mmol/mol creatinine) increased significantly. Plasma total homocysteine was normal. On her MUT gene, a reported mutation (c.1630_1631GG>TA) and a novel mutation (c.1663C>T, p.A555T) were identified, which confirmed the diagnosis of methylmalonic aciduria (MUT type). After cobalamin injection, protein-restricted diet with the supplements of special formula and L-carnitine, progressive improvement has been observed. The clinical manifestation of patients with methylmalonic aciduria is complex. Metabolic study and gene analysis are keys for the diagnosis and treatment of the disorder.
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- Yu-Peng Liu
- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
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Liu YP, Wang HJ, Wu TF, Li XY, Song JQ, Ding Y, Zhang Y, Wang Q, Yang YL. [A Chinese boy with methylmalonic aciduria cblB type and a novel mutation in the MMAB gene]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2015; 17:172-175. [PMID: 25760844] [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: 06/04/2023]
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cblB defect is a rare type of methylmalonic aciduria. In this study, a Chinese boy was diagnosed with methylmalonic aciduria cblB type and a novel mutation in the MMAB gene. The clinical presentations, blood acylcarnitines profiles, urine organic acids and genetic features of the patient were reported. The boy presented with fever, feeding difficulty and lethargy at the age of 2 months. Seven days later, he had coma, cold limb, thrombocytopenia, metabolic acidosis and liver damage. His blood propionylcarnitine and urinary methylmalonic acid levels increased significantly, but the plasma total homocysteine level was in the normal range, which supported the diagnosis of isolated methylmalonic aciduria. Gene analysis was performed by direct sequencing. No mutation in the MUT gene was found. However, a reported mutation c.577G>A (p.E193K) and a novel mutation c.562G>A (p.V188M) in the MMAB gene were identified, which confirmed the diagnosis of methylmalonic aciduria cblB type. Progressive clinical and biochemical improvement has been observed after hydroxylcobalamin injection, protein-restricted diet with the supplements of special formula and L-carnitine. He is currently 3 years and 11 months old and has a normal development condition. The phenotypes of the patients with cblB defect are nonspecific. Metabolic analysis and MMAB gene analysis are keys for the diagnosis of the disorder.
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- Yu-Peng Liu
- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
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This article describes the formation of dopamine-melanin thin films (50-200 nm thick) at an air/dopamine solution interface under static conditions. Beneath these films, spherical melanin granules formed in bulk liquid phase. The thickness of dopamine-melanin films at the interface relied mainly on the concentration of dopamine solution and the reaction time. A plausible mechanism underlining dopamine-melanin thin film formation was proposed based on the hydrophobicity of dopamine-melanin aggregates and the mass transport of the aggregates to the air/solution interface as a result of convective flow. The thickness of the interfacial films increased linearly with the dopamine concentration and the reaction time. The dopamine-melanin thin film and granules (formed in bulk liquid phase) with a double-layered structure were transferred onto a solid substrate to mimic the (keratin layer)/(melanin granules) structure present in bird plumage, thereby preparing full dopamine-melanin thin-film reflectors. The reflected color of the thin-film reflectors depended on the film thickness, which could be adjusted according to the dopamine concentration. The reflectance of the resulted reflectors exhibited a maximal reflectance value of 8-11%, comparable to that of bird plumage (∼11%). This study provides a useful, simple, and low-cost approach to the fabrication of biomimetic thin-film reflectors using full dopamine-melanin materials.
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- Tong-Fei Wu
- Department of Chemistry, Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Incheon National University , 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 406-772, Republic of Korea
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Wang Q, Ding Y, Wang JM, Huang QH, Zhao CF, Liu YP, Li XY, Wu TF, Song JQ, Wang YJ, Yang YL. [Clinical and ATP7A gene analysis of three infants with Menkes disease and prenatal diagnosis for a fetus at risk]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2014; 16:624-628. [PMID: 24927440] [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: 06/03/2023]
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Menkes disease is a rare X-linked recessive disorder characterized by multi-systemic disorder of copper deficiency caused by ATP7A gene mutation. In this study, the clinical and laboratory features of three patients with Menkes disease were analyzed. Prenatal diagnosis had been performed for a fetus of a family. Three patients were admitted at the age of 8-9 months due to severe epilepsies and marked delayed psychomotor development. Significantly light complexion, pudgy cheeks and sparse fuzzy wooly hair were observed. On their cranial MR imaging, cortical atrophy, leukoencephalopathy, basal ganglia damage and tormesity of the intracranial vessels were found. Their plasma ceruloplasmin decreased to 70.2, 73.5 and 81 mg/L, significantly lower than normal range (210-530 mg/L). c.3914A>G (p. D1305G) was detected on ATP7A gene of case 1 and 2. A novel mutation, c.3265G>T (p.G1089X) was found in case 3. Both of them were firstly found in Chinese patients of Menkes disease. The mother of case 1 was tested at 20 weeks of pregnancy. Karyotype and ATP7A gene studies of the amniocytes were performed for the prenatal diagnosis of her fetus. Normal male karyotypes without c.3914A>G mutation on ATP7A gene was showed. Postnatal genetic analysis and normal development confirmed the prenatal diagnosis.
