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Huang S, Bai B, Yan Y, Gao Y, Xi X, Shi H, He H, Wang S, Yang J, Li Y. Prognostic value of the baseline magnetic resonance score in patients with acute posterior circulation ischaemic stroke after mechanical thrombectomy. Clin Radiol 2024; 79:e112-e118. [PMID: 37872027 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2023.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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AIM To investigate the prognostic value of the composite posterior circulation Acute Stroke Prognosis Early Computed tomography (CT) Score (ASPECTS)-Collaterals (pcASCO) score, which combines diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) posterior circulation ASPECTS (pcASPECTS) and the magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)-collateral circulation score at baseline among patients with acute posterior circulation ischaemic stroke after mechanical thrombectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with acute posterior circulation ischaemic stroke who underwent mechanical thrombectomy were analysed retrospectively. The DWI-pcASPECTS and MRA-collateral circulation score before treatment and the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at 90 days after treatment were used as the endpoints. An mRS ≤2 was defined as a good prognosis, and an mRS ≥3 was defined as a poor prognosis. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyse independent predictors of functional outcome 90 days after mechanical thrombectomy. RESULTS Mechanical thrombectomy was performed in 57 patients; 38 patients had a good prognosis, 19 patients had a poor prognosis, and 33 patients were successfully recanalised. Univariate logistic regression found that National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score (OR: 1.18, p<0.001), pcASPECTS (OR: 1.91, p=0.028) and pcASCO score (OR: 0.51, p=0.001) were factors of good functional outcome. Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC curve) analysis showed that the diagnostic efficiency of the NIHSS and pcASCO was better (AUC = 0.88, 0.83, p<0.05) than that of the pcASPECTS (AUC = 0.65). The prediction model was established by age, NIHSS, and pcASCO, and the diagnostic efficiency of the prediction model was better (AUC = 0.94). CONCLUSIONS The composite MR-pcASCO score can be used as an important predictor of the prognosis of patients with acute posterior circulation ischaemic stroke after mechanical thrombectomy.
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- Department of Radiology, Xi'an No. 1 Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest University, Xi'an 710002, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xi'an No. 1 Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest University, Xi'an 710002, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xi'an No. 1 Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest University, Xi'an 710002, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xi'an No. 1 Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest University, Xi'an 710002, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xi'an No. 1 Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest University, Xi'an 710002, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xi'an No. 1 Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest University, Xi'an 710002, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xi'an No. 1 Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest University, Xi'an 710002, China
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- MR Scientific Marketing, Siemens Healthineers, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Xi'an No.3 Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Northwest University, Xi'an 710018, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Xi'an No. 1 Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest University, Xi'an 710002, China.
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Deng T, DU B, Xi X. [Colorectal cancer cells induce the formation of cancer-associated fibroblasts by activating the ERK signaling pathway in fibroblasts]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2023; 43:943-951. [PMID: 37439166 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2023.06.09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the mechanism by which conditioned medium of colorectal cancer cells promotes the formation of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs). METHODS Normal human colorectal fibroblasts (CCD-18Co cells) in logarithmic growth phase were treated with the conditioned media of colorectal cancer HCT116 cells (HCT116-CM) or Caco-2 cells (Caco-2-CM) alone or in combination with 300 nmol/L ERK inhibitor SCH772984. The expression levels of CAFs-related molecular markers were detected in the treated cells with real-time quantitative PCR (RT- qPCR) and immunofluorescence assay, and the changes in cell proliferation, colony formation and migration were assessed with RTCA, colony formation and wound healing assays; Western blotting was performed to detect the activated signaling pathways in the fibroblasts and the changes in CAFs formation after blocking of the signaling pathway. RESULTS HCT116-CM and Caco-2-CM significantly upregulated mRNA expression levels of CAFs markers (including α-SMA, FAP, FN and TGF-β) in CCD-18Co cells, and strongly promoted fibroblast transformation into CAFs (P < 0.05). The two conditioned media also promoted the proliferation, colony formation and migration of CCD-18Co cells (P < 0.05) and significantly increased the levels of α-SMA protein and ERK phosphorylation in the cells (P < 0.05). The ERK inhibitor SCH772984 obviously inhibited the expression of α-SMA and the transformation of CCD-18Co cells into CAFs induced by the conditioned medium of colorectal cancer cells (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Colorectal cancer cells may induce the formation of colorectal CAFs by activating the ERK pathway in the fibroblasts.
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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Xi X, Bu XK. [Changes in hearing loss grading: viewpoints from otologic-audiologic interventions, public health, and gradation of disability]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2023; 58:612-620. [PMID: 37339904 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20230215-00072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
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- X Xi
- College of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, National Key Laboratory of Hearing and Balance Science, National Clinical Research Center for Otolaryngologic Diseases, Key Lab of Hearing Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Lab of Hearing Impairment for Prevention and Treatment, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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Wang ZN, Wang MS, Xi X. Clinical evidence of positive correlation between intrauterine adhesions and chronic endometritis: a retrospective study. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2023; 27:4601-4607. [PMID: 37259742 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202305_32467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to analyze the potential correlation between chronic endometritis (CE) and intrauterine adhesions (IUA) with its associated risk factors. PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed data from 131 patients who underwent hysteroscopic transcervical resection of adhesions (TCRA) for intrauterine adhesions at our hospital between February 2020 and February 2021. General clinical data were collected and analyzed using univariate, multifactorial, and logistic regression analyses. Patients with mild, moderate, and severe IUA were divided into two groups based on whether they coincided with CE (CE group) or not (NCE group). Logistic regression analysis of the factors associated with IUA was performed, and the recurrence rates of IUA after TCRA in the CE and NCE groups were registered. RESULTS The risk of severe IUA was higher in patients with a higher number of abortions, higher number of indolent abortions, and CD138 positivity. In addition, the incidence of IUA combined with chronic CE varied when comparing the different IUA stages: 10.70% (3/28) for patients with mild IUA, 25.00% (7/28) for patients with moderate IUA, and 64.30% (18/28) for patients with severe IUA. The recurrence rates of IUA after TCRA in the CE and NCE groups were 69.20% (9/26) and 30.08% (4/67), respectively, in patients with moderate to severe IUA, and the differences were statistically significant (χ2=12.782, p=0.001). CONCLUSIONS A correlation was observed between CE and IUA. Patients presenting both conditions had more severe IUA stage and higher recurrence rates after TCRA.
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- Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China.
