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Diaz AA, Steiner UK, Tuljapurkar S, Zuo W, Hernández-Pacheco R. Hurricanes affect diversification among individual life courses of a primate population. J Anim Ecol 2023; 92:1404-1415. [PMID: 37190852 PMCID: PMC10550793 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Extreme climatic events may influence individual-level variability in phenotypes, survival and reproduction, and thereby drive the pace of evolution. Climate models predict increases in the frequency of intense hurricanes, but no study has measured their impact on individual life courses within animal populations. We used 45 years of demographic data of rhesus macaques to quantify the influence of major hurricanes on reproductive life courses using multiple metrics of dynamic heterogeneity accounting for life course variability and life-history trait variances. To reduce intraspecific competition, individuals may explore new reproductive stages during years of major hurricanes, resulting in higher temporal variation in reproductive trajectories. Alternatively, individuals may opt for a single optimal life-history strategy due to trade-offs between survival and reproduction. Our results show that heterogeneity in reproductive life courses increased by 4% during years of major hurricanes, despite a 2% reduction in the asymptotic growth rate due to an average decrease in mean fertility and survival by that is, shortened life courses and reduced reproductive output. In agreement with this, the population is expected to achieve stable population dynamics faster after being perturbed by a hurricane (ρ = 1.512 ; 95% CI: 1.488, 1.538), relative to ordinary yearsρ = 1.482 ; 1.475 , 1.490 . Our work suggests that natural disasters force individuals into new demographic roles to potentially reduce competition during unfavourable environments where mean reproduction and survival are compromised. Variance in lifetime reproductive success and longevity are differently affected by hurricanes, and such variability is mostly driven by survival.
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- Alexis A. Diaz
- California State University-Long Beach, Long Beach, California, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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Jiang S, Jaggi H, Zuo W, Oli MK, Coulson T, Gaillard JM, Tuljapurkar S. Reproductive dispersion and damping time scale with life-history speed. Ecol Lett 2022; 25:1999-2008. [PMID: 35925997 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14080] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Iteroparous species may reproduce at many different ages, resulting in a reproductive dispersion that affects the damping of population perturbations, and varies among life histories. Since generation time ( T c $$ {T}_c $$ ) is known to capture aspects of life-history variation, such as life-history speed, does T c $$ {T}_c $$ also determine reproductive dispersion ( S $$ S $$ ) or damping time ( τ $$ \tau $$ )? Using phylogenetically corrected analyses on 633 species of animals and plants, we find, firstly, that reproductive dispersion S $$ S $$ scales isometrically with T c $$ {T}_c $$ . Secondly, and unexpectedly, we find that the damping time ( τ $$ \tau $$ ) does not scale isometrically with generation time, but instead changes only as T c b $$ {T}_c^b $$ with b < 1 $$ b<1 $$ (also, there is a similar scaling with S $$ S $$ ). This non-isometric scaling implies a novel demographic contrast: increasing generation times correspond to a proportional increase in reproductive dispersion, but only to a slower increase in the damping time. Thus, damping times are partly decoupled from the slow-fast continuum, and are determined by factors other than allometric constraints.
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- Sha Jiang
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, Villeurbanne, France
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Liang L, Duan Y, Xiong Y, Zuo W, Ye F, Zhao S. Synergistic cocatalytic effect of MoO3 and creatinine on Cu–Fenton reactions for efficient decomposition of H2O2. Materials Today Chemistry 2022; 24:100805. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.100805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Tuljapurkar S, Zuo W. Mutations and the Distribution of Lifetime Reproductive Success. J Indian Inst Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s41745-022-00297-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zuo W, Sun R, Zhang X, Qu Y, Ji Z, Su Y, Zhang R, Ma G. Optical coherence tomography-defined vulnerable plaque characteristics in relation to functional severity of coronary stenoses stratified by quantitative flow ratio. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
The functional severity and morphological features of epicardial lesions are both related to plaque vulnerability and adverse coronary events. However, their relationship remains controversial, especially in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS).
Purpose
This study aimed to examine whether quantitative flow ratio (QFR), an angiography-based computation of fractional flow reserve, was associated with optical coherence tomography (OCT)-defined vulnerable plaques such as thin-cap fibroatheromas (TCFAs) in a board spectrum of population, including patients presenting stable angina and NSTE-ACS.
Methods
We identified patients who underwent OCT examinations from 2 prospective cohorts and then assessed interrogated vessels with QFR. Lesions were divided into tertiles: QFR-T1 (QFR <0.85)<qfr),>, QFR-T2 (0.85 to 0.93) and QFR-T3 (QFR >0.93).
Results
This post-hoc analysis included 83 lesions from 79 patients (mean age: 61.5±9.8 years, males: 58%). Patients with NSTE-ACS accounted for the majority of the population (67%). The median % diameter stenosis and median QFR value were 42% (36 to 49%) and 0.88 (0.83 to 0.95), respectively. The prevalence of OCT-TCFA was significantly higher in QFR-T1 (50%) than in QFR-T2 (14%) and QFR-T3 (19%) (p=0.003 and 0.018, respectively). Overall significant differences were observed among tertiles in maximum lipid arc, thinnest fibrous cap thickness (FCT), and minimal lumen area (MLA) (p=0.017, 0.040, and <0.001, respectively). The Spearman's correlation analysis showed that QFR was significantly related to MLA (ρ = 0.537, p<0.001), % area stenosis (ρ = –0.512, p<0.001), maximum lipid arc (ρ = –0.360, p=0.002), lipid length (ρ = –0.242, p=0.038), lipid index (ρ = –0.333, p=0.004), and thinnest FCT (ρ = 0.315, p=0.006). In the multivariable analysis, QFR ≤0.80 remained as a significant determinant of TCFAs regardless of the presence of NSTE-ACS and the level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (adjusted odds ratio = 4.387, 95% confidence interval: 1.297 to 14.839, p=0.017). In addition, QFR demonstrated moderate predictive ability for OCT-TCFA (area under the curve = 0.72, 95% confidence interval: 0.58 to 0.86, p=0.003) with the best cutoff of ≤0.86 (sensitivity: 65%; specificity: 73%; negative predictive value: 85%; accuracy: 71%).
Conclusions
Lower QFR was related to OCT-TCFA and other vulnerable plaque characteristics in angiographically mild-to-intermediate stable lesions and culprit lesions from NSTE-ACS. The QFR might be a useful tool for ruling out high-risk, rupture-prone plaques without using any pressure wires or vasodilators.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Foundation. Main funding source(s): The Jiangsu Provincial Key Research and Development Program Flow diagram of patient selectionOCT findings according to QFR tertiles
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- W Zuo
- Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Department of Cardiology, Nanjing, China
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- Yancheng No. 1 People's Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Yancheng, China
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- Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Department of Cardiology, Nanjing, China
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- Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Department of Cardiology, Nanjing, China
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- Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Department of Cardiology, Nanjing, China
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- Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Department of Cardiology, Nanjing, China
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- Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Department of Cardiology, Nanjing, China
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- Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Department of Cardiology, Nanjing, China
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Tuljapurkar S, Zuo W, Coulson T, Horvitz C, Gaillard JM. Distributions of LRS in varying environments. Ecol Lett 2021; 24:1328-1340. [PMID: 33904254 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The lifetime reproductive success (LRS) of individuals is affected by random events such as death, realized growth or realized reproduction, and the outcomes of these events can differ even when individuals have identical probabilities. Another source of randomness arises when these probabilities also change over time in variable environments. For structured populations in stochastic environments, we extend our recent method to determine how birth environment and birth stage determine the random distribution of the LRS. Our results provide a null model that quantifies effects on LRS of just the birth size or stage. Using Roe deer Capreolus capreolus as a case study, we show that the effect of an individual's birth environment on LRS varies with the frequency of environments and their temporal autocorrelation, and that lifetime performance is affected by changes in the pattern of environmental states expected as a result of climate change.
