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Wang Y, Gu YH, Ren KW, Xie X, Wang SH, Zhu XX, Wang L, Yang XL, Bi HL. Administration of USP7 inhibitor p22077 alleviates Angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced atrial fibrillation in Mice. Hypertens Res 2024; 47:1309-1322. [PMID: 38374239 DOI: 10.1038/s41440-024-01581-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common cardiac arrhythmia, is an important contributor to mortality and morbidity. Ubquitin-specific protease 7 (USP7), one of the most abundant ubiquitin-specific proteases (USP), participated in many cellular events, such as cell proliferation, apoptosis, and tumourigenesis. However, its role in AF remains unknown. Here, the mice were treated with Ang II infusion to induce the AF model. Echocardiography was used to measure the atrial diameter. Electrical stimulation was programmed to measure the induction and duration of AF. The changes in atrial remodeling were measured using routine histologic analysis. Here, a significant increase in USP7 expression was observed in Ang II-stimulated atrial cardiomyocytes and atrial tissues, as well as in atrial tissues from patients with AF. The administration of p22077, the inhibitor of USP7, attenuated Ang II-induced inducibility and duration of AF, atrial dilatation, connexin dysfunction, atrial fibrosis, atrial inflammation, and atrial oxidase stress, and then inhibited the progression of AF. Mechanistically, the administration of p22077 alleviated Ang II-induced activation of TGF-β/Smad2, NF-κB/NLRP3, NADPH oxidases (NOX2 and NOX4) signals, the up-regulation of CX43, ox-CaMKII, CaMKII, Kir2.1, and down-regulation of SERCA2a. Together, this study, for the first time, suggests that USP7 is a critical driver of AF and revealing USP7 may present a new target for atrial fibrillation therapeutic strategies.
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- Yu Wang
- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of pharmacology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, 264003, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
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Zhang ZP, Wang SH, Shang YL, Liu JH, Luo SN. Theoretical Study on Ethylamine Dissociation Reactions Using VRC-VTST and SS-QRRK Methods. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:2191-2199. [PMID: 38456900 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c08373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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Barrierless bond dissociation reactions play an important role in fuel combustion. In this work, the pressure-dependent dissociation rate constants of ethylamine (EA) are accurately determined using variable-reaction-coordinate variational transition-state theory combined with the system-specific quantum Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel method. Before the kinetics calculations, the performances of four density functional theory methods in describing the bond dissociation of EA are evaluated against the benchmark method, FIC-MRCISD(T)+Q/cc-pVTZ, and the MN15-L/cc-pVTZ method is the best choice. By comparison of the Gibbs free energies and the rate constants for the bond dissociation reactions of EA, ethanol, and propane, the influence of functional groups on the reaction kinetics is discussed. The kinetics calculations show that the dissociation rate constants of EA are sensitive to pressure at low pressures and high temperatures, and the dominant channel is the reaction that yields C2H5 and NH2 radicals. A literature combustion model of EA is updated with our calculations, and the satisfactory agreement between the model predictions and reported ignition delay times of EA suggests the reliability of our calculations.
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- Z P Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P. R. China
- Dynamic Materials Data Science Center, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P. R. China
- Dynamic Materials Data Science Center, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P. R. China
- Energy Research Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong 250014, P. R. China
- The Peac Institute of Multiscale Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610027, P. R. China
- Dynamic Materials Data Science Center, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P. R. China
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- Chengdu JiangDe Technology Co., Ltd, Chengdu, Sichuan 610100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P. R. China
- Dynamic Materials Data Science Center, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P. R. China
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Yun YD, Wang SH. [Research of miR-29a on TGF-β1/Smad3 pathway in pulmonary fibrosis induced by neodymium oxide]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2024; 42:10-15. [PMID: 38311943 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn121094-20221008-00469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
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Objective: To exploring the regulatory effect of miR-29a on the transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) /Smad homolog 3 (Smad3) pathway during the process of rare earth neodymium oxide (Nd(2)O(3)) induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice. Methods: In March 2021, 72 SPF grade C57/BL6J male mice were selected and randomly divided into a control group, Nd(2)O(3) group, Nd(2)O(3)+miR-29a agomir group, and Nd(2)O(3)+NC agomir group, with 18 mice in each group. The Nd(2)O(3) group, Nd(2)O(3)+miR-29a agomir group, and Nd(2)O(3)+NC agomir group were treated with non exposed tracheal instillation, with a dust concentration of 250 mg/ml and a dust volume of 0.1 ml. The control group was given the same volume of physiological saline. After exposure to Nd(2)O(3), 0.1 ml (5 nmol) of miR-29a agomir was injected into the tail vein of mice in the Nd(2)O(3)+miR-29a agomir group every 3 days, while 0.1 ml of NC agomir was injected into the tail vein of mice in the Nd(2)O(3)+NC agomir group. On the 7 th, 14 th, and 28 th days after dust exposure, 6 mice were killed in each group, and the lung tissue of the mice was taken out. HE staining was used to observe the pathological status of the mouse lung tissue; ELISA method was used to detect the levels of TGF-β1 and connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) in lung tissue; Use qRT-PCR detection method to detect the expression level of TGF-β1 mRNA; Using immunofluorescence assay to detect the expression level of Smad3 in mouse lung tissue; Use bioinformatics websites such as TargetScan7 and miRDB to predict the target gene of miR-29a. When the metrological date were satisfied with normal distribution, Mean±SD was used for comparison between groups, t test was used for two indepent samples, and LSD method was used when the variance was homogeneity in pairwise comparison. Results: HE staining showed that the Nd(2)O(3) group of mice showed obvious infiltration of inflammatory cells and structural disorder of alveoli in the early stage of lung tissue. At 28 days, the collagen fibers in the mouse lung tissue increased and the lung tissue showed fibrotic honeycomb like changes. The degree of pulmonary fibrosis in the Nd(2)O(3)+miR-29a agomir group of mice was significantly reduced; The content of TGF-β1 and CTGF in the lung tissue of mice in the Nd(2)O(3)+miR-29a agomir group was lower than that in the Nd(2)O(3)+NC agomir group (P<0.05) ; The relative expression level of TGF-β1 in the lung tissue of mice in the Nd(2)O(3)+miR-29a agomir group was lower than that in the Nd(2)O(3)+NC agomir group (P<0.05) ; The expression level of Smad3 in the nucleus of the Nd(2)O(3)+miR-29a agomir group was lower than that of the Nd(2)O(3)+NC agomir group (P<0.05). The prediction results of bioinformatics websites have found 152 downstream target genes related to miR-29a, among which FBN1, MAP2K6, KPNB1, COL1A2, SNIP1, LAMC1, and SP1 genes may be related to the regulatory effect of miR-29a on TGF-β1/Smad3 signaling pathway. Conclusion: miR-29a may affect lung fibrosis induced by rare earth Nd(2)O(3) exposure in mice by regulating TGF-β1/Smad3 signaling pathway. Overexpression of miR-29a may inhibit TGF-β1/Smad3 signaling pathway and reduce the degree of pulmonary fibrosis in mice.
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- Y D Yun
- Department of Public Health, International College of Krirk University Kingdom of Thailand, Bangkok Thailand School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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Wang Y, Wang S, Wu J, Liu X, Zhang L. Causal Association Between Allergic Diseases and Dementia: Evidence from Multivariate Mendelian Randomization Study. J Alzheimers Dis 2024; 98:505-517. [PMID: 38393908 DOI: 10.3233/jad-231091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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Background The link between allergic diseases and dementia remains controversial, and the genetic causality of this link is unclear. Objective This study investigated the causal relationship between allergic diseases and dementia using univariate and multivariate Mendelian randomization (MR) methods. Methods We selected genome-wide association studies including 66,645 patients with allergic diseases and 12,281 patients with dementia, with statistical datasets derived from the FinnGen Consortium of European origin. After a rigorous screening process for single nucleotide polymorphisms to eliminate confounding effects, MR estimation was performed mainly using the inverse variance weighting method and the MR-Egger method. Sensitivity analyses were performed using Cochran's Q test, MR-PRESSO test, MR Pleiotropy residuals and leave-one-out analysis. Results Univariate and multivariate MR together demonstrated a causal relationship between atopic dermatitis and reduced vascular dementia (VaD) risk (OR = 0.89, 95% CI: 0.81-0.99, p = 0.031; OR = 0.85, 95% CI: 0.76-0.95, p = 0.003). MVMR confirmed asthma was associated with a reduction in the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) (OR = 0.82, 95% CI: 0.71-0.94, p = 0.005) and may be associated with a reduction in the risk of VaD (OR = 0.80, 95% CI: 0.65-0.99, p = 0.042); allergic rhinitis may be causally associated with an increased risk of AD (OR = 1.16, 95% CI: 1.00-1.35, p = 0.046) and VaD (OR = 1.29, 95% CI: 1.03-1.62, p = 0.027). In sensitivity analyses, these findings were reliable. Conclusions MR methods have only demonstrated that allergic rhinitis dementia is associated with an increased risk of developing dementia. Previously observed associations between other allergic diseases and dementia may be influenced by comorbidities and confounding factors rather than causality.
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- YuanYing Wang
- Graduate school, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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- School of Biological Science and Technology, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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- Graduate school, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Development and Regeneration Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Development and Regeneration Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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Wang SH, Shi XQ, Ma MF, Jin XX, Zhao XD, Zhou YL, Gu YF, Hu J, Dong N, Dong J, Xu S. [Influence factors of erectile dysfunction in patients with localized prostate cancer after radical surgery]. Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 2023; 29:992-999. [PMID: 38639951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the influential factors of erectile dysfunction (ED) in patients with localized prostate cancer (LPC) after radical surgery. METHODS The clinical data of 150 male patients diagnosed with LPC and normal erectile function (EF) before surgery admitted to the Department of Urology of the Eastern Theatre General Hospital from January 2021 to January 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. The EF status of the patients 6 months after surgery was assessed using the International Erectile Function Index -5(IIEF-5). Age, Gleason score, PSA level, TNM stage, preoperative International prostatic symptom score (IPSS), preoperative prostate volume, smoking index, alcohol consumption index, educational level, comorbidities, operation mode, and psychosexual state were used as influencing factors to analyze their effects on postoperative ED. RESULTS Of the 150 patients, 88 had ED and 62 had normal EF. Univariate analysis showed that age, preoperative IPSS, preoperative prostate volume, comorbidities and sexual and psychological status were significantly correlated with postoperative ED. Further multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age, preoperative prostate volume, comorbidities and sexual and psychological status were independent factors influencing the occurrence of ED after RP in LPC patients. CONCLUSION The recovery of sexual function of patients with localized prostate cancer after radical surgery is generally poor, and the incidence of ED is high. Its independent influencing factors include age, preoperative prostate volume, comorbidities and sexual psychological state, etc. Correct intervention of different influencing factors is required in clinical work. In order to provide a better diagnosis and treatment scheme for LPC patients undergoing radical treatment, reduce the incidence of postoperative ED and improve the quality of life of patients after surgery.
