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Chen X, Li DR, Meng CY. [The clinical efficacy of posterior cervical open-door expansive laminoplasty combined with Key-hole technique for the treatment of mixed cervical spondylosis]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 103:3127-3132. [PMID: 37840184 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20230406-00555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy of posterior cervical open-door expansive laminoplasty combined with Key-hole technique in treating mixed cervical spondylosis. Methods: A retrospective cohort study. A retrospective analysis was made of 128 cases of mixed cervical spondylosis with symptoms of spinal cord and nerve root compression and complete follow-up data admitted to the Department of Spinal Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University from January 2016 to June 2022. Of the patients, there were 90 males and 38 females with a mean age of (58.5±9.8) years. Before February 2018, 72 cases were treated with posterior cervical open-door expansive laminoplasty (single-door group), and after February 2018, 56 cases were treated with posterior cervical open-door expansive laminoplasty combined with Key-hole technique (combined group). There was no significant difference between the two groups in age, Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score, visual analogue scale (VAS) score of pain and Cobb angle of imaging before operation. The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative JOA score, VAS score and Cobb angle of imaging were compared between the two groups. Results: Both groups of patients successfully completed the operation. Operation time [M(Q1, Q3)]: 89.0 (68.5, 104.5) min in the single-door group and 90.0 (72.8, 108.8) min in the combined group, there was no statistical difference between the two groups (P=0.640). The intraoperative blood loss in the single-door group was 100 (100, 200) ml, and it was 100(100, 200) ml in the combined group, there was no significant difference between the two groups (P=0.680). Postoperative JOA scores increased significantly, while VAS scores decreased significantly in both groups. At the last follow-up, the JOA and VAS scores of the combined group were better than those of the single-door group (both P<0.05). Conclusion: The posterior cervical open-door expansive laminoplasty combined with Key-hole technique for the treatment of mixed cervical spondylosis can effectively remove the compression on the cervical spine without causing cervical instability.
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- X Chen
- Department of Spinal Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining 272029, China
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- Clinical Medical College of Jining Medical College, Jining 272029, China
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- Department of Spinal Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining 272029, China
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Wang JY, Wang QW, Yang XY, Yang W, Li DR, Jin JY, Zhang HC, Zhang XF. GLP-1 receptor agonists for the treatment of obesity: Role as a promising approach. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1085799. [PMID: 36843578 PMCID: PMC9945324 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1085799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Obesity is a complex disease characterized by excessive fat accumulation which is caused by genetic, environmental and other factors. In recent years, there has been an increase in the morbidity, disability rate,and mortality due to obesity, making it great threat to people's health and lives, and increasing public health care expenses. Evidence from previous studies show that weight loss can significantly reduce the risk of obesity-related complications and chronic diseases. Diet control, moderate exercise, behavior modification programs, bariatric surgery and prescription drug treatment are the major interventions used to help people lose weight. Among them, anti-obesity drugs have high compliance rates and cause noticeable short-term effects in reducing obese levels. However, given the safety or effectiveness concerns of anti-obesity drugs, many of the currently used drugs have limited clinical use. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists are a group of drugs that targets incretin hormone action, and its receptors are widely distributed in nerves, islets, heart, lung, skin, and other organs. Several animal experiments and clinical trials have demonstrated that GLP-1R agonists are more effective in treating or preventing obesity. Therefore, GLP-1R agonists are promising agents for the treatment of obese individuals. This review describes evidence from previous research on the effects of GLP-1R agonists on obesity. We anticipate that this review will generate data that will help biomedical researchers or clinical workers develop obesity treatments based on GLP-1R agonists.
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- Jing-Yue Wang
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Yang XY, Yu H, Fu J, Guo HH, Han P, Ma SR, Pan LB, Zhang ZW, Xu H, Hu JC, Zhang HJ, Bu MM, Zhang XF, Yang W, Wang JY, Jin JY, Zhang HC, Li DR, Lu JY, Lin Y, Jiang JD, Tong Q, Wang Y. Hydroxyurea ameliorates atherosclerosis in ApoE -/- mice by potentially modulating Niemann-Pick C1-like 1 protein through the gut microbiota. Theranostics 2022; 12:7775-7787. [PMID: 36451858 PMCID: PMC9706578 DOI: 10.7150/thno.76805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Rationale: The efficacy and mechanism of hydroxyurea in the treatment of atherosclerosis have rarely been reported. The goal of this study was to investigate the efficacy of hydroxyurea in high-fat diet-fed ApoE-/- mice against atherosclerosis and examine the possible mechanism underlying treatment outcomes. Methods: ApoE-/- mice were fed a high-fat diet for 1 month and then administered hydroxyurea by gavage continuously for 2 months. Aortic root hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) staining and oil red O staining were used to verify the efficacy of hydroxyurea; biochemical methods and ELISA were used to detect changes in relevant metabolites in serum. 16S rRNA was used to detect composition changes in the intestinal bacterial community of animals after treatment with hydroxyurea. Metabolomics methods were used to identify fecal metabolites and their changes. Immunohistochemical staining and ELISA were used for the localization and quantification of intestinal NPC1L1. Results: We showed that aortic root HE staining and oil red O staining determined the therapeutic efficacy of hydroxyurea in the treatment of atherosclerosis in high-fat diet-fed ApoE-/- mice. Serological tests verified the ability of hydroxyurea to lower total serum cholesterol and LDL cholesterol. The gut microbiota was significantly altered after HU treatment and was significantly different from that after antiplatelet and statin therapy. Meanwhile, a metabolomic study revealed that metabolites, including stearic acid, palmitic acid and cholesterol, were significantly enriched in mouse feces. Further histological and ELISAs verified that the protein responsible for intestinal absorption of cholesterol in mice, NPC1L1, was significantly reduced after hydroxyurea treatment. Conclusions: In high-fat diet-fed ApoE-/- mice, hydroxyurea effectively treated atherosclerosis, lowered serum cholesterol, modulated the gut microbiota at multiple levels and affected cholesterol absorption by reducing NPC1L1 in small intestinal epithelial cells.
