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Zhang L, Yuan YC, Zhang YL, Shen L. [Incidence and related factors of chronic neuropathic pain in elderly patients after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 103:3268-3272. [PMID: 37926570 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20230625-01062] [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] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the incidence and related factors of chronic neuropathic pain (CNP) in elderly patients after thoracoscopic surgery. Methods: A total of 463 elderly patients (aged≥60 years) who underwent elective video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery from November 2020 to May 2021 at Peking Union Medical College Hospital were prospectively recruited. Among them, 283 were males and 180 were females, with an average age of (66.6±4.8) years. Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) was assessed by telephone at 6 months after surgery, and then the patients with CNP were screened using the ID-pain scale. Multivariable logistic regression was used to analyze the related factors for CNP in elderly patients after thoracoscopic surgery. Results: The incidence of CPSP was 41.9% (194/463), and the incidence of CNP was 18.8% (87/463). Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that incision number<3 (OR=0.385, 95%CI: 0.156-0.949, P=0.038) and intraoperative N2O inhalation (OR=0.506, 95%CI: 0.304-0.842, P=0.009) were protective factors for CNP in elderly patients after thoracoscopic surgery, but high numeric rating scale (NRS) score on the first day after surgery (OR=1.180, 95%CI: 1.056-1.318, P=0.003) was a risk factor. Conclusions: The incidence of CNP in elderly patients after thoracoscopic surgery is 18.8%. Incision number<3 and intraoperative N2O inhalation are protective factors for CNP, but high NRS score on the first day after surgery is a risk factor.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China
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- Medical Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China
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Gao ZS, Yuan YC, Niu QM, Zhang J, Zhao JJ, Guo LP. Velocity vector imaging for assessing the heart function in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2021; 34:2245-2249. [PMID: 33210497 DOI: 10.23812/20-414-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Z S Gao
- Department of Ultrasound, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The People's Hospital of Zhangqiu Area, Jinan, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, China
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- Ionizing Radiation Room, Weifang Metrology and Testing Institute, Weifang, China
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- Department of Surgery, The People's Hospital of Zhangqiu Area, Jinan, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, China
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Yuan YC, Liu SN, Xu XJ. A Two-Dimensional Framework Based on 1,3-bis(2-Methyl-Imidazol-1-yl)-Benzene Exhibiting Luminescent and Photocatalytic Properties. J STRUCT CHEM+ 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s002247662005011x] [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: 11/23/2022]
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Cai W, Yuan YC, Li MY, Kong W, Dong BJ, Chen YH, Zhang J, Xue W, Huang YR, Zhou LX, Huang JW. [Comparison of efficacy between sorafenib and sunitinib as first-line therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma and analyze prognostic factors for survival]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2018; 40:384-389. [PMID: 29860767 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3766.2018.05.012] [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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Objective: To investigate the efficacy and drug related adverse reactions of sorafenib and sunitinib as first-line tyrosine-kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) and analyze the clinical prognostic factor for survival. Methods: The data of 271 patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma who had complete clinicopathological data were retrospectively analyzed, including 174 cases in sorafenib group and 97 cases in sunitinib group, to access patients' overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Prognostic values of all characteristics were determined by using univariate and multivariate Cox regression models. Results: The objective response rates (ORR) of the sorafenib and sunitinib groups were 14.9% and 19.6%, respectively, and the disease control rates (DCR) were 85.1% and 88.6%, respectively. No significant difference was found between the sorafenib and sunitinib group in ORR (P=0.325) or DCR (P=0.408). The most common grade 3 to 4 adverse events in the sorafenib group were hand-foot syndrome (6.7%), diarrhea (2.3%), and rash (2.3%). The most common grade 3 to 4 adverse events in the sunitinib group were neutropenia (6.2%), hand-foot syndrome (6.2%), and thrombocytopenia (4.6%). During the follow-up, 97 cases death