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- Shi-Hao Wang
- Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Jinling Clinical College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Jinling School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Department of Urology, Eastern Theater Command General Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Jinling School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Jinling School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Department of Urology, Eastern Theater Command General Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
- Department of Urology, Eastern Theater Command General Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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Shi XQ, Wang SH, Liu Z, Lu LW, Xu S, Fu D, Cheng W. [Study on the efficacy and complications of patients undergoing radical surgery and radical radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer]. Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 2023; 29:910-915. [PMID: 38639661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy and complications of radical surgery (RP) and radical radiotherapy (RRT). METHODS The clinical data of patients diagnosed with localized prostate cancer in General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command with RP and RRT from January 2015 to December 2019, Observed and recorded patient preoperative and postoperative PSA levels, biochemical Relapse-free Survival and clinical Relapse-free Survival,and the occurrence of hematuria, urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, ankylurethria, diarrhea, hemoproctia and radiocystitis. RESULTS A total of 150 patients with localized prostate cancer were included in this study, including 105 patients with RP and 45 patients undergoing RRT. There was no significant difference between the complication rates of hematuria, urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction and ankylurethria(P>0.05).Patients in the RRT group had higher rates of diarrhea(20.00% vs 2.86%), hemoproctia(15.56% vs 1.90%) and radiocystitis(13.33% vs 0%) than those in the RP group, with significant differences (P<0.05). The 5-year bRFS was lower than that in the RP group (95.1% vs 90.7%), with no statistical significance (P=0.832); the 5-year cRFS in the RP group was lower than that in the RRT group (91.2% vs 89.6%), with no significant difference (P=0.971). CONCLUSION The incidence of diarrhea, hemoproctia and radiocystitis was lower in the RP group than in the RRT group, and the recurrence-free survival was not significantly different between the two groups.
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- Xiu-Quan Shi
- Department of Urology, Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Department of Urology, Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Department of Urology, General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Department of Urology, General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Department of Urology, Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
- Department of Urology, General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Department of Urology, Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
- Department of Urology, General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Department of Urology, Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
- Department of Urology, General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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Shi J, Zheng DW, Ma XG, Su RY, Zhu YK, Wang SH, Chang WJ, Sun GQ, Sun DY. [ In vitro activity of β-lactamase inhibitors avibanvctam and relebactam in combination with β-lactams against multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and mutations of resistance genes]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2023; 46:797-805. [PMID: 37536990 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20230111-00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the activity of six β-lactams in combination with three β-lactamase inhibitors against mycobacterium tuberculosis(MTB) in vitro. Methods: A total of 105 multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) strains from different regions of Henan province from January to September 2020 were included in this study. Drug activity of six β-lactams (biapenem, meropenem, imipenem, doripenem, ertapenem and tebipenem) alone or in combination with β-lactamase inhibitors (clavulanic acid, avibactam and relebactam) was examined by minimum inhibitory concentration method (MICs) against 105 clinical isolates. Mutations of blaC, ldtmt1 and ldtmt2 were analyzed by PCR and DNA sequencing. Chi-square test was used to compare the antimicrobial activities of different β-lactam drugs. Results: Out of the β-lactams used herein, tebipenem was the most effective against MDR-TB and had an MIC50 value of 8 mg/L(χ2=123.70,P=0.001). Besides, after the addition of β-lactamase inhibitors, the MICs of most β-lactam drugs were reduced more evidently in the presence of avibactam and relebactam compared to clavulanic acid.Especially, relebactam decreased both the MIC50 and MIC90 of telbipenem by 16-fold, and diluted the MIC of 23 (21.90%) and 41 (39.04%) isolatesby 32-fold and 16-fold.In addition, a total of 13.33% (14/105) of isolates harbored mutations in the blaC gene, with three different nucleotide substitutions: AGT333AGG, AAC638ACC and ATC786ATT. For the strains with Ser111Arg and Asn213Thr substitution in BlaC, the MIC values of the meropenem-clavulanate combination were reduced compared with a synonymous single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) group. Conclusions: Both avibactam and relebactam had better synergistic effects on β-lactams than clavulanic acid. The combination of tebipenem and relebactam showed the most potent activity against MDR-TB isolates. In addition, the Ser111Arg and Asn213Thr substitution of BlaC may be associated with an increased susceptibility of MDR-TB isolates to meropenem in the presence of clavulanate.
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- J Shi
- Henan Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengzhou 450016, China
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- Henan Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengzhou 450016, China
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- Henan Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengzhou 450016, China
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- Henan Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengzhou 450016, China
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- Henan Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengzhou 450016, China
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- Henan Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengzhou 450016, China
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- Henan Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengzhou 450016, China
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- Henan Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengzhou 450016, China
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- Henan Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengzhou 450016, China
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Cheng YL, Wang SH, Lu X. [Historical review of schistosomiasis prevention and treatment in southern Anhui from 1950 to 1970]. Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi 2023; 53:208-213. [PMID: 37726999 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20221123-00166] [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: 09/21/2023]
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From 1950 to 1970, under the leadership of the central government, workstations for the prevention and control of schistosomiasis were established in the southern Anhui region. In terms of controlling the source of the disease, light and severe epidemic areas were scientifically divided. By opening new ditches to replace old ones, changing paddy fields to dry fields, and using traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine to prevent the intermediate host of schistosomiasis, oncomelania from surviving. By managing the feces from human and animals and controlling the water source, the transmission route of schistosome eggs has been effectively cut off. At the same time, the education of hygiene awareness among susceptible populations were strengthened. In terms of diagnosis, modern physical and biochemical detection were used to improve the accuracy of diagnosis. In terms of treatment, by combining traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, together with the splenectomy, the cure rates were improved. In the process of preventing and controlling schistosomiasis, the governments of Anhui Province and the southern region of Anhui Province achieved good results, providing useful reference for the prevention and control of other diseases.
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- Y L Cheng
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China
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- Institute of Medical History Literature, Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Hefei 230012, China
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Wang SH, Xu XL, Huang L, Zhao G. Spatial and temporal variations of soil nutrients of cropland in Northeast China from the 1980s to the 2010s. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2023; 34:865-875. [PMID: 37078303 DOI: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.202304.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
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In recent years, the degradation of cropland soils in Northeast China, such as "thinned, barren, and hardened", has become increasingly serious, with consequences on sustainable development of agriculture. Based on the data from Soil Types of China (1980s) and Soil Series of China (2010s), we examined the change patterns of soil nutrient conditions across different regions and soil types in Northeast China over the past 30 years through the statistical analysis of large samples. The results showed that: 1) from the 1980s to the 2010s, soil nutrient indicators in Northeast China changed to different degrees. Soil pH decreased by 0.03. Soil organic matter (SOM) content decreasd most prominently, by 8.99 g·kg-1 or 23.6%. Soil total N (TN), total P (TP) and total K (TK) contents showed increasing trends, with increases of 17.1%, 46.8%, and 4.9%, respectively. 2) Changes in soil nutrient indicators differed across different provinces and cities. Soil acidification in Liaoning was the most obvious, with pH decreasing by 0.32. SOM content in Liaoning decreased most significantly, by 31.0%. Soil TN, TP, and TK contents in Liaoning increased most significantly by 73.8%, 248.1% and 44.0%, respectively. 3) The changes of soil nutrients varied greatly among soil types, with brown soil and kastanozems showing the greatest decrease in pH. The SOM content of all soil types showed a decreasing trend, with 35.4%, 33.8% and 26.0% reduction in brown soil, dark brown forest soil and chernozem respectively. The greatest increase in TN, TP and TK contents were observed in brown soil by 89.1%, 232.8%, and 48.5%, respectively. In summary, declining organic matter content and soil acidification were the core problems of soil degradation in Northeast China from the 1980s to the 2010s. Reasonable tillage methods and targeted conservation strategies are critically needed to ensure the sustai-nable development of agriculture in Northeast China.
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- Shi-Hao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Lhasa Plateau Ecosystem Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Ma MF, Wang SH, Xu S. [Low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy for erectile dysfunction: An update]. Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 2023; 29:364-368. [PMID: 38598223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the inability of men to consistently obtain and maintain sufficient penile erections to complete a satisfactory sex activity, significantly affecting men's quality of life. In recent years, a large number of studies have shown that low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy (Li-ESWT) may improve erectile function by inducing angiogenesis and reversing the pathological process of the erectile tissue, and is a safe, effective and tolerable method for the treatment of vascular ED. This article reviews the pathophysiological mechanism and clinical application of Li-ESWT in the treatment of ED.
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- Meng-Fei Ma
- Jinling School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Jinling Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Jinling School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
- Jinling Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
- Department of Urology, Jinling Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University School of Medicine / General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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Bu N, Wang SR, Gao YR, Zhao YH, Shi XM, Wang SH. [The role of Keap1/Nrf2/HO-1 signal pathway in liver injury induced by rare earth neodymium oxide in mice]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2023; 41:161-167. [PMID: 37006140 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn121094-20211206-00600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the role of Keap1/Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway in liver injury induced by neodymium oxide (Nd(2)O(3)) in mice. Methods: In March 2021, forty-eight SPF grade healthy male C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into control group (0.9% NaCl), low dose group (62.5 mg/ml Nd(2)O(3)), medium dose group (125.0 mg/ml Nd(2)O(3)), and high dose group (250.0 mg/ml Nd(2)O(3)), each group consisted of 12 animals. The infected groups were treated with Nd(2)O(3) suspension by non-exposed tracheal drip and were killed 35 days after dust exposure. The liver weight of each group was weighed and the organ coefficient was calculated. The content of Nd(3+) in liver tissue was detected by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). HE staining and immunofluorescence was used to observe the changes of inflammation and nuclear entry. The mRNA expression levels of Keap1, Nrf2 and HO-1 in mice liver tissue were detected by qRT-PCR. Western blotting was used to detect the protein expression levels of Keap1 and HO-1. The contents of catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and total superoxide dismutase (T-SOD) were detected by colorimetric method. The contents of interleukin 1β (IL-1β), interleukin 6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) were determined by ELISA. The data was expressed in Mean±SD. Two-independent sample t-test was used for inter-group comparison, and one-way analysis of variance was used for multi-group comparison. Results: Compared with the control group, the liver organ coefficient of mice in medium and high dose groups were increased, and the Nd(3+) accumulation in liver of mice in all dose groups were significantly increased (P<0.05). Pathology showed that the structure of liver lobules in the high dose group was slightly disordered, the liver cells showed balloon-like lesions, the arrangement of liver cell cords was disordered, and the inflammatory exudation was obvious. Compared with the control group, the levels of IL-1β and IL-6 in liver tissue of mice in all dose groups were increased, and the levels of TNF-α in liver tissue of mice in high dose group were increased (P<0.05). Compared with the control group, the mRNA and protein expression levels of Keap1 in high dose group were significantly decreased, while the mRNA expression level of Nrf2, the mRNA and protein expression levels of HO-1 were significantly increased (P<0.05), and Nrf2 was successfully activated into the nucleus. Compared with the control group, the activities of CAT, GSH-Px and T-SOD in high dose group were significantly decreased (P<0.05) . Conclusion: A large amount of Nd(2)O(3) accumulates in the liver of male mice, which may lead to oxidative stress and inflammatory response through activation of Keap1/Nrf2/HO-1 signal pathway. It is suggested that Keap1/Nrf2/HO-1 signal pathway may be one of the mechanisms of Nd(2)O(3) expose-induced liver injury in mice.
