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Han G, Su Y, Mao Q, Han Z, Sun J. Identification and functional characterization of annexin A2 in half-smooth tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis). Fish & Shellfish Immunology 2024; 148:109492. [PMID: 38467321 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2024.109492] [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: 01/18/2024] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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Annexin A2 (AnxA2), belonging to the annexin family, plays a crucial role in immune responses. In this study, the cDNA of the AnxA2 gene was identified in half-smooth tongue sole, Cynoglossus semilaevis. The transcript of AnxA2 gene in C. semilaevis (CsAnxA2) showed broad tissue distribution, with the highest expression level observed in the gut. CsAnxA2 expression was significantly up-regulated in the intestine, spleen, and kidney tissues following exposure to Shewanella algae. Immunohistochemical staining revealed that CsAnxA2 was predominantly expressed in epithelial cells and significantly elevated after S. algae challenge. Subcellular localization showed that CsAnxA2 was primarily localized in the cytoplasmic compartment. Moreover, proinflammatory cytokines (IL-6, IL-8 and IL-1β) exhibited significant upregulation after CsAnxA2 was overexpressed in vivo. One hundred and fifty-eight CsAnxA2-interacting proteins were captured in the intestinal tissue, showing the top two normalized abundance observed for actin beta (ACTB) and protein S100-A10 (p11). Fifty-four high abundance CsAnxA2-interacting proteins (HIPs) were primary enriched in ten pathways, with the top three significantly enriched pathways being Salmonella infection, glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) signaling pathway. These results provide valuable information for further investigation into the functional mechanism of AnxA2 in C. semilaevis.
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- Guowei Han
- Key Laboratory of Smart Breeding (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China; Tianjin Key Lab of Aqua-ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China.
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- Tianjin Key Lab of Aqua-ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China.
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- Tianjin Key Lab of Aqua-ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Smart Breeding (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China; Tianjin Key Lab of Aqua-ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Smart Breeding (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China; Tianjin Key Lab of Aqua-ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China.
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Yang HC, He JX, Yang Y, Han Z, Zhang B, Zhou S, Wu T, Qiao Q, He XL, Wang N. [Propensity score matching analysis of the short-term efficacy of Kamikawa versus double- tract reconstruction in laparoscopic proximal gastric cancer surgery]. Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi 2024; 27:261-267. [PMID: 38532588 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn441530-20230809-00040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Objective: To compare the short-term efficacy of Kamikawa anastomosis and double-tract reconstruction (DTR) after proximal gastrectomy. Methods: This was a propensity score matched, retrospective, cohort study. Inclusion criteria comprised age 20-70 years, diagnosis of gastric cancer by pathological examination of preoperative endoscopic biopsies, tumor diameter ≤4 cm, and location in the upper 1/3 of the stomach (including the gastroesophageal junction), and TNM stage IA, IB, or IIA. The study cohort comprised 73 patients who had undergone laparoscopic proximal gastric cancer radical surgery in the Department of Gastroenterology, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University between June 2020 and February 2023, 19 of whom were in the Kamikawa group and 54 in the DTR group. After using R language to match the baseline characteristics of patients in a ratio of 1:2, there were 17 patients in the Kamikawa group and 34 in the DTR group. Surgery-related conditions, postoperative quality of life, and postoperative complications were compared between the two groups. Results: After propensity score matching, there were no statistically significant differences in baseline data between the two groups (P>0.05). Compared with the DTR group, the Kamikawa group had longer operative times (321.5±15.7 minutes vs. 296.8±26.1 minutes, t=32.056, P<0.001), longer anastomosis times (93.0±6.8 minutes vs. 45.3±7.7 minutes, t=56.303, P<0.001), and less bleeding (76 [54~103] mL vs.112 [82~148) mL, Z=71.536, P<0.001); these differences are statistically significant. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in tumor size, time to first postoperative passage of gas, postoperative hospital stay, number of lymph nodes removed, duration of lymph node dissection, or total hospitalization cost (all P>0.05). The median follow-up time was 6.1 ± 1.8 months. As to postoperative quality of life, the Kamikawa group had a lower rate of upper gastrointestinal contrast reflux than did the DTR group (0 vs. 29.4% [10/34], χ2=6.220, P=0.013); this difference is statistically significant. However, differences between the two groups in quality of life score on follow-up of 3 months and 6 months on the Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) scale were not statistically significant (all P>0.05). The incidence of postoperative complications was 2/17 in the Kamikawa group, which is significantly lower than the 41.2% (14/34) in the DTR group (χ2=4.554, P=0.033). Conclusion: Kamikawa anastomosis and DTR are equally safe and effective procedures for reconstructing the digestive tract after proximal gastric surgery. Although Kamikawa anastomosis takes slightly longer and places higher demands on the surgical team, it is more effective at preventing postoperative reflux.
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- Department of General Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China
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Jing S, Dai Z, Wu Y, Liu X, Ren T, Liu X, Zhang L, Fu J, Chen X, Xiao W, Wang H, Huang Y, Qu Y, Wang W, Gu X, Ma L, Zhang S, Yu Y, Li L, Han Z, Su X, Qiao Y, Wang C. Prevalence and influencing factors of depressive and anxiety symptoms among hospital-based healthcare workers during the surge period of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Chinese mainland: a multicenter cross-sectional study. QJM 2023; 116:911-922. [PMID: 37561096 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcad188] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND From November 2022 to February 2023, the Chinese mainland experienced a surge in COVID-19 infection and hospitalization, and the hospital-based healthcare workers (HCWs) might suffer serious psychological crisis during this period. This study aims to assess the depressive and anxiety symptoms among HCWs during the surge of COVID-19 pandemic and to provide possible reference on protecting mental health of HCWs in future infectious disease outbreaks. METHODS A multicenter cross-sectional study was carried out among hospital-based HCWs in the Chinese mainland from 5 January to 9 February 2023. The PHQ-9 (nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire) and GAD-7 (seven-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire) were used to measure depressive and anxiety symptoms. Ordinal logistic regression analysis was performed to identify influencing factors. RESULTS A total of 6522 hospital-based HCWs in the Chinse mainland were included in this survey. The prevalence of depressive symptoms among the HCWs was 70.75%, and anxiety symptoms was 47.87%. The HCWs who perceived higher risk of COVID-19 infection and those who had higher work intensity were more likely to experience depressive and anxiety symptoms. Additionally, higher levels of mindfulness, resilience and perceived social support were negatively associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms. CONCLUSION This study revealed that a high proportion of HCWs in the Chinese mainland suffered from mental health disturbances during the surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. Resilience, mindfulness and perceived social support are important protective factors of HCWs' mental health. Tailored interventions, such as mindfulness practice, should be implemented to alleviate psychological symptoms of HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic or other similar events in the future.
