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Yu J, Yang K, Cheng YJ, Shen JL, Ouyang W, Zhang W, Zhang JH, Xie CH. [Impact of the depth of remission by induction chemotherapy on the prognosis of limited stage small cell lung cancer]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2023; 45:621-626. [PMID: 37462019 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112152-20220107-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the effect of depth of remission of induction chemotherapy on the overall prognosis of limited stage small cell lung cancer (L-SCLC). Methods: The study was a retrospective, L-SCLC patients who contained complete imaging data and underwent consecutive standardized treatments at the Department of Thoracic Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University between January 2013 and June 2021 were included. To delineate the volume of tumor before and after induction chemotherapy and to calculate the depth of remission caused by the induced chemotherapy. The time receiver operating characteristic (timeROC) method was used to determine the optimal predictors for prognosis, multi-factor analysis using Cox risk proportional model. Results: A total of 104 patients were included in this study. The median PFS and OS of this cohort were 13.7 months and 20.9 months, respectively. It was observed by timeROC analysis that residual tumor volume after induction chemotherapy had the optimal predictive value of PFS at 1 year (AUC=0.86, 95% CI: 0.78~0.94) and OS at 2 years (AUC=0.76, 95% CI: 0.65~0.87). Multivariate analysis showed residual tumor volume after induction chemotherapy was the independent prognostic factor to PFS (HR=1.006, 95% CI: 1.003~1.009, P<0.01) and OS (HR=1.009, 95% CI: 1.005~1.012, P<0.001). For those whose residual tumor volume remitted to less than 10 cm(3) after induction chemotherapy, the favorable long-term outcomes could be achieved, regardless of their initial tumor load. Conclusion: The depth of remission of induction chemotherapy could be a promising prognostic predictor to the L-SCLC and provide the individualized treatment guidance.
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- J Yu
- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behavior, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behavior, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behavior, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behavior, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behavior, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behavior, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behavior, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behavior, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan 430071, China
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Wu X, Yang WT, Cheng YJ, Pan L, Zhang YQ, Zhu HL, Zhang ML. [Protective effect of intervention with cannabinoid type-2 receptor agonist JWH133 on pulmonary fibrosis in mice]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2023; 62:841-849. [PMID: 37394854 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20220907-00663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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Objective: JWH133, a cannabinoid type 2 receptor agonist, was tested for its ability to protect mice from bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Methods: By using a random number generator, 24 C57BL/6J male mice were randomly divided into the control group, model group, JWH133 intervention group, and JWH133+a cannabinoid type-2 receptor antagonist (AM630) inhibitor group, with 6 mice in each group. A mouse pulmonary fibrosis model was established by tracheal instillation of bleomycin (5 mg/kg). Starting from the first day after modeling, the control group mice were intraperitoneally injected with 0.1 ml of 0.9% sodium chloride solution, and the model group mice were intraperitoneally injected with 0.1 ml of 0.9% sodium chloride solution. The JWH133 intervention group mice were intraperitoneally injected with 0.1 ml of JWH133 (2.5 mg/kg, dissolved in physiological saline), and the JWH133+AM630 antagonistic group mice were intraperitoneally injected with 0.1 ml of JWH133 (2.5 mg/kg) and AM630 (2.5 mg/kg). After 28 days, all mice were killed; the lung tissue was obtained, pathological changes were observed, and alveolar inflammation scores and Ashcroft scores were calculated. The content of type Ⅰ collagen in the lung tissue of the four groups of mice was measured using immunohistochemistry. The levels of interleukin 6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) in the serum of the four groups of mice were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and the content of hydroxyproline (HYP) in the lung tissue of the four groups of mice was measured. Western blotting was used to measure the protein expression levels of type Ⅲ collagen, α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK1/2), phosphorylated P-ERK1/2 (P-ERK1/2), and phosphorylated ribosome S6 kinase type 1 (P-p90RSK) in the lung tissue of mice in the four groups. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to measure the expression levels of collagen Ⅰ, collagen Ⅲ, and α-SMA mRNA in the lung tissue of the four groups of mice. Results: Compared with the control group, the pathological changes in the lung tissue of the model group mice worsened, with an increase in alveolar inflammation score (3.833±0.408 vs. 0.833±0.408, P<0.05), an increase in Ashcroft score (7.333±0.516 vs. 2.000±0.633, P<0.05), an increase in type Ⅰ collagen absorbance value (0.065±0.008 vs. 0.018±0.006, P<0.05), an increase in inflammatory cell infiltration, and an increase in hydroxyproline levels [(1.551±0.051) μg/mg vs. (0.974±0.060) μg/mg, P<0.05]. Compared with the model group, the JWH133 intervention group showed reduced pathological changes in lung tissue, decreased alveolar inflammation score (1.833±0.408, P<0.05), decreased Ashcroft score (4.167±0.753, P<0.05), decreased type Ⅰ collagen absorbance value (0.032±0.004, P<0.05), reduced inflammatory cell infiltration, and decreased hydroxyproline levels [(1.148±0.055) μg/mg, P<0.05]. Compared with the JWH133 intervention group, the JWH133+AM630 antagonistic group showed more severe pathological changes in the lung tissue of mice, increased alveolar inflammation score and Ashcroft score, increased type Ⅰ collagen absorbance value, increased inflammatory cell infiltration, and increased hydroxyproline levels. Compared with the control group, the expression of α-SMA, type Ⅲ collagen, P-ERK1/2, and P-p90RSK proteins in the lung tissue of the model group mice increased, while the expression of type Ⅰ collagen, type Ⅲ collagen, and α-SMA mRNA increased. Compared with the model group, the protein expression of α-SMA (relative expression 0.60±0.17 vs. 1.34±0.19, P<0.05), type Ⅲ collagen (relative expression 0.52±0.09 vs. 1.35±0.14, P<0.05), P-ERK1/2 (relative expression 0.32±0.11 vs. 1.14±0.14, P<0.05), and P-p90RSK (relative expression 0.43±0.14 vs. 1.15±0.07, P<0.05) decreased in the JWH133 intervention group. The type Ⅰ collagen mRNA (2.190±0.362 vs. 5.078±0.792, P<0.05), type Ⅲ collagen mRNA (1.750±0.290 vs. 4.935±0.456, P<0.05), and α-SMA mRNA (1.588±0.060 vs. 5.192±0.506, P<0.05) decreased. Compared with the JWH133 intervention group, the JWH133+AM630 antagonistic group increased the expression of α-SMA, type Ⅲ collagen, P-ERK1/2, and P-p90RSK protein in the lung tissue of mice, and increased the expression of type Ⅲ collagen and α-SMA mRNA. Conclusion: In mice with bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis, the cannabinoid type-2 receptor agonist JWH133 inhibited inflammation and improved extracellular matrix deposition, which alleviated lung fibrosis. The underlying mechanism of action may be related to the activation of the ERK1/2-RSK1 signaling pathway.
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Guiyang First People's Hospital, Guiyang 550004, China Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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Cheng YJ, Jia XY, Cao HR, Zhao XY, Zhou XJ, Yu XJ, Xu R, Zhou FD, Wang SX, Cui Z, Zhao MH. Primary membranous nephropathy in two siblings with one combined with anti-glomerular basement membrane disease: a case report. BMC Nephrol 2023; 24:183. [PMID: 37349681 PMCID: PMC10286333 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-023-03132-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R) associated with membranous nephropathy (MN) is an organ-specific autoimmune disease associated with PLA2R and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes. Familial PLA2R-related MN is rarely reported. The combination of anti-GBM disease and MN has been well documented, though the mechanism behind it remains unclear. CASE PRESENTATION We describe two siblings diagnosed with pathology-confirmed PLA2R-related MN 1 year apart. And one of the two siblings developed an anti-GBM disease. The high-resolution HLA typing showed identical alleles in both siblings, specifically heterozygotes of DRB1*15:01/*03:01. CONCLUSION We describe a familial case of PLA2R-related MN supporting the role of genetic factors that HLA-DRB1*15:01 and DRB1*03:01 predispose patients in the development of PLA2R-related MN in the Han Chinese population. The combination of MN and anti-GBM disease may also partially be associated with the same susceptible HLA allele DRB1*15:01.
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- Yan-Jiao Cheng
- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, PR China.
- Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, 100034, PR China.
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China.
- Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China.
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- Renal Division, Affiliated Hospital of Chifeng University, Chifeng, 024005, PR China
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- Renal Division, Affiliated Hospital of Chifeng University, Chifeng, 024005, PR China.
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, PR China
- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100871, PR China
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Cheng YJ, Wang M, Wang J, Cui Z, Zhao MH. Correction: The characters of antibodies against PLA2R in healthy individuals and in the patient with PLA2R associated membranous nephropathy. Eur J Med Res 2023; 28:148. [PMID: 37020299 PMCID: PMC10074696 DOI: 10.1186/s40001-023-01110-w] [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: 04/07/2023] Open
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- Yan-Jiao Cheng
- Renal Division, Institute of Nephrology, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Ministry of Health of China, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China
- Renal Division, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, 100068, People's Republic of China
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- Renal Division, Institute of Nephrology, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Ministry of Health of China, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China
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- Renal Division, Institute of Nephrology, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Ministry of Health of China, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China
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- Renal Division, Institute of Nephrology, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Ministry of Health of China, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China.
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- Renal Division, Institute of Nephrology, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Ministry of Health of China, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China
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Cheng YJ, Wang M, Wang J, Cui Z, Zhao MH. The characters of antibodies against PLA2R in healthy individuals and in the patient with PLA2R associated membranous nephropathy. Eur J Med Res 2023; 28:128. [PMID: 36935517 PMCID: PMC10026444 DOI: 10.1186/s40001-023-01096-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 03/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Most primary membranous nephropathy (MN) is mediated by anti-phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R) antibodies. Recently, these antibodies have been revealed months to years before the disease's onset. Their production and pathogenicity need further investigation. METHODS Anti-PLA2R antibodies were purified from plasma of eight healthy individuals, 12 patients with PLA2R-related MN and negative circulating antibody (Ab-), and 18 patients with positive anti-PLA2R antibodies (Ab +), using affinity column coupled with recombinant human PLA2R. The antigen specificity, antibody amount, titer, IgG subclass, and affinity were assessed by Western blot, immunofluorescence, ELISA, and surface plasmon resonance. RESULTS The natural anti-PLA2R antibodies recognized the conformational structure of PLA2R which locates on the cell membrane of podocytes. The amount of natural IgG was 0.12 ± 0.04 g/L, which accounted for 0.80% of total IgG and was lower than that of patients (2.36%, P < 0.001). The titer of natural antibodies was lower than that of patients in Ab- and Ab + groups (1:16 vs. 1:43 vs. 1:274, P < 0.001). IgG2(45.1%) was predominant in natural antibodies, while IgG4 was predominant in Ab + group (45.7 vs. 25.0%, P < 0.001). IgG1 was increasing from natural antibodies to Ab- and Ab + groups. The affinity of natural antibodies was lower than that of patients (KD: 641.0 vs. 269.0 vs. 99.6 nM, P = 0.002). The antibody titer, affinity, and IgG4 percentage were associated with the severity of proteinuria and the stages of membranous lesion. CONCLUSIONS The natural anti-PLA2R antibodies exist in healthy plasma. The antibody titer, IgG subclass, and affinity may participate in the pathogenesis of anti-PLA2R antibodies.
