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Luo Y, Mischna MA, Lin JC, Fasoli B, Cai X, Yung YL. Mars Methane Sources in Northwestern Gale Crater Inferred From Back Trajectory Modeling. Earth Space Sci 2021; 8:e2021EA001915. [PMID: 35860450 PMCID: PMC9285602 DOI: 10.1029/2021ea001915] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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During its first seven years of operation, the Sample Analysis at Mars Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS) on board the Curiosity rover has detected seven methane spikes above a low background abundance in Gale crater. The methane spikes are likely sourced by surface emission within or around Gale crater. Here, we use inverse Lagrangian modeling techniques to identify upstream emission regions on the Martian surface for these methane spikes at an unprecedented spatial resolution. Inside Gale crater, the northwestern crater floor casts the strongest influence on the detections. Outside Gale crater, the upstream regions common to all the methane spikes extend toward the north. The contrasting results from two consecutive TLS methane measurements performed on the same sol point to an active emission site to the west or the southwest of the Curiosity rover on the northwestern crater floor. The observed spike magnitude and frequency also favor emission sites on the northwestern crater floor, unless there are fast methane removal mechanisms at work, or either the methane spikes of TLS or the non-detections of ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter cannot be trusted.
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- Y. Luo
- Division of Geological and Planetary SciencesCalifornia Institute of TechnologyPasadenaCAUSA
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- Jet Propulsion LaboratoryCalifornia Institute of TechnologyPasadenaCAUSA
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- Department of Atmospheric SciencesUniversity of UtahSalt Lake CityUTUSA
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- Department of Atmospheric SciencesUniversity of UtahSalt Lake CityUTUSA
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- Columbia UniversityNew YorkNYUSA
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- Division of Geological and Planetary SciencesCalifornia Institute of TechnologyPasadenaCAUSA
- Jet Propulsion LaboratoryCalifornia Institute of TechnologyPasadenaCAUSA
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Hsieh YC, Liao YC, Li CH, Lin JC, Weng CJ, Lin CC, Lo CP, Huang KC, Huang JL, Lin CH, Wu TJ, Sheu WH. P5644Hypoglycemic episodes increase the risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac arrest in patients with type 2 diabetes - a nationwide cohort study. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz746.0587] [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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Background
Hypoglycemic episode (HE) increases the risk of cardiovascular mortality. The impact of HE on the risk of sudden death remains unclear. We hypothesized that HE increases the risks of ventricular arrhythmia (VA) and sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), and that anti-diabetic agents (ADAs) causing hypoglycemia also increase the risks of VA and SCA.
Methods
Patients aged ≥20 years with newly diagnosed diabetes were identified from the Taiwan National Insurance Database. HE was defined as the presentation of hypoglycemic coma or specified/unspecified hypoglycemia. For control group, we included diabetic patients without HE, and they were frequency-matched to the HE group at a 4:1 ratio. The primary outcome was the occurrence of any event of VA (including ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation) and SCA during the defined follow-up periods. Multivariate Cox hazards regression model was used to evaluate the hazard ratio (HR) for VA or SCA.
Results
A total of 54,303 diabetic patients were screened with 1,037 of them in the HE group, and 4,148 in the control group. During a mean follow-up period of 3.3±2.5 years, 29 VA/SCA events had occurred. Compared to the control group, the HE group had a higher incidence of VA/SCA (adjusted HR: 2.42, p=0.04). Diabetic patients medicated with insulin for glycemic control increased the risk of VA/SCA compared to those without insulin (adjusted HR: 3.05, p=0.01).
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Conclusions
HEs in patients with diabetes increased the risks of VA and SCA compared to those without. Their use of insulin also independently increased the risk of VA/SCA.
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- Y C Hsieh
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Cardiovascular Center, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Cardiovascular Center, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Cardiovascular Center, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Chiayi Branch, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Cardiovascular Center, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Department of Medical Research, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Providence University, Department of Financial Engineering, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Providence University, Department of Financial Engineering, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Cardiovascular Center, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Department of Medical Research, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Cardiovascular Center, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
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Hsieh YC, Li CH, Liao YC, Lin JC, Weng CJ, Lin SF, Huang JL, Wu TJ. P2564Levosimendan shortens action potential duration, decreases alternans threshold and prevents ventricular arrhythmia during therapeutic hypothermia in isolated rabbit hearts. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) increases the susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias (VA) by prolonging action potential duration (APD) and facilitating arrhythmogenic spatially discordant alternans (SDA). The calcium sensitizer levosimendan has been reported to shorten APD by enhancing ATP-sensitive K current. We hypothesize that levosimendan might shorten the already prolonged APD during TH, decreasing SDA threshold, and prevent the occurrence of VA.
Methods
Langendorff-perfused isolated rabbit hearts were subjected to 15-min TH (30°C) followed by 30-min treatment with levosimendan (0.5 μM, n=9) or vehicle (n=8). Using an optical mapping system, epicardial APD was evaluated by S1 pacing. SDA threshold was defined as the longest pacing cycle length (PCL) that induced SDA phenomenon. Ventricular fibrillation (VF) inducibility was evaluated by burst pacing for 30 s using the shortest PCL that achieved 1:1 ventricular capture.
Results
Levosimendan shortened the ventricular APD (at PCL 300 ms, from 229±9 ms to 211±18 ms, p=0.02) and decrease the SDA threshold (from 327±88 ms to 311±68 ms, p=0.001) during TH. The VF inducibility was decreased by levosimendan from 39±30% at 30°C to 14±12% after levosimendan infusion. In control hearts, the APD (p=0.75), SDA threshold (p=ns) and VF inducibility (p=0.12) were not changed by vehicle during TH.
Conclusions
Levosimendan protects the hearts against VA during TH by shortening APD and decreasing SDA threshold. Enhancing ATP-sensitive K current with levosimendan might be a novel approach to prevent VA during TH.
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- Y C Hsieh
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Chiayi Branch, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Chiayi Branch, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- National Chiao Tung University, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Liu SA, Wang CC, Jiang RS, Wang WY, Lin JC. Genetic analysis of surgical margins in oral cavity cancer. Br J Surg 2018; 105:e142-e149. [PMID: 29341160 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Revised: 08/05/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND A histological, tumour-free surgical margin does not guarantee recurrence-free survival in patients with cancer. This study investigated the association between microsatellite alteration in tumour-free surgical margins and local recurrence in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. METHODS Patients with histologically confirmed oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma were enrolled in this prospective study. Cancerous specimens, corresponding surgical margins and peripheral blood were obtained. Microsatellite alteration was investigated using six dinucleotide microsatellite markers. All samples were amplified by PCR, followed by automatic fragment analysis. RESULTS Microsatellite alteration was identified in 100 specimens (69·0 per cent) from 145 patients. Among them, 85 specimens carried loss of heterozygosity, whereas 55 had microsatellite instability (MSI). Patients with MSI at the surgical margin had a higher risk of local recurrence on multivariable analysis (odds ratio 7·17, 95 per cent c.i. 3·49 to 14·73). CONCLUSION Molecular assessment of surgical margins can help identify patients at risk of local recurrence.