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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Luan Y, Li C, Zuo W, Hu H, Gao R, Zhang B, Tong X, Lu C, Dai F. Gene mapping reveals the association between tyrosine protein kinase Abl1 and the silk yield of Bombyx mori. Anim Genet 2021; 52:342-350. [PMID: 33683721 DOI: 10.1111/age.13052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The Z chromosome of the silkworm contains a major gene that influences silk yield. This major locus on chromosome Z accounts for 35.10% of the phenotypic variance. The location and identification of the gene have been a focus of silkworm genetics research. Unfortunately, identification of this gene has been difficult. We used extreme phenotype subpopulations and selected from a backcross population, BC1 M, which was obtained using the high-yield strain 872B and the low-yield strain IS-Dazao as parents, for mapping the gene on the chromosome Z. The candidate region was narrowed down to 134 kb at the tip of the chromosome. BmAbl1 in this region correlated with silk gland development by spatiotemporal expression analysis. This gene was differentially expressed in the posterior silk glands of the high- and low-yield strains. In BmAbl1, an insertion-deletion (indel) within the 10th exonic region and an SNP within the 6th intronic region were detected and shown to be associated with cocoon shell weight in 84 Bombyx mori strains with different yields. Nucleotide diversity analysis of BmAbl1 and its 50 kb flanking regions indicated that BmAbl1 has experienced strong artificial selection during silkworm domestication. This study is the first to identify the genes controlling silk yield in the major QTL of the Z chromosome using forward genetics.
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- Y Luan
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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Yang ZH, Kubota Y, Corsi A, Yoshida K, Sun XX, Li JG, Kimura M, Michel N, Ogata K, Yuan CX, Yuan Q, Authelet G, Baba H, Caesar C, Calvet D, Delbart A, Dozono M, Feng J, Flavigny F, Gheller JM, Gibelin J, Giganon A, Gillibert A, Hasegawa K, Isobe T, Kanaya Y, Kawakami S, Kim D, Kiyokawa Y, Kobayashi M, Kobayashi N, Kobayashi T, Kondo Y, Korkulu Z, Koyama S, Lapoux V, Maeda Y, Marqués FM, Motobayashi T, Miyazaki T, Nakamura T, Nakatsuka N, Nishio Y, Obertelli A, Ohkura A, Orr NA, Ota S, Otsu H, Ozaki T, Panin V, Paschalis S, Pollacco EC, Reichert S, Roussé JY, Saito AT, Sakaguchi S, Sako M, Santamaria C, Sasano M, Sato H, Shikata M, Shimizu Y, Shindo Y, Stuhl L, Sumikama T, Sun YL, Tabata M, Togano Y, Tsubota J, Xu FR, Yasuda J, Yoneda K, Zenihiro J, Zhou SG, Zuo W, Uesaka T. Quasifree Neutron Knockout Reaction Reveals a Small s-Orbital Component in the Borromean Nucleus ^{17}B. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:082501. [PMID: 33709737 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.082501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A kinematically complete quasifree (p,pn) experiment in inverse kinematics was performed to study the structure of the Borromean nucleus ^{17}B, which had long been considered to have a neutron halo. By analyzing the momentum distributions and exclusive cross sections, we obtained the spectroscopic factors for 1s_{1/2} and 0d_{5/2} orbitals, and a surprisingly small percentage of 9(2)% was determined for 1s_{1/2}. Our finding of such a small 1s_{1/2} component and the halo features reported in prior experiments can be explained by the deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum, revealing a definite but not dominant neutron halo in ^{17}B. The present work gives the smallest s- or p-orbital component among known nuclei exhibiting halo features and implies that the dominant occupation of s or p orbitals is not a prerequisite for the occurrence of a neutron halo.
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- Z H Yang
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, 10-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire, IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, 10-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
- Nuclear Reaction Data Centre, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, 10-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
- Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, Guangdong, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire, IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire, IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire, IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- IPN Orsay, Université Paris Sud, IN2P3-CNRS, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire, IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen Normandie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 Caen Cedex, France
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire, IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire, IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Aramaki Aza-Aoba 6-3, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Miyazaki, Gakuen-Kibanadai-Nishi 1-1, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Miyazaki, Gakuen-Kibanadai-Nishi 1-1, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Aramaki Aza-Aoba 6-3, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA Atomki), P.O. Box 51, H-4001 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire, IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Miyazaki, Gakuen-Kibanadai-Nishi 1-1, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen Normandie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 Caen Cedex, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Nishi, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire, IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Nishi, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen Normandie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 Caen Cedex, France
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire, IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire, IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Nishi, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire, IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Nishi, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Aramaki Aza-Aoba 6-3, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire, IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Nishi, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1, Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Nishi, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Shi YJ, Zuo W, Zhang YY, Sun M, Qian YZ. [Identification of a novel mutation of the PAX9 gene and clinical treatment in a nonsyndromic oligodontia family]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 56:207-209. [PMID: 33557508 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112144-20200427-00235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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- Y J Shi
- Center of Stomatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Center of Stomatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Institute for Fetology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Institute for Fetology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Center of Stomatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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Tuljapurkar S, Zuo W, Coulson T, Horvitz C, Gaillard J. Skewed distributions of lifetime reproductive success: beyond mean and variance. Ecol Lett 2020; 23:748-756. [DOI: 10.1111/ele.13467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Revised: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Department of Biology Stanford University Stanford CA 94305‐5020 USA
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- Department of Zoology University of Oxford Oxford OX1 3SZ UK
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- Department of Biology University of Miami Coral Gables FL 33124‐0421 USA
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive CNRS, UMR 5558 Université Lyon 1 F‐69622 Villeurbanne France
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Mejía-Guevara I, Zuo W, Bendavid E, Li N, Tuljapurkar S. Age distribution, trends, and forecasts of under-5 mortality in 31 sub-Saharan African countries: A modeling study. PLoS Med 2019; 16:e1002757. [PMID: 30861006 PMCID: PMC6413894 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Despite the sharp decline in global under-5 deaths since 1990, uneven progress has been achieved across and within countries. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for child mortality were met only by a few countries. Valid concerns exist as to whether the region would meet new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for under-5 mortality. We therefore examine further sources of variation by assessing age patterns, trends, and forecasts of mortality rates. METHODS AND FINDINGS Data came from 106 nationally representative Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSs) with full birth histories from 31 SSA countries from 1990 to 2017 (a total of 524 country-years of data). We assessed the distribution of age at death through the following new demographic analyses. First, we used a direct method and full birth histories to estimate under-5 mortality rates (U5MRs) on a monthly basis. Second, we smoothed raw estimates of death rates by age and time by using a two-dimensional P-Spline approach. Third, a variant of the Lee-Carter (LC) model, designed for populations with limited data, was used to fit and forecast age profiles of mortality. We used mortality estimates from the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) to adjust, validate, and minimize the risk of bias in survival, truncation, and recall in mortality estimation. Our mortality model revealed substantive declines of death rates at every age in most countries but with notable differences in the age patterns over time. U5MRs declined from 3.3% (annual rate of reduction [ARR] 0.1%) in Lesotho to 76.4% (ARR 5.2%) in Malawi, and the pace of decline was faster on average (ARR 3.2%) than that observed for infant (IMRs) (ARR 2.7%) and neonatal (NMRs) (ARR 2.0%) mortality rates. We predict that 5 countries (Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda) are on track to achieve the under-5 sustainable development target by 2030 (25 deaths per 1,000 live births), but only Rwanda and Tanzania would meet both the neonatal (12 deaths per 1,000 live births) and under-5 targets simultaneously. Our predicted NMRs and U5MRs were in line with those estimated by the UN IGME by 2030 and 2050 (they overlapped in 27/31 countries for NMRs and 22 for U5MRs) and by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) by 2030 (26/31 and 23/31, respectively). This study has a number of limitations, including poor data quality issues that reflected bias in the report of births and deaths, preventing reliable estimates and predictions from a few countries. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge, this study is the first to combine full birth histories and mortality estimates from external reliable sources to model age patterns of under-5 mortality across time in SSA. We demonstrate that countries with a rapid pace of mortality reduction (ARR ≥ 3.2%) across ages would be more likely to achieve the SDG mortality targets. However, the lower pace of neonatal mortality reduction would prevent most countries from achieving those targets: 2 countries would reach them by 2030, 13 between 2030 and 2050, and 13 after 2050.
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- Iván Mejía-Guevara
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Center for Population Health Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Center for Population Health Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- United Nations Population Division, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Ren Y, Jiang Y, Zuo W, Xu X, Jin X, Ma D, Shao Z. Abstract P2-08-33: A novel seven-gene signature predicts prognosis in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p2-08-33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Abstract
Purpose:
Chemotherapy remains the only systemic treatment option for patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). However, due to the heterogeneity of TNBC, not all patients benefit from chemotherapy, especially those with early-stage disease. In order to improve prognostic assessment and reduce unnecessary adjuvant systemic therapy in these patients, we have developed a novel seven-gene signature.
