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Zhou Z, Zhang Z, Feng S, Liu L, Deng W, Wu L. Effective separation of dyes/salts by sulfonated covalent organic framework membranes based on phenolamine network conditioning. RSC Adv 2024; 14:14593-14605. [PMID: 38708106 PMCID: PMC11066737 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra01736f] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024] Open
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This study developed a modified polyacrylonitrile (PAN) membrane controlled by a phenol-amine network and enhanced with a sulfonated covalent organic framework (SCOF), aimed at improving the efficiency of textile wastewater treatment. Utilizing a phenol-amine network control strategy allows for precise manipulation of interfacial reactions in the synthesis of SCOF, achieving highly uniform modification on the surface of the PAN membrane. This modified membrane demonstrated high rejection of over 98% for various water-soluble dyes, including Alcian blue 8GX, Coomassie Brilliant Blue G250, methyl blue, congo red, and rose bengal, and also exhibited specific selectivity in processing salt-containing wastewater. By adjusting the deposition time of the phenol-amine and the concentration of SCOF monomers, optimal retention performance and permeate flux were achieved, effectively separating dyes and salts. This research provides a new and effective solution for treating textile wastewater, especially in separating and recovering dyes and salts, offering broad application prospects in environmental management and water resource management, and highlighting its significant practical implications.
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- Zekun Zhou
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan 430070 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan 430070 China
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- Department of Neurology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital Zhengzhou Henan 450003 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan 430070 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan 430070 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan 430070 China
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Deng C, Xie Y, Liu F, Tang X, Fan L, Yang X, Chen Y, Zhou Z, Li X. Simplified integration of optimal self-management behaviors is associated with improved HbA1c in patients with type 1 diabetes. J Endocrinol Invest 2024:10.1007/s40618-024-02357-8. [PMID: 38602658 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-024-02357-8] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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PURPOSE Living with type 1 diabetes requires burdensome and complex daily diabetes self-management behaviors. This study aimed to determine the association between integrated behavior performance and HbA1c, while identifying the behavior with the most significant impact on HbA1c. METHODS A simple and feasible questionnaire was used to collect diabetes self-management behavior in patients with type 1 diabetes (n = 904). We assessed six dimensions of behavior performance: continuous glucose monitor (CGM) usage, frequent glucose testing, insulin pump usage, carbohydrate counting application, adjustment of insulin doses, and usage of apps for diabetes management. We evaluated the association between these behaviors and HbA1c. RESULTS In total, 21.3% of patients performed none of the allotted behavior, while 28.5% of patients had a total behavior score of 3 or more. 63.6% of patients with a behavior score ≥ 3 achieved HbA1c goal, contrasting with only 30.4% of patients with a behavior score of 0-1. There was a mean 0.54% ± 0.05% decrease in HbA1c for each 1-unit increase in total behavior score after adjustment for age, family education and diabetes duration. Each behavior was independently correlated with a lower HbA1c level, with CGM having the most significant effect on HbA1c levels. CONCLUSIONS Six optimal self-management behaviors, especially CGM usage, were associated with improved glycemic control, emphasizing the feasibility of implementing a simplified version of DSMES in the routine clinical care. REGISTRATION NUMBER ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03610984.
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- C Deng
- Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
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- Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
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Li J, Yang Y, Xia Y, Luo S, Lin J, Xiao Y, Li X, Huang G, Yang L, Xie Z, Zhou Z. Effect of SIRT1 gene single-nucleotide polymorphisms on susceptibility to type 1 diabetes in a Han Chinese population. J Endocrinol Invest 2024; 47:819-826. [PMID: 37695462 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-023-02190-5] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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AIMS SIRT1 deficiency has been associated with diabetes, and a variant of the SIRT1 gene has been found to be involved in human autoimmune diabetes; however, it is unclear whether this genetic variation exists in Han Chinese with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and whether it contributes to development of T1D. Therefore, we aimed to explore the association of the SIRT1 gene single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs10997866 and rs3818292 in a Han Chinese population with T1D. METHODS This study recruited 2653 unrelated Han Chinese individuals, of whom 1289 had T1D and 1364 were healthy controls. Allelic and genotypic distributions of SIRT1 polymorphisms (rs10997866 and rs3818292) were determined by MassARRAY. Basic characteristics, genotype and allele frequencies of selected SNPs were compared between the T1D patients and healthy controls. Further genotype-phenotype association analysis of the SNPs was performed on the T1D patients divided into three groups according to genotype. Statistical analyses included the chi-square test, Mann‒Whitney U test, Kruskal‒Wallis H test and logistic regression. RESULTS The allelic (G vs. A) and genotypic (GA vs. AA) distributions of SIRT1 rs10997866 were significantly different in T1D patients and healthy controls (P = 0.039, P = 0.027), and rs10997866 was associated with T1D susceptibility under dominant, overdominant and additive models (P = 0.026, P = 0.030 and P = 0.027, respectively). Moreover, genotype-phenotype association analysis showed the GG genotype of rs10997866 and the GG genotype of rs3818292 to be associated with higher titers of IA-2A (P = 0.013 and P = 0.038, respectively). CONCLUSION SIRT1 rs10997866 is significantly associated with T1D susceptibility, with the minor allele G conferring a higher risk of T1D. Moreover, SIRT1 gene rs10997866 and rs3818292 correlate with the titer of IA-2A in Han Chinese individuals with T1D.
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- J Li
- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes, Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes, Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes, Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes, Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes, Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes, Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes, Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes, Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes, Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China.
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- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes, Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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Zhou Z, Yang Y, Yang ZY, Gong W. [Progress and controversy in minimally invasive approach to radical cholecystectomy for gallbladder cancer]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2024; 62:278-283. [PMID: 38432668 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112139-20231215-00277] [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: 03/05/2024]
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Surgical treatment is one of the most important forms of treatment in patients with gallbladder cancer. With the development of minimally invasive technology, the feasibility, safety and efficacy of minimally invasive approaches such as laparoscopic or robotic-assisted radical cholecystectomy for gallbladder cancer have received continuous attention.For patients with an early T-stage (Tis or T1a), laparoscopic simple cholecystectomy is safe and economical, with a good prognosis for postoperative patients, and it has been widely accepted and performed. Radical resection of advanced gallbladder cancer requires resection of the gallbladder, its liver bed, and other neighboring invaded organs, as well as clearance of regional lymph nodes, which requires experienced gallbladder cancer treatment teams to strictly grasp the indications, select appropriate patients, and formulate a good surgical strategy to ensure the therapeutic effect. Meanwhile, robot-assisted radical resection for gallbladder cancer has been performed in a few centers and shows good clinical potential, but more high-quality studies are needed to further evaluate its value in gallbladder cancer treatment.
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- Z Zhou
- Department of General Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Biliary Tract Disease Research, Shanghai Research Center of Tract Disease, Research Institute of Biliary Tract Disease, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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Zhao JW, Hou YC, Yang ZY, Zhou Z, Gong W. [Genome-wide Mendelian randomization study of the pathogenic role of gut microbiota in benign biliary tract diseases]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2024; 62:216-222. [PMID: 38291637 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112139-20230714-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Objective: To investigate the causal relationship between intestinal flora and benign biliary diseases by genome-wide Mendelian randomization. Methods: This is a retrospective observational study. The data from the genome-wide association study of the gut microbiota from 18 340 samples from the MiBioGen consortium were selected as the exposure group,and the data from the genome-wide association study of biliary tract diseases were obtained from the FinnGen consortium R8 as the outcome group. There were 1 491 cases of primary sclerosing cholangitis,32 894 cases of cholelithiasis,3 770 cases of acalculous cholecystitis,and 34 461 cases of cholecystitis. Single nucleotide polymorphisms were screened as instrumental variables,and the Mendelian randomization method was used to infer the causal relationship between exposures and outcomes. The inverse variance weighting method (IVW) was used as the main basis, supplemented by heterogeneity,pleiotropy and sensitivity tests. Results: Coprococcus 2 was associated with a reduced risk of cholelithiasis (IVW OR=0.88,95%CI:0.80 to 0.97,P=0.012) and cholecystitis (IVW OR=0.88,95%CI:0.80 to 0.97,P=0.011). Coprococcus 3 was associated with cholelithiasis (IVW OR=1.15,95%CI:1.02 to 1.30,P=0.019) and acalculous cholecystitis(IVW OR=1.48, 95%CI: 1.08 to 2.04,P=0.016) and cholecystitis (IVW OR=1.17, 95%CI: 1.02 to 1.33, P=0.020). Peptococcus was associated with an increased risk of cholelithiasis (IVW OR=1.08, 95%CI:1.02 to 1.13, P=0.005) and cholecystitis (IVW CI=1.07, 95%CI:1.02 to 1.13,P=0.010). Clostridiumsensustricto 1 was associated with an increased risk of cholelithiasis (IVW OR=1.16,95%CI:1.02 to 1.31, P=0.020) and cholecystitis (IVW OR=1.16, 95%CI:1.03 to 1.30, P=0.015). Eubacterium hallii was associated with an increased risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis (IVW OR=1.43, 95%CI: 1.03 to 1.99, P=0.033). Eubacterium ruminantium (IVW OR=0.87, 95%CI: 0.76 to 1.00, P=0.043) and Methanobrevibacter (IVW OR=0.81, 95%CI: 0.68 to 0.98, P=0.027) were associated with a reduced risk of acalculous cholecystitis. Conclusions: Eight intestinal bacterial genera maybe play pathogenic roles in benign biliary diseases. Eubacterium hallii can increase the risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis. Peptococcus and Clostridiumsensustricto 1 can increase the risk of cholelithiasis and generalized cholecystitis. Coprococcus 3 have multiple correlations with biliary stones and inflammation.
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- J W Zhao
- Department of General Surgery,Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine;Shanghai Key Laboratory of Biliary Tract Disease Research; Research Institute of Biliary Tract Disease;Shanghai Research Center of Tract Disease,Shanghai 200092,China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of General Surgery,Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine;Shanghai Key Laboratory of Biliary Tract Disease Research; Research Institute of Biliary Tract Disease;Shanghai Research Center of Tract Disease,Shanghai 200092,China
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- Department of General Surgery,Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine;Shanghai Key Laboratory of Biliary Tract Disease Research; Research Institute of Biliary Tract Disease;Shanghai Research Center of Tract Disease,Shanghai 200092,China
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- Department of General Surgery,Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine;Shanghai Key Laboratory of Biliary Tract Disease Research; Research Institute of Biliary Tract Disease;Shanghai Research Center of Tract Disease,Shanghai 200092,China
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Xiao H, Fang W, Lin M, Zhou Z, Fei H, Chen C. [A multiscale carotid plaque detection method based on two-stage analysis]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2024; 44:387-396. [PMID: 38501425 PMCID: PMC10954526 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2024.02.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To develop a method for accurate identification of multiscale carotid plaques in ultrasound images. METHODS We proposed a two-stage carotid plaque detection method based on deep convolutional neural network (SM-YOLO).A series of algorithms such as median filtering, histogram equalization, and Gamma transformation were used to preprocess the dataset to improve image quality. In the first stage of the model construction, a candidate plaque set was built based on the YOLOX_l target detection network, using multiscale image training and multiscale image prediction strategies to accommodate carotid artery plaques of different shapes and sizes. In the second stage, the Histogram of Oriented Gradient (HOG) features and Local Binary Pattern (LBP) features were extracted and fused, and a Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier was used to screen the candidate plaque set to obtain the final detection results. This model was compared quantitatively and visually with several target detection models (YOLOX_l, SSD, EfficientDet, YOLOV5_l, Faster R-CNN). RESULTS SM-YOLO achieved a recall of 89.44%, an accuracy of 90.96%, a F1-Score of 90.19%, and an AP of 92.70% on the test set, outperforming other models in all performance indicators and visual effects. The constructed model had a much shorter detection time than the Faster R-CNN model (only one third of that of the latter), thus meeting the requirements of real-time detection. CONCLUSION The proposed carotid artery plaque detection method has good performance for accurate identification of carotid plaques in ultrasound images.