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- Xin-Yu Yang
- The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China.,State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China
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- The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China
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- The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China
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- The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China
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- The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China
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- The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.,✉ Corresponding authors: Y. Wang (+86-10-63165238, ) or, Q. Tong (+86-13074337289, ) or, J-D. Jiang (+86-10-63017906, ) or, L. Yuan (+86-13720009342, )
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.,✉ Corresponding authors: Y. Wang (+86-10-63165238, ) or, Q. Tong (+86-13074337289, ) or, J-D. Jiang (+86-10-63017906, ) or, L. Yuan (+86-13720009342, )
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- The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China.,✉ Corresponding authors: Y. Wang (+86-10-63165238, ) or, Q. Tong (+86-13074337289, ) or, J-D. Jiang (+86-10-63017906, ) or, L. Yuan (+86-13720009342, )
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.,✉ Corresponding authors: Y. Wang (+86-10-63165238, ) or, Q. Tong (+86-13074337289, ) or, J-D. Jiang (+86-10-63017906, ) or, L. Yuan (+86-13720009342, )
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Yang HJ, Li HH, Pang XR, Gao SF, Liang JB, Zheng X, Li DR, Wang YH, Yu XQ, Qian XQ, Yang XD, Chen WD. [Protective effect of recombinant adult serine protease inhibitor from Trichinella spiralis on sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in mice]. Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi 2020; 32:361-366. [PMID: 32935509 DOI: 10.16250/j.32.1374.2020122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the protective effect of recombinant adult serine protease inhibitor from Trichinella spiralis (TsadSPI) on sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in mice. METHODS A total of 18 male BALB/c mice were randomly divided into the sham-operation group, the model group, and the TsadSPI treatment group, of 6 mice in each group. Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury was modeled in the model group and TsadSPI treatment group by cecal ligation puncture (CLP), while mice in the sham-operation group were only given exploratory laparotomy without ligation or perforation of the cecum. After 30 min of CLP, mice in the sham-operation group and the model group were intraperitoneally injected with PBS (100 μL), and mice in the TsadSPI treatment group were intraperitoneally injected with PBS (100 μL) containing TsadSPI (2 μg). At 12 h following modeling, the serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), creatinine (Cr) and urea nitrogen (BUN) were measured to assess the liver and kidney functions, and the changes of the mouse kidney structure were observed using HE staining. In addition, the serum levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10 and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β were measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and the myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) and nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) p65 expression was determined in kidney tissues using immunohistochemical staining. RESULTS At 12 h following CLP, there were significant differences in the serum levels of ALT (F = 41.031, P < 0.001), AST (F = 54.757, P < 0.001), Cr (F = 24.142, P < 0.001) and BUN (F = 214.849, P < 0.001) among the three groups, and higher levels of ALT, AST, Cr and BUN were measured in model group than in the sham-operation group (P < 0.001), while lower ALT, AST, Cr and BUN levels were found in the TsadSPI treatment group than in the model group (P < 0.001). HE staining showed severe mouse kidney injuries following CLP, and TsadSPI treatment resulted in remarkable alleviation of the injury. ELISA measured significant differences in the TNF-α (F = 47.502, P < 0.001) and IL-6 levels (F = 222.061, P < 0.001) among the three groups, and showed a remarkable reduction in the TNF-α and IL-6 levels in the TsadSPI treatment group as compared to those in the model group (P < 0.001). In addition, there were significant differences in serum IL-10 (F = 16.227, P < 0.001) and TGF-β levels (F = 52.092, P < 0.001) among the three groups, and higher IL-10 and TGF-β levels were seen in the TsadSPI treatment group than in the model group (P < 0.001). Immunohistochemical staining showed greater MyD88 expression and a higher nuclear positive rate of NF-κB p65 in kidney tissues in the model group than in the TsadSPI treatment group. CONCLUSIONS TsadSPI may reduce the MyD88 expression and nuclear positive rate of NF-κB p65 in mouse kidney tissues to up-regulate the expression of immunomodulatory factors and down-regulate the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, thereby protecting sepsis-associated acute kidney injury.
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- H J Yang
- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233000, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, China.,Department of Basic Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, China.,Department of Basic Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233000, China
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Chen XB, Du SH, Lu JC, Tan XH, Li DR, Yue X, Wang Q, Wang HJ, Qiao DF. Retrospective Analysis of 61 Cases of Children Died of Viral Pneumonia. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 36:164-168. [PMID: 32530160 DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2020.02.003] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abstract Objective To retrospectively analyze the forensic pathological postmortem examination and clinical data of children who died of viral pneumonia in identification of cause of death cases and to discuss the clinical characteristics and pathological features of viral pneumonia in children, in order to provide reference to pathological diagnosis of viral pneumonia in children caused by 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection. Methods Postmortem examination data from 61 cases of children whose causes of death were identified as viral pneumonia in recent years were collected from the Center of Forensic Identification, Southern Medical University. The gender, age, clinical symptoms and pathological features were comparatively analyzed. Results Among the 61 cases of children who died of viral pneumonia, most were within 2 years old (83.61%), and a large proportion died within 2 weeks after the onset of the disease (91.80%). Gross changes in postmortem examination included respiratory mucosal hyperemia, pleural effusion, pulmonary swelling, variegated pulmonary pleura and serosa, as well as focal pulmonary hemorrhage and pulmonary edema. A large proportion of sick children had enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes (83.61%) and thymic dysplasia (21.31%). Histopathological changes included edema of alveoli and interstitial substance, pneumorrhagia,shedding of alveolar epithelial cells, serous and (or) fibrous exudation in the alveoli, formation of viral inclusions, formation of transparent membranes, infiltration of inflammatory cells that mainly consisted of macrophages and lymphocytes in interstitial substance and alveoli. Viral infections often affected the heart and gastrointestinal tract. Conclusion The clinical symptoms of children with viral pneumonia are difficult to notice, and because the immune systems of children are not fully developed and they have poor immunity, they can easily become severely ill and even die. Analyzing the forensic autopsies and the histopathological characteristics could provide reference for pathological diagnosis of viral pneumonia.