Experimental Design:
With the ComBat method, we integrated the results from 150 transcriptome microarrays samples and 246 RNA-seq samples of early-stage TNBC patients, and identified mRNAs associated with recurrence-free survival (RFS) using Lasso-Cox model, We further analyzed these TNBC samples and compared them with 60 paired normal breast tissues (40 samples from RNA-seq and 20 samples from microarrays) to identify tumor-specific mRNAs. Twenty-one overlapped mRNAs of the RFS-associated mRNAs and the tumor-specific mRNAs are selected as candidate mRNAs. An additional 371 samples of frozen primary tumors were then collected from early-stage TNBC patients (mean follow-up of 45 months) and randomly divided into two sets: a training set (n = 186) and a validation (n = 185) set. Expression level of candidate mRNAs in these samples were measured using RT-qPCR assays, and a seven-gene signature was built through all subset regression in the training set. The prognostic and predictive accuracy of our signature was tested in the validation set and other public databases (GSE5327, GSE2034 and METABRIC).
Results:
Twenty-one candidate mRNAs were identified in early-stage TNBC patients, from which we developed a novel seven-gene signature (recurrence risk score [mRNA signature] = 1.108*TMEM101 - 0.213*KRT5 - 0.315*ACAN - 0.464*LCA5 + 0.446*RPP40 - 0.373*LAGE3 - 0.257*CDKL2). Patients in the training set were classified into high- or low-risk group based on our seven-gene signature and an optimum cut-off score derived from x-tile. The patients in high-risk group were more likely to suffer from recurrence (HR, 2.718; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.928–3.726, P= 0.001), and a time-dependent receiver operating curve showed that the seven-gene mRNA signature had a better prognostic value than the clinicopathologic risk factors in both training set and validation set. The prognostic and predictive accuracy of the signature was also validated in the METABRIC and two other public GEO databases (GSE5327 and GSE2034). The time-dependent receiver operating curve showed that this signature had an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.742 (95% CI, 0.705-0.773) in METABRIC, 0.716 (95% CI, 0.682-0.739) and 0.723 (95% CI, 0.683-0.756) in GSE5327 and GSE2034 respectively.
Conclusion:
In this study, we developed a novel seven-gene signature which can provide additional prognostic information and may guidance in identifying early-stage TNBC patients eligible for adjuvant therapy or reduction of chemotherapy. To our knowledge, this is the first study investigating the prognostic potential of mRNA signature in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer. Our novel signature may provide an opportunity for de-escalating treatment in early-stage TNBC patients in the future.
Citation Format: Ren Y, Jiang Y, Zuo W, Xu X, Jin X, Ma D, Shao Z. A novel seven-gene signature predicts prognosis in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P2-08-33.
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- Y Ren
- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
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Mohanty AK, Nina PB, Ballav S, Vernekar S, Parkar S, D'souza M, Zuo W, Gomes E, Chery L, Tuljapurkar S, Valecha N, Rathod PK, Kumar A. Susceptibility of wild and colonized Anopheles stephensi to Plasmodium vivax infection. Malar J 2018; 17:225. [PMID: 29871629 PMCID: PMC5989471 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2343-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background As much as 80% of global Plasmodium vivax infections occur in South Asia and there is a shortage of direct studies on infectivity of P. vivax in Anopheles stephensi, the most common urban mosquito carrying human malaria. In this quest, the possible effects of laboratory colonization of mosquitoes on infectivity and development of P. vivax is of interest given that colonized mosquitoes can be genetically less divergent than the field population from which they originated. Methods Patient-derived P. vivax infected blood was fed to age-matched wild and colonized An. stephensi. Such a comparison requires coordinated availability of same-age wild and colonized mosquito populations. Here, P. vivax infection are studied in colonized An. stephensi in their 66th–86th generation and fresh field-caught An. stephensi. Wild mosquitoes were caught as larvae and pupae and allowed to develop into adult mosquitoes in the insectary. Parasite development to oocyst and sporozoite stages were assessed on days 7/8 and 12/13, respectively. Results While there were batch to batch variations in infectivity of individual patient-derived P. vivax samples, both wild and colonized An. stephensi were roughly equally susceptible to oocyst stage Plasmodium infection. At the level of sporozoite development, significantly more mosquitoes with sporozoite load of 4+ were seen in wild than in colonized populations.
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- Ajeet Kumar Mohanty
- National Institute of Malaria Research, Field Unit, Campal, Goa, 403001, India
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.,Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, 610005, India
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- National Institute of Malaria Research, Field Unit, Campal, Goa, 403001, India
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- National Institute of Malaria Research, Field Unit, Campal, Goa, 403001, India
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- National Institute of Malaria Research, Field Unit, Campal, Goa, 403001, India
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- National Institute of Malaria Research, Field Unit, Campal, Goa, 403001, India
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- National Institute of Malaria Research (ICMR), Sector 8, Dwarka, New Delhi, 110077, India
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- National Institute of Malaria Research, Field Unit, Campal, Goa, 403001, India.
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Liu C, He X, Wu X, Wang Z, Zuo W, Hu G. Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of GPx2 protein expression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cancer Biomark 2018; 19:335-340. [PMID: 28453466 DOI: 10.3233/cbm-160542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study was designed to evaluate the relation between GPx2 (glutathione peroxidase 2) expressions and clinicopathological features as well as prognosis of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). METHODS A total of 89 cases of NPC were investigated to examine the immunohistochemical expression of GPx2. Fourteen pairs of NPC and the control samples were analyzed respectively by qRT-PCR and Western blot. The correlations of GPx2 expressions with the clinicopathologic features and the prognosis of NPC patients were also analyzed. RESULTS The expression of GPx2 in NPC tissues was elevated immunohistochemically when compared with normal nasopharyngeal tissues (P< 0.05). The mRNA expression of GPx2 in carcinoma tissues was highly elevated compared with the control tissues (P< 0.05). GPx2 protein in carcinoma tissues was also over expressed than in control tissues (P< 0.05). Also GPx2 expression was significantly higher in the late clinical stage (P= 0.02). While there was no significant association between GPx2 expression and patient age, sex, T-stage, N-stage and the metastasis. CONCLUSIONS GPx2 may play an important role in the development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Furthermore, GPx2 may serve as a prognostic biomarker for NPC patient.
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Yan G, Zhang R, Zuo W, Wang R, Ling Y, Kobayashi Y. The safety and efficacy of Chinese formula Salviae Miltiorrhizae and Ligustrazine hydrochloride solution injection in the acute ischemic stroke patients. Am J Transl Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1608466] [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] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- G Yan
- Guizhou Baite Pharmaceutical Corporation, Guizhou, China
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- Guizhou Baite Pharmaceutical Corporation, Guizhou, China
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- Guizhou Baite Pharmaceutical Corporation, Guizhou, China
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- Guizhou Baite Pharmaceutical Corporation, Guizhou, China
- Zhejiang CONBA Pharmaceutical & Drug Research Development Corporation, Hangzhou, China
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- Medical Corporation Soujikai, Osaka, Japan
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Chery L, Maki JN, Mascarenhas A, Walke JT, Gawas P, Almeida A, Fernandes M, Vaz M, Ramanan R, Shirodkar D, Bernabeu M, Manoharan SK, Pereira L, Dash R, Sharma A, Shaik RB, Chakrabarti R, Babar P, White J, Mudeppa DG, Kumar S, Zuo W, Skillman KM, Kanjee U, Lim C, Shaw-Saliba K, Kumar A, Valecha N, Jindal VN, Khandeparkar A, Naik P, Amonkar S, Duraisingh MT, Tuljapurkar S, Smith JD, Dubhashi N, Pinto RGW, Silveria M, Gomes E, Rathod PK. Demographic and clinical profiles of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax patients at a tertiary care centre in southwestern India. Malar J 2016; 15:569. [PMID: 27884146 PMCID: PMC5123287 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1619-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Malaria remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in India. Though many comprehensive studies have been carried out in Africa and Southeast Asia to characterize and examine determinants of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria pathogenesis, fewer have been conducted in India. Methods A prospective study of malaria-positive individuals was conducted at Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) from 2012 to 2015 to identify demographic, diagnostic and clinical indicators associated with P. falciparum and P. vivax infection on univariate analysis. Results Between 2012 and 2015, 74,571 febrile individuals, 6287 (8.4%) of whom were malaria positive, presented to GMC. The total number of malaria cases at GMC increased more than two-fold over four years, with both P. vivax and P. falciparum cases present year-round. Some 1116 malaria-positive individuals (mean age = 27, 91% male), 88.2% of whom were born outside of Goa and 51% of whom were construction workers, were enroled in the study. Of 1088 confirmed malaria-positive patients, 77.0% had P. vivax, 21.0% had P. falciparum and 2.0% had mixed malaria. Patients over 40 years of age and with P. falciparum infection were significantly (p < 0.001) more likely to be hospitalised than younger and P. vivax patients, respectively. While approximately equal percentages of hospitalised P. falciparum (76.6%) and P. vivax (78.9%) cases presented with at least one WHO severity indicator, a greater percentage of P. falciparum inpatients presented with at least two (43.9%, p < 0.05) and at least three (29.9%, p < 0.01) severity features. There were six deaths among the 182 hospitalised malaria positive patients, all of whom had P. falciparum. Conclusion During the four year study period at GMC, the number of malaria cases increased substantially and the greatest burden of severe disease was contributed by P. falciparum.