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Ma J, Xu Z, Zhu J, Liu Y, Wang Q, Xi X, Zhang L, Huang J, Xiao L. [Fuyu Decoction improves ventricular remodeling in rats with heart failure by inhibiting AMPK/mTOR pathway-mediated autophagy]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2023; 43:466-473. [PMID: 37087593 PMCID: PMC10122732 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2023.03.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of Fuyu Decoction on ventricular remodeling and its association with AMPK/mTOR pathway-mediated autophagy in rats with heart failure. METHODS Thirty male Wistar rat models of heart failure induced by ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery were divided into model group, Fuyu Decoction treatment group, Fuyu Decoction treatment +AMPK agonist group (n=10), with another 10 rats receiving sham operation as the Sham group. After 8 weeks of drug intervention, the changes of ventricular function and ventricular remodeling indexs of the rats were assessed. TTC staining was used to detect the myocardial infarction area, and HE and Masson staining were used to observe the pathological changes in the myocardial tissue. Western blotting was performed to detect the protein expressions of p-AMPK, p-mTOR, LC3-II, Beclin1 and p62 in the myocardial tissue. RESULTS Compared with the sham-operated rats, the rat models of heart failure showed significantly increased left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV), left ventricular endsystolic volume (LVESV), and left ventricular mass index (LVMI) (P < 0.01), reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), left ventricular fractional shortening (LVFS), and decreased spherical index (SI) were (P < 0.01). The rat models also showed increased myocardial infarction area, obvious myocardial pathologies and fibrosis, increased apoptosis rate of the cardiomyocytes, enhanced myocardial expressions of p-AMPK, LC3-II/LC3-I and Beclin1 (P < 0.01), and reduced expressions of p-mTOR and p62 (P < 0.01). Fuyu Decoction treatment significantly ameliorated these changes in the rat models (all P < 0.01), but its effects were obviously blocked by treatment with EX229. CONCLUSION Fuyu Decoction can improve ventricular remodeling in rats with heart failure by inhibiting AMPK/mTOR signaling-mediated autophagy in the cardiomyocytes.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seventh People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China
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Yang HF, He KY, Koo J, Shen SW, Zhang SH, Liu G, Liu YZ, Chen C, Liang AJ, Huang K, Wang MX, Gao JJ, Luo X, Yang LX, Liu JP, Sun YP, Yan SC, Yan BH, Chen YL, Xi X, Liu ZK. Visualization of Chiral Electronic Structure and Anomalous Optical Response in a Material with Chiral Charge Density Waves. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 129:156401. [PMID: 36269973 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.156401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Chiral materials have attracted significant research interests as they exhibit intriguing physical properties, such as chiral optical response, spin-momentum locking, and chiral induced spin selectivity. Recently, layered transition metal dichalcogenide 1T-TaS_{2} has been found to host a chiral charge density wave (CDW) order. Nevertheless, the physical consequences of the chiral order, for example, in electronic structures and the optical properties, are yet to be explored. Here, we report the spectroscopic visualization of an emergent chiral electronic band structure in the CDW phase, characterized by windmill-shaped Fermi surfaces. We uncover a remarkable chirality-dependent circularly polarized Raman response due to the salient in-plane chiral symmetry of CDW, although the ordinary circular dichroism vanishes. Chiral Fermi surfaces and anomalous Raman responses coincide with the CDW transition, proving their lattice origin. Our Letter paves a path to manipulate the chiral electronic and optical properties in two-dimensional materials and explore applications in polarization optics and spintronics.
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- H F Yang
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
- ShanghaiTech Laboratory for Topological Physics, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
- ShanghaiTech Laboratory for Topological Physics, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, HFIPS, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, HFIPS, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
- ShanghaiTech Laboratory for Topological Physics, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, HFIPS, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, HFIPS, Hefei, 230031, People's Republic of China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
- ShanghaiTech Laboratory for Topological Physics, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
- ShanghaiTech Laboratory for Topological Physics, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
- ShanghaiTech Laboratory for Topological Physics, Shanghai 201210, People's Republic of China
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Xi X, Zhou P, Zhang LP, Lan L. [The evolution of the pure-tone audiometric technique:from classical psychophysics to mobile automated audiometry]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2021; 56:1344-1349. [PMID: 34963226 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20210918-00617] [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: 06/14/2023]
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- X Xi
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Otolaryngologic Diseases, Key Lab of Hearing Impairment Science of Ministry of Education, Key Lab of Hearing Impairment Prevention and Treatment of Beijing, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Shandong Provincial Hearing and Balance Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine,Shandong University,Jinan 250021, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Otolaryngologic Diseases, Key Lab of Hearing Impairment Science of Ministry of Education, Key Lab of Hearing Impairment Prevention and Treatment of Beijing, Beijing 100853, China
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Xi X, Zhao AR, Pang XH, Zhang LH, Wang Q, Wang Y, Su YY, Yuan LD, Zhao Q, Shi Q. [Preliminary audiological evaluation of the SoundBite bone conduction devices in adults with single-sided deafness]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2021; 56:478-486. [PMID: 34011002 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20200602-00465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: The auditory deficits of single-sided deafness (SSD) can be treated with a novel intra-oral device, SoundBite, which delivers sound by applying vibratory signal to the teeth. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and benefit of the bone conduction device for Chinese adults with SSD. Methods: Eighteen patients aged 19-66 yrs with acquired, permanent sensorineural SSD and no current treatment by any other devices for SSD, were recruited in a prospective controlled, nonrandomized, unblinded study. They were requested the continually daily wear of the new device over a 30-day free trial period. The intra-oral hearing device was placed around two maxillary teeth and was similar to a small partial denture or retainer. The audiological tests included pure tone air conduction thresholds, monosyllable word recognition score (WRS) in quiet and sentence reception thresholds in noise (via CMNmatrix test). The benefit was determined with the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) and the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ) questionnaire. Results: The monosyllable WRS and the 50% threshold of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR50) were significantly better in all aided conditions. The head shadow effect, assessed by the SNR50 via CMNmatrix test improved an average of 2.6 dB after 30 days' wearing compared with unaided condition (P<0.001). The APHAB scores improved (P<0.05) for all subjects for the Global and Ease of Communication, Reverberation, Background Noise subscales. The SSQ scores improved (P<0.05) for all subjects for Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing subscales. Conclusion: The SoundBite is a good alternative to the well-established implantable bone conduction devices in patients with SSD. An improvement in listening ability in noise and quiet as well as a decrease of the head shadow effect is validated as the expected.
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- School of Medical Technology and information Engineering, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China
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- Department of Dentistry, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- The Fourth Clinical School, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Dentistry, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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Xi X, Han F, Sun LZ. [Obstructive sleep apnea and aortic dissection]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2018; 41:638-643. [PMID: 30138975 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2018.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Xia JY, Yu QN, Xi X, Yang BB. [The current status and applications of implantable bone-conduction devices]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2018; 53:537-543. [PMID: 30032500 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-0860.2018.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Implantable bone-conduction devices are characterized by the fact that the vibration is transmitted through bone conduction. The technology and surgical techniques in the application of implantable bone-conduction devices have developed considerably in recent years, experiencing a transformation from percutaneous to transcutaneous implantation. This article reviewed current developments in the types, surgical indications, and complications, as well as compared between the various bone-conduction devices to provid references for clinical application.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310002, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shaoxing Keqiao Women and Children's Hospital, Zhejiang 312030, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310002, China