occurred and 81 cases disease progression occurred in sorafenib group. The median PFS was 12 months (95% CI: 9-15 months), and the median OS was 25 months (95% CI: 21-29 months) in sorafenib group. While 74 cases death occurred and 40 cases disease progression occurred in sunitinib group, the median PFS was 12 months (95% CI: 10-12 months) and the median OS was 23 months (95% CI: 20-32 months) in sunitinib group. No significant difference was found between the sorafenib and the sunitinib group in PFS (P=0.771) or OS (P=0.548). Multivariate analysis showed Fuhrman grades (HR=1.358, 95%CI: 1.004-1.835), number of metastatic sites (HR=1.550, 95%CI: 1.143-2.101) and MSKCC risk grade (Intermediate risk group: HR=1.621, 95%CI: 1.117-2.232; Poor risk group: HR=2.890, 95%CI: 1.942-4.298) were independent prognostic factors for PFS. Fuhrman grades (HR=2.135, 95%CI: 1.533-2.974), number of metastatic sites (HR=1.774, 95%CI: 1.279-2.461) and MSKCC risk grade (Intermediate risk group: HR=1.415, 95%CI: 1.002-1.998; Poor risk group: HR=3.161, 95%CI: 2.065-4.838) were independent prognostic factors for OS. Conclusions: The results of this study indicate that sorafenib and sunitinib are both effective as the first-line TKIs for mRCC patients and sorafenib has comparable efficacy to sunitinib. But they have differences in the incidence of adverse effects. Fuhrman grades, number of metastatic sites and MSKCC risk grade are independent prognostic factors for mRCC patients.
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- Department of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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Ye XJ, Zhu Y, Yuan YC, Song YX, Yang GC, Rong MZ, Zhang MQ. Improvement of fatigue resistance of epoxy composite with microencapsulated epoxy-SbF5 self-healing system. EXPRESS POLYM LETT 2017. [DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2017.82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Ye XJ, Zhu Y, Yuan YC, Song YX, Yang GC, Rong MZ, Zhang MQ. Fatigue life extension of epoxy materials using ultrafast epoxy-SbF5 healing system introduced by manual infiltration. EXPRESS POLYM LETT 2015. [DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2015.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Radermachera sinica is widely planted as an ornamental plant in homes, offices, and malls in China. A leaf spot of R. sinica occurred in Luoyang, China, from 2013 to 2014. Lesions mostly occurred in wounds and were irregular with light brown centers and purple borders. One or more lesions on a leaf sometimes covered the entire blade. Eighty plants were surveyed in Luoyang, with disease incidence of 17%. Five millimeter pieces from the borders of lesions were surface-disinfected with 75% ethanol for 30 s, 1% sodium hypochlorite for 5 min, washed three times in sterilized distilled water, placed on nutrient agar (NA) medium at 25°C in darkness, and incubated for 24 to 48 h. Four white, round, smooth, and shiny colonies were selected for further identification. All strains were gram-positive, aerobic rods with many peritrichous flagella, and could grow in medium containing 5% NaCl. The strains were positive for catalase, starch hydrolysis, liquefaction of gelatin, reduction of nitrate, acid production from glucose, mannitol, maltose, lactose, xylose, and pectinose. The strains were positive for phenylalanine deaminase, decomposition of tyrosine, and utilization of citrate. The strains were identified by biochemical tests as Bacillus megaterium (1). To confirm pathogenicity, the strains were grown on NA for 48 h and suspended in sterile distilled water to produce a suspension with a final concentration of 108 CFU/ml. Healthy leaves of biennial R. sinica plants were sterilized with 75% ethanol and washed three times with sterilized distilled water. Fresh wounds were made with a sterile needle on the healthy leaves. Each of four strains was tested by spray inoculation with a bacterial suspension on three leaves. Sterile distilled water was used as negative control. Plants were enclosed in plastic bags and placed in a growth chamber at 28°C with 80% relative humidity. After 5 days, water-soaked lesions were observed. Two weeks later, lesions 4 mm in diameter turned light brown with purple borders, and most of lesions occurred in puncture wounds. Symptoms similar to those observed on field plants developed on all inoculated leaves, while no symptoms appeared on the control leaves. B. megaterium was re-isolated from the lesions of inoculated leaves, but not from the control leaves. To confirm the bacterial identification, PCR was performed on the 16S rDNA gene with P1/P2 (P1: CAGAGTTTGATCCTGGCT, P2: AGGAGGTGATCCAGCCGCA) (2) and 1,463 bp of the 16S rDNA gene (GenBank Accession No. KJ789369) showed 100% sequence identity to B. megaterium DSM 319 (NC_014103.1). To our knowledge, this is the first report of a leaf spot of R. sinica caused by B. megaterium in China as well as anywhere in the world. References: (1) P. Vos et al. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol 3: The Firmicutes. Springer, 2009. (2) W. G. Weisbury et al. J. Bacteriol. 173:697, 1991.