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- S A Liu
- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taichung, Taiwan.,Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, HungKuang University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Kan XC, Wang BS, Zhang L, Zu L, Lin S, Lin JC, Tong P, Song WH, Sun YP. Critical behavior in tetragonal antiperovskite GeNFe 3 with a frustrated ferromagnetic state. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:13703-13709. [PMID: 28497140 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp08020k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Tetragonal GeNFe3 has a second-order ferromagnetic (FM) to paramagnetic transition at 76 K. Our integrated investigations indicate that the ground FM state is frustrated and the tetragonal symmetry is retained below 550 K based on the results of variable temperature X-ray diffraction. Critical behavior was analyzed by a systematic bulk magnetization study. The estimated critical exponents by three different methods (modified Arrott plot, the Kouvel-Fisher method, and critical isotherm analysis) conformably suggest that long-range magnetic coupling described by mean-field (MF) theoretical model is dominant in GeNFe3. The experimental M-T-H data collapse into two independent branches according to the scaling equations m = f±(h) with the renormalized magnetization m = ε-βM(H, ε) and the magnetic field h = Hε-(β+γ). The exchange distance is estimated as J(r) ∼ r-4.8 on the basis of the β and γ values, which lies between the long-range MF model (r-4.5) and the short-range 3D Heisenberg (3DH) model (r-5). Our results indicate that the competition between local magnetic moments of iron 3d electronic state and itinerant covalent interactions of N-Fe bonds should be responsible for critical behavior in this system.
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- X C Kan
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China.
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Yang C, Qu BY, Pan SS, Zhang L, Zhang RR, Tong P, Xiao RC, Lin JC, Guo XG, Zhang K, Tong HY, Lu WJ, Wu Y, Lin S, Song WH, Sun YP. Large Positive Thermal Expansion and Small Band Gap in Double-ReO 3-Type Compound NaSbF 6. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:4990-4995. [PMID: 28406625 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Double-ReO3-type structure compound NaSbF6 undergoes a low-temperature rhombohedral to high-temperature cubic phase between 303 and 323 K, as revealed by temperature-dependent X-ray diffractions. Although many double-ReO3-type fluorides exhibit either low thermal expansion or negative thermal expansion (NTE), NaSbF6 exhibits positive thermal expansion (PTE) with a large volumetric coefficient of thermal expansion, αv = 62 ppm/K, in its cubic phase. Raman spectroscopy reveals that the low-frequency transverse vibration of fluorine atoms is stiffened in NaSbF6, compared with the typical NTE compound CaZrF6 with the same structure. The related weak contraction associated with the polyhedral rocking would be overcome by the notable elongation of the Na-F bond length on heating, thus leading to the large volumetric PTE. Unlike ScF3 and CaZrF6 which are insulators with a wide band gap, a relative small band gap of 3.76 eV was observed in NaSbF6. The small band gap can be attributed to the hybridization between the Sb 5s and F 2p orbitals.
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- C Yang
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China.,University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Amorphous Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology , Hefei 230009, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China.,University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China.,University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China.,University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China.,University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China.,High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
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Lin JC, Chang RL, Chen YF, Yang JJ, Baskaran R, Chung LC, Chen RJ, Day CH, Vijaya Padma V, Huang CY. β-Catenin overexpression causes an increase in inflammatory cytokines and NF-κB activation in cardiomyocytes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 63:17-22. [PMID: 28234620 DOI: 10.14715/cmb/2017.63.1.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2017] [Accepted: 02/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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β-Catenin has been implicated in various developmental and physiological processes. Defective Wnt signaling can result in different cardiac and vascular abnormalities and is activated under pathological conditions such as inflammation and obesity. In this study, roles of β-catenin in inflammation in cardiomyocytes were investigated. 10 samples from hearts of patients with acute infarction and 10 from normal ones were collected in order to access roles of β-catenin in cardiomyocytes. H9c2 cardiomyoblasts and primary neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were transfected with porcine cytomegalovirus (pCMV)-β-catenin plasmid in order to overexpress β-catenin. Protein level of β-catenin protein was increased in human acute infarction tissues compared to ones from normal patients. The transcription factor had increased nuclear localization in cardiomyocytes of the Wistar rats with cardiac hypertension. Furthermore, expression of fibrosis protein markers increased. Protein expression of β-catenin was increased in human acute infarction inflammatory heart tissues and in hearts of inflammatory obesity rats. After pCMV-β-catenin plasmid was transfected in a dose-dependent manner, inflammation protein markers, TNF-α and IL-8, were upregulated in hypertensive neonatal rat cardiomyocytes and H9c2 cardiomyoblasts. In addition, overexpression of β-catenin induced activation and nuclear localization of NF-κB. Therefore, β-catenin is a potential molecular target for treatment of inflammation and fibrosis in cardiomyocytes.
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- J C Lin
- Department of Occupational Therapy, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan
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- College of Chinese Medicine, School of Post-Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veteran's General Hospital, Taichung 40705, Taiwan
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- Institute of Oral Sciences, College of Oral Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan
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- Department of Hospital and Health Care Administration, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy & Science, Tainan County 71710 , Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031 ,Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, MeiHo University, Pingtung County 91202, Taiwan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore-641 046, India
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- Graduate Institute of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Kan XC, Wang BS, Zu L, Lin S, Lin JC, Tong P, Song WH, Sun YP. Anomalous Hall effect in tetragonal antiperovskite GeNFe3 with a frustrated ferromagnetic state. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra15976a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We report observed anomalous Hall effect (AHE) behavior in the antiperovskite compound GeNFe3 with a tetragonal symmetry.
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- X. C. Kan
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei 230031
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei 230031
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei 230031
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei 230031
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei 230031
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei 230031
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei 230031
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei 230031
- China
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Mo QH, Wang HB, Tan H, An SL, Feng ZL, Wang Q, Lin JC, Yang Z. Optimization and head-to-head comparison of MISSR-PCR, ERIC-PCR, RAPD and 16S rRNA evolutionary clock for the genotyping of Vibrio cholerae isolated in China. Indian J Med Microbiol 2015; 33:516-23. [DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.167321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Song B, Lin JC, Tong P, Wang M, Yang C, Guo XG, Lin S, Sun YP. Strong ferromagnetism beyond the mechanism of uncompensated surface spins in nanocrystalline GaCMn3. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra20290f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Bulk antiperovskite compound GaCMn3 has an antiferromagnetic ground state. However, in nanocrystalline GaCMn3, strong ferromagnetism with large coercive field beyond the scenario of uncompensated surface spins was observed.