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Hu Y, E H, Yu X, Li F, Zeng L, Lu Q, Xi X, Shen L. Correlation of quantitative parameters of magnetic resonance perfusion-weighted imaging with vascular endothelial growth factor, microvessel density and hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Evaluation on radiosensitivity study. Clin Otolaryngol 2017; 43:425-433. [PMID: 28892580 DOI: 10.1111/coa.12982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the correlation of parameters of magnetic resonance perfusion-weighted imaging (MR-PWI) with the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) and microvessel density (MVD) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) so as to explore the value of predicting radiosensitivity. DESIGN A prospective study. SETTING Department of Head-and-neck radiotherapy in Hunan Cancer Hospital. PARTICIPANTS Ninety-four patients of NPC were included between December 2013 and December 2014. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The expression of VEGF, MVD and HIF-1α was studied by immunohistochemistry, and magnetic resonance perfusion-weighted imaging (MR-PWI) was performed before and after undergoing radiotherapy (20 Gy dose). Parameters of MR-PWI, volume of primary tumour and rate of tumour remission were measured and calculated. Patients with primary local tumour were then divided into completely response group (CR group) and partially response group (non-CR group) according to tumour regression condition. Relevant parameters were analysed by Spearman, and diagnostic efficiency of radiosensitivity was analysed by receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC). RESULTS The expression of VEGF was positively correlated with MVD (r = .322,P < .05), but the expression of HIF-1α was no significant correlations with VEGF and MVD. The expression VEGF was in positive correlation with fractional plasma volume (fpv) (r = .339, P = .05) before radiotherapy. There was a significant difference in the quantitative parameters of MR-PWI between CR group and non-CR group during the course of radiotherapy and at the end of radiotherapy treatment. The change of blood reflux constant (Δkep20) and extravascular extracellular space volume fraction (ΔVe20) before and after treatment was positively correlated with primary local tumour remission condition after 3 month treatment; Δkep and ΔVe were negatively correlated with primary local tumour remission condition after 3 months. Tumour regression rate was only positively correlated with Ve and the average volume of primary tumour after 2 week treatment (V1). ROC curve showed that R20 ≥ 65.69%, and was considered as a threshold to predict primary local tumour remission, with a sensitivity of 0.84 and specificity of 0.69, and area under the curve was 0.819 (P = .000). CONCLUSIONS The parameters of MR-PWI with the expression of VEGF, HIF-1α and MVD could be guidance for predicting radiosensitivity in NPC.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pathology, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Li F, Xu M, Qin C, Xia L, Xiong Y, Xi X, Fan X, Gu J, Pu J, Wu Q, Lu S, Wang G. Recombinant fusion ESAT6-CFP10 immunogen as a skin test reagent for tuberculosis diagnosis: an open-label, randomized, two-centre phase 2a clinical trial. Clin Microbiol Infect 2016; 22:889.e9-889.e16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2016] [Revised: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Wen LF, Liu S, Li XY, Xi X. [Correlation between red cell distribution width and the severity and prognosis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2016; 39:459-63. [PMID: 27289576 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2016.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the relationship between circulating red cell distribution width (RDW) and the severity and prognosis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). METHODS A total of 66 consecutive patients with very likely CTEPH diagnosed by echocardiography and/or right heart catheterization were enrolled from August, 2007 to July, 2014. The patients included 31 females and 35 males with a mean age of (58±13) years. Based on the cut-off value of RDW=14%, the patients were divided into 2 groups as RDW>14% group(n=21) and RDW≤14% group(n=45). The baseline profile was recorded and compared between the 2 groups and the follow-up outcomes were analyzed by ROC curves and Logistic regression survival analysis. RESULTS The median of follow-up time was 2 years, including 21 dead and 45 survived patients. The RDW level was positively related to creatinine(r=0.258, P=0.037), BNP(r=0.263, P=0.033) and uric acid(r=0.359, P<0.010). ROC analysis showed that RDW, BNP, and uric acid were the effective predictors for all-cause mortality in CTEPH patients(P<0.001, P=0.038, respectively), the area under the curve being 0.734, 0.806, and 0.659 respectively. Based on the cut-off value of 14%, the sensitivity and specificity for RDW prediction for CTEPH mortality was 60% and 80% respectively. The RDW≤14% group had better prognosis than the RDW>14% group (P<0.001). Moreover, the levels of BNP and uric acid were higher in the RDW>14% group than those in the RDW≤14% group(U=-3.558, P<0.05). Multi-Logistic regression analysis showed that RDW>14% was an independent risk factor for predicting death in CTEPH patients. CONCLUSIONS RDW level was inversely related to the clinical condition and prognosis of CTEPH. Higher RDW, as an independent risk factor for adverse events, was correlated with severity and worse prognosis of the disease.
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- L F Wen
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Affiliated Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, 100029, China
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Bovine mastitis is an economical important microbial disease in dairy industry. Some recent human clinical trials have shown that oral probiotics supplementation could effectively control clinical mastitis, suggesting that the mechanism of mastitis protection might be achieved via the host gut microbiota. We aimed to test our hypothesis that bovine mastitis was related to changes in both the mammary and gut microbial profiles. By quantitative PCR, the milk and faecal microbial profiles of cows with low (<3×105 cells/ml) and high (>1×106 cells/ml) somatic cell count (SCC) were compared. Firstly, we observed drastic differences in both the milk and faecal microbial compositions at genus and Lactobacillus-species levels between the two groups. Secondly, the pattern of faecal microbial community changes of mastitis cows was similar to that of the milk, characterised by a general increase in the mastitis pathogens (Enterococcus, Streptococcus and Staphylococcus) and deprivation of Lactobacillus and its members (L. salivarius, L. sakei, L. ruminis, L. delbrueckii, L. buchneri, and L. acidophilus). Thirdly, only the faecal lactobacilli, but not bifidobacteria correlated with the milk microbial communities and SCC. Our data together hint to a close association between bovine mastitis, the host gut and milk microbiota.
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- C Ma
- 1 Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education P.R. China, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot 010018, China P.R
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- 1 Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education P.R. China, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot 010018, China P.R
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- 1 Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education P.R. China, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot 010018, China P.R
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- 1 Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education P.R. China, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot 010018, China P.R
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- 1 Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education P.R. China, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot 010018, China P.R
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- 1 Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education P.R. China, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot 010018, China P.R
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- 1 Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education P.R. China, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot 010018, China P.R
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Chen J, Bai M, Ning C, Xie B, Zhang J, Liao H, Xiong J, Tao X, Yan D, Xi X, Chen X, Yu Y, Bast RC, Zhang Z, Feng Y, Zheng W. Gankyrin facilitates follicle-stimulating hormone-driven ovarian cancer cell proliferation through the PI3K/AKT/HIF-1α/cyclin D1 pathway. Oncogene 2015; 35:2506-17. [PMID: 26364616 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2015.316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2015] [Revised: 06/04/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Gankyrin is a regulatory subunit of the 26kD proteasome complex. As a novel oncoprotein, gankyrin is expressed aberrantly in cancers from several different sites and has been shown to contribute to oncogenesis in endometrial and cervical carcinomas. Neither gankyrin's contribution to the development of epithelial ovarian cancer nor its interaction with follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-driven proliferation in ovarian cancer has been studied. Here we have found that gankyrin is overexpressed in ovarian cancers compared with benign ovarian cystadenomas and that gankyrin regulates FSH upregulation of cyclin D1. Importantly, gankyrin regulates PI3K/AKT signaling by downregulating PTEN. Prolonged AKT activation by FSH stimulation of the FSH receptor (FSHR) promotes gankyrin expression, which, in turn, enhances AKT activation by inhibiting PTEN. Overexpression of gankyrin decreases hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) protein levels, but has little effect on HIF-1α mRNA levels, which could be attributed to gankyrin mediating HIF-1α protein stability via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. Reduction in HIF-1α protein stability led to attenuation of the binding with cyclin D1 promoter, resulted in abolishment of the negative regulation of cyclin D1 by HIF-1α, which promotes proliferation of ovarian cancer cells. Our results document that gankyrin regulates HIF-1α protein stability and cyclin D1 expression, ultimately mediating FSH-driven ovarian cancer cell proliferation.