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- College of Forest Resources and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037, China, and College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471003, China
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- College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471003, China
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- College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471003, China
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- College of Forest Resources and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037, China
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Yang M, Zheng HZ, Liang XF, Tian CX, Dou YQ, Zhu KC, Yuan YC. Development and characterization of novel SSR markers in Siniperca kneri Garman. Genet Mol Res 2014; 13:7593-606. [PMID: 24737510 DOI: 10.4238/2014.march.24.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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In this study, 37 transcriptome-derived simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers and 18 genomic SSR markers were developed and characterized in the Chinese perch, Siniperca kneri Garman. The average allele number per locus was 5.1 (range: 2-8) for transcriptome-derived SSRs and 3.8 (range: 2-5) for genomic SSRs. The average observed and expected heterozygosities were 0.666 (range: 0.000-1.000) and 0.692 (range: 0.230-0.857) for transcriptome-derived SSRs, respectively. These values were 0.380 (range: 0.000-1.000) and 0.527 (range: 0.201-0.799) for genomic SSRs, respectively. The average polymorphic information content was 0.638 (range: 0.215-0.824) for transcriptome-derived SSRs and 0.477 (range: 0.183-0.752) for genomic SSRs. Seven of these loci exhibited departure from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium after sequential Bonferroni's correction for multiple tests, and no significant deviation was observed for the linkage disequilibrium. These developed and characterized markers are anticipated to be useful for studies on population genetics, conservation genetics, and the fishery management of this species.
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- Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Yuan YC, Xia ZK, Yin N, Yin BL, Hu JG. Modified Thoracoscopic versus Minimally Invasive Oesophagectomy in Curative Resection of Oesophageal Cancer. J Int Med Res 2011; 39:904-11. [PMID: 21819723 DOI: 10.1177/147323001103900324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Conventional thoracoscopic oesophagectomy is time-consuming and requires sophisticated endoscopic skills. To reduce these problems we have modified the operating procedure, first by anastomosis of the oesophagus with the tubular stomach pulled up via the retrosternal route, followed by thoracoscopic oesophagectomy (modified thoracoscopic oesophagectomy). Outcomes were compared between the modified procedure and minimally invasive oesophagectomy. There were no significant differences in general preoperative clinical characteristics between the two patient groups. The modified thoracoscopic oesophagectomy group had significantly lower hospitalization expenses, significantly shorter operation times and significantly more lymph nodes removed compared with the minimally invasive oesophagectomy group, but there were no significant group differences in lengths of hospital and intensive care unit stays, morbidity and mortality. These results indicate that modified thoracoscopic oesophagectomy is feasible, simplifies operating procedures and reduces hospitalization expenses with acceptable morbidity.
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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Yuan YC, Rong MZ, Zhang MQ, Yang GC, Zhao JQ. Healing of fatigue crack in epoxy materials with epoxy/mercaptan system via manual infiltration. EXPRESS POLYM LETT 2010. [DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2010.79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Yuan YC, Yuan YK, Chen HC. Accumulation of organochlorine pesticides in marine fishes from coast of Taoyuan in Taiwan. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2004; 73:306-311. [PMID: 15386044 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0428-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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- Y C Yuan
- Institute of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 106, Republic of China
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LePoire DJ, Arnish JJ, Chen SY, Faillace ER, Yuan YC, Schmidt DW. MILDOS uranium milling dose assessment code update. Health Phys 2001; 81:S78-S84. [PMID: 11669198 DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200111001-00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The MILDOS-AREA code was developed to estimate radiological doses and risks from uranium milling activities. The code has been used for demonstrating radiological compliance regarding the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's licensing requirements for uranium milling activities. The code was recently updated with an enhanced software package to address the following four areas: regulatory changes, in-situ leaching extraction technologies, software user interfaces, and software distribution technologies via the internet. Users can now specify in-situ leaching processes through a Windows object-based Geographic information System interface with incorporated updated regulation methodologies. The code and documentation are freely distributed through the Internet.