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- Laura Chery
- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.,Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.,Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.,Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.,Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.,Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR), Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.,Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.,Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.,Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.,Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.,Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.,Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.,Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- National Institute of Malaria Research, Field Unit, Campal, Goa, 403001, India
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- National Institute of Malaria Research (ICMR), Sector 8, Dwarka, New Delhi, 110077, India
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- Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR), Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, 403202, India
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- Departments of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
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Kumar S, Mudeppa DG, Sharma A, Mascarenhas A, Dash R, Pereira L, Shaik RB, Maki JN, White J, Zuo W, Tuljapurkar S, Duraisingh MT, Gomes E, Chery L, Rathod PK. Distinct genomic architecture of Plasmodium falciparum populations from South Asia. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2016; 210:1-4. [PMID: 27457272 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2016.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 03/09/2016] [Revised: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Previous whole genome comparisons of Plasmodium falciparum populations have not included collections from the Indian subcontinent, even though two million Indians contract malaria and about 50,000 die from the disease every year. Stratification of global parasites has revealed spatial relatedness of parasite genotypes on different continents. Here, genomic analysis was further improved to obtain country-level resolution by removing var genes and intergenic regions from distance calculations. P. falciparum genomes from India were found to be most closely related to each other. Their nearest neighbors were from Bangladesh and Myanmar, followed by Thailand. Samples from the rest of Southeast Asia, Africa and South America were increasingly more distant, demonstrating a high-resolution genomic-geographic continuum. Such genome stratification approaches will help monitor variations of malaria parasites within South Asia and future changes in parasite populations that may arise from in-country and cross-border migrations.
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- Shiva Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Department of Medicine, Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa 403202, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Department of Medicine, Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa 403202, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Department of Medicine, Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa 403202, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Department of Medicine, Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa 403202, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Department of Medicine, Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa 403202, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- Department of Medicine, Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa 403202, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Zuo W, Yang PF, Chen J, Zhang Z, Chen NH. Drp-1, a potential therapeutic target for brain ischaemic stroke. Br J Pharmacol 2016; 173:1665-77. [PMID: 26915692 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2015] [Revised: 01/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The resistance of CA3 neurons to ischaemia and the ischaemic tolerance conferred by ischaemic preconditioning (IPC) are two well-established endogenous neuroprotective mechanisms. Elucidating the molecules involved may help us find new therapeutic targets. Thus, we determined whether dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp-1) is involved in these processes. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH In vivo, we subjected rats to either 10 min severe global ischaemia using a four-vessel occlusion (4-VO) model or 2 min IPC before the onset of 4-VO. In vitro, we performed oxygen glucose deprivation (OGD) studies in rat hippocampal neurons. Drp-1 was silenced or inhibited by siRNA or pharmacological inhibitor Mdivi1. To assess whether mitochondrial Drp-1 alters neuronal vulnerability to ischaemic injury, various approaches were used including western blot, immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence staining and electron microscopy. Hippocampal function was assessed using an open-field test. KEY RESULTS Mitochondrial dynamin-related protein 1 (mtDrp-1) was selectively induced by ischaemia in hippocampal CA3 neurons. In hippocampal CA1 neurons, mtDrp-1 was not affected by ischaemia but significantly up-regulated by IPC. Suppression of Drp-1 increased the vulnerability of cells to OGD and global ischaemia. Inhibition of Drp-1 in vivo resulted in loss of acquisition and encoding of spatial information, and also prevented ischaemia-induced mitophagy in CA3. Thus mitochondrial-mediated injury was amplified and resistance to ischaemic injury lost. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Our findings that Drp-1 increases the resistance of neurons of hippocampal CA3 affected by global ischaemia and contributes to the tolerance conferred by IPC highlight Drp-1 as a potential therapeutic target for brain ischaemic stroke.
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- W Zuo
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and Neuroscience Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and Neuroscience Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and Neuroscience Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and Neuroscience Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and Neuroscience Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Wang J, Wang F, Liu Y, Xu J, Lin H, Jia B, Zuo W, Jiang Y, Hu L, Lin F. Multiple Linear Regression and Artificial Neural Network to Predict Blood Glucose in Overweight Patients. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2016; 124:34-8. [PMID: 26797861 DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1565175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Overweight individuals are at higher risk for developing type II diabetes than the general population. We conducted this study to analyze the correlation between blood glucose and biochemical parameters, and developed a blood glucose prediction model tailored to overweight patients. METHODS A total of 346 overweight Chinese people patients ages 18-81 years were involved in this study. Their levels of fasting glucose (fs-GLU), blood lipids, and hepatic and renal functions were measured and analyzed by multiple linear regression (MLR). Based the MLR results, we developed a back propagation artificial neural network (BP-ANN) model by selecting tansig as the transfer function of the hidden layers nodes, and purelin for the output layer nodes, with training goal of 0.5×10(-5). RESULTS There was significant correlation between fs-GLU with age, BMI, and blood biochemical indexes (P<0.05). The results of MLR analysis indicated that age, fasting alanine transaminase (fs-ALT), blood urea nitrogen (fs-BUN), total protein (fs-TP), uric acid (fs-BUN), and BMI are 6 independent variables related to fs-GLU. Based on these parameters, the BP-ANN model was performed well and reached high prediction accuracy when training 1 000 epoch (R=0.9987). CONCLUSIONS The level of fs-GLU was predictable using the proposed BP-ANN model based on 6 related parameters (age, fs-ALT, fs-BUN, fs-TP, fs-UA and BMI) in overweight patients.
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- J Wang
- Department of Infection and Liver Diseases, Liver Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Beijing Hui-Long-Guan Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- The Affiliated Wenling Hospital of Wenzhou Medial University, Wenling, China
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- Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China
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- Ningbo Fourth Hospital, Xiangshan, China
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- Ningbo Fourth Hospital, Xiangshan, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Laboratory of Internal Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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Li C, Zuo W, Tong X, Hu H, Qiao L, Song J, Xiong G, Gao R, Dai F, Lu C. A composite method for mapping quantitative trait loci without interference of female achiasmatic and gender effects in silkworm,Bombyx mori. Anim Genet 2015; 46:426-32. [DOI: 10.1111/age.12311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- C. Li
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology; Southwest University; Chongqi-ng 400716 China
- Key Laboratory for Sericulture Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Agricultural Ministry; Southwest University; Chongqing 400716 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology; Southwest University; Chongqi-ng 400716 China
- Key Laboratory for Sericulture Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Agricultural Ministry; Southwest University; Chongqing 400716 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology; Southwest University; Chongqi-ng 400716 China
- Key Laboratory for Sericulture Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Agricultural Ministry; Southwest University; Chongqing 400716 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology; Southwest University; Chongqi-ng 400716 China
- Key Laboratory for Sericulture Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Agricultural Ministry; Southwest University; Chongqing 400716 China
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- Institute of Entomology and Molecular Biology; College of Life Sciences; Chongqing Normal University; Chongqing 401331 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology; Southwest University; Chongqi-ng 400716 China
- Key Laboratory for Sericulture Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Agricultural Ministry; Southwest University; Chongqing 400716 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology; Southwest University; Chongqi-ng 400716 China
- Key Laboratory for Sericulture Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Agricultural Ministry; Southwest University; Chongqing 400716 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology; Southwest University; Chongqi-ng 400716 China
- Key Laboratory for Sericulture Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Agricultural Ministry; Southwest University; Chongqing 400716 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology; Southwest University; Chongqi-ng 400716 China
- Key Laboratory for Sericulture Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Agricultural Ministry; Southwest University; Chongqing 400716 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology; Southwest University; Chongqi-ng 400716 China
- Key Laboratory for Sericulture Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Agricultural Ministry; Southwest University; Chongqing 400716 China
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Oxidative stress is a condition of imbalance between reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation and antioxidant capacity as a result of dysfunction of the antioxidant system. ROS can be served as a second messenger at low or moderate concentration, while excessive amount of ROS under oxidative stress condition would destroy macromolecules like proteins, DNA, and lipids, finally leading to cell apoptosis or necrosis. Changes in these macromolecules are involved in various pathological changes and progression of diseases, especially neurodegenerative diseases. Neurodegenerative diseases are morphologically featured by progressive neuronal cell loss, accompanied with inclusions formed by protein aggregates in neurons or glial cells. Neurons have always received much more attention than glial cells in neurodegenerative diseases. Actually, glial cells might play a key role in the functioning of neurons and cellular survival through an antioxidant way. Additionally, neurons can modulate the activities of glia either. Herein, the main purposes of this review are to mention the connection between Huntington's disease (HD) and oxidative stress, to summarize the characteristics and functions of glial cells in HD, to state the cross talk between neurons and glial cells, and to emphasize the conclusive role of activation of Keap1-Nrf2-ARE pathway in glial cells against oxidative stress in HD.