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- J Chen
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neuropathology, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Department of Experimental Therapeutics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA.,Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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Peng X, Dong M, Ma L, Jia XE, Mao J, Jin C, Chen Y, Gao L, Liu X, Ma K, Wang L, Du T, Jin Y, Huang Q, Li K, Zon LI, Liu T, Deng M, Zhou Y, Xi X, Zhou Y, Chen S. A point mutation of zebrafish c-cbl gene in the ring finger domain produces a phenotype mimicking human myeloproliferative disease. Leukemia 2015; 29:2355-65. [PMID: 26104663 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2015.154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2015] [Revised: 05/09/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Controlled self-renewal and differentiation of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) are critical for vertebrate development and survival. These processes are tightly regulated by the transcription factors, signaling molecules and epigenetic factors. Impaired regulations of their function could result in hematological malignancies. Using a large-scale zebrafish N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea mutagenesis screening, we identified a line named LDD731, which presented significantly increased HSPCs in hematopoietic organs. Further analysis revealed that the cells of erythroid/myeloid lineages in definitive hematopoiesis were increased while the primitive hematopoiesis was not affected. The homozygous mutation was lethal with a median survival time around 14-15 days post fertilization. The causal mutation was located by positional cloning in the c-cbl gene, the human ortholog of which, c-CBL, is found frequently mutated in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) or acute leukemia. Sequence analysis showed the mutation in LDD731 caused a histidine-to-tyrosine substitution of the amino acid codon 382 within the RING finger domain of c-Cbl. Moreover, the myeloproliferative phenotype in zebrafish seemed dependent on the Flt3 (fms-like tyrosine kinase 3) signaling, consistent with that observed in both mice and humans. Our study may shed new light on the pathogenesis of MPN and provide a useful in vivo vertebrate model of this syndrome for screening drugs.
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- X Peng
- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital, Hematology/Oncology Program at Children's Hospital and Dana Faber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital, Hematology/Oncology Program at Children's Hospital and Dana Faber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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Haemophilia A (HA) and haemophilia B (HB) are the most common X-linked inherited bleeding disorders. It is important to detect the carrier women in families with HA/HB and subsequent antenatal diagnosis of confirmed carriers. This study consists of 102 HA families which include 68 mothers for prenatal diagnosis and 107 female relatives for carrier diagnosis, and 29 HB families which include 16 mothers and 31 female relatives respectively. The rapid fluorescent PCR with two groups of different combined polymorphism markers was applied for linkage analysis in HA and HB families respectively. The Amelogenin gene was added to help the detection of gender diagnosis. Gene sequencing was also used to detect the mutations directly. There were 37 causative F8C mutations (23 novel) and 24 causative F9C mutations (eight novel) found in this cohort of patients. Few of the women could not be diagnosed due to homologous recombination and/or inability to locate the mutation. Complicated cases have been found in some families. With regard to carrier and prenatal diagnosis, it was considered that genetic diagnosis by linkage analysis and direct sequencing was successful. Some special families might require combination of the linkage analysis and gene sequence for a successful diagnosis. New intragenic SNP and STR sites special to Chinese population need to be discovered.
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- J Dai
- Clinical Transfusion Department, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
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Xiaochun Y, Jia W, Linlin Y, Xi X. Torsion of the testicle in a patient with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome. J OBSTET GYNAECOL 2010; 30:639-40. [PMID: 20701524 DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2010.489975] [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: 02/05/2023]
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- Y Xiaochun
- Department of Urology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
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Guo Y, Zhang X, Huang D, Xi X, Liu Y, Zhu J. Acute myocardial infarction in a Chinese patient with haemophilia A and risk factors for coronary artery disease: a case report with autopsy. Haemophilia 2010; 16:691-3. [PMID: 20236355 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2010.02212.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Yu T, Wang X, Ding Q, Fu Q, Dai J, Lu Y, Xi X, Wang H. Using a minigene approach to characterize a novel splice site mutation in human F7 gene causing inherited factor VII deficiency in a Chinese pedigree. Haemophilia 2009; 15:1262-6. [PMID: 19601987 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2009.02064.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Factor VII deficiency which transmitted as an autosomal recessive disorder is a rare haemorrhagic condition. The aim of this study was to identify the molecular genetic defect and determine its functional consequences in a Chinese pedigree with FVII deficiency. The proband was diagnosed as inherited coagulation FVII deficiency by reduced plasma levels of FVII activity (4.4%) and antigen (38.5%). All nine exons and their flanking sequence of F7 gene were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the proband and the PCR products were directly sequenced. The compound heterozygous mutations of F7 (NM_000131.3) c.572-1G>A and F7 (NM_000131.3) c.1165T>G; p.Cys389Gly were identified in the proband's F7 gene. To investigate the splicing patterns associated with F7 c.572-1G>A, ectopic transcripts in leucocytes of the proband were analyzed. F7 minigenes, spanning from intron 4 to intron 7 and carrying either an A or a G at position -1 of intron 5, were constructed and transiently transfected into human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293T cells, followed by RT-PCR analysis. The aberrant transcripts from the F7 c.572-1G>A mutant allele were not detected by ectopic transcription study. Sequencing of the RT-PCR products from the mutant transfectant demonstrated the production of an erroneously spliced mRNA with exon 6 skipping, whereas a normal splicing occurred in the wide type transfectant. The aberrant mRNA produced from the F7 c.572-1G>A mutant allele is responsible for the factor VII deficiency in this pedigree.
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- T Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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The matching of two-dimensional shapes is an important problem with many applications in anthropology. Examples of objects that anthropologists are interested in classifying, clustering and indexing based on shape include bone fragments, projectile points (arrowheads/spearpoints), petroglyphs and ceramics. Interest in matching such objects originates from the fundamental question for many biological anthropologists and archaeologists: how can we best quantify differences and similarities? This interest is fuelled in part by a movement that notes: 'an increasing number of archaeologists are showing interest in employing Darwinian evolutionary theory to explain variation in the material record'. Aiding such research efforts with computers requires a shape similarity measure that is invariant to many distortions, including scale, offset, noise, partial occlusion, etc. Most of these distortions are relatively easy to handle, either in the representation of the data or in the similarity measure used. However, rotation invariance seems to be uniquely difficult. Current approaches typically try to achieve rotation invariance in the representation of the data, at the expense of poor discrimination ability, or in the distance measure, at the expense of efficiency. In this work, we show that we can take the slow but accurate approaches and dramatically speed them up. On real world problems, our technique can take current approaches and make them four orders of magnitude faster, without false dismissals. Moreover, our technique can be used with any of the dozens of existing shape representations and with all the most popular distance measures, including Euclidean distance, dynamic time warping and longest common subsequence. We show the applications of our work to several important problems in anthropology, including clustering and indexing of skulls, projectile points and petroglyphs.
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- L Wei
- Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of California-RiversideRiverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of California-RiversideRiverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of California-RiversideRiverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of California-RiversideRiverside, CA 92521, USA
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Yang F, Shi P, Xi X, Yi S, Li H, Sun Q, Sun M. Recombinant adenoviruses expressing TRAIL demonstrate antitumor effects on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Med Oncol 2006; 23:191-204. [PMID: 16720919 DOI: 10.1385/mo:23:2:191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2005] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 09/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) induces apoptosis in a variety of malignant cells, but not in normal cells. This preferential toxicity to the abnormal cells renders TRAIL potentially a very powerful therapeutic weapon against cancer. However, a requirement for large quantities of TRAIL to suppress tumor growth in vivo is one of the major factors that has hindered it from being widely applied clinically. To overcome this, we constructed a replication-deficient adenovirus that carries a human full-length TRAIL gene (Ad-TRAIL) and tested its efficacy against a lung cancer model system in comparison to that of the recombinant soluble TRAIL protein. METHODS To investigate the antitumor activity and therapeutic value of the Ad-TRAIL on the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), four NSCLC cell lines, namely, YTMLC, GLC, A549, and H460 cells, were used. TRAIL protein expression was determined by Western blotting and flow cytometry. Cell viability was analyzed by proliferation assay, and DNA ladder and cell-cycle analysis were used to identify apoptosis. To further evaluate the effect of Ad-TRAIL in vivo, YTMLC cells were inoculated to the subcutis of nude mice. The Ad-TRAIL was subsequently administered into the established tumors. Tumor growth and the TRAIL toxicity were evaluated after treatment. RESULTS YTMLC cells infected with Ad-TRAIL showed decreased cell viability and a higher percentage of apoptosis. Similar, Ad-TRAIL treatment also significantly suppressed tumor growth in vivo. CONCLUSIONS TRAIL gene therapy provides a promising therapy for the treatment of NSCLC.