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- H Xiao
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Guangzhou Shangyi Network Information Technology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Liu J, Zhou Z, Zhang X, Huang L, Luo Z, Chen S, Zhang Y, Li S. [Construction of an evaluation index system for the capability of comprehensive control of mountain - type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis based on the One Health concept]. Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi 2024; 35:545-556. [PMID: 38413015 DOI: 10.16250/j.32.1374.2023176] [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: 02/29/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To construct an evaluation index system for the capability of comprehensive control of mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis based on the One Health concept, so as to provide insights into the control and elimination of mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis using the One Health approach. METHODS A preliminary evaluation index system was constructed based on literature review, panel discussions and field surveys. Thirty-three experts were selected from 7 provincial disease control and prevention centers in Beijing Municipality, Hebei Province, Shanxi Province, Henan Province, Sichuan Province, Shaanxi Province and Gansu Province where mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis was endemic, and two rounds of expert consultations were conducted to screen the indicators. The positive coefficient, degree of concentration, degree of coordination, and authority of the experts were calculated, and the normalized weights of each index were calculated with the analytic hierarchy process. RESULTS The response rates of questionnaires during two rounds of expert consultation were both 100.00% (33/33), and the authority coefficients of the experts were 0.86 and 0.88, respectively. The coefficients of coordination among experts on the rationality, importance, and operability of the indicators were 0.392, 0.437, 0.258, and 0.364, 0.335, 0.263, respectively (all P values < 0.05). Following screening, the final evaluation index system included 3 primary indicators, 17 secondary indicators, and 50 tertiary indicators. The normalized weights of primary indicators "external environment", "internal support" and "comprehensive control" were 16.98%, 38.73% and 44.29%, respectively. Among the secondary indicators of the primary indicator "external environment", the highest weight was seen for natural environment (66.67%), and among the secondary indicators of the primary indicator "internal support", the lowest weight was seen for the scientific research for visceral leishmaniasis control (8.26%), while other indicators had weights of 12.42% to 13.38%. Among the secondary indicators of the primary indicator "comprehensive control", the weight was 16.67% for each indicator. CONCLUSIONS An evaluation index system has been constructed for the capability of comprehensive control of mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis based on the One Health concept. In addition to assessment of the effect of conventional mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis control measures, this index system integrates the importance of top-level design, organizational management, and implementation of control measures, and includes indicators related to multi-sectoral cooperation.
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- J Liu
- School of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
- One Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and The University of Edinburgh, Shanghai 200025, China
- Co-first authors
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research), National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Shanghai 200025, China
- Co-first authors
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- School of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
- One Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and The University of Edinburgh, Shanghai 200025, China
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research), National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research), National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Shanghai 200025, China
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research), National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Shanghai 200025, China
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- School of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
- One Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and The University of Edinburgh, Shanghai 200025, China
- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research), National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Shanghai 200025, China
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Qi J, Liu H, Zhou Z, Jiang Y, Fan W, Hu J, Li J, Guo Z, Xie M, Huang W, Zhang Q, Hou S. Genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci influencing duck serum biochemical indicators in the laying period. Br Poult Sci 2024; 65:8-18. [PMID: 38284741 DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2023.2272982] [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: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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1. Laying performance is an important economic trait in poultry. The blood is essential in transporting nutrients to the yolk and albumen and is necessary for egg formation.2. This study calculated the phenotypic relationships of duck egg quality, egg production efficiency and 22 serum parameters in the egg-laying stage. Using a variety of methodologies, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) was carried out to uncover the genetic foundations of the 22 serum biochemical markers of laying ducks.3. Spearman correlation coefficients between the egg production (226-329 per day) and the serum parameters were all weak, being less than 0.3. This analysis was done on 22 serum parameters, with total protein (TP), total triglycerides (TG), calcium (Ca) and phosphorous (P) having the highest correlation coefficients (r = 0.56-0.88). The coefficients for blood markers, such as total cholesterol (CHOL), total bilirubin (TBIL), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) varied from 0.70-0.94.4. Based on single-marker single-trait genome-wide analyses by a mixed linear model program of EMMAX, nine candidate genes were associated with enzyme traits (AST/ALT aspartate transaminase/glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, creatine kinase) and 19 candidate genes were associated with metabolism and protein-related serum parameters (glucose, total bile acid, uric acid (UA), albumin (ALB).5. The mvLMM (multivariate linear mixed model) of GEMMA software was used to carry out multiple trait integrated GWAS. Two candidate genes were found in the TP-TG-CA-P analysis and seven candidate genes in the CHOL_LDL-C_HDL-C_TBIL study. There was a high genetic correlation between the two groups.
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- J Qi
- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal (Poultry) Genetics Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal (Poultry) Genetics Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal (Poultry) Genetics Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal (Poultry) Genetics Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal (Poultry) Genetics Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal (Poultry) Genetics Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal (Poultry) Genetics Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal (Poultry) Genetics Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal (Poultry) Genetics Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal (Poultry) Genetics Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Wei P, Lamont B, He T, Xue W, Wang PC, Song W, Zhang R, Keyhani AB, Zhao S, Lu W, Dong F, Gao R, Yu J, Huang Y, Tang L, Lu K, Ma J, Xiong Z, Chen L, Wan N, Wang B, He W, Teng M, Dian Y, Wang Y, Zeng L, Lin C, Dai M, Zhou Z, Xiao W, Yan Z. Vegetation-fire feedbacks increase subtropical wildfire risk in scrubland and reduce it in forests. J Environ Manage 2024; 351:119726. [PMID: 38052142 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119726] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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Climate dictates wildfire activity around the world. But East and Southeast Asia are an apparent exception as fire-activity variation there is unrelated to climatic variables. In subtropical China, fire activity decreased by 80% between 2003 and 2020 amid increased fire risks globally. Here, we assessed the fire regime, vegetation structure, fuel flammability and their interactions across subtropical Hubei, China. We show that tree basal area (TBA) and fuel flammability explained 60% of fire-frequency variance. Fire frequency and fuel flammability, in turn, explained 90% of TBA variance. These results reveal a novel system of scrubland-forest stabilized by vegetation-fire feedbacks. Frequent fires promote the persistence of derelict scrubland through positive vegetation-fire feedbacks; in forest, vegetation-fire feedbacks are negative and suppress fire. Thus, we attribute the decrease in wildfire activity to reforestation programs that concurrently increase forest coverage and foster negative vegetation-fire feedbacks that suppress wildfire.
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- P Wei
- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Ecology Section, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.
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- College of Science Engineering & Education, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, Xianyang, 712100, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Hubei Forestry Survey and Design Institute, East Lake Science and Technology, District, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China.
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- Hubei Forestry Survey and Design Institute, East Lake Science and Technology, District, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China.
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- Hubei Forestry Survey and Design Institute, East Lake Science and Technology, District, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China.
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- Hubei Forestry Survey and Design Institute, East Lake Science and Technology, District, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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Luo G, Zhou Z, Cao Z, Huang C, Li C, Li X, Deng C, Wu P, Yang Z, Tang J, Qing L. M2 macrophage-derived exosomes induce angiogenesis and increase skin flap survival through HIF1AN/HIF-1α/VEGFA control. Arch Biochem Biophys 2024; 751:109822. [PMID: 38030054 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2023.109822] [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: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Skin flap transplantation is a routine strategy in plastic and reconstructive surgery for skin-soft tissue defects. Recent research has shown that M2 macrophages have the potential for pro-angiogenesis during tissue healing. METHODS In our research, we extracted the exosomes from M2 macrophages(M2-exo) and applied the exosomes in the model of skin flap transplantation. The flap survival area was measured, and the choke vessels were assessed by morphological observation. Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining and Immunohistochemistry were applied to assess the neovascularization. The effect of M2-exo on the function of Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) was also investigated. We also administrated 2-methoxyestradiol (2-ME2, an inhibitor of HIF-1α) to explore the underlying mechanism. We tested the effects of M2-Exo on the proliferation of HUVECs through CCK8 assay and EdU staining assay. RESULTS The survival area and number of micro-vessels in the skin flaps were increased in the M2-exo group. Besides, the dilation rate of choke vessels was also enhanced in the M2-exo group. Additionally, compared with the control group, M2-exo could accelerate the proliferation, migration and tube formation of HUVECs in vitro. Furthermore, the expression of the pro-angiogenesis factors, HIF-1α and VEGFA, were overexpressed with the treatment of the M2-exo. The expression of HIF1AN protein level was decreased in the M2-exo group. Finally, treatment with HIF-1α inhibitor reverses the pro-survival effect of M2-exo on skin flaps by interfering with the HIF1AN/HIF-1α/VEGFA signaling pathway. CONCLUSION This study showed that M2-exosomes promote skin flap survival by enhancing angiogenesis, with HIF1AN/HIF-1α/VEGFA playing a crucial role in this process.
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- Gaojie Luo
- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pathology, Changsha Medical University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Hunan University of Medicine, Huaihua, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China; Department of Orthopedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
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Zhou Z, Li Y, Jiang W, Wang Z. Molecular Mechanism of Calycosin Inhibited Vascular Calcification. Nutrients 2023; 16:99. [PMID: 38201929 PMCID: PMC10781010 DOI: 10.3390/nu16010099] [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: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Vascular calcification (VC) is a pathological condition frequently observed in cardiovascular diseases. Primary factors contributing to VC are osteogenic differentiation of vascular smooth muscle and hydroxyapatite deposition. Targeted autophagy (a lysosome-mediated mechanism for degradation/recycling of unnecessary cellular components) is a useful approach for inhibiting VC and promoting vascular cell health. Calycosin has been shown to alleviate atherosclerosis by enhancing macrophage autophagy, but its therapeutic effect on VC has not been demonstrated. Using an in vitro model (rat thoracic aortic smooth muscle cell line A7r5), we demonstrated effective inhibition of VC using calycosin (the primary flavonoid component of astragalus), based on the enhancement of autophagic flux. Calycosin treatment activated AMPK/mTOR signaling to induce initiation of autophagy and restored mTORC1-dependent autophagosome-lysosome fusion in late-stage autophagy by promoting soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complex formation, thereby preventing stoppage of autophagy in calcified cells. Calycosin substantially reduced degrees of both osteogenic differentiation and calcium deposition in our VC cell model by enhancing autophagy. The present findings clarify the mechanism whereby calycosin mitigates autophagy stoppage in calcified smooth muscle cells and provide a basis for effective VC treatment via autophagy enhancement.
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- Zekun Zhou
- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; (Z.Z.); (Y.L.)
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; (Z.Z.); (Y.L.)
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- College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; (Z.Z.); (Y.L.)
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Yu A, Zhou Z, Chen Y, Sun J, Li P, Gu X, Liu A. Functional Genome Analyses Reveal the Molecular Basis of Oil Accumulation in Developing Seeds of Castor Beans. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 25:92. [PMID: 38203263 PMCID: PMC10778879 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25010092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Castor (Ricinus communis L.) seeds produce abundant ricinoleic acid during seed maturation, which is important for plant development and human demands. Ricinoleic acid, as a unique hydroxy fatty acid (HFA), possesses a distinct bond structure that could be used as a substitute for fossil fuels. Here, we identified all homologous genes related to glycolysis, hydroxy fatty acid biosynthesis, and triacylglycerol (TAG) accumulation in castor seeds. Furthermore, we investigated their expression patterns globally during five seed development stages. We characterized a total of 66 genes involved in the glycolysis pathway, with the majority exhibiting higher expression levels during the early stage of castor bean seed development. This metabolic process provided abundant acetyl-CoA for fatty acid (FA) biosynthesis. Subsequently, we identified 82 genes involved in the processes of de novo FA biosynthesis and TAG assembly, with the majority exhibiting high expression levels during the middle or late stages. In addition, we examined the expression patterns of the transcription factors involved in carbohydrate and oil metabolism. For instance, RcMYB73 and RcERF72 exhibited high expression levels during the early stage, whereas RcWRI1, RcABI3, and RcbZIP67 showed relatively higher expression levels during the middle and late stages, indicating their crucial roles in seed development and oil accumulation. Our study suggests that the high HFA production in castor seeds is attributed to the interaction of multiple genes from sugar transportation to lipid droplet packaging. Therefore, this research comprehensively characterizes all the genes related to glycolysis, fatty acid biosynthesis, and triacylglycerol (TAG) accumulation in the castor and provides novel insight into exploring the genetic mechanisms underlying seed oil accumulation in the endosperm of castor beans.
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- Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China, Ministry of Education, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China; (A.Y.); (Z.Z.); (Y.C.); (J.S.); (P.L.); (X.G.)
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Zhou Z, Tong C, Tian L, Zhang X, Li Y, Xiao Y, Yan L. Retraction Note: Retrospective study of preservation and transection of the round ligament of uterus during laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair in adult women. Hernia 2023; 27:1627. [PMID: 37792104 DOI: 10.1007/s10029-023-02906-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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- Z Zhou
- Department of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, 710068, China
- Yan'an University, Yan'an, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, 710068, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, 710068, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, 710068, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, 710068, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, 710068, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, 710068, China.
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Xiong X, Zhu Q, Zhou Z, Qian X, Hong R, Dai Y, Hu C. Discriminating minimal residual disease status in multiple myeloma based on MRI: utility of radiomics and comparison of machine-learning methods. Clin Radiol 2023; 78:e839-e846. [PMID: 37586967 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2023.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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AIM To explore the possibility of discriminating minimal residual disease (MRD) status in multiple myeloma (MM) based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and identify optimal machine-learning methods to optimise the clinical treatment regimen. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 83 patients were analysed retrospectively. They were divided randomly into training and validation cohorts. The regions of interest were segmented and radiomics features were extracted and analysed on two sequences, including T1-weighted imaging (WI) and fat saturated (FS)-T2WI, and then radiomics models were built in the training cohort and evaluated in the validation cohort. Clinical characteristics were calculated to build a traditional model. A combined model was also built using the clinical characteristics and radiomics features. Classification accuracy was assessed using area under the curve (AUC) and F1 score. RESULTS In the training cohort, only the bone marrow (BM) infiltrate ratio (p=0.005) was retained after univariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis. In T1WI, the linear support vector machine (SVM) achieved the best performance compared to other classifiers, with AUCs of 0.811 and 0.708 and F1 scores of 0.792 and 0.696 in the training and validation cohorts, respectively. Similarly, in FS-T2WI sequence, linear SVM achieved the best performance with AUCs of 0.833 and 0.800 and F1 score of 0.833 and 0.800. The combined model constructed by the FS-T2WI-linear SVM and BM infiltrate ratio outperformed the traditional model (p=0.050 and 0.012, Delong test), but showed no significant difference compared with the radiomics model (p=0.798 and 0.855). CONCLUSION The linear SVM-based machine-learning method can offer a non-invasive tool for discriminating MRD status in MM.