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- Y Gao
- Department of Pharmacology, State Key of Laboratory Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of MateriaMedica, Neuroscience Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Beijing , P. R. China
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Reyes-Bahamonde J, Raimann JG, Canaud B, Etter M, Kooman JP, Levin NW, Marcelli D, Marelli C, Power A, Van Der Sande FM, Thijssen S, Usvyat LA, Wang Y, Kotanko P, Blank PR, Szucs TD, Gibertoni D, Torroni S, Mandreoli M, Rucci P, Fantini MP, Santoro A, Van Der Veer SN, Nistor I, Bernaert P, Bolignano D, Brown EA, Covic A, Farrington K, Kooman J, Macias J, Mooney A, Van Munster BC, Van Den Noortgate N, Topinkova E, Wirnsberger G, Jager KJ, Van Biesen W, Stubnova V, Os I, Grundtvig M, Waldum B, Wu HY, Peng YS, Wu MS, Chu TS, Chien KL, Hung KY, Wu KD, Carrero JJ, Huang X, Sui X, Ruiz JR, Hirth V, Ortega FB, Blair SN, Coppolino G, Bolignano D, Rivoli L, Presta P, Mazza G, Fuiano G, Marx S, Petrilla A, Hengst N, Lee WC, Ruggajo P, Skrunes R, Svarstad E, Skjaerven R, Reisaether AV, Vikse BE, Fujii N, Hamano T, Akagi S, Watanabe T, Imai E, Nitta K, Akizawa T, Matsuo S, Makino H, Scalzotto E, Corradi V, Nalesso F, Zaglia T, Neri M, Martino F, Zanella M, Brendolan A, Mongillo M, Ronco C, Occelli F, Genin M, Deram A, Glowacki F, Cuny D, Mansurova I, Alchinbayev M, Malikh MA, Song S, Shin MJ, Rhee H, Yang BY, Kim I, Seong EY, Lee DW, Lee SB, Kwak IS, Isnard Bagnis C, Speyer E, Beauger D, Caille Y, Baudelot C, Mercier S, Jacquelinet C, Gentile SM, Briancon S, Yu TM, Li CY, Krivoshiev S, Borissova AM, Shinkov A, Svinarov D, Vlachov J, Koteva A, Dakovska L, Mihaylov G, Popov A, Polner K, Mucsi I, Braunitzer H, Kiss A, Nadasdi Z, Haris A, Zdrojewski L, Zdrojewski T, Rutkowski B, Minami S, Hesaka A, Yamaguchi S, Iwahashi E, Sakai S, Fujimoto T, Sasaki K, Fujita Y, Yokoyama K, Dey V, Farrah T, Traynor J, Spalding E, Robertson S, Geddes CC, Mann MC, Hobbs A, Hemmelgarn BR, Roberts D, Ahmed SB, Rabi D, Elewa U, Fernandez B, Alegre ER, Mahillo I, Egido J, Ortiz A, Marx S, Pomerantz D, Vietri J, Zewinger S, Speer T, Kleber ME, Scharnagl H, Woitas R, Pfahler K, Seiler S, Heine GH, Lepper PM, Marz W, Silbernagel G, Fliser D, Caldararu CD, Gliga ML, Tarta ID, Szanto A, Carlan O, Dogaru GA, Battaglia Y, Del Prete MA, De Gregorio MG, Errichiello C, Gisonni P, Russo L, Scognamiglio B, Storari A, Russo D, Kuma A, Serino R, Miyamoto T, Tamura M, Otsuji Y, Kung LF, Naito S, Iimori S, Okado T, Rai T, Uchida S, Sasaki S, Kang YU, Kim HY, Choi JS, Kim CS, Bae EH, Ma SK, Kim SW, Muthuppalaniappan VM, Byrne C, Sheaff M, Rajakariar R, Blunden M, Delmas Y, Loirat C, Muus P, Legendre C, Douglas K, Hourmant M, Herthelius M, Trivelli A, Goodship T, Bedrosian CL, Licht C, Marks A, Black C, Clark L, Prescott G, Robertson L, Simpson W, Simpson W, Fluck N, Wang SL, Hsu YH, Pai HC, Chang YM, Liu WH, Hsu CC, Shvetsov M, Nagaytseva S, Gerasimov A, Shalyagin Y, Ivanova E, Shilov E, Zhang Y, Zuo W, Marx S, Manthena S, Newmark J, Zdrojewski L, Rutkowski M, Zdrojewski T, Bandosz P, Gaciong Z, Solnica B, Rutkowski B, Wyrzykowski B, Ensergueix G, Karras A, Levi C, Chauvet S, Trivin C, Ficheux M, Augusto JF, Boudet R, Chambaraud T, Boudou-Rouquette P, Tubiana-Mathieu N, Aldigier JC, Jacquot C, Essig M, Thervet E, Oh YJ, Lee CS, Malho Guedes A, Silva AP, Goncalves C, Sampaio S, Morgado E, Santos V, Bernardo I, Leao Neves P, Onuigbo M, Agbasi N. CKD GENERAL AND CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 1. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu146] [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: 01/24/2023] Open
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Dong JM, Zuo W, Yin P, Gu JZ. Comment on "New mass limit for white dwarfs: super-Chandrasekhar type ia supernova as a new standard candle". Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:039001. [PMID: 24484168 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.039001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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- J M Dong
- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China and State Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China and State Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, P. O. Box 275(10), Beijing 102413, China
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Zuo W, Lough AJ, Li YF, Morris RH. Amine(imine)diphosphine Iron Catalysts for Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones and Imines. Science 2013; 342:1080-3. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1244466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 399] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Burger JR, Allen CD, Brown JH, Burnside WR, Davidson AD, Fristoe TS, Hamilton MJ, Mercado-Silva N, Nekola JC, Okie JG, Zuo W. The macroecology of sustainability. PLoS Biol 2012; 10:e1001345. [PMID: 22723741 PMCID: PMC3378595 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Global consumption rates of vital resources suggest that we have surpassed the capacity of the Earth to sustain current levels, much less future trajectories of growth in human population and economy. The discipline of sustainability science has emerged in response to concerns of natural and social scientists, policymakers, and lay people about whether the Earth can continue to support human population growth and economic prosperity. Yet, sustainability science has developed largely independently from and with little reference to key ecological principles that govern life on Earth. A macroecological perspective highlights three principles that should be integral to sustainability science: 1) physical conservation laws govern the flows of energy and materials between human systems and the environment, 2) smaller systems are connected by these flows to larger systems in which they are embedded, and 3) global constraints ultimately limit flows at smaller scales. Over the past few decades, decreasing per capita rates of consumption of petroleum, phosphate, agricultural land, fresh water, fish, and wood indicate that the growing human population has surpassed the capacity of the Earth to supply enough of these essential resources to sustain even the current population and level of socioeconomic development.
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- Joseph R Burger
- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America.
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Sibly RM, Zuo W, Kodric-Brown A, Brown JH. Rensch’s Rule in Large Herbivorous Mammals Derived from Metabolic Scaling. Am Nat 2012; 179:169-77. [DOI: 10.1086/663686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Zuo W, Moses ME, West GB, Hou C, Brown JH. A general model for effects of temperature on ectotherm ontogenetic growth and development. Proc Biol Sci 2011; 279:1840-6. [PMID: 22130604 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The temperature size rule (TSR) is the tendency for ectotherms to develop faster but mature at smaller body sizes at higher temperatures. It can be explained by a simple model in which the rate of growth or biomass accumulation and the rate of development have different temperature dependence. The model accounts for both TSR and the less frequently observed reverse-TSR, predicts the fraction of energy allocated to maintenance and synthesis over the course of development, and also predicts that less total energy is expended when developing at warmer temperatures for TSR and vice versa for reverse-TSR. It has important implications for effects of climate change on ectothermic animals.