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MESH Headings
- Adenoviridae
- Animals
- Apoptosis/genetics
- Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/biosynthesis
- Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/genetics
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/genetics
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/therapy
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/ultrastructure
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Proliferation
- Genetic Therapy
- Humans
- Lung Neoplasms/genetics
- Lung Neoplasms/metabolism
- Lung Neoplasms/therapy
- Lung Neoplasms/ultrastructure
- Membrane Glycoproteins/biosynthesis
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Nude
- Neoplasms, Experimental/genetics
- Neoplasms, Experimental/metabolism
- Neoplasms, Experimental/therapy
- Neoplasms, Experimental/ultrastructure
- TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/biosynthesis
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics
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- Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Jiaoling Road 379, Kunming, Yunnan 650118, P.R. China
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Morrison C, White C, Ye J, Martin R, Xi X. WITHDRAWN: Direct regulation of food intake and hypothalamic gene expression by amino acids. Appetite 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2006.03.257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Xia K, Wu L, Liu X, Xi X, Liang D, Zheng D, Cai F, Pan Q, Long Z, Dai H, Hu Z, Tang B, Zhang Z, Xia J. Mutation in PITX2 is associated with ring dermoid of the cornea. J Med Genet 2004; 41:e129. [PMID: 15591271 PMCID: PMC1735645 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2004.022434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- K Xia
- National Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
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We have recently shown that the platelet integrin alpha(IIb)beta(3) is activated by von Willebrand factor (vWF) binding to its platelet receptor, glycoprotein Ib-IX (GPIb-IX), via the protein kinase G (PKG) signaling pathway. Here we show that GPIb-IX-mediated activation of integrin alpha(IIb)beta(3) is inhibited by dominant negative mutants of Raf-1 and MEK1 in a reconstituted integrin activation model in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and that the integrin-dependent platelet aggregation induced by either vWF or low dose thrombin is inhibited by MEK inhibitors PD98059 and U0126. Thus, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is important in GPIb-IX-dependent activation of platelet integrin alpha(IIb)beta(3). Furthermore, vWF binding to GPIb-IX induces phosphorylation of Thr-202/Tyr-204 of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 (ERK2). GPIb-IX-induced ERK2 phosphorylation is inhibited by PKG inhibitors and enhanced by overexpression of recombinant PKG. PKG activators also induce ERK phosphorylation, indicating that activation of MAPK pathway is downstream from PKG. Thus, our data delineate a novel integrin activation pathway in which ligand binding to GPIb-IX activates PKG that stimulates MAPK pathway, leading to integrin activation.
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- Z Li
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
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Xi X, Han J, Zhang JZ. Stimulation of glucose transport by AMP-activated protein kinase via activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:41029-34. [PMID: 11546797 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m102824200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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Activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) has been recently demonstrated to be associated with 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleoside (AICAR)-stimulated glucose transport mediated by both GLUT1 and GLUT4 transporters. However, signaling events upstream and downstream of AMPK are unknown. Here we report that 1) p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 3 (MKK3) were activated by AICAR in Clone 9 cells, which express only the GLUT1 transporters, and 2) activation of p38 was required for AICAR-stimulated glucose transport since treatment of the cells with p38 inhibitor SB203580 or overexpression of dominant negative p38 mutant inhibited glucose transport. Moreover, we found that overexpression of the constitutively active form of AMPK mutant also resulted in a significant activation of p38, and inhibition of p38 activity by SB203580 did not affect AICAR-stimulated activation of AMPK. These findings demonstrate that AICAR-stimulated activation of p38 is indeed mediated by AMPK, and the p38 MAPK cascade is downstream of AMPK in the signaling pathway of AICAR-stimulated glucose transport in Clone 9 cells.
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- X Xi
- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4951, USA
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Xi X, Xu F, Cao J, Tao S. [Estimation of LC50 of chemicals to rainbow trout by fragment constant method]. Huan Jing Ke Xue 2001; 22:29-32. [PMID: 11569109] [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: 02/21/2023]
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A fragment constant model for prediction of 96 h LC50 of chemicals to rainbow trout was developed based on measured experimental data of 258 chemicals collected from the literature. The accuracy and the robustness of the model were discussed. The coefficient of determination of the model is 0.9495 and the mean residual is 0.42 log-unit. The model is robust for both individual chemical or chemical class.
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- X Xi
- Dept of Urban and Environ Sci., Peking University, MOE Lab. of Earth Surface Processes, Beijing 100871, China
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It has recently been found that tumor cells express large amounts of urokinase receptor (uPAR) on their surface and that the blood soluble uPAR (suPAR) level in cancer patients is increased. However, the significance of suPAR in tumor progression is still unclear. To investigate the significance of suPAR in evaluating clinical status of solid tumor patients, an immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) based on using two monoclonal antibodies (McAbs) to different epitopes of uPAR was established to determine the serum levels of suPAR in normal individuals and solid tumor patients. The detectable range of this suPAR IRMA was 1.95-500 microg/l. The affinity constant was 4.75x10(9) l/mol. The mean rate of recovery was 101.3%, and the mean coefficients of variation for intra- and interassay were 6.40+/-2.57% (mean+/-S.D., n = 11) and 10.48+/-2.65% (n = 5), respectively. The serum suPAR levels were 2.71+/-1.12 microg/l in 62 normal individuals, 3.71+/-1.69 microg/l in 30 patients with benign tumors, and 5.82+/-2.27 microg/l in 124 patients with malignant tumors. The serum suPAR levels of these two types of tumor patients were increased in comparison with that of normal individuals (P values less than.01 and.001). The extent of their increase in malignant tumors was much greater than in benign tumors (P < .001). The serum suPAR levels of patients with malignant tumors were correlated with tumor invasion, metastasis, and surgical intervention. Our data suggest that IRMA for suPAR could be a sensitive and specific assay and that the serum suPAR level would be a valuable index for evaluating the condition and prognosis of tumor patients in clinic.
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- W Gao
- Thrombosis and Hemostasis Research Unit, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University, 215006, Jiangsu, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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Photoelastic and shadowgraph imaging techniques were used to visualize the propagation and evolution of stress waves, and the resultant transient stress fields in solids during shock wave lithotripsy. In parallel, theoretical analysis of the wavefront evolution inside the solids was performed using a ray-tracing method. Excellent agreement between the theoretical prediction and experimental results was observed. Both the sample size and geometry were found to have a significant influence on the wave evolution and associated stress field produced inside the solid. In particular, characteristic patterns of spalling damage (i.e., transverse and longitudinal crack formation) were observed using plaster-of-Paris cylindrical phantoms of rectangular and circular cross sections. It was found that the leading tensile pulse of the reflected longitudinal wave is responsible for the initiation of microcracks in regions inside the phantom where high tensile stresses are produced. In addition, the transmitted shear wave was found to play a critical role in facilitating the extension and propagation of the microcrack.