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- N Bu
- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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Wang SH, Gu YF, Xu S. [Adionuclide therapy for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: New advances]. Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 2023; 29:275-281. [PMID: 38597711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common tumors of the male urogenital system, ranking the second among male malignancies worldwide. Age is a major risk factor for PCa, and population aging leads to an increasing incidence of the malignancy. Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) is currently the first-line treatment of PCa, but with the advance of the tumor, many of the patients become resistant to ADT and develop castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), which marks a transition of PCa to a hormone-refractory state associated with a poor prognosis. Metastatic CRPC (mCRPC) is the terminal stage of the disease and a leading cause of death. Despite many new advances in the treatment of mCRPC, its prognosis remains poor. For patients with mCRPC, classical treatment options with chemotherapy and androgen-blocking agents have limited survival benefit, and radionuclide therapy has become a novel therapeutic option for mCRPC. This paper focuses on the development of the radionuclide therapy for mCRPC in recent years.
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- Shi-Hao Wang
- Department of Urology, Jinling Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Department of Urology, Jinling Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Department of Urology, Jinling Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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Ma MF, He JH, Zhao XD, Hu J, Wang SH, Lai YQ, Dong N, Jin XX, Dong J, Xu S. [Low-intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy improves symptoms of erectile dysfunction: A preliminary study]. Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 2023; 29:239-243. [PMID: 38597705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To verify the effect and safety of low-intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy (Li-ESWT) in improving the symptoms of ED, and provide some reference for further related large-scale clinical trials. METHODS Twenty-six patients diagnosed with ED received Li-ESWT with an energy of 0.09 mJ/mm2 for 20 minutes once a week for 6 four-week courses. Before and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after treatment, we obtained the IIEF-5 and Erectile Hardness Scale (EHS) scores of the patients using questionnaires, recorded the incidence of treatment-related adverse reactions, compared the erectile function of the patients before and after treatment, and evaluated the effect and safety of Li-ESWT in improving ED-related symptoms. RESULTS Compared with the baseline, the IIEF-5 scores of the patients were significantly increased (P < 0.01) while the EHS scores slightly increased at 3 months after Li-ESWT treatment (P > 0.05), both IIEF-5 and EHS scores were dramatically increased at 6 months (P < 0.01), and both significantly higher than at 3 months. At 9 months, EHS scores remained remarkably higher than the baseline (P < 0.01) although IIEF-5 scores slightly lower than at 6 months. At 12 months, however, IIEF-5 scores decreased, though still significantly higher than the baseline (P < 0.01), and EHS scores became lower than at 6 and 9 months (P < 0.05) but still markedly higher than before treatment (P < 0.05). Adverse reactions observed during the intervention mainly included pruritus (4.35%), pain (2.90%), paresthesia (2.17%), and petechiae/ecchymosis (2.90%). CONCLUSION Li-ESWT can increase the IIEF-5 and EHS scores and improve the clinical symptoms of ED patients, with a low incidence of adverse reactions during the treatment.
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- Meng-Fei Ma
- Jinling School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine / General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Jinling School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing Medical University / General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Jinling School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing Medical University / General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Jinling Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University School of Medicine / General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Jinling School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine / General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China.
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- Jinling School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing Medical University / General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Jinling Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University School of Medicine / General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Department of Urology, General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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- Jinling School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine / General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China.
- Department of Urology, General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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Zhang Q, Zhao SJ, Wang SH, Tao XL, Wu N. [Clinical and chest CT features of immune checkpoint inhibitor-related pneumonitis]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2023; 45:182-187. [PMID: 36781241 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112152-20211123-00869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Objective: To explore the clinical and chest computed tomography (CT) features and the outcome of immune checkpoint inhibitor-related pneumonitis (CIP). Methods: Clinical and chest CT data of 38 CIP patients with malignant tumors from the Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences between August 2017 and April 2021 were retrospectively reviewed, and the outcomes of pneumonitis were followed up. Results: The median time from the administration of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) to the onset of CIP was 72.5 days in 38 patients with CIP, and 22 patients developed CIP within 3 months after the administration of ICIs. The median occurrence time of CIP in 24 lung cancer patients was 54.5 days, earlier than 119.0 days of non-lung cancer patients (P=0.138), with no significant statistical difference. 34 patients (89.5%) were accompanied by symptoms when CIP occurred. The common clinical symptoms were cough (29 cases) and dyspnea (27 cases). The distribution of CIP on chest CT was asymmetric in 31 cases and symmetrical in 7 cases. Among the 24 lung cancer patients, inflammation was mainly distributed ipsilateral to the primary lung cancer site in 16 cases and diffusely distributed throughout the lung in 8 cases. Ground glass opacities (37 cases) and consolidation (30 cases) were the common imaging manifestations, and organizing pneumonia (OP) pattern (15 cases) was the most common pattern. In 30 CIP patients who were followed up for longer than one month, 17 cases had complete absorption (complete absorption group), and 13 cases had partial absorption or kept stable (incomplete absorption group). The median occurrence time of CIP in the complete absorption group was 55 days, shorter than 128 days of the incomplete absorption group (P=0.022). Compared with the incomplete absorption group, there were less consolidation(P=0.010) and CIP were all classified as hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) pattern (P=0.004) in the complete absorption group. Conclusions: CIP often occurs within 3 months after ICIs treatment, and the clinical and CT findings are lack of specificity. Radiologic features may have a profound value in predicting the outcome of CIP.
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- Q Zhang
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Clinical Trials Center, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- PET-CT Center, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Hebei Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Langfang 065001, China
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Li GM, Han X, Wu Y, Wang W, Tang HX, Lu MP, Tang XM, Lin Y, Deng F, Yang J, Wang XN, Liu CC, Zheng WJ, Wu BB, Zhou F, Luo H, Zhang L, Liu HM, Guan WZ, Wang SH, Tao PF, Jin TJ, Fang R, Wu Y, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Zhang TN, Yin W, Guo L, Tang WJ, Chang H, Zhang QY, Li XZ, Li JG, Zhou ZX, Yang SR, Yang KK, Xu H, Song HM, Deuitch NT, Lee PY, Zhou Q, Sun L. A Cohort Study on Deficiency of ADA2 from China. J Clin Immunol 2023; 43:835-845. [PMID: 36807221 PMCID: PMC10110724 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-023-01432-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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PURPOSE Deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2 (DADA2), an autosomal recessive autoinflammatory disorder caused by biallelic loss-of-function variants in adenosine deaminase 2 (ADA2), has not been systemically investigated in Chinese population yet. We aim to further characterize DADA2 cases in China. METHODS A retrospective analysis of patients with DADA2 identified through whole exome sequencing (WES) at seventeen rheumatology centers across China was conducted. Clinical characteristics, laboratory findings, genotype, and treatment response were analyzed. RESULTS Thirty patients with DADA2 were enrolled between January 2015 and December 2021. Adenosine deaminase 2 enzymatic activity was low in all tested cases to confirm pathogenicity. Median age of disease presentation was 4.3 years and the median age at diagnosis was 7.8 years. All but one patient presented during childhood and two subjects died from complications of their disease. The patients most commonly presented with systemic inflammation (92.9%), vasculitis (86.7%), and hypogammaglobinemia (73.3%) while one patient presented with bone marrow failure (BMF) with variable cytopenia. Twenty-three (76.7%) patients were treated with TNF inhibitors (TNFi), while two (6.7%) underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). They all achieved clinical remission. A total of thirty-nine ADA2 causative variants were identified, six of which were novel. CONCLUSION To establish early diagnosis and improve clinical outcomes, genetic screening and/or testing of ADA2 enzymatic activity should be performed in patients with suspected clinical features. TNFi is considered as first line treatment for those with vascular phenotypes. HSCT may be beneficial for those with hematological disease or in those who are refractory to TNFi.
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- Guo-Min Li
- National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Wuhan Children's Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Rheumatology Immunology and Allergy, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- The Children's Hospital of Soochow, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Affiliated Children's Hospital of Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology & Allergy in the Department of Pediatrics, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China.,Medical Transformation Centre, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- No. 960 Hospital of the Joint Service Support Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Jinan, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Hunan, China
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- National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Wuhan Children's Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Rheumatology Immunology and Allergy, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Children's Hospital of Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Affiliated Children's Hospital of Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology & Allergy in the Department of Pediatrics, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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- National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China. .,Department of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Liu SY, Zhang TT, Wang SH, Wang XG, Lu X. [ Yin Chan Quan Shu, the Obstetrics and Gynecology Monograph by Wang Kentang]. Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi 2023; 53:42-51. [PMID: 36925153 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20221013-00144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Yin Chan Quan Shu (Obstetrics and gynecology monograph) is a monograph on obstetrics and gynecology compiled by Wang Kentang in the Ming Dynasty. It had four volumes and was published in the thirtieth year of Wanli (1602) in the Ming Dynasty after it was edited by Zhang Shoukong and others. It was found that Yin Chan Quan Shu has four versions remaining. They were the version printed by Shu Lin Qiao Shan Tang in the Ming Dynasty, held in the National Library of China and the Cabinet Library of Japanese Official Documents Library; the version revised according to the version of Shu Lin Qiao Shan Tang, held in the Library of Capital Medical University, Tianjin Medical College, Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, the Library of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine and the Cabinet Library of the National Archives of Japan; the version based on the version of Shu Lin Qiao Shan Tang in the Ming Dynasty, transcribed in the fourth year of Wen Hua (1807), collected in the Cabinet Library of the National Archives of Japan; the version transcribed according to the revised version in the Ming Dynasty, collected in the Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Medical Association. It was found that there was no evidence to support the existence of the so-called "version of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty". This means almost all versions remaining came from the versions published in the Ming Dynasty. The references of Yin Chan Quan Shu came from Pulse Classic (Mai Jing), Chan Bao, Fu Ren Da Quan Liang Fang and other works with the supplement and development by Wang Kentang.Yin Chan Quan Shu was the main sources and foundation of the Criteria of Syndrome Identification and Treatment in Gynecology (Nv Ke Zheng Zhi Zhun Sheng) by Wang Kentang.