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- X B Chen
- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Zhang X, Li SD, Yu YG, Zhang F, Zou CB, Zou ZL, Miao QF, Zhang MT, Tang LJ, Li DR. Analysis of Driver-Passenger Relationship and Restoration of Accident Process Based on 3D Laser Scanning Technology. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 36:69-71. [PMID: 32250082 DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2020.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abstract Objective To discuss the application of 3D laser scanner and computer technology in restoration of the accident scene and reconstruction of the accident process, as well as identification of the driver-passenger relationship. Methods The scene of a traffic accident, the accident vehicle and the vehicle of the same type as accident vehicle were scanned using 3D laser scanner. The accident scene, traces and accident vehicle were integrated using computer technology to restore the accident scene, and the accident process was reconstructed and analyzed by combining the characteristics of the body injuries. Results By restoring the accident scene and reconstructing the accident process with 3D laser scanner, it was determined that Wu was in the driving seat at the time of the accident. Conclusion It is more objective and scientific to use 3D laser scanning technology to restore the accident scene, reconstruct the accident process and analyze the moving track of the driver and passengers in the vehicle. It will help to improve the accuracy of forensic identification of road traffic accidents.
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- X Zhang
- School of Forensic Science, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Science, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Technical Department of Guangdong Public Security Department, Guangzhou 510050, China
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- Technical Department of Guangdong Public Security Department, Guangzhou 510050, China
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- School of Forensic Science, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Science, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Science, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.,Technical Research Center of Traffic Accident Identification in Guangdong, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Science, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Science, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Science, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.,Technical Research Center of Traffic Accident Identification in Guangdong, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Du SH, Chen XB, Zhu BF, Li DR. Status and Suggestions on Postmortem Examination during the Outbreak of COVID-19. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 36:169-173. [PMID: 32530161 DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2020.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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- S H Du
- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Chen LJ, Lian YL, Li LZ, Yue X, Qiao DF, Li DR, Wang HJ, Wang Q. Retrospective Analysis of 291 Cases of Medical Malpractice Involving Death. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 35:701-705. [PMID: 31970957 DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2019.06.010] [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: 08/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abstract Objective To study the medical malpractice cases involving death, and discuss the identification ideas and methods of medical malpractice cases. Methods A total of 291 medical malpractice cases involving death accepted and settled from January 2012 to December 2017 at the Judicial Appraisal Center of Southern Medical University were collected. Based on the age, gender, hospital level, clinical department, whether or not autopsy was performed, cause of death, cause of medical mistakes, causality and causative potency of the appraised person, statistical analysis was made. Results There were more males than females in medical malpractice cases involving death. Mostly young adults or children were involved in these cases. The number of cases involving tertiary hospitals was the highest; among the clinical departments, the internal medicine department had the largest number of cases, followed by surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, etc. Autopsy rate has a trend of increasing year by year. Most patients die from the natural outcomes of their disease or ineffective treatment. Most hospitals have certain medical mistakes, and have an indirect correlation with the patient's death, mainly slight factors. Conclusion Judicial appraisal of medical malpractice should follow the principle of "one-effect and multi-cause", and comprehensively consider various factors such as, the diseases and constitution of the patient, natural outcomes of the diseases, the current medical technology and the level of diagnosis and treatment of the hospital, etc.
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- L J Chen
- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Yang BF, Shi JZ, Li J, Pan YP, Xiao N, Yu YG, Zhang F, Wang HJ, Li DR. Expression of Cx43 and Cx45 in Cardiomyocytes of an Overworked Rat Model. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 35:567-571. [PMID: 31833290 DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2019.05.010] [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: 01/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abstract Objective To study the effect of overwork stress response on the expression of connexin 43(Cx43) and connexin 45(Cx45) in cardiomyocytes and on cardiac function. Methods The experimental animals were divided into control group, overworked 1-month group and overworked 2-month group. A overworked rat model was established by forcing swimming of overworked group. The expressions of Cx43 and Cx45 in myocardial tissues of experimental animals were detected by Western blotting, while the corresponding myocardial tissues were stained with hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining and Masson's staining, then histologically observed. Results Western blotting results showed that, compared with the control group, Cx43 expression in myocardial tissues of overworked rats decreased while Cx45 expression increased. HE staining and Masson's staining results showed that hypertrophy, rupture and interstitial fiber tissue hyperplasia were observed in myocardial fibers of overworked rats. Conclusion Overwork stress response may affect cardiac function as an independent factor and may even cause heart failure or arrhythmias and lead to death.
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- B F Yang
- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forensic Pathology, Ministry of Public Security, Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department, Guangzhou 510050, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forensic Pathology, Ministry of Public Security, Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department, Guangzhou 510050, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Yang BF, Shi JZ, Li QJ, Xia LC, Zhang F, Yu YG, Xiao N, Li DR. The Concept, Status Quo and Forensic Pathology of Karoshi. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 35:455-458. [PMID: 31532157 DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2019.04.015] [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: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abstract "Karoshi" originates from Japan's economic take-off period in the 1960s and 1970s. It is generally believed that overwork lead to the accumulation of fatigue, which triggers the outbreak of potential diseases, and results in sudden death. Karoshi causes great harm to both the community and families because it occurs primarily in 30 to 60 year old young adults. Japan put Karoshi into the category of industrial injury for the first time in 2001 and started to undertake a series of studies in the sociological and pathological fields. However, there is a tremendous gap in the forensic pathological diagnosis domain. In China, research on Karoshi started from the 1990s and is closely related to the reform and opening up policy as well as economic development. According to the incomplete statistics, 600 thousand people die from overwork each year in China, the highest in the world. Karoshi has become one of the most serious social problems in China at the present stage, thus a systematic study in the sociology and forensic pathology fields is urgently required. This paper summarizes the past and present status of Karoshi, and puts forward the problems that need attention during the judicial expertise of Karoshi from forensic pathology perspective.
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- B F Yang
- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department, Guangzhou 510050, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department, Guangzhou 510050, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Zhang Y, Wang ZY, Ji JF, Wu MH, Xie YQ, Li DR, Chen RJ, Wang QP. [The standardization of inflammation detecting methods in upper and lower airways]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2018; 31:953-956. [PMID: 29798420 DOI: 10.13201/j.issn.1001-1781.2017.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective:To investigate the standardization of inflammation detecting methods in upper and lower airways. Method:After a five year cooperation with Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases on inflammatory diseases of airways, we have found a series of evaluation methodology and normative values in upper and lower airways (NO), airway hyper reactivity and cytology (Eos). Result:The normative range of nasal and pulmonary NO is 400-900 ppb and 5-25 ppb respectively. The nasal resistance increased ≥100% and FEV1 fell ≥20% when compared with their respective baselines both illustrating a positive result. The positive value of nasal and pulmonary Eos are ≥2.00/HP and ≥2.5% respectively. Conclusion:The standardization of evaluation methods for upper and lower airway inflammation provides the methodology and research basis for follow-up studies of upper and lower airways.