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- Wenyun Zuo
- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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Horikawa Y, Tsuchiya N, Yuasa K, Narita S, Saito M, Takayama K, Nara T, Tsuruta H, Obara T, Numakura K, Satoh S, Habuchi T, Hu X, Guo J, Lin Z, Sun L, Xu Z, Cang C, Wang G, Kanda T, Sakamoto K, Matsuki A, Ohashi R, Hirota S, Fujimori Y, Matsuda Y, Yajima K, Kosugi S, Hatakeyama K, Kitahara K, Watanabe M, Nakazono S, Wada N, Kakizaki H, Li J, Gong FJ, Sun PN, Shen L, Li Q, Li N, Qiu M, Liu J, Yi C, Luo D, Li Z, Gou H, Yang Y, Cao D, Shen Y, Wang X, Xu F, Bi F, Li Q, Zhang X, Li N, Wei W, Luo HY, Wang ZQ, Wang FH, Qiu MZ, Teng KY, Ruan DY, He YJ, Li YH, Xu RH, Matsusaka S, Mizunuma N, Suenaga M, Shinozaki E, Mishima Y, Terui Y, Hatake K, Nara E, Kodaira M, Mishima Y, Yokoyama M, Saotome T, Terui Y, Takahashi S, Hatake K, Nishimura N, Nakano K, Kodaira M, Ueda K, Yamada S, Mishima Y, Yokoyama M, Saotome T, Takahashi S, Terui Y, Hatake K, Nozawa M, Mochida Y, Nishigaki K, Nagae S, Uemura H, Oh SY, Jeong CY, Hong SC, Lee WS, Kim HG, Lee GW, Hwang IG, Jang JS, Kwon HC, Kang JH, Ozaka M, Ogura M, Matsusaka S, Shinozaki E, Suenaga M, Chin K, Mizunuma N, Hatake K, Pua PF, Ganzon D, Chan V, Sailaja K, Vishnupriya S, Raghunadharao D, Markandeya G, Reddy PRK, Reddanna P, Praveen D, Sakamoto K, Kanda T, Matsuki A, Takano T, Hanyu T, Yajima K, Kosugi S, Hirota S, Hatakeyama K, Shigekawa T, Ijichi N, Takayama S, Tsuda H, Ikeda K, Horie K, Osaki A, Saeki T, Inoue S, Subhashini J, Rajesh B, Rajesh I, Ravindran P, Takagi K, Chin K, Oba M, Kuboki Y, Ichimura T, Oto M, Kawazoe Y, Watanabe T, Ozaka M, Ogura M, Suenaga M, Shinozaki E, Matsusaka S, Mizunuma N, Hatake K, Ueda K, Saotome T, Yamada S, Nishimura N, Nara E, Nakano K, Kodaira M, Katsube A, Mishima Y, Terui Y, Yokoyama M, Takahashi S, Hatake K, Yao X, Yang Q, Li C, Diao L, Chen X, Yu Z, Zuo W, Wang Y, He Y, Zhang X, Cai S, Wang Z, Xu J, Zhan W, Zhang YF, Misumi M, Takeuchi H, Nakamiya N, Shigekawa T, Matsuura K, Fujiuchi N, Osaki A, Saeki T. CLINICAL OUTCOMES. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyq254] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Brown JH, Burnside WR, Davidson AD, DeLong JP, Dunn WC, Hamilton MJ, Mercado-Silva N, Nekola JC, Okie JG, Woodruff WH, Zuo W. Energetic Limits to Economic Growth. Bioscience 2011. [DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.1.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [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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Mao H, Zhang L, Yang Y, Zuo W, Bi Y, Gao W, Deng B, Sun J, Shao Q, Qu X. New Insights of CTLA-4 into Its Biological Function in Breast Cancer. Curr Cancer Drug Targets 2010; 10:728-36. [DOI: 10.2174/156800910793605811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2009] [Accepted: 05/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Zhang L, Ma H, Greyner HJ, Zuo W, Mummert ME. Inhibition of cell proliferation by CD44: Akt is inactivated and EGR-1 is down-regulated. Cell Prolif 2010; 43:385-95. [PMID: 20590664 PMCID: PMC6496187 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2010.00689.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 08/19/2009] [Accepted: 11/30/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE CD44 is a transmembrane glycoprotein and can facilitate signal transduction by serving as a platform for molecular recruitment and assembly. A number of studies have suggested that CD44 can either positively or negatively regulate cell proliferation. The purpose of this study was to investigate how CD44 can inhibit cell proliferation. MATERIALS AND METHODS We engineered E6.1 Jurkat cells to express CD44. Importantly, these cells lack endogenous CD44 expression. Molecular pathways involved with cell proliferation were studied using RT(2)-PCR array, siRNA, Western blotting and by employing pharmacological inhibitors of ERK1/2, p38 and the PI3K/Akt pathways. RESULTS We found that CD44 expression significantly inhibited cell proliferation and down-regulated EGR-1 expression and EGR-1 targets cyclin D1 and cyclin D2. Transfection of control E6.1 Jurkat cells with EGR-1 siRNA also inhibited cell proliferation, confirming its role. Disruption of the PI3K/Akt pathway with pharmacological inhibitors reduced both EGR-1 expression and cell proliferation, recapitulating the properties of CD44 expressing cells. Akt was hypophosphorylated in cells expressing CD44 showing its potential role in negatively regulating Akt activation. Strikingly, constitutively active Akt rescued the proliferation defect showing requirement for active Akt, in our system. CONCLUSION Our results suggest a novel pathway by which CD44 inactivates Akt, down-regulates EGR-1 expression and inhibits cell proliferation.
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- L.‐S. Zhang
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
- Mental Sciences Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
- Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
- Mental Sciences Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
- Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
- Mental Sciences Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
- Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Wenyun Zuo
- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
- Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
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UNLABELLED Real-time flow simulation is crucial for emergency management in buildings, such as fire and accidental or intentional release of chemical/biological agents (contaminants). The simulation results can then be used to impose proper measures to minimize casualties. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is accurate, but too time-consuming. Nodal models are fast, but not informative. To obtain a quick and informative solution, this study proposes an intermediate approach between nodal models and CFD by introducing a fast fluid dynamics (FFD) method. This investigation used the FFD methods with and without turbulence treatments to study systematically four basic flows in buildings, and compared the numerical results with the corresponding CFD results and the data from the literature. The results show that, on one hand, the FFD can offer much richer flow information than nodal models, but less accurate results than CFD. On the other hand, the FFD is 50 times faster than the CFD. The results also show that the FFD with the laminar assumption has the best overall performance as regards both accuracy and speed. It is possible to conduct faster-than-real-time flow simulations with detailed flow information by using the FFD method. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS The paper introduces a fast fluid dynamics (FFD) method, which can simulate airflow and contaminant dispersion in buildings with real-time or faster-than-real-time speed and provide informative solutions. As an intermediate approach between nodal models and the computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the FFD can be a very useful tool for emergency management in case of fire and accidental or intentional release of chemical or biological agents in a building or around the buildings. The FFD can also be used as a preliminary test tool for quick assessment of indoor airflows before a detailed CFD analysis.
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- W Zuo
- National Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Research in the Intermodal Transport , School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088, USA
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All organisms face the problem of how to fuel ontogenetic growth. We present a model, empirically grounded in data from birds and mammals, that correctly predicts how growing animals allocate food energy between synthesis of new biomass and maintenance of existing biomass. Previous energy budget models have typically had their bases in rates of either food consumption or metabolic energy expenditure. Our model provides a framework that reconciles these two approaches and highlights the fundamental principles that determine rates of food assimilation and rates of energy allocation to maintenance, biosynthesis, activity, and storage. The model predicts that growth and assimilation rates for all animals should cluster closely around two universal curves. Data for mammals and birds of diverse body sizes and taxa support these predictions.
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- Chen Hou
- Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA.