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- S Jing
- School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Nursing, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, China
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- Affiliated Tumor Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China
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- Public Health School, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Henan Cancer Hospital, Affiliate Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College, Baotou, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
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- Department of Clinical Research, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangdong, China
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- China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China
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- School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Department of Epidemiology, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing, China
- Chinese Academy of Engineering, Beijing, China
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Han Z, Xue X, Wang J, Lu D. Tuberous sclerosis complex associated lymphangioleiomyomatosis. QJM 2023; 116:873-874. [PMID: 37286375 PMCID: PMC10593382 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcad125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
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- Z Han
- Department of Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China
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- Department of Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China
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- Department of Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China
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- Department of Respiratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shandong Institute of Anesthesia and Respiratory Critical Medicine, Jinan, China
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Wang J, Han F, Yang Y, Ma Y, Wu Y, Han Z, Xie X, Dai J, Bi N, Wang L. Effect of Segmental Abutting Esophagus-Sparing Technique to Reduce Severe Esophagitis in Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients Treated with Concurrent Hypofractionated Thoracic Radiation and Chemotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e70-e71. [PMID: 37786054 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.802] [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 effect of segmental abutting esophagus-sparing (SAES) radiotherapy to reduce severe (G3+) acute esophagitis from 20% to 5% in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC) treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy. MATERIALS/METHODS Patients with a clinical target volume (CTV) ≤1 cm close to the esophagus were enrolled in the experimental arm (45 Gy in 3 Gy daily fractions in 3 weeks) of an ongoing phase III randomized clinical trial (NCT02675088), which enrolled patients with histologically confirmed SCLC and clinically staged as LS or I-IIIB (AJCC 7th). This trial was designed to determine whether HYPO TRT (45 Gy in 3 Gy QD, experimental arm) has the same efficacy as CF TRT (60 Gy in 2 Gy QD, controlled arm) in patients with LS-SCLC. The whole esophagus was divided into the involved esophagus and abutting esophagus (AE) to receive different dose limitations according to the distance from the edge of the CTV. The primary endpoint was grade ≥ 3 acute esophagitis. RESULTS From 1 May 2021 to 30 April 2022, 30 patients were enrolled and completed four cycles of planned chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Our patient population was predominantly male (66.7% men vs. 33.3% women), with a median age of 62 years. A majority of patients presented with Stage N2-3 (90.0%) and T2-4 (76.7%), in which 4 patients had ultracentral-located primary tumors. With the SAES technique, all dosimetric parameters were significantly reduced for the whole esophagus and AE. The maximal and mean dose of the esophagus (47.4±1.9 Gy and 13.5 ± 5.8 Gy, respectively) and AE (42.9±2.3 Gy and 8.6 ± 3.6 Gy, respectively) in the SAES plan were significantly lower than those (esophagus 48.0±1.9 Gy and 14.7± 6.1 Gy, AE 45.1±2.4 Gy and 9.8± 4.2 Gy, respectively) in the non-SAES plan. After the follow-up of more than 7 months (range, 7.0-18.1 months) for all patients, only one patient (3.3%, 95% CI 0.1%-17.2%) experienced grade 3 acute esophagitis and no grade 4-5 acute esophagitis happened (Table 3). For late toxicities, one patient suffered sustained grade 1 late esophagitis and all others had no symptoms of esophagitis. The rate of radiation pneumonitis was very low, with one grade 3 event and no grade 4-5 event. Twelve (40.0%) patients had G3+ hematologic toxic events, including 2 patients with febrile neutropenia. The 1-year OS, LRFS, DMFS and PFS was 96.4%, 88.7%, 78.4% and 64.3%, respectively. No patient developed local recurrence in the abutting esophagus-sparing region. CONCLUSION SAES radiotherapy has significant dosimetric advantages compared with standard radiotherapy, which are successfully translated into clinical benefits for patients with LS-SCLC treated with 45 Gy in 3 Gy daily fractions. This may facilitate dose escalation for TRT in LS-SCLC patients.
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- J Wang
- 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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- National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & 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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- National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & 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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- Cancer Hospital Academy of Medical Sciences, 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, Beijing, China
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Wang H, Liu CH, Han Z, Li FH, Hao CF. [Establishment of hysteroscopic scoring system of chronic endometritis and correlative analysis with pregnancy outcomes of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer in infertile patients]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 103:1842-1848. [PMID: 37357190 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20221025-02225] [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: 06/27/2023]
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Objective: To establish a hysteroscopic chronic endometritis (hCE) scoring system for patients with chronic endometritis, and observe the correlation of hCE score with in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) pregnancy outcomes in infertile women. Methods: The study retrospectively investigated the correlation of morphologic features and hCE score with pregnancy outcomes during IVF-ET in infertile women with CE (n=429) at Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital between January 2017 and September 2018. The clinical pregnancy rate and live birth rate with different score levels (1-3,4-7 and 8-14) after IVF-ET treatment were analyzed. Multivariate regression analysis was performed to adjust for confounding factors. The correlation and regression between hCE score and pregnancy outcomes was analyzed by curve fitting. Results: The age of 429 patients [M(Q1, Q3)] was 31 (29, 35) years. There were 50.6% (217 cases), 35.4% (152 cases), and 14.0% (60 cases) of patients with hCE score of 1-3, 4-7, and 8-14, respectively. The pregnancy rates of the three groups were 60.8% (132 cases), 44.7% (68 cases) and 16.7% (10 cases), P<0.001; The live birth rates were 51.2% (111 cases), 36.8% (56 cases) and 13.3% (8 cases), respectively (P<0.001). Compared with patients with hCE of 1-3, pregnancy rates in those with hCE of 4-7 and 8-14 were lower, and the OR values were 0.521 (0.342-0.793) and 0.129 (0.062-0.268). The live birth rates in patients with hCE of 4-7 and 8-14 were lower than that in patients with hCE of 1-3, and the OR values were 0.570 (0.372-0.873) and 0.162 (0.073-0.360), all P<0.05. Quadratic curve fitting results showed that clinical pregnancy rate and live birth rate decreased with the increase of hCE score. Conclusions: With the increase of hCE score, the clinical pregnancy rate and live birth rate of patients gradually decrease. hCE 4 is an important cut-off threshold significantly affecting the pregnancy outcome.
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- Department of Reproduction, Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai 264003, China
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- Department of Reproduction, Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai 264003, China
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- Department of Reproduction, Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai 264003, China
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- Department of Reproduction, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Yantai 264003, China
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- Department of Reproduction, Qingdao Women and Children's Hospital, Qingdao 266605, China
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Han Z, Ge L, Wen S, Sun J. Dysfunction of the intestinal physical barrier in the intestinal inflammation of tongue sole, Cynoglossus semilaevis, induced by Shewanella algae infection. Fish Shellfish Immunol 2023:108900. [PMID: 37315911 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2023.108900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Revised: 06/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Bacterial intestinal inflammation occurs frequently in cultured fish. However, research on the dysfunction of the intestinal physical barrier in fish intestinal inflammation is scarce. In this study, intestinal inflammation in tongue sole Cynoglossus semilaevis was induced by Shewanella algae and the intestinal permeability was investigated. Gene expression patterns in inflammatory factors, tight junction molecules, and keratins 8 and 18 in the intestines were further explored. Histological examinations of the middle intestines showed that S. algae induced pathological lesions of intestinal inflammation and significantly increased the total number of mucous cells (p < 0.01). Ultrastructural observation in the middle intestines showed that intercellular spaces between epithelial cells were significantly wider in infected fish compared with the control (p < 0.01). The positive result of fluorescence in situ hybridization confirmed the presence of S. algae in the intestine. Enhanced Evans blue exudation and increased levels of serum d-lactate and intestinal fatty acid binding protein were suggestive of increased intestinal barrier permeability. The mRNA levels of four pro-inflammatory cytokines, namely IL-6, IL-8, IL-β, and TNF-α, were significantly increased after S. algae infection at most tested time points (p < 0.01 or p < 0.05), while there was an alternating increasing and decreasing trend in the gene expression patterns of IL-10, TGF-β, TLR-2, AP-1, and CASP-1. The mRNA expression of tight junction molecules (claudin-1, claudin-2, ZO-1, JAM-A, and MarvelD3) and keratins 8 and 18 in the intestines was significantly decreased at 6, 12, 24, 48, or 72 h post infection (p < 0.01 or p < 0.05). In conclusion, S. algae infection induced intestinal inflammation accompanied by increased intestinal permeability in tongue sole, and tight junction molecules and keratins were probably associated with the pathological process.
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- Zhuoran Han
- Tianjin Key Lab of Aqua-ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China.
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- Tianjin Key Lab of Aqua-ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China.
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- Tianjin Key Lab of Aqua-ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China.
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- Tianjin Key Lab of Aqua-ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China.