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China
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- Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Suzhou, 215163, China
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- Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Suzhou, 215163, China; School of Biomedical Engineering (Suzhou), Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China
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- Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Suzhou, 215163, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China.
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Bao Y, Men Y, Yang X, Sun S, Yuan M, Ma Z, Liu Y, Wang J, Deng L, Wang W, Zhai Y, Bi N, Lv J, Liang J, Feng Q, Chen D, Xiao Z, Zhou Z, Wang L, Hui Z. Efficacy of Postoperative Radiotherapy for Patients with New N2 Descriptors of Subclassification in Completely Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Real-World Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e5. [PMID: 37785570 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.657] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Patients with N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were heterogeneous groups and required further stratification. The International Society for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) added new descriptors of three sub-stages for stage N2 NSCLC: N2 at a single station without N1 involvement (N2a1), N2 at a single station with N1 involvement (N2a2), and N2 at multiple stations (N2b). This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) for patients with these N2 descriptors. MATERIALS/METHODS Patients with histologically confirmed NSCLC after complete resection and divided into PORT group and non-PORT group. The primary endpoint was DFS. The second endpoints were overall survival (OS) and locoregional recurrence-free survival (LRFS). Propensity-score matching (PSM) of baseline characteristics between the PORT and non-PORT groups was used for validation. RESULTS Totally 1832 patients were enrolled, including 308 N2a1 patients, 682 N2a2 patients, and 842 N2b patients. The median follow-up time was 50.1 months. The survival outcomes of the PORT and non-PORT groups before PSM were shown in Table 1. For patients with N2a1, PORT could not improve the DFS (median DFS of the PORT group and the non-PORT group: not reached vs. 46.8 months, P = 0.41), OS (P = 0.85), or LRFS (P = 0.32), which were consistent with the multivariate analysis and data after the PSM. For patients with N2a2, PORT significantly improved the DFS (median DFS 29.7 vs. 22.2 months, P = 0.02), OS (P = 0.03), and LRFS (P = 0.01). The multivariate analysis and data after the PSM confirmed the benefits in DFS and LRFS, but no benefit was observed in OS (multivariate analysis: HR 0.79, P = 0.18; median OS after PSM: 103.7 vs. 63.1 months, P = 0.34). For patients with N2b, PORT could not improve the DFS (median DFS 20.6 vs. 21.2 months, P = 0.39) but significantly improved the OS (P<0.001) and LRFS (P<0.001). However, the multivariate analysis showed that PORT significantly improved DFS (HR 0.81, P = 0.03), consistent with the data after the PSM (median DFS 20.6 and 17.6 months, P = 0.04). CONCLUSION PORT significantly improved the DFS and LRFS in patients with N2a2 and significantly improved the DFS, LRFS, and OS in patients with N2b. Patients with N2a1 could not benefit from PORT.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of VIP Medical Services & Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital & Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shenzhen, China, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of VIP Medical Services & Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Zhou Z, Wang Y, Zhao F, Yao G, Yu H, Yu H, Bu L, Lu Z, Yan S. Radiation Induced Lung Injury in Rats after Pre-Oxygenation Radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e279-e280. [PMID: 37785046 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.1260] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Deep inspiratory breath holding (DIBH) has been widely used during the radiotherapy of thoracic tumors. The main disadvantage of voluntary DIBH is the short duration of each breath hold. The hypocapnia induced by hyperoxia (oxygen concentration > 50%) pre-oxygenation (PreO2) combined with mechanical hyperventilation has been reported to prolong the duration of single breath hold, but its safety remains controversial, especially the sensitivity of lung tissue to radiation damage under hyperoxia exposure has not been elucidated. In this study, we aim to investigate the changes of radiation induced lung injury in rats after PreO2 radiation. MATERIALS/METHODS We evaluated the lung tissue of rats at different time points (48h, 2w, 4w, 8w, 12w) after thoracic radiation (15Gy single fraction to the right lung), and sequenced the transcriptome of lung tissue at 48 hours after irradiation. Rat cohorts (n = 7/group): 1. Control (Con); 2. Radiation group (RT); 3. Pre-oxygenation (oxygen concentration > 90%) for 8 hours before thoracic radiation (PreO2). RESULTS The inflammatory exudation emerged in the pulmonary interstitium at 48 hours, and reached the most serious alveolitis after four weeks of irradiation (the comparison of alveolitis scores in RT4w vs Con4w and PreO2(4w) vs Con4w, P<0.001) on hematoxylin-eosin staining. While the alveolitis scores in RT group and PreO2 group were not statistically different at each time point. Masson staining showed that the pulmonary fibrosis in the RT group and the PreO2 group reached an obvious pathological change at 12 weeks after irradiation, but the difference between the two groups was not significant. Transcriptome sequencing showed that the number of differential genes in PreO2 vs Con was 559 (302 up-regulated genes and 257 down-regulated genes). The GO enrichment analysis indicated that chromosome segregation was the most significant functional item with P value in the comparative analysis, and the KEGG enrichment analysis suggested that cell division was the most significant enrichment pathway of these differential genes. While there was a small quantity of differential genes in PreO2 vs RT group (3 up-regulated genes and 12 down-regulated genes). Pentose and glucuronate conversions were the most significant enrichment pathway of these differential genes. CONCLUSION This study demonstrated that PreO2 radiotherapy did not increase the severity of radiation induced lung injury in rats compared to conventional radiotherapy. Further study should be conducted to confirm these results and to investigate the regulatory mechanism of pneumonia caused by PreO2 radiotherapy.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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Ma Y, Bi N, Ying J, Li C, Xiao J, Tian Y, Ma X, Deng L, Zhang T, Wang J, Zhou Z. Inter-fraction Dynamics during Adaptive Hypofractionated Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases with a MR LINAC. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e133. [PMID: 37784696 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.935] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) This study examined the displacement and deformation in brain metastases (BMs) during adaptive hypofractionated radiotherapy (HFRT) on a magnetic resonance imaging linear accelerator (MR LINAC). In addition, the contouring variability between enhanced T1 (T1+c) and T2/FLAIR (T2f) sequence to define gross tumor volume (GTV) was compared. MATERIALS/METHODS Patients with 1-3 BMs and treated with MR LINAC were enrolled. T1+c sequence was acquired at initial planning, while T2/T2f was acquired during each fraction. GTV at initial planning (GTVi) and fraction 1-n (GTV1-n) were contoured in all images. Dice similarity coefficient (DSC) was used to quantify the contouring variability between different sequences at initial planning. The three-dimensional coordinate values of geometric centers of GTVi and GTV1-n were recorded and the distance was calculated. Statistical analysis was performed using two-sided paired t-test. RESULTS Between December 2019 and October 2022, 19 patients with 22 BMs were analyzed. The median age was 64 y (37-84 y) and the major primary tumor was lung cancer (89.5%). The median dose was 52 Gy in 13 fractions (30 Gy/5f- 60 Gy/20 f). The median GTVi on T1c, T2f and T2 sequences were 6.70cc (0.41-84.85 cc), 6.70 cc (0.35-84.14 cc, p = 0.924) and 6.16 cc (0.32-79.44 cc, p = 0.117), respectively. The mean DSC was 0.95 (0.76-1.00) and 0.86 (0.64-0.97) when comparing GTVi on T1c/T2f and T1c/T2, respectively. All of the lesions achieved volume reduction during HFRT and the mean reduction rate was 28.8% (4.8%-71.0%) at the end of HFRT. 54.5% of the BMs were reduced by more than 20%. The median treatment course and BED to get 20% reduction was 2/3 (40%-93%) and 40.8 Gy (24.5-67.5 Gy), respectively. The median shift of center of GTV1-n was 0.8 mm (0-2.5mm). The center of 7 lesions (31.8%) deviated more than 1mm from GTVi. CONCLUSION GTV contouring variability was seen between T1c, T2f and T2 sequences. The coincidence of T1+c and T2f was better than T1+c and T2 in BMs. Since reductions in volume and changes of lesion center was observed during HFRT, the use of MR-guided radiation therapy (RT) and treatment adaptation is needed. The optimal timing for treatment plan modification might be when the course of treatment reaches 2/3 for most large BMs. Further research to find out patients who may benefit form MR-guided adaptive RT is ongoing.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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Li M, Ao Y, Peng P, Bahmani H, Han L, Zhou Z, Li Q. Resource allocation of rural institutional elderly care in China's new era: spatial-temporal differences and adaptation development. Public Health 2023; 223:7-14. [PMID: 37572563 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.07.005] [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: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVES In the new era of China, to ensure that rural residents can get the corresponding institutional elderly services equally, it is necessary to investigate the current situation of resource allocation of rural institutional elderly care and make corresponding adaptation suggestions. STUDY DESIGN This research discusses the characteristics and evolution pattern of rural aging, the resource allocation of rural elderly care institutions, and the adaptation degree of rural institutional elderly care resource and aging. METHODS The research methodology consists of the following stages: entropy-based Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), kernel density estimation, coupling coordination, spatial autocorrelation, and Theil index decomposition. RESULTS The degree of aging in rural areas of China is rising, and the whole population has entered a moderate aging society, showing the spatial characteristics of 'high in the east and low in the west'. The resource allocation of rural institutional elderly care in China is at a low level, and the absolute differences among provinces tend to reduce over time, and the overall resource allocation level tends to decline. The provinces that were in the mismatched adaptation relationship in the early stage have improved; however, the number of provinces with mismatched adaptability has continued to increase. The local spatial autocorrelation of resource adaptation verifies that the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River as the core form a hot spot, and during the observation period, the spatial agglomeration effect of the core is strengthened. The Theil index decomposition of resource adaptation indicates that the within-group differences between the eastern and western regions is significantly higher than that between the northeastern and central regions. CONCLUSIONS First, special attention should be paid to preventing the resource allocation of rural institutional elderly care in the eastern and western regions from falling again. Second, to avoid more and more low-adapted provinces falling into the 'mismatch dilemma' with the deepening of the aging degree. Third, strengthen cooperation among regions and promote the coordinated development of resource allocation of institutional elderly care in various regions. Fourth, the priority of institutional elderly care balanced development should be given to the eastern region and western region, thus weakening the overall difference.
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- College of Management Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
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- College of Management Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China; College of Environment and Civil Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China.