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Chen M, Du J, Jiang W, Zuo W, Wang F, Li M, Wu Z, Chan H, Zhou W. Functional expression of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator in rat oviduct epithelium. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2008. [DOI: 10.1093/abbs/40.10.864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Moses M, Hou C, Woodruff W, West G, Nekola J, Zuo W, Brown J. Revisiting a Model of Ontogenetic Growth: Estimating Model Parameters from Theory and Data. Am Nat 2008; 171:632-45. [DOI: 10.1086/587073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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He JS, Wang Z, Wang X, Schmid B, Zuo W, Zhou M, Zheng C, Wang M, Fang J. A test of the generality of leaf trait relationships on the Tibetan Plateau. New Phytol 2006; 170:835-48. [PMID: 16684242 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01704.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Leaf mass per area (LMA), nitrogen concentration (on mass and area bases, N(mass) and N(area), respectively), photosynthetic capacity (A(mass) and A(area)) and photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency (PNUE) are key foliar traits, but few data are available from cold, high-altitude environments. Here, we systematically measured these leaf traits in 74 species at 49 research sites on the Tibetan Plateau to examine how these traits, measured near the extremes of plant tolerance, compare with global patterns. Overall, Tibetan species had higher leaf nitrogen concentrations and photosynthetic capacities compared with a global dataset, but they had a slightly lower A(mass) at a given N(mass). These leaf trait relationships were consistent with those reported from the global dataset, with slopes of the standardized major axes A(mass)-LMA, N(mass)-LMA and A(mass)-N(mass) identical to those from the global dataset. Climate only weakly modulated leaf traits. Our data indicate that covarying sets of leaf traits are consistent across environments and biogeographic regions. Our results demonstrate functional convergence of leaf trait relationships in an extreme environment.
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- Jin-Sheng He
- Department of Ecology, College of Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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Chen X, Zuo Y, Zuo W. [Observation on the clinical symptoms and sporocyst excretion in human volunteers experimentally infected with Sarcocystis hominis]. Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 2003; 17:25-7. [PMID: 12563811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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AIM To investigate the excretion of sporocysts and clinical manifestations in humans experimentally infected of Sarcocystis hominis. METHODS Three volunteers were infected by eating raw beef containing cysts of S. hominis. One ingested about 1,567 cysts in skeletal muscles of a naturally infected cattle; two volunteers each ingested about 14,740 cysts from an experimentally infected water buffalo meat. Fecal examination by zinc sulfate flotation method was conducted daily since d4 postinfection (pi). RESULTS Free sporocysts and oocysts were found in their faeces from d11-40, d12-23, d10-30 pi, and peaked at d18, d14, d14. All of them presented clinical symptoms such as abdominal pain, distension, watery diarrhea and eosinophilia 1 wk approximately 4 wk pi and were spontaneously cured within 29 days pi without taking any medicine. CONCLUSION All the experimentally infected persons had gastrointestinal symptoms and passed sporocysts and oocysts in faeces 10-12 days after infection and persisted for 11-29 days.
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- X Chen
- Biology Department of Yunnan University, Kunming 650091
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Hoffmann B, Zuo W, Liu A, Morris NR. The LIS1-related protein NUDF of Aspergillus nidulans and its interaction partner NUDE bind directly to specific subunits of dynein and dynactin and to alpha- and gamma-tubulin. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:38877-84. [PMID: 11509576 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m106610200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The NUDF protein of Aspergillus nidulans, which is required for nuclear migration through the fungal mycelium, closely resembles the LIS1 protein required for migration of neurons to the cerebral cortex in humans. Genetic experiments suggested that NUDF influences nuclear migration by affecting cytoplasmic dynein. NUDF interacts with another protein, NUDE, which also affects nuclear migration in A. nidulans. Interactions among LIS1, NUDE, dynein, and gamma-tubulin have been demonstrated in animal cells. In this paper we examine the interactions of the A. nidulans NUDF and NUDE proteins with components of dynein, dynactin, and with alpha- and gamma-tubulin. We show that NUDF binds directly to alpha- and gamma-tubulin and to the first P-loop of the cytoplasmic dynein heavy chain, whereas NUDE binds directly to alpha- and gamma-tubulin, to NUDK (actin-related protein 1), and to the NUDG dynein LC8 light chain. The data suggest a direct role for NUDF in regulation of the dynein heavy chain and an effect on other dynein/dynactin subunits via NUDE. The interactions between NUDE, NUDF, and gamma-tubulin suggest that this protein may also be involved in the regulation of dynein function. Additive interactions between NUDE and dynein and dynactin subunits suggest that NUDE acts as a scaffolding factor between components.
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- B Hoffmann
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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Han G, Liu B, Zhang J, Zuo W, Morris NR, Xiang X. The Aspergillus cytoplasmic dynein heavy chain and NUDF localize to microtubule ends and affect microtubule dynamics. Curr Biol 2001; 11:719-24. [PMID: 11369237 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00200-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Cytoplasmic dynein is a multisubunit, minus end-directed microtubule motor that uses dynactin as an accessory complex to perform various in vivo functions including vesicle transport, spindle assembly, and nuclear distribution [1]. We previously showed that in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans, a GFP-tagged cytoplasmic dynein heavy chain (NUDA) forms comet-like structures that exhibited microtubule-dependent movement toward and back from the hyphal tip [2]. Here we demonstrate that another protein in the NUDA pathway, NUDF, which is homologous to the human LIS1 protein involved in brain development [3, 4], also exhibits such dynamic behavior. Both NUDA and NUDF are located at the ends of microtubules, and this observation suggests that the observed dynamic behavior is due to their association with the dynamic microtubule ends. To address whether NUDA and NUDF play a role in regulating microtubule dynamics in vivo, we constructed a GFP-labeled alpha-tubulin strain and used it to compare microtubule dynamics in vivo in wild-type A. nidulans versus temperature-sensitive loss-of-function mutants of nudA and nudF. The mutants showed a lower frequency of microtubule catastrophe, a lower rate of shrinkage during catastrophe, and a lower frequency of rescue. The microtubules in the mutant cells also paused longer at the hyphal tip than wild-type microtubules. These results indicate that cytoplasmic dynein and the LIS1 homolog NUDF affect microtubule dynamics in vivo.
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- G Han
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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Zuo W, Wang Y, Li M. [Clinical significance of sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2001; 23:247-50. [PMID: 11783099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the significance of sentinel lymph node(SLN) biopsy (SLNB) in determining the extent of axillary dessection for cN0 breast cancer patients. METHODS In 96 patients with cN0 breast cancer, sentinel lymph nodes identified by patent blue-V or methylene blue staining were excised for biopsy. patients then received operations for breast cancer including axillary dessection. RESULTS SLN was identified in 91 patients. The total number of SLN identified was one in 54 cases(59.3%), 2 in 23 cases(25.3%) and > or = 3 in 14 cases(15.4%). In 24 of the 91 patients, SLN was positive for metastasis. In 13 the 24 patients, only SLN provided evidence of lymph node metastasis. The sensitivity of SLN biopsy was 87.5%, the specificity was 100%. It had 100% positive predictability and 95.7% negative predictability of lymph node metastasis. The accuracy rate of intraoperative imprint cytology examination of SLN was 92.1%, with a false negative rate of 10.0% and a false positive rate of 7.1%. The accuracy rate of frozen-section examination of SLN was 98.7% during operation, with a false negative rate of 5.0% but without false positive result. Immunohistochemical assay did not help demonstrate metastasis in SLN negative on routine pathologic examination. CONCLUSION The SLN status can generally be a representation of axillary metastasis, SLNB is useful to determine the extent of axillary dessection in cN0 breast cancer patients. Methylene blue is as effective as patent blue-V in the identification of SLN.
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- W Zuo
- Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Jinan 250117, China
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Liu JY, Guo WJ, Wang SJ, Zuo W, Zhao Q, Yang YF. Nuclear stopping as a probe for in-medium nucleon-nucleon cross sections in intermediate energy heavy ion collisions. Phys Rev Lett 2001; 86:975-978. [PMID: 11177988 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.86.975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2000] [Revised: 09/27/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Using an isospin-dependent quantum molecular dynamics, nuclear stopping in intermediate heavy ion collisions has been studied. The calculation has been done for colliding systems with different neutron-proton ratios in beam energy ranging from 15 MeV/ u to 150 MeV/ u. It is found that, in the energy region from above Fermi energy to 150 MeV/ u, nuclear stopping is very sensitive to the isospin dependence of in-medium nucleon-nucleon cross section, but insensitive to symmetry potential. From this investigation, we propose that nuclear stopping can be used as a new probe to extract the information on the isospin dependence of in-medium nucleon-nucleon cross section in intermediate energy heavy ion collisions.