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- Y Zhang
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210011, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing General Hospital of PLA
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing General Hospital of PLA
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing General Hospital of PLA
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical School, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical School, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210011, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing General Hospital of PLA
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Wang J, Jin J, Huang J, Li DR, Hao Y, Kong JD, Chu ZY, Fu JH, Huang F. [Clinical value of the early use of ulinastatin in patients with moderately severe or severe acute pancreatitis]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 97:1252-1255. [PMID: 28441856 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2017.16.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy and the effects on serum inflammatory factors of early use of ulinastatin in patients with moderately severe or severe acute pancreatitis (MSAP/SAP). Methods: This prospective, randomized, controlled trial was conducted in the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University from September 2013 to May 2016. A total of 42 cases were enrolled and assigned into either observation group or conventional treatment group (n=21 each). The conventional treatment group received somatostatin, while the observation group received somatostatin combined with ulinastatin. After treatment, clinical characteristics, serum indicators, clinical complications and serum level of inflammatory factors were analyzed. Results: Intra-abdominal pressure and relief time of abdominal pain were significantly decreased in observation group [ (10.4±2.1) cmH(2)O; (2.5±1.2) d ] compared with the conventional treatment group [ (11.7±2.2) cmH(2)O; (3.33± 1.2) d ], P<0.05. White blood cells (WBC) were lower in observation group than those in conventional treatment group [ (11.2±1.8) ×10(9)/L vs (12.5±2.3) ×10(9)/L; P<0.05 ]. After treatment serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-8 and tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α) in observation group [ (30.5±3.3), (34.7± 6.5), (22.6±4.0) μg/L] were significantly lower than those in conventional treatment group [ (39.6±4.0), (40.9±3.4), (33.1±6.6) μg/L], P<0.05. There were no differences between the two groups in modified CT severity index (MCTSI), recovery time of defecation, ICU length of stay, serum amylase, C-reactive protein (CRP) and incidence rates of clinical complications. Conclusions: The early use of ulinastatin in the patients with MSAP/SAP can down-regulated the levels of TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-8, reduce the inflammatory response, decrease intra-abdominal pressure and shorten abdominal pain time. It was beneficial and worthy of wider popularization.
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- J Wang
- Department of Surgical Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Du SH, Li DR, Wang HJ, Wang Q. [Application of RT-qPCR in the Study of Forensic Pathology]. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2017; 33:526-531. [PMID: 29275561 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2017.05.017] [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: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Reverse transcription quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) is a convenient and highly efficient method for the detection of mRNA in tissues or body fluid samples. It has the characteristics of easy operation, high sensitivity and specificity, etc. With a wide application in medicine, biology and other fields, RT-qPCR technique has made some progresses in the research field of forensic pathology. This paper reviews the application value of RT-qPCR in the study of forensic pathology and current situation, as well as the research progress at home and abroad reviews. It also summarizes the notes of samples extraction, RT-qPCR experiments and data processing, which aims to provide reference for the forensic research and its application.
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- S H Du
- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Ye HL, Li DR, Yang JS, Chen DF, De Vos S, Vuylsteke M, Sorgeloos P, Van Stappen G, Bossier P, Nagasawa H, Yang WJ. Molecular characterization and functional analyses of a diapause hormone receptor-like gene in parthenogenetic Artemia. Peptides 2017; 90:100-110. [PMID: 28174072 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2017.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2016] [Revised: 01/19/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In arthropods, mature females under certain conditions produce and release encysted gastrula embryos that enter diapause, a state of obligate dormancy. The process is presumably regulated by diapause hormone (DH) and diapause hormone receptor (DHR) that were identified in the silkworm, Bombyx mori and other insects. However, the molecular structure and function of DHR in crustaceans remains unknown. Here, a DHR-like gene from parthenogenetic Artemia (Ar-DHR) was isolated and sequenced. The cDNA sequence consists of 1410bp with a 1260-bp open reading frame encoding a protein consisting of 420 amino acid residues. The results of real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) and Western blot analysis showed that the mRNA and protein of Ar-DHR were mainly expressed at the diapause stage. Furthermore, we found that Ar-DHR was located on the cell membrane of the pre-diapause cyst but in the cytoplasm of the diapause cyst by analysis of immunofluorescence. In vivo knockdown of Ar-DHR by RNA interference (RNAi) and antiserum neutralization consistently inhibited diapause cysts formation. The results indicated that Ar-DHR plays an important role in the induction and maintenance of embryonic diapause in Artemia. Thus, our findings provide an insight into the regulation of diapause formation in Artemia and the function of Ar-DHR.
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- Hui-Li Ye
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China.
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Li DR, Ye HL, Yang JS, Yang F, Wang MR, De Vos S, Vuylsteke M, Sorgeloos P, Van Stappen G, Bossier P, Yang WJ. Identification and characterization of a Masculinizer (Masc) gene involved in sex differentiation in Artemia. Gene 2017; 614:56-64. [PMID: 28300613 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 12/01/2016] [Revised: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The sex of relatively primitive animals such as invertebrates is mostly determined by environmental factors and chromosome ploidy. Heteromorphic chromosomes may also play an important role, as in the ZW system in lepidopterans. However, the mechanisms of these various sex determination systems are still largely undefined. In the present study, a Masculinizer gene (Ar-Masc) was identified in the crustacean Artemia franciscana Kellogg 1906. Sequence analysis revealed that the 1140-bp full-length open reading frame of Ar-Masc encodes a 380-aa protein containing two CCCH-type zinc finger domains having a high degree of shared identities with the MASC protein characterized in the silkworm Bombyx mori, which has been determined to participate in the production of male-specific splice variants. Furthermore, although Ar-Masc could be detected in almost all stages in both sexual and parthenogenetic Artemia, there were significant variations in expression between these two reproductive modes. Firstly, qRT-PCR and Western blot analysis showed that levels of both Ar-Masc mRNA and protein in sexual nauplii were much higher than in parthenogenetic nauplii throughout the hatching process. Secondly, both sexual and parthenogenetic Artemia had decreased levels of Ar-Masc along with the embryonic developmental stages, while the sexual ones had a relatively higher and more stable expression than those of parthenogenetic ones. Thirdly, immunofluorescence analysis determined that sexual individuals had higher levels of Ar-MASC protein than parthenogenetic individuals during embryonic development. Lastly, RNA interference with dsRNA showed that gene silencing of Ar-Masc in sexual A. franciscana caused the female-male ratio of progeny to be 2.19:1. These data suggest that Ar-Masc participates in the process of sex determination in A. franciscana, and provide insight into the evolution of sex determination in sexual organisms.