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- S Y Liu
- Shool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China
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- Shool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China
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- Shool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China
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- Shool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China
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- Institute of Medical History Literature, Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Hefei 230012, China
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Song HY, Bu N, Gao YR, Zhao YH, Shi XM, Wang SH. [Effects of Nd(2)O(3) exposure of rare earth particles on C57 BL/6J male mice sex hormone secretion and CYP11A1/PLZF/STRA8 protein expression]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2022; 40:881-887. [PMID: 36646477 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn121094-20210817-00401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Objective: To explore the effects of Nd(2)O(3) exposure to rare earth particles on the secretion of sex hormones, cytochrome P450 family member 11A1 (CYP11A1) , spermatogenesis markers promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger protein (PLZF) and retinoic acid stimulating gene 8 (STRA8) protein in C57 BL/6J male mice. Methods: In March 2021, Forty-eight male C57 BL/6J mice aged 6-8 weeks divided into control group and Nd(2)O(3) exposure low, medium and high dose groups (exposing doses of 62.5, 125.0, 250.0 mg/ml Nd(2)O(3)) , 12 per group. The mice in the Nd(2)O(3) groups were perfused with different doses of Nd(2)O(3) suspension by a one-time non-exposing tracheal instillation method, and the control group was perfused with an equal volume of normal saline, with a volume of 0.1 ml, to establish a mouse reproductive function injury model. After 28 days of exposure, the mice's body weight, testes and epididymis were weighed, and the organ coefficients were calculated; the two epididymis were taken to make a sperm suspension to determine the sperm count, survival rate, and deformity rate; inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) method was used to detect the content of Nd in mouse testis tissue; HE staining was used to detect testicular tissue pathological changes and quantitative analysis; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method was used to detect serum luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and testosterone (T) content; western blot was used to detect the protein levels of CYP11A1, PLZF and STRA8 in testicular tissues. Results: Compared with the control group, with the increase of the exposure dose, the Nd content in the testis of the mice showed an increasing trend, the sperm survival rate and LH showed a decreasing trend, and the sperm deformity rate showed an increasing trend (P<0.05) ; Pathological showed that the number of sperm in the seminiferous tubules of the testicular tissue in the Nd(2)O(3) medium and high dose groups was significantly reduced, and the germinal epithelial disintegration, intraepithelial vacuolization, and exfoliation of spermatogenic cells and supporting cells occurred; The height of germinal epithelium was significantly reduced, and the percentage of damaged seminiferous tubules showed an increasing trend (P<0.05) ; FSH and T levels in serum in the middle and high dose groups of Nd(2)O(3), and CYP11A1, PLZF and STRA8 proteins in testicular tissues showed a downward trend with increasing dose (P<0.05) . Conclusion: The rare earth particulate Nd(2)O(3) may interfere with the expression of CYP11A1, PLZF and STRA8 protein, thereby causing the disorder of sex hormone secretion in the body, the maintenance of spermatogonia and the obstruction of the process of meiosis, causing reproductive function damage.
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- H Y Song
- Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Hygiene, Baotou Medical College, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou 014040, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Hygiene, Baotou Medical College, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou 014040, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Hygiene, Baotou Medical College, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou 014040, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Hygiene, Baotou Medical College, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou 014040, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Hygiene, Baotou Medical College, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou 014040, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Hygiene, Baotou Medical College, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou 014040, China
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Wu PL, Wang SH, Zhang LJ, Wang LZ, Wu YQ, Wang XF, Wang QY, Wu ZY. [Experience in emergency response to 2019-nCoV positive cases in an international test competition]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2022; 43:2021-2025. [PMID: 36572479 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20220901-00754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Objective: To analyze the performance of emergency response to 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) positive cases in an international test competition in an Winter Olympic Game venue and provide evidences for the COVID-19 prevention and control in similar competitions. Methods: A retrospective analysis on the epidemiological investigation and nucleic acid test results of the cases, the implementation of prevention and control measures, including the communication with sport teams and others, was conducted. Results: The positive cases of 2019-nCoV among entering people were detected before entry, at airport, hotel and venue. Two positive cases were reported before entry, 2 positive cases infected previously and 3 asymptomatic cases were reported after the entry. The venue public health team and local CDC conducted epidemiological investigation and contact assessment jointly in a timely and efficient manner. No local secondary transmission occurred, but the nucleic acid test results of positive persons fluctuated, posing serious challenges to the implementation of prevention and control measures. Conclusion: In large scale international competition, there is high risk of imported COVID-19. It is necessary to fully consider the fluctuation of nucleic acid test results, the criteria for determination and cancellation of positive results and give warm care to positive cases in the emergency response.
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- P L Wu
- Yanqing District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102100, China
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- Yanqing District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102100, China
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- Yanqing District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102100, China
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- Yanqing District Health Commission, Beijing 102100, China
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- Yanqing District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102100, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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Zhang LS, Wang SH, Deng Y, Zhao L, Liu ZW, Lu X. [The versions of Shiguzhai Hui Ju Jian Bian Dan Fang by Wu Mianxue]. Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi 2022; 52:362-368. [PMID: 36624677 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20220526-00072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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Shiguzhai Hui Ju Jian Bian Dan Fang, was the only medical book for prescription and formula collected and compiled by Wu Mianxue in the period of the Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1573-1620). It had seven volumes in total with six of them popular at that time. The volumes contained 1,460 folk formula and clinical prescriptions which were divided into 111 categories based on their corresponding symptoms of diseases. The set was issued in the beginning of the 17th century, with only three subsets of the volumes left in China today. The three remained versions were the subset of volumes 4-5 left in the Ming Dynasty in the Medical College of Tianjin, the subset of volumes 1-2 and 6-7, with preface, left in the seventeenth of the Shun Zhi Period in the Qing Dynasty (1660) in the Shanghai University of Chinese Medicine and the subset of volumes 4 and 6-7 from time unknown. Additionally, three unabridged versions were found in the Cabinet Library of the National Archives of Japan. They were the Ming version with preface of the seventeenth of the Shun Zhi Period in the Qing Dynasty and a hand-copied version left in the Edo period. It was found that the preface in the seventeenth of the Shun Zhi Period in the Qing Dynasty in both of these versions in China as well as the version in Japan, were counterfeit. The main texts in these versions were edited according to the Ming version. The hand-copied version in Japan was transcribed by Kasahara Eisan and edited by Tanba Motoken according to the Ming version in the late Edo Period.
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- L S Zhang
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China
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- Library of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China
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- Institute of Medical History Literature, Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Hefei 230012, China
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Duan HZ, Hu C, Li YL, Wang SH, Xia Y, Liu X, Wang J, Chen YX. Genetically Encoded Phosphine Ligand for Metalloprotein Design. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:22831-22837. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c09683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Hua-Zhen Duan
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
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Li YH, Zeng J, Wang Z, Wang TY, Wu SY, Zhu XY, Zhang X, Shan BH, Gao CZ, Wang SH, Wu FG. Sulfur-Doped Organosilica Nanodots as a Universal Sensor for Ultrafast Live/Dead Cell Discrimination. Biosensors (Basel) 2022; 12:1000. [PMID: 36354509 PMCID: PMC9688158 DOI: 10.3390/bios12111000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Revised: 10/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Rapid and accurate differentiation between live and dead cells is highly desirable for the evaluation of cell viability. Here, we report the application of the orange-emitting sulfur-doped organosilica nanodots (S-OSiNDs) for ultrafast (30 s), ultrasensitive (1 μg/mL), and universal staining of the dead bacterial, fungal, and mammalian cells but not the live ones, which satisfies the requirements of a fluorescent probe that can specifically stain the dead cells. We further verify that the fluorescence distribution range of S-OSiNDs (which are distributed in cytoplasm and nucleus) is much larger than that of the commercial dead/fixed cell/tissue staining dye RedDot2 (which is distributed in the nucleus) in terms of dead mammalian cell staining, indicating that S-OSiNDs possess a better staining effect of dead cells than RedDot2. Overall, S-OSiNDs can be used as a robust fluorescent probe for ultrafast and accurate discrimination between dead and live cells at a single cell level, which may find a variety of applications in the biomedical field.
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Gu YH, Ren KW, Wang Y, Wang SH, Yu XH, Xu LW, Li HH, Bi HL. Administration of USP7 inhibitor P22077 inhibited cardiac hypertrophy and remodeling in Ang II-induced hypertensive mice. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:1021361. [PMID: 36386139 PMCID: PMC9640964 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.1021361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 09/12/2023] Open
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Hypertension is one of the common causes of pathological cardiac hypertrophy and a major risk for morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular diseases worldwide. Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 7 (USP7), the first identified deubiquitinating enzymes, participated in a variety of biological processes, such as cell proliferation, DNA damage response, tumourigenesis, and apoptosis. However, its role and mechanism in cardiac remodeling remain unclear. Here, our data indicated that USP7 expression was increased during Ang II-induced cardiac hypertrophy and remodeling in mice and humans with heart failure, while the administration of its inhibitor p22077 attenuated cardiac hypertrophy, cardiac fibrosis, inflammation, and oxidase stress. Mechanistically, the administration of p22077 inhibited the multiple signaling pathways, including AKT/ERK, TGF-β/SMAD2/Collagen I/Collagen III, NF-κB/NLRP3, and NAPDH oxidases (NOX2 and NOX4). Taken together, these findings demonstrate that USP7 may be a new therapeutic target for hypertrophic remodeling and HF.