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- Radiological Health Sciences Section of the Environmental Assessment Division at Argonne National Lab, IL 60439, USA.
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Ubiquitination plays important roles in a variety of biological processes, such as DNA repair, cell cycle regulation, and p53-dependent processes. Despite intensive studies in ubiquitination, the mechanism of substrate recognition is still not well understood. Each E2 has its own substrate specificity, yet substrate proteins recognized by each E2 are highly diverse. To better understand how E2 proteins confer both substrate specificity and diversity, we have studied conformational flexibility of an E2, UBC9, using nuclear magnetic resonance 15N relaxation and hydrogen-deuterium exchange measurements. Two regions in human UBC9 show higher mobility over a wide range of time scales. Combined with previous biochemical studies, both regions are likely to be important for protein-protein recognition in the ubiquitin pathway. The region near the N-terminus may be important for interactions with the E1-UBL1 conjugate. The region near the C-terminus, which undergoes conformational exchange may be important for substrate binding and catalytic activity. Since E2 enzymes share high homology in primary sequences and three-dimensional structures, the conformational flexibility of UBC9 may represent a general feature of E2 enzymes. This study provides a new perspective for further studies of protein-protein recognition in ubiquitination.
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- DNA Damage and Repair Group, Life Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratories, New Mexico 87545
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Yuan YC, Whitson RH, Liu Q, Itakura K, Chen Y. A novel DNA-binding motif shares structural homology to DNA replication and repair nucleases and polymerases. Nat Struct Biol 1998; 5:959-64. [PMID: 9808040 DOI: 10.1038/2934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A novel class of DNA-binding domains has been established from at least sixteen recently identified DNA-binding proteins. The three-dimensional structure of one of these domains, Mrf-2, has been solved using NMR methods. This structure is significantly different from known DNA-binding domain structures. The mechanism of DNA recognition by this motif has been suggested based on conserved residues, surface electrostatic potentials and chemical shift changes. This new DNA-binding motif shares structural homology with T4 RNase H, E. coli endonuclease III and Bacillus subtilis DNA polymerase I. The structural homology suggests a mechanism for substrate recognition by these enzymes.
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- Division of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California 91010-0269, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
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Mujeeb A, Parslow TG, Yuan YC, James TL. Aqueous solution structure of a hybrid lentiviral Tat peptide and a model of its interaction with HIV-1 TAR RNA. J Biomol Struct Dyn 1996; 13:649-60. [PMID: 8906885 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.1996.10508877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Human immunodeficiency virus, type 1, (HIV-1) encodes a transactivating regulatory protein, called Tat, which is required for efficient transcription of the viral genome. Tat acts by binding to a specific RNA stem-loop element, called TAR, on nascent viral transcripts. The specificity of binding is principally determined by residues in a short, highly basic domain of Tat. The structure in aqueous solution of a biologically active peptide, comprised of the ten-amino acid HIV-1 Tat basic domain linked to a 15-amino acid segment of the core regulatory domain of another lentiviral Tat, i.e., that from equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV), has been determined. The restraint data set includes interproton distance bounds determined from two-dimensional nuclear Overhauser effect (2D NOE) spectra via a complete relaxation matrix analysis. Thirty structures consistent with the experimental data were generated via the distance geometry program DIANA. Subsequent restrained molecular mechanics calculations were used to define the conformational space subtended by the peptide. A large fraction of the 25-mer peptide assumes a structure in aqueous solution with the lysine- and arginine-rich HIV-1 basic domain being separated from the basic domain by a turn and characterized by a nascent helix as well. The Tat peptide/TAR complex could be modeled with the basic alpha-helix lying in the major groove of TAR such that important interactions of a putative specificity-endowing arginine are maintained and very slight widening of the major groove is entailed.