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- J Y Liu
- Center of Theoretrical Nuclear Physics, National Laboratory of Heavy Ion Accelerator, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China
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Yan W, Zuo W, Lin Q. [Evaluation of autonomic nervous function with heart rate variability and cardiovascular reflex tests in type II diabetes mellitus patients]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2000; 39:670-3. [PMID: 11374173] [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: 04/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate autonomic nervous function in simple diabetes mellitus patients, diabetic nephropathy(DN) patients and diabetes mellitus patients with accompanying coronary heart disease(DC) by studying heart rate variability (HRV) and cardiovascular reflex tests. METHODS 57 type II diabetes mellitus patients were divided into 3 groups: 29 of simple diabetes mellitus, 17 of DC, and 11 of DN. The three groups were matched to 15 healthy controls for age, HRV and three cardiovascular reflex tests were performed in all the patients. RESULTS The overall frequency of abnormal autonomic nervous function in 57 diabetes mellitus patients was 45.6%. All the diabetes mellitus groups especially the DN group were lower than a normal control group in time domain indexes and nonlinear dynamics indexes. As the patterns of R-R interval Poincare plots were concerned, the control group was mainly of comet-shaped pattern, the simple diabetes mellitus group was mainly of torpedo-shaped pattern, while the DN group and the DC group had more irregular patterns. CONCLUSION Decrease in HRV is an early clinical marker for evolving diabetic autonomic neuropathy. This method may be helpful for evaluating organ dysfunction in diabetes mellitus patients.
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- W Yan
- Department of Cardiology, Peking Uion Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union College, Beijing 100730, China
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Zuo W. [Progress in the prevention and control of whooping cough]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2000; 21:309-10. [PMID: 15468509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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- W Zuo
- Department of Epidemiology, Beijing Institute of Biological Products, Ministry of Health, Beijing 100024, China
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Dai L, Shen H, Yu Y, Wang Y, Zuo W, Kan X. [Endometrial nuclear progesterone receptors in infertile women]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2000; 29:184-7. [PMID: 11866909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the endometrial nuclear progesterone receptors (PgR) as well as its relationship with retarded endometrial development (RED) in infertile women. METHODS The progesterone profile, endometrial nuclear progesterone receptors (PgR) and endometrial biopsies were studied by using (125)I radioimmunoassay and immunohistochemical technique in 53 infertile women during median luteal phase. When the endometrial dating lagged 2 days behind the dating as determined by luteinizing hormone (LH) surge, diagnosis of luteal phase defect (LPD) was made. According to progesterone profile and endometrial morphology, the patients were divided into three groups: normal, luteal phase defect (LPD) and pseudocorpus luteum insufficiency (PLI). RESULTS During median luteal phase, RED were found in all of 24 cases with LPD and PLI, but PgR contents were different in them. Mean progesterone profile of 9 cases of PLI cycles was normal (60.2 nmol/L) but the endometrial nuclear PgR appeared to be prominently lower than in normal cycles during the median luteal phase (P < 0.01). Average progesterone level of 15 cases of LPD cycles were significantly lower (29.9 nmol/L) but endometrial nuclear PgR were similar to normal group (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION Retarded endometrial development may have different causes. Measurement of endometrial nuclear PgR is of assistance in differential diagnosis.
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- L Dai
- Department of Pathology, People's Hospital, Beijing Medical University, Beijing 100044, China
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Xiang X, Han G, Winkelmann DA, Zuo W, Morris NR. Dynamics of cytoplasmic dynein in living cells and the effect of a mutation in the dynactin complex actin-related protein Arp1. Curr Biol 2000; 10:603-6. [PMID: 10837229 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00488-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Cytoplasmic dynein is a minus-end-directed microtubule motor that participates in multiple cellular activities such as organelle transport and mitotic spindle assembly [1]. To study the dynamic behavior of cytoplasmic dynein in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans, we replaced the gene for the cytoplasmic dynein heavy chain, nudA, with a gene encoding a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged chimera, GFP-nudA. The GFP-NUDA fusion protein is fully functional in vivo: strains expressing only the GFP-tagged nudA grow as well as wild-type strains. Fluorescence microscopy showed GFP-NUDA to be in comet-like structures that moved in the hyphae toward the growing tip. Retrograde movement of some GFP-NUDA comets after they arrived at the tip was also observed. These dynamics of GFP-NUDA were not observed in cells treated with a microtubule-destabilizing drug, benomyl, suggesting they are microtubule-dependent. The rate of GFP-NUDA tip-ward movement is similar to the rate of cytoplasmic microtubule polymerization toward the hyphal tip, suggesting that GFP-NUDA is associated and moving with the polymerizing ends of microtubules. A mutation in actin-related protein Arp1 of the dynactin complex abolishes the presence of these dynamic GFP-NUDA structures near the hyphal tip, suggesting a targeting role of the dynactin complex.
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- X Xiang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
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Ma DC, Sun YH, Zuo W, Chang KZ, Chu JJ, Liu YG. CD34+ cells derived from fetal liver contained a high proportion of immature megakaryocytic progenitor cells. Eur J Haematol 2000; 64:304-14. [PMID: 10863976 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2000.90038.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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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Endoreplication and maturation of the megakaryocyte (MK) may be retarded or delayed during ontogenesis. In this study, CD34+ cells were isolated from both human fetal liver and adult bone marrow and incubated with thrombopoietin (TPO). The cell number, morphological characteristics, platelet-associated antigen phenotype, maturation stage and DNA ploidy of CD41+ cells were examined from day 0 to day 12 in culture. 1) TPO stimulated the proliferation of fetal liver (FL)-derived CD34+ cells with a mean 73.14-fold increase of CD41+ cells after 12 d in culture. Adult BM-derived CD34+ cells increased only slightly, with a mean 8.18-fold increase of CD41+ cells. 2) Although the membrane phenotype of both FL CD34+-derived MKs and BM CD34+ -derived MKs analyzed with CD41a, CD42a, CD61 and CD34 were similar, all FL CD34+-derived MKs were in maturation stage I and II and in low ploidy (<4N) class. By comparison, BM CD34+ MKs possessed 15% MKs in maturation stage III and IV and with 23% MKs in high ploidy class ( > 4N). 3) Most of cultured FL-derived CD34+ cells did not have a well developed demarcation system (DM) and numerous alpha-granules after 12 d incubation. von Willebrand factor (vWF) appeared earlier on the cultured BM-derived CD34+ cells than on FL-derived CD34+ cells. 4) The expression of both cyclin E and cyclin B1 progressively increased in FL CD34+ cells induced by TPO during 12 d in culture. 5) The expression of cyclin D1 gradually decreased in FL CD34+ cells induced by TPO over 12 d incubation. 6) Immunocytochemical analysis showed that cyclin D3 was detected only in cytoplasm of cultured FL-derived CD34+ cells, whereas in both cytoplasm and nuclei of cultured BM-derived CD34+ cells. These data suggest that FL-derived CD34+ cells contain a high proportion of immature megakaryocytic progenitor cells. It further suggests that TPO can push these progenitor cells into proliferation by upregulating the expression of cyclins B1 and E, and drive a high proportion of cells into megakaryocytic lineage.
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- D C Ma
- Department of Experimental Medicine, Northern Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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Dai L, Wang Y, Shen H, Zuo W, Kan X. [The significance of endometrial biopsy during luteal median phase in diagnosis of luteal function]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 1999; 28:344-7. [PMID: 11869546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the significance of progesterone profile and endometrial biopsy during luteal median phase in diagnosis of luteal function. METHODS The progesterone profile during median luteal phase and endometrial histology during median and late luteal phase of 53 infertile women with infertile and recurrent abortion for unknown reasons were studied. RESULTS Retarded endometrial development occurred in the median luteal phase in 24 of the 53 cases, 9 of which lasted into the late phase. The average progesterone profile of these patients was markedly lower compared with the control group (P < 0.05). However, the average progesterone profile remained normal in the other 13 cases, in whom, RED got normalized in the late luteal phase. Endometrial biopsies taken during the median and late luteal phase from the rest of 29 cases were normal. CONCLUSIONS In patients with retarded endometrial development during the full luteal phase, luteal function was decreased, but in patients with retarded endometrial development only during the median luteal phase, luteal function appeared to be normal.
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- L Dai
- Department of Pathology, People's Hospital, Beijing Medical University, Beijing 100044
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In the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans, nuclear migration in the germ tube is mediated by cytoplasmic dynein. We have previously reported the characterization of four nud (nuclear distribution) genes, nudA, nudC, nudF and nudG, involved in this process. The nudA and nudG genes respectively encode for the heavy chain and the 8-kDa light chain of cytoplasmic dynein. In this work, we describe an improved method for the isolation of nud mutants that has led to the identification of at least ten additional nud loci. We have cloned one of the genes, nudK, and determined that it encodes the actin-related protein Arp1, which is a component of the dynactin complex. This provides the first evidence that dynactin is involved in nuclear migration in A. nidulans.
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- X Xiang
- Department of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
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