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- B. Song
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei 230031
- People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei 230031
- People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei 230031
- People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei 230031
- People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei 230031
- People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei 230031
- People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei 230031
- People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei 230031
- People's Republic of China
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Coyle TE, Reding MT, Lin JC, Michaels LA, Shah A, Powell J. Phase I study of BAY 94-9027, a PEGylated B-domain-deleted recombinant factor VIII with an extended half-life, in subjects with hemophilia A. J Thromb Haemost 2014; 12:488-96. [PMID: 24843882 PMCID: PMC4265842 DOI: 10.1111/jth.12506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND BAY 94-9027 is a B-domain-deleted recombinant factor VIII (rFVIII) with site-specific attachment of poly(ethylene glycol) that has shown an extended half-life in animal models of hemophilia. OBJECTIVES To assess the pharmacokinetics and safety of BAY 94-9027 after single and repeated administration in subjects with severe hemophilia A. PATIENTS/METHODS This 8-week, prospective, multicenter, open-label, phase I trial was conducted in 14 subjects aged 21–58 years with FVIII of < 1%, ≥ 150 days of exposure to FVIII, and no history of FVIII inhibitors. After a ≥ 3-day washout, subjects received a single dose of sucrose-formulated rFVIII (rFVIII-FS) (cohort 1 [n = 7], 25 IU kg−1; cohort 2 [n = 7], 50 IU kg−1) for a 48-h pharmacokinetic (PK) study. After another ≥ 3-day washout, cohort 1 received twice-weekly BAY 94-9027 at 25 IU kg−1 (16 doses), and cohort 2 received once-weekly BAY 94-9027 at 60 IU kg−1 (nine doses). A 168-h PK study was performed after the first and last BAY 94-9027 doses. RESULTS BAY 94-9027 showed equivalent recovery and an improved PK profile vs. rFVIII-FS, with a half-life of ~ 19 h (vs. ~ 13.0 h for rFVIII-FS). BAY 94-9027 was well tolerated, and no immunogenicity was observed. CONCLUSIONS This phase I study demonstrates that BAY 94-9027 has an extended half-life in subjects with hemophilia A and, after multiple dosing, was well tolerated with no immunogenicity during the 8-week trial. A phase III study in a larger number of subjects is underway to fully characterize how this prolonged half-life will permit less frequent prophylaxis dosing for patients with hemophilia.
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The neurotrophin family is comprised of the structurally related secreted proteins nerve growth factor (NGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin-3 (NT-3), and neurotrophine-4 (NT-4). They bind and activate the tyrosine kinase receptors Trk A, B, and C in a ligand-specific manner and additionally bind a shared p75NTR receptor. The neurotrophins were originally defined by their ability to support the survival and maturation of embryonic neurons. However, they also control important physiological functions of the adult nervous system including learning and memory, sensation, and energy homeostasis. For example, NGF/trkA signaling is critical for normal and pathological sensation of pain. Likewise, the BDNF/trkB pathway controls feeding and metabolism, and its dysfunction leads to severe obesity. Antibodies can modulate neurotrophin signaling. Thus, NGF blocking agents can attenuate pain in several animal models, and a recombinant humanized NGF blocking antibody (Tanezumab) has shown promising results in human clinical trials for osteoarthritic pain. On the other hand trkB agonist antibodies can modulate food intake and body weight in rodents and nonhuman primates. The power of monoclonal antibodies to modulate neurotrophin signaling promises to turn the rich biological insights into novel human medicines.
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- A Rosenthal
- Alector Inc., 953 Indiana St., San Francisco, CA, 94107, USA,
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Marjańska M, Weigand SD, Preboske G, Wengenack TM, Chamberlain R, Curran GL, Poduslo JF, Garwood M, Kobayashi D, Lin JC, Jack CR. Treatment effects in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy study after passive immunization. Neuroscience 2013; 259:94-100. [PMID: 24316473 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.11.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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: 08/05/2013] [Revised: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Despite the enormous public health impact of Alzheimer's disease (AD), no disease-modifying treatment has yet been proven to be efficacious in humans. A rate-limiting step in the discovery of potential therapies for humans is the absence of efficient non-invasive methods of evaluating drugs in animal models of disease. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) provides a non-invasive way to evaluate the animals at baseline, at the end of treatment, and serially to better understand treatment effects. In this study, MRS was assessed as potential outcome measure for detecting disease modification in a transgenic mouse model of AD. Passive immunization with two different antibodies, which have been previously shown to reduce plaque accumulation in transgenic AD mice, was used as intervention. Treatment effects were detected by MRS, and the most striking finding was attenuation of myo-inositol (mIns) increases in APP-PS1 mice with both treatments. Additionally, a dose-dependent effect was observed with one of the treatments for mIns. MRS appears to be a valid in vivo measure of anti-Aβ therapeutic efficacy in pre-clinical studies. Because it is noninvasive, and can detect treatment effects, use of MRS-based endpoints could substantially accelerate drug discovery.
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- M Marjańska
- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research and Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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- Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research and Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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- Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research and Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Rinat, Pfizer Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Rinat, Pfizer Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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Bungenstab EJ, Pereira AC, Lin JC, Holliman JL, Muntifering RB. Productivity, utilization, and nutritive quality of dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum) as influenced by stocking density and rest period under continuous or rotational stocking. J Anim Sci 2010; 89:571-80. [PMID: 20971886 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum) is well adapted to the Black Belt physiographic region of the southeastern United States, and information on its productivity and nutritive quality as influenced by grazing management is needed. In a 2-yr grazing experiment, replicate 0.40-ha paddocks in established dallisgrass pasture were continuously stocked, or replicate 0.40-ha paddocks were subdivided into two 0.20-ha (RS2), three 0.13-ha (RS3), or four 0.10-ha (RS4) cells and rotationally stocked with yearling beef steers. Individual cells within the RS2, RS3, and RS4 treatments were stocked for 7 d followed by 7, 14, or 21 d of rest, respectively. In 2007, 3 Angus × Simmental crossbred steers (initial BW, 354 ± 6 kg) were assigned randomly to each paddock on July 16; in 2008, 3 Angus × Simmental crossbred steers (initial BW, 310 ± 6 kg) were assigned randomly to each paddock on July 14. In 2007, there was no effect (P = 0.25) of stocking treatment on ADG. Steers grazing RS4, RS2, and continuously stocked paddocks had 106 (P = 0.01), 86 (P = 0.03), and 83 (P = 0.03) kg greater total BW gain per ha, respectively, than steers grazing RS3 paddocks. In 2008, there were no differences among treatments in ADG (P = 0.43) or total BW gain per ha (P = 0.90). Correlation and regression analyses revealed positive associations between steer performance and forage concentration of CP, areal mass (kg/ha) of forage DM, and areal mass of forage CP. Results indicate that productivity and quality of dallisgrass for stocker cattle production were comparable between continuous and rotational-stocking methods.
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- E J Bungenstab
- Department of Animal Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5415, USA
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Yu DS, Lin JC, Hsieh DS, Chang SY, Lee CF. MODULATION OF MDR-1 GENE BY MIF AND GSTpi WITH DRUG RESISTANCE GENERATION IN HORMONE INDEPENDENT PROSTATE CANCER. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 52:283-91. [PMID: 16728344 DOI: 10.1080/01485010600630116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The expression of MIF and GSTpi were upregulated in prostate cancer cells with mulitdrug resistant phenotype. The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between these genes and multidrug resistance (mdr-1) gene in acquired multidrug resistance of prostate cancer. The expression of MIF, GSTpi and gp-170 in multidrug resistant (MDR) subline or native cells were determined using flow cytometry and western blotting. The mRNA level of various genes was analyzed with RT-PCR method. The chemosensitivity of tumor cells and stable transfectants to paclitaxel was measured using MTT (tetrazolium bromide) assay. The protein levels of MIF, GSTpi and gp-170 increased in MDR sublines of prostate cancer when compared with their parental cells. The MIF and GSTpi stable transfectants expressed higher MIF and GSTpi protein levels than their parental cells in western blotting analysis, respectively. The expression of mdr-1 gene and the production of pg-170 were also increased in either MIF or GSTpi stable transfectants when compared with vector control by using RT-PCR and flow cytometric analysis. The MTT results demonstrated that the increased chemoresistance was correlated with the increased production of gp-170 protein in either MIF or GSTpi transfectants. The upregulation of MIF and GSTpi during the development of acquired drug resistance of hormone independent prostate cancer may simultaneously and partially modulate the activation of gp-170.