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Yang SY, Han Z. [Research progress on the effect of cochlear hearing loss on central auditory pathway]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2023; 58:510-514. [PMID: 37151001 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20220811-00496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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- S Y Yang
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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Liu Y, Wang C, Hu J, Han Z. Aneurysmal bone cyst of the temporal bone presenting with reversible vestibular impairment. J Laryngol Otol 2023; 137:462-466. [PMID: 36093932 DOI: 10.1017/s0022215122002006] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Aneurysmal bone cysts are expansile benign lesions associated with compressive destruction and obscure pathogenesis. The most common sites of temporal bone involvement are the petrous apex, squamous portions and mastoid. CASE REPORT This paper reports a right temporal aneurysmal bone cyst in a 51-year-old man who presented clinically with facial palsy, and hearing loss and impaired vestibular function. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography findings were consistent with a diagnosis of aneurysmal bone cyst. Inter-operative findings showed that the lesion had caused compressive damage to the internal auditory canal. Following surgical excision, the patient experienced vertigo, indicating recovery of vestibular function. Follow-up imaging revealed complete resection without clinical recurrence. CONCLUSION To our knowledge, this is the first report of aneurysmal bone cyst invasion of the inner auditory canal. Our clinical experience indicates that vestibular nerve damage recovery is relatively uncommon. This case report will hopefully inform future studies.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Huadong Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- ENT Department, People's Hospital of Zhangye, Hexi University, Zhangye, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Huadong Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Huadong Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Ogunkunle CO, Balogun GY, Olatunji OA, Han Z, Adeleye AS, Awe AA, Fatoba PO. Foliar application of nanoceria attenuated cadmium stress in okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.). J Hazard Mater 2023; 445:130567. [PMID: 37055974 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130567] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Foliar application of nanoparticles (NPs) as a means for ameliorating abiotic stress is increasingly employed in crop production. In this study, the potential of CeO2-NPs as stress suppressants for cadmium (Cd)-stressed okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) plants was investigated, using two cycles of foliar application of CeO2-NPs at 200, 400, and 600 mg/l. Compared to untreated stressed plants, Cd-stressed plants treated with CeO2-NPs presented higher pigments (chlorophyll a and carotenoids). In contrast, foliar applications did not alter Cd root uptake and leaf bioaccumulation. Foliar CeO2-NPs application modulated stress enzymes (APX, SOD, and GPx) in both roots and leaves of Cd-stressed plants, and led to decreases in Cd toxicity in plant's tissues. In addition, foliar application of CeO2-NPs in Cd-stressed okra plants decreased fruit Cd contents, and improved fruit mineral elements and bioactive compounds. The infrared spectroscopic analysis of fruit tissues showed that foliar-applied CeO2-NPs treatments did not induce chemical changes but induced conformational changes in fruit macromolecules. Additionally, CeO2-NPs applications did not alter the eating quality indicator (Mg/K ratio) of okra fruits. Conclusively, the present study demonstrated that foliar application of CeO2-NPs has the potential to ameliorate Cd toxicity in tissues and improve fruits of okra plants.
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- C O Ogunkunle
- Environmental Botany unit, Department of Plant Biology, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
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- Environmental Botany unit, Department of Plant Biology, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 92697-2175 CA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 92697-2175 CA, USA
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- Department of Conservation and Marine Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Environmental Botany unit, Department of Plant Biology, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
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Tian G, Wang Z, Wang C, Chen J, Liu G, Xu H, Lu Y, Han Z, Zhao Y, Li Z, Luo X, Peng L. A deep ensemble learning-based automated detection of COVID-19 using lung CT images and Vision Transformer and ConvNeXt. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1024104. [PMID: 36406463 PMCID: PMC9672374 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1024104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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Since the outbreak of COVID-19, hundreds of millions of people have been infected, causing millions of deaths, and resulting in a heavy impact on the daily life of countless people. Accurately identifying patients and taking timely isolation measures are necessary ways to stop the spread of COVID-19. Besides the nucleic acid test, lung CT image detection is also a path to quickly identify COVID-19 patients. In this context, deep learning technology can help radiologists identify COVID-19 patients from CT images rapidly. In this paper, we propose a deep learning ensemble framework called VitCNX which combines Vision Transformer and ConvNeXt for COVID-19 CT image identification. We compared our proposed model VitCNX with EfficientNetV2, DenseNet, ResNet-50, and Swin-Transformer which are state-of-the-art deep learning models in the field of image classification, and two individual models which we used for the ensemble (Vision Transformer and ConvNeXt) in binary and three-classification experiments. In the binary classification experiment, VitCNX achieves the best recall of 0.9907, accuracy of 0.9821, F1-score of 0.9855, AUC of 0.9985, and AUPR of 0.9991, which outperforms the other six models. Equally, in the three-classification experiment, VitCNX computes the best precision of 0.9668, an accuracy of 0.9696, and an F1-score of 0.9631, further demonstrating its excellent image classification capability. We hope our proposed VitCNX model could contribute to the recognition of COVID-19 patients.
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- Geng Tian
- School of Computer Science, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, China
- Geneis (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
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- School of Computer Science, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, China
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- School of Computer Science, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, China
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- Hunan Storm Information Technology Co., Ltd., Changsha, China
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- School of Computer Science, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, China
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- School of Computer Science, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, China
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- School of Computer Science, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, China
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- High School Attached to Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- No. 2 Middle School of Shijiazhuang, Shijiazhuang, China
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- School of Computer Science, Hunan Institute of Technology, Hengyang, China
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- School of Computer Science, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, China
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- School of Computer Science, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, China
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Han Z, Feng M, Wu X, Su C, Yuan YC, Qin H, Zain J, Akilov O, Rosen ST, Querfeld C. Dual blocking of CD47 and PD-L1 increases innate and adaptive immune responses in CTCL. Eur J Cancer 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(22)00552-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Zhang X, Sun J, Zhu Y, Han Z, Hu X, Lv A, Guo Y. First record of isolation and characterization of Vibrio sinaloensis from diseased orange-spotted grouper Epinephelus coioides. Dis Aquat Organ 2022; 149:71-76. [PMID: 35608511 DOI: 10.3354/dao03665] [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] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A dominant bacterium, ZYL-12, isolated from the liver of a diseased orange-spotted grouper Epinephelus coioides, was identified as Vibrio sinaloensis, based on phenotypic and molecular analysis. The median lethal dosage of ZYL-12 was calculated as 1.6 × 105 CFU g-1 fish weight. The infection experiment indicated that ZYL-12 caused noticeable histological lesions to the liver, kidney and spleen of the fish. Growth characteristics showed that ZYL-12 possessed strong environmental adaptability. This note is the first report about the pathogenicity of V. sinaloensis isolated from diseased fish.
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- Xue Zhang
- Tianjin Key Lab of Aqua-Ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin 300380, PR China
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Lu S, Fang J, Li X, Cao L, Zhou J, Guo Q, Liang Z, Cheng Y, Jiang L, Yang N, Han Z, Shi J, Chen Y, Xu H, Zhang H, Chen G, Ma R, Sun S, Fan Y, Weiguo S. 2MO Final OS results and subgroup analysis of savolitinib in patients with MET exon 14 skipping mutations (METex14+) NSCLC. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Han Z, Gangwar L, Magnuson E, Etheridge ML, Bischof JC, Choi J, Pringle CO. Supplemented phase diagrams for vitrification CPA cocktails: DP6, VS55 and M22. Cryobiology 2022; 106:113-121. [PMID: 35276219 DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2022.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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DP6, VS55 and M22 are the most commonly used cryoprotective agent (CPA) cocktails for vitrification experiments in tissues and organs. However, complete phase diagrams for the three CPAs are often unavailable or incomplete (only available for full strength CPAs) thereby hampering optimization of vitrification and rewarming procedures. In this paper, we used differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to measure the transition temperatures including heterogeneous nucleation temperatures (Thet), glass transition temperatures (Tg), rewarming phase crystallization (devitrification and/or recrystallization) temperatures (Td) and melting temperatures (Tm) while cooling or warming the CPA sample at 5 °C/min and plotted the obtained transition temperatures for different concentrations of CPAs into the phase diagrams. We also used cryomicroscopy cooling or warming the sample at the same rate to record the ice crystallization during the whole process, and we presented the cryomicroscopic images at the transition temperatures, which agreed with the DSC presented phenomena.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church St., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church St., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church St., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church St., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church St., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
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- Department of Engineering Technologies, Safety, and Construction, Central Washington University, 400 E. University Way, Ellensburg, WA, 98926, USA.