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- Qiao Wang
- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
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Ma YY, Wu TF, Liu YP, Wang Q, Li XY, Ding Y, Song JQ, Shi XY, Zhang WN, Zhao M, Hu LY, Ju J, Wang ZL, Yang YL, Zou LP. Two compound frame-shift mutations in succinate dehydrogenase gene of a Chinese boy with encephalopathy. Brain Dev 2014; 36:394-8. [PMID: 23849264 DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2013.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2013] [Revised: 06/05/2013] [Accepted: 06/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate respiratory chain complex II deficiency resulted from mutation in succinate dehydrogenase gene (SDH) encoding complex II subunits in China. METHODS An 11-year-old boy was admitted to our hospital. He had a history of progressive psychomotor regression and weakness since the age of 4years. His cranial magnetic resonance imaging revealed focal, bilaterally symmetrical lesions in the basal ganglia and thalamus, indicating mitochondrial encephalopathy. The activities of mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes I-V in peripheral leukocytes were determined via spectrophotometry. Mitochondrial DNA and the succinate dehydrogenase A (SDHA) gene were analyzed by direct sequencing. RESULTS Complex II activity in the leukocytes had decreased to 33.07nmol/min/mg mitochondrial protein (normal control 71.8±12.9); the activities of complexes I, III, IV and V were normal. The entire sequence of the mitochondrial DNA was normal. The SDHA gene showed two heterozygous frame-shift mutations: c.G117G/del in exon 2 and c.T220T/insT in exon 3, which resulted in stop codons at residues 56 and 81, respectively. CONCLUSIONS We have described the first Chinese case of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex II deficiency, which was diagnosed using enzyme assays and gene analysis. Two novel, compound, frame-shift mutations, c.G117G/del in exon 2 and c.T220T/insT in exon 3 of the SDHA gene, were found in our patient.
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- Yan-Yan Ma
- Department of Pediatrics, Chinese Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Chinese Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Chinese Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Chinese Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Chinese Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Chinese Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, PR China.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Chinese Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, PR China.
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Wang Q, Liu J, Liu YP, Li XY, Ma YY, Wu TF, Ding Y, Song JQ, Wang YJ, Yang YL. [Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency-induced schizophrenia in a school-age boy]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2014; 16:62-66. [PMID: 24461181] [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: 06/03/2023]
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Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disorder. It is known that MTHFR deficiency may result in hyperhomocysteinemia, but MTHFR deficiency-induced schizophrenia has been rarely reported. Here we present the clinical course, biochemical and genetic characteristics of schizophrenia resulted from MTHFR deficiency in a school-age boy. He was 13 years old. He was admitted with a two-year history of fear, auditory hallucination, learning difficulty, sleeping problems, irascibility, drowsing and giggling. At admission, he had significantly elevated plasma and urine levels of total homocysteine, significantly decreased levels of folate in serum and cerebrospinal fluid, and a normal blood concentration of methionine. Further DNA sequencing analysis showed 665C>T homozygous mutations in the MTHFR gene. The patient was diagnosed with MTHFR deficiency-associated schizophrenia and treatment with calcium folinate, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, and betaine was initiated. After the treatment for 1 week, his plasma and urine levels of homocysteine were decreased to a normal range and the clinical symptoms were significantly improved. After 3 months of treatment, the patient returned to school. He is now living with normal school life. In summary, children with late-onset MTHFR deficiency and secondary cerebral folate deficiency may lead to schizophrenia. This rare condition can be early diagnosed through analyses of blood and urine total homocysteine, amino acids in blood and folate in blood and cerebral fluid and successfully treated with folinic acid, vitamin B6, vitamin B12 and betaine.
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- Qiao Wang
- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
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Wu TF, Yang YL. [Advances in clinical and molecular genetics studies on argininemia]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2013; 15:954-959. [PMID: 24229587] [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: 06/02/2023]
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Argininemia is a rare, autosomal recessive, metabolic disorder caused by an hereditary deficiency of hepatocytes arginase due to ARG1 gene defect. Arginase is the final enzyme in the urea cycle, catalyzing the hydrolysis of arginine to ornithine and urea. Research advances in the clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, prenatal diagnosis and genetics of argininemia were reviewed in this paper. The clinical manifestations of patients with argininemia are complicated and nonspecific so that clinical diagnosis is usually difficult and delayed. Progressive spastic tetraplegia, seizures and cerebella atrophy are common clinical features of the disease. Blood amino acids analysis, arginase assay and ARG1 gene analysis are important to the diagnosis of argininemia. Early diagnosis and a protein-restricted diet with citrulline and benzoate supplements can contribute a lot to improve patient prognosis. With the application of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry in selective screening and newborn screening for inborn errors of metabolism, an ever-increasing number of patients with argininemia are detected at the asymptomatic or early stages.
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- Tong-Fei Wu
- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China. organic
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Ma YY, Wu TF, Liu YP, Wang Q, Song JQ, Li XY, Shi XY, Zhang WN, Zhao M, Hu LY, Yang YL, Zou LP. Genetic and biochemical findings in Chinese children with Leigh syndrome. J Clin Neurosci 2013; 20:1591-4. [PMID: 23953430 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2012] [Revised: 03/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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This study investigated the genetic and enzymological features of Leigh syndrome due to respiratory chain complex deficiency in Chinese patients. The clinical features of 75 patients were recorded. Mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme activities were determined via spectrophotometry. Mitochondrial gene sequence analysis was performed in 23 patients. Five core pedigrees were investigated via restriction fragment length polymorphism and gene sequencing. Psychomotor retardation (55%), motor regression (20%), weakness (29%), and epilepsy (25%) were the most frequent manifestations. Sixty-four patients (85.3%) had isolated respiratory complex deficiencies: complex I was seen in 28 patients (37.3%); complex II, seven (9.3%); complex III, six (8%); complex IV, ten (13.3%); and complex V, 13 patients (17.3%). Eleven patients (14.7%) had combined complex deficiencies. Mitochondrial DNA mutations were detected in 10 patients. Eight point mutations were found in mitochondrial structural genes: m.4833A>G in ND2, m.10191T>C in ND3, m.12338T>C and m.13513G>A in ND5, m.14502T>C and m.14487T>C in ND6, m.8108A>G in COXII, and m.8993T>G in ATPase6. Three mutations were found in tRNA genes: m.4395A>G in tRNA-Gln, m.10454T>C in tRNA-Arg, and m.5587T>C in tRNA-Ala. One patient and their mother both had the m.12338T>C and m.8993T>C mutations. In conclusion, mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I deficiency and structural gene mutations frequently occur in Chinese Leigh syndrome patients.