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- Yan-Jiao Cheng
- Renal Division, Institute of Nephrology, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Ministry of Health of China, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China
- Renal Division, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, 100068, People's Republic of China
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- Renal Division, Institute of Nephrology, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Ministry of Health of China, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China
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- Renal Division, Institute of Nephrology, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Ministry of Health of China, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China
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- Renal Division, Institute of Nephrology, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Ministry of Health of China, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China.
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- Renal Division, Institute of Nephrology, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Ministry of Health of China, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China
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Ma C, Cheng YJ, Xiao N. [Research progress of mesenchymal stem cell in the treatment of diabetic bladder dysfunction]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2022; 60:1035-1040. [PMID: 36323586 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112139-20220530-00245] [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: 06/16/2023]
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Diabetic bladder dysfunction (DBD) is a common complication in the lower urinary tract of diabetes. In recent years, mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) have broad application prospects in the treatment of DBD. MSC can migrate to damaged bladder tissue and differentiate into various cell types, such as urothelial cells, myofibroblasts, smooth muscle cells and nerve cells, promote bladder tissue repair and regeneration through paracrine effects. In addition, MSC also intervene in the pathological process of DBD, reverse disease progression, and restore partial bladder function through immune regulation, improvement of oxidative stress, and regulation of blood glucose. At present, the treatment of DBD with MSC is limited to preclinical animal experiments, clinical research and application should be pursued further.
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- C Ma
- Department of Urology, Lanzhou University Sencond Hospital, Key Laboratory of Gansu Province for Urological Diseases, Gansu Nephro-Urological Clinical Center, Lanzhou 730030, China
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- Department of Urology, Lanzhou University Sencond Hospital, Key Laboratory of Gansu Province for Urological Diseases, Gansu Nephro-Urological Clinical Center, Lanzhou 730030, China
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- Department of Urology, Lanzhou University Sencond Hospital, Key Laboratory of Gansu Province for Urological Diseases, Gansu Nephro-Urological Clinical Center, Lanzhou 730030, China
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Wang XB, Tang H, Cheng YJ, Shang HB, Ma JG, Xu Z, He C, Wu Z. [Clinical observation of microsurgical removal of the hemilateral tuberculum sellae meningiomas through contralateral eyebrow arch approach]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 102:2630-2633. [PMID: 36058690 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20220208-00261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The current study aimed to investigate the clinical feasibility of microscopic resection of hemilateral tuberculum sellae meningiomas (TSM) via the contralateral eye brow arch approach. The clinical data of 34 patients with TSM who underwent microsurgery from January 2016 to June 2021 in the Neurosurgery Department of Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine and the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University were collected and reviewed. The postoperative visual acuity improvement rate was 88.5% (23/26), and the total tumor resection rate was 88.2% (30/34); the postoperative visual acuity improvement in patients with total tumor resection was better than that of patients with partial resection [90.9% (20/22) vs 3/4]. Meanwhile, the postoperative visual acuity improvement in patients with the superior optic nerve and laterl-superior optic nerve was better than that of patients with the lateral optic nerve type (12/14, 8/8 vs 3/4). Supraorbital skin numbness occurred in 3 cases after operation, and the symptoms disappeared during follow-up; 2 cases had mild disturbance of hormone level, and urine output of 2 cases increased after operation, which returned to normal level after symptomatic treatment; 1 case had subcutaneous effusion which was absorbed after treatment. There were no complications such as olfactory disturbance and intracranial infection. During follow-up for 3-60 (33±6) months, recurrence occurred in 2 cases and reoperation was performed. For the hemilateral TSM, according to the preoperative evaluation of the origin of the TSM and the side with visual impairment, the contralateral eyebrow approach is selected to fully expose the tumor base below the optic nerve. It is beneficial to fully resect the tumor under direct vision, and the symptoms of postoperative visual impairment are significantly improved, indicating that the current surgical method can be used in the clinical setting.
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- X B Wang
- Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng 475000, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng 475000, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng 475000, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng 475000, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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Zhu YY, Diao WW, Zhu XL, Sun S, Cheng YJ, Zhang T, Li WY, Gao ZQ, Chen XM. [Effect evaluation of surgical plus radio(chemo)therapy and non-surgery chemoradiotherapy treatment strategies for advanced tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2022; 57:42-47. [PMID: 35090208 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20210202-00053] [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: 06/14/2023]
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Objective: Using propensity score matching method(PSM) to investigate the clinical effect of surgical plus radio(chemo)therapy and non-surgery chemoradiotherapy treatment strategies for advanced tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 324 patients diagnosed with advanced tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma and treated in Peking Union Medical College Hospital from 2000 to 2018, confirmed by pathology and without distant metastasis. Survival analysis was performed using Kaplan-Meier estimates, the Cox proportional hazards model, and propensity score matching(PSM). Results: Of the 324 patients, 102 were treated with non-surgery chemoradiotherapy treatment strategies and 222 with surgical plus radio(chemo)therapy treatment. Cox multivariate analysis showed that the non-surgery treatment group had a favorable prognosis than the surgical treatment group, however, these outcomes were not significantly different [overall survival(OS): adjusted Hazard Ratios(aHR): 0.92, 95% confidence interval(CI): 0.60-1.42; disease-specific survival(DSS): aHR: 0.71, 95%CI: 0.43-1.20; disease-free survival(DFS): aHR: 0.82, 95%CI: 0.53-1.28]. The new patient cohort consisted of 102 subpairs after PSM. There were no significant differences between two groups(OS: aHR: 0.85, 95%CI: 0.51-1.40; DSS: aHR: 0.62, 95%CI: 0.35-1.11; DFS: aHR: 0.80, 95%CI: 0.49-1.33). Conclusion: Our findings indicate that patients with non-surgical treatment do not have significantly better survival outcomes compared to surgical treatment group, while non-surgical treatment has advantages in improving the quality of life of patients, so comprehensive treatment based on radiotherapy and chemotherapy may be recommended for advanced tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma.
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- Y Y Zhu
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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Cheng YJ, Cheng XY, Zhang YM, Wang F, Wang X, Meng LQ, Liu G, Cui Z, Zhao MH. Effects of hydroxychloroquine on proteinuria in membranous nephropathy. J Nephrol 2021; 35:1145-1157. [PMID: 34846713 DOI: 10.1007/s40620-021-01182-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Many patients with primary membranous nephropathy have severe proteinuria unresponsive to optimized renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors (RAASi). We evaluated the efficacy and safety of hydroxychloroquine as an adjunctive agent in membranous nephropathy (MN) treatments. METHODS We prospectively recruited 126 patients with biopsy-proven primary membranous nephropathy and urinary protein 1-8 g/day while receiving optimized RAASi treatment for ≥ 3 months and well-controlled blood pressure. Forty-three patients received hydroxychloroquine and RAASi (hydroxychloroquine-RAASi group), and 83 patients received RAASi alone (RAASi group). Treatment responses, including proteinuria reduction, complete and partial remission rates, and autoantibody against phospholipase A2 receptor (anti-PLA2R) levels, were compared between the two groups at 6 months and over the long term. RESULTS At 6 months, the effective response rate (proteinuria reduction > 30%) (57.5% vs. 28.9%, P = 0.002), clinical remission rate (35.0% vs. 15.7%, P = 0.015), and percentage change in proteinuria (- 51.7% vs. - 21.9%, P < 0.001) were higher, and the rate of switching to immunosuppressants (25.0% vs. 45.8%, P = 0.027) was lower in the hydroxychloroquine-RAASi group than in the RAASi group. Hydroxychloroquine administration was an independent protective factor with an effective response (OR 0.37, P = 0.021). In the long term, the clinical remission rate was higher in the HCQ-RAASi group (62.5% vs. 38.6%, P = 0.013). Hydroxychloroquine therapy was associated with a higher rate of anti-PLA2R reduction (< 20 U/ml) (HR 0.28, P = 0.031). We observed no serious adverse events associated with hydroxychloroquine. CONCLUSIONS Hydroxychloroquine could be an option for patients with membranous nephropathy seeking to achieve proteinuria reduction and anti-PLA2R antibody reduction in addition to optimized RAASi. Randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm these findings. TRIAL REGISTRATION ChiCTR2100045947, 20210430, retrospectively registered.
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- Yan-Jiao Cheng
- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China. .,Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China. .,Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China. .,Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China. .,Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China. .,Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China. .,Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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- Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100871, People's Republic of China
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Ma XT, Cheng YJ, Lyu S, Sun Y, Shen H, Wang ZJ, Liu XL, Liu YY, Shi DM, Zhou YJ. [Literature review on the risk assessment and timing of aortic valve replacement for asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2021; 49:528-534. [PMID: 34034392 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112148-20200720-00573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- X T Ma
- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine of Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease, Clinical Center for Coronary Heart Disease, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine of Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease, Clinical Center for Coronary Heart Disease, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine of Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease, Clinical Center for Coronary Heart Disease, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine of Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease, Clinical Center for Coronary Heart Disease, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine of Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease, Clinical Center for Coronary Heart Disease, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine of Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease, Clinical Center for Coronary Heart Disease, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine of Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease, Clinical Center for Coronary Heart Disease, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine of Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease, Clinical Center for Coronary Heart Disease, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine of Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease, Clinical Center for Coronary Heart Disease, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine of Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease, Clinical Center for Coronary Heart Disease, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029, China
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Bai YG, Xu L, Duan XN, Liu YH, Ye JM, Liu Q, Cheng YJ, Xin L, Wang LH, Bao HL, Yu ZG, Liu LY, Wang R, Shi ZG. [The Breast Cancer Cohort Study in Chinese Women: research design and preliminary results of clinical multi-center cohort]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2021; 41:2046-2052. [PMID: 33378815 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20200507-00694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: The incidence of breast cancer in Chinese women continues to rise. The large breast cancer cohort studies in China are relatively scarce. There are many bottlenecks in the construction of large clinical cohort for breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, and prognoses, such as inconsistent standards, high rates of lost follow-up, repeated construction, and inability to share. To better solving the difficulties and problems faced by large-scale clinical cohort research in China, this project will cooperate with several tertiary A hospitals to establish a breast cancer cohort in Chinese women. It also provides a data platform and technical support for breast cancer multi-center clinical cohort research. Methods: Based on the evidence-based medicine and expert opinion and consensus, we established a breast cancer cohort standardized indicator set-recording baseline information, diagnosis and treatment-related information of the enrolled patients, and collecting biological specimens. According to the technical specification of long-term follow-up for the endpoint, data management, and data security and in the large population-based cohort study, a standardized follow-up system for the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of breast cancer prospective cohorts is formed. Results: Based on standardized data sets and the computer discipline's advantage from the University of Science and Technology Beijing, we integrate the new information technology methods, including dynamic information collection terminals and social networks. Thus, the quality of control programs on compliance and intelligence data was improved, and a Chinese women breast cancer cohort database was developed. By February 2020, 12 147 patients were included in the clinical cohort database. Biological specimens'resources in cohort construction were collected and cooperated with Shandong University to research the multi-center quality control system and shared evaluation system of biobanks. Building an open and shared biobank network and forming a full chain of breast cancer research platform. Conclusion: With the implementation of the "13(th) Five-Year Plan" precision medicine research, this study provides a research foundation for precision diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer and provides data support for the country to formulate relevant medical policies.