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- Dong-Rui Li
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aqua-Ecology and Aquaculture, Department of Fisheries Science, Tianjin Agricultural University, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture &Artemia Reference center, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture &Artemia Reference center, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture &Artemia Reference center, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture &Artemia Reference center, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture &Artemia Reference center, Ghent University, Belgium
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, People's Republic of China.
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Zhao BB, Yang ZJ, Wang Q, Pan ZM, Zhang W, Li DR, Li L. [Establishment and verification of detecting multiple biomarkers for ovarian cancer by suspension array technology]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2016; 51:765-772. [PMID: 27788745 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-567x.2016.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: Establish and validation of combined detecting of CCL18, CXCL1, C1D, TM4SF1, FXR1, TIZ suspension array technology. Methods: (1)CCL18, CXCL1 monoclonal antibody and C1D, TM4SF1, FXR1, TIZ protein were coupled with polyethylene microspheres. Biotinylated CCL18, CXCL1 polyclonal antibody and sheep anti-human IgG polyclonal antibody were prepared simultaneously. The best packaged concentrations of CCL18, CXCL1 monoclonal antibody and C1D, TM4SF1, FXR1, TIZ antigens were optimized. The best packaged concentrations of CCL18, CXCL1 polyclonal antibodys and C1D, TM4SF1, FXR1, TIZ sheep anti-human IgG polyclonal antibody were optimized to establish a stable detected suspension array.(2)Sixty patients confirmed by pathological examination with ovarian cancer(ovarian cancer group)which treated in Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, 30 patients with ovarian benign tumor(benign group)and 30 cases of healthy women(control group)were chosen between September 2003 and December 2003. Suspension array technology and ELISA method were used to detect expression of CCL18, CXCL1 antigen and C1D, TM4SF1, FXR1 and TIZ IgG autoantibody contented in 3 groups of serum, then to compare the diagnostic efficiency and diagnostic accuracy of two methods(coefficient of variation between batch and batch). Results: (1)This research successfully established stable detecting system of CCL18, CXCL1, C1D, TM4SF1, FXR1 and TIZ IgG autoantibody. The best concentration of CCL18, CXCL1 monoclonal antibody and C1D, TM4SF1, FXR1, TIZ antigen package were 8, 8, 12, 8, 4 and 8 μg/ml; the best detection of CCL18, CXCL1 biotin polyclonal antibody and C1D, TM4SF1, FXR1, TIZ sheep anti-huamne IgG polyclonal antibody were respectively 4, 2, 2, 4, 4 and 2 μg/ml.(2)Suspension array technology and ELISA method were used to detect CCL18, CXCL1 antigen and C1D, TM4SF1, FXR1, TIZ IgG autoantibody of three groups in serum were similar(P>0.05).(3)The comparison of two methods in the diagnosis of efficiency: the diagnostic accuracy of two methods were 99.2%(119/120)and 94.2%(113/120), the difference was statistically significant(P=0.031). The sensitivity of the diagnosis of ovarian cancer of two methods were 100.0%(60/60)and 93.3%(56/60), specific degrees were 100.0%(59/59)and 93.4%(57/61), positive predictive value was 100.0%(60/60)and 93.3%(56/60), negative predictive value was 98.3%(59/60)and 95.0%(57/60), the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).(4)The detected results of CCL18, CXCL1 antigen and C1D, TM4SF1, FXR1, TIZ IgG autoantibody shown that the diagnostic accuracy of suspension array technology was superior to those of ELISA method(all P<0.05). Conclusion: The study has established the stable detection of suspension array technology, and the diagnostic efficiency and diagnostic accuracy was much better than that by ELISA.
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- B B Zhao
- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Laboratory of Early Prevention and Treatment for Regional High Frequency Tumor Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, Nanning 530021, China
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Woo DV, Li DR, Brady LW, Emrich J, Mattis J, Steplewski Z. Auger electron damage induced by radioiodinated iodine-125 monoclonal antibodies. Front Radiat Ther Oncol 2015; 24:47-63; discussion 64-8. [PMID: 1692801 DOI: 10.1159/000417768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- D V Woo
- Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pa
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OBJECTIVE This literature review aims to summarize the methods of isolation, expansion, differentiation and preservation of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUCMSCs), for comprehensive understanding and practical use in preclinical research and clinical trials. DATA SOURCES All the literature reviewed was published over the last 10 years and is listed in PubMed and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). Studies were retrieved using the key word "human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells". RESULTS Explants culture and enzymatic digestion are two methods to isolate hUCMSCs from WJ and there are modifications to improve these methods. Culture conditions may affect the expansion and differentiating orientations of hUCMSCs. In addition, hUCMSCs can maintain their multi-potential effects after being properly frozen and thawed. CONCLUSION Considering their multi-potential, convenient and non-invasive accessibility, low immunogenicity and the reported therapeutic effects in several different preclinical animal models, hUCMSCs have immense scope in regeneration medicine as a substitute for MSCs derived from bone marrow or umbilical cord blood.
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- Dong-Rui Li
- Department of Surgery, Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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Li DR, Qin GS, Wei YM, Lu FH, Huang QS, Jiang HS, Shi DS, Shi ZD. Immunisation against inhibin enhances follicular development, oocyte maturation and superovulatory response in water buffaloes. Reprod Fertil Dev 2011; 23:788-97. [PMID: 21791180 DOI: 10.1071/rd10279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2010] [Accepted: 03/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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This study was carried out to test the feasibility of enhancing embryo production in vivo and in vitro by immunoneutralisation against inhibin or follistatin. In Experiment 1, multi-parity buffaloes were assigned into three groups: High group (n=8), which received one primary (2mg) and two booster (1mg) vaccinations (28-day intervals) with a recombinant inhibin α subunit in 1 mL of white oil adjuvant; Low group (n=8), which received half that dose; and Control group (n=7), which received only adjuvant. Immunisation against inhibin stimulated development of ovarian follicles. Following superovulation and artificial insemination, inhibin-immunised buffaloes had more developing follicles than the Control buffaloes. The average number of embryos and unfertilised ova (4.5±0.6, n=6) in the High group was higher (P<0.05) than in the Control group (2.8±0.6, n=5) and was intermediate (4.1±0.7, n=7) in the Low group. The pooled number of transferable embryos of the High and Low groups (3.2±0.5, n=13) was also higher (P<0.05) than that (1.6±0.7, n=5) of the controls. The immunised groups also had higher plasma concentrations of activin, oestradiol and progesterone. In Experiment 2, the addition of anti-inhibin or anti-follistatin antibodies into buffalo oocyte IVM maturation medium significantly improved oocyte maturation and cleavage rates following parthenogenic activation. Treatment with anti-follistatin antibody also doubled the blastocyst yield from activated embryos. These results demonstrated that immunisation against inhibin stimulated follicular development, enhanced oocyte quality and maturation competence, yielded more and better embryos both in vivo and in vitro.