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- College of Environment and Civil Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
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- College of Environment and Civil Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Hexi University, Zhangye, 734000, China
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- College of Management Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
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- School of Continuing Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400000, China
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Yu N, Li J, Chen X, Wang Z, Kang X, Zhang R, Qin J, Zheng Q, Feng G, Deng L, Zhang T, Wang W, Liu W, Wang J, Feng Q, Lv J, Chen D, Zhou Z, Xiao Z, Li Y, Bi N, Li Y, Wang X. Chemoradiotherapy Combined with Nab-Paclitaxel plus Cisplatin in Patients with Locally Advanced Borderline Resectable or Unresectable Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Phase I/II Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e354. [PMID: 37785224 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.2433] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) To evaluate the efficacy and safety of nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel (nab-PTX) plus cisplatin as the regimen of conversional chemoradiotherapy (cCRT) in locally advanced borderline resectable or unresectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). MATERIALS/METHODS Patients with locally advanced ESCC (cT3-4, Nany, M0-1, M1 was limited to lymph node metastasis in the supraclavicular area) were enrolled. All the patients received the cCRT of nab-PTX plus cisplatin. After the cCRT, those resectable patients received esophagectomy; those unresectable patients continued to receive the definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT). The locoregional control (LRC), overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), distant metastasis free survival (DMFS), pathological complete response (pCR), R0 resection rate and adverse events (AEs) were calculated. RESULTS A total of 45 patients with ESCC treated from October 2019 to May 2021 were finally included. The median follow-up time was 30.3 months. The LRC, OS, EFS, DMFS at 1and 2 years were 81.5%, 86.6%, 64.3%, 73.2% and 72.4%, 68.8%, 44.8%, 52.7% respectively. 21 patients (46.7%) received conversional chemoradiotherapy plus surgery (cCRT+S). The pCR rate and R0 resection rate were 47.6% and 84.0%. The LRC rate at 1 and 2 years were 95.0%, 87.1% in cCRT+S patients and 69.3%, 58.7% in dCRT patients respectively (HR, 5.14; 95% CI, 1.10-23.94; P = 0.021). The OS rate at 1 and 2 years were 95.2% and 84.2% in resectable patients compared to 78.8% and 54.4% in unresectable patients (HR, 3.41; 95% CI, 1.10-10.61; P = 0.024). The toxicities during chemoradiotherapy were tolerated, the most common grade 3-4 toxicities were radiation esophagitis (15.6%). CONCLUSION Nab-PTX plus cisplatin were effective and safe as the regimen of conversional chemoradiotherapy of ESCC. The patients receiving conversional chemoradiotherapy plus surgery (cCRT+S) were prone to have a better survival.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Zhang C, Zhou Z, Deng L, Bi N, Wang W, Xiao Z, Wang J, Jr WL, Wang X, Zhang T, Lv J. Clinical Outcomes with Thoracic Radiotherapy for Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer in the Era of Immunotherapy: A Retrospective Analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e80. [PMID: 37786186 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.825] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Chemo-immunotherapy has shown significant benefits for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), which prolonged overall survival (OS) of nearly 2-4.5 months compared with platinum-based chemotherapy alone. However, thoracic radiotherapy (TRT), was not allowed to be used in previous trials. This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficiency of TRT for ES-SCLC patients in the era of Immunotherapy. MATERIALS/METHODS We retrospectively reviewed ES-SCLC patients treated with chemo-immunotherapy between 2017 and 2021 in our center. Patients who accepted consolidative or salvage TRT were included. The overall survival, progression-free survival (PFS), local progression-free survival (LPFS), and distant progression free-survival (DPFS) were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Toxicity was recorded based on CTCAE 5.0 scale. RESULTS We finally enrolled 30 patients in our study. The median follow-up time was 26.0 months (95% confidence interval, 18.2-33.8 months). 26(86.7%) patients have undergone first-line chemotherapy and immunotherapy, while 4(13.3%) have undergone immunotherapy as a second-line agent. 23(76.6%) patients achieved CR/PR/SD to initial systematic therapy. All patients were treated with TRT with a median dose of 51 Gy (24-60.2 Gy). The median interval between TRT and immunotherapy was 35 days. Median OS was 26 months (95% confidence interval, 17.8-34.2 months) and median PFS was 8 months (95% confidence interval, 5.3-10.7 months). 2-year OS, PFS, and DPFS were 51.4%, 21.4%, and 27.4%, respectively. 18 months LPFS was 59.6%. There was no ≥ G3 radiation-related adverse event except 2(6.7%) G3 esophagitis. G1-2 pneumonitis was reported in 8(26.7%) patients. CONCLUSION TRT is well-tolerated and effective for selected ES-SCLC patients in the modern era of immunotherapy. Prospective trials are still needed to further evaluate the combination of TRT and immunotherapy for patients with ES-SCLC.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Weidhaas JB, Harris J, Gillison M, Blakaj DM, Krempl GA, Higgins KA, Phan J, Dunlap NE, Mahmood S, Dorth JA, Caudell JJ, Desai AB, Galloway TJ, Pennington JDD, Zhou Z, Lathrop J, Torres-Saavedra P, Hayes DN, Yom SS, Le QT. The KRAS-Variant and Cetuximab in HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal Cancer in NRG/RTOG 1016. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:S151. [PMID: 37784383 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.571] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) NRG/RTOG 1016 was a non-inferiority phase III trial comparing radiation with cisplatin versus cetuximab monotherapy for patients with HPV-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The trial did not meet the non-inferiority criteria for overall survival (OS) and had significantly worse progression-free survival (PFS) and locoregional failure (LRF) in patients treated with cetuximab. Based on prior evidence that HNSCC patients with a germ-line mutation in KRAS (the KRAS-variant) had a positive response to radiation with cisplatin plus cetuximab without increased toxicity, samples from RTOG 1016 were used to test the protocol-specified hypothesis that KRAS-variant patients will have better outcomes when receiving IMRT + cetuximab monotherapy compared to IMRT + cisplatin. MATERIALS/METHODS The KRAS-variant was tested in 562 samples at MiraDx, a CLIA-certified laboratory. OS, PFS, LRF, and distant metastases (DM) were as defined per the RTOG 1016 protocol, and hazard ratios (HRs) were estimated by (cause-specific) Cox models. Negative binomial regression was used to model the number of treatment-related acute and late (≤ and > 180 days from end of treatment, respectively) grade 3-5 adverse events. To assess the predictive role of the KRAS-variant, all models included KRAS, assigned treatment, and their interaction, with the interaction tested at two-sided 0.05. HRs and toxicity ratios are expressed as IMRT + cetuximab / IMRT + cisplatin. RESULTS The prevalence of the KRAS-variant was 16% with similar patient and tumor characteristics and well-balanced treatment arms for variant and non-variant patients. Median follow-up was 8.6 years. There was no significant interaction between KRAS and treatment for OS (p = 0.99), PFS (p = 0.56), LRF (p = 0.09), or DM (p = 0.19) (Table 1). In KRAS-variant patients the mean acute and late toxicity ratios were 0.53 (95% CI 0.36, 0.80) and 1.62 (95% CI 0.57, 4.62). In non-variant patients, the mean acute and late toxicity ratios were 0.80 (95% CI 0.67, 0.95) and 0.55 (95% CI 0.35, 0.87), respectively. The interaction of KRAS and treatment was not significant for acute (p = 0.07) or late toxicity (p = 0.07). CONCLUSION While this study does not directly refute prior evidence that KRAS-variant patients benefit from radiation + cisplatin and cetuximab, this study does not support the hypothesis that the KRAS-variant is a predictive biomarker of improved outcome in HPV+ oropharyngeal SCC patients treated with IMRT + cetuximab alone, and suggests that for KRAS-variant patients, potential benefits in LRF and acute toxicity with cetuximab may be offset by worse DM and worse late toxicity.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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- NRG Oncology Statistics and Data Management Center, Philadelphia, PA
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- James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY
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- Allan Blair Cancer Centre, Saskatchewan, SK, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
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- NRG Oncology Statistics and Data Management Center, Philadelphia, PA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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Zhou Z, Sui X, Cao Z, Li X, Qing L, Tang J. Substance P promote macrophage M2 polarization to attenuate secondary lymphedema by regulating NF-kB/NLRP3 signaling pathway. Peptides 2023; 168:171045. [PMID: 37507091 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2023.171045] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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Secondary lymphedema often occurs after filariasis, trauma, lymph node dissection and radiation therapy, which is manifested by infiltration of inflammatory cells and fibrosis formation in pathologically. Substance P is a widely used neuropeptide in the field of tissue repair, while the regenerative potential of the substance P has not been proven in the secondary lymphedema. In this study, animal model of secondary lymphedema was constructed by excising the skin and subcutaneous lymphatic network in the tail of mice, and the degree of swelling in the tail of mice was evaluated after 6 weeks under the treatment with substance P. Immunofluorescence staining was also performed to assess immune cell infiltration, subcutaneous fibrosis and lymphangiogenesis. The results revealed that substance P significantly alleviated post-surgical lymphedema in mice. Furthermore, we found that substance P promoted macrophages M2 polarization, a process associated with downregulation of the NF-kB/NLRP3 pathway. After application of disodium clodronate (macrophage scavenger, CLO), the positive effect of substance P in lymphedema is significantly inhibited. In vitro experiments, we further demonstrated the polarizing effect of substance P on bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs), while substance P inhibited the activation of the NF-kB/NLRP3 pathway in BMDMs after the treatment of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In addition, polarized macrophages were demonstrated to promote the proliferation, tube-forming and migratory functions of human lymphatic endothelial cells (hLEC). In conclusion, our study provides preliminary evidence that substance P alleviates secondary lymphedema by promoting macrophage M2 polarization, and this therapeutic effect may be associated with downregulation of the NF-kB/NLRP3 pathway.
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- Zekun Zhou
- Xiangya hospital of central south university, Changsha, China
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- Xiangya hospital of central south university, Changsha, China
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- Xiangya hospital of central south university, Changsha, China
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- Changsha Medical University, Changsha, China
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- Xiangya hospital of central south university, Changsha, China.
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- Xiangya hospital of central south university, Changsha, China.
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Zhou Z, Tong C, Tian L, Zhang X, Li Y, Xiao Y, Yan L. Retrospective study of preservation and transection of the round ligament of uterus during laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair in adult women. Hernia 2023; 27:1195-1202. [PMID: 36949269 PMCID: PMC10533639 DOI: 10.1007/s10029-023-02765-4] [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: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/24/2023]
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PURPOSE The processing of the round ligament of uterus in laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) repair of inguinal hernia in women has contended. This study aimed to explore whether there is any difference in the surgical outcome and postoperative complications between the two processing modalities, preservation, and transection of the round ligament of uterus, in adult female inguinal hernia patients undergoing TAPP. METHODS Retrospective analysis of 84 female patients (117 sides) who underwent TAPP in XXX Hospital from July 2013 to August 2022. Patient characteristics and technical details of the surgical procedure were collected and divided into two groups according to whether the round ligament of uterus was severed intraoperatively or not. There were 52 cases (77 sides) in the group with preservation of the round ligament of uterus and 32 cases (40 sides) in the group with transection of the round ligament of uterus, comparing the general condition, surgical condition, and the occurrence of postoperative related complications between the 2 groups. RESULTS The operative time for unilateral primary inguinal hernia was (129.2 ± 35.1) and (89.5 ± 42.6) minutes in the preservation and transection groups, respectively. There were no statistical differences between the two groups in terms of age, length of hospital stay, ASA, BMI, history of lower abdominal surgery, type and side of hernia, intraoperative bleeding, and time to surgery for primary bilateral hernia (P > 0.05). In addition, there was likewise no statistical difference in the occurrence of postoperative Clavien-Dindo classification, VAS, seroma, mesh infection, labia majora edema, chronic pain or abnormal sensation in the inguinal region, and hernia recurrence in the two groups as well (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION There is no evidence that the transection of the round ligament of the uterus during TAPP has an impact on postoperative complications in patients. However, given the important role of the uterine round ligament in the surgical management of patients with uterine prolapse and the high incidence of uterine prolapse in older women, hernia surgeons should also be aware of the need to protect the round ligament of uterus in older women.
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- Z Zhou
- Department of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, 710068, China
- Yan'an University, Yan'an, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, 710068, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, 710068, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, 710068, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, 710068, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, 710068, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, 710068, China.
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Zhang P, Wu P, Khan UZ, Zhou Z, Sui X, Li C, Dong K, Liu Y, Qing L, Tang J. Exosomes derived from LPS-preconditioned bone marrow-derived MSC modulate macrophage plasticity to promote allograft survival via the NF-κB/NLRP3 signaling pathway. J Nanobiotechnology 2023; 21:332. [PMID: 37716974 PMCID: PMC10504750 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-023-02087-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study investigated whether exosomes from LPS pretreated bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (LPS pre-MSCs) could prolong skin graft survival. METHODS The exosomes were isolated from the supernatant of MSCs pretreated with LPS. LPS pre-Exo and rapamycin were injected via the tail vein into C57BL/6 mice allografted with BALB/c skin; graft survival was observed and evaluated. The accumulation and polarization of macrophages were examined by immunohistochemistry. The differentiation of macrophages in the spleen was analyzed by flow cytometry. For in vitro, an inflammatory model was established. Specifically, bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) were isolated and cultured with LPS (100 ng/ml) for 3 h, and were further treated with LPS pre-Exo for 24 h or 48 h. The molecular signaling pathway responsible for modulating inflammation was examined by Western blotting. The expressions of downstream inflammatory cytokines were determined by Elisa, and the polarization of macrophages was analyzed by flow cytometry. RESULTS LPS pre-Exo could better ablate inflammation compared to untreated MSC-derived exosomes (BM-Exo). These loaded factors inhibited the expressions of inflammatory factors via a negative feedback mechanism. In vivo, LPS pre-Exo significantly attenuated inflammatory infiltration, thus improving the survival of allogeneic skin graft. Flow cytometric analysis of BMDMs showed that LPS pre-Exo were involved in the regulation of macrophage polarization and immune homeostasis during inflammation. Further investigation revealed that the NF-κB/NLRP3/procaspase-1/IL-1β signaling pathway played a key role in LPS pre-Exo-mediated regulation of macrophage polarization. Inhibiting NF-κB in BMDMs could abolish the LPS-induced activation of inflammatory pathways and the polarization of M1 macrophages while increasing the proportion of M2 cells. CONCLUSION LPS pre-Exo are able to switch the polarization of macrophages and enhance the resolution of inflammation. This type of exosomes provides an improved immunotherapeutic potential in prolonging graft survival.
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- PeiYao Zhang
- Department of Orthopedics, Hand & Microsurgery Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Xiangy Road, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand & Microsurgery Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Xiangy Road, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand & Microsurgery Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Xiangy Road, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand & Microsurgery Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Xiangy Road, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand & Microsurgery Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Xiangy Road, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand & Microsurgery Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Xiangy Road, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand & Microsurgery Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Xiangy Road, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand & Microsurgery Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Xiangy Road, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand & Microsurgery Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Xiangy Road, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China.