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- X Xi
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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Xi X. Treatment of protrusion of lumbar intervertebral disc by massotherapy under anesthesia--a report of 64 cases. J TRADIT CHIN MED 2000; 20:277-9. [PMID: 11263282] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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- X Xi
- Kunshan Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunshan 215300, Jiangsu Province
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Xi X, Jin Y, Wu D, Ren B. [An experiment on disinfection using high power microwave]. Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi 2000; 17:231-2. [PMID: 12557787] [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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This experimental disinfection was intended to examine the effect of high power microwave on bacteria, and the putative nonthermal effect. The bacteria of the experimental groups were irradiated by high power microwave in different intensities and time and were compared with the controls--bacteria heated only. The principles of disinfection by means of high power microwave were studied. The results showed that the temperature did not change after the dry bacteria were irradiated by high power microwave in different intensities and time, but the number of bacteria alive decreased significantly(P < 0.05). The high power microwave's effect of disinfection was greater in the wet bacteria group than in the dry bacteria group and the bacteria heated group. These data indicate that the disinfection effect of high power microwave is higher than that of heating. High power microwave can kill dry bacteria, and it has the nonthermal effect in addition to its thermal effect.
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- X Xi
- School of Automation and Information Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048
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Peripheral administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is associated with alterations in sleep and the electroencephalogram. To evaluate potential neuronal mechanisms for the somnogenic effects of LPS administration, we used unanesthetized rats to survey the firing patterns of neurons in various regions of rat basal forebrain (BF) and hypothalamus during spontaneous sleep and waking and during the epochs of sleep and waking that occurred after the intraperitoneal administration of LPS. In the brain regions studied, LPS administration was associated with altered firing rates in 39% of the neurons examined. A larger proportion of LPS-responsive units showed vigilance-related alterations in firing rates compared with nonresponsive units. Approximately equal proportions of LPS-responsive neurons showed increased and decreased firing rates after LPS administration, with some units in the lateral preoptic area of the hypothalamus showing particularly robust increases. These findings are consistent with other studies showing vigilance-related changes in neuronal activity in various regions of BF and hypothalamus and further demonstrate that peripheral LPS administration alters neuronal firing rates in these structures during both sleep and waking.
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- X Xi
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
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Xi X, Zhong P. Improvement of stone fragmentation during shock-wave lithotripsy using a combined EH/PEAA shock-wave generator-in vitro experiments. Ultrasound Med Biol 2000; 26:457-67. [PMID: 10773377 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(99)00124-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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To control the collapse of cavitation bubbles induced during shock-wave lithotripsy (SWL), a piezoelectric annular array (PEAA) shock-wave generator was fabricated and combined with an experimental electrohydraulic (EH) shock-wave lithotripter with a truncated HM-3 reflector. The PEAA generator consists of eight individual transducers of 200-kHz resonant frequency. At a discharge voltage of 15 kV, the PEAA generator produces a shock wave with a peak positive pressure of 8.2 MPa, a positive half cycle duration of 2.9 micros, and a -6-dB beam width of 5 mm. The trigger of the PEAA generator was controlled via fiberoptic link with reference to the spark discharge of the EH generator. Hence, the PEAA-generated shock wave could be used to interact with cavitation bubbles induced by the EH source at various stages of their oscillation. The duration of bubble oscillation during SWL was monitored by a 2.25-MHz focused hydrophone, and this information was used to control the release timing of the PEAA generator. Stone fragmentation tests in vitro were carried out, and demonstrated that stone comminution could be significantly enhanced when the shock wave-bubble interaction occurred during the collapsing phase of the bubbles. A maximum increment of 60% to 80% in stone fragmentation was achieved when the PEAA-generated shock wave arrives near the collapse of the bubbles. Under these conditions, much intensified collapse of the bubbles near the surface of the stone, with strong secondary shock-wave emission and increased stress concentration at the impact site of the solid boundary, was observed using high-speed shadowgraph and photoelastic imaging.
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- X Xi
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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Xi X, Liu G. [Influence of drug compatibility on extractive retes of chlorogenic acid and isochlorogenic acid in simiaoyonglan tang decoction]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 1999; 24:694-6, 704. [PMID: 12212093] [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: 02/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the influence of drug compatibility on the extractive rates of chlorogenic acid and isochlorogenic acid in Simiaoyonglan Tang (SMYAT) decoction. METHOD The contents of chlorogenic acid and isochlorogenic acid in SMYAT decoction, Flos Lonicerae and Flos Lonicerae in combination with other single drugs were determined by TLC-UV spectrophotometry respectively. The data from this experiment were treated statistically. RESULTS The contents of chlorogenic acid in other five prescriptions of different compatibilities decreased markedly in comparison with those in Flos Loniceraés decoction (P < 0.01). The content of isochlorogenic acid in SMYAT decoction as a whole was about the same as thar in Flos Loniceraés decoction, but decreased significantly in other prescriptions of different compatibilities (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION Drug compatibility is one of the main causes for changes of chlorogenic acid and isochlorogenic acid contents in SMYAT decoction.
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- X Xi
- Guiyang College of TCM, Guiyang 550002
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Two projects in our laboratory highlight some recent developments in shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) physics research. In the first project, we developed a prototype of a piezoelectric annular array (PEAA) shockwave generator that can be retrofitted on a Dornier HM-3 lithotripter for active control of cavitation during SWL. The PEAA generator, operating at 15 kV, produces a peak positive pressure of approximately 8 MPa with a -6-dB beam diameter of 5 mm. The shockwave generated by the PEAA was used to control and force the collapse of cavitation bubbles induced by a laboratory electrohydraulic shockwave lithotripter with a truncated HM-3 reflector. With optimal time delay between the lithotripter pulse and the PEAA-generated shockwave, the collapse of cavitation bubbles near the stone surface could be intensified, and the resultant stone fragmentation in vitro could be significantly improved. In the second project, high-speed shadowgraph imaging was used to visualize the dynamics of lithotripter-induced bubble oscillation in a vascular phantom. Compared with the free bubble oscillation in water, the expansion of cavitation bubble(s) produced in silicone tubes and a 200-microm cellulose hollow fiber by either a Nortech EHL or a Dornier XL-1 lithotripter was found to be significantly constrained. Rupture of the cellulose hollow fiber was observed consistently after about 20 shocks from the XL-1 lithotripter at an output voltage of 20 kV. These results confirm experimentally that SWL-induced cavitation in vivo can be significantly constrained by the surrounding tissue, and large intraluminal bubble expansions could cause rupture of capillaries and small blood vessels.
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- P Zhong
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0300, USA.
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Xi X, Wei M, Wen J, Wang S. [Design of CXLY-II low frequency magnetic fields pulse generator]. Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi 1999; 16:314-7. [PMID: 12552752] [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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An experimental device, low frequency magnetic fields pulse generator, has been designed and accomplished in our department. It can provide low frequency magnetic fields pulse with the intensity from 150mT to 800mT and the frequency from 0 to 100Hz. This device is easy to operate and performs reliably. It can stably work for a long time and has been successful used in the experiment of magnetic biological effect.
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- X Xi
- School of Automation and Information Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048
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Wu D, Wang D, Xi X, Li X, Mo J. [The influence of pulsed magnetic fields on SOD's activity and MDA value in metabolism of mice]. Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi 1999; 16:359-61. [PMID: 12552762] [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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This experiment aimed to investigate the influence of pulsed extremely-low-frequency-magnetic fields on free radical metabolism of mice. Thirty-two mice were randomly divided into four groups and were exposed to 0 T, 0.25 T, 0.34 T and 0.64 T intensity pulsed magnetic fields of 20 Hz for 40 min. The 0 T exposed group was the control group. The free radical metabolism, SOD's activity and MDA, of mice were measured respectively. The result showed the SOD's activity and MDA of the 0.34 T exposed group were both significantly lower (P < 0.01, P < 0.05) than that of the control group, while the 0.25 T and 0.64 T exposed groups were not significantly different from the control group. This demonstrates that the biological effect of pulsed extremely-low-frequency magnetic fields on free radical metabolism of mice varies and depends on the intensity of the fields. The "window" effect may exist.