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- Yan-Yan Ma
- Department of Pediatrics, Chinese Liberation Army General Hospital, No. 28 Fu-xing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100853, People's Republic of China
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Wu TF, Liu YP, Li XY, Wang Q, Ding Y, Ma YY, Song JQ, Yang YL. Five novel mutations in ARG1 gene in Chinese patients of argininemia. Pediatr Neurol 2013; 49:119-23. [PMID: 23859858 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Revised: 04/21/2013] [Accepted: 04/28/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Argininemia is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder caused by hepatocyte arginase deficiency. It could be detected by blood amino acids analysis (high arginine) and confirmed by molecular diagnosis. The clinical manifestations in patients are similar to cerebral palsy so the diagnosis is usually much delayed. Reports of argininemia from mainland China are few, and genetic analyses have not been reported. PATIENTS AND METHODS Five Chinese patients with argininemia were investigated. They had progressive spastic tetraplegia, poor physical growth from 1 month to 4 years. When argininemia was found at the ages of 4 to 12 years, four of patients had mental retardation, and three had seizures. RESULTS Elevated blood arginine and significantly decreased erythrocyte arginase activity in five patients confirmed the diagnosis of arginase deficiency. Liver dysfunction was found in four patients, two of whom had mildly elevated blood ammonia levels. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging showed progressive cerebral atrophy in three patients. Six mutations in the ARG1 gene were identified, of which only one (c.703 G>A, p.G235R) in exon 7 has been reported before; c.34 G>T (p.G12X) in exon 1, c.67delG (p.G23fsX31) in exon 2, c.539G>C (p.R180 T) in exon 5, c.374C>T (p.A125 V) in exon 4, and c.646-649del CTCA (p.T215fsX219) in exon 6 were novel mutations. CONCLUSIONS Argininemia is one of the few treatable causes of pediatric spastic paraparesis. Early metabolic investigation is very important to reach a diagnosis and better outcome. Five Chinese patients with late-diagnosed argininemia were reported. The mutation spectrum of ARG1 gene should be different from other populations.
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- Tong-Fei Wu
- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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Ma YY, Wu TF, Liu YP, Wang Q, Li XY, Song JQ, Shi XY, Zhang WN, Zhao M, Hu LY, Yang YL, Zou LP. Heterogeneity of six children and their mothers with mitochondrial DNA 3243 A>G mutation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 24:297-302. [DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2012.760071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Liu YP, Ma YY, Wu TF, Wang Q, Kong QP, Wei XQ, Zhang Y, Song JQ, Chang XZ, Zhang YH, Xiao JX, Yang YL. [Mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I deficiency due to 10191T>C mutation in ND3 gene]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2012; 14:561-566. [PMID: 22898272] [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: 06/01/2023]
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This study reviews a case of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I deficiency due to the 10191T>C mutation in mitochondrial ND3 gene. The previously healthy boy progressively presented with blepharoptosis, weakness, epilepsy and motor regression at age 6 years. Elevated blood lactate and pyruvate were observed. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed symmetrical lesions in the basal ganglia. Leigh syndrome was thus confirmed. The protein from the mitochondria and genomic DNA of the boy and his parents was collected from peripheral blood leucocytes for the activity test for mitochondrial complex I to V and genetic analysis. The results showed the activity of complex I (33.1 nmol /min in 1 milligram mitochondrial protein) was lower than normal reference value (44.0±5.4 nmol /min in 1 milligram mitochondrial protein). The ratio of complex I to citrate synthase (19.8%) was also lower than normal reference value (48%±11%). The activities of complexes II to V were normal. 10191T>C mutation in ND3 gene of mitochondria was identified in the boy. 10191T>C mutation and complex I deficiency were not detected in his parents. At present, he is 16 years old, and of normal intelligence with spastic paralysis in both lower extremities after treatment. It is concluded that a Chinese boy with isolated complex I deficiency due to 10191T>C mutation in ND3 gene was firstly diagnosed by peripheral leukocytes mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme assay and gene analysis. This study can provide clinical data for the nosogenesis of Leigh syndrome.
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- Yu-Peng Liu
- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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Wu TF, Liu YP, Wang Q, Li XY, Ma YY, Song JQ, Yang YL. [Intrahepatic cholestasis due to mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I deficiency in a Chinese boy]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2012; 14:241-246. [PMID: 22537948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency is a common cause of mitochondrial disease in children. This study aimed to review the clinical, enzymatic and genetic characteristics of a Chinese boy with progressive intrahepatic cholestasis due to mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I deficiency. The boy developed diarrhea from the age of 13 months, followed by progressive body weight loss, jaundice and weakness. His urine organic acids, blood amino acids and acylcarnitines profiles were normal. Mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes I to V activities in peripheral leukocytes were measured using spectrophotometric assay. Complex I activity was reduced. 5821G>A mutation was indentified by gene sequencing on tRNA-cys of mitochondrial gene in the patient and his mother. Vitamin supplements, liver protection, antibiotics and plasma infusion were not effective in the patient. Unfortunately, the boy died at the age of 17 months. Mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I deficiency is the most common mitochondrial respiratory chain disorder. This was the first case of intrahepatic cholestasis due to complex I deficiency confirmed by mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme activity assay and gene analysis in China. It was concluded that mitochondrial hepatopathy is one of major causes of metabolic hepatopathy. Biochemical assay, mitochondrial respiratory chain complex activities assay and genetic analysis are crucial for the etiological diagnosis of metabolic hepatopathy.