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- Y G Bai
- Breast Disease Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Breast Disease Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Breast Disease Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Breast Disease Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Breast Disease Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Breast Disease Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Breast Disease Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Breast Disease Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
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- The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Ji'nan 250033, China
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- The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Ji'nan 250033, China
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- University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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Xu J, Cheng YJ, Wang ST, Wang X, Jin ZY, Qian TY, Zhu JX, Nickel MD, Xue HD. Simultaneous multi-slice accelerated diffusion-weighted imaging with higher spatial resolution for patients with liver metastases from neuroendocrine tumours. Clin Radiol 2020; 76:81.e11-81.e19. [PMID: 32962807 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2020.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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AIM To evaluate the imaging characteristics of simultaneous multi-slice (SMS) accelerated diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with decreased section thickness, with and without motion correction, in comparison to conventional DWI (cDWI) for the detection of lesions in patients with neuroendocrine tumour (NET) liver metastases. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifteen patients with NET liver metastases underwent cDWI (section thickness [SL]=4 mm) and SMS-DWI (SL=2 mm). Non-linear motion-corrected (Moco)-SMS-DWI was generated in addition to the original series. Qualitative imaging characteristics (five-point Likert scale), the number of high signal lesions, and the detectability and delineation of lesions were evaluated and compared using the Friedman and the Dunn-Bonferroni tests. The test-retest variability (TRV) of the cDWI and SMS-DWI techniques was investigated among 11 healthy volunteers who underwent cDWI (SL=4 mm) and SMS-DWI (SL=4 mm) twice. The Friedman and the Dunn-Bonferroni post-hoc tests were used to compare the mean apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and the TRV in different liver regions between the three series. RESULTS Moco-SMS-DWI demonstrated significantly superior overall image quality (p<0.001) with significantly fewer artefacts (p=0.003) than cDWI. The number of lesions detected by cDWI, SMS-DWI, and Moco-SMS-DWI were 348, 504, and 523, respectively. The detectability and delineation of the lesions and the ADC values were significantly higher on the SMS-DWI and Moco-SMS-DWI images than on the cDWI images (all p<0.001). Moco-SMS-DWI showed significantly higher TRV than cDWI in regions near the liver edge (p=0.018). CONCLUSIONS SMS-DWI achieves higher spatial resolution than cDWI within the same acquisition time, detects more lesions, and provides better lesion delineation. By applying motion correction, the TRV of DWI could be enhanced in regions near the liver edge.
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- J Xu
- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oncology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
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- MR Collaboration, Siemens Healthcare Ltd, Beijing, China
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- MR Collaboration, Siemens Healthcare Ltd, Beijing, China
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- Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Wang X, You Y, Ge YP, Ying HY, Cheng YJ, Bai CM. [Ovarian metastases of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas: the clinicopathological characteristics and outcomes of 10 cases]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2020; 42:331-335. [PMID: 32375450 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112152-20190220-00100] [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 clinicopathological characteristics and outcomes of a series of ovarian metastases of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Methods: Data of clinical manifestation, pathological characteristic, treatment and follow-up result from ten patients with ovarian metastases of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma confirmed by pathology were retrospectively analyzed. Results: The median age of onset was 46 years (38~79 years). The primary tumors were located in the body and tail of the pancreas in 8 cases. Bilateral ovarian metastasis occurred in 8 patients at the time of diagnosis. The median time from patients with clinical symptom to ovarian metastases was 2.5 months (0~12 months). Peritoneal metastasis was found in all of 10 cases. Nine cases were accompanied by CA125 elevation. The major features of metastatic carcinoma in the ovary were cystic-solid appearance (8 cases) and mucinous adenocarcinoma (6 cases) with no obvious immunohistochemical features in pathological observation. All patients underwent palliative ovariectomy at onset, and one patient underwent primary tumor resection simultaneously. Seven patients received chemotherapy. The median survival time of the 10 patients was 10.3 months. Conclusions: Ovarian metastases of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma are easily misdiagnosed. The final diagnosis depends on clinical manifestations, imaging and histopathological observation. Ovariectomy may be associated with better outcome.
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- X Wang
- Department of Medical Oncology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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Umapathi T, Koh JS, Cheng YJ, Goh EJH, Lim CSJ. The utility of sural-sparing pattern in the electrodiagnosis of regional subtypes of Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Clin Neurophysiol Pract 2020; 5:43-45. [PMID: 32140628 PMCID: PMC7044466 DOI: 10.1016/j.cnp.2019.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2019] [Revised: 11/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Sural-sparing pattern is an electrodiagnostic footprint of Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Sural-sparing pattern helps in diagnosis of GBS, including regional subtypes. It is likely due to predilection of upper limb nerves for subclinical entrapment.
Objective We present an exemplar patient, illustrating utility of the sural-sparing pattern in diagnosis of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). We then present data that sheds light on the pathophysiology of sural-sparing. Method and results We describe a case of complex ophthalmoplegia that exemplifies the challenge of diagnosing regional subtypes of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, and the value of scrutinizing sensory nerve action potentials for the sural-sparing pattern. We also demonstrate, in a series of GBS patients, how serial nerve conduction studies can reveal “covert” sural-sparing in patients without sural-sparing on the initial study. Finally, by studying the median and radial sensory nerve action potentials at digit I in GBS patients, we demonstrate that the likely pathology of sural-sparing is related to the predilection of median nerve for subclinical entrapment; where the blood-nerve barrier is deficient and therefore more exposed to the immunopathology of GBS. Conclusion Incorporating sural-sparing would improve the specificity of GBS electrodiagnosis; especially in difficult to diagnose regional subtypes of GBS.
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- Thirugnanam Umapathi
- National Neuroscience Institute, 11, Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433, Singapore
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- National Neuroscience Institute, 11, Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433, Singapore
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- National Neuroscience Institute, 11, Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433, Singapore
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- National Neuroscience Institute, 11, Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433, Singapore
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- National Neuroscience Institute, 11, Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433, Singapore
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Cheng YJ, Zhao XJ, Zeng W, Xu MC, Ma YC, Wang M. Effect of Intradialytic Exercise on Physical Performance and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Pilot and Feasibility Study. Blood Purif 2019; 49:409-418. [PMID: 31865333 DOI: 10.1159/000504955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Although intradialytic exercise is considered a form of "nonpharmacological medicine" for patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis (MHD), this practice has not been widely implemented in most dialysis centers because of clinical limitations. We, therefore, aimed to design an intradialytic exercise training program to improve the implementation of this practice and determine its impact on physical performance and cardiovascular risk factors in patients receiving MHD. METHODS A total of 132 MHD patients at 4 outpatient dialysis units were enrolled and assigned randomly into exercise (n = 67) and control groups (n = 65). During a 2-year period, patients in the exercise group participated in 20-min exercise training sessions within dialysis sessions on 3 days per week. All patients underwent assessments of physical function (6-min walk test) and cardiovascular risk factors (blood pressure [BP], total cholesterol [TC], low-density lipoprotein [LDL], high-sensitivity C-reactive protein [hsCRP], albumin [Alb], hemoglobin [Hb], and erythropoietin [EPO] dose) at the baseline and annually thereafter. RESULTS Of the participants, 50.8% had completed the study after 2 years. No statistically significant intragroup or intergroup differences were observed in the measures of 6MD, BP, TC, hsCRP, Alb, Hb, and EPO dose. CONCLUSION The results suggest that although this low-intensity, nonprogressive intradialytic exercise program may be practical, it was not sufficient to improve physiological function and reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors in patients receiving MHD.
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- Yan-Jiao Cheng
- Department of Nephrology, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing Boai Hospital, Capital Medical University Rehabilitation Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, ChuiYangLiu Hospital Affiliated with Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Beijing Zhanlanlu Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing Boai Hospital, Capital Medical University Rehabilitation Medical College, Beijing, China,
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- Department of Nephrology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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Ma Y, Cheng YJ, Ohene BE, Yang LX, Zhou YJ. P679Long-term cardiovascular outcomes after percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with acute coronary syndrome and cancer. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
Over time, the use of PCI increased and mortality decreased comparably in patients with ACS and cancers. Although the adverse cardiac effect of cancer has been widely reported, we know less on whether lung cancer confers worse clinical outcomes in patients with established ACS, particularly those undergoing PCI.
Methods
All cancer patients who were admitted in the hospital with ACS as initial diagnosis and underwent PCI from January 2006 to December 2016 were enrolled, and were divided into 2 groups according to their malignancy types: lung cancer and others. Population data was collected and clinical follow-up was performed by either telephone contact or office visit. Survival was graphically represented using Kaplan-Meier curves. Differences in survival rates were compared using the log-rank test. Analysis was performed with SPSS statistical software, version 22.0 for Windows. See Figure 1.
Results
16,062 patients suffered from various cancers and 55,401 patients underwent PCI. After cross referencing the two patient lists, 337 patients were enrolled who underwent cancer prior to ACS, and 15.1% (n=51) had a medical history of lung cancer. See Figure 2 and 3. Male gender was more prevalent in the lung cancer group than other cancers group (84.3% vs 60.5%, P=0.01). There was no significant difference between lung cancer and other cancers group in the presence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, diabetes mellitus, history of smoking, history of drinking and the family history of coronary artery disease (P>0.05 for all). Among all coronary complex lesions, calcified lesions was more prevalent in lung cancer group (21.6% vs 11.5%, P=0.04), although there was no significant difference between two groups in left main lesions, bifurcation lesions and CTO lesions (P>0.05 for all). For anticancer therapy, patients with lung cancer received more radiotherapy (29.4% vs 13.6%, P=0.01) and chemotherapy (37.3% vs 25.5%, P=0.08). Follow-up was available for 289 of the 337 patients (85.8%). See table 1. The incidence of cardiovascular death (5.9% vs 1.0%, P=0.02) was higher in the lung cancer group. As shown the Kaplan-Meier curves in Figure 1, the survival rate free from all-cause death (log rank P=0.034, Figure 4A) and cardiovascular death (log rank P=0.013, Figure 4B) was significantly lower in lung cancer group than in other cancers group during the follow-up.