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- D-S Yu
- Uro-Oncology Laboratory, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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Mallajosyula SS, Lin JC, Cox DL, Pati SK, Singh RRP. Sequence dependent electron transport in wet DNA: ab initio and molecular dynamics studies. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 101:176805. [PMID: 18999773 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.176805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2007] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We combine molecular dynamics simulations and density functional theory to analyze the electrical structure and transmission probability in four different DNA sequences under physiological conditions. The conductance in these sequences is primarily controlled by interstrand and intrastrand coupling between low-energy guanine orbitals. Insertion of adenine-thymine base pairs between the guanine-cytosine rich domains acts as a tunneling barrier. Our theory explains recent length dependent conductance data for individual DNA molecules in water.
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- Sairam S Mallajosyula
- Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur Campus, Bangalore, India
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Lin JC, Nosal M, Muntifering RB, Krupa SV. Alfalfa nutritive quality for ruminant livestock as influenced by ambient air quality in west-central Alberta. Environ Pollut 2007; 149:99-103. [PMID: 17307282 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2006] [Revised: 12/12/2006] [Accepted: 12/14/2006] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) nutritive quality response to ambient ozone (O(3)), sulfur dioxide (SO(2)) and oxides of nitrogen (NO(x)) were assessed at three locations in west-central Alberta, Canada (1998-2002). Yield data were segregated into high and low relative to overall median yield. Ozone concentrations (hourly median and 95th-percentile) and precipitation (P) contributed 69 and 29%, respectively, to the variability in crude protein (CP) concentration in low-yielding alfalfa, whereas mean temperature (T) and relative humidity (RH) collectively influenced 98% of the variation in CP in high-yielding alfalfa. Three-fourths of the accounted variation in relative feed value (RFV) of low-yielding alfalfa was attributable to P, T and RH, whereas median and 95th-percentile hourly O(3) concentrations and SO(2) and NO(x) exposure integrals contributed 25%. In contrast, air quality, (mainly O(3)) influenced 86% of the accounted variation in RFV of high-yielding alfalfa, and T and P collectively contributed 14%.
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- J C Lin
- Department of Animal Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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Lin JC, Gerbig C, Wofsy SC, Chow VY, Gottlieb E, Daube BC, Matross DM. “Designing Lagrangian experiments to measure regional‐scale trace gas fluxes”. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1029/2006jd008077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- J. C. Lin
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario Canada
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- Max‐Planck‐Institut für Biogeochemie Jena Germany
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- Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering & Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering & Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering & Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering & Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering & Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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A numerically stable method for accurately determining the energy minibands of superlattices with arbitrary numbers of layers per cell is presented. Using a graph model with tangent and secant functions, we derive a set of concise and closed-form miniband edge equations for determining the miniband structure using topology theory. With the present method, it is not necessary to calculate the cosine of the Bloch phase, which may show a numerical overflow in calculation. Numerical results show that use of the miniband edge equations has better numerical stability than traditional methods in calculating the minibands of complex basis superlattices.
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- W J Hsueh
- Department of Engineering Science, National Taiwan University, 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10660, Taiwan
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In an analysis of 804 haemophilia pedigrees, mild to moderate haemophilia A or B was found to be clearly familial in 70% of cases, severe haemophilia B in 57% of cases and severe haemophilia A in 45% of cases. The rest of the patients were 'sporadic' i.e., either isolated cases or brothers in the first affected sibship. In sporadic families, 88% of mothers but only 19% of maternal grandmothers had the relevant mutation in their white blood cells. Among patients with familial haemophilia, half the patients with mild haemophilia and those with severe haemophilia B had a direct male ancestor with haemophilia, but only 28% of patients with severe haemophilia A had such a progenitor.
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- C K Kasper
- Division of Hematology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, and Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Lin JC, Matsui T, Pielke RA, Kummerow C. Effects of biomass-burning-derived aerosols on precipitation and clouds in the Amazon Basin: a satellite-based empirical study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1029/2005jd006884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Meier JJ, Lin JC, Butler AE, Galasso R, Martinez DS, Butler PC. Direct evidence of attempted beta cell regeneration in an 89-year-old patient with recent-onset type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia 2006; 49:1838-44. [PMID: 16802132 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-006-0308-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2006] [Accepted: 04/08/2006] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS We investigated whether there was evidence of attempted beta cell regeneration in the pancreas obtained from a patient with recent-onset type 1 diabetes, and if so by what mechanism this occurred. SUBJECTS, MATERIALS AND METHODS We examined pancreas tissue from a lean 89-year-old patient (BMI 18.0 kg/m(2)) with recent-onset type 1 diabetes who had had a distal pancreatectomy to remove a low-grade pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia. RESULTS In the tumour-free tissue, the fractional beta cell area was 0.54+/-0.2% of pancreas area (about one-third of that in non-diabetic humans). CD3-positive T lymphocytes and macrophages had infiltrated the majority of the islets. Subclassification of the T cell population revealed a predominance of CD8-positive cells over CD4-positive cells. Beta cell apoptosis (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick-end labelling [TUNEL] staining) was greatly increased, consistent with ongoing immune-mediated beta cell destruction. There was also a marked increase (more than approximately 100-fold) in the frequency of beta cell replication (0.69+/-0.15% Ki67-positive beta cells) in all blocks examined. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION The present report provides direct evidence of attempted beta cell regeneration through the mechanism of beta cell replication in a case of newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes, and affirms that beta cell apoptosis is an important mechanism for beta cell loss in type 1 diabetes.
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- J J Meier
- Larry Hillblom Islet Research Center, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, 900 Veteran Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7073, USA
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Bender J, Muntifering RB, Lin JC, Weigel HJ. Growth and nutritive quality of Poa pratensis as influenced by ozone and competition. Environ Pollut 2006; 142:109-15. [PMID: 16290915 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2005] [Accepted: 09/23/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Interspecific plant competition has been hypothesized to alter effects of early-season ozone (O3) stress. A phytometer-based approach was utilized to investigate O3 effects on growth and nutritive quality of Poa pratensis grown in monoculture and in mixed cultures with four competitor-plant species (Anthoxanthum odoratum, Achillea millefolium, Rumex acetosa and Veronica chamaedrys). Mesocosms were exposed during April/May 2000-2002 to charcoal-filtered air+25 ppb O3 (control) or non-filtered air+50 ppb O3 (elevated O3). Biomass production was not affected by O3, but foliar injury symptoms were observed in May 2002. Early-season O3 exposure decreased relative food value of P. pratensis by an average of 8%, which is sufficient to have nutritional implications for its utilization by herbivores. However, forage quality response to O3 was not changed by interspecific competition. Lack of injury and nutritive quality response in P. pratensis harvested in September may reflect recovery from early-season O3 exposure.
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- J Bender
- Institute of Agroecology, Federal Agricultural Research Centre (FAL), Bundesallee 50, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany.
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We apply local orbital basis density functional theory (using SIESTA) coupled with a mapping to the Anderson impurity model to estimate the Coulomb assisted or correlated hybridization between transition-metal orbitals and ligand orbitals for a number of molecular complexes. We find remarkably high values which can have several physical implications including (i) renormalization of effective single-band or multiband Hubbard model parameters for the cuprates and, potentially, elemental iron, and (ii) spin polarizing molecular transistors.