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- D R Li
- College of Animal Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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Cai C, Li DR, Zeng QS, Zhong SQ, Zhong NS. Prolonged fever, dyspnoea and diffuse pleural thickening in a 20-year-old man. Case Reports 2009; 2009:bcr12.2008.1337. [DOI: 10.1136/bcr.12.2008.1337] [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] Open
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Cai C, Li DR, Zeng QS, Zhong SQ, Zhong NS. Prolonged fever, dyspnoea and diffuse pleural thickening in a 20-year-old man. Pleuropulmonary sarcoidosis. Thorax 2007; 62:622, 637. [PMID: 17600293 PMCID: PMC2117250 DOI: 10.1136/thx.2007.081232] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- C Cai
- Department of Pulmonology, General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, No 111 Liuhua Rd, Guangzhou, China 510010.
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Xie LX, Lin XH, Li DR, Chen JY, Hong CQ, Du CW. Synergistic therapeutic effect of arsenic trioxide and radiotherapy in BALB/C nude mice bearing nasopharyngeal carcinoma xenografts. Exp Oncol 2007; 29:45-8. [PMID: 17431388 DOI: pmid/17431388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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UNLABELLED It has been shown that arsenic trioxide (ATO) induced apoptosis in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells and inhibited the growth of nasopharyngeal carcinoma xenografts (NPCX) in nude mice. AIM The present study was designed to determine whether ATO at the non-toxic dose level could potentiate the therapeutic effectiveness of radiation therapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, using a BALB/C nude mouse xenograft model. METHODS The mice bearing NPCX were treated with radiation alone (2, 4, and 6 Gy), ATO alone (4 mg/kg/day x 6 days), and ATO plus radiation at the same dosage levels. Time of tumor growth delay (defined as the time necessary for the tumor to grow four-fold of its initial volume after, compared with untreated tumors) and toxic effects were determined. RESULTS The low dose ATO alone has no pronounced effects on tumor growth delay compared to untreated control. However, compared with radiation alone, the combined regimen delayed the tumor growth by 2-10 days and had no significant toxic effects such as the liver function damage. CONCLUSIONS Combination of ATO at non-toxic dose level and radiation has synergistic effects on tumor growth inhibition in vivo and is well tolerated.
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- L X Xie
- Laboratory of Cancer Research, Tumor Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
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Du CW, Wen BG, Li DR, Peng X, Hong CQ, Chen JY, Lin ZZ, Hong X, Lin YC, Xie LX, Wu MY, Zhang H. Arsenic trioxide reduces the invasive and metastatic properties of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells in vitro. Braz J Med Biol Res 2006; 39:677-85. [PMID: 16648906 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2006000500015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is notorious for the metastases, which are in close association with Epstein-Barr virus-encoded latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1). Arsenic trioxide (As2O3) has been shown to induce apoptosis and differentiation in NPC xenografts. Then, can it repress the cancer cells' metastasis potential? To elucidate this issue, the present study was performed. LMP1-negative cell line HNE1 and LMP1-positive cell line HNE1-LMP1 were used as in vitro model. Cells (1 x 10(5)/mL) were cultured with or without 3 microM As2O3 for 48 h. Then the survival cells were collected to investigate their potential of colony formation, attachment, invasion, and migration. Both confocal immunofluorescence staining and Western blot were used to detect the changes of LMP1 expression. The changes of MMP-9 were examined by RT-PCR assay and Western blot. The results were as follow: i) the colony formation inhibition rate (75.41 +/- 3.9% in HNE1-LMP1 cells vs 37.89 +/- 4.9% in HNE1 cells), the rate of attachment (HNE1-LMP1 vs HNE1: 56.40 +/- 3.5 vs 65.87 +/- 5.9%), the invasion inhibitory rate (HNE1-LMP1 vs HNE1: 56.50 +/- 3.7 and 27.91 +/- 2.1%), and the migration inhibitory rate (HNE1-LMP1 vs HNE1: 48.70 +/- 3.9 vs 29.19 +/- 6.27%) were all significantly different between the two cell lines (P < 0.01). ii) LMP1 was down-regulated in As2O3-treated HNE1-LMP1 cells. iii) The reduction of MMP-9 was found in As2O3-treated groups, more evident in HNE1-LMP1 cells. Thus, we conclude that As2O3 can reduce metastasis potential of NPC cells, involving inhibition of MMP-9 expression. LMP1 were also reduced in this process and seemed to enhance anti-metastasis activity of As2O3.