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- Department of Engineering Technologies, Safety, and Construction, Central Washington University, 400 E. University Way, Ellensburg, WA, 98926, USA
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Han Z, Zhang B, Li T. Differential Gene Expression Analysis of Carboplatin Treatment for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Indian J Pharm Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.36468/pharmaceutical-sciences.spl.495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Koenig J, Cagney D, Huynh E, Boyle S, Lee H, Williams C, Han Z, Leeman J, Mak R, Mancias J, Singer L. Target Coverage, Organ at Risk Metrics, and Tumor Control for Metastases to the Pancreas Treated With Adaptive MR-Guided Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.1327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Roberts H, Shin K, Catalano P, Huynh E, Williams C, Han Z, Vastola M, Ampofo N, Leeman J, Mamon H, Mancias J, Lam M, Martin N, Huynh M, Mak R, Singer L, Cagney D. A Prospective Clinical Trial Evaluating Stereotactic Magnetic Resonance Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy (SMART) for Pancreatic Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Roberts H, Huynh E, Williams C, Han Z, Vastola M, Ampofo N, Leeman J, Mamon H, Mancias J, Lam M, Martin N, Huynh M, Mak R, Singer L, Cagney D. Impact of Stereotactic MR-Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy on Early Clinical and Dosimetric Outcomes in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Yang D, Brennan V, Huynh E, Williams C, Han Z, Ampofo N, Vastola M, Leeman J, Mak R, Singer L, Cagney D, Huynh M. Stereotactic Magnetic Resonance Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Abdominopelvic Metastases. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.1339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Wang J, Wang Z, Wu L, Li B, Cheng Y, Li X, Wang X, Han L, Wu X, Fan Y, Yu Y, Lv D, Shi J, Huang J, Zhou S, Han B, Sun G, Guo Q, Ji Y, Zhu X, Hu S, Zhang W, Wang Q, Jia Y, Wang Z, Song Y, Wu J, Shi M, Li X, Han Z, Liu Y, Yu Z, Liu A, Wang X, Zhou C, Zhong D, Miao L, Zhang Z, Zhao H, Yang J, Wang D, Wang Y, Li Q, Zhang X, Ji M, Yang Z, Cui J, Gao B, Wang B, Liu H, Nie L, He M, Jin S, Gu W, Shu Y, Zhou T, Feng J, Yang X, Huang C, Zhu B, Yao Y, Wang Y, Kang X, Yao S, Keegan P. MA13.08 CHOICE-01: A Phase 3 Study of Toripalimab Versus Placebo in Combination With First-Line Chemotherapy for Advanced NSCLC. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.08.181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Liu M, Xie J, Tan C, Ruan X, Wang Z, Luo X, Lin J, Xiang L, Li A, Han Z, Liu S. [Japan narrow-band imaging Expert Team type 2B colorectal cancer: consistency between endoscopic prediction and pathological diagnosis]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2021; 41:942-946. [PMID: 34238749 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2021.06.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the potential factors that affect the accuracy of endoscopic diagnosis for Japan narrow-band imaging (NBI) Expert Team (JNET) type 2B colorectal lesions. OBJECTIVE The clinical data were collected from 261 patients with JNET type 2B colorectal lesions diagnosed in Nanfang Hospital between July, 2018 and July, 2021. We analyzed the macroscopic type, size, location or pit pattern classification of the lesions for their potential influence of the diagnostic accuracy of JNET type 2B lesions. OBJECTIVE The 261 lesions included 91 low-grade intramucosal neoplasia lesions (34.9%), 132 high-grade intramucosal neoplasia lesions (50.6%), 13 submucosal invasive cancer lesions (5.0%), and 25 deep submucosal invasive cancer lesions (9.6%). The coincidence rate between endoscopic prediction and pathological diagnosis of these lesions was 55.6% (145/ 261). The macroscopic type and size of the lesions were significantly associated with the diagnostic accuracy of JNET type 2B lesions (P < 0.001). There was a significant difference in the diagnostic accuracy among the lesions with different pit pattern types (P < 0.001). OBJECTIVE Both the macroscopic type and size affect the accuracy of endoscopic diagnosis of JNET type 2B colorectal lesions. JNET classification combined with pit pattern types can have better accuracy in predicting the pathological diagnosis of these lesions.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- First Clinical Medical College of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Endoscopy, First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Longgang District People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518172, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Longgang District People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518172, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Han Z, Ding J, Cheng X, Hsieh YL, Wang CJ, Wang JY, Yang JM, Cong N, Chi FL. SGN nerve filaments develop synapses with IHCs earlier than with OHCs in C57BL/6 mouse inner ear. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 24:11496-11508. [PMID: 33275216 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202011_23791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the connections between hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) during the development of the C57BL/6 mouse inner ear. MATERIALS AND METHODS The specimens of C57BL/6 mouse inner ear, from E15 (embryo day 15) to adult mouse, were collected; immunohistochemistry was employed to explore the frozen sections of specimens. RESULTS The development of cochlea starts sequentially from the basal turn to the apex turn. Morphological development of SGNs occurs mainly from E16 to P12 (postnatal day 12). Hair cells appear from E18 to P12, and inner hair cells (IHCs) develop earlier than outer hair cells (OHCs). The connections between hair cells and SGNs begin to develop during E18-P1, morphologically resemble mature synapses during P8-P12, and completely mature in adult mice. CONCLUSIONS The genesis of auditory ribbon synapse occurs from E18 to P1. Synchronized with the development of SGNs and hair cells, the functional filaments remain connected to hair cells, while the spare ones get disconnected from the surface of hair cells. Connections between SGN nerve filaments and IHCs occur earlier than those between SGN nerve filaments and OHCs.
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- Department of Otology and Skull Base Surgery, Eye Ear Nose & Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Han Z, Sun J, Liu X, Sun X, Shi H, Guo Y. The delimitation of intestine segments of koi carp (Cyprinus carpio var. koi) based on histological features. Anat Histol Embryol 2021; 50:763-769. [PMID: 34145626 DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this study, the delimitation of intestine segments of koi carp (Cyprinus carpio var. koi) was conducted using a histological approach with the measurements of height of mucosa folds (HF), width of mucosa folds (WF), thickness of muscularis (TM) and cross-sectional area (CSA). According to the change trends for these four parameters, the intestine of the koi carp was divided into anterior intestine, middle intestine and posterior intestine. The locations of the three intestine segments were defined, and their ratios along the entire intestine were accounted for 23.84 ± 1.18%, 46.77 ± 2.29% and 29.39 ± 1.65%, respectively. The anterior intestine had a significantly higher HF, compared with the middle (p < .01) or posterior intestines (p < .01). The muscularis became thin gradually from the anterior intestine to posterior part. TM was significantly different among the anterior, middle and posterior intestines (p < .01). The anterior intestine had a significantly higher CSA, compared with the middle (p < .01) and posterior intestines (p < .01), and the latter two segments had similar CSA values (p > .05). The procedure of the delimitation of the koi carp intestine segments can offer useful information for future studies on other fish species. The presented results are meaningful for studies on differential functions of the different intestine segments in fish.
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- Zhuoran Han
- Tianjin Key Lab of Aqua-Ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Lab of Aqua-Ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Lab of Aqua-Ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Lab of Aqua-Ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Lab of Aqua-Ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Lab of Aqua-Ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China
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Yu J, Xing L, Cheng G, Chen L, Dong L, Fu X, Guo Y, Han Z, Jiang D, Li J, Lin Y, Liu A, Liu J, Liu J, Liu Y, Lv D, Ma C, Ren Y, Wang S, Wang Y, Xiao C, Yan S, Yang F, Yang W, Zang A, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Zhao R, Zhou J. P21.10 Real-World Treatment Patterns in Chinese Stage III NSCLC Patients - A Prospective, Non-Interventional Study (MOOREA trial). J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Beltrame G, Hemming J, Yang H, Han Z, Yang B. Effects of supplementation of sea buckthorn press cake on mycelium growth and polysaccharides of Inonotus obliquus in submerged cultivation. J Appl Microbiol 2021; 131:1318-1330. [PMID: 33556214 DOI: 10.1111/jam.15028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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AIMS Investigation of the influence of cultivation time and sea buckthorn press cake (Hippophaë rhamnoides) dosage on mycelium yield of Inonotus obliquus in submerged cultivation and on the yield, monomer composition, and macromolecular properties of the exopolysaccharides (EPS) from culture media and intracellular polysaccharides (IPS) extracted from mycelia. METHODS AND RESULTS Supplementation at 5 g l-1 combined with cultivation time of 250 h granted highest yield increase in mycelia (by 122%). The supplementation reduced extraction yield and decreased the molecular weight of the main IPS population. The supplementation increased production and molecular weight of EPS. The relative content of arabinose and rhamnose in EPS positively correlated with dosage of the press cake. The press cake supplementation increased the content of galacturonic acid in IPS, but not in EPS. CONCLUSION Sea buckthorn press cake is a food industry fibrous side stream with high oil content. It increases the cultivation yield of Inonotus obliquus mycelium and influences the produced polysaccharides. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Mycelium is a resource of bioactive polysaccharides, attracting the interest of nutraceutical companies. Sea buckthorn press cake is a promising supplement for increasing mycelium production. The utilization of this agricultural side stream would therefore favour circular economy.