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- Tong-Fei Wu
- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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Liu YP, Song JQ, Ma YY, Wu TF, Wang Q, Huang Y, Yang YL. [Skin lesions induced by malnutrition in an infant with methylmalonic aciduria and homocysteic acidemia]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2012; 14:233-234. [PMID: 22433417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Ma Y, Wu T, Liu Y, Wang Q, Song J, Song F, Yang Y. Nutritional and metabolic findings in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome diagnosed in early infancy. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2012; 25:1103-9. [PMID: 23329756 DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2012-0167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2012] [Accepted: 08/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Early treatment (growth hormone and nutritional support) improves development in infants with Prader-Willi syndrome. This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional and metabolic condition of nine patients who were diagnosed and treated in early infancy. METHODS Nine patients were hospitalized at the age of \xe2\u20ac\xa810 days to 11 months because of severe feeding difficulties, failure to thrive, or developmental delay. The diagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome was confirmed by fluorescence in situ hybridization or other molecular genetic techniques. Nutritional and metabolic investigations including urinary organic acid analysis, blood amino acid, and acylcarnitine profiles were performed. RESULTS The diagnosis was made at the mean age of 6.3 months. A deletion of the paternal gene in the 15q11-13 region was detected in all patients. Eight patients had ketosis, seven had malnutrition, five had hyperammonemia, three had liver dysfunction, three had low blood cholesterol level, and two had hypoglycemia. All patients had reduction of serum multiple amino acids and free carnitine. Significant arginine deficiency was found in all patients. Six patients had mildly elevated blood long-chain and very long-chain acylcarnitine. After supplementation with l-arginine, medium-chain fatty acids, l-carnitine, and vitamins, all patients responded with improvement of motor development and nutritional conditions. Four patients were almost caught up on physical and psychomotor development. CONCLUSIONS Patients with Prader-Willi syndrome are in bad metabolic condition in the early period. Early diagnosis and individual nutritional interventions may improve the nutritional and developmental progress and decrease death rate in infancy.
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- YanYan Ma
- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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Ma YY, Zhang XL, Wu TF, Liu YP, Wang Q, Zhang Y, Song JQ, Wang YJ, Yang YL. Analysis of the mitochondrial complex I-V enzyme activities of peripheral leukocytes in oxidative phosphorylation disorders. J Child Neurol 2011; 26:974-9. [PMID: 21540367 DOI: 10.1177/0883073811399905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation defects are a common cause of mitochondrial diseases, which are characterized by multiorgan involvement and clinically heterogeneous manifestations. Diagnosis is difficult because of the lack of clinically feasible methods. In this study, mitochondrial complex I-V enzyme activity was measured in 64 patients with suspected mitochondrial disease and 200 healthy controls. Spectrophotometric assay was used for the analysis of mitochondrial complex I-V enzyme activity in peripheral leukocytes. Diagnosis was based on clinical presentation, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), muscle pathology, and point mutation screening in mitochondrial DNA. The differential diagnosis of aminoacidopathies, organic acidurias, and fatty acid β-oxidation defects was made. Thirty-five patients (54.7%) were diagnosed with Leigh syndrome based on characteristic brain MRI. Complex enzyme activity in controls was found to be stable. A deficiency in the oxidative phosphorylation was found in 29 patients (45.3%). Twenty (31.2%) patients had isolated complex defects, complex I deficiency (n = 2, 3.1%), complex II deficiency (n = 3, 4.7%), complex III deficiency (n = 5, 7.8%), complex IV deficiency (n = 5, 7.8%), and complex V deficiency (n = 5, 7.8%). Nine patients were found to have combined deficiencies, 3 (4.7%) had combined deficiencies of complex I and IV, 2 (3.1%) had combined deficiencies of complex III and V, and 2 (3.1%) had a combined deficiency of complex I and V. In conclusion, the peripheral leukocyte oxidative phosphorylation enzyme activity assay was found to be a reliable method for the diagnosis of mitochondrial diseases.
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- Yan-Yan Ma
- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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Ma YY, Wu TF, Liu YP, Wang Q, Song JQ, Xiao JX, Jiang YW, Yang YL. [Leigh syndrome due to mitochondrial respiratory chain complex II deficiency]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2011; 13:569-572. [PMID: 21752325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Mitochondrial respiratory chain complex II deficiency is a rare documented cause of mitochondrial diseases. This study reported a case of Leigh syndrome due to isolated complex II deficiency. A boy presented with progressive weakness, motor regression and dysphagia after fever from the age of 8 months and hospitalized at the age of 10 months. Elevated blood levels of lactate and pyruvate were observed. Brain magnetic resonance image showed symmetrical lesions in the basal ganglia. Mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I-V activities in peripheral leukocytes were measured using spectrophotometric assay. Mitochondrial gene screening of common point mutations was performed. The complex II activity in the peripheral leukocytes decreased to 21.9 nmol/min per mg mitochondrial protein (control: 47.3±5.3 nmol/min per mg mitochondrial protein). The ratio of complex II activity to citrate synthase activity (22.1%) also decreased (control: 50.9%±10.7 %). No point mutation was found in mitochondrial DNA. The boy was diagnosed as Leigh syndrome due to isolated complex II deficiency. Psychomotor improvements were observed after the treatment. The patient is 22 months old and in a stable condition.
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- Yan-Yan Ma
- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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Ma YY, Song JQ, Wu TF, Liu YP, Xiao JX, Jiang YW, Yang YL. [Leucodystrophy induced by late onset 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2011; 13:392-395. [PMID: 21575345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria is a rare disorder of organic acid metabolism caused by 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A lyase deficiency. The disorder was common in neonatal or infant period. Here a case of late onset 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria complicated by leucodystrophy was reported. The patient was a 7-year-old boy. He presented with progressive headache, drowsiness and vomiting. Hepatic lesions, ketosis and leucopenia were found. Symmetrical diffused leucodystrophy was shown by MRI. Blood levels of isovalerylcarnitine and acetylcarnitine increased significantly. Urinary levels of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric, 3-methylglutaconic, 3-hydroxyglutaric acids and 3-methyl-crotonylglycine increased significantly. Symptoms were released by intravenous infusion of L-carnitine and glucose. After treatment for 6 months, urinary levels of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria decreased in the boy and his health improved.