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand & Microsurgery Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Xiangy Road, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China.
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Ma JL, Zhou Z, Li Y, Zhang C, Duan FH, Wang GM. [Genetic analysis of a family with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia caused by endoglin gene mutation]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2023; 46:916-920. [PMID: 37670645 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20230530-00272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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Objective: To explore the genetic characteristics of a family with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) caused by endoglin (ENG) gene mutations. Methods: A total of 17 individuals from a 3-generation HHT family attending the First Affiliated Hospital of Dali University were selected as the research subjects. Clinical data and familial disease status of the HHT family proband were collected. Whole exome sequencing technology was used to screen for suspected pathogenic genes in the proband, and Sanger sequencing was used for family validation. Results: The proband and her mother had recurrent epistaxis and skin mucosal telangiectasia, and enhanced CT scans of the chest of the proband and her mother, daughter, and cousin indicated the presence of varying degrees of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. The results of the full exon sequencing results showed that the proband carried the ENG gene c.579_599del non-shift deletion mutation, and Sanger sequencing showed that the mother, daughter, and cousin carried the same mutation. Conclusion: ENG gene c.579_ 599del mutation may be the genetic basis of HHT in this family.
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- J L Ma
- Department of School of Clinical Medicine, Dali University, Dali 671000, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dali University, Dali 671000, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dali University, Dali 671000, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dali University, Dali 671000, China
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- Center of Genetic Testing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dali University, Dali, 671000, China
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- Department of School of Clinical Medicine, Dali University, Center of Genetic Testing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dali University, Dali, 671000, China
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Zhou Y, Zhou Z, Wu X, Wang Z, Qi W, Yang J, Qing L, Tang J, Deng L. Down-Regulation of HSP by Pd-Cu Nanozymes for NIR Light Triggered Mild-Temperature Photothermal Therapy Against Wound Bacterial Infection: In vitro and in vivo Assessments. Int J Nanomedicine 2023; 18:4805-4819. [PMID: 37635910 PMCID: PMC10460177 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s420298] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
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Purpose We aimed to develop an oxidative-stress-activated palladium-copper nanozyme to reduce bacterial's heat sensitivity by down-regulating heat shock proteins to overcome the shortcomings of conventional photothermal antimicrobial therapy and achieve mild photothermal bactericidal efficacy. Methods We first synthesized palladium-copper nanozymes (PC-NPs) by hydration and used transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to demonstrate their successful preparation. Their photothermal therapy (PTT) and chemo-dynamic therapy (CDT) activities were then determined by a series of photothermal performance tests and peroxidase-like performance tests, and the destruction of heat shock proteins by reactive oxygen species (ROS) was verified at the protein level by Western Blotting tests, providing a basis for the effective bacteria-killing by the mild-temperature photothermal treatment subsequently applied. We also validated this promising programmed and controlled antimicrobial treatment with palladium-copper nanozymes by in vivo/in vitro antimicrobial assays. A hemolysis assay, MTT cytotoxicity test and histopathological analysis were also performed to assess the in vivo safety of PC-NPs. Results In the micro-acidic environment of bacterial infection, PC-NPs showed peroxidase-like activity that broke down the H2O2 at the wound into hydroxyl radicals and down-regulated bacterial heat shock proteins. The application of PC-NPs increased bacteria's sensitivity to subsequent photothermal treatment, enabling the elimination of bacteria via mild photothermal treatment. Conclusion The programmed synergistic catalytic enhancement of CDT and mild photothermal therapy achieves the most efficient killing of bacteria and their biofilms, which brings future thinking in the relationship between heat shock proteins and oxidative stress damage in bacteria.
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- Yan Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecule Engineering of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecule Engineering of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecule Engineering of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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Tao Z, Cui J, Tan Y, Zhou Z, Chen Z, Wang A, Zhu Y, Lai S, Yu M, Yang Y. Suppression of Vanadium Oxide Dissolution via Cation Metathesis within a Coordination Supramolecular Network for Durable Aqueous Zn-V 2 O 5 Batteries. Small 2023; 19:e2301620. [PMID: 37093212 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202301620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Aqueous zinc metal batteries (ZMBs) are a promising sustainable technology for large-scale energy storage applications. However, the water is often associated with problematic parasitic reactions on both anode and cathode, leading to the low durability and reliability of ZMBs. Here, a multifunctional separator for the Zn-V2 O5 batteries by growing the coordination supramolecular network (CSN:Zn-MBA, MBA = 2-mercaptobenzoic acid) on the conventional non-woven fabrics (NWF) is developed. CSN tends to form a stronger coordination bond as a softer cation, enabling a thermodynamically preferred Zn2+ to VO2 + substitution in the network, leading to the formation of VO2 -MBA interface, that strongly obstructs the VO2 (OH)2 - penetration but simultaneously allows Zn2+ transfer. Moreover, Zn-MBA molecules can adsorb the OTF- and distribute the interfacial Zn2+ homogeneous, which facilitate a dendrite-free Zn deposition. The Zn-V2 O5 cells with Zn-MBA@NWF separator realize high capacity of 567 mAh g-1 at 0.2 A g-1 , and excellent cyclability over 2000 cycles with capacity retention of 82.2% at 5 A g-1 . This work combines the original advantages of the template and new function of metals via cation metathesis within a CSN, provides a new strategy for inhibiting vanadium oxide dissolution.
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- Zengren Tao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry & Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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Lu S, Qin S, Zhou Z, Chen J, Gu K, Sun P, Pan Y, Yu G, Ma K, Shi J, Sun Y, Yang L, Chen P, Liu A, He J. Bevacizumab biosimilar candidate TAB008 compared to Avastin ® in patients with locally advanced, metastatic EGFR wild-type non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer: a randomized, double-blind, multicenter study. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2023; 149:5907-5914. [PMID: 36595042 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-022-04563-4] [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: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bevacizumab (Avastin®) is a monoclonal antibody targeting the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Used alone or in combination with chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy, Avastin® has shown promising efficacy in many cancers. This study compared the efficacy and safety of TAB008 with Avastin® sourced from the EU (bevacizumab-EU), in patients with non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (nsNSCLC). METHOD In this randomized, double-blind, multicenter, phase III similarity study, treatment naïve for metastatic lung cancer., EGFR wild-type, locally advanced, metastatic, or recurrent non-squamous, non-small cell, lung cancer (nsNSCLC) patients were enrolled and randomized (1:1) into TAB008 or Avastin® groups. Patients received TAB008 or Avastin® 15 mg/kg intravenously plus paclitaxel/carboplatin for 4-6 cycles followed by TAB008 or Avastin® 7.5 mg/kg until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity or death. The primary endpoint compared the objective response rate (ORR) within 6 cycles as read by an independent radiological review committee (IRRC). Secondary endpoints compared disease control rate (DCR) Within 6 cycles, duration of response (DoR), progression-free survival (PFS), a year overall survival rate (OSR), overall survival (OS), safety, immunogenicity, and steady-state pharmacokinetics. RESULTS A total of 549 nsNSCLC patients were enrolled (277 in TAB008 group and 272 in Avastin® group). In the full analysis set, ORRs were 55.957% for TAB008 and 55.720% for Avastin®, and the ORR ratio was 1 (90% CI 0.89-1.14), well within the predefined equivalence margin of 0.75-1.33. No significant differences were found in DCR within 6 cycles (95.703% vs 95.367%, p = 0.8536), DoR (8.17 vs 7.3 months, p = 0.3526), PFS (9.10 vs. 7.97 months, p = 0.9457), 1 year overall survival rate (66.2% vs 68%, p = 0.6793), or OS (20.4 vs 17.6 months, p = 0.6549). Serious adverse events (SAEs) occurred in 37.55% (104/277) of patients in the TAB008 group and 34.32% (93/271) in the Avastin® group. Anti-drug antibodies were reported in 3 of 277 (1.08%) TAB008 patients, and 5 of 271 (1.85%) Avastin® patients, neutralizing antibody (Nab) was positive in 1 patient on Avastin®, which became negative upon follow-up. The steady-state trough concentrations (Cssmin) were 106.13 μg/mL in TAB008 group and 96.03 μg/mL in Avastin® groups, with the treatment group ratio of LS geometric means fully contained within the bioequivalence limits of 80.00-125.00% (90% CI was 101.74-120.05%). CONCLUSIONS TAB008 is similar to Avastin® in terms of efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetic parameters, with comparable immunogenicity. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov number; NCT05427305.
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- S Lu
- Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Cancer Center, Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing, China.
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- Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Oncology, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha, China
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- Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Oncology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Yantai, China
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- Oncology, Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, China
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- Oncology, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, China
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- Oncology, Jilin University First Hospital, Jilin, China
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- Oncology, Linyi Cancer Hospital, Linyi, China
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- Oncology, Jinan Central Hospital, Jinan, China
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- Cancer Center, Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Oncology, Yancheng First People's Hospital, Yancheng, China
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- Oncology, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China
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- Statistics, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Luo G, Zhou Z, Huang C, Zhang P, Sun N, Chen W, Deng C, Li X, Wu P, Tang J, Qing L. Itaconic acid induces angiogenesis and suppresses apoptosis via Nrf2/autophagy to prolong the survival of multi-territory perforator flaps. Heliyon 2023; 9:e17909. [PMID: 37456049 PMCID: PMC10345368 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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Background Perforator flaps are widely used in hand microsurgery to reconstruct and repair soft tissue injuries. However, ischemia and subsequent ischemia-reperfusion injury may cause distal necrosis of the flap. Itaconic acid (IA) is a modulator of macrophage function, which exerts anti-inflammatory effects in macrophage activation. Methods The necrotic area of the flap was detected by measuring the flap temperature with an infrared thermometer. Flap cell apoptosis was detected by TUNEL staining and Western blot analysis of the apoptosis-associated proteins Bcl-2 and Bax. HE staining was used to detect angiogenesis of the skin flaps. CD31 was detected to identify positive vascular expression, and the survival of choke vessels in different areas of the skin flap was assessed by arteriography. In addition, Western blot was performed to quantify the expressions of VEGF, Nrf2, LC3II, SQSTM1, and CTSD. Results Itaconic acid raises VEGF protein levels in skin flaps and the number of CD31-positive vessels. The skin flaps in the IA treatment group exhibited higher neovascularization and less necrosis than those in the control group. The results of TUNEL staining and Western blot revealed that Itaconic acid attenuated apoptosis in the ischemic area of flap. The combination of itaconic acid and Nrf2 inhibitor ML385 reversed this beneficial effect. The results revealed that itaconic acid attenuated apoptosis, enhanced angiogenesis, and enhanced autophagy. Conclusion In summary, our findings indicate that itaconic acid might be an effective treatment to reduce flap necrosis. Additionally, this study identified a novel mechanism for the effects of itaconic acid on flap survival.
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- Gaojie Luo
- Department of Microsurgery and Hand Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China
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- Department of Microsurgery and Hand Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China
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- Department of Microsurgery and Hand Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China
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- Department of Microsurgery and Hand Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China
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- Department of Microsurgery and Hand Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China
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- Department of Microsurgery and Hand Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China
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- Department of Microsurgery and Hand Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China
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- Department of Pathology, Changsha Medical University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Microsurgery and Hand Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China
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- Department of Microsurgery and Hand Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China
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- Department of Microsurgery and Hand Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China
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Zhang SC, Li RP, Chen JC, Yang ZG, She YL, Zhou Z, Ouyang P. [Pulmonary vein stenosis with pulmonary infarction secondary to primary mediastinal seminoma: a case report]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2023; 46:592-594. [PMID: 37278174 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20221026-00847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare condition that is often underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed. The clinical and radiologic manifestations are unspecific such as cough, hemoptysis and pulmonary lesions and are therefore difficult to distinguished with pneumonia and tuberculosis. The present study is a successful case report of pulmonary vein stenosis and pulmonary infraction secondary to mediastinal seminoma. This case suggested that pulmonary vein stenosis should be considered when a mediastinal mass is accompanied by pulmonary opacites that cannot be explained by common causes such as infection.