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- C W Du
- Laboratory of Cancer Research, Cancer Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Guang Dong, PR, China
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Du CW, Wen BG, Li DR, Lin YC, Zheng YW, Chen L, Chen JY, Lin W, Wu MY. Latent membrane protein-1 of Epstein - Barr virus increases sensitivity to arsenic trioxide-induced apoptosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell. Exp Oncol 2005; 27:267-72. [PMID: 16404345 DOI: pmid/16404345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Epstein - Barr virus (EBV)-encoded LMP1 is suggested to have an important role in the pathogenesis and development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Our previous study showed that As2O3 exhibited growth inhibition of NPC in animal model. Here, we further explore whether LMP1 is involved in As2O3 anticancer effects in NPC cell line. METHODS Both the stable expressing LMP1 cell line HNE1-LMP1 and its parental cell line HNE1 without LMP1 expression were used as in vitro models to assess arsenic trioxide effect. Both cell lines were treated with As2O3 for 72 h. The median inhibition concentration (IC50) was assessed by the MTT assay. Apoptosis was observed by phase-contrast microscopy and TUNEL staining. The alteration of telomere lengths was detected by Southern blotting. RESULTS IC50 for As2O3 in HNE1-LMP1 cells and HNE1 cells was 2.22 and 5.09 micromol/L, respectively. After exposure to 2 and 4 micromol/L As2O3 for 72 h, the apoptotic index in HNE1-LMP1 was 26.27 -/+ 1.3 and 49.13 -/+ 1.4%, respectively. On the contrary, in HNE1 cells the apoptotic index was 12.6 -/+ 0.9 and 33.20 -/+ 1.3%, respectively. As compared with parental cell line HNE1, HNE1-LMP1 cells were more sensitive to growth inhibition and apoptosis (p < 0.001). The elongation of telomere length was also found in HNE1-LMP1 cells. Meanwhile, longer telomeres in HNE1-LMP1 cells failed to maintain telomere stabilization, instead, it prone to be shortened when exposure to As2O3, as comparing with HNE1 cells. CONCLUSION LMP1 plays important role in enhancing NPC cell response to As2O3. The elongation of telomere length induced by LMP1 may contribute to the mechanisms of As2O3 sensitivity.
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- C W Du
- Laboratory of Cancer Research, Cancer Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515031, P.R. China
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Hu SP, Day NE, Li DR, Luben RN, Cai KL, Ou-Yang T, Li B, Lu XZ, Ponder BAJ. Further evidence for an HLA-related recessive mutation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma among the Chinese. Br J Cancer 2005; 92:967-70. [PMID: 15726104 PMCID: PMC2361898 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2004] [Revised: 11/22/2004] [Accepted: 12/01/2004] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We typed 247 cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), a disease predominantly of the southern Chinese, and 274 controls from the Chao Shan region of China's Guangdong province for HLA A and B. Besides confirming the established associations with A2, A33, B46 and B58 (positive associations) and A11 (negative association), the results demonstrated a number of rarer alleles with strong negative association with NPC. Our data, combined with those from the previous studies in Southern Chinese, displayed the protective effects for A31 (odds ratio (OR)=0.0; 95% confidence interval (CI)=0-0.11), B13 (OR=0.50; 95% CI=0.35-0.69), B27 (OR=0.49; 95% CI=0.25-0.92), B39 (OR=0.18; 95% CI=0.06-0.48) and B55 (OR=0.32; 95% CI=0.14-0.68), the ORs comparing individuals with or without each allele. Other ethnic groups do not display such large HLA-associated variation in NPC risk. We show that a linked NPC gene with dominant mode of action could not generate such large protective effects. The results provide strong supporting evidence for the existence of a southern Chinese specific, recessive NPC gene closely linked to the HLA region as a major determinant of the Chinese risk for the disease.
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- S P Hu
- Center for Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Xin Ling Road, Shantou 515031, People's Republic of China
- Center for Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Xin Ling Road, Shantou 515031, People's Republic of China. E-mails:
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- Departments of Public Health and Oncology, Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Wort's Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
- Departments of Public Health and Oncology, Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Wort's Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK.
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- Tumor Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Rao Ping Road, Shantou 515031, People's Republic of China
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- Departments of Public Health and Oncology, Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Wort's Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Health Care, First Affiliated Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Chang Ping Road, Shantou 515041, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Xin Ling Road, Shantou 515031, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Xin Ling Road, Shantou 515031, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Xin Ling Road, Shantou 515031, People's Republic of China
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- Departments of Public Health and Oncology, Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Wort's Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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This article reports an autopsy case of sudden death of an infant with an infrequent encephalopathy involving epileptic episodes. The infant was a 1-year and 10-month-old boy, who had a history of the first convulsive seizures in the third month after birth. The clinical diagnosis was described as 'an early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression-bursts' (Ohtahara syndrome). On a winter day, he was collapsed following a high fever and was already dead on the arrival at a hospital. The body was small for the age and poorly nourished. The autopsy and postmortem magnetic resonance imaging scan (MRI) of formalin-fixed brain revealed advanced unsymmetric brain atrophy with cortical dysplasia, which were prominent in the left temporal and right occipital lobes, and sclerotic atrophy of the parahippocampal gyri, additionally showing a feature of the olivo-ponto-cerebellar atrophy. However, the cause of death was pathologically and microbiologically determined as bacterial bronchopneumonia following pulmonary infection of the influenza A virus. In sudden death cases of physically handicapped infants, the investigation of viral infection in consideration of an epidemiological survey is important even when the death can be pathomorphologically explained.
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- L Quan
- Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-machi 1-4-3, Abeno, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
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Su M, Lu SM, Tian DP, Zhao H, Li XY, Li DR, Zheng ZC. Relationship between ABO blood groups and carcinoma of esophagus and cardia in Chaoshan inhabitants of China. World J Gastroenterol 2001; 7:657-61. [PMID: 11819849 PMCID: PMC4695569 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v7.i5.657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2001] [Revised: 07/06/2001] [Accepted: 07/18/2001] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM To study the relationship between ABO blood groups and carcinoma of esophagus and cardia in Chaoshan inhabitants of China, which is a unique Littoral high-risk area of esophageal carcinoma in China. The poor communication and transportation in the past has made Chaoshan a relatively closed area and kept its culture and custure of old China thousand years ago. METHODS Data on age, sex, ABO blood type and X-ray or pathological diagnose of the patients with carcinoma of esophagus or cardia were collected from the Tumor Hospital. First Affiliated Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College; and the Central Hospital of Shantou and the Central Hospital of Jieyang. A total of 6685 patients with esophageal carcinoma (EC) and 2955 patients with cardiac cancer (CC) in Chaoshan district were retrospectively assessed for their association with ABO blood groups. RESULTS The distribution of ABO blood groups in patients with EC or CC was similar to the normal local population in Chaoshan. However, blood group B in male patients with CC and in the patients with carcinoma in the upper third esophagus was 2.3% and 4.7% higher than the corresponding controls. The relative risk B O was 1.1415 (P<0.05) and 1.2696 (P<0.05), respectively. No relationship was found between ABO blood groups and tumor differentiation. CONCLUSION ABO blood group B is associated with the incidence of CC in male individuals and carcinoma in the upper third esophagus. The distribution of ABO blood groups varies in the different geographical and ethnic groups. As a result, proper controls are very important for such studies.
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- Department of Pathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515031,China.