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- Yan-Yan Ma
- Department of Pediatrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Peking University, Beijing 100034, China
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Chen YC, Deng JG, Wu TF, Cui X, Jiang YZ, Choi MCK, Chan ASC. Facile Preparation of Chiral 1, 3-Diols via Stereoselective Transfer Hydrogenation of 1, 3-Diones. CHINESE J CHEM 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.20010190817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Jiang L, Wu TF, Chen YC, Zhu J, Deng JG. Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation catalysed by hydrophobic dendritic DACH–rhodium complex in water. Org Biomol Chem 2006; 4:3319-24. [PMID: 17036121 DOI: 10.1039/b608386b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hydrophobic Fréchet-type dendritic chiral 1,2-diaminocyclohexane-Rh(III) complexes have been applied in the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones in water using HCOONa as hydrogen source. The catalysts were found to be finely dissolved in the liquid substrates in the aqueous mixture and exhibited high catalytic activity and enantioselectivity (52-97% ee). The catalytic loading could be decreased to 0.01 mol% and good conversion was still obtained with excellent enantioselectivity. Moreover, the catalyst could be easily precipitated from the mixture by adding hexane and reused several times without affecting the high enantioselectivity.
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- Lin Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting of Education Ministry and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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Chen YC, Wu TF, Jiang L, Deng JG, Liu H, Zhu J, Jiang YZ. Synthesis of dendritic catalysts and application in asymmetric transfer hydrogenation. J Org Chem 2005; 70:1006-10. [PMID: 15675861 DOI: 10.1021/jo048317v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Frechet-type core-functionalized chiral diamine-based dendritic ligands and hybrid dendritic ligands condensed from polyether wedge and Newkome-type poly(ether-amide) supported multiple ligands were designed and synthesized. The solubility of hybrid dendrimers was found to be finely controlled by the polyether dendron. The catalytic efficiency and recovery use of dendritic ruthenium complexes were compared in the transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone. The core-functionalized dendritic catalysts demonstrated much better recyclability, which verified the stabilizing effects of the bulky polyether wedge on the catalytically active complex. Moreover, the dendritic catalysts were applied in the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones, enones, imine, and activated olefin, and moderate to excellent enantioselectivitiy was achieved comparable to that of monomeric catalysts.
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- Ying-Chun Chen
- Key Laboratory of Asymmetric Synthesis & Chirotechnology of Sichuan Province and Union Laboratory of Asymmetric Synthesis, Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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Chen YC, Wu TF, Deng JG, Liu H, Cui X, Zhu J, Jiang YZ, Choi MCK, Chan ASC. Multiple dendritic catalysts for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation. J Org Chem 2002; 67:5301-6. [PMID: 12126419 DOI: 10.1021/jo0257795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The first and second generation multiple dendritic ligands based on chiral diamine were synthesized in a convergent approach and were well-characterized by NMR and MS techniques. Their ruthenium complexes prepared in situ had good solubility in the reaction medium (azeotrope of formic acid and triethylamine) and demonstrated high catalytic activity and enantioselectivity comparable to monomeric catalysts in the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones and imines. Quantitative yields and for some cases a slightly higher enantioselectivity (up to 98.7% ee) were obtained in the dendritic catalysis. Considering the high local catalyst concentrations at the periphery, diones were tested for the possible synergic reactivity between catalytic units at the surface, while no apparent differences were noted.
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- Ying-Chun Chen
- Union Laboratory of Asymmetric Synthesis, Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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Wu TF, Chen HH, Wu H. Functional characterization of Marek's disease virus (MDV) origin-binding protein (OBP): analysis of its origin-binding properties. Virus Genes 2002; 23:227-39. [PMID: 11724278 DOI: 10.1023/a:1011829313123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In previous studies, we identified a Marek's disease virus (MDV) origin-binding protein (OBP) gene that is highly homologous to the herpes simplex virus type 1 UL9 gene that encodes an OBP and functions as an initiator protein for viral DNA replication. In this study, a protein of 95 kDa was produced in coupled in vitro transcription-translation reaction with the plasmid containing the wild type MDV OBP gene. The in vitro synthesized protein was detected by immunoprecipitation with a penta-histidine specific monoclonal antibody. Further characterization of MDV OBP was accomplished using electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) with the in vitro expressed MDV OBP using a double-stranded (ds) 26-mer oligonucleotide as the probe, which was designed from the putative MDV OBP binding site present in the serotype 1 or 2 MDV replication origin. The EMSA results indicated that MDV OBP could form a protein-DNA complex with the ds 26-mer oligonucleotide designed from serotype 1 or 2 replication origin. A series of 26-mer oligonucleotides with two-base-pair (bp) substitution across the putative MDV OBP binding site were used in competitive EMSA to determine the recognition sequence for the MDV OBP. The results demonstrated that the recognition sequence for MDV OBP was the TTCGCACC that is a subset of a 9-bp element (CGTTCGCAC) conserved in the replication origins of alphaherpesviruses. Furthermore, the results of EMSA with a series of deletion mutants from the N-terminus of MDV OBP indicated that the origin-binding domain was located at the amino acids region 528 to 841 of the wild-type MDV OBP. Taken together, our results suggest that the MDV OBP gene encodes an OBP of MDV.
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- T F Wu
- Department of Pharmacy, Chia-Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan.
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The sequence analysis of a thymidylate synthase gene was identified in the Hz-1 virus HindIII-D fragment. The viral thymidylate synthase gene encodes a protein of 295 amino acids, and is closely related to that of insect, mammals and herpesvirus. The thymidylate synthase gene identified was a genuine viral gene in that it was only detected in cells infected with Hz-1 virus but not in the mock infected cells, by Southern blot analysis and by RT-PCR. Results of phylogenetic analysis based on non-synonymous and amino acid distances suggested that the TS gene of Hz-1 virus was grouped closely with that of Bombyx mori. High bootstrap values confirmed that the thymidylate synthase of Hz-1 virus was acquired by a capture event from its lepidopteran host. Results of both sequence divergences and phylogenetic analysis suggested that TS genes in insect viruses, Hz-1, CIV, and MsEPV may have a different history or originated from different capture events.