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- Yu-Hui Gu
- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Dalian Maternal and Child Health Institute, Dalian, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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Li SL, Wang SH, Luo WC, You LQ, Li SS, Chen LJ. Optofluidic tunable broadband distributed Bragg reflector based on liquid crystal polymer composites. Opt Express 2022; 30:33603-33612. [PMID: 36242391 DOI: 10.1364/oe.470286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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A dynamically reconfigurable liquid crystal (LC) photonic device is an important research field in modern LC photonics. We present a type of continuously tunable distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) based on LC polymer composites modulated via a novel optofluidic method. LC-templated DBR films are fabricated by photopolymerization under visible standing wave interference. The influences of the incident angle, incident light intensity, and content of ethanol as a pore-forming additive on the reflection behavior are discussed in detail. Then, the LC-templated DBR films are integrated into microfluidic channels and reversibly refilled by different organic solvents. The reconfigurable characteristics of optofluidic DBRs were demonstrated by changing the average refractive index (RI) of the mixed liquids and adjusting the flow rates, resulting in the dynamic and continuous variation of the reflection band within a specific visible light band. It is anticipated that the prototype optofluidic LC device will hopefully be applied to some specific scenarios where conventional means of regulation, such as electric, optical, and temperature fields, are unsuitable and possibly boost the development of microfluidic analysis techniques based on structural color.
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Zeng YS, Hsueh MH, Lai CJ, Hsiao TC, Pan CY, Huang WC, Chang CH, Wang SH. An Investigation on the Hardness of Polylactic Acid Parts Fabricated via Fused Deposition Modeling. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14142789. [PMID: 35890565 PMCID: PMC9324295 DOI: 10.3390/polym14142789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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This paper investigated the hardness property of the fused deposition modeling (FDM)-printed PLA samples via different process parameters of printing and raster angles. The hardness data were sampled from the flat and edge surfaces of the samples. In addition, the effect of hardness characters after the ultraviolet (UV) curing process was analyzed. Furthermore, this research found that the printing and raster angles significantly affected the hardness value of the PLA part, which slightly increased after the UV irradiation. Moreover, the results of this study will provide a reference for the field of FDM application.
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- Yu-Shan Zeng
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807618, Taiwan; (Y.-S.Z.); (T.-C.H.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807618, Taiwan;
- Correspondence: (M.-H.H.); (C.-J.L.)
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- Department of Fashion Design and Management, Tainan University of Technology, Tainan 710302, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (M.-H.H.); (C.-J.L.)
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807618, Taiwan; (Y.-S.Z.); (T.-C.H.)
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- Department and Graduate Institute of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 811213, Taiwan;
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- Department of Information Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 824005, Taiwan;
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- Department of Marketing and Distribution Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 824005, Taiwan;
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807618, Taiwan;
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Bu N, Song HY, Wang SH. [Research progress on the regulatory mechanism of non-coding RNA in arsenic toxicity]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2022; 40:316-320. [PMID: 35545605 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn121094-20210222-00095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Arsenic is a non-metallic element, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer has identified arsenic and its compounds as carcinogens. Arsenic and its compounds can be absorbed through the respiratory tract, skin and digestive tract, distributed in the liver, kidney, lung and skin, and cause damage. Non-coding RNAs are closely related to arsenic-induced nervous system disorders, cell necrosis, reproductive toxicity, and carcinogenesis. In recent years, the network regulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) , long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) , and circular RNAs (circRNAs) among non-coding RNAs in various diseases induced by arsenic has become a new research field. This paper summarizes the existing scientific research results, and expounds the mechanism of miRNAs, lncRNAs and circRNAs in arsenic toxicity, and provides basic data and theoretical basis for the prevention and treatment of arsenic poisoning.
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- N Bu
- College of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014000, China
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- College of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014000, China
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- College of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014000, China
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Zhao ZH, Song X, Wang SH, Luo J, Wu YB, Zhu Q, Fang M, Huan Q, Zhang XG, Tian B, Gu W, Zhu LN, Hao SW, Ning ZP. [Safety and efficacy of left atrial appendage closure combined with patent foramen ovale closure for atrial fibrillation patients with patent foramen ovale]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2022; 50:257-262. [PMID: 35340144 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112148-20211214-01073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Objective: To analyze the safety and efficacy of combined left atrial appendage (LAA) and patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure in adult atrial fibrillation (AF) patients complicating with PFO. Methods: This study is a retrospective and cross-sectional study. Seven patients with AF complicated with PFO diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in Zhoupu Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences from June 2017 to October 2020 were selected. Basic data such as age, gender and medical history were collected. The atrial septal defect or PFO occluder and LAA occluder were selected according to the size of PFO, the ostia width and depth of LAA. Four patients underwent left atrial appendage closure(LAAC) and PFO closure at the same time. PFO closure was performed during a one-stop procedure of cryoablation combined with LAAC in 2 patients. One patient underwent PFO closure at 10 weeks after one-stop procedure because of recurrent transient ischemic attack (TIA). All patients continued to take oral anticoagulants. TEE was repeated 8-12 weeks after intervention. In case of device related thrombus(DRT), TEE shall be rechecked 6 months after adjusting anticoagulant and antiplatelet drug treatment. Patients were follow-up at 1, 3, 6, 12, 24 months by telephone call, and the occurrence of cardio-cerebrovascular events was recorded. Results: Among the 7 patients with AF, 2 were male, aged (68.0±9.4) years, and 3 had a history of recurrent cerebral infarction and TIA. Average PFO diameter was (3.5±0.8)mm. Three patients were implanted with Watchman LAA occluder (30, 30, 33 mm) and atrial septal defect occluder (8, 9, 16 mm). 2 patients were implanted with LAmbre LAA occluder (34/38, 18/32 mm) and PFO occluder (PF1825, PF2525). 2 patients were implanted with LACbes LAA occluder (24, 28 mm) and PFO occluder (PF2525, PF1825) respectively. The patients were followed up for 12 (11, 24) months after operation. TEE reexamination showed that the position of LAA occluder and atrial septal defect occluder or PFO occluder was normal in all patients. DRT was detected in 1 patient, and anticoagulant therapy was adjusted in this patient. 6 months later, TEE showed that DRT disappeared. No cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events occurred in all patients with AF during follow-up. Conclusions: In AF patients complicated with PFO, LAAC combined with PFO closure may have good safety and effectiveness.
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- Z H Zhao
- Department of Cardiology, Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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Chao CH, Yeh YH, Chen YM, Lee KH, Wang SH, Lin TY. Sire pedigree error estimation and sire verification of the Taiwan dairy cattle population by using SNP markers. Pol J Vet Sci 2022; 25:61-65. [PMID: 35575992 DOI: 10.24425/pjvs.2022.140841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Information regarding the correct pedigree of and relationship between animals is useful for managing dairy breeding, reducing inbreeding, estimating breeding value, and establishing correct breeding programs. Additionally, the successful implementation of progeny testing is crucial for improving the genetics of dairy cattle, which depends on the availability of correct pedigree information. Incorrect pedigree information leads to bias in bull evaluation. In this study, Neogen GeneSeek Genomic Profiler (GGP) 50K SNP chips were used to identify and verify the sire of Taiwanese Holstein dairy cattle and analyze the reasons that lead to incorrect sire records. Samples were collected from 2,059 cows of 36 dairy farms, and the pedigree information was provided by breeders. The results of sire verification can be divided into three categories: submitted unconfirmed sire, submitted confirmed sire, and incorrectly submitted verified sire. Data on the sires of 1,323 (64.25%) and 572 (27.78%) dairy cows were verified and discovered, respectively. Sires of 1,895 (92.03%) dairy cattle were identified, which showed that the paternal pedigree of dairy cattle could be discovered and verified through genetic testing. An error-like analysis revealed that the data of 37 sires were incorrectly recorded because the bull's NAAB code number was incorrectly entered into the insemination records: for 19 sires, the wrong bull was recorded because the frozen semen of a bull placed in the wrong storage tank was used, 6 had no sire records, and for 12 sires, the NAAB code of the correct bull was recorded but with a wrong stud code, marketing code, or unique number for the stud or breed. To reduce recorded sire error rates by at least 27.78%, automated identification of the mated bull must be adopted to reduce human error and improve dairy breeding management on dairy farms.
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- C H Chao
- Hsinchu Branch, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, 207-5, Bi-tou-mian, Wu-hoo village, Si-hoo Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan
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- Hsinchu Branch, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, 207-5, Bi-tou-mian, Wu-hoo village, Si-hoo Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan
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- Hsinchu Branch, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, 207-5, Bi-tou-mian, Wu-hoo village, Si-hoo Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan
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- Hsinchu Branch, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, 207-5, Bi-tou-mian, Wu-hoo village, Si-hoo Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan
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- Hsinchu Branch, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, 207-5, Bi-tou-mian, Wu-hoo village, Si-hoo Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan
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- Hsinchu Branch, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, 207-5, Bi-tou-mian, Wu-hoo village, Si-hoo Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan
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Zhu LN, Wang F, Luo J, Wu YB, Wang SH, Zhu Q, Fang M, Gu W, Zhao ZH, Ning ZP. [A case of recurrent thrombus after left atrial appendage closure]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2022; 50:77-79. [PMID: 35045620 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112148-20211130-01032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- L N Zhu
- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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Wang SH, Lu X. [Review of San Xiao Lun]. Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi 2021; 51:307-312. [PMID: 34794271 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20210517-00069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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San Xiao Lun is a posthumous manuscript by Liu Wansu. It discussed the etiology, pathogenesis and therapeutic principles of diabetes with special prescriptions for it. Most references in this book came from the works of Liu Wansu himself and some of them came from the works of other sources, such as The Internal Cannon of Medicine. It can be seen that it was a book with Liu Wansu's rethinking and summerising about diabetes after he completed his other works. San Xiao Lun was first published in Ru Men Shi Qin in the Jin Dynasty. It was also cited by Yi Fang Lei Ju in Korea in 1445. It was fully recorded and published in Ru Men Shi Qin in the Wanli Period in the Ming Dynasty and therefore, became the basic version of the current one. After that, it envolved into Si Ku Quan Shu. In the end of the Qing Dynasty, this book was published independently with the comments by Zhou Xuehai, being one of the books in the Zhous' Series Medical Books(Zhou Shi Yi Xue Cong Shu).