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- D Wu
- Laboratory for Free Radical Research, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032
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Zhong P, Lin H, Xi X, Zhu S, Bhogte ES. Shock wave-inertial microbubble interaction: methodology, physical characterization, and bioeffect study. J Acoust Soc Am 1999; 105:1997-2009. [PMID: 10089617 DOI: 10.1121/1.426733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A method of generating in situ shock wave-inertial microbubble interaction by a modified electrohydraulic shock wave lithotripter is proposed and tested in vitro. An annular brass ellipsoidal reflector (thickness = 28 mm) that can be mounted on the aperture rim of a Dornier XL-1 lithotripter was designed and fabricated. This ring reflector shares the same foci with the XL-1 reflector, but is 15 mm short in major axis. Thus, a small portion of the spherical shock wave, generated by a spark discharge at the first focus (F1) of the reflector, is reflected and diffracted by the ring reflector, producing a weak shock wave approximately 8.5 microseconds in front of the lithotripter pulse. Based on the configuration of the ring reflector (different combinations of six identical segments), the peak negative pressure of the preceding weak shock wave at the second focus (F2) can be adjusted from -0.96 to -1.91 MPa, at an output voltage of 25 kV. The preceding shock wave induces inertial microbubbles, most of which expand to a maximum size of 100-200 microns, with a few expanding up to 400 microns before being collapsed in situ by the ensuing lithotripter pulse. Physical characterizations utilizing polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membrane hydrophone, high-speed shadowgraph imaging, and passive cavitation detection have shown strong secondary shock wave emission immediately following the propagating lithotripter shock front, and microjet formation along the wave propagation direction. Using the modified reflector, injury to mouse lymphoid cells is significantly increased at high exposure (up to 50% with shock number > 100). With optimal pulse combination, the maximum efficiency of shock wave-induced membrane permeabilization can be enhanced substantially (up to 91%), achieved at a low exposure of 50 shocks. These results suggest that shock wave-inertial microbubble interaction may be used selectively to either enhance the efficiency of shock wave-mediated macromolecule delivery at low exposure or tissue destruction at high exposure.
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- P Zhong
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
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OBJECTIVES This study estimated morbidity and mortality attributable to substance abuse in Canada. METHODS Pooled estimates of relative risk were used to calculate etiologic fractions by age, gender, and province for 91 causes of disease or death attributable to alcohol, tobacco, or illicit drugs. RESULTS There were 33,498 deaths and 208,095 hospitalizations attributed to tobacco, 6701 deaths and 86,076 hospitalizations due to alcohol, and 732 deaths and 7095 hospitalizations due to illicit drugs in 1992. CONCLUSIONS Substance abuse exacts a considerable toll on Canadian society in terms of morbidity and mortality, accounting for 21% of deaths, 23% of years of potential life lost, and 8% of hospitalizations.
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- E Single
- Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Zhang J, Yu D, Sha C, Xi X, Peng W, Tang W, Chen Y. Studies on biosensor to determine diacetyl. Chin J Biotechnol 1999; 15:183-8. [PMID: 10935166] [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: 04/15/2023]
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We studied the purification of diacetyl reductase, the preparation of a biosensor, and its performance. With diacetyl reductase and reduced coenzyme I (NADH) co-immobilized as working membrane, NAD+/NADH produced in the course of diacetyl reduction was connected with Fe2+/Fe to build a biosensor. The biosensor could be used to determine diacetyl concentration within the range from 0.1 microgram/mL to 0.5 microgram/mL and the response time was less than two minutes, and its performance was stable within 9 days. The experiments showed that typical metal ions and organics in nominal concentration did not affect the performance of the biosensor, meanwhile, the interference of dissolved oxygen on the performance of biosensor and regeneration of coenzyme I (NADH) were solved to some extent.
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- J Zhang
- Institute of Applied Microbiology, Heilongjiang Academy of Science, Harbin, China
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A system for post-column fluorescence derivatization in capillary electrophoresis is described. The post-column reactor uses a sheath flow detection cell where the reagents, o-phthaldialdehyde and beta-mercaptoethanol, are added to the sheath buffer and mix by diffusion with the analytes effusing from the separation capillary. Reaction progress is monitored and optimized by imaging a large portion of the sheath flow cuvette using an extended UV source and a CCD camera. Significantly, this design provides the ability to switch between the analysis of pre- and post-column derivatized amino acids and peptides easily and without sacrificing system performance. The lack of turbulent flow in this system minimizes post-separation band broadening. The limit of detection for glycine is 9.4 x 10(-8) M (110 amol) with a separation efficiency of 190,000 theoretical plates, without stacking. The performance of the system for a series of amino acids was evaluated using post-column and pre-capillary derivatization.
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- K E Oldenburg
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 61801, USA
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Oldenburg KE, Xi X, Sweedler JV. High resolution multichannel fluorescence detection for capillary electrophoresis. Application to multicomponent analysis. J Chromatogr A 1997; 788:173-83. [PMID: 9419877 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(97)00713-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 02/05/2023]
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A wavelength-resolved fluorescence detector for laser-induced fluorescence detection in capillary electrophoresis (CE) is described that uses a charge injection device (CID) array detector Post-column fluorescence detection occurs using a sheath flow cell. The limit of detection for fluorescein is 4.8 x 10(-11) M (29,000 molecules), the spectral resolution is 0.56 nm/pixel, and the spectrograph/CID monitors a 250 nm spectrum throughout the 250-875 nm range. Custom array readout, data manipulation and data processing methods are described to convert wavelength/spatial CID images into electropherograms. The application of the system to characterizing bilirubins in human serum is described, demonstrating the ability to match electrophoretic peaks to standards using spectral information.
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- K E Oldenburg
- Department of Chemistry, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 61801, USA
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Xi X, Caen JP, Fournier S, Schlegel N, Amiral J, Sibony O, Blot P, Han ZC. Direct and reversible inhibition of platelet factor 4 on megakaryocyte development from CD34+ cord blood cells: comparative studies with transforming growth factor beta1. Br J Haematol 1996; 93:265-72. [PMID: 8639415 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.4901032.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Mechanisms of the action of platelet factor 4 (PF4) on the growth of megakaryocyte (MK) progenitor cells in CD34+ cord blood (CB) cells were studied in comparison with transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFbeta1). Development of MK from CD34+ CB cells in both plasma clot culture and liquid culture was significantly inhibited by either purified human PF4 and by recombinant human TGFbeta1. Inhibition of MK colony formation by PF4 was reversible because CD34+ cells preincubated with PF4 could regenerate colonies after washing and replating into secondary cultures. In contrast, TGFbeta1-preincubated CD34+ cells gave rise to few colonies following replating. Moreover, incubation of CD34+ cells with PF4 in liquid culture caused the increased number of both stem cell factor (SCF)-binding cells and CD34 antigen-bearing cells. In addition, PF4-preincubated CD34+ cells exhibited a higher potential in MK colony formation in the presence of 5-fluorouracil (5FU). These results demonstrate that both PF4 and TGFbeta1 inhibit MK development from CD34+ CB cells by different mechanisms, and suggest that PF4, unlike TGFbeta1, exerts its inhibitory effect on the growth of the target cells in a reversible manner which results in a preservation of a more immature and 5FU-resistant cell population.