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- H H Chen
- Institute of Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Wu YS, Tsai TH, Wu TF, Cheng FC. Determination of pyruvate and lactate in primary liver cell culture medium during hypoxia by on-line microdialysis–liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2001; 913:341-7. [PMID: 11355831 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(00)01265-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A microdialysis sampling device was constructed for the measurement of pyruvate and lactate in primary liver cell culture medium during hypoxia. It was composed of a Petri dish, a dialysis membrane and two transmission tubes within a hypoxia chamber. The dialysis membrane was located in the Petri dish such that it was immersed in the culture medium. Dialysates were collected and introduced by an on-line injector to a liquid chromatographic system for analysis of pyruvate and lactate. The detection limit of this assay was 0.2-2.0 microM with acceptable intra- and inter-assay reproducibilities. In order to validate the assay, primary liver cells were incubated in the Petri dish within a hypoxia chamber in an incubator. The baseline concentrations of pyruvate and lactate in primary liver cell culture medium were 10.6+/-5.6 and 607+/-143 microM, respectively. These levels drastically changed during hypoxia and reperfusion. In conclusion, the present assay provides a sensitive, direct measurement of pyruvate and lactate in culture medium while minimizing pretreatment procedures for sample preparation.
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- Y S Wu
- Department of Environment Engineering, Hung-Kuang Institute of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan
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Chen YC, Wu TF, Deng JG, Liu H, Jiang YZ, Choi MCK, Chan ASC. Dendritic catalysts for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2001. [DOI: 10.1039/b104160f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kuo JS, Cheng FC, Shen CC, Ou HC, Wu TF, Huang HM. Differential alteration of catecholamine release during chemical hypoxia is correlated with cell toxicity and is blocked by protein kinase C inhibitors in PC12 cells. J Cell Biochem 2000; 79:191-201. [PMID: 10967547 DOI: 10.1002/1097-4644(20001101)79:2<191::aid-jcb30>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Release of neurotransmitters, including dopamine and glutamate, has been implicated in hypoxia/ischemia-induced alterations in neuronal function and in subsequent tissue damage. Although extensive studies have been done on the mechanism underlying the changes in glutamate release, few have examined the mechanism that is responsible for the changes in catecholamines. Rat pheochromocytoma-12 (PC12) cells synthesize, store, and release catecholamines including DA and NE. Therefore, we used HPLC and ED to evaluate extracellular DA and NE concentrations in a medium during chemical hypoxia in PC12 cells. Chemical hypoxia produced by KCN induced differential release of DA and NE. Under normal glucose conditions, KCN induced release of NE, but not DA. Under glucose-free conditions, KCN-induced release of DA was elevated transiently, whereas the release of NE increased progressively. Under parallel conditions, KCN biphasically elevated the level of cytosolic free calcium ([CA(2+)](i)) in glucose-free DMEM, peaking at 95 +/- 18 nM at 1,107 +/- 151 s, followed by a new plateau level at 249 +/- 24 nM sustained from 4,243 +/- 466 to 5,263 +/- 440 s. Cell toxicity, as measured by LDH release, was increased significantly by KCN in glucose-free DMEM but was diminished in the presence of glucose, and was correlated with DA release by chemical hypoxia. The protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor GO6976 or staurosporine inhibited KCN-induced LDH release as well as the release of NE and DA. Taken together, selective activation of DA but not NE was correlated with the LDH release by chemical hypoxia, and was diminished with GO6976 or staurosporine. These results suggest that selective activation of PKC isoforms is involved in the chemical hypoxia-induced DA release, which may lead to neuronal cell toxicity.
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- J S Kuo
- Department of Education and Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Cheng FC, Kuo JS, Huang HM, Yang DY, Wu TF, Tsai TH. Determination of catecholamines in pheochromocytoma cell (PC-12) culture medium by microdialysis-microbore liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2000; 870:405-11. [PMID: 10722096 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(99)00910-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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An in vitro microdialysis system was constructed for the measurement of catecholamines in pheochromocytoma cell culture medium. The novel microdialysis device is composed of a petri dish, a dialysis membrane and two transmission tubes. The dialysis membrane is located in the space of a petri dish such that it is immersed in the culture medium. Catecholamines contained in the culture medium diffused into a designed dialysis membrane with sufficient recovery (about 60%). Dialysates were collected by a sampling loop and introduced by an on-line injector to a microbore liquid chromatographic system for analysis of catecholamines. This assay yielded a detection limit of 0.2-0.5 pg/injection with acceptable intra- and inter-assay reproducibilities in 5 microl of dialysates. To evaluate the on-line microdialysis system, PC-12 cells were cultured in a petri dish within an incubator. The baseline concentration of dopamine in PC-12 cell culture medium was about 0.29 ng/ml which was elevated to 2.43 ng/ml after treatment with 0.5 mM potassium cyanide. In conclusion, the present microassay provides for the sensitive, direct measurement of catecholamines in culture medium while minimizing pretreatment procedures for sample preparation.
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- F C Cheng
- Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan.
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Cheng FC, Yang DY, Wu TF, Chen SH. Rapid on-line microdialysis hyphenated technique for the dynamic monitoring of extracellular pyruvate, lactic acid and ascorbic acid during cerebral ischemia. J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl 1999; 723:31-8. [PMID: 10080630 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(98)00532-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Rapid on-line microdialysis coupled with liquid chromatography was developed for the continuous monitoring of brain neurochemicals during cerebral ischemia. Isocratic separation of these analytes was achieved within 3 min, hence, over 80 analyses could be performed in a 4-h experiment. The dead volume of the microdialysis system was estimated to be less than 10 microl. The detection limits of the present assay, at a signal-to-noise ratio of five, were 2.0, 0.2 and 0.5 microM, for lactic acid, pyruvate and ascorbic acid, respectively. To validate this assay, a transient ischemia was produced by occlusion of two common carotid arteries for 10 min in an anesthetized gerbil. A microdialysis probe was inserted into the striatum of the gerbil to simultaneously monitor pyruvate, lactic acid and ascorbic acid during cerebral ischemia. Significant and dynamic changes in these analytes could be resolved in 3-min intervals. This rapid assay can be used as a tool to study dynamic changes in neurochemicals of the brain, such as during cerebral ischemia.