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Conclusions
Lung cancer has a non-negligible prevalence in patients with ACS undergoing PCI, with significantly worse long-term cardiovascular outcomes. The results of our study reinforce the importance of understanding to patients who need closer follow-up, careful evaluation, and intervention.
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- Y Ma
- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Cardiology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Cardiology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Cardiology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Cardiology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Cardiology, Beijing, China
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Cheng YJ, Ma XT, Zhou YJ, Zhao YX, Liu XL, Ma Y, Liu F, Sun Y, Zhang D. P4740Clinical predictors of graft occlusion after coronary artery bypass grafting: a case-control study. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.1116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Objective
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is still one of the most common surgical procedures aimed at improving blood circulation in atherosclerotic coronary arteries.Graft occlusion influences outcome CABG. The risk factors of long-term graft occlusion remain uncertain.The aim of the present study was to investigate the clinical predictors of graft occlusion after CABG.
Methods
All patients with prior CABG in our center who underwent coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) and/or percutaneous coronary angiography for follow-up between Aug 2013 and Dec 2017 were included in the present study. We excluded patients who underwent multiple CABG surgeries or percutaneous coronary intervention after index CABG. With regard to one patient with two or more different angiography results, we selected the angiography result which showed graft occlusion for the first time or the last angiography result. The baseline clinical data at index CABG was analyzed for their independent impact on graft occlusion in a case-control study using multivariate logistic regression.
Results
1178 (27.5%) of 4289 patients experienced at least one graft occlusion. The mean age was 63.23±9.02 years, 1004 (23.4%) patients were female. From all the occlusion cases, artery occlusion occurred in 337 (28.6%) patients and saphenous vein graft occlusion occurred in 875 (74.3%) patients.Complete baseline data was available for evaluation from 1178 of them (case group). We matched these patients through gender, age and time interval between the index CABG and angiography/CTA to another 1178 patients who did not have graft occlusion (control group). After multivariate logistic regression, chronic renal dysfunction (OR=1.008; 95% CI, 1.001–1.021; P=0.038) hyperuricemia (OR=1.89; 95% CI, 1.101–3.876; P=0.040) and hyperlipemia (with low density lipoprotein increased) (OR=1.377; 95% CI, 1.021–1.926; P=0.042) significantly increased the risk of long-term graft occlusion.
Conclusions
Chronic renal dysfunction hyperurcemia and hyperlipemia were independent risk factors of long-term graft occlusion.
Acknowledgement/Funding
National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFC0908800)
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- Y J Cheng
- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Cardiology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Cardiology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Cardiology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Cardiology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Cardiology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Cardiology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Cardiology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Cardiology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Cardiology, Beijing, China
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Xu L, Ye JM, Zhu SN, Zhao JY, Xin L, Cheng YJ, Liu Q, Zhang H, Zhang S, Duan XN, Liu YH. [Analysis of neoadjuvant docetaxel, carboplatin and trastuzumab (TCH) in HER-2-positive breast cancer]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 98:907-911. [PMID: 29665663 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2018.12.006] [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 analyze docetaxel (T) and carboplatin (C) combined with trastuzumab (H) -TCH regimen as neoadjuvant systemic therapy in early breast cancer patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2) positive. Methods: From January 2008 to December 2014, the data of patients diagnosed as early breast cancer in Breast Disease Center of Peking University First Hospital were retrospective reviewed. The data of patients with HER-2 positive conducted TCH neoadjuvant therapy and surgery, and with the complete clinicopathological information were analyzed. Results: A total of 77 cases were enrolled in this study. We defined G2+ G3+ G4+ G5 as responsive group according to Miller-Payne grading system, the responsive rate was 84.4% (65/77). The rate of complete pathological remission (pCR) was 39.0% (30/77). The 5-year disease free survival (DFS) was 87.3%, and 5-year overall survival (OS) was 93.6%. There was a significant difference between DFS and OS in the responsive group and non-responsive group (DFS: χ2=6.762, P=0.009; OS: χ2=5.062, P=0.024). Conclusion: TCH is an effective neoadjuvant therapy for patients with HER-2 positive breast cancer, and the toxic and side effects were under control.
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- The Breast Disease Center of Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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Tan Q, Tu HW, Gu CH, Li XD, Li RZ, Wang M, Chen SG, Cheng YJ, Liu YM. [Spatial distribution of occupational disease prevalence in Guangzhou and Foshan city by geographic information system]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2018; 35:854-857. [PMID: 29316761 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-9391.2017.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the occupational disease spatial distribution characteristics in Guangzhou and Foshan city in 2006-2013 with Geographic Information System and to provide evidence for making control strategy. Methods: The data on occupational disease diagnosis in Guangzhou and Foshan city from 2006 through 2013 were collected and linked to the digital map at administrative county level with Arc GIS12.0 software for spatial analysis. Results: The maps of occupational disease and Moran's spatial autocor-relation analysis showed that the spatial aggregation existed in Shunde and Nanhai region with Moran's index 1.727, -0.003. Local Moran's I spatial autocorrelation analysis pointed out the "positive high incidence re-gion" and the "negative high incidence region" during 2006~2013. Trend analysis showed that the diagnosis case increased slightly then declined from west to east, increase obviously from north to south, declined from? southwest to northeast, high in the middle and low on both sides in northwest-southeast direction. Conclusions: The occupational disease is obviously geographical distribution in Guangzhou and Foshan city. The corresponding prevention measures should be made according to the geographical distribution.
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- Foshan Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention and Control. Foshan Guangdong 528000. China
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Zhou ZM, Xu XH, Liang J, Hu B, Cheng YJ, Shi C, Zhou YJ. [The impact of cigarette cessation intervention on mental state of patients with coronary heart disease]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2017; 55:854-858. [PMID: 27801340 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1426.2016.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: This study was designed to observe the impact of cigarette cessation on anxiety and depression in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Methods: A total of 690 cigarette smoking patients with CHD identified by coronary angiography (CAG) were included and analyzed in the study.The mental state were scored with Hamilton anxiety (HAMA) and depression (HAMD) scale both on admission and at 6-month follow-up.The patients were divided into two groups based on the cigarette cessation.The score of mental state between the two groups were compared.The patients were treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), or medicine therapy (MT). Results: The clinic data and score of mental state were similar at the time of admission (HAMA: 10.66±5.53 vs 11.09±5.61, P=0.311; HAMD: 29.81±10.13 vs 28.94±10.22, P=0.266 4) between the two groups.After 6 months, the proportions of subjects in smoking cession group with anxiety (24.2% vs 32.3%, P<0.05), depression (18.0% vs 27.5%, P<0.05), and anxiety and depression (7.0% vs 16.2%, P<0.001) decreased significantly compared with those in smoking group irrespective of the treatment strategy.Both the HAMA and HAMD scores were lower in smoking cessation group (HAMA: 9.83±3.40; HAMD: 24.91±7.90) than in smoking group (HAMA: 10.98±4.87; HAMD: 27.70±11.16) (all P<0.001). Conclusions: Smoking cessation is good for the relief of anxiety and depression in CHD patient.
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- Z M Zhou
- Department of Cardiology 12th Ward, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing 100029, China
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Cai ZP, Qu B, Cheng YJ, Luo SY, Xu B, Xu HY, Luo ZQ, Camy P, Doualan JL, Moncorgé R. Emission properties and CW laser operation of Pr:YLF in the 910 nm spectral range. Opt Express 2014; 22:31722-31728. [PMID: 25607141 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.031722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The polarized emission spectra for the 3P0→1G4 emission transition of the Pr3+ ion around 910 nm in the Pr3+:LiYF4 (Pr:YLF) laser crystal were registered and calibrated in unit of cross sections for the first time. Continuous-wave (CW) laser operation is demonstrated at 915 nm in π polarization by pumping the crystal with an optically pumped semiconductor laser (OPSL) at 479.2 nm. An output power of 218 mW is thus obtained with a laser slope efficiency of about 24% for an output coupler (OC) transmission of 1.9%. CW laser operation is also demonstrated at 907 nm in σ polarization by using a thin plate oriented at Brewster angle. An output power of about 89 mW with a slope efficiency of about 10% is then obtained for an OC transmission of 0.8%.The round-trip cavity losses are estimated for different experimental cavity configurations to be about 1% and the typical beam quality M2 factors measured in the transverse x and y directions are found equal to about 1.07 and 1.04, respectively. Finally, we also report on a double laser wavelength operation by using an OC with a transmission of about 0.05%, such effect resulting from joint-etalon effects inside the cavity.
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Sun GG, Zhang J, Ma XB, Wang YD, Cheng YJ, Hu WN. Overexpression of Wild-Type p53-Induced Phosphatase 1 Confers Poor Prognosis of Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Pathol Oncol Res 2014; 21:283-91. [PMID: 25060857 DOI: 10.1007/s12253-014-9819-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This study aimed to analyze the expression, clinical significance of proto-oncogene in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and the biological effect in its cell line by siRNA targeting wild-type p53-induced phosphatase 1 (Wip1). Immunohistochemistry and western blot were respectively used to analyze Wip1 protein expression in 85 cases of nasopharyngeal cancer and normal tissues to study the relationship between Wip1 expression and clinical factors. Wip1 siRNA was transiently transfected into papillary nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell by liposome-mediated method and was detected by Quantitative real-time RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) and western blot. MTT assay, cell apoptosis, migration and invasion were also conducted as to the influence of the down-regulated expression of Wip1 that might be found on CNE2 cells biological effect. The level of Wip1 protein expression was found to be significantly higher in nasopharyngeal cancer tissue than normal tissues (P <0.05). There were significant differences between Wip1 expression and T stages, lymph node metastasis, clinical stages, tumor differentiation and radiotherapy response (P < 0.05), regardless of age, gender (P > 0.05). Meanwhile, Increased expression of Wip1 was significantly with poor overall survival time by Kaplan-Meier analysis (P < 0.05). Wip1 expression deletion determines independent risk factors for prognosis of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in addition to tumor T stage, clinical stage, histological grade and lymph node metastasis outside by Cox-2 in the regression analysis (P < 0.05). qRT-PCR and Western blot showed that CNE2 cell transfected Wip1 siRNA had a lower relative expressive content than normal cell (P < 0.05). MTT assay, cell apoptosis, cell cycles demonstrated that CNE2 cell transfected Wip1 siRNA had a lower survival fraction, higher cell apoptosis, more percentage of the G0/G1 phases, significant decrease in migration and invasion, and higher P53 and P16 protein expression compared with CNE2 cell untransfected Wip1 siRNA (P < 0.05). Wip1 protein was increased in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, specifically in T stages, lymph node metastasis, clinical stages and tumor differentiation. Wip1 may involved in the biological processes of nasopharyngeal cancer cell proliferation, apoptosis, and migration and invasion by regulation P53 and P16 protein expression.