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- Department of Respiratory, Xiangya Changde Hospital, Changde 415000, China
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- Department of Respiratory, Xiangya Changde Hospital, Changde 415000, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xiangya Changde Hospital, Changde 415000, China
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- Department of Respiratory, Xiangya Changde Hospital, Changde 415000, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xiangya Changde Hospital, Changde 415000, China
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- Department of Respiratory, Xiangya Changde Hospital, Changde 415000, China
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- Department of Respiratory, Xiangya Changde Hospital, Changde 415000, China
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Zhan Y, Zhou Z, Chen M, Gong X. Photothermal Treatment of Polydopamine Nanoparticles@Hyaluronic Acid Methacryloyl Hydrogel Against Peripheral Nerve Adhesion in a Rat Model of Sciatic Nerve. Int J Nanomedicine 2023; 18:2777-2793. [PMID: 37250473 PMCID: PMC10224687 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s410092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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Purpose Peripheral nerve adhesion occurs following injury and surgery. Functional impairment leading by peripheral nerve adhesion remains challenging for surgeons. Local tissue overexpression of heat shock protein (HSP) 72 can reduce the occurrence of adhesion. This study aims to develop a photothermal material polydopamine nanoparticles@Hyaluronic acid methacryloyl hydrogel (PDA NPs@HAMA) and evaluate their efficacy for preventing peripheral nerve adhesion in a rat sciatic nerve adhesion model. Materials and Methods PDA NPs@HAMA was prepared and characterized. The safety of PDA NPs@HAMA was evaluated. Seventy-two rats were randomly assigned to one of the following four groups: the control group; the hyaluronic acid (HA) group; the polydopamine nanoparticles (PDA) group and the PDA NPs@HAMA group (n = 18 per group). Six weeks after surgery, the scar formation was evaluated by adhesion scores and biomechanical and histological examinations. Nerve function was assessed with electrophysiological examination, sensorimotor analysis and gastrocnemius muscle weight measurements. Results There were significant differences in the score on nerve adhesion between the groups (p < 0.001). Multiple comparisons indicated that the score was significantly lower in the PDA NPs@HAMA group (95% CI: 0.83, 1.42) compared with the control group (95% CI: 1.86, 2.64; p = 0.001). Motor nerve conduction velocity and muscle compound potential of the PDA NPs@HAMA group were higher than the control group's. According to immunohistochemical analysis, the PDA NPs@HAMA group expressed more HSP72, less α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), and had fewer inflammatory reactions than the control group. Conclusion In this study, a new type of photo-cured material with a photothermic effect was designed and synthesized-PDA NPs@HAMA. The photothermic effect of PDA NPs@HAMA protected the nerve from adhesion to preserve the nerve function in the rat sciatic nerve adhesion model. This effectively prevented adhesion-related damage.
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- Yongxin Zhan
- Department of Hand and Podiatric Surgery, Orthopedics Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
- Jilin Province Key Laboratory on Tissue Repair, Reconstruction and Regeneration, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hand and Podiatric Surgery, Orthopedics Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
- Jilin Province Key Laboratory on Tissue Repair, Reconstruction and Regeneration, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hand and Podiatric Surgery, Orthopedics Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
- Jilin Province Key Laboratory on Tissue Repair, Reconstruction and Regeneration, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hand and Podiatric Surgery, Orthopedics Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
- Jilin Province Key Laboratory on Tissue Repair, Reconstruction and Regeneration, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
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Cao F, Guo Y, Guo S, Zhou Z, Cao J, Tong L, Mi W. [Activation of GABAergic neurons in the zona incerta accelerates anesthesia induction with sevoflurane and propofol without affecting anesthesia maintenance or awakening in mice]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2023; 43:718-726. [PMID: 37313812 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2023.05.06] [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: 06/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the regulatory effects of GABAergic neurons in the zona incerta (ZI) on sevoflurane and propofol anesthesia. METHODS Forty-eight male C57BL/6J mice divided into 8 groups (n=6) were used in this study. In the study of sevoflurane anesthesia, chemogenetic experiment was performed in 2 groups of mice with injection of either adeno-associated virus carrying hM3Dq (hM3Dq group) or a virus carrying only mCherry (mCherry group). The optogenetic experiment was performed in another two groups of mice injected with an adeno-associated virus carrying ChR2 (ChR2 group) or GFP only (GFP group). The same experiments were also performed in mice for studying propofol anesthesia. Chemogenetics or optogenetics were used to induce the activation of GABAergic neurons in the ZI, and their regulatory effects on anesthesia induction and arousal with sevoflurane and propofol were observed; EEG monitoring was used to observe the changes in sevoflurane anesthesia maintenance after activation of the GABAergic neurons. RESULTS In sevoflurane anesthesia, the induction time of anesthesia was significantly shorter in hM3Dq group than in mCherry group (P < 0.05), and also shorter in ChR2 group than in GFP group (P < 0.01), but no significant difference was found in the awakening time between the two groups in either chemogenetic or optogenetic tests. Similar results were observed in chemogenetic and optogenetic experiments with propofol (P < 0.05 or 0.01). Photogenetic activation of the GABAergic neurons in the ZI did not cause significant changes in EEG spectrum during sevoflurane anesthesia maintenance. CONCLUSION Activation of the GABAergic neurons in the ZI promotes anesthesia induction of sevoflurane and propofol but does not affect anesthesia maintenance or awakening.
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- Department of Anesthesia, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
- Department of Anesthesia, Sixth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China
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- Department of Anesthesia, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Anesthesia, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Anesthesia, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Anesthesia, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Anesthesia, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Anesthesia, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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Lin G, Zhang Z, Lu Y, Geng J, Zhou Z, Lu L, Cao L. [A region-level contrastive learning-based deep model for glomerular ultrastructure segmentation on electron microscope images]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2023; 43:815-824. [PMID: 37313824 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2023.05.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We propose a novel region- level self-supervised contrastive learning method USRegCon (ultrastructural region contrast) based on the semantic similarity of ultrastructures to improve the performance of the model for glomerular ultrastructure segmentation on electron microscope images. METHODS USRegCon used a large amount of unlabeled data for pre- training of the model in 3 steps: (1) The model encoded and decoded the ultrastructural information in the image and adaptively divided the image into multiple regions based on the semantic similarity of the ultrastructures; (2) Based on the divided regions, the first-order grayscale region representations and deep semantic region representations of each region were extracted by region pooling operation; (3) For the first-order grayscale region representations, a grayscale loss function was proposed to minimize the grayscale difference within regions and maximize the difference between regions. For deep semantic region representations, a semantic loss function was introduced to maximize the similarity of positive region pairs and the difference of negative region pairs in the representation space. These two loss functions were jointly used for pre-training of the model. RESULTS In the segmentation task for 3 ultrastructures of the glomerular filtration barrier based on the private dataset GlomEM, USRegCon achieved promising segmentation results for basement membrane, endothelial cells, and podocytes, with Dice coefficients of (85.69 ± 0.13)%, (74.59 ± 0.13)%, and (78.57 ± 0.16)%, respectively, demonstrating a good performance of the model superior to many existing image-level, pixel-level, and region-level self-supervised contrastive learning methods and close to the fully- supervised pre-training method based on the large- scale labeled dataset ImageNet. CONCLUSION USRegCon facilitates the model to learn beneficial region representations from large amounts of unlabeled data to overcome the scarcity of labeled data and improves the deep model performance for glomerular ultrastructure recognition and boundary segmentation.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering//Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing//Guangdong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Medical Imaging and Diagnostic Technology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering//Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing//Guangdong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Medical Imaging and Diagnostic Technology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Central Laboratory, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
- Guangzhou Huayin Medical Laboratory Center, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Central Laboratory, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering//Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing//Guangdong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Medical Imaging and Diagnostic Technology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering//Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing//Guangdong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Medical Imaging and Diagnostic Technology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Zhou Z, Luo G, Li C, Zhang P, Chen W, Li X, Tang J, Qing L. Metformin induces M2 polarization via AMPK/PGC-1α/PPAR-γ pathway to improve peripheral nerve regeneration. Am J Transl Res 2023; 15:3778-3792. [PMID: 37303686 PMCID: PMC10250979] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Investigating the effect of metformin on peripheral nerve regeneration and the molecular mechanism. METHODS In this study, a rat model of sciatic nerve injury and an inflammatory bone marrow-derived macrophage (BMDM) cell model were established. We assessed the sensory and motor function of the hind limbs four weeks after sciatic nerve injury, immunofluorescence was used to detect axonal regeneration and myelin formation, as well as local macrophage subtypes. We investigated the polarizing effect of metformin on inflammatory macrophages, and western blotting was applied to detect the molecular mechanisms behind it. RESULTS Metformin treatment accelerated functional recovery, axon regeneration and remyelination, and promoted M2 macrophage polarization. In vivo, metformin transformed pro-inflammatory macrophages into pro-regeneration M2 macrophages. Protein expression levels of phosphorylated AMP-activated protein kinase (p-AMPK), proliferator-activated receptor-γ co-activator 1α (PGC-1α), and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) increased upon metformin treatment. Moreover, inhibition of AMPK abolished the effects of metformin treatment on M2 polarization. CONCLUSION Metformin promoted M2 macrophage polarization by activating the AMPK/PGC-1α/PPAR-γ signaling axis, thereby promoting peripheral nerve regeneration.
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- Zekun Zhou
- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South UniversityChangsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South UniversityChangsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South UniversityChangsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South UniversityChangsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South UniversityChangsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Changsha Medical UniversityChangsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South UniversityChangsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South UniversityChangsha, Hunan, China
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Yu A, Zou H, Li P, Yao X, Zhou Z, Gu X, Sun R, Liu A. Genomic characterization of the NAC transcription factors, directed at understanding their functions involved in endocarp lignification of iron walnut ( Juglans sigillata Dode). Front Genet 2023; 14:1168142. [PMID: 37229193 PMCID: PMC10203416 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1168142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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The NAC (NAM, ATAF1/2, and CUC2) transcription factors (TF), one of the largest plant-specific gene families, play important roles in the regulation of plant growth and development, stress response and disease resistance. In particular, several NAC TFs have been identified as master regulators of secondary cell wall (SCW) biosynthesis. Iron walnut (Juglans sigillata Dode), an economically important nut and oilseed tree, has been widely planted in the southwest China. The thick and high lignified shell derived endocarp tissues, however, brings troubles in processing processes of products in industry. It is indispensable to dissect the molecular mechanism of thick endocarp formation for further genetic improvement of iron walnut. In the present study, based on genome reference of iron walnut, 117 NAC genes, in total, were identified and characterized in silico, which involves only computational analysis to provide insight into gene function and regulation. We found that the amino acids encoded by these NAC genes varied from 103 to 1,264 in length, and conserved motif numbers ranged from 2 to 10. The JsiNAC genes were unevenly distributed across the genome of 16 chromosomes, and 96 of these genes were identified as segmental duplication genes. Furthermore, 117 JsiNAC genes were divided into 14 subfamilies (A-N) according to the phylogenetic tree based on NAC family members of Arabidopsis thaliana and common walnut (Juglans regia). Furthermore, tissue-specific expression pattern analysis demonstrated that a majority of NAC genes were constitutively expressed in five different tissues (bud, root, fruit, endocarp, and stem xylem), while a total of 19 genes were specifically expressed in endocarp, and most of them also showed high and specific expression levels in the middle and late stages during iron walnut endocarp development. Our result provided a new insight into the gene structure and function of JsiNACs in iron walnut, and identified key candidate JsiNAC genes involved in endocarp development, probably providing mechanistic insight into shell thickness formation across nut species.
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Zhou Z, Li S, Gong X. Polydopamine Nanoparticles-Based Photothermal Effect Against Adhesion Formation in a Rat Model of Achilles Tendon Laceration Repair. Int J Nanomedicine 2023; 18:1765-1776. [PMID: 37038441 PMCID: PMC10082603 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s393454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Background Adhesion formation after tendon surgery is a major obstacle to repair of tendon ruptures, and there is still no effective clinical anti-adhesion method. Myofibroblasts expressing α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) play a crucial role in adhered fibrous tissue. Heat shock protein (Hsp) 72 can selectively prevent the activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), which mediates the conversion from fibroblasts to myofibroblasts. The purpose of this study was to investigate for the first time whether polydopamine nanoparticles (PDA NPs)-based photothermal effect would attenuate adhesion formation in a rat model of Achilles tendon laceration repair. Materials and Methods Forty-five adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to the photothermal group, the control group and the PDA NPs group (n = 15 per group). The primary outcome measure was the adhesion scores at two weeks after surgery according to the grading of Tang et al. The secondary outcomes included the expressions of Hsp 72, JNK, phosphorylated JNK and α-SMA, which were measured by immunohistochemistry or Western blot. Results The average adhesion score was significantly lower in the photothermal group (4.25 ± 0.21) than that in the control group (5.29 ± 0.12) (p = 0.005) and the PDA NPs group (5.29 ± 0.20) (p = 0.005). Relative to the control group and PDA NPs group, Hsp 72 in the photothermal group was significantly increased whereas α-SMA and p-JNK was significantly decreased, but JNK was not found to be different across the three groups. Conclusion The photothermal effect produced by PDA NPs could reduce tendon adhesion formation in rats by inhibiting myocyte fibrosis, which may have potential in developing endogenous heating for postsurgical tissue adhesions.