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- A Hübsch
- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, 95616, USA
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Muntifering RB, Manning WJ, Lin JC, Robinson GB. Short-term exposure to ozone altered the relative feed value of an alfalfa cultivar. Environ Pollut 2006; 140:1-3. [PMID: 16188356 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2005] [Accepted: 07/01/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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- R B Muntifering
- Department of Animal Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5415, USA.
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Wang HK, Fung HC, Hsu WC, Wu YR, Lin JC, Ro LS, Chang KH, Hwu FJ, Hsu Y, Huang SY, Lee-Chen GJ, Chen CM. Apolipoprotein E, angiotensin-converting enzyme and kallikrein gene polymorphisms and the risk of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2006; 113:1499-509. [PMID: 16465461 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-005-0424-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2005] [Accepted: 11/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lipoproteins and vascular factors may play roles in the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and/or vascular dementia (VaD). In this study, odd ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for apolipoprotein E (APOE), angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), and kallikrein (KLK1) polymorphisms were computed to test their association with the disease by a case-control study. The risk of AD was significantly increased for individuals with APOE varepsilon4 allele (OR = 3.73, 95% CI = 2.38-5.98). The risk of AD was also significant for people with ACE DD genotype, D allele, or T-D haplotype [OR (95% CI) = 4.29 (1.96-10.23), 1.90 (1.35-2.70), or 2.91 (1.71-5.10), respectively]. The above association between ACE-VaD was also strong (p = 0.0012, 0.0050, 0.0007, respectively). Reporter constructs containing the -240 A or T allele displayed similar transcriptional activity in both HEK-293 and IMR-32 cells. Thus, another putative pathogenic marker that is linked with the Alu D allele might affect the risk of AD and VaD in Taiwan.
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- H K Wang
- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Hurst DF, Lin JC, Romashkin PA, Daube BC, Gerbig C, Matross DM, Wofsy SC, Hall BD, Elkins JW. Continuing global significance of emissions of Montreal Protocol–restricted halocarbons in the United States and Canada. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1029/2005jd006785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fung HC, Chen CM, Wu YR, Hsu WC, Ro LS, Lin JC, Chang KH, Wang HK, Lin SJ, Chan H, Lin YY, Wei SL, Hsu Y, Hwang JC, Tung LC, Lee-Chen GJ. Heat shock protein 70 and tumor necrosis factor alpha in Taiwanese patients with dementia. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2005; 20:1-7. [PMID: 15832029 DOI: 10.1159/000085067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/24/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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This study was to determine whether polymorphisms of heat shock protein 70-1 (HSP70-1) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) are associated with the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD). Using the criteria of the NINCDS-ADRDA and NINDS-AIREN, 125 AD patients, 57 VaD patients and 109 ethnically matched nondemented controls were enrolled. The HSP70-1 -110 A/C and TNF-alpha -1031 T/C, -863 C/A and -857 C/T polymorphisms were analyzed by means of genotype or haplotype association methods. None of the four genotypes examined showed a statistically significant difference in genotype distribution between the AD cases and controls. However, the HSP70-1 -110 CC genotype occurred more frequently among AD cases (p=0.0821; odds ratio: 2.08; 95% confidence interval, CI: 0.92-4.98). The overall genotype distribution among the VaD cases tended to be different at the HSP70-1 -110 and TNF-alpha -1031 sites (p=0.0604 and 0.0316, respectively). The HSP70-1 -110 CC genotype was more frequent (p=0.0459), and the association of the -110 CC genotype with VaD was evident (p=0.0207; odds ratio: 3.22; 95% CI: 1.20-8.87). The more frequent TNF-alpha -1031 TC genotype (p=0.0614) was also evidently associated with VaD (p=0.0209; odds ratio: 2.32; 95% CI: 1.14-4.78). Multivariate analysis demonstrated the synergistic effect of the HSP70-1 -110 CC and TNF-alpha -1031 TC/CC genotypes on VaD (p=0.0091; odds ratio: 10.09; 95% CI: 2.01-75.97). Haplotype analysis among TNF-alpha -1031, -863, -857 sites revealed that -1031C-857C may act as a risk haplotype among VaD cases (p=0.0132, odds ratio: 2.26; 95% CI: 1.19-4.33). Our results suggest a potential protective role for HSP70 in both VaD and AD, whereas TNF-alpha may act as a risk factor only for VaD, and not for AD.
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- H C Fung
- Second Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Lin JC, Dipre JT, Yates MZ. Novel aluminum phosphate-5 crystal morphologies synthesized by microwave heating of a water-in-oil microemulsion. Langmuir 2004; 20:1039-1042. [PMID: 15803673 DOI: 10.1021/la0359631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Lin JC. Measuring fluxes of trace gases at regional scales by Lagrangian observations: Application to the CO2Budget and Rectification Airborne (COBRA) study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1029/2004jd004754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Gerbig C, Lin JC, Wofsy SC, Daube BC, Andrews AE, Stephens BB, Bakwin PS, Grainger CA. Toward constraining regional-scale fluxes of CO2with atmospheric observations over a continent: 1. Observed spatial variability from airborne platforms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- C. Gerbig
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Harvard University; Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Harvard University; Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Harvard University; Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Harvard University; Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Harvard University; Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Atmospheric Technology Division; National Center for Atmospheric Research; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Climate Monitoring and Diagnostic Laboratory; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Department of Atmospheric Sciences; University of North Dakota; Grand Forks North Dakota USA
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Gerbig C, Lin JC, Wofsy SC, Daube BC, Andrews AE, Stephens BB, Bakwin PS, Grainger CA. Toward constraining regional-scale fluxes of CO2with atmospheric observations over a continent: 2. Analysis of COBRA data using a receptor-oriented framework. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- C. Gerbig
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Harvard University; Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Harvard University; Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Harvard University; Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Harvard University; Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Harvard University; Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Atmospheric Technology Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Climate Monitoring and Diagnostic Laboratory; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Department of Atmospheric Sciences; University of North Dakota; Grand Forks North Dakota USA
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Bone is a dynamic tissue with a well-balanced homeostasis preserved by both formation and resorption of bone. Normal turnover of bone, however, can be upset by either increased osteoclast activity or decreased osteoblast function; either mechanism alone or both may result in a net loss of bone. Both osteoclasts and osteoblasts could be stimulated by mechanical stimulation in vitro, and it is assumed that this process may occur in vivo as well. In this experiment, we investigated this hypothesis by examining the effects of ultrasound stimulation on osteoblast growth and cytokine release. With this model, we explored the mechanism of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound on osteoblasts growth and upregulation of osteoclasts formation and function by cytokine release. The results showed that specific pulsed ultrasound exposure could enhance osteoblasts population together with increase in TGFbeta1 secretion and decrease in concentration of IL-6 and TNFalpha in the culture medium. Although, animal studies and clinical trial are needed to understand the real process in the whole body, ultrasound stimulation might be a good method for prevention of bone loss due to osteoporosis.