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- X Xi
- Institut des Vaisseaux et du Sang, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France
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Caen JP, Xi X, Aidoudi S, Fournier S, Schlegel N, Bellucci S, Han ZC. [Platelet factor 4, reversible inhibitor of megakaryocytogenesis, protector of megakaryocytes during chemotherapy]. Bull Acad Natl Med 1995; 179:1657-70. [PMID: 8717183] [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: 02/01/2023]
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Development of megakaryocyte (MK) from CD34+ cord blood (CB) cells in both plasma clot culture and liquid culture was significantly inhibited by human platelet factor 4 (PF4) and human transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1). Inhibition of cell growth by PF4 was reversible judging from the fact that the CD34+ cells preincubated with PF4 could regenerate colonies after washing and replating into the cultures. By contrast, TGF beta 1-pretreated CD34+ cells gave rise to few colonies following replating. Moreover, incubation of CD34+ cells with PF4 in liquid culture caused an increase in the number of both stem cell factor (SCF)-binding cells and CD34 antigen-bearing cells, and exhibited greater capacity to form MK colonies than control after the treatment of 5-FU. In vivo in mice, twice injections of PF4 at 40 micrograms/kg resulted in a significant increase in the number of colony-forming cells with high proliferative potential (HPP-CFC) and colony-forming unit-megakaryocyte (CFU-MK) in bone marrow. In exponentially growing human erythroleukemia cells (HEL), the addition of PF4 prolonged cell cycle progression and therefore resulted in an increased cell population in S phase, as determined by flow cytometric analysis. Different from PF4, TGF beta 1 blocked more cells in G1 phase. These results demonstrate that PF4 and TGF beta 1 inhibit MK development from CD34+ CB cells by different mechanisms and suggest that PF4, unlike TGF beta 1, exerts its inhibitory effect on cell growth in a reversible and S phase-specific manner by which it protects stem cells and MK progenitor cells from 5-FU cytotoxicity.
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- J P Caen
- Institut des Vaisseaux et du Sang, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris
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Xi X, Schlegel N, Caen JP, Minty A, Fournier S, Caput D, Ferrara P, Han ZC. Differential effects of recombinant human interleukin-13 on the in vitro growth of human haemopoietic progenitor cells. Br J Haematol 1995; 90:921-7. [PMID: 7669673 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1995.tb05216.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Effects of recombinant human interleukin (IL)-13 on in vitro haemopoiesis from non-adherent mononuclear cells (NAMC) or highly enriched CD34+ cells of human cord blood (CB) were studied. IL-13 significantly increased megakaryocyte (MK) colony formation from either NAMC or CD34+ cells cultured in a plasma clot system supplemented with aplastic anaemia serum (AAS) and phytohaemagglutinin-stimulated human peripheral blood leucocyte-conditioned medium (PHA-LCM) in a dose-dependent manner. Experiments using a modified plasma clot culture, in which normal AB serum and various cytokines were added to replace AAS and PHA-LCM, demonstrated an increased MK colony number in the presence of IL-13, especially in combination with IL-3. However, IL-13 had no stimulatory effect, but rather a slight inhibitory effect in some cases on granulocyte-macrophage (GM) colony formation in both plasma clot cultures. Furthermore, the growth of GM progenitor cells in a methylcellulose culture system in the presence of IL-3, GM-CSF, Epo, G-CSF or in combination was significantly inhibited by the addition of IL-13. On the other hand, high concentrations (100 ng/ml) of IL-13 were needed to cause a slight inhibition on the growth of BFU-E-derived colonies under the same methylcellulose culture. These results indicate that IL-13, alone and synergistically with the effect of IL-3, promotes MK colony formation, but it inhibits the growth of GM and erythroid progenitor cells in vitro.
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- X Xi
- Institut des Vaisseaux et du Sang, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France
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Xi X, Jiang SC. [ACh and ATP induced calcium mobilization in outer hair cells of the guinea pig cochlea: confocal microscopy]. Sheng Li Xue Bao 1995; 47:105-10. [PMID: 7652585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Effects of acetylcholine (ACh) and ATP as the candidates of efferent neurotransmitter on intracellular Ca2+ concentrations ( [Ca2+]i) of the isolated outer hair cells (OHCs) from guinea pig cochlea were studied with laser scanning confocal microscope. The OHCs were loaded with Ca2+ sensitive dye Fluo-3, whose fluorescent intensity was strongest at the basal end in resting OHC. The presence of ACh gradually increased [Ca2+]i to a higher level at the basal end of OHCs. Continuous application of ATP caused a rapid [Ca2+]i increase followed by a gradual exhaustion throughout the whole OHC. Magnitude of the increase at the apex was greater than that at the base. In OHCs whose calcium had been exhausted by ATP, ACh induced a temporary increase in [Ca2+]i. It seems likely that the ACh-induced [Ca2+]i rise is partly due to an influx of extracellular Ca2+. The bursting nature of ATP-induced [Ca2+]i rise may be a consequence of Ca2+ influx through the ATP-gated cation channels and of the mobilization of intracellular store mediated by ATP.
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- X Xi
- Institute of Otolaryngology, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing
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Intracellular recordings were made from 110 canine cardiac ganglion cells to study their electrophysiological properties. According to their discharge responses to depolarizing currents, these neurons were classified as tonic, phasic and non-discharging cells. Of these cell types, the order of the resting membrane potentials was non-discharging > phasic > tonic cells, which was the reverse of the order of their input resistances. Tonic and phasic cells could not be distinguished by the nature of their after hyperpolarizations which involved Ca(2+)-sensitive K+ currents. Although both cell types demonstrated fast Na+ and slow Ca(2+)-mediated action potentials, the tonic cells' action potentials were more sensitive to tetrodotoxin than those of the phasic cells.
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- Department of Physiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153
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The purpose of this study was to determine the morphological organization and structure-function correlation of mammalian intracardiac ganglion cells. Conventional intracellular microelectrode techniques were applied to the tissue whole mount preparation of canine intracardiac ganglia. Forty neurons were intracellularly recorded and labeled by means of horseradish peroxidase iontophoresis. Cell morphology was quantitatively analyzed by light microscopy and camera lucida technique. Somata were elongated (mean 62 x 40 microns) and had 2-12 primary dendrites restricted within the ganglion. Almost half of the neurons had either a short axon that was traced only within the ganglion or no axon distinguishable. These neurons may have perhaps been intraganglionically active neurons. The other cells had a long axon that either coursed out of the ganglion to peripheral cardiac tissue or exited the ganglion via interganglionic nerve to innervate more remote cardiac tissue or cells in other intracardiac ganglia. Interaction between neurons was suggested by the close proximity of processes from different neurons. Previously defined electrophysiological cell types (R-, S-, and N-cells), which were significantly different in their passive and active membrane properties, had different morphological features of the somata but not the axonal or dendritic processes. Intraganglionic or long axon neurons were not associated with a particular electrophysiological cell type. These findings provide the possibility of ganglionic modulation of vagal efferent activity in mammalian heart and also provide some morphological basis for the electrophysiological cell types.
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- Department of Physiology, Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois 60153
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Intracellular recordings were made from 302 canine intracardiac ganglion cells with intact synaptic connections. Fifty-two % of these cells exhibited spontaneous membrane potential changes consisting primarily of miniature excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP)-like depolarizations upon which an action potential or burst of action potentials was sometimes evoked. Most of the spontaneous potential changes are presumed to be synaptically mediated involving nicotinic mechanisms because they were blocked by low Ca2+/high Mg2+ and hexamethonium solutions.
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- Department of Physiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153
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