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- Zekun Zhou
- Department of Hand and Podiatric Surgery, Orthopedics Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
- Jilin Province Key Laboratory on Tissue Repair, Reconstruction and Regeneration, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hand and Podiatric Surgery, Orthopedics Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
- Jilin Province Key Laboratory on Tissue Repair, Reconstruction and Regeneration, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hand and Podiatric Surgery, Orthopedics Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
- Jilin Province Key Laboratory on Tissue Repair, Reconstruction and Regeneration, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
- Correspondence: Xu Gong, Department of Hand and Podiatric Surgery, Orthopedics Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 13944099151, Email
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Zhou Z, Tao Z, Chen R, Liu Z, He Z, Zhong L, Li X, Chen G, Zhang P. Elastomeric Electrolyte for High Capacity and Long-Cycle-Life Solid-State Lithium Metal Battery. Small Methods 2023; 7:e2201328. [PMID: 36808721 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202201328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2022] [Revised: 01/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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High room-temperature ionic conductivity and good compatibility with lithium metal and cathode materials are prerequisites for solid-state electrolytes used in lithium metal batteries. Here, the solid-state polymer electrolytes (SSPE) are prepared by combining the traditional two-roll milling technology with interface wetting. The as-prepared electrolytes consisting of elastomer matrix and high-mole-loading of LiTFSI salt show a high room temperature ionic conductivity of 4.6×10-4 S cm-1 , a good electrochemical oxidation stability up to 5.08 V, and improved interface stability. These phenomena are rationalized with the formation of continuous ion conductive paths based on sophisticated structure characterization including synchrotron radiation Fourier-transform infrared microscopy, wide- and small-angle X-ray scattering. Moreover, at room temperature, the Li||SSPE||LFP coin cell shows a high capacity (161.5 mAh g-1 at 0.1 C), long-cycle-life (retaining 50% capacity and 99.8% Coulombic efficiency after 2000 cycles), and good C-rate compatibility up to 5 C. This study, therefore, provides a promising solid-state electrolyte that meets both the electrochemical and mechanical requirements of practical lithium metal batteries.
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L7 3NY, UK
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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Gu LG, Zheng YM, Xu C, Gao X, Zhou Z, Huang Y, Chu X, Zhao J, Su J, Song WN. [Analysis of the pathogenesis and risk factors of gallstone]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2023; 61:389-394. [PMID: 36987673 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112139-20220927-00410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Objective: To explore the pathogenesis and risk factors of gallstone formation. Methods: The findings of hepatobiliary ultrasound and related data were collected from healthy subjects who underwent a physical examination at Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University from January 2012 to December 2021. A total of 98 344 healthy subjects were included in the study,including 48 241 males and 50 103 females,with a ratio of 1∶1.03,aged (42.0±15.6)years(range:14 to 97 years). The gender,age,body mass index,waist circumference,systolic pressure,diastolic pressure,ALT,AST,total bilirubin,fasting blood glucose,triglyceride,total cholesterol,low-density lipoprotein,high-density lipoprotein were collected.Healthy subjects were required to sit for at least 10 minutes before blood pressure was measured.Rresults of fasting venous blood were collected after 8 to 12 hours on an empty stomach.According to the presence of gallstones by ultrasound results, healthy subjects were divided into study group and control group. Data were analyzed by rank-sum tests and χ2 test, and risk factors for gallstone formation were explored by Logistic regression analysis. Results: The incidence of gallstones in this group was 5.42%(5 333/98 344). Among them,the incidence of gallstones in people aged 60 years and above was significantly higher than that in people under 60 years old(15.31%(2 348/15 334) vs. 3.60%(2 985/83 010), χ2=3 473.46,P<0.05).The healthy subjects were divided by age for every 10 years,and the results showed that the incidence of gallstones increased with age. The incidence of gallstones in females was 5.68%(2 844/50 103),greater than 5.16%(2 489/48 241) in males(χ2=11.81,P<0.05). Among them,1 478 cases underwent gallbladder surgical resection due to gallstones,and the operation rate was 27.71%. The operation rate reached the peak between 60 and <70 years old,and decreased after 70 years old. The results of the multivariate analysis showed that,female(OR=1.38, P<0.01),age(OR=1.58, P<0.01),body mass index≥24 kg/m2(OR=1.31, P<0.01),waist circumference≥85 cm(OR=1.24, P<0.01),fasting blood glucose>6.1 mmol/L(OR=1.18,P<0.01),total cholesterol≥5.18 mmol/L(OR=0.87, P=0.019),low-density lipoprotein≥3.37 mmol/L(OR=1.15,P=0.001) were the risk factors for gallstone formation;high-density lipoprotein≥1.55 mmol/L(OR=0.87, P<0.01) was a protective factor for gallstone formation. Conclusions: The incidence of gallstones increases with age in male and female. Gender,age,body mass index,waist circumferenc,fasting blood glucose,total cholesterol,LDL,and HDL are related factors with gallstone formation.
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- Department of General Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University,Beijing 100053,China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University,Beijing 100053,China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University,Beijing 100053,China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University,Beijing 100053,China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069,China
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- Information Center, Xuanwu Hospital,Capital Medical University,Beijing 100053,China
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- Health Management Department,Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University,Beijing 100053,China
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- Health Management Department,Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University,Beijing 100053,China
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- The First Clinical Medical College, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053,China
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- The First Clinical Medical College, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053,China
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Zhou Z, Tang J, Lu Y, Jia J, Luo T, Su K, Dai X, Zhang H, Liu O. Prognosis-related molecular subtyping in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients based on glycolytic/cholesterogenic gene data. Cancer Cell Int 2023; 23:37. [PMID: 36841765 PMCID: PMC9960414 DOI: 10.1186/s12935-023-02880-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) remains an unmet medical challenge. Metabolic reprogramming is a hallmark of diverse cancers, including HNSCC. METHODS We investigated the metabolic profile in HNSCC by using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) (n = 481) and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) (n = 97) databases. The metabolic stratification of HNSCC samples was identified by using unsupervised k-means clustering. We analyzed the correlations of the metabolic subtypes in HNSCC with featured genomic alterations and known HNSCC subtypes. We further validated the metabolism-related subtypes based on features of ENO1, PFKFB3, NSDHL and SQLE expression in HNSCC by Immunohistochemistry. In addition, genomic characteristics of tumor metabolism that varied among different cancer types were confirmed. RESULTS Based on the median expression of coexpressed cholesterogenic and glycolytic genes, HNSCC subtypes were identified, including glycolytic, cholesterogenic, quiescent and mixed subtypes. The quiescent subtype was associated with the longest survival and was distributed in stage I and G1 HNSCC. Mutation analysis of HNSCC genes indicated that TP53 has the highest mutation frequency. The CDKN2A mutation frequency has the most significant differences amongst these four subtypes. There is good overlap between our metabolic subtypes and the HNSCC subtype. CONCLUSION The four metabolic subtypes were successfully determined in HNSCC. Compared to the quiescent subtype, glycolytic, cholesterogenic and mixed subtypes had significantly worse outcome, which might offer guidelines for developing a novel treatment strategy for HNSCC.
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- Zekun Zhou
- grid.216417.70000 0001 0379 7164Hunan Key Laboratory of Oral Health Research & Hunan 3D Printing Engineering Research Center of Oral Care & Hunan Clinical Research Center of Oral Major Diseases and Oral Health & Academician Workstation for Oral-maxilofacial and Regenerative Medicine & Xiangya Stomatological Hospital & Xiangya School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha, 410008 Hunan China
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- grid.216417.70000 0001 0379 7164Hunan Key Laboratory of Oral Health Research & Hunan 3D Printing Engineering Research Center of Oral Care & Hunan Clinical Research Center of Oral Major Diseases and Oral Health & Academician Workstation for Oral-maxilofacial and Regenerative Medicine & Xiangya Stomatological Hospital & Xiangya School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha, 410008 Hunan China
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- grid.216417.70000 0001 0379 7164Hunan Key Laboratory of Oral Health Research & Hunan 3D Printing Engineering Research Center of Oral Care & Hunan Clinical Research Center of Oral Major Diseases and Oral Health & Academician Workstation for Oral-maxilofacial and Regenerative Medicine & Xiangya Stomatological Hospital & Xiangya School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha, 410008 Hunan China
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- grid.216417.70000 0001 0379 7164Hunan Key Laboratory of Oral Health Research & Hunan 3D Printing Engineering Research Center of Oral Care & Hunan Clinical Research Center of Oral Major Diseases and Oral Health & Academician Workstation for Oral-maxilofacial and Regenerative Medicine & Xiangya Stomatological Hospital & Xiangya School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha, 410008 Hunan China
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- grid.216417.70000 0001 0379 7164Hunan Key Laboratory of Oral Health Research & Hunan 3D Printing Engineering Research Center of Oral Care & Hunan Clinical Research Center of Oral Major Diseases and Oral Health & Academician Workstation for Oral-maxilofacial and Regenerative Medicine & Xiangya Stomatological Hospital & Xiangya School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha, 410008 Hunan China
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- grid.216417.70000 0001 0379 7164Hunan Key Laboratory of Oral Health Research & Hunan 3D Printing Engineering Research Center of Oral Care & Hunan Clinical Research Center of Oral Major Diseases and Oral Health & Academician Workstation for Oral-maxilofacial and Regenerative Medicine & Xiangya Stomatological Hospital & Xiangya School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha, 410008 Hunan China
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Oral Health Research & Hunan 3D Printing Engineering Research Center of Oral Care & Hunan Clinical Research Center of Oral Major Diseases and Oral Health & Academician Workstation for Oral-maxilofacial and Regenerative Medicine & Xiangya Stomatological Hospital & Xiangya School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China.
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- The Oncology Department of Xiangya Second Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China.
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Oral Health Research & Hunan 3D Printing Engineering Research Center of Oral Care & Hunan Clinical Research Center of Oral Major Diseases and Oral Health & Academician Workstation for Oral-maxilofacial and Regenerative Medicine & Xiangya Stomatological Hospital & Xiangya School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China.
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Zhu Z, Tang T, He Z, Wang F, Chen H, Chen G, Zhou J, Liu S, Wang J, Tian W, Chen D, Wu X, Liu X, Zhou Z, Liu S. Uniaxial cyclic stretch enhances osteogenic differentiation of OPLL-derived primary cells via YAP-Wnt/β-catenin axis. Eur Cell Mater 2023; 45:31-45. [PMID: 36749152 DOI: 10.22203/ecm.v045a03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The pathogenesis of posterior longitudinal ligament ossification (OPLL) remains inadequately understood. Mechanical stimulation is one of the important pathogenic factors in OPLL. As one of the mechanical stimulation transduction signals, the yes-associated protein (YAP) interacts with the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway, which plays an important role in osteogenic differentiation. This study aimed to demonstrate the role of YAP-Wnt/β-catenin axis in cell differentiation induced by mechanical stress. Primary cells extracted from posterior longitudinal ligament tissues from OPLL or non-OPLL patients were subjected to sinusoidal uniaxial cyclic stretch (5 %, 0.5 Hz, 3 d). The expression of runt-related transcription factor 2, collagen I, osterix, osteocalcin and alkaline phosphatase were compared between the static and the experimental groups. In addition, the cytoskeleton was detected using phalloidin staining while YAP phosphorylation states and nuclear location were identified using immunofluorescence. The results showed that mechanical stretching loading increased the expression of osteogenic genes and proteins in the OPLL group, while it had no significant effect on the control group. When OPLL cells were stretched, YAP exhibited an obvious nuclear translocation and the Wnt/β-catenin pathway was activated. Knocking down YAP or β-catenin could weaken the impact upon osteogenic differentiation induced by mechanical stimulation. YAP-mediated mechanical stimulation promoted osteogenic differentiation of OPLL cells through Wnt/β-catenin pathway and this progress was independent of the Hippo pathway.
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Zhang J, Zhou Y, Guo J, Li J, Wu Y, Zhou Z, Zhu H, Luo X, Chen D, Li Q, Liu X, Li W. [Prevalence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium in captive-bred Mustela putorius furo in Jiangsu Province]. Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi 2023; 35:73-77. [PMID: 36974018 DOI: 10.16250/j.32.1374.2022159] [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] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence and molecular features of Cryptosporidium in captive-bred Mustela putorius furo in Jiangsu Province. METHODS A total of 290 fresh stool samples were collected from a ferret farm in Jiangsu Province on May 2017, and the small subunit rRNA (SSU rRNA) gene of Cryptosporidium was amplified in stool samples using nested PCR assay. The actin, cowp and gp60 genes were amplified in positive samples and sequenced to characterize Cryptosporidium species/genotypes. RESULTS A total of 18 stool samples were tested positive for Cryptosporidium SSU rRNA gene, with a detection rate of 6.2%. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses of SSU rRNA, actin and cowp genes characterized Cryptosporidium isolated from captive-bred ferrets as Cryptosporidium sp. ferret genotype. In addition, gp60 gene was amplified in 10 out of 18 stool samples tested positive for Cryptosporidium. CONCLUSIONS Cryptosporidium is widely prevalent in captive-bred ferrets in Jiangsu Province, and Cryptosporidium sp. ferret genotype is the only Cryptosporidium genotype in ferrets.