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- G Beltrame
- Food Chemistry and Food Development, Department of Life Technologies, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Wood and Paper Chemistry, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences, Harbin, China
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- Institute of Microbiology, Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences, Harbin, China
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- Food Chemistry and Food Development, Department of Life Technologies, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Williams C, Huynh E, Campbell J, Penney J, Boyle S, Usta I, Sugar EN, Hacker F, Han Z, Price A, Singer L, Cagney D, Mak R. Initial Experience With Online Adaptive Radiotherapy Workflows on an MRI-guided Linear Accelerator. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.2327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Chai X, Yang Y, Wang X, Hao P, Wang L, Wu T, Zhang X, Xu X, Han Z, Wang Y. Spatial variation of the soil bacterial community in major apple producing regions of China. J Appl Microbiol 2020; 130:1294-1306. [PMID: 33012070 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIMS In China, apple production areas are largely from the coastal to inland areas and across varied climate zones. However, the relationship among soil micro-organisms, environmental factors and fruit quality has not been clearly confirmed in orchards. Here we attempted to identify the variation of soil bacteria in the main apple producing regions and reveal the relationship among climatic factor, soil properties, soil bacterial community and fruit quality. METHODS AND RESULTS Sixty soil samples were collected from six main apple producing areas in China. We examined the soil bacteria using bacterial 16S rRNA gene amplicon profiling. The results show that the soil bacterial diversity of apple orchards varied from the Bohai Bay Region to the Loess Plateau Region. Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria and Actinobacteria were the predominant taxa at the phylum level for all six areas. In the Bohai Bay and the Loess Plateau region, which are the two largest apple producing areas, Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria had the highest relative abundance, respectively. Furthermore, soil bacterial diversity showed positive correlation with the mean annual temperature (MAT), soil organic matter (SOM) and pH. Excluding a direct effect on the apple fruit quality, MAT exerted an indirect influence through soil SOM and pH to alter the relative abundance of dominant taxa and shift the bacterial diversity, which affects the apple fruit titratable acids and soluble solids. CONCLUSIONS Geographic variables underlie apple orchard soil bacterial communities vary according to spatial scale. Environmental factors exert an indirect effect on apple fruit quality via shaping soil bacterial community. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This study provides a list of bacteria associated with environmental factors and the ecological attributes of their interactions in apple orchards, which will improve our ability to promote soil bacterial functional capabilities in order to reduce the fertilizer input and enhance the fruit quality.
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, P. R. China
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Wang HZ, Yang C, Zhang BY, Li N, Han Z, Chen F. Influence of mesenchymal stem cells on respiratory distress syndrome in newborn swines via the JAK-STAT signaling pathway. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2020; 23:7550-7556. [PMID: 31539145 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201909_18872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) threatens humans' health worldwide, causing huge labor and economic cost investment. This study aims to explore whether mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) affect RDS in newborn swines via the Janus kinase-signal transducers and activators of transcription (JAK-STAT) signaling pathway by the establishment of the model of the disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS The phosphorylation of the JAK-STAT signal transduction proteins was first detected via Western blotting to verify the regulatory effect of MSCs on RDS in newborn swines through the JAK-STAT signaling pathway. Then, the Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) was utilized to analyze the influences of the injection of MSCs into the blood of newborn model RDS swines on inflammatory factors in vivo. To further demonstrate the signal transduction function put forwarded, the RT-PCR and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were adopted to analyze the influences of the JAK-STAT signaling pathway inhibitor on the expression of the signature proteins of RDS in newborn swines and the changes in the inflammatory factors. RESULTS MSCs induced the phosphorylation of JAK and STAT, and they activated the JAK-STAT signal transduction of RDS in newborn swines. Compared with those in normal saline group, the interleukin (IL)-2, IL-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) expression levels in MSC group were increased, namely, MSCs substantially promoted their expression levels (p<0.05), but those of IL-10 and IL-13 were significantly decreased (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS The inhibitor of the JAK-STAT signaling pathway can suppress the therapeutic effect of MSCs on RDS in newborn swines.
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- Department of Pediatrics, the People's Hospital of Zhangqiu Area, Jinan, China.
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Han Z, Sun J, Wang A, Lv A, Hu X, Chen L, Guo Y. Differentially expressed proteins in the intestine of Cynoglossus semilaevis Günther following a Shewanella algae challenge. Fish Shellfish Immunol 2020; 104:111-122. [PMID: 32525078 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2020.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 05/31/2020] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Fish intestine is an important constituent of the mucosal immune system. The gut and gut-associated lymphoid tissue construct a local immune environment. A Shewanella algae strain was previously reported to be a pathogen causing ascitic disease accompanied with intestinal inflammation in Cynoglossus semilaevis. This study aimed to investigate the intestine immune response in C. semilaevis to S. algae infection at the protein level. Two-dimensional electrophoresis coupled with mass spectrometry proteomics was utilized to compare protein expression in the intestines from normal and S. algae-infected C. semilaevis. A total of 70 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs), consisting of 16 upregulated and 54 downregulated proteins, were identified in the intestine tissue of C. Semilaevis. These protein expression changes were further validated using western blot analysis and quantitative real-time PCR. Gene ontology enrichment analysis showed that these 70 DEPs could be assigned across three categories: "cellular components", "molecular function", and "biological process". Forty-one DEPs (six up-regulated and 35 down-regulated proteins) related to metabolic processes were identified. In addition, 20 DEPs (eight up-regulated and 12 down-regulated proteins) related to stress and immune responses were identified. A protein-protein interaction network generated by the STRING (Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes/protein) revealed that 30 DEPs interacted with one another to form an integrated network. Among them, 29 DEPs were related to stress, immune, and metabolism processes. In the network, some of the immune related proteins (C9, FGB, KNG1, apolipoprotein A-IV-like, and PDIA3) were up-regulated and most DEPs involved in metabolism processes were down-regulated. These results indicate that the immune defense response of the intestine was activated and the intestinal function associated with metabolism processes was disturbed. This study provides valuable information for further research into the functions of these DEPs in fish.
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- Zhuoran Han
- Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment Science of Higher Education Institutes, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Healthy and Safe Aquaculture, College of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aqua-ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aqua-ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment Science of Higher Education Institutes, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Healthy and Safe Aquaculture, College of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aqua-ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aqua-ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aqua-ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aqua-ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China.
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Feng J, Shen B, Xu J, Wang Q, Ling G, Mao Y, Cai M, Yang Y, Mei J, Han Z, Wu Y, Shi L. 1455P A single-arm, open-label, prospective, multicenter study of apatinib combined with chemotherapy as second-line therapy in patients with advanced gastric cancer. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.1961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Han Z, Bishop JC. PERSPECTIVE: Critical Cooling and Warming Rates as a Function of CPA Concentration. Cryo Letters 2020; 41:185-193. [PMID: 33988646 PMCID: PMC10186587] [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: 04/05/2023]
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Cryoprotective agents (CPAs) are routinely applied in cryopreservation protocols to achieve the vitrified state thereby avoiding the damaging effects of ice crystals. Once the CPA has been added, the system needs to cool at a rate ≥ critical cooling rate (CCR) to avoid ice crystallization and successfully enter the vitrified state. Subsequently, upon warming the system needs to meet or exceed a critical warming rate (CWR), often one to two orders of magnitude higher than the CCR, to avoid ice formation and return the system to physiological temperatures for use. Many experimental and theoretical studies have been published on CCRs and CWRs, and correlation for these rates as a function of concentration has been explored for some single component CPAs, but not the CPA cocktails which are commonly used in tissue and organ cryopreservation. In this paper, we summarize the available data of CCRs and CWRs for a variety of CPAs, and suggest a convenient mathematical expression for CCR and CWR that can guide general use for cryoprotective protocol, but also highlights the critical need for further study on CPA cocktails and tissue systems in which CPAs may behave differently and/or may not be fully equilibrated to the loaded CPA.