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- G G Sun
- Department of Chemoradiotherapy, Tangshan people's hospital, NO.65, Shengli road, Lunan district, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei province, China
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Lu YF, Sun GG, Liu Q, Yang CR, Cheng YJ. BTG1 expression in thyroid carcinoma: diagnostic indicator and prognostic marker. Int J Oncol 2014; 45:1574-82. [PMID: 25017022 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2014.2543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2014] [Accepted: 05/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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We determined the expression and function of B cell translocation gene 1 (BTG1) in thyroid carcinoma. Thyroid samples were obtained from cancer lesions (n=83) and adjacent normal tissue (n=35) in thyroid cancer patients immediately after endoscopic biopsy. BTG1 expression was determined by immunohistochemistry and western blotting. The effect of BTG1 overexpression was examined in vitro utilizing the human thyroid cancer cell line FTC-133, stably transfected with a recombinant lentivirus (LeBTG1 cells) and compared to empty vector transfected controls (LeEmpty). BTG1 overexpression was verified by reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and western blotting. The expression of proteins involved in cell cycle regulation (cyclin D1), apoptosis (Bcl-2) and cell migration (MMP-9) in LeBTG1 cells was analyzed by western blotting. The effect of BTG1 overexpression on cell viability and proliferation was assessed by MTT assay in LeBTG1 and LeEmpty cells. Flow cytometric analyses were used to evaluate the effect of BTG1 expression on cell cycle distribution and apoptosis. The migration and invasion potential of LeBTG1 cells was examined by plating cells in Matrigel-coated chambers. BTG1 protein expression was significantly lower in thyroid cancer tissue biopsies compared to normal tissue as measured by immunohistochemistry (36.1 vs. 80.0% of tissues; P<0.05) and western blotting (0.251±0.021 vs. 0.651±0.065; P<0.05). Decreased expression of BTG1 was significantly correlated with thyroid cancer lymph node metastasis, clinical stage and pathological differentiation (P<0.05), as well as with reduced overall 10‑year survival rates compared to patients with higher expression levels (30.2 vs. 66.7%; P<0.05). In vitro analyses revealed that LeBTG1 cells had a reduced survival fraction compared to control LeEmpty cells, with higher rates of apoptosis (11.6±2.1 vs. 2.1±0.4%; P<0.05). The proportion of LeBTG1 cells in G0/G1 stage and S phase was also significantly different from LeEmpty cells (81.8±6.3 and 10.2±1.0%, vs. 62.4±4.9 and 25.5±2.6%, respectively; P<0.05), and the migration and invasion of LeBTG1 cells was significantly impaired with respect to LeEmpty cells (72.0±8.0 and 55.0±7.0 vs. 113.0±16.0 and 89.0±9.0, respectively; P<0.05). These effects were accompanied by decreased protein expression of cyclin D1, Bcl-2 and MMP-9 in LeBTG1 cells (0.234±0.018, 0.209±0.021, 0.155±0.017, respectively) compared to control LeEmpty cells (0.551±0.065, 0.452±0.043, 0.609±0.072, respectively; P<0.05). Reduced BTG1 expression is associated with increased disease severity, suggesting it is a negative regulator of thyroid cancer and can serve as a prognostic indicator.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Tangshan Workers Hospital, Tangshan 063000, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemoradiotherapy, Tangshan People's Hospital, Tangshan 063000, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, P.R. China
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Sun GG, Wang YD, Cheng YJ, Hu WN. The expression of BTG1 is downregulated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and possibly associated with tumour metastasis. Mol Biol Rep 2014; 41:5979-88. [PMID: 24985971 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3475-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 06/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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To determine the expression and function of B cell translocation gene 1 (BTG1) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Nasopharyngeal samples were taken from cancer lesions (n = 75) and adjacent normal tissue (n = 33) in nasopharyngeal cancer patients immediately after endoscopic biopsy. BTG1 expression was determined by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. The effect of BTG1 overexpression was examined in vitro utilizing a human nasopharyngeal cancer cell line CNE2 stably transfected with a recombinant lentivirus (LeBTG1 cells) and compared to empty vector-transfected controls (LeEmpty). BTG1 overexpression was verified by real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and Western blot. The expression of proteins involved in cell cycle regulation (cyclin D1), apoptosis (Bcl-2) and cell migration (MMP-9) in LeBTG1 cells were analyzed by Western blot. The effect of BTG1 overexpression on cell viability and proliferation was assessed by an MTT assay in LeBTG1 and LeEmpty cells. Flow cytometric analyses were used to evaluate the effect of BTG1 expression on cell cycle distribution and apoptosis. The migration and invasion potential of LeBTG1 cells was examined by plating cells in Matrigel-coated chambers. BTG1 protein expression was significantly lower in nasopharyngeal cancer tissue biopsies than normal tissue as measured by immunohistochemistry (36.0 vs. 81.8 % of tissues; P < 0.05) and Western blotting (0.221 ± 0.019 vs. 0.652 ± 0.055; P < 0.05). Decreased expression of BTG1 was significantly correlated with nasopharyngeal cancer tumor stage, lymph node metastasis, clinical stage and pathologic differentiation (P < 0.05), as well as with reduced overall five-year survival rates compared to patients with higher expression levels (31.2 vs. 70.2 %; P < 0.05). In vitro analyses revealed that LeBTG1 cells had a reduced survival fraction compared to control LeEmpty cells, with higher rates of apoptosis (9.3 ± 0.7 vs. 2.3 ± 0.3 %; P < 0.05). The proportion of LeBTG1 cells in G0/G1 stage and S phase was also significantly different from LeEmpty cells (82.6 ± 3.8 and 10.1 ± 1.0 %, vs. 62.2 ± 2.4 and 28.9 ± 2.0 %, respectively; Ps < 0.05), and the migration and invasion of LeBTG1 cells was significantly impaired with respect to LeEmpty cells (96.0 ± 13.0 and 91.0 ± 11.0 vs. 158.0 ± 17.0 and 142.0 ± 15.0, respectively; Ps < 0.05). These effects were accompanied by decreased protein expression of cyclin D1, Bcl-2 and MMP-9 in LeBTG1 cells (0.231 ± 0.021, 0.413 ± 0.046, 0.131 ± 0.011, respectively) compared to control LeEmpty cells (0.636 ± 0.067, 0.821 ± 0.083, 0.451 ± 0.041, respectively; Ps < 0.05). Reduced BTG1 expression is associated with increased disease severity, suggesting it is a negative regulator of nasopharyngeal cancer and can serve as a prognostic indicator.
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- G G Sun
- Department of Chemoradiotherapy, Tangshan People's Hospital, NO. 65, Shengli Road, Lunan District, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei province, China,
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Sun GG, Wang YD, Cheng YJ, Hu WN. BTG1 underexpression is an independent prognostic marker in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Tumour Biol 2014; 35:9707-16. [PMID: 24969561 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-014-2245-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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To determine the expression and function of B cell translocation gene 1 (BTG1) in esophageal carcinoma, esophageal samples were taken from cancer lesions (n = 74) and adjacent normal tissue (n = 34) in esophageal cancer patients immediately after endoscopic biopsy. BTG1 expression was determined by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. The effect of BTG1 overexpression was examined in vitro utilizing a human esophageal cancer cell line ECA-109 stably transfected with a recombinant lentivirus (LeBTG1 cells) and compared to empty vector-transfected controls (LeEmpty). BTG1 overexpression was verified by real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blot. The expression of proteins involved in cell cycle regulation (cyclin D1) and apoptosis (Bcl-2) and cell migration (MMP-9) in LeBTG1 cells was analyzed by Western blot. The effect of BTG1 overexpression on cell viability and proliferation was assessed by an MTT assay in LeBTG1 and LeEmpty cells. Flow cytometric analyses were used to evaluate the effect of BTG1 expression on cell cycle distribution and apoptosis. The migration and invasion potential of LeBTG1 cells was examined by plating cells in Matrigel-coated chambers. The level of BTG1 protein expression was found to be significantly lower in esophageal cancer tissue than normal tissues (P < 0.05). Decreased expression of BTG1 was significantly correlated with lymph node metastasis, clinical stage, and histological grade of patients with esophageal cancer (P < 0.05). Meanwhile, loss of BTG1 expression correlated significantly with poor overall survival time by Kaplan-Meier analysis (P < 0.05). The result of biological function shown that Eca-109 cell-transfected BTG1 had a lower survival fraction, higher percentage of the G0/G1 phases, higher cell apoptosis, significant decrease in migration and invasion, and lower cylin D1, Bcl-2, and MMP-9 protein expression compared with Eca-109 cell-untransfected BTG1 (P < 0.05). Reduced BTG1 expression is associated with increased disease severity, suggesting it is a negative regulator of esophageal cancer and can serve as a prognostic indicator.
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- G G Sun
- Department of Chemoradiotherapy, Tangshan People's Hospital, NO. 65, Shengli road, Lunan district, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China,
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Sun GG, Wang YD, Cui DW, Cheng YJ, Hu WN. EMP1 regulates caspase-9 and VEGFC expression and suppresses prostate cancer cell proliferation and invasion. Tumour Biol 2013; 35:3455-62. [PMID: 24338711 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-013-1456-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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This study aimed to analyze the expression, clinical significance of f epithelial membrane protejn-1 (EMP-1) in prostate carcinoma, and the biological effect in its cell line by EMP1 overexpression. Immunohistochemistry and Western blot were used to analyze EMP1 protein expression in 76 cases of prostate cancer and 34 cases of normal tissues to study the relationship between EMP1 expression and clinical factors. EMP1 lentiviral vector and empty vector were respectively transfected into prostate cancer PC-3 cell line. Quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and Western blot were used to detect the mRNA level and protein of EMP1. 3-[4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay, migration, and invasion assays were also conducted as to the influence of the upregulated expression of EMP1 that might be found on PC-3 cell biological effect. Immunohistochemistry: The level of EMP1 protein expression was found to be significantly lower in prostate cancer tissue than normal tissues (P < 0.05). Western blot: The relative amount of EMP1 protein in prostate cancer tissue was found to be significantly lower than in normal tissues (P < 0.05). The level of EMP1 protein expression was not correlated with age and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) concentration (P > 0.05), but it was correlated with T stages, lymph node metastasis, clinic stage, and Gleason score (P < 0.05). The result of biological function shown that PC-3 cell transfected EMP1 had a lower survival fraction, higher cell apoptosis, significant decrease in migration and invasion, higher caspase-9, and lower VEGFC protein expression compared with PC-3 cell untransfected EMP1 (P < 0.05). EMP1 expression decreased in prostate cancer and correlated significantly T stages, lymph node metastasis, clinic stage, and Gleason score, suggesting that EMP1 may play important roles as a negative regulator to prostate cancer PC-3 cell by regulating the expression of regulation of caspase-9 and VEGFC protein.