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- F C Cheng
- Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Wu TF, Sun W, Boussaha M, Southwick R, Coussens PM. Cloning and sequence analysis of a Marek's disease virus origin binding protein (OBP) reveals strict conservation of structural motifs among OBPs of divergent alphaherpesviruses. Virus Genes 1996; 13:143-57. [PMID: 8972568 DOI: 10.1007/bf00568907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Marek's disease virus (MDV) is a highly cell-associated avian herpesvirus. In its natural host, MDV induces Marek's disease (MD), a lethal condition characterized by malignant lymphoma of T cells. Although symptoms of MD may be prevented by vaccination, no practical pharmacological method of control has been widely accepted. Viral replication represents a point at which pharmacological control of herpesvirus infection may be most successful. However, this requires detailed knowledge of viral replication proteins. Studies in HSV-1 DNA replication implicate the UL9 protein as a key initiator of replication. For example, binding of UL9 to HSV-1 origins is a prerequisite for assembly of additional replication proteins. In this study, a protein, whose apparent molecular size is similar to that of HSV-1 UL9, was identified in extracts of MDV infected cells by western blot analysis with anti-HSV-1 UL9 antibody. A putative MDV UL9 gene was subsequently identified through sequencing of MDV genome fragments (BamHI G and C). Extended DNA sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame (ORF) which could encode a protein homologous to HSV-1 UL9. The MDV UL9 ORF encodes 841 amino acids, producing a sequence 49% identical to HSV-1 UL9 and 46% identical to VZV gene 51 product (VZV UL9). MDV UL9 shares numerous structural motifs with HSV-1 and VZV UL9 proteins, including six conserved N-terminal helicase motifs, an N-terminal leucine zipper motif, a C-terminal pseudo-leucine zipper sequence, and a putative helix-turn-helix structure.
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- T F Wu
- Department of Microbiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA
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O'Hanlan KA, Wu TF, Teng NN. Documentation of complete resolution of gestational choriocarcinoma in the oophorectomized patient. Gynecol Oncol 1993; 51:261-5. [PMID: 8276305 DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1993.1284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A 39-year-old woman with choriocarcinoma metastatic to the lungs and parametrium underwent total abdominal hysterectomy/bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and follow-up chemotherapy with regression of the hCG assay, plateauing at 9 mIU/ml. Spinal fluid hCG assay was negative. An LH assay was performed which was 135 mIU/ml (2nd IRP-HMG). A quantitative hCG assay was performed on two sources of purified LH at varying concentrations to determine the contribution of LH cross-reactivity. When corrected for the LH contribution, the quantitative hCG was zero. Chemotherapy was discontinued. At 12-months follow-up the patient has remained in complete chemical remission and has an excellent performance status. Whenever a patient is oophorectomized, LH cross-reactivity should be ruled out as a cause for persistent low titers of hCG.
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- K A O'Hanlan
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305-5317
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Wu TF. [Evaluation of conservative treatment for craniomandibular disorders]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei) 1993; 51:440-7. [PMID: 8281492] [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: 01/29/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of conservative treatment for craniomandibular disorders. These included patient education and home care program, physical therapy, medication and flat occlusal splint therapy. Additionally the influence of sex, age, and duration of the use of the flat occlusal splint was evaluated. Forty-eight patients with craniomandibular disorders, collected from 1988-1991 in the Temporomandibular Joint Clinic of the Dental Department of Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, were studied. The results of this study indicated that (1) the treatment result of joint and muscle pain, joint sounds, limitation of mouth opening and jaw deviation after conservative treatment showed statistically significant improvement; and (2) this study was unable to demonstrate any influence of sex, age or duration of the splint use on the treatment effect. The results of this study indicate the need to further investigate the use of the occlusal splint for 24 hours, as compared with night-times only.
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- T F Wu
- School of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming Medical College
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A transcatheter double-blade valvotome for cutting a stenotic pulmonary valve has been devised. The valvotome consists of a retractable rhomboid structure at its tip, with a blade on each side of its proximal half. By tugging the extended blades from the pulmonary artery to the right ventricle it is possible to tear the stenotic valve. After animal experiments proved the feasibility and safety of this method, it was used in three children with pulmonary stenosis. The results were encouraging.
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- S Y Yang
- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Children's Hospital, China
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Bratty J, Wu TF, Nicoghosian K, Ogilvie KK, Perreault JP, Keith G, Cedergren R. Characterization of a chemically synthesized RNA having the sequence of the yeast initiator tRNA(Met). FEBS Lett 1990; 269:60-4. [PMID: 2117559 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(90)81118-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A 75-unit long oligoribonucleotide corresponding to the sequence of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae initiator tRNA was synthesized chemically. The crude RNA was purified, and the sequence was verified by RNA sequencing techniques. A particularly useful purification step involved hydrophobic chromatography on BND-cellulose. The purified RNA could be aminoacylated to 28% of a bona fide initiator tRNA(Met) sample and threonylated to 76% of the level observed with native tRNA(fMet) from E. coli.
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- J Bratty
- Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, Qué, Canada
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The RNA of viroids and virusoids in plants, and the RNA transcripts of some tandemly repeated DNA sequences in the newt, can undergo self-catalysed cleavage to generate RNA with 5'-OH and 2',3'-cyclic-phosphate termini. These catalytic RNAs, or ribozymes, form a stem-loop secondary structure called a 'hammerhead' in which the catalytic (ribozyme) and substrate sequences are brought close together. Catalytically active mimics of hammerhead ribozymes can be readily made using oligoribonucleotides. Consequently, hammerhead analogues in which certain ribonucleotides are replaced by different ones have been constructed both to identify consensus residues required for cleavage activity and to determine the details of the cleavage mechanism. But these ribonucleotide-replacements tend to alter the conformation of the hammerhead by changing hydrogen-bonding and stacking potential at the position of substitution. We have now constructed structurally less-disrupted hammerhead analogues in which deoxyribonucleotides, which lack 2'-OH groups, are substituted for ribonucleotides. These mixed RNA-DNA polymers were synthesized using a strategy for the chemical synthesis of RNA that is compatible with DNA synthesis. Analysis of the cleavage products of several of these hammerhead analogues confirms the involvement in the reaction of the 2'-OH adjacent to the cleavage site in the substrate, and demonstrates that some 2'-OH groups in the catalytic region strongly affect activity. The results also indicate that the three-dimensional structure producing nucleic acid-type catalysis is not restricted to RNA.