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- S H Wang
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230038, China
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- Institute of Medical History Literature, Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Hefei 230012, China
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Hsueh MH, Lai CJ, Liu KY, Chung CF, Wang SH, Pan CY, Huang WC, Hsieh CH, Zeng YS. Effects of Printing Temperature and Filling Percentage on the Mechanical Behavior of Fused Deposition Molding Technology Components for 3D Printing. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:2910. [PMID: 34502950 PMCID: PMC8434332 DOI: 10.3390/polym13172910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Additive manufacturing (AM) has the advantages of providing materials with lightweight microporous structures and customized features, and being environmentally safe. It is widely used in medical sciences, the aerospace industry, biological research, engineering applications, and other fields. Among the many additive manufacturing methods, fused deposition modeling (FDM) is relatively low-cost, wastes less raw material and has a lower technical threshold. This paper presents a study on 3D printing based on FDM by changing two printing parameters, namely the printing temperature and filling percentage. The produced polylactic acid (PLA) material was analyzed through tensile and Shore D hardness tests and the differences in mechanical properties before and after the UV curing process were analyzed. The results show that increasing the filling percentage or increasing the printing temperature can effectively improve the tensile Young's modulus, ultimate tensile strength, elongation, and Shore hardness of the material. The UV curing process could enhance the rigidity and hardness of the material significantly but reduced the strength and toughness of the material. These findings could benefit researchers studying FDM with the goal of achieving sustainable manufactured materials.
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- Ming-Hsien Hsueh
- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807618, Taiwan; (M.-H.H.); (C.-H.H.); (Y.-S.Z.)
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- Department of Fashion Design and Management, Tainan University of Technology, Tainan 71002, Taiwan
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807618, Taiwan; (M.-H.H.); (C.-H.H.); (Y.-S.Z.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807618, Taiwan; (M.-H.H.); (C.-H.H.); (Y.-S.Z.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807618, Taiwan; (M.-H.H.); (C.-H.H.); (Y.-S.Z.)
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- Department and Graduate Institute of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 811213, Taiwan
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- Department of Information Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 824005, Taiwan
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807618, Taiwan; (M.-H.H.); (C.-H.H.); (Y.-S.Z.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807618, Taiwan; (M.-H.H.); (C.-H.H.); (Y.-S.Z.)
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Fang R, Wang J, Jiang XY, Wang SH, Cheng H, Zhou Q. Case Report: A Novel Mutation in NFKB1 Associated With Pyoderma Gangrenosum. Front Genet 2021; 12:673453. [PMID: 34447408 PMCID: PMC8383449 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.673453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare, destructive inflammatory skin disease of which a painful nodule or pustule breaks down to form a progressively enlarging ulcer. Ulcerations associated with PG may occur after trauma or injury to the skin. The etiology has not been clearly elucidated. Our report described a PG patient with a heterozygous splice-donor-site mutation in NFKB1 (c.730+5G>A) causing the absence of exon 8 and the formation of truncated p105 (p.Asp191_Lys244delinsGlu; p105delEx8), which led to distinct symptoms of high fever and excessive inflammation in wound area after routine surgical procedures. The functional analysis showed that the variant caused reduced phosphorylation of p105 and resulted in the decreased processing of p105 to p50. We conclude that the patient's symptoms were caused by dysregulation of the NF-κB signaling pathway.
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- Ran Fang
- The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Hsueh MH, Lai CJ, Wang SH, Zeng YS, Hsieh CH, Pan CY, Huang WC. Effect of Printing Parameters on the Thermal and Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed PLA and PETG, Using Fused Deposition Modeling. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:1758. [PMID: 34072038 PMCID: PMC8199453 DOI: 10.3390/polym13111758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 05/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) can be used to manufacture any complex geometry and internal structures, and it has been widely applied in many industries, such as the biomedical, manufacturing, aerospace, automobile, industrial, and building industries. The purpose of this research is to characterize the polylactic acid (PLA) and polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) materials of FDM under four loading conditions (tension, compression, bending, and thermal deformation), in order to obtain data regarding different printing temperatures and speeds. The results indicated that PLA and PETG materials exhibit an obvious tensile and compression asymmetry. It was observed that the mechanical properties (tension, compression, and bending) of PLA and PETG are increased at higher printing temperatures, and that the effect of speed on PLA and PETG shows different results. In addition, the mechanical properties of PLA are greater than those of PETG, but the thermal deformation is the opposite. The above results will be a great help for researchers who are working with polymers and FDM technology to achieve sustainability.
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- Ming-Hsien Hsueh
- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807618, Taiwan; (S.-H.W.); (Y.-S.Z.); (C.-H.H.)
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- Department of Fashion Design and Management, Tainan University of Technology, Tainan 71002, Taiwan
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807618, Taiwan; (S.-H.W.); (Y.-S.Z.); (C.-H.H.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807618, Taiwan; (S.-H.W.); (Y.-S.Z.); (C.-H.H.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807618, Taiwan; (S.-H.W.); (Y.-S.Z.); (C.-H.H.)
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- Department and Graduate Institute of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 811213, Taiwan
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- Department of Information Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 824005, Taiwan
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Wu DW, Huang HY, Tang Y, Wang HX, Wang J, Wang SH, Fang H, Yang XY, Li J, Wang X, Liu LJ, Yan Y, Wang Q, Li N, Cao C, Xu BH, Sun Y, He J. [Progress on clinical trials of cancer drugs in China, 2020]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2021; 43:218-223. [PMID: 33601488 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112152-20201221-01089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the latest progress of oncology drug clinical trials in China under COVID-19, as well as to provide decision-making evidence for related stakeholders. Research progress of oncology drug trials and approved cancer drugs in China in 2020 were systematically summarized and compared with 2019. Methods: Information Disclosure Platform for Drug Clinical Studies and China Food and Drug Administration Query System for Domestic and Imported Drug were searched for registered clinical trials and approved oncology drugs, respectively. The trial scope, stage, drug type, effect and mechanism of domestic and global pharmaceutical enterprises were compared between 2019 and 2020. Results: A total of 722 cancer drug trials registered in China in 2020, with an annual growth rate of 52.3%, accounting for 28.3% of all registered trials. Among them, 603 (83.5%) trials were initiated by domestic pharmaceutical enterprises, and 105 (14.5%) were international multicenter trials, phase I trials accounted for 44.5%. For all those trials, there were 458 cancer drug varieties, with an annual growth rate of 36.7%, and 361 (85.8%) were developed by domestic enterprises. Most of the investigational products were therapeutic innovative drugs (77.1%), major in tumor treatment (92.8%). In terms of mechanism, targeted drugs were the most popular, accounting for 76.6%, and programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR) were the most common targets. In addition, there were 19 anticancer drugs from 17 companies approved in China in 2019, with 10 drugs from domestic companies. Lung cancer and breast cancer are the most common indications for both registered trials and marketed drugs. No statistically significant differences were found between 2020 and 2019 in terms of the distribution of trial sponsor, scope and stage, as well as the distribution of drug type, effect and mechanism (P>0.05). Conclusions: During the Covid-19 epidemic period, clinical trials of oncology drugs in China progress smoothly and maintain a high growth rate. Series of innovative products obtained by domestic enterprises in 2020 is the main driving force of development of oncology drug clinical trials in China.
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- D W Wu
- Department of Clinical Trials Center, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Clinical Trials Center, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Clinical Trials Center, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- National Center for Drug Evaluation, National Medical Products Administration, Beijing 100022, China
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- National Center for Drug Evaluation, National Medical Products Administration, Beijing 100022, China
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- Department of Clinical Trials Center, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Clinical Trials Center, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Hospital Office, Hospital for Skin Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Nanjing 210042, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Cardivascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases/Clinical Trial Center, Beijing Hospital, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Clinical Trials Center, National Clinial Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- Department of Clinical Trials Institution, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100144, China
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- Department of Clinical Trials Center, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Clinical Trials Center, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- ZhongGuanCun JiuTai Drug Clinical Practice Union, Beijing 100027, China
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- Department of Clinical Trials Center, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Clinical Trials Center, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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Gorham PW, Ludwig A, Deaconu C, Cao P, Allison P, Banerjee O, Batten L, Bhattacharya D, Beatty JJ, Belov K, Binns WR, Bugaev V, Chen CH, Chen P, Chen Y, Clem JM, Cremonesi L, Dailey B, Dowkontt PF, Fox BD, Gordon JWH, Hast C, Hill B, Hsu SY, Huang JJ, Hughes K, Hupe R, Israel MH, Liu TC, Macchiarulo L, Matsuno S, McBride K, Miki C, Nam J, Naudet CJ, Nichol RJ, Novikov A, Oberla E, Olmedo M, Prechelt R, Rauch BF, Roberts JM, Romero-Wolf A, Rotter B, Russell JW, Saltzberg D, Seckel D, Schoorlemmer H, Shiao J, Stafford S, Stockham J, Stockham M, Strutt B, Sutherland MS, Varner GS, Vieregg AG, Wang SH, Wissel SA. Unusual Near-Horizon Cosmic-Ray-like Events Observed by ANITA-IV. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:071103. [PMID: 33666466 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.071103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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ANITA's fourth long-duration balloon flight in 2016 detected 29 cosmic-ray (CR)-like events on a background of 0.37_{-0.17}^{+0.27} anthropogenic events. CRs are mainly seen in reflection off the Antarctic ice sheets, creating a phase-inverted waveform polarity. However, four of the below-horizon CR-like events show anomalous noninverted polarity, a p=5.3×10^{-4} chance if due to background. All anomalous events are from locations near the horizon; ANITA-IV observed no steeply upcoming anomalous events similar to the two such events seen in prior flights.