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Zhu BL, Ishida K, Oritani S, Quan L, Taniguchi M, Li DR, Fujita MQ, Maeda H. Immunohistochemical investigation of pulmonary surfactant-associated protein A in fire victims. Leg Med (Tokyo) 2001; 3:23-8. [PMID: 12935729 DOI: 10.1016/s1344-6223(01)00006-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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To evaluate the forensic pathological significance of the immunohistochemical distribution of pulmonary surfactant-associated protein A (SP-A) in determining the cause of death in fires, 57 fire victims were examined by scoring the staining intensity. The highest SP-A score with dense granular deposits (aggregates) in the intra-alveolar space was frequently observed in cases with a lower blood carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) level (<60%). The SP-A score was relatively low in carbon monoxide intoxication due to causes other than fires. High SP-A scores showed a relation to the serum level and in part related to the bloody exudate in the lower airway. These observations suggested that the increase in SP-A in fire victims may be mainly related to pulmonary alveolar injury due to the inhalation of hot air and/or irritant gases rather than hypoxia.
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- B L Zhu
- Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-machi 1-4-3, Abeno, 545-8585 Osaka, Japan.
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Lin ZX, Li DR, Chen ZJ, Zheng MZ, Shi YY, Lin BH, Kapp DS, Hoppe RT. What is the significance of nasal involvement in nasopharyngeal carcinoma? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1999; 45:907-14. [PMID: 10571197 DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(99)00297-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to differentiate the patterns of nasal fossa involvement in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and to clarify its prognostic influence on local control and survival after radiation therapy. METHODS AND MATERIALS Between November 1989 and July 1991, 218 patients with histologically proven local-regional NPC were treated with radiotherapy following the protocol at the Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Shantou University School of Medicine. All patients had pretreatment CT scans. Fiberoptic endoscopic examination was performed every week during treatment and at the time of every follow-up visit to define the initial extent of disease and to evaluate treatment response. No chemotherapy or brachytherapy was given. RESULTS Of the 218 patients, 87 had nasal involvement. Sixty of them had a pattern of mucosal infiltration (MI), another 27 had an exophytic protruding (EP) component. The likelihood of residual disease after irradiation, the local relapse rate, 5-year freedom from progression rate (FFP), and death rate associated with local relapse (DRALR) of MI and EP were 36.7% vs. 3.7%, 30.0% vs. 7.4%, 26.7% vs. 51.8%, and 25.0% vs. 3.7% with p<0.004, p<0.005, p<0.02, and p<0.03, respectively. Multivariate analysis in this selected group demonstrated that infiltration of nasal fossa mucosa was an independent prognostic factor on primary control and freedom from progression. CONCLUSION Differentiation of nasal fossa involvement according to MI or EP is of value in predicting the outcome of treatment. We suggest that only the MI group should be considered as nasal involvement in the staging of NPC.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Shantou University School of Medicine, People's Republic of China.
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Li DR, Liu ZH, Zhang ZQ. [Studies on quality of drinking water and causes of liver cancer in a high-incidence area]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 1994; 28:24-6. [PMID: 8082455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Quality of drinking water was comprehensively studied in Fusui County of Guangxi, a high-incidence area for liver cancer. The results indicated pond water was polluted the most severely, well water the least, and river water intermediately. The chemical indicators for water pollution were levels of ammonia, nitrite, humic acid, suspended substances, chemical oxygen demand, and biological oxygen demand. Quality of drinking water was worse in high incidence area for liver cancer than that in low-incidence one. Mortality of liver cancer correlated positively with the levels of nitrite, humic acid, chemical oxygen demand, and so on. These results provided a basis for further studies on the etiology of liver cancer.
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- D R Li
- Guangxi Cancer Institute, Nanning
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This paper describes isolation and identification of a virus (termed strain 87A) which has the cytopathic effect and haemagglutination properties of hepatitis E virus (HEV). This virus was isolated by tissue culture from the faeces of a patient with acute non-A, non-B enteric hepatitis in Xinjiang, China. The isolated virus was neutralized by acute phase sera obtained from other patients with acute non-A, non-B enteric hepatitis. The virus particles also could be specifically aggregated with acute phase sera from patients with known HEV hepatitis in China, Burma, India and the U.S.S.R., and with acute and convalescent sera from an HEV-infected chimpanzee. Crystalline arrangements of virus particles in the cytoplasm were observed by electron microscopy in ultrathin sections of infected cells. The sedimentation coefficient of the strain 87A virus particles in sucrose gradients was 176S. Purified virus particles revealed a protein band of about 76K on SDS-PAGE and Western blotting. The evidence indicates that the strain 87A virus is an HEV. Our ability to propagate HEV in cell culture should facilitate research on this hepatotropic virus.
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- R T Huang
- Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China
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Liu ZH, Tu WS, Li DR, Li YD, Xie CH, Yang YZ, Qin BB. A new method for the quantitation of aflatoxin M1 in urine by high performance liquid chromatography and its application to the etiologic study of hepatoma. Biomed Chromatogr 1990; 4:83-6. [PMID: 2161690 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.1130040210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for the analysis of aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in urine is described. Urine samples were treated with saturated lead acetate and AFM1 was extracted with chloroform. After washing with water to remove impurities the compound was derivatized with trifluoroacetic acid and the AFM1 derivative was analyzed quantitatively by HPLC. The sample pretreatment is simple and more selective. A good line correlation between AFM1 peak height and its concentration was obtained when AFM1 content was in the range of 50-400 pg. The ratio of recovery was 87.42%. Sensitivity is 0.01 ppb. The method is applicable to trace analysis. Results in urine of residents who live in the high/low liver cancer incidence area in Fushui county were the same as that of previous epidemiological investigation.
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- Z H Liu
- Guangxi Cancer Institute, Nanning, China
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Wen YX, Ai CX, Zhang YG, Li DR, Xu ZH, Qiu GC, Li DY, Shi ZX, Zhao JH, Cheng ZQ. [Spirochetes isolated from the blood of three cases of Lyme disease with neurologic abnormalities]. Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao 1988; 28:275-8. [PMID: 3250099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Zhu GF, Li ZD, Li DR, Hong SF, Yu CZ, Song GC, He JF, Pan CH. Some biological properties of virus strains isolated from hemorrhagic fever patients with renal syndrome. Chin Med J (Engl) 1986; 99:653-6. [PMID: 2879712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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