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- J K Li
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Room 818, Building of Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan
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Powell MC, Muntifering RB, Lin JC, Chappelka AH. Yield and nutritive quality of sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) and little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) exposed to ground-level ozone. Environ Pollut 2003; 122:313-322. [PMID: 12547521 DOI: 10.1016/s0269-7491(02)00331-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata cv. Interstate 76) and little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium cv. Aldous) were raised from seed in a glasshouse, transplanted into 5.7-l pots and placed into open-top chambers (OTC) on 6 June 1999. Following a 7-day adjustment period, each of six OTCs (duplicate OTCs per treatment) was ventilated with either air that had been carbon-filtered (CF) to remove ambient ozone (O3); non-filtered (NF), representative of ambient air; or enriched to twice-ambient O3 concentration (2X). Primary-growth forage was harvested on days 7, 32, 46, 59 and 72 following the start of fumigation, and regrowth forage from the first primary-growth harvest was harvested on days 36, 54 and 72 following the start of fumigation. Dry matter (DM) yield of either forage species did not differ among treatments except in the final regrowth period when yield of sericea lespedeza was greater for the NF than 2X O3 treatment. In vitro DM digestibility (IVDMD) and concentrations of crude protein (CP), soluble phenolics (SP) and condensed tannins (CT) in primary-growth sericea lespedeza did not differ between treatments, but NF primary-growth forage had higher concentration of protein-precipitating tannins (PPT) than did 2X primary-growth forage. Concentrations of neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF) and acid detergent lignin (ADL) were higher in NF and 2X than in CF primary-growth sericea lespedeza. Similarly, concentrations of NDF and ADL were higher, and IVDMD was lower for NF and 2X than for CF regrowth sericea lespedeza. Concentrations of ADF and ADL were lower, whereas IVDMD, in vitro NDF digestibility (IVNDFD) and concentrations of CP and SP were greater, in CF than in NF and 2X primary-growth little bluestem. Percentages IVDMD and IVNDFD and concentrations of CP and SP in NF primary-growth little bluestem were greater than those in forage exposed to 2X O3 treatment. No significant differences were observed among treatments in percentages IVDMD and IVNDFD, or concentrations of cell wall constituents or SP in little bluestem regrowth. Nutritive quality of little bluestem was decreased by < 2%, and that of sericea lespedeza by approximately 7% as a result of increased concentrations of cell wall constituents and decreased in vitro digestibility of NF and 2X compared with CF forages. Results indicate that existing and projected O3 levels can drive alterations in forage quality of select warm-season forages sufficient to have nutritional and economic implications for their utilization by ruminant herbivores.
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- M C Powell
- Department of Animal Sciences, Auburn University, AL 36849-5415, USA
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Lin JC. A near-field tool for simulating the upstream influence of atmospheric observations: The Stochastic Time-Inverted Lagrangian Transport (STILT) model. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 323] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Han HS, Yang SL, Yeh HY, Lin JC, Wu HL, Shi GY. Studies of a novel human thrombomodulin immobilized substrate: surface characterization and anticoagulation activity evaluation. J Biomater Sci Polym Ed 2002; 12:1075-89. [PMID: 11853379 DOI: 10.1163/15685620152691869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Immobilization of the anticoagulative or antithrombogenic biomolecule has been considered as one of the important methods to improve the blood compatibility of artificial biomaterials. In this study, a novel immobilization reaction scheme was utilized to incorporate the human thrombomodulin, an endothelial cell associated glycoprotein, onto the cover glass surface with an aim to develop an anticoagulative substrate. Trichlorotriazine and amino-terminated silane were employed as the coupling agents, while the polyethylene glycol with a molecular weight of 1500 was used as the spacer in this reaction scheme. Protein C activation assay indicated the immobilized human thrombomodulin still has this coenzymatic activity but is lower, possibly due to the conformation variation by the coupling agents. In vitro platelet adhesion assay has demonstrated the surface with immobilized human thrombomodulin is much less platelet-activating than others. Therefore, the novel reaction scheme proposed here is very promising for future development of an anticoagulative silicon or cover glass substrate (e.g. implantable sensor or biochip) by the immobilization of antithrombogenic protein, such as the human thrombomodulin in this study.
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- H S Han
- Department of Medical Technology, Chung Hwa Institute of Technology, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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The effect of various sulfonated derivatives of chitosan on platelet activation and blood coagulation was examined. The surface properties of artificial biomaterials have been thought as the key factors which mediate the interactions between the biological environment and biomaterial itself. In this study, the sulfonation was directly performed on the chitosan membrane surface. The chitosan membrane was surface-sulfonated by reactions with sulfur-pyridine trioxide complex (SO3/pyridine) in H2O solution and N,N-sulfur-dimethylformamide trioxide complex (SO3/DMF) in DMF. Blood compatibility was evaluated by an in vitro platelet adhesion assay. The surface reaction of SO3/pyridine in aqueous acid medium yields N,O-sulfated chitosan with cationic NH3+ groups. After neutralization, this surface has been shown to induce a low degree of platelet adhesion and activation. When the surface-sulfonation is performed in an aqueous alkaline medium, although the degree of sulfonation is lower than the samples above, the N-sulfated chitosan significantly reduced the adhesion and activation of platelets. For the acidic SO3/DMF reaction system, N,O-sulfated chitosan was obtained with a high extent of sulfonation and cationic NH3+ groups. On this surface fully spread platelets and some platelet aggregates were found instead. This may be attributed to the ionic interactions between the platelets membrane surface and the cationic groups on the modified chitosan membrane.
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- C W Lin
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Several investigations have demonstrated the regional heterogeneity of myocardial phenotype, and hypertrophy may also induce regionally disparate changes. We have utilized the direct DNA injection technique to study regional variations in overload-induced ANF expression. Pressure overload was induced by stenosis of the ascending aorta in canines. ANF promoter reporters were injected into the left ventricle; in different regions including the base, the midwall region, and the apex. Injections were made at different depths to include the epicardial and endocardial layers. The animals were sacrificed 7 days following surgery and the left ventricle harvested for tissue analysis. Under normotensive conditions, ANF reporter expression was similar throughout the heart. PO increased ANF expression and the increases were greater in the endocardium than in the epicardium. PO also significantly increased expression in the midwall and base regions, but not in the apex. It is unknown from these experiments, whether the greater increases in midwall expression are a function of greater wall stress, metabolic demand, or phenotypic differences in the midwall myocytes. These findings do indicate that regional differences in overload-induced changes in gene expression are evident and may be functionally important in determining myocardial response to increased functional demand.
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- J C Dosch
- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla 10595, USA
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Chiou SH, Liu JH, Hsu WM, Chen SS, Chang SY, Juan LJ, Lin JC, Yang YT, Wong WW, Liu CY, Lin YS, Liu WT, Wu CW. Up-regulation of Fas ligand expression by human cytomegalovirus immediate-early gene product 2: a novel mechanism in cytomegalovirus-induced apoptosis in human retina. J Immunol 2001; 167:4098-103. [PMID: 11564832 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.7.4098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Human CMV (HCMV) is an important pathogen that causes widespread diseases in immunocompromised individuals. Among the opportunistic HCMV infections, HCMV retinitis is most common in transplant recipients and AIDS patients. It often leads to blindness if left untreated. The question as to how HCMV infection causes retinal pathogenesis remains unresolved. Here, we report that viral immediate-early gene product 2 (IE2), but not IE1, up-regulates the Fas ligand (FasL) expression in HCMV-infected human retinal pigment epithelium cells. Increased secretion of FasL from virally infected cells into cultured medium was observed upon HCMV infection. The capability of such cell-free medium to induce apoptosis of Fas (CD95)-expressing Jurkat cells further implies that Fas-FasL interaction might mediate cell death in the lesion of HCMV retinitis. To support this idea, we observed augmented soluble FasL levels in vitreous from AIDS patients with HCMV retinitis as compared with that from AIDS patients without HCMV infection. In addition, by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry, we detected enhanced signals of FasL, the existence of viral IE Ags and apoptotic cells at the same sites in the lesion of HCMV-infected retina. These results strongly suggest that IE2 induction of FasL expression in human retina might be an important event that takes place in the early stage of infection and finally leads to visual loss in individuals affiliated with HCMV retinitis.