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- A Mujeeb
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0446, USA
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Yuan YC, Shen SY. [Low-dose recombinant human tumor necrosis-alpha in HL-60 leukemic cell line: effect on induced differentiation and regulating expression of c-myc, c-fos proto-oncogenes]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 1994; 74:666-9, 708-9. [PMID: 7866900] [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: 01/27/2023]
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The promyelocytic leukemic cell line HL-60 with 20-200U/ml of low-dose rhTNF-a cultured in liquid culture system in vitro was used to observe the effect on HL-60 by TNF. TNF within dose of 50-200 U/ml can induce HL-60 cell differentiation along the monocytic-macrophage pathway, and inhibit HL-60 cell proliferation. The total RNA of HL-60 cell was used to hybrize to v-myc or v-fos probe by dot blot. We detected the expression changes of c-myc or c-fos proto-oncogene by 1-100U/ml of TNF inducing HL-60 cell for 1-12 hours. TNF could regulate the level of c-myc or c-fos mRNA, the transcription of c-myc was inhibited remarkdly, and the expression of c-fos was increased early. The results indicated that TNF in low-dose have effect on inducing HL-60 cell differentiation and regulating expression of multioncogene.
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- Y C Yuan
- Department of Hematology, Xijing Hospital, 4th Military Medical University, Xi'an
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Yuan YC, Shen SY. [Inhibition of proto-oncogene c-myc expression with recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interferon-gamma in HL-60 cell lines and acute myelocytic leukemic fresh cells]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 1994; 33:302-5. [PMID: 7835139] [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: 01/27/2023]
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HL-60 cell lines and AML fresh bone marrow cells were incubated with rhTNF-alpha and rhIFN-gamma in suspension culture system. Then total RNA was prepared for dot blot with 32P nick-translated c-myc DNA probe. The expression changes of c-myc oncogene when the HL-60 cell lines were treated with rhTNF-alpha and IFN-gamma and the AML fresh bone marrow cells treated with rhTNF-alpha alone were observed. The results showed that when the HL-60 cells were treated with 100U/ml or 500U/ml IFN-gamma and 50U/ml rhTNF-alpha for 8 hours, the expression of c-myc oncogene can be inhibited remarkably. The combination of rhIFN-gamma and rhTNF-alpha shows synergistic effect on inhibition of c-myc expression. High expression of c-myc was found in 8 patients with AML; c-myc mRNA level decreased remarkably after treatment of fresh bone marrow cells with 50U/ml rhTNF-alpha for 12 hours in 6 cases, while the remaining 2 cases showed minimal changes. The results demonstrate that rhTNF-alpha have inhibitive effect on c-myc expression in HL-60 cells and AML fresh leukemic cells. It also indicates the possibility of treating AML with low-dose rhTNF-alpha.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects
- Genes, myc
- Humans
- Interferon-gamma/pharmacology
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology
- Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Proto-Oncogene Mas
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology
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- Y C Yuan
- Department of Hematology, Xijing Hospital, 4th Military Medical College, Xian
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Symons MJ, Grimson RC, Yuan YC. Clustering of rare events. Biometrics 1983; 39:193-205. [PMID: 6871348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
The clustering of cases of a rare disease is considered. The number of events observed for each unit is assumed to have a Poisson distribution, the mean of which depends upon the population size and the cluster membership of that unit. Here a cluster consists of those units that are homogeneous in their rate of occurrence of the rare events under study. A sample of units is modeled by a mixture of Poisson distributions, one for each cluster, the mixing parameters being the proportions of all units represented by the components of the mixture. Maximum likelihood and Bayes approaches are employed to determine criteria for separating a sample into groups of units with homogeneous rates. A likelihood ratio test for the significance of a two-component mixture is presented as an example. The performance of the criteria is illustrated with data on the spatial occurrence of sudden infant deaths (SIDs) in North Carolina counties over a four-year period. The results suggest that the practice of dividing the counties into high- and low-risk categories on the basis of the ordered rates alone should be questioned. Tests based upon combinatorial methods are also presented to examine the significance of the number of contiguous counties among those with high rates.
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