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- J P Perreault
- Département de biochimie, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Pillet MC, Wu TF, Adamson GD, Subak LL, Lamb EJ. Improved prediction of postovulatory day using temperature recording, endometrial biopsy, and serum progesterone. Fertil Steril 1990; 53:614-9. [PMID: 2318322 DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)53452-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The use of basal body temperature (BBT) recording and a single progesterone (P) level at the time of the endometrial biopsy in the late luteal phase improved our ability to predict the onset of the next menstrual period (NMP) and determine the postovulatory day (POD) in 124 regularly menstruating infertile women. We determined BBT shift using a microcomputer program, analyzed P levels by radioimmunoassay, and evaluated endometrial biopsies both prospectively (blinded) and retrospectively (with knowledge of the other variables). Serum P levels were within the normal range for the luteal phase and prospective and retrospective histological diagnoses closely agreed (82% within 2 days). The best correlation with the NMP was the BBT shift (r = 0.493) followed by P (r = 0.426) and prospective histologic dating (r = 0.390). Multiple regression analysis confirmed that use of all of the variables markedly improved the ability to estimate the POD (R2 = 0.51).
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- M C Pillet
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, California
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Shapiro AI, Wu TF, Ballon SC, Lamb EJ. Use of an immunoradiometric assay and a radioimmunoassay for the detection of free beta-human chorionic gonadotropin. Obstet Gynecol 1985; 65:545-9. [PMID: 2580254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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An immunoradiometric assay and a radioimmunoassay (RIA) were used to quantitate human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in the sera of ten pregnant women at term and of six women with gestational trophoblastic neoplasia. The two techniques show good correlation (Pearson correlation coefficient .96) in the assay of pregnancy serum. Because only the RIA, and not the immunoradiometric assay, measures the free beta-subunit of hCG, a comparison of the results obtained by the two immunoassay methods permits a semi-quantitative assessment of the free beta-subunit. The numerical results may not reflect the actual concentration of free beta-subunit in that two different immunoassay methods are used.
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Shapiro AI, Wu TF, Ballon SC, Lamb EJ. Quantitative human chorionic gonadotropin analysis. I. Comparison of an immunoradiometric assay and a radioimmunoassay. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1984; 148:72-6. [PMID: 6691384 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9378(84)80035-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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An immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) for the quantitative analysis of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) was evaluated for specificity, sensitivity, accuracy and precision. The results were compared with those of the conventional radioimmunoassay (RIA) used in our laboratory. The IRMA is a solid-phase, double-antibody immunoassay that sandwiches the intact hCG molecule between the two antibodies. It has specificity, accuracy, and precision which are similar to those of the RIA. The RIA is based upon the assumptions that the antigenicity of the tracer is not altered by the iodination process and that the antibody reacts equally with all of the antigens, including the radiolabeled antigen. The IRMA does not use radiolabeled antigens and thus is free of the assumptions made in the conventional RIA. The IRMA may be more accurate at the lower limits of the assay because it does not require logarithmic transformations. Since the IRMA does not measure the free beta-subunit of hCG, it cannot be endorsed as the sole technique to quantitate hCG in patients with gestational trophoblastic neoplasia until the significance of the free beta-subunit in these patients is determined.
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Wu TF, Davis EJ. Regulation of glycolytic flux in an energetically controlled cell-free system: the effects of adenine nucleotide ratios, inorganic phosphate, pH, and citrate. Arch Biochem Biophys 1981; 209:85-99. [PMID: 6456696 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(81)90260-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Abramson HN, Huang CL, Wu TF, Tobin T. Thiocardenolides I: synthesis and biological actions of 3beta-thiocyanato-14beta-hydroxy-5beta-card-20(22)-enolide. J Pharm Sci 1976; 65:765-8. [PMID: 132523 DOI: 10.1002/jps.2600650541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The synthesis of a 3beta-thiocyanatocardenolide is described. The compound exhibited about 0.1 times the cardiotonic effect of digitoxyigenin in the isolated frog heart preparation. At a dosage of 20 mg/kg in the intact rat, it elicited ECG changes similar to those seen with a 10-mg/kg dose of digitoxigenin. Studies also revealed the new cardenolide to be a reversible inhibitor of sodium- and potassium-activated adenosine triphosphatase.
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Parker DJ, Wu TF, Wood HG. Total synthesis of acetate from CO 2 : methyltetrahydrofolate, an intermediate, and a procedure for separation of the folates. J Bacteriol 1971; 108:770-6. [PMID: 5001869 PMCID: PMC247139 DOI: 10.1128/jb.108.2.770-776.1971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Whole-cell preparations of Clostridium thermoaceticum were exposed to a short pulse of (14)CO(2) under conditions in which double-labeled acetate was synthesized. Radioactive methyltetrahydrofolate monoglutamate, diglutamate, and triglutamates were isolated from extracts of the cells. The radioactivity was found to be exclusively in the five methyl position. The specific activities of the methyltetrahydrofolate derivatives were very high and were in accord with the proposal that methyltetrahydrofolates are the precursors of the methyl of acetate. A new method of separation of folates employing QAE-Sephadex chromatography and a linear gradient with triethylammonium bicarbonate is presented which completely resolves the common folate monoglutamates and, upon freeze-drying, yields salt-free preparations.
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