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- P W Gorham
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, WC1E 6BT London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Mathematics, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, USA
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute of Astrophysics, and Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute of Astrophysics, and Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute of Astrophysics, and Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, WC1E 6BT London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute of Astrophysics, and Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute of Astrophysics, and Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Electrophysics, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute of Astrophysics, and Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, WC1E 6BT London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
- National Research Nuclear University, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institute für Kernphysik, 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute of Astrophysics, and Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute of Astrophysics, and Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16801, USA
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Li Z, Wang SH, Li GB, Lian YG, Gu XM, Xia KK, Yuan WT. [Comparison of clinical efficacy of robotic, laparoscopic and open surgery in the treatment of severe rectal prolapse]. Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi 2020; 23:1187-1193. [PMID: 33353275 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn.441530-20200105-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Objective: To analyze and compare the efficacy of robotic, laparoscopic and open dorsal mesh rectopexy in the treatment of severe rectal prolapse. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed. Patients who had a full-thickness rectum pulled out of the anus before surgery and the length was greater than 8 cm, and underwent transabdominal dorsal mesh rectopexy were enrolled in the study. Those who had urinary or sexual dysfunction before surgery, could not perform sexual function scores due to lack of a fixed sexual partner or sexual activity after surgery, underwent laparotomy again during the perioperative period, were transferred to laparotomy during robotic or laparoscopic surgery, or had no complete information, were excluded. A total of 61 patients with severe rectal prolapse in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from 2014 to 2018 were enrolled and divided into robotic group (20 cases), laparoscopic group (20 cases) and open group (21 cases) according to the operative procedure based on patients' will. Perioperative parameters were compared among the 3 groups. The International Prostatic Symptoms Score Scale (IPSS, higher score indicates more severe urinary dysfunction), the International Index of Erectile Function questionnaire (IIEF-15, lower score indicates more severe male sexual dysfunction) and the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI-19, lower score indicates more severe female sexual dysfunction) were used to evaluate and compare the urinary and sexual function before and after operation. Results: There were no significant differences in baseline data among the 3 groups (all P>0.05). In the robotic, laparoscopic and open groups respectively, the operative time was (176.3±13.8) minutes, (160.2±12.1) minutes and (134.2±12.1) minutes; intraoperative blood loss was (58.5±18.9) ml, (67.9±15.7) ml and (114.2±8.4) ml; the first time to ambulation was (19.9±6.8) hours, (24.0±8.9) hours and (37.7±11.4) hours; the first time to gas passage was (31.8±6.8) hours, (35.7±8.9) hours and (49.2±11.2) hours; the hospitalization time was (11.0±1.4) days, (11.4±1.4) days and (13.3±2.1) days; whose differences among 3 groups were all significant (all P<0.001). While no significant differences in morbidity of complication and recurrence among 3 groups were observed (all P>0.05). In the robotic, laparoscopic and open groups respectively, the preoperative IPSS score was (4.2±1.7), (4.4±1.3), and (4.7±1.8); the IPSS score at postoperative 3-month was (8.5±2.5), (9.9±1.7), and (12.2±3.1); IPSS score at postoperative 12-month was (4.3±1.6), (5.8±1.3), and (6.3±1.5), respectively. Compared to preoperative score, postoperative IPSS score increased obviously, then decreased gradually (P<0.001). Preoperative male IIEE score was (22.8±1.8), (22.1±2.1), and (22.6±1.5). In the robotic, laparoscopic and open groups respectively, male IIEE score at postoperative 6-month was (19.6±2.1), (17.1±2.1), and (15.0±2.1); male IIEE score at postoperative 12-month was (22.4±1.6), (19.9±1.5), (17.9±1.8), respectively. Preoperative female FSFI score was (26.4±3.4), (26.6±3.2), and (26.6±3.0); female FSFI score at postoperative 6-month was (21.5±3.3), (18.9±2.9), (17.0±2.6); female FSFI score at postoperative 12-month was (26.1±2.7), (22.7±3.2), and (21.2±2.3), respectively. Postoperative male IIEE score and female FSFI score decreased significantly and then increased gradually with time, whose differences were all significant (all P<0.05). Postoperative IPSS, IIEE, and FSFI scores in the robotic group were superior to those in the laparoscopic and open groups (all P<0.05). Conclusion: Robotic surgery is safe and effective in the treatment of severe rectal prolapse, and is more advantageous in preserving urinary function and sexual function.
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- Department of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China
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- Department of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China
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- Department of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China
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- Department of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China
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- Department of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China
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- Department of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China
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- Department of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China
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Hsueh MH, Wang CN, Hsieh MC, Lai CJ, Wang SH, Hsieh CH, Wu TL, Yu JH. An Analysis of Exhaust Emission of the Internal Combustion Engine Treated by the Non-Thermal Plasma. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25246041. [PMID: 33371281 PMCID: PMC7766616 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25246041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Revised: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Industries' air pollution causes serious challenges to modern society, among them exhaust gases from internal combustion engines, which are currently one of the main sources. This study proposes a non-thermal plasma (NTP) system for placement in the exhaust system of internal combustion engines to reduce the toxic contaminants (HC, CO, and NOx) of exhaust gases. This NTP system generates a high-voltage discharge that not only responds to the ion chemical reaction to eliminate NOx and CO, but that also generates a combustion reaction at the local high temperature of plasma to reduce HC. The NTP system was designed on both the front and rear of the exhaust pipe to analyze the difference of different exhaust flow rates under the specified frequency. The results indicate that the NTP system can greatly reduce toxic contaminants. The NTP reactor placed in the front of exhaust pipe gave HC and CO removal efficiency of about 34.5% and 16.0%, respectively, while the NTP reactor placed in the rear of exhaust pipe gave NOx removal efficiency of about 41.3%. In addition, the voltage and material directly affect the exhaust gases obviously. In conclusion, the proposed NTP system installed in the exhaust system can significantly reduce air pollutants. These results suggest that applying NTP to the combustion engine should be a useful tool to simultaneously reduce both emissions of NOx and CO.
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- Ming-Hsien Hsueh
- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan; (C.-N.W.); (S.-H.W.); (C.-H.H.); (T.-L.W.); (J.-H.Y.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan; (C.-N.W.); (S.-H.W.); (C.-H.H.); (T.-L.W.); (J.-H.Y.)
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- Institute of Undersea Technology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan;
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- Department of Fashion Design and Management, Tainan University of Technology, Tainan 71002, Taiwan;
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan; (C.-N.W.); (S.-H.W.); (C.-H.H.); (T.-L.W.); (J.-H.Y.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan; (C.-N.W.); (S.-H.W.); (C.-H.H.); (T.-L.W.); (J.-H.Y.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan; (C.-N.W.); (S.-H.W.); (C.-H.H.); (T.-L.W.); (J.-H.Y.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan; (C.-N.W.); (S.-H.W.); (C.-H.H.); (T.-L.W.); (J.-H.Y.)
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Li X, Pan X, Jiang C, Wu M, Liu Y, Wang F, Zheng X, Yang J, Sun C, Zhu Y, Zhou J, Wang S, Zhao Z, Zou J. Predicting 6-Month Unfavorable Outcome of Acute Ischemic Stroke Using Machine Learning. Front Neurol 2020; 11:539509. [PMID: 33329298 PMCID: PMC7710984 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.539509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background and Purpose: Accurate prediction of functional outcome after stroke would provide evidence for reasonable post-stroke management. This study aimed to develop a machine learning-based prediction model for 6-month unfavorable functional outcome in Chinese acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patient. Methods: We collected AIS patients at National Advanced Stroke Center of Nanjing First Hospital (China) between September 2016 and March 2019. The unfavorable outcome was defined as modified Rankin Scale score (mRS) 3-6 at 6-month. We developed five machine-learning models (logistic regression, support vector machine, random forest classifier, extreme gradient boosting, and fully-connected deep neural network) and assessed the discriminative performance by the area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve. We also compared them to the Houston Intra-arterial Recanalization Therapy (HIAT) score, the Totaled Health Risks in Vascular Events (THRIVE) score, and the NADE nomogram. Results: A total of 1,735 patients were included into this study, and 541 (31.2%) of them had unfavorable outcomes. Incorporating age, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score at admission, premorbid mRS, fasting blood glucose, and creatinine, there were similar predictive performance between our machine-learning models, while they are significantly better than HIAT score, THRIVE score, and NADE nomogram. Conclusions: Compared with the HIAT score, the THRIVE score, and the NADE nomogram, the RFC model can improve the prediction of 6-month outcome in Chinese AIS patients.
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- Xiang Li
- School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Public Health, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Zhao D, Che NY, Song ZG, Liu CC, Wang L, Shi HY, Dong YJ, Lin HF, Mu J, Ying L, Yang QC, Gao YN, Chen WS, Wang SH, Xu W, Jin ML. [Pathological diagnosis of lung cancer based on deep transfer learning]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2020; 49:1120-1125. [PMID: 33152815 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20200615-00471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To establish an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted diagnostic system for lung cancer via deep transfer learning. Methods: The researchers collected 519 lung pathologic slides from 2016 to 2019, covering various lung tissues, including normal tissues, adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and small cell carcinoma, from the Beijing Chest Hospital, the Capital Medical University. The slides were digitized by scanner, and 316 slides were used as training set and 203 as the internal test set. The researchers labeled all the training slides by pathologists and establish a semantic segmentation model based on DeepLab v3 with ResNet-50 to detect lung cancers at the pixel level. To perform transfer learning, the researchers utilized the gastric cancer detection model to initialize the deep neural network parameters. The lung cancer detection convolutional neural network was further trained by fine-tuning of the labeled data. The deep learning model was tested by 203 slides in the internal test set and 1 081 slides obtained from TCIA database, named as the external test set. Results: The model trained with transfer learning showed substantial accuracy advantage against the one trained from scratch for the internal test set [area under curve (AUC) 0.988 vs. 0.971, Kappa 0.852 vs. 0.832]. For the external test set, the transferred model achieved an AUC of 0.968 and Kappa of 0.828, indicating superior generalization ability. By studying the predictions made by the model, the researchers obtained deeper understandings of the deep learning model. Conclusions: The lung cancer histopathological diagnostic system achieves higher accuracy and superior generalization ability. With the development of histopathological AI, the transfer learning can effectively train diagnosis models and shorten the learning period, and improve the model performance.
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University/Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Institute, Beijing 101149, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Thorough Images Co. LTD, Beijing 100083, China
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- Thorough Images Co. LTD, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University/Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Institute, Beijing 101149, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University/Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Institute, Beijing 101149, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University/Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Institute, Beijing 101149, China
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- Department of Pathology, the Fourth Hospital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Huhhot 010080, China
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- Department of Pathology, Tianjin Haihe Hospital, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Department of Pathology, Changchun Infectious Diseases/Tuberculosis Hospital, Changchun 132000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Quanzhou First Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province,China
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- Thorough Images Co. LTD, Beijing 100083, China
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- Tsinghua University Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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Wang SH, Huan Q, Wang WH, Fang M, Zhao ZH. [Non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy complicating with apical aneurysm: a case report]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2020; 48:788-791. [PMID: 32957765 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112148-20200719-00570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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- S H Wang
- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
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Liu CF, Lyu TX, Liu ZR, Wan HB, Wang SH, Lin L, Zhang M, Zhao YH, Wang L, Su X, Yang YL, Zhu YH, Liu PY. [Investigation on two family clusters of COVID-19 in a county of Baotou city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2020; 41:1210-1213. [PMID: 32867426 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20200305-00261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the epidemiological characteristics and transmission chain of COVID-19 in two families, and to provide scientific evidence for effective prevention and control measures. Methods: Field epidemiological investigation was conducted for the COVID-19 cases occurred in two families and the close contacts in a county of Baotou city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Descriptive statistical analysis on epidemiological data was conducted. Results: The infection source of the COVID-19 cases in the two families was a man who had living history in Wuhan. After his return, his parents were infected by him. A few days later, the members of a neighbor family were found to be infected, and relatives of this family were also infected after dining together repeatedly. Finally, ten confirmed cases and three suspected cases of COVID-19 were detected in the two families. Conclusions: Human-to-human transmission of COVID-19 can occur not only in a family but also in neighborhoods. The cases in two families had close relationship, indicating the necessity to strengthen the health education about COVID-19 prevention and control and the management of groups at high risk to reduce the incidence of COVID-19 in families and neighborhoods.