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- G G Sun
- Department of Chemoradiotherapy, Tangshan People's Hospital, No. 65, Shengli road, Lunan district, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei province, China,
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Sun GG, Lu YF, Fu ZZ, Cheng YJ, Hu WN. EMP1 inhibits nasopharyngeal cancer cell growth and metastasis through induction apoptosis and angiogenesis. Tumour Biol 2013; 35:3185-93. [PMID: 24292952 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-013-1416-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2013] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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This study aimed to analyze the expression, clinical significance of epithelial membrane protein-1 (EMP1) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and the biological effect in its cell line by EMP1 overexpression. Immunohistochemistry and Western blot were used to analyze the EMP1 protein expression in 75 cases of nasopharyngeal cancer and 31 cases of normal tissues to study the relationship between EMP1 expression and clinical factors. Recombinant lentiviral vector was constructed to overexpress EMP1 and then infect nasopharyngeal cancer CNE2 cell line. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR and Western blot were used to detect the mRNA level and protein of EMP1. MTT assay, cell apoptosis, migration, and invasion assays were also conducted to determine the influence of the upregulated expression of EMP1 that might be found on CNE2 cells' biological effect. Immunohistochemistry and Western blot: The level of EMP1 protein expression was found to be significantly lower in nasopharyngeal cancer tissue than in the normal tissues (P < 0.05). Decreased expression of EMP1 was significantly correlated with T stages, lymph node metastasis, clinic stage, and histological grade of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer (P < 0.05). Meanwhile, the loss of EMP1 expression correlated significantly with poor overall survival time by Kaplan-Meier analysis (P < 0.05). The result of biological function has shown that CNE2 cell-transfected EMP1 had a lower survival fraction, higher cell apoptosis, significant decrease in migration and invasion, higher caspase-9, and lower vascular endothelial growth factor C protein expression compared with CNE2 cell-untransfected EMP1 (P < 0.05). EMP1 expression decreased in nasopharyngeal cancer and correlated significantly T stages, lymph node metastasis, clinic stage, histological grade, and poor overall survival, suggesting that EMP1 may play important roles as a negative regulator to nasopharyngeal cancer cell.
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- G G Sun
- Department of Chemoradiotherapy, Tangshan People's Hospital, No. 65, Shengli Road, Lunan District, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei Province, China
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Cui DW, Cheng YJ, Jing SW, Sun GG. Effect of cyclin G2 on proliferative ability of prostate cancer PC-3 cell. Tumour Biol 2013; 35:3017-24. [PMID: 24293374 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-013-1389-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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This study aimed to analyze the expression, clinical significance of cyclin G2 (CCNG2) in prostate carcinoma, and the biological effect in its cell line by CCNG2 overexpression. Immunohistochemistry and Western blot were used to analyze CCNG2 protein expression in 85 cases of prostate cancer and normal tissues to study the relationship between CCNG2 expression and clinical factors. CCNG2 lentiviral vector and empty vector were, respectively, transfected into prostate cancer PC-3 cell line. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blot were used to detect the mRNA level and protein of CCNG2. MTT assay and cell cycle were also conducted as to the influence of the upregulated expression of CCNG2 that might be found on PC-3 cells biological effect. The level of CCNG2 protein expression was found to be significantly lower in prostate cancer tissue than normal tissues (P < 0.05). The level of CCNG2 protein expression was not correlated with age, PSA contention, and tumor size (P < 0.05), but it was correlated with lymph node metastasis, clinic stage, and Gleason score (P < 0.05). The result of biological function shown that PC-3 cell transfected CCNG2 had a lower survival fraction, more percentage of the G0/G1 phases, and lower CDK2 protein expression compared with PC-3 cell untransfected CCNG2 (P < 0.05). CCNG2 expression decreased in prostate cancer and correlated significantly with lymph node metastasis, clinic stage, and Gleason score, suggesting that CCNG2 may play important roles as a negative regulator to prostate cancer cell.
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- D W Cui
- Department of Urinary Surgery, Tangshan Works Hospital, Tangshan, 063000, China
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Ling YH, Ma YH, Guan WJ, Cheng YJ, Wang YP, Han JL, Mang L, Zhao QJ, He XH, Pu YB, Fu BL. Evaluation of the genetic diversity and population structure of Chinese indigenous horse breeds using 27 microsatellite markers. Anim Genet 2011; 42:56-65. [PMID: 20477800 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02067.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We determined the genetic diversity and evolutionary relationships among 26 Chinese indigenous horse breeds and two introduced horse breeds by genotyping these animals for 27 microsatellite loci. The 26 Chinese horse breeds come from 12 different provinces. Two introduced horse breeds were the Mongolia B Horse from Mongolia and the Thoroughbred Horse from the UK. A total of 330 alleles were detected, and the expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.719 (Elenchuns) to 0.780 (Dali). The mean number of alleles among the horse breeds ranged from 6.74 (Hequ) to 8.81 (Debao). Although there were abundant genetic variations found, the genetic differentiation was low between the Chinese horses, which displayed only 2.4% of the total genetic variance among the different breeds. However, genetic differentiation (pairwise FST) among Chinese horses, although moderate, was still apparent and varied from 0.001 for the Guizou-Luoping pair to 0.064 for the Jingjiang-Elenchuns pair. The genetic differentiation patterns and genetic relationships among Chinese horse breeds were also consistent with their geographical distribution. The Thoroughbred and Mongolia B breeds could be discerned as two distinct breeds, but the Mongolia B horse in particular suffered genetic admixture with Chinese horses. The Chinese breeds could be divided into five major groups, i.e. the south or along the Yangtze river group (Bose, Debao, Wenshan, Lichuan, Jianchang, Guizhou, Luoping, Jinjiang and Dali), the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau group (Chaidamu, Hequ, Datong, Yushu, Tibet Grassland and Tibet Valley), the Northeast of China group (Elenchuns, Jilin and Heihe), the Northwest of China group (Kazakh, Yili and Yanqi) and the Inner Mongolia group (Mongolia A, Sanhe, Xinihe,Wuzhumuqin and Sengeng). This grouping pattern was further supported by principal component analysis and structure analysis.
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- Y H Ling
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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Cheng YJ, Kahn HS, Gregg EW, Imperatore G, Geiss LS. Recent population changes in HbA(1c) and fasting insulin concentrations among US adults with preserved glucose homeostasis. Diabetologia 2010; 53:1890-3. [PMID: 20517591 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-010-1800-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2010] [Accepted: 04/23/2010] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Although diagnosed type 2 diabetes has increased in the past decade, little is known about accompanying changes in fasting plasma glucose (FPG), HbA(1c) and fasting serum insulin (FI) levels in the non-diabetic population. METHODS Using population estimates from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, we compared distribution of FPG, HbA(1c) and FI in non-diabetic US persons who were >or=20 years old in 1999 to 2006 with that in persons of the same age in 1988 to 1994. RESULTS Age-, sex- and race-adjusted mean FPG levels between the two study periods did not change, but mean HbA(1c) and FI levels increased (0.10% and 4.8 pmol/l, respectively; p < 0.001 for both). The increased HbA(1c) level was driven largely by an upward shift in the lower end of the HbA(1c) distribution. In contrast, the increased FI level was driven primarily by an upward shift in the middle and higher end of FI distribution, especially among persons aged 20 to 44 years. After adjustments for BMI or waist circumference, the increase in the mean HbA(1c) level was attenuated (0.06%; p < 0.001), whereas the mean FPG level decreased by 0.1 mmol/l (p < 0.001) and the mean FI level no longer demonstrated significant change. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Despite little change in the distribution of FPG levels, HbA(1c) and FI levels increased in the non-diabetic population in the past decade. The increase in FI levels suggests that levels of insulin resistance were greater among US adults, especially young adults, than in the previous decade.
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- Y J Cheng
- Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
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Liu HM, Guo JH, Cheng YJ, Liu P, Long CA, Deng BX. Inhibitory activity of tea polyphenol and Hanseniaspora uvarum against Botrytis cinerea infections. Lett Appl Microbiol 2010; 51:258-63. [PMID: 20633212 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2010.02888.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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AIMS To investigate the effect of tea polyphenol (TP) and Hanseniaspora uvarum alone or in combination against Botrytis cinerea in grapes and to evaluate the possible mechanisms involved. METHODS AND RESULTS TP alone was effective in controlling grey mould in grape at all concentrations. TP at 0.5 and 1.0% in combination with H. uvarum (1 x 10(6) CFU ml(-1)) showed a lower infection rate of grey mould. TP at 0.01% or above significantly inhibited the spore germination of B. cinerea. TP at 0.1% showed inhibition ability on mycelium growth of B. cinerea. The addition of TP did not affect the growth of H. uvarum in vitro and significantly increased the population of H. uvarum in vivo. CONCLUSIONS TP exhibited an inhibitory effect against B. cinerea and improved the biocontrol efficacy of H. uvarum. The inhibitory effects of spore germination and mycelial growth of B. cinerea and the increased populations of H. uvarum in vivo may be some of the important mechanisms of TP. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The results suggested that TP alone or in combination with biocontrol agents has great potential in the commercial management of postharvest diseases of fruits.
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- H M Liu
- National Centre of Citrus Breeding, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Liu HM, Guo JH, Liu P, Cheng YJ, Wang BQ, Long CA, Deng BX. Inhibitory activity of tea polyphenol and Candida ernobii against Diplodia natalensis infections. J Appl Microbiol 2009; 108:1066-1072. [PMID: 19796126 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04511.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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AIMS To investigate the effect of tea polyphenol (TP) and Candida ernobii alone or in combination against postharvest disease (Diplodia natalensis) in citrus fruit and to evaluate the possible mechanisms involved. METHODS AND RESULTS TP at concentrations of 0.1%, 0.5% and 1.0% alone, or in combination with C. ernobii (1x10(6) CFU ml(-1)), showed a lower infection rate of stem-end rot. TP at the concentration of 0.5% or above significantly inhibited the spore germination of D. natalensis. TP at the concentration of 1.0% showed inhibitary ability on mycelium growth of D. natalensis. The addition of TP did not affect the growth of C. ernobii in vitro and significantly increased the population of C. ernobii in vivo. CONCLUSIONS TP exhibited an inhibitory effect against D. natalensis and improved the biocontrol efficacy of C. ernobii. It was direct because of the inhibitory effects of TP on spore germination and mycelial growth of D. natalensis in vitro and indirect because of the increased populations of C. ernobii in vivo. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The results suggested that TP alone or in combination with biocontrol agents has great potential in commercial management of postharvest diseases in fruits.