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- Z Han
- 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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Gao F, Ren JY, Bi BJ, Lu LJ, Han Z, Pan YH. Double Kirschner-wires percutaneous antegrade intramedullary fixation for treatment of unstable phalangeal neck fractures in adults. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2020; 34:623-627. [PMID: 32486633 DOI: 10.23812/20-07-l-44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- F Gao
- Department of Hand and Foot Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University; Shandong, China
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- Department of Hand and Foot Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University; Shandong, China
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- Department of Hand and Foot Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University; Shandong, China
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- Department of Hand Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Hand and Foot Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University; Shandong, China
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- Department of Hand and Foot Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University; Shandong, China
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Han ZH, Han WN, Liu FR, Han Z, Yuan YP, Cheng ZC. Ultrafast temporal-spatial dynamics of amorphous-to-crystalline phase transition in Ge 2Sb 2Te 5 thin film triggered by multiple femtosecond laser pulses irradiation. Nanotechnology 2020; 31:115706. [PMID: 31751985 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab5a1a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Studies have shown that the crystallization phase state of Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) can be reversibly modulated by femtosecond (fs) laser multiple pulses, which have excellent applications in reconfigurable multi-level operation fields. In this study, the temporal-spatial crystalline evolution dynamics of amorphous GST film is investigated during two fs laser pulses excitation through a pump-probe shadowgraph imaging technique. A quasi-amorphous phase state, which is different from that in the initial as-deposited amorphous GST, is emerged through the first fs laser pulse excitation with a pulse energy lower than crystallization threshold. The experimental results reveal that a crystallization enhancement effect can be induced through the second pulse excitation based on this quasi-amorphous surface structure. The stimulative cluster generated in the quasi-amorphous reduces the amorphous-to-crystalline phase transition threshold for the second fs laser pulse irradiation. The spatially-resolved phase-transition threshold extension effect in a horizontal direction is proposed with the increasing pulse number to summarize the mechanism of the crystallization enhancement effect. The specific-grain-appearance (coarse grains and fine grains representing different phase transition approach) distributed area induced by single and double fs laser pulses irradiation are experimentally demonstrated corresponding to threshold extension theory.
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- Z H Han
- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Applied Laser Technology, Beijing University of Technology, 100124, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Han Z, Ren D, Burghoff D. Sensitivity of SWIFT spectroscopy. Opt Express 2020; 28:6002-6017. [PMID: 32225858 DOI: 10.1364/oe.382243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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SWIFT spectroscopy (Shifted Wave Interference Fourier Transform Spectroscopy) is a coherent beatnote technique that can be used to measure the temporal profiles of periodic optical signals. While it has been essential in understanding the physics of various mid-infrared and terahertz frequency combs, its ultimate limits have not been discussed. We show that the envelope of a SWIFTS interferogram is physically meaningful and is directly related to autocorrelation. We derive analytical expressions for the SWIFTS signals of two prototypical cases-chirped pulses from a mode-locked laser and a frequency-modulated comb-and derive scaling laws for the noise of these measurements, showing how it can be mitigated. Finally, we confirm this analysis by performing the first SWIFTS measurements of near-infrared pulses from femtosecond lasers, establishing the validity of the technique for highly-dispersed sub-picojoule pulses.
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Mao L, Zhuang R, Qin L, Han Z, Huang X, Chen R, Su Y, Ge L, Yang J, Li J, Wang X. CCL18 overexpression predicts a worse prognosis in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Neoplasma 2020; 67:700-706. [DOI: 10.4149/neo_2020_190821n802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Chai X, Xie L, Wang X, Wang H, Zhang J, Han Z, Wu T, Zhang X, Xu X, Wang Y. Apple rootstocks with different phosphorus efficiency exhibit alterations in rhizosphere bacterial structure. J Appl Microbiol 2019; 128:1460-1471. [PMID: 31829487 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIMS The purpose of this study was to select phosphorus-efficient apple rootstocks under phosphorus deficiency and to reveal the effects of different apple rootstocks on the rhizosphere bacterial community. METHODS AND RESULTS We used 83 hybrid lines of Malus robusta Rehd. × Malling 9 (M.9) to investigate their physiological traits and the phosphorus deficiency phenotypes of leaves in response to phosphorus deficiency (0·1 mmol l-1 PO4 3- ). All the plants were cultivated in pots in the greenhouse and watered using drip irrigation. In accordance with the results of investigation, we selected the phosphorus-efficient hybrid lines (PE) and the phosphorus-inefficient hybrid lines (PI) to research their root morphology and root hairs (RH). In addition, we used Illumina MiSeq sequencing to determine the bacterial community of the rhizosphere from different rootstocks. The results showed that the PE plants had better growth characteristics and stronger root plasticity than that of the PI plants, and phosphorus deficiency can stimulate the RH growth of PE plants. There was no significant difference in the rhizosphere bacterial diversity, but we found that the bacterial community structure was significantly different at the genus levels; in addition, 89 genera were found to have significant differences between PE and PI plants, especially Bacillus. The PE rhizosphere had more abundant Bacillus compared to the PI. High positive Pearson correlations with the phosphorus concentration in the plantlets of apple rootstocks were detected for the bacterial genera Bacillus (r: 0·776). CONCLUSIONS The phosphorus-efficient apple rootstocks adapted to phosphorus deficiency by shaping the root morphology. Notably, different apple rootstocks showed alteration of the microbes in rhizosphere. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This study can provide the materials for exploring the mechanism of apple rootstock phosphorus absorption. In accordance with the different bacterial community compositions, we can develop the inoculants to promote nutrient uptake.
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- X Chai
- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Plant Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China
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Liang Y, Han Z, Shui J, Cheng W, Zhong F, Cai Q, Wang H, Wu H, Xu H, Tang S. HIV-1 genotype is independently associated with immunodeficiency progression among Chinese men who have sex with men: an observational cohort study. HIV Med 2019; 21:279-288. [PMID: 31863622 DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES HIV-1 genetic diversity is increasing among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China, but the association of HIV-1 genotype with disease progression remains to be elucidated. METHODS We collected data in an observational longitudinal cohort study of 860 HIV-1-infected MSM in Guangzhou, China between January 2008 and March 2017. Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox proportional hazard model were used to predict the time from HIV-1 diagnosis to immunodeficiency progression (CD4 cell count < 200 cells/μl) as well as adjusted hazard ratio (aHR). RESULTS CRF01_AE and HIV-1 subtype B infection were associated with higher percentage of patients progressed to immunodeficiency and higher incidence of immunodeficiency than infection with CRF07_BC or CRF55_01B. Compared with CRF07_BC, the time from HIV-1 diagnosis to immunodeficiency were different among the major HIV-1 genotypes, which ranked as follows, in descending order: CRF07_BC (7.03 years) > CRF55_01B (5.71 years, P = 0.014; aHR 3.752, P = 0.0923) > CRF01_AE (5.18 years, P < 0.001; aHR 4.733, P = 0.0152). HIV-1 genotype, viral load and baseline CD4 T-cell count were three independent variables associated with disease progression. CONCLUSIONS Our results confirm differential rates of immunodeficiency progression as a function of HIV-1 genotype. The impact of HIV-1 genotype on HIV epidemics, patient management and prevention should be further investigated.
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.,Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Leppik L, Sielatycka K, Henrich D, Han Z, Wang H, Eischen-Loges MJ, Oliveira KMC, Bhavsar MB, Ratajczak MZ, Barker JH. Role of Adult Tissue-Derived Pluripotent Stem Cells in Bone Regeneration. Stem Cell Rev Rep 2019; 16:198-211. [PMID: 31828580 PMCID: PMC6987071 DOI: 10.1007/s12015-019-09943-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Background Bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells (BM-MNC) consist of a heterogeneous mix of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC), endothelial progenitor cells (EPC), monocytes, lymphocytes and pluripotent stem cells. Whereas the importance of MSC and EPC has been well documented in bone healing and regeneration studies, the role of pluripotent stem cells is still poorly understood. In the present study we evaluated if and how Very Small Embryonic Like cells (VSEL), isolated from rat BM-MNC, contribute to bone healing. Methods Large bone defects were made in the femurs of 38 Sprague Dawley female rats and treated with β-TCP scaffold granules seeded with male VSEL; BM-MNC, VSEL-depleted BM-MNC or scaffold alone, and bone healing was evaluated at 8 weeks post-surgery. Results Bone healing was significantly increased in defects treated with VSEL and BM-MNC, compared to defects treated with VSEL-depleted BM-MNC. Donor cells were detected in new bone tissue, in all the defects treated with cells, and in fibrous tissue only in defects treated with VSEL-depleted BM-MNC. The number of CD68+ cells was the highest in the VSEL-depleted group, whereas the number of TRAP positive cells was the lowest in this group. Conclusions Based on the results, we can conclude that VSEL play a role in BM-MNC induced bone formation. In our rat femur defect model, in defects treated with VSEL-depleted BM-MNC, osteoclastogenesis and bone formation were decreased, and foreign body reaction was increased.