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- S H Chiou
- Department of Ophthalmology, Division of Infection, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Ito MK, Lin JC, Morreale AP, Marcus DB, Shabetai R, Dresselhaus TR, Henry RR. Effect of pravastatin-to-simvastatin conversion on low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2001; 58:1734-9. [PMID: 11571816 DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/58.18.1734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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The effects of a pravastatin-to-simvastatin conversion program on low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels were studied. Patients receiving pravastatin at a Veterans Affairs medical center were switched to simvastatin beginning in 1997. The dosage of simvastatin was based on the additional percent reduction in LDL cholesterol needed to achieve the goal specified by the National Cholesterol Education Program. The primary endpoint was the change in the percentage of patients meeting their LDL cholesterol goal at baseline and follow-up. Changes in lipid indices, the relative risk (RR) of coronary heart disease (CHD), and program costs were also evaluated. A total of 1032 patients completed the program. The mean +/- S.D. daily doses of pravastatin and simvastatin were 25.2 +/- 11.3 and 22.7 +/- 13.3 mg, respectively. Median baseline and follow-up LDL cholesterol concentrations were 116 and 99 mg/dL, respectively (p < 0.001). Overall, 44% of the patients met their LDL cholesterol goal while taking pravastatin, compared with 69% after conversion to simvastatin (p < 0.001). The predicted mean RR of a future CHD event (based on changes in serum lipids) was 0.87 (95% confidence interval, 0.83-0.91) four years after conversion. The total cost of the program was $40,644 in the first year, and there was a net saving thereafter. Therapeutic interchange between pravastatin and simvastatin increased the number of patients meeting their LDL cholesterol goal.
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- M K Ito
- Southern California Clinical Experience Program, School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, University of the Pacific (UOP), Stockton, USA.
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Lin JC, Tseng SM. Surface characterization and platelet adhesion studies on polyethylene surface with hirudin immobilization. J Mater Sci Mater Med 2001; 12:827-832. [PMID: 15348232 DOI: 10.1023/a:1017937304964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Hirudin, a protein composed of 65 or 66 amino acid, is a newly risen anticoagulant agent and has been considered as the most potent thrombin inhibitor. Hirudin can block the active site of thrombin by means of its carboxylic acid reaction with the active regime of thrombin, and becomes a tightly bound complex, and thus controls the formation of thrombus. Hirudin was covalently immobilized onto the water-soluble carbodiimide preactivated and chromic acid oxidized PE surface. Surface chemistry analysis indicated that a certain amount of carboxylic acid groups was generated on the polyethylene surface after oxidation with chromic acid solution. The amount of carboxylic acid functional group increased with the oxidation time. In addition, polyethylene surface was etched by chromic acid solution, and a rougher surface was created. The morphology of oxidized polyethylene surface was similar to each other among the samples with oxidation time from 1 to 8 min. ESCA results indicated the number of hirudin molecules immobilized was constant at the reaction time studied. In vitro platelet adhesion assay indicated the number of adhered platelets on the oxidized polyethylene surface increased significantly after oxidation. In contrast, surface with hirudin immobilization showed a reduction in adhered platelet density than the chromic acid oxidized counterpart due to the decrease of platelet-activating capability by the hirudin-thrombin complex and the differences in the adsorbed protein composition.
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- J C Lin
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 70101.
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Huang WS, Lin SZ, Lin JC, Wey SP, Ting G, Liu RS. Evaluation of early-stage Parkinson's disease with 99mTc-TRODAT-1 imaging. J Nucl Med 2001; 42:1303-8. [PMID: 11535717] [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: 02/21/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a selective loss of dopamine in the striatum. Problems remain in the accurate diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. A 99mTc-labeled tropane derivative that binds to dopamine transporter with high selectivity is [2-[[2-[[[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3,2,1]oct-2-yl]methyl](2-mercaptoethyl)amino]ethyl]amino]ethanethiolato(3-)-N2,N2',S2,S2']oxo-[1R-(exo-exo)] (TRODAT-1). The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential usefulness of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 imaging in the evaluation of patients with early-stage Parkinson's disease. METHODS Thirty-four patients with early-stage idiopathic Parkinson's disease were recruited. For all patients, the Parkinson's disease was stage 2 or less as assessed by the Hoehn and Yahr scale. Seventeen age-matched healthy volunteers (8 men, 9 women) served as controls. 99mTc-TRODAT-1 was prepared from a lyophilized kit. Brain SPECT imaging was performed between 165 and 195 min after injection, using a double-head camera equipped with fanbeam collimators. Specific uptake in the striatum and its subregions, including the putamen and caudate nucleus, was calculated and compared with that of the other sides and of healthy volunteers. RESULTS A continuous reduction in specific striatal uptake of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 with increasing disease severity was found in Parkinson's disease patients (control vs. stage I vs. stage II, 1.98 vs. 1.62 vs. 1.22, respectively, P < 0.01). The changes were magnified by measurement of specific putaminal uptake (control vs. stage I vs. stage II, 1.81 vs. 1.27 vs. 0.94, respectively, P < 0.01). The mean values of specific putaminal uptake contralateral to the more affected limbs were significantly decreased compared with the ipsilateral sides in both stage I and stage II groups (1.02 vs. 1.49 for stage I and 0.73 vs. 1.14 for stage II, P < 0.01). Moreover, a significant loss of putaminal uptake ipsilateral to the symptoms was found in the stage I group compared with the healthy volunteers (1.49 vs. 1.81, P < 0.01). The difference became greater when the posterior putaminal uptakes were compared. No remarkable adverse reactions were found in either healthy volunteers or Parkinson's disease patients during or after imaging. CONCLUSION For clinical practice, 99mTc-TRODAT-1 may serve as a useful imaging agent for the early detection of Parkinson's disease.
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- W S Huang
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Lin JC, Szwerc MF, Magovern JA. Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-based pain control for minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery. Heart Surg Forum 2001; 2:169-71. [PMID: 11276474] [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] [Accepted: 05/31/1999] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) surgery has become an attractive alternative technique to treat coronary artery insufficiency. Changes in surgical and anesthesia techniques have led to reduced pulmonary morbidity associated with the operation. Early extubation is typically expected. However, postoperative pain management becomes even more important with early extubation. We describe our technique of a NSAID-based protocol with indomethicin and Torodal that has been safe and effective in over 175 patients following MIDCAB.