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- National Centre of Citrus Breeding, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- National Centre of Citrus Breeding, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- National Centre of Citrus Breeding, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- National Centre of Citrus Breeding, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- National Centre of Citrus Breeding, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- National Centre of Citrus Breeding, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- National Centre of Citrus Breeding, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Hsu YC, Cheng YJ. Upper and lower extremity regional haemoglobin oxygen saturation in spinal anaesthesia. Anaesthesia 2009; 64:456-7. [PMID: 19317727 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.05909.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Yen TS, Chan KC, Cheng YJ. Intraoperative coagulation was more interfered by HES 200/0.5 than normal saline in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2008; 49:679-684. [PMID: 18670387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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AIM Rapid fluid administration is often necessary for anesthesiologists to maintain intravascular volume in off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) with acceptable hematocrits. Postoperative hypocoagulation involving postoperative bleeding and hypercoagulation involving graft patency were focused in previous studies but bleeding and blood transfusion are often peaked during vascular anastomoses during OPCAB. This study is designed to investigate the sequential effects of intraoperative coagulation with normal saline and hydroxyethyl starch (HES) solution by thromboelastography (TEG) and standard coagulation tests (SCT). METHODS Twenty adult patients scheduled for OPCAB were enrolled in this study. After anesthetic induction, one group received HES 200/0.5 infusion up to 20 mL/kg and the other received 0.9% normal saline (NS) to maintain central venous pressure (CVP) and pulmonary artery occlusion pressures (PAOP). SCT and TEG were measured at T0 (baseline), T1 (after heparin 150 IU/kg, before vascular anastomoses), T2 (after protamine reversal), and T3 (24 hrs after the surgery) to compare the coagulation status. RESULTS Baseline data were comparable in both groups. The number of patient who need blood components is higher in HES group. Dilutional hypocoagulation was shown by a significant prolongation of R time at T1 and T2 but also returned comparable at T3 in both groups. K, a-angle, CI and G remained unchanged in NS group but significantly affected in HES group. A statistically significant interaction between groups and treatments on maximal amplitude (MA) (P<0.01) with more blood loss in HES group 24 hours postoperatively (P=0.05). International Normalized Ratio (INR) increased significantly at T2 and T3 in both groups. CONCLUSION A rapid infusion of either normal saline or HES solution to maintain intraoperative intravascular volume induce a significant diluted hypocoagulation during OPCAB. The use of HES solution has a prolonged dilutional hypocoagulation and a significant decrease of MA by specific platelet inhibition effects and more transfusion of blood components. All the above changes were not shown in standard coagulation tests.
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- T S Yen
- Department of Anesthesiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chang PC, Chou SH, Kao EL, Cheng YJ, Chuang HY, Liu CK, Lai CL, Huang MF. Bilateral Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Thymectomy vs. Extended Transsternal Thymectomy in Myasthenia Gravis: A Prospective Study. Eur Surg Res 2008; 37:199-203. [PMID: 16260868 DOI: 10.1159/000087863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The optimal approach to thymectomy remains controversial. This study is designed to prospectively compare the results between bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy (BVTx) and extended transsternal thymectomy (ETTx) in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) without thymoma. Fifteen patients who had undergone BVTx and 16 patients who had undergone ETTx were compared for age, gender, severity of disease, preoperative duration of disease, operative time, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative complications, hospital stay, duration of chest tube drainage, thymic histopathology, pain perception by visual analog scale (VAS), remission and improvement rate, period of follow-up, and activities of daily living (ADL). Fisher's exact test, t test and paired t test were used for statistical analysis. BVTx had longer operative time and less intraoperative blood loss than that of the ETTx. Their remission rates and their degree of postoperative ADL improvement were not significantly different. However, the lowering of VAS was significantly greater in the sternotomy group at 3 months. All other parameters were not significantly different. No mortality was noted in the series. We consider BVTx as an effective alternative procedure to the transsternal approach for patients with nonthymomatous MG. As more and more people care about cosmetics, BVTx could become the future trend.
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- P C Chang
- Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Chiu CH, Yu P, Kuo HC, Chen CC, Lu TC, Wang SC, Hsu SH, Cheng YJ, Chang YC. Broadband and omnidirectional antireflection employing disordered GaN nanopillars. Opt Express 2008; 16:8748-8754. [PMID: 18545588 DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.008748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Disordered GaN nanopillars of three different heights: 300, 550, and 720 nm are fabricated, and demonstrate broad angular and spectral antireflective characteristics, up to an incident angle of 60? and for the wavelength range of lambda=300-1800 nm. An algorithm based on a rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA) method is developed to investigate the correlations between the reflective characteristics and the structural properties of the nanopillars. The broadband and omnidirectional antireflection arises mainly from the refractive-index gradient provided by nanopillars. Calculations show excellent agreement with the measured reflectivities for both s- and p- polarizations.
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- C H Chiu
- Department of Photonics and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C
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BACKGROUND Adult obesity prevalence is influenced by rates of weight gain or loss among individual persons, but few studies have measured individual weight change in large populations. Changes in weight may not coincide with changes in the lipid accumulation product (LAP), a continuous index derived from waist circumference and triglycerides concentration for estimating excess lipids. DESIGN AND MEASUREMENTS Descriptive report of longitudinal changes from US studies that included body mass index (BMI, kg/m(2)) and LAP. SUBJECTS A total of 16 763 white and black adults studied between 1989 and 1996 in three observational cohorts (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study and Cardiovascular Health Study). RESULTS The means of individual annual changes in BMI were positive for young adults, but the mean changes were reduced at older ages (P for linear trend <0.001), becoming negative after 73-83 years old. These mean, individual changes in BMI, specific to sex and age, were approximately 0.1 U/year greater than those reported from previous, representative, longitudinal measurements collected in the United States between 1971 and 1984. Mean, individual annual changes in LAP were strongly positive before middle age. For men, the annual LAP changes were reduced at older ages (P linear trend <0.05). For women, they were greater at older ages (white women, P<0.001) or remained unchanged (black women, P>0.3). With increasing age, there was a greater proportion of persons whose positive LAP change was accompanied by simultaneous BMI change that was negative or zero. CONCLUSIONS These longitudinal observations made during 1989-1996 suggest greater annual changes in BMI compared to an adult cohort studied during 1971-1984. As estimated by LAP, adults of all ages tended to accumulate excess lipids, including circumstances in which they lost weight.
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- Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Kahn HS, Cheng YJ. Distinguishing Between Lipid Overaccumulation and Benign Overweight Among Us Adolescents. Am J Epidemiol 2006. [DOI: 10.1093/aje/163.suppl_11.s16-c] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Wu IC, Lu CY, Kuo FC, Tsai SM, Lee KW, Kuo WR, Cheng YJ, Kao EL, Yang MS, Ko YC. Interaction between cigarette, alcohol and betel nut use on esophageal cancer risk in Taiwan. Eur J Clin Invest 2006; 36:236-41. [PMID: 16620285 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2006.01621.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In 2003 esophageal cancer was the sixth leading cause of death among men in Taiwan, but it is the fastest increasing (70%) alimentary tract cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of different habits of betel nut chewing on esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and its interaction with cigarette use and alcohol consumption. MATERIALS AND METHODS All 165 cases were pathologically proven esophageal SCC patients (all male, mean age = 56.0, range = 35-92 years) diagnosed by biopsy during gastroendoscopic examinations. The control group comprised 255 subjects (all male, mean age = 54.8, range = 40-92 years) selected from patients who had visited the Otolaryngology Outpatient or Inpatient Department of KMUH owing to a benign lesion over this field. All were interviewed to collect demographic and substance use information by a trained interviewer using a standardized questionnaire. RESULTS Smoking (aOR = 5.4, 95% CI = 2.4-12.9, PAR = 72%), alcoholic beverage drinking (aOR = 17.6, 95% CI = 9.3-35.2, PAR = 76%) and low education level are independent risk factors for esophageal cancer. Although betel nut chewers only had a borderline significant higher risk than nonchewers (aOR = 1.7; 95% CI = 0.8-3.1), those who chewed with a piece of betel inflorescence (aOR = 4.2, 95% CI = 1.4-16.0) and swallow betel-quid juice (aOR = 3.3, 95% CI = 1.3-9.3) had a significant higher risk. Significant dose-response effects were found in daily quantity of drinking and smoking. There is a synergistic effect of these three substances on the development of esophageal cancer. CONCLUSION Betel nut chewing plays a relevant role in the development of esophageal SCC but adds to the carcinogenetic effect of smoking and alcohol drinking. Direct mucosal contact of betel juice may contribute to its carcinogenesis.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
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Kanjilal S, Cheng YJ, Gregg EW. 200: Have Income and Education Related Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Improved in the United States? Am J Epidemiol 2005. [DOI: 10.1093/aje/161.supplement_1.s50c] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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- S Kanjilal
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341
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It has been known that rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated antigenic peptides CII263-272 are coupled with human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 and recognized by T-cell receptor (TCR), which in turn induced T-cell proliferation and pathogenesis of RA. Non-T-cell-stimulating type II collagen (CII) peptides might be generated by removing the amino acids responsible for TCR contact and keeping the HLA-DR-binding residues intact. In this study, a panel of altered CII peptides (APs) with consecutive or single substitutions of the TCR-contacting residues were synthesized. Through peptide binding and T-cell activation assays, we demonstrated that altered CII263-272 peptides with substitution of the TCR-contacting residues did not or barely induced T-cell activation; one of the best non-T-cell-stimulating peptide AP268-270 inhibited the binding of wild-type CII263-272 to HLA-DR1 and T-cell activation triggered by wild-type CII263-272 and HA306-318 in a dose-response manner. These data suggest that removal of the TCR-contacting residues of CII263-272 leads to HLA-DRB1 binding and low T-cell-stimulating peptides, which could potentially inhibit the T-cell response induced by HLA-DRB1-binding antigenic peptides.
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- Y J Cheng
- Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, People's Hospital, Peking University Medical School, Beijing, China
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Guo WW, Prasad D, Cheng YJ, Serrano P, Deng XX, Grosser JW. Targeted cybridization in citrus: transfer of Satsuma cytoplasm to seedy cultivars for potential seedlessness. Plant Cell Rep 2004; 22:752-8. [PMID: 14730385 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-003-0747-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2003] [Revised: 11/21/2003] [Accepted: 11/22/2003] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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CMS (cytoplasmic male sterility) can be controlled by the mitochondrion genome in higher plants, including Satsuma mandarin. Somatic fusion experiments in citrus combining embryogenic callus protoplasts of one parent with leaf protoplasts of a second parent often produce cybrid plants of the leaf parent, a phenomenon occurring most often with interspecific fusion combinations. In an attempt to practically exploit this cybridization phenomenon, we conducted somatic fusion experiments combining embryogenic suspension-derived protoplasts of Satsuma mandarin, Citrus unshiu Marc. cv. Guoqing No. 1 (G1), a male-sterile cultivar, with leaf protoplasts of other seedy types--Hirado Buntan Pink pummelo (HBP) [Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck], Sunburst mandarin (C. reticulata Blanco), Orie Lee hybrid (C. reticulata cv. Clementine x Murcott tangor), and Murcott tangor [C. reticulata x C. sinensis (L.) Osbeck], respectively--in an attempt to generate seedless cybrids by the targeted transfer of CMS. The genetic identities of regenerated plants from all four parental combinations were determined by flow cytometry, SSR, CAPS (or PCR-RFLP), RFLP, and chloroplast-SSR analyses. Regenerated plants from the first three parental combinations were diploids, and the cybrid nature of G1 + HBP with the mitochondrion genome from G1 and the chloroplast genome from HBP was confirmed, whereas the cybrid nature of the remaining two combinations was difficult to confirm because of the close phylogenetic relatedness of both fusion parents, as expected. Plants from G1 + Murcott were confirmed as tetraploid somatic hybrids. This is the first report of targeted citrus cybrid production by symmetric fusion with male-sterile Satsuma as the callus parent and other seedy cultivars as the leaf parents.