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Regulation and Health, College of Animal Science, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, Anhui 233100, China
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- Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Key Laboratory of National Health Commission on Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, China
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- Animal Husbandry Development Center of Lu'an City, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Regulation and Health, College of Animal Science, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, Anhui 233100, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Regulation and Health, College of Animal Science, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, Anhui 233100, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Regulation and Health, College of Animal Science, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, Anhui 233100, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Regulation and Health, College of Animal Science, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, Anhui 233100, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Regulation and Health, College of Animal Science, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, Anhui 233100, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Regulation and Health, College of Animal Science, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, Anhui 233100, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Regulation and Health, College of Animal Science, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, Anhui 233100, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Regulation and Health, College of Animal Science, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, Anhui 233100, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Regulation and Health, College of Animal Science, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, Anhui 233100, China
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Li S, Gong F, Zhou Z, Gong X. Combined Verapamil-Polydopamine Nanoformulation Inhibits Adhesion Formation in Achilles Tendon Injury Using Rat Model. Int J Nanomedicine 2023; 18:115-126. [PMID: 36636643 PMCID: PMC9831089 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s377600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Introduction Topical verapamil has been demonstrated to reduce the fibroproliferative scar. Therefore, it was hypothesized that topical verapamil could reduce adhesion formation after tendon repair. The current study aimed to examine the effects of verapamil-loaded polydopamine nanoparticles (VP-PDA NPs) on the adhesion formation of Achilles tendon laceration and repair in a rat model. Methods We randomly assigned 72 male Sprague-Dawley rats to the control, the PDA NPs, and the VP-PDA NPs groups (n = 24 per group). The quality of tendon healing was evaluated by the maximal tensile strength four and six weeks after surgery. The degree of tendon adhesion was scored on days 4, 15, 29, and 43 after surgery. The expressions of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1), vimentin, α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), and collagens type I and III were detected through Western blotting or immunohistochemistry at four weeks after surgery. Results In vitro release tests revealed that 61.3% of verapamil was released from VP-PDA NPs in four weeks. There was a significant increase in average failure to load in the VP-PDA NPs group (89.27 ± 5.09 N) compared with the PDA NPs group (65.52 ± 2.04 N) (p = 0.003) and the control group (74.52 ± 4.24 N) (p = 0.029). Adhesion scores were significantly reduced in the VP-PDA NPs group at six weeks (3.175 ± 0.08) and four weeks (3.35 ± 0.25) compared with the other groups. Moreover, VP-PDA NPs significantly reduced the expression of vimentin, α-SMA, TGF-β1, and collagens type I and III. Conclusion These data suggest that VP-PDA NPs reduced adhesion formation and enhanced tendon healing during rat tendon injury. Since topical verapamil has been used in clinics without side effects, VP-PDA NPs would have direct translation implications. However, its anti-adhesive effects on intrasynovial tendon injury must be examined.
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- Shaoyan Li
- Department of Hand and Podiatric Surgery, Orthopedics Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China,Jilin Province Key Laboratory on Tissue Repair, Reconstruction and Regeneration, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hand and Podiatric Surgery, Orthopedics Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China,Jilin Province Key Laboratory on Tissue Repair, Reconstruction and Regeneration, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hand and Podiatric Surgery, Orthopedics Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China,Jilin Province Key Laboratory on Tissue Repair, Reconstruction and Regeneration, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hand and Podiatric Surgery, Orthopedics Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China,Jilin Province Key Laboratory on Tissue Repair, Reconstruction and Regeneration, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China,Correspondence: Xu Gong, Department of Hand and Podiatric Surgery, Orthopedics center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-13944099151, Email
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Lu Y, Pan X, Nie Q, Zhou Z, Dai X, Liu O. Administration Methods of Lipid-based Nanoparticles Delivery Systems for Cancer Treatment. Biomater Sci 2023; 11:3800-3812. [PMID: 37042202 DOI: 10.1039/d3bm00219e] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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As nano medications have developed in the recent four decades, nano delivering systems have been applied in treating various diseases and are especially common in cancer treatment. Nano delivering systems...
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- Yixuan Lu
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Oral Health Research, Hunan 3D Printing Engineering Research Center of Oral Care, Hunan Clinical Research Center of Oral Major Diseases and Oral Health, Xiangya Stomatological Hospital, Xiangya School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Oral Health Research, Hunan 3D Printing Engineering Research Center of Oral Care, Hunan Clinical Research Center of Oral Major Diseases and Oral Health, Xiangya Stomatological Hospital, Xiangya School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Oral Health Research, Hunan 3D Printing Engineering Research Center of Oral Care, Hunan Clinical Research Center of Oral Major Diseases and Oral Health, Xiangya Stomatological Hospital, Xiangya School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Oral Health Research, Hunan 3D Printing Engineering Research Center of Oral Care, Hunan Clinical Research Center of Oral Major Diseases and Oral Health, Xiangya Stomatological Hospital, Xiangya School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Oral Health Research, Hunan 3D Printing Engineering Research Center of Oral Care, Hunan Clinical Research Center of Oral Major Diseases and Oral Health, Xiangya Stomatological Hospital, Xiangya School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Oral Health Research, Hunan 3D Printing Engineering Research Center of Oral Care, Hunan Clinical Research Center of Oral Major Diseases and Oral Health, Xiangya Stomatological Hospital, Xiangya School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
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Yang J, Wang H, Zhou Z, Niu X, Qu C, Guo X, Wu J, Lu S, Xu Q. 54P Oncolytic virus combined PD-1 antibody toripalimab in advanced lung cancer with liver metastases: An early stage, single arm, study (TROJAN 2201). Immuno-Oncology and Technology 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.iotech.2022.100159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Baitei E, Zhang M, Poile C, Luo JL, Dzialo J, Zhou Z, Harber J, Pritchard C, Kamata T, King A, Branson A, Barber S, Thomas A, Yang H, Fennell D. 28P Epithelial mesenchymal transition confers resistance to dual PDL1-VEGF inhibition in relapsed mesothelioma. Immuno-Oncology and Technology 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.iotech.2022.100133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Li S, Wang Z, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Wang H, Su Y, Zhou Z. 70: A NOVEL MULTIPLEX PCR ASSAY FOR RAPID DETECTION OF CLINICALLY RELEVANT ASPERGILLUS SPECIES. J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s2213-7165(22)00349-6] [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: 12/23/2022] Open
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Xu Y, Li H, Huang Z, Xie M, Zhou Z, Fan Y. 33P Changes in serum cytokine CXCL12 level can predict the survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving anti-PD-1 treatment. Immuno-Oncology and Technology 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.iotech.2022.100138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ren HQ, Zhong S, Lei Y, Zhou Z. [Analysis of risk factors for decompensated cirrhosis complicated with sepsis]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2022; 30:1163-1169. [PMID: 36891692 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501113-20210913-00469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the related risk factors in patients with decompensated cirrhosis complicated with sepsis. Methods: 1 098 cases with decompensated cirrhosis were collected from January 2018 to December 2020. A total of 492 cases with complete data meeting the inclusion criteria were included. Among them, the sepsis group (240 cases) was complicated with sepsis and the non-sepsis group (252 cases) was not complicated with sepsis. Albumin, cholinesterase, total bilirubin, prothrombin activity, urea, creatinine, international normalized ratio and other indicators of the two groups of patients were collected. Child-Pugh classification and MELD score were performed on two groups of patients. Mann-Whitney U test was used for non-normally distributed measurement data, and rank sum test for grade data. Logistic regression analysis was performed on sepsis-related factors that may affect patients with decompensated cirrhosis complicated with sepsis. Results: 162 cases of gram negative bacteria, 76 cases of gram positive bacteria and 2 cases of Candida were detected. Child-Pugh grade C was mainly in the sepsis group, and Child- Pugh grade A and B was mainly in the non-sepsis group (z=-13.01, P<0.05). MELD score was significantly higher in patients with sepsis than that of patients without sepsis (z=-12.30, P<0.05). Neutrophils percentage, C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and total bilirubin in patients with decompensated cirrhosis complicated with sepsis were 86.90% (79.00%, 91.05%), 48.48 (17.63, 97.55) mg/l,1.34 (0.40, 4.52) ng/l, and 78.50 (32.75149.80) μmol/L, which were significantly higher than that of patients without sepsis [69.55% (58.58%, 75.90%), 5.34 (5.00, 14.94) mg/l, 0.11(0.06,0.24) ng/l, 22.50(15.10,37.55) respectively] μmol/L, P<0.05], while the albumin level, prothrombin activity level, and the cholinesterase level in sepsis patients were 27.30 (24.45, 30.60) g/L, 46.00% (33.50%, 59.00%), and 1.87 (1.29, 2.66) kU/L, respectively, which was significantly lower than the non-sepsis group [32.65 (28.95, 37.23) g/l, 73.00(59.75~84.85)%, 3.13(2.23~4.59) kU/L, P<0.05]. Logistic regression analysis showed that serum total bilirubin, albumin, prothrombin activity level and diabetes mellitus were the independent risk factors for complicated sepsis. Conclusion: Patients with decompensated cirrhosis with poor liver function and higher MELD scores are more likely to be complicated with sepsis. Therefore, during the clinical diagnosis and treatment course, patients with decompensated cirrhosis with poor liver reserve function should be actively and dynamically monitored for infection-related indicators such as neutrophil percentage, procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, in an attempt to detect possible potential infections and sepsis, and improve early treatment and prognosis.
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- Deparment of Infectious Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China
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- Deparment of Infectious Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China
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- Deparment of Infectious Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China
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- Deparment of Infectious Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China
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Ali M, Thomas S, Zhou Z. Correlating Cytologic and Histologic Features of Hepatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma. Am J Clin Pathol 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqac126.093] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Introduction/Objective
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare malignant vascular tumor composed of epithelioid and dendritic tumor cells embedded in myxoid or hyalinized stroma. It can occur in various organs and has nonspecific clinical and radiologic presentation. We report a case of EHE in the liver with correlation of cytologic and histological findings.
Methods/Case Report
A 68-year-old female presented for evaluation of a right hepatic lobe lesion that was noted on Imaging. MRI abdomen with contrast showed a well-circumscribed hypointense nodule with no contrast enhancement. CT-guided fine needle aspiration showed scattered atypical epithelioid cells in a background of benign hepatocytes which were positive for vascular markers (CD31 and CD34) as well as keratins and SMA. A diagnosis of atypical vascular neoplasm was rendered. A partial hepatectomy was performed a month later which showed a 3.2 cm mass with solid tan-white cut surface. Histologically, the mass was composed of epithelioid tumor cells with focal intracytoplasmic vacuoles which were partly solid and partly forming vascular-like spaces, embedded in a background of hyalinized stroma. Immunohistochemically, in addition to the vascular markers the tumor was positive for CAMTA1 confirming the presence of WWTR1-CAMTA1 gene fusion which is characteristic for epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. The patient was discharged in good condition.
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Diagnosis of EHE on FNA is challenging. It is characterized by discohesive atypical large polygonal cells with abundant dense cytoplasm in a background of benign hepatocytes. Characteristically, the tumor cells have intracytoplasmic vacuoles containing red blood cells, which resemble signet ring-like structures. Immunohistochemically, positivity for vascular markers and CAMTA1 is diagnostic.
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- Pathology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Rutgers University , New Brunswick, New Jersey , United States
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- Pathology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Rutgers University , New Brunswick, New Jersey , United States
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- Pathology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Rutgers University , New Brunswick, New Jersey , United States
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Ali M, Zhou Z. Elastotic Mass-Forming Lesion of the Omentum; A New Pathological Entity. Am J Clin Pathol 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqac126.113] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Elastotic lesions are rare benign mass-forming entity. Although, few reports of mucosal and submucosal elastotic lesions have been previously described, localization of these lesions in the omentum is not previously described in the literature.
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We report a case of 60-year-old man with medical history of obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and a remote abdominal surgery in 1980s who presented to the emergency room complaining of abrupt severe constant epigastric pain that started few hours before. The pain was not relieved by antiacid or analgesic medications. CT of the abdomen showed multiple distended fluid-filled loops of small bowel in mid abdomen with infiltrative changes of mesentery. A diagnosis of small bowel obstruction was made, and patient proceed to have an exploratory laparotomy. During the procedure, extensive adhesions between small bowel and omentum and small bowel obstruction due to a phytobezoar were noted for which he underwent lysis of adhesion, excision of thickened omentum, and enterotomy for removal of significant food bezoar. Grossly, the omentum has multiple chalky tan-gray masses ranging between 1.2 and 1.0 cm in greatest dimension surrounded by indurated fatty tissue. Microscopically, multiple hypocellular foci are seen that are composed almost entirely of truncated elastic fibers, with sparse delicate bands of collagen and scattered prominent thick-walled vessels. Elastic stain highlights these elastic fibers while trichrome stains the elastic fibers pale gray in contrast to the bright blue color of the collagen fibers. Mucicarmine, and Congo red are negative. Patient tolerated the procedure well however, postoperatively he had local wound infection leading to prolonged skin dehiscence.
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Elastotic mass-forming lesions in the omentum is a new entity that has not been described before in this location that can clinically manifest with signs and symptoms of bowel obstruction. We suggested the name of elastomatosis omentum.
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- M Ali
- Pathology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Rutgers University , New Brunswick, New Jersey , United States
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- Pathology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Rutgers University , New Brunswick, New Jersey , United States
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