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- J C Lin
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Allegheny University Hospitals, Allegheny General, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Maytin EV, Ubeda M, Lin JC, Habener JF. Stress-inducible transcription factor CHOP/gadd153 induces apoptosis in mammalian cells via p38 kinase-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Exp Cell Res 2001; 267:193-204. [PMID: 11426938 DOI: 10.1006/excr.2001.5248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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CHOP/gadd153 is a transcription factor induced by cellular stresses such as UV light, genotoxic agents, and protein misfolding in the endoplasmic reticulum. The fact that these stresses induce CHOP expression, and at the same time cause cellular apoptosis, suggests that CHOP may be directly involved in apoptosis. However, evidence has been circumstantial. Here, we show that CHOP can directly induce apoptosis. A GFP-tagged CHOP vector, ectopically overexpressed in several cell types (3T3 fibroblasts, keratinocytes, and HeLa cells), caused apoptosis as defined by morphology, DNA fragmentation, and FACS analysis. Apoptosis was quantified using a rapid fluorescence assay that measures the signal from cells collected in culture supernatants. The apoptosis-modulating effects of p38 kinase, previously shown to phosphorylate CHOP, were also examined. Simultaneous overexpression of CHOP and p38 significantly augmented apoptosis. However, although p38 kinase clearly modulated the activity of full-length CHOP, it was not absolutely required. Deletion mapping experiments showed that the bZIP region of CHOP stimulates apoptosis to nearly the same extent as wild-type CHOP. Thus, while the amino-terminal region of CHOP serves an important modulatory role (i.e., regulation by p38), the underlying apoptosis-inducing activity of CHOP resides within the bZIP region of the molecule.
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- E V Maytin
- Laboratory of Molecular Dermatology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, ND-20 Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
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Because of its well-defined surface configuration and creative chemical structure, an alkanethiol self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on gold is a model surface for a blood compatibility investigation. In this study two laboratory-synthesized long-chain alkanethiols, HS(CH(2))(10)PO(3)-(C(2)H(5))(2) and HS(CH(2))(10)PO(3)H(2), were employed for the direct preparation of SAMs with nonionic and ionic functional groups. Various instrumental analyses confirmed the high purity of the phosphonate ester and phosphonic acid terminated alkanethiols. The surface characterization results showed the -PO(3)H(2) terminated SAM was more hydrophilic than the -PO(3)(C(2)H(5))(2) one. Higher hysteresis values for the -PO(3)(C(2)H(5))(2) and -PO(3)H(2) terminated SAMs were noted, which were possibly due to the steric hindrance of the bulky terminal groups. In addition, the O(2) plasma + EtOH-rinse pretreated Au sample was hydrophilic because of the residual gold oxide on the surface. This finding was supported by electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) as well. The ESCA analysis also indicated bulky and polar terminal groups [-PO(3)(C(2)H(5))(2) and -PO(3)H(2)] were situated in the outermost layer of its monolayer. The platelet reactivity on the SAM with the nonionic group -PO(3)(C(2)H(5))(2) was less than those of the ionic terminated SAMs -COOH and -PO(3)H(2). The O(2) plasma + EtOH-rinse pretreated gold substrate exhibited the least platelet-activating surface among the different pretreated Au substrates studied.
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- M Y Tsai
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 70101, Republic of China
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Lin JC, Chen KY, Wang WY, Jan JS, Liang WM, Tsai CS, Wei YH. Detection of Epstein-Barr virus DNA in the peripheral-blood cells of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: relationship to distant metastasis and survival. J Clin Oncol 2001; 19:2607-15. [PMID: 11352952 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2001.19.10.2607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has been proved to be an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated cancer. By use of nested polymerase chain reactions (PCRs), we examined whether the presence of EBV DNA in the peripheral-blood cells (PBC) can serve as a prognostic indicator for NPC. PATIENTS AND METHODS Peripheral blood from 124 patients with NPC who had no evidence of distant metastasis and 114 healthy volunteers with serologically positive findings for EBV infection was collected prospectively. Plasma and erythrocytes were separated. DNA was extracted from PBCs and analyzed by a nested PCR using primers specific to Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA-1). All patients were treated by radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy. Clinical parameters and status of EBNA-1 in PBCs were used for survival analysis using the Kaplan-Meier method and the Cox proportional hazards model. RESULTS Positive rates of EBNA-1 DNA in PBCs of NPC patients and healthy volunteers are 71% and 14%, respectively (P =.001). No significant difference was observed with regard to the clinical characteristics of patients who were EBNA-1-positive (n = 88) and those who were EBNA-1-negative (n = 36). After a median follow-up period of 38 months (range, 24 to 56 months), 29 of 88 EBNA-1-positive patients and only one of 36 EBNA-1-negative patients developed distant metastases (P =.00015). Kaplan-Meier estimates of overall survival (P =.0010), metastasis-free survival (P =.0004), and progression-free survival (P =.0004) were significantly lower for the patients in the EBNA-1-positive group than for those in the EBNA-1-negative group. Multivariate Cox analysis confirmed the same results. CONCLUSION The presence of EBNA-1 DNA in PBCs is a novel, important risk factor for patients with NPC that indicates a significantly higher risk of developing distant metastasis as well as a lower survival rate.
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- J C Lin
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, and Department of Biochemistry and Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Life Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Lin JC, Yeh KM, Peng MY, Chang FY. Efficacy of cefepime versus ceftazidime in the treatment of adult pneumonia. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2001; 34:131-7. [PMID: 11456359] [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: 02/20/2023]
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Effective empiric treatment of pneumonia requires antibiotic coverage against gram-negative and gram-positive pathogens, including drug-resistant isolates. This study evaluated the efficacy of cefepime treatment in 20 patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and 21 patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), and ceftazidime treatment in 20 patients with HAP. The mean age of patients was over 70 years. More than half of the patients had multiple lobe involvement. There was no significant difference in the severity of illness according to the acute physiology, age, chronic health evaluation (APACHE) III score between the HAP-cefepime and HAP-ceftazidime group. The most common bacteria isolated from sputum of patients with CAP were Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 7), Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 4), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 2). In patients with HAP, P. aeruginosa (n = 13), Acinetobacter baumannii (n = 11), Serratia marcescens (n = 6), K. pneumoniae (n = 5), Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (n = 5), Enterobacter cloacae (n = 3), Citrobacter spp. (n = 2), and Escherichia coli (n = 2) were isolated. The cure rates were 95%, 76%, and 60% in the CAP-cefepime group, the HAP-cefepime group, and the HAP-ceftazidime group, respectively. The increased rates of antimicrobial resistance commonly found among isolates causing CAP and HAP indicate that extended-spectrum antimicrobial agents, such as cefepime, would be more appropriate therapeutic agents.
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- J C Lin
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Management of isolated metastatic deposits to the lungs and the role of surgical resection, specifically video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) techniques, have been controversial. The inability to perform a detailed bimanual palpation of the lung for occult lesions has been considered an inherent weakness in this approach. We have performed VATS resection for 205 patients with pulmonary metastatic disease and potentially curative VATS resec-tion for 119 patients. VATS resection was successfully performed for all VATS diagnostic and therapeutic patients, with no perioperative deaths. Longitudinal follow-up demonstrated a mean survival of 20 months in the diagnostic group and 32 months in the therapeutic group. In the VATS therapeutic group, 44 (37%) patients remain free of disease at a mean follow-up of 37 months. Of the 69 recurrences, 6% were local, 25% were regional, and 67% were distant. In this review, the present role of VATS pulmonary metastasectomy will be examined.
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- J C Lin
- Allegheny General Hospital, West Penn Allegheny Health System, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
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