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- Liudmila Leppik
- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Orthopedics & Trauma Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- Institute of Biology, Faculty of Exact and Natural Science, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Trauma, Hand & Reconstructive Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Orthopedics & Trauma Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Orthopedics & Trauma Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Orthopedics & Trauma Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Orthopedics & Trauma Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Orthopedics & Trauma Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Stem Cell Institute at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Orthopedics & Trauma Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Chen F, Sun J, Han Z, Yang X, Xian JA, Lv A, Hu X, Shi H. Isolation, Identification and Characteristics of Aeromonas veronii From Diseased Crucian Carp ( Carassius auratus gibelio). Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2742. [PMID: 32038507 PMCID: PMC6988821 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [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: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Aeromonas species often cause disease in farmed fish. In the present study, dominant bacteria were isolated from diseased crucian carp (Carassius auratus gibelio). Based on this, a bacterial isolate was tentatively named CFJY-623. This isolate was identified as Aeromonas veronii based on analysis of its morphological, physiological, and biochemical features, as well as 16S rRNA and gyrB gene sequences. Six virulence genes related to pathogenicity including aerolysin, cytotonic enterotoxins, elastase, glycerophospholipid: cholesterol acyltransferase, lipase, and serine protease were identified in this A. veronii isolate. The median lethal dosage (LD50) of the CFJY-623 isolate for crucian carp was determined as 1.31 × 107 CFU/mL. Artificial experimental infection showed that the CFJY-623 isolate caused considerable histological lesions in the fish, including tissue cell degeneration, necrosis, and inflammatory cell infiltrating. Drug sensitivity testing showed that the isolate was susceptible to aminoglycosides, carbapenemes, and nitrofurans. Exploring its growing features showed that this isolate exhibited a high level of environmental adaptability. These results provided a scientific basis for the identification of A. veronii and treatment for fish infected by this pathogen.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aqua-Ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aqua-Ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aqua-Ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aqua-Ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aqua-Ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aqua-Ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aqua-Ecology and Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China
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Xu XB, Hu Y, Xie YL, Han Z. [The hemodynamic study of internal jugular vein in patients with pulsatile tinnitus by color doppler sonography]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2019; 33:915-917. [PMID: 31623033 DOI: 10.13201/j.issn.1001-1781.2019.10.004] [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] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective:To investigate the hemodynamic changes of internal jugular vein(IJV) in patients with pulsatile tinnitus(PT) detected by color doppler sonography(CDS). To explore the correlation of PT with IJV drainage dominance and the value of CDS in the diagnosis of PT. Method:Two hundred and twenty-one patients with PT were examined with the CDS and IJV compression test. The hemodynamic data of the upper, middle and lower IJV were compared with both PT side and unaffected side. The correlation of the PT with the IJV drainage dominance was analyzed. Result:A total of 125 cases(56.6%) of 221 patients with PT underwent ultrasonic IJV compression test with positive results, 96 cases(43.3%) with negative results. In the positive compression test group, the tinnitus disappeared after IJV being completely compressed in 109 cases(87.2%), and in 16 cases(12.8%) after IJV being partial closure. The extent of sectional area reduction was: upper jugular vein(75.41 ±9.39)%, middle jugular vein(80.25±13.16)%, lower jugular vein(86.58± 7.53)%. The blood flow volume on the tinnitus side was obviously higher than that on the unaffected side(P=0.001). In the negative compression test group, there was no significant difference in blood flow volume between tinnitus side and unaffected side. In the IJV positive compression test group, 54 cases(43.2%) were IJV drainage dominance combined, and 71 cases(56.8%) were non-dominant combined. In the IJV negative compression test group, 24 cases(25%) were IJV drainage dominance combined, and 72 cases(75%) were non-dominant combined. Conclusion:The positive result of IJV compression test using CDS and the flow volume of IJV on the affected side significantly higher than that on the unaffected side contributed to the diagnosis of venous PT. In this study, the IJV non-dominant side was more common in the venous PT.
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- Department of Radiology,Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University,Shanghai,200031,China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University
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Denas G, Chen C, Du Y, Jiang X, Zhou Y, Wu T, Zhang Y, Han Z, Pengo V, Jing Z. P4671A well-defined subgroup of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients are positive for antiphospholipid antibodies. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.1053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction
Recurrent thromboembolism is a major risk factor for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) are a recognized risk factor for recurrent thromboembolism, however, their contribution to the development of CTEPH is currently unknown.
Purpose
The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of antiphospholipid autoantibodies in a large cohort of consecutive patients with CTEPH.
Methods
Starting May 2013 to December 2018, 297 CTEPHpatients were consecutively enrolled. Diagnosis was confirmed with standardized right heart catheterization, 2D or/and 3D pulmonary angiography in all patients.All patients were also screened for thrombophilia including lupus anticoagulant IgG/IgM anticardiolipin antibodies and IgG/IgM aβ2GPI antibodies. Clinical and demographic characteristics, laboratory profile and hemodynamic data were compared between patients with aPL positive and aPL negative laboratory profiles.
Results
Overall, 297 consecutive patients with CTEPH were assessed for aPLs. Of these, 23 patients (7.7%) resulted positive for laboratory tests exploring aPL. Among patients with positive aPL, profile 17 (74%) were positive for all three test exploring aPL (LA+, aCL+, aB2GPI+). When compared to CTEPH patients without aPL test positivity, those positive for aPL were significantly younger (30.0 vs 55.6 years, p<0.0001), had a positive history of pulmonary embolism (95.6% vs 65.7%, p=0.003), deep venous thrombosis (78.3% vs 41.9%, p=0.0008) and were more frequently affected by other autoimmune diseases (43.5% vs 2.9%, p<0.0001). Moreover, positive aPL patients showed better hemodynamics on right heart catheterization, had more proximal lesions, and had more frequently level I and II surgical classification (82.6% vs 40.5%, p=0.0002) on pulmonary angiography.
Conclusions
These findings suggest that young patients with pulmonary embolism should be assessed for aPLs to guide anticoagulation therapy and prevent recurrences. Additionally, younger age, more proximal lesions and less severe hemodynamic profiles make majority patients with APS good candidates for PEA surgery.
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- G Denas
- University Hospital of Padua, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Padua, Italy
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- University Hospital of Padua, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Padua, Italy
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- Fuwai Hospital- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Fuwai Hospital- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Fuwai Hospital- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Fuwai Hospital- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Fuwai Hospital- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Fuwai Hospital- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- University Hospital of Padua, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Padua, Italy
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- Fuwai Hospital- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Mah D, Yorke E, George J, Han Z, Liu H, Lambiase J, Zemanaj E, Czmielewski C, Gelb E, Li H, McKnight D, Lovelock D, Rimner A, Shepherd A. A Planning Comparison of IMRT Versus Pencil Beam Scanning for Deep Inspiration Breath Hold Lung Cancers. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.06.877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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He D, Shou Z, Han Z. [Analysis of the effect and influencing factors of customized sound on tinnitus]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2019; 33:525-528. [PMID: 31163527 DOI: 10.13201/j.issn.1001-1781.2019.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective:To explore the effect and influencing factors of customized sound on tinnitus. Method:303 patients with tinnitus who received customized sound therapy for 6 months were enrolled in this study. Tinnitus handicap inventory (THI) was used to evaluate the treatment effect before treatment, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, 4 months, 5 months and 6 months after treatment, and the influencing factors of sound treatment effect were analyzed. Result:The THI score decreased at the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 months after treatment (P<0.01), compared with that before treatment. Gender, tinnitus type and presence or absence of voice allergy had no effect on THI score before treatment and 6 months after treatment (P>0.05). Conclusion:Customized sound therapy can reduce the score of THI in tinnitus patients, which supports that sound therapy can reduce the negative impact and disturbances produced by tinnitus, and its curative effect is not affected by gender, tinnitus type and presence or absence of voice allergy..