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Crop Molecular Breeding, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070 Wuhan, P.R. China
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BACKGROUND Exercise is an important component of pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with chronic lung disease. OBJECTIVE To explore the role of physical activity in maintaining cardiac and respiratory function in healthy people. METHODS Cardiorespiratory fitness was measured by a maximal treadmill test (MTT), and respiratory function was tested by spirometry. The cross sectional study included data from 24 536 healthy persons who were examined at the Cooper Clinic between 1971 and 1995; the longitudinal study included data from 5707 healthy persons who had an initial visit between 1971 and 1995 and a subsequent visit during the next five years. All participants were aged 25-55 years and completed a cardiorespiratory test and a medical questionnaire. RESULTS In the cross sectional study, after controlling for covariates, being active and not being a recent smoker were associated with better cardiorespiratory fitness and respiratory function in both men and women. In the follow up study, persons who remained or became active had better MTT than persons who remained or became sedentary. Men who remained active had higher forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV(1)) and forced vital capacity (FVC) than the other groups. Smoking was related to lower cardiorespiratory fitness and respiratory function. CONCLUSIONS Physical activity and non-smoking or smoking cessation is associated with maintenance of cardiorespiratory fitness. Change in physical activity habits is associated with change in cardiorespiratory fitness, but respiratory function contributed little to this association during a five year follow up.
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- Y J Cheng
- The Cooper Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Cheng YJ, Chien CT, Chen CF. Oxidative stress in bilateral total knee replacement, under ischaemic tourniquet. J Bone Joint Surg Br 2003; 85:679-82. [PMID: 12892190] [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: 03/04/2023]
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Free radicals, such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) which are released abruptly after deflation of an ischaemic tourniquet, cause reperfusion injuries. Ischaemic precondition (IPC), however, can reduce the injury. In clinical practice, the sequential application and release of tourniquets is often used in bilateral total knee replacement (TKR) to obtain a clearer operative field, but the effects on the production of free radicals and lipid peroxidation have not been studied. In this study, we have observed the production of free radicals and the subsequent lipid peroxidation in bilateral TKR with sequential application of a tourniquet to examine the effect of IPC. Patients undergoing elective TKR under intrathecal anaesthesia were studied. Blood samples were obtained after spinal anaesthesia, one minute before and five and 20 minutes after release of each tourniquet. We used the lucigenin chemiluminescence analysis and the phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxide (PCOOH) assay to measure the production of ROS and lipid peroxidation. Our results showed that production of ROS significantly increased at five and 20 minutes after release of the first tourniquet and at five minutes after release of the second tourniquet, but returned to normal at 20 minutes after the second reperfusion. The peak production of ROS was at 20 minutes after the first reperfusion; lipid peroxidation did not change significantly. We conclude that in spite of significant production of ROS after the release of tourniquet, the IPC phenomenon occurs during bilateral TKR with sequential application of a tourniquet.
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- Y J Cheng
- Department of Anaesthetics, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China
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Cheng YJ, Guo WW, Deng XX. Molecular characterization of cytoplasmic and nuclear genomes in phenotypically abnormal Valencia orange (Citrus sinensis) + Meiwa kumquat (Fortunella crassifolia) intergeneric somatic hybrids. Plant Cell Rep 2003; 21:445-451. [PMID: 12789447 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-002-0532-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2002] [Revised: 08/26/2002] [Accepted: 08/26/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Organelle DNA inheritance of four 10-year-old somatic hybrid trees between Valencia orange [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck] and Meiwa kumquat (Fortunella crassifolia Swingle) was analyzed by cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) and restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs). Five chloroplast (cp) and three mitochondrial (mt) universal primer pairs were amplified, but no polymorphisms were detected. When the polymerase chain reaction products were digested by 15 restriction enzymes, four polymorphic cpDNA-CAPS and two mtDNA-CAPS markers were found. Both the cpDNA and mtDNA in the somatic hybrids were derived from Valencia orange (the embryogenic suspension parent). Genomic DNA of the somatic hybrids and corresponding parents was digested by five restriction endonucleases and hybridized with one chloroplast probe (RbcL- RbcL) and nine mitochondrial probes (coxI, coxII, c oxIII, c ob, atpA, tyr, proI, atp6 and atp9). The results indicated that three hybrid plants shared one strong cpDNA band with both parents and that the remaining one plant had two additional novel bands besides the shared band, while their mtDNA was identical to that of Valencia orange plus non-parental bands. When data on the mtDNA banding patterns were combined with observations on phenotypic performance in the field, it was found that the more complex mtDNA banding pattern coincided with increased vigor of the plant. The stability of the organelle genomes was studied by extracting the genomic DNA of one hybrid plant at monthly intervals for 1 year and then analyzing it using RFLPs. Before the dieback of the shoots, two fragments of the mtDNA were lost while the cpDNAs remained stable. Ploidy analysis by flow cytometry showed that all of the hybrids were stable tetraploids. Four simple sequence repeat primer pairs were applied to detect microsatellite alleles of the four hybrid plants, both parents and the 12 DNA samples from one plant. The results showed that all hybrids had biparental bands uniformly, which indicated that they had the same nuclear background. These results suggest that the mtDNA pattern is correlated with the phenotypic abnormality of Valencia and kumquat somatic hybrid plants and that nuclear-cytoplasm incompatibility may be the cause of dieback.
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- Y J Cheng
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Hildesheim A, Dosemeci M, Chan CC, Chen CJ, Cheng YJ, Hsu MM, Chen IH, Mittl BF, Sun B, Levine PH, Chen JY, Brinton LA, Yang CS. Occupational exposure to wood, formaldehyde, and solvents and risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2001; 10:1145-53. [PMID: 11700262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Our objective was to evaluate the link between occupational exposures to wood dust, formaldehyde, and solvents and the development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). A case-control study was conducted among 375 newly diagnosed cases of NPC in Taipei, Taiwan, and 325 community controls matched to cases on sex, age, and geographical residence (99 and 87% response rates, respectively). Most cases (>90%) were diagnosed with WHO Types 2 or 3 (nonkeratinizing and undifferentiated carcinomas), whereas the remaining cases were diagnosed with WHO Type 1 (squamous cell carcinomas). A complete occupational history was obtained via a personal interview and blindly assessed by an industrial hygienist for intensity and probability of exposure to wood dust, formaldehyde, and solvents. Information on socio-demographic characteristics, cigarette smoking, dietary consumption of nitrosamines, and other potential confounding factors was obtained via a personal interview. Blood specimens were tested for human leukocyte antigen class I/II genotypes, polymorphisms in cytochrome P450 2E1 genotype, and various anti-EBV antibodies known to be associated with NPC. Analysis was performed using logistic regression; relative risk (RR) estimates and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Individuals exposed to wood dust had an adjusted RR of 1.7 (95% CI = 1.0-3.0). Those exposed to wood dust for >10 years had an adjusted RR of 2.4 (95% CI = 1.1-5.0; p(trend) = 0.02). Risk was strongest for those first exposed before the age of 25 years and those seropositive to EBV. Individuals exposed to formaldehyde were at a more modest and nonsignificant increased risk of NPC (RR = 1.4; 95% CI = 0.93-2.2). Those exposed to formaldehyde for >10 years had an adjusted RR of 1.6 (95% CI = 0.91-2.9). The association between formaldehyde and NPC was stronger in analyses restricted to EBV seropositive individuals (RR = 2.7; 95% CI = 1.2-5.9). However, no dose response was observed with increasing duration or cumulative use. No association was observed between solvent exposure and NPC (RR = 1.2; 95% CI = 0.86-1.7). Occupational exposure to wood dust is likely to be involved in the development of NPC, a finding that is consistent with the known link between wood exposure and nasal adenocarcinomas. Formaldehyde exposure is less clearly linked to NPC, whereas exposure to solvents is unlikely to be involved in NPC pathogenesis.
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- A Hildesheim
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Chen TH, Chan KC, Cheng YJ, Wang MJ, Tsai SK. Bedside pericardiocentesis under the guidance of transesophageal echocardiography in a 13-month-old boy. J Formos Med Assoc 2001; 100:620-2. [PMID: 11695278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Pericardial effusion is a common sequel to cardiac surgery. Urgent pericardiocentesis is required in the case of cardiac tamponade. In adult patients, most pericardiocentesis is accomplished using transthoracic echocardiographic imaging. However, transthoracic echocardiographic imaging may interfere with the procedure field in children. We report the case of a 13-month-old boy who developed cardiac tamponade resulting in heart failure after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot. Urgent pericardiocentesis was safely performed at the bedside under transesophageal echocardiographic guidance. Transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring during pericardiocentesis in children has the advantages of better imaging of pericardial effusion without procedure-field interference.
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- T H Chen
- Department of Anesthesiology, National Taiwan University, College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a newly developed technique, the advantages of which mainly benefit the patient. Its feasibility and indications have been described widely, but to the best of our knowledge no report of the successful VATS management of a large mediastinal teratoma has ever been documented. When such a tumor is encountered, conversion to thoracotomy would usually be carried out. We report our experience of removing a large teratoma, 8 x 7 x 11 cm in size, from the anterior mediastinum, employing VATS and utilizing only four small intercostal incisions without spreading the ribs.
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- Y J Cheng
- Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical College Hospital, Taiwan
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Cheng YJ, Wu HH, Kao EL. Video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathetic ramicotomy for hyperhidrosis--a way to reduce the complications. Ann Chir Gynaecol 2001; 90:172-4. [PMID: 11695787] [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: 04/17/2023]
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Endoscopic resectional surgery of sympathetic nerves is now the most acceptable method to treat palmar hyperhidrosis, though the resection of the sympathetic trunk and ganglia can result in the irreversible compensatory hyperhidrosis. The ideal way to treat the palmar hyperhidrosis, without the undesirable complication of the compensatory hyperhidrosis, is still pending. We adapt endoscopic cutting of the second and third sympathetic rami without injury to the sympathetic ganglia and trunk, and find that it is a good way to reduce the complications. Most importantly, it has a cure rate comparable with the conventional technique. The longer operation time and the higher operation risk are the drawbacks.
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- Y J Cheng
- Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Three new cytotoxic compounds, rocagloic acid (1), elliptifoline (2), and elliptinol (3) were isolated from the leaves of Aglaia elliptifolia. The structures of compounds 1-3 were determined by spectral (NMR, MS) and chemical analysis.
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- S K Wang
- Department of Microbiology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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