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- D He
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing, 400014, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the People's Hospital of Yubei District of Chongqing
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- Department of Otology and Skull Base Surgery, Eye Ear Nose & Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Auditory Medical Center, National Health Commission Key laboratory of Hearing Medicine, Fudan University
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Oliveira KMC, Barker JH, Berezikov E, Pindur L, Kynigopoulos S, Eischen-Loges M, Han Z, Bhavsar MB, Henrich D, Leppik L. Electrical stimulation shifts healing/scarring towards regeneration in a rat limb amputation model. Sci Rep 2019; 9:11433. [PMID: 31391536 PMCID: PMC6685943 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47389-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [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: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Different species respond differently to severe injury, such as limb loss. In species that regenerate, limb loss is met with complete restoration of the limbs’ form and function, whereas in mammals the amputated limb’s stump heals and scars. In in vitro studies, electrical stimulation (EStim) has been shown to promote cell migration, and osteo- and chondrogenesis. In in vivo studies, after limb amputation, EStim causes significant new bone, cartilage and vessel growth. Here, in a rat model, the stumps of amputated rat limbs were exposed to EStim, and we measured extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition, macrophage distribution, cell proliferation and gene expression changes at early (3 and 7 days) and later stages (28 days). We found that EStim caused differences in ECM deposition, with less condensed collagen fibrils, and modified macrophage response by changing M1 to M2 macrophage ratio. The number of proliferating cells was increased in EStim treated stumps 7 days after amputation, and transcriptome data strongly supported our histological findings, with activated gene pathways known to play key roles in embryonic development and regeneration. In conclusion, our findings support the hypothesis that EStim shifts injury response from healing/scarring towards regeneration. A better understanding of if and how EStim controls these changes, could lead to strategies that replace scarring with regeneration.
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Orthopedics & Trauma Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Orthopedics & Trauma Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Orthopedics & Trauma Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Trauma Center Frankfurt am Main gGmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Orthopedics & Trauma Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Orthopedics & Trauma Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Orthopedics & Trauma Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Orthopedics & Trauma Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Orthopedics & Trauma Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Wang S, Han Z, Libri D, Porrua O, Strick TR. Single-molecule characterization of extrinsic transcription termination by Sen1 helicase. Nat Commun 2019; 10:1545. [PMID: 30948716 PMCID: PMC6449345 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09560-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Extrinsic transcription termination typically involves remodeling of RNA polymerase by an accessory helicase. In yeast this is accomplished by the Sen1 helicase homologous to human senataxin (SETX). To gain insight into these processes we develop a DNA scaffold construct compatible with magnetic-trapping assays and from which S. cerevisiae RNA polymerase II (Pol II), as well as E. coli RNA polymerase (ecRNAP), can efficiently initiate transcription without transcription factors, elongate, and undergo extrinsic termination. By stalling Pol II TECs on the construct we can monitor Sen1-induced termination in real-time, revealing the formation of an intermediate in which the Pol II transcription bubble appears half-rewound. This intermediate requires ~40 sec to form and lasts ~20 sec prior to final dissociation of the stalled Pol II. The experiments enabled by the scaffold construct permit detailed statistical and kinetic analysis of Pol II interactions with a range of cofactors in a multi-round, high-throughput fashion. Yeast’s Sen1 helicase is involved in the suppression of antisense transcription from bidirectional eukaryotic promoters. Here authors develop and utilize a quantitative single-molecule assay reporting on the kinetics of extrinsic eukaryotic transcription termination by the Sen1 helicase and a reaction intermediate in which the Pol II transcription bubble appears half-rewound.
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- S Wang
- Molecular Motors and Machines group, Ecole normale supérieure, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole normale supérieure (IBENS), CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, 75005, Paris, France.,Biomolecular Nanomanipulation group, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205, Paris, France
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- Metabolism and Function of RNA in the Nucleus, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205, Paris, France
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- Metabolism and Function of RNA in the Nucleus, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205, Paris, France
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- Metabolism and Function of RNA in the Nucleus, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205, Paris, France
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- Molecular Motors and Machines group, Ecole normale supérieure, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole normale supérieure (IBENS), CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, 75005, Paris, France. .,Biomolecular Nanomanipulation group, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205, Paris, France. .,Programme Equipe Labellisées, Ligue Contre le Cancer, 75013, Paris, France.
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Wang K, Peng Y, Fu W, Shen Z, Han Z. Key factors determining variations in RNA interference efficacy mediated by different double-stranded RNA lengths in Tribolium castaneum. Insect Mol Biol 2019; 28:235-245. [PMID: 30325555 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) length may affect RNA interference (RNAi) efficacy. Herein, variation in RNAi efficacy associated with dsRNA molecular length was confirmed via comparison of knockdown results following dsRNA injection into Tribolium castaneum. Through in vitro experiments with T. castaneum midgut, dsRNA accumulation in the midgut, degradation by midgut homogenates and persistence in haemolymph after injection were tested to determine the causes of RNAi efficacy variation. The comparative efficacies of dsRNAs were 480 bp ≈ 240 bp > 120 bp > 60 bp >> 21 bp. The combined midgut dsRNA accumulation and midgut homogenate-induced degradation analyses suggested cellular uptake to be the key barrier for 21 bp dsRNA functioning, but was likely not the main determinant of the variation in longer dsRNAs' (≥60 bp) bioactivity. In vitro RNAi experiment with T. castaneum midgut showed that long dsRNAs all significantly depleted the expression of corresponding genes, suggesting little variation in intracellular RNAi machinery's affinity for different dsRNA lengths. In vivo haemolymph content dynamics of different dsRNAs following injection indicated higher persistence of longer dsRNAs. In addition, comparison of the in vivo and in vitro RNAi efficacy also indicated the importance of haemolymph degradation. Thus, the varied efficacy of long dsRNAs resulted from their degradation by nucleases, which varied with dsRNA length.
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University/The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University/The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University/The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University/The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University/The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), Nanjing, China
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Li X, Zhang L, Jiang D, Wang Y, Zang A, Ding C, Zhao M, Su W, Zhang Y, Zhong D, Wu J, An G, Zhang C, Hu X, Cheng G, Wang H, Han Z, He X, Liu J, Liang L, Zhang S. OA13 High-dose Icotinib in Advanced NSCLC with EGFR 21 L858R Mutation: A Randomized, Open-Label Phase II Study. J Thorac Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chai X, Wang L, Yang Y, Xie L, Zhang J, Wu T, Zhang X, Xu X, Wang Y, Han Z. Apple rootstocks of different nitrogen tolerance affect the rhizosphere bacterial community composition. J Appl Microbiol 2018; 126:595-607. [PMID: 30282124 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIMS To select apple rootstocks that are tolerant to low nitrogen and reveal the relationship between the rhizosphere bacterial communities and the low nitrogen tolerance of the apple rootstock. METHODS AND RESULTS In total, 235 lines of hybrids of Malus robusta Rehd. × M.9 with low nitrogen stress were cultivated in pots in a greenhouse equipped with a drip irrigation system, and growth characteristics, photosynthesis traits and mineral elements were monitored. The bacterial community structure of the rhizosphere from different rootstocks was determined via Illumina MiSeq sequencing. This study selected three low nitrogen-tolerant (NT) lines that had higher nitrogen concentration, and higher photosynthesis rate than the three low nitrogen-sensitive (NS) lines. The bacterial community structure significantly differed (P ≤ 0·001) among the rootstocks. The bacterial phyla Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria were the dominant groups in the rhizosphere and presented higher abundance in the NT rhizosphere. The N concentration in the apple rootstocks exhibited highly positive Pearson correlations with the bacterial genera Sphingomonas, Pseudoxanthomonas, Bacillus and Acinetobacter, and negative correlations with the bacterial genera Pseudarthrobacter and Bradyrhizobium. CONCLUSIONS This study showed that investigated rootstocks achieved increased nitrogen concentration by enhancing their photosynthetic production capacity and shaping their rhizobacteria community structure. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The findings provide a basis for studying the mechanisms of resistance to low nitrogen stress in apple rootstocks. Based on these beneficial bacteria, microbial inoculants can be developed for use in sustainable agricultural and horticultural production.
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), The Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), The Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), The Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), The Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Plant Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), The Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), The Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), The Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), The Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural (Nutrition and Physiology), The Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Li S, Zhang D, Han Z. STATUS AND DETERMINANTS OF DEATH ANXIETY AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN RURAL CHINA – AN EMPIRICAL STUDY FROM ANHUI. Innov Aging 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igy023.845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- S Li
- Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China (People’s Republic)
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- Institute for Population and Development Studies and Center for Aging and Health Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
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- Institute for Population and Development Studies and Center for Aging and Health Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
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