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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- Baotou City Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Baotou 014020, China
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- Graduate School, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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- Baotou City Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Baotou 014020, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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- School of Public Health, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
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Fang Y, Yu Y, Wu DW, Fang H, Huang HY, Wang SH, Yu AQ, Sun C, Bai Y, Wang H, Li N. [A review of immune-related adverse events associated with immunotherapy]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2020; 42:17-21. [PMID: 32023764 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3766.2020.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors have been approved for clinical application in China. However, the increased immune-related adverse event (irAE) needs more attention. This review summarized the incidence, characteristic clinical manifestation and treatment of irAEs associated with programmed cell death protein-1(PD-1) and programmed cell death ligand-1(PD-L1) inhibitors. To have a deep insight into irAE, the potential mechanisms, the different incidences of cancer types, influencing factors and the direction of future research were also discussed here to provide guidance for clinical oncologist to identify and monitor irAE.
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- GCP center, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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Chen WS, Zhang WH, Li ZJ, Yang Y, Chen F, Ge XS, Wang TR, Fang P, Feng CY, Liu J, Liu SS, Pan HX, Zhu TL, Tian YY, Wang WY, Xing H, Yao J, Yuan YM, Jiang P, Tang HP, Zhou J, Zang JC, Lu S, Huang HP, Lei XH, Huang BH, Wang SH, Huang FY, Tao HY, Zhang YX, Liu B, Li HF, Li SQ, Hu BJ, Liu Y. Evaluation of manual and electronic healthcare-associated infections surveillance: a multi-center study with 21 tertiary general hospitals in China. Ann Transl Med 2019; 7:444. [PMID: 31700880 DOI: 10.21037/atm.2019.08.80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Background Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are still a major health threats worldwide. Traditional surveillance methods involving manual surveillance by infection control practitioners (ICPs) for data collection processes are laborious, inefficient, and generate data of variable quality. In this study, we sought to evaluate the impact of surveillance and interaction platform system (SIPS) for HAIs surveillance compared to manual survey in tertiary general hospitals. Methods A large multi-center study including 21 tertiary general hospitals and 63 wards were performed to evaluate the impact of electronic SIPS for HAIs. Results We collected 4,098 consecutive patients and found that the hospitals installed with SIPS significantly increased work efficiency of ICPs achieving satisfactory diagnostic performance of HAIs with 0.73 for sensitivity, 0.81 for specificity and 0.81 area under the curve (AUC). However, there were significant heterogeneity own to regions, time of SIPS installation, departments and sample size. Conclusions SIPS significantly improved ICPs efficiency and HAIs monitoring effectiveness, but there were shortcomings such as untimely maintenance and high cost.
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- Wen-Sen Chen
- Department of Infection Control, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Shengze Branch of Jiangsu Province Hospital & Jiangsu Shengze Hospital, Suzhou 215000, China
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- Department of Infection Control, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Infection Control, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Northern Jiangsu Province Hospital, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Infection Control, People's Hospital of Gaoyou, Yangzhou 225600, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225000, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Second People's Hospital of Huai'an, Huai'an 223002, China
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- Department of Infection Control, First People's Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou 213003, China
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- Department of Infection Control, First People's Hospital of Lianyungang, Lianyungang 222000, China
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- Department of Infection Control, First People's Hospital of Lianyungang, Lianyungang 222000, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Taixing People's Hospital, Taizhou 225400, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Taizhou People's Hospital, Taizhou 225400, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Wuxi No.2 People's Hospital, Wuxi 214000, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Yancheng First People's Hospital, Yancheng 224005, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212001, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212001, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
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- Department of Infection Control, First People's Hospital of Nantong, Nantong 226001, China
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- Department of Infection Control, People's hospital of Qidong, Nantong 226200, China
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- Department of Infection Control, People's hospital of Qidong, Nantong 226200, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Luoyang Central Hospital, Luoyang 471009, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Kaifeng Second People's Hospital, Kaifeng 475000, China
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- Department of Infection Control, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen, Xiamen 361003, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Xi'an First Hospital, Xi'an 710002, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250000, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250000, China
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- Department of Infection Control, People's Hospital of Changshou District in Chongqing, Chongqing 401220, China
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- Department of Infection Control, People's Hospital of Changshou District in Chongqing, Chongqing 401220, China
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- Department of Infection Control, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Infection Control, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Infection Control, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Infection Control, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease and and Infection Control, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200000, China
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- Department of Geriatrics Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.,School of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210096, China
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Gao J, Yang X, Xu L, Yang MM, Ke S, Ding XM, Wang SH, Sun WB. [A case of Abscesso-colonic fistula after radiofrequency ablation therapy for spontaneous rupture of huge hepatocellular carcinoma]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2019; 41:477-479. [PMID: 31216837 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3766.2019.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100043, China
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Bai YY, Zhang HJ, Li ZL, Wang SH, Li YL, You Y, Qin YL, Zhang JW. [Abnormal functional connectivity between sublaterodorsal nucleus and the motor cortex in Parkinson's disease with rapid-eye-movement sleep behavior disorder]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 99:993-997. [PMID: 30955311 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2019.13.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the abnormal functional connectivity between sublaterodorsal nucleus (SLD) and the brain motor areas in Parkinson's disease with or without rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder by resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rfMRI). Methods: A total of 64 subjects recruited in the Department of Neurology, the People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University were enrolled in this study from August 2014 to December 2017 according to international diagnosis criteria, 20 cases with PD-RBD (PD-RBD group), 23 cases without PD-nRBD (PD-nRBD group) and 21 age, gender-matched healthy controls (HC group). All subjects were examined by Hoehn-Yahr, UPDRS-Ⅲ and rfMRI. Resluts: UPDRS-Ⅲ scores and Hoehn-Yahr staging were showed significantly different from that in the HC group(KW=-27.35, P<0.001) but showed no significantly difference from that in the PD-nRBD group(KW=6.01, P=0.807). Compared with the control group, the FC analysis showed reduced correlations from the left SLD to the right orbital middle frontal gyrus(T=-4.567 8, P<0.001), the left cingulate gyrus(T=-3.196 0,P<0.001), the left cerebellum(T=-4.267 0,P<0.001) and the right midbrain(T=-4.773 7, P<0.001), from the right SLD to the bilateral cerebellum (T(left)=-5.040 1, T(right)=-4.210 5, P<0.001), the left precuneus(T=-4.468 2,P<0.001) and the left precentral gyrus (T=-4.473 9,P<0.001) in the PD-RBD. The correlations between the left SLD and left cerebellum, right midbrain and between the right SLD and left precuneus, left precentral gyrus were negative correlated with the motor functional tests. Conclusions: There are abnormal functional connectivity from the SLD to the motor areas in PD-RBD patients, leading to clinical PD-RBD motor symptoms and movement disorders.
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- Department of Neurology, the People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Department of Neurology, the People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Department of Radiology, the People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Department of Neurology, the People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Department of Radiology, the People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Department of Radiology, the People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Information Engineering University, People's Liberation Army of China, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Department of Neurology, the People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450003, China
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Huang WR, Gu ZY, Li HH, Bo J, Wang SH, Li F, Gao XN, Dou LP, Zhao Y, Jing Y, Zhu HY, Wang QS, Yu L, Gao CJ, Liu DH. [Clinical outcomes of peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for aggressive peripheral T-cell lymphoma]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2019; 39:729-733. [PMID: 30369182 PMCID: PMC7342247 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2018.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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目的 研究外周血造血干细胞移植治疗外周T细胞淋巴瘤(PTCL)的疗效。 方法 回顾性分析解放军总医院血液科2007年6月至2017年6月接受外周血造血干细胞移植PTCL患者的临床资料。 结果 共有41例PTCL患者纳入研究,男30例,女11例,中位年龄38(13~57)岁。17例行自体外周血造血干细胞移植(auto-PBSCT),24例行异基因外周血造血干细胞移植(allo-PBSCT)。auto-PBSCT组ALK阳性间变大细胞淋巴瘤占47.1%(8/17),allo-PBSCT组NK/T细胞淋巴瘤和外周T细胞淋巴瘤-非特指型占66.7%(16/24)。auto-PBSCT组患者移植前疾病处于完全缓解(CR)状态者占58.8%(10/17),疾病进展(PD)状态者占11.8%(2/17);allo-PBSCT组移植前疾病状态为CR者8.3%(2/24),PD者45.8%(11/24)。auto-PBSCT组和allo-PBSCT组移植后2年总生存率、无病生存率差异均无统计学意义[(64.0±10.8)%对(53.5±9.7)%,P=0.543;(57.1±12.4)%对(53.5±10.6)%,P=0.701]。auto-PBSCT组6例死亡,5例死于复发;allo-PBSCT组12例死亡,其中5例死于复发,7例为移植相关死亡。 结论 auto-PBSCT和allo-PBSCT均是PTCL的有效治疗方法。
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- W R Huang
- Department of Hematology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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Huang B, Chen FG, Zhuang J, Zheng WC, Zhu WY, Zhang QC, Wang SH, Guo CM, Xie CM. [Primary tracheal malignant glomus tumor with lung metastasis diagnosed by pathological analysis: a case report and literature review]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2019; 49:697-702. [PMID: 28910916 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2017.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Objective: To study the clinical manifestations, pathological features, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of primary tracheobronchial or pulmonary malignant glomus tumor (MGT). Methods: A case of primary tracheal MGT with lung metastasis diagnosed by pathological analysis admitted to Affiliated Shantou Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in May. 2015 was analyzed, and the related literatures were reviewed. We searched databases including PubMed, Embase, Ovid, Cochrane, Wanfang and Chinese National Knowledge infrastructure (CNKI), using the keyword "tracheal or bronchial or pulmonary malignant glomus tumor" from Jan. 1975 to Dec. 2016. Results: A 47 year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital because of cough, chest tightness and shortness of breath for 3 days. The chest CT showed a soft tissue mass with a diameter of 2.5 cm in the lower tracheal segment, and the lumen was narrowed. Meanwhile, multiple nodular opacities were shown in both lungs. The admission diagnosis was thyroid cancer with multiple metastases of lung. Electronic bronchoscopic airway tumor ablation and cryotherapy were performed, and then the biopsy of the tumor was conducted and the pathological study confirmed the diagnosis of primary tracheal MGT. After 1 month, the tracheal tumor recurred. Then, electronic bronchoscopic airway tumor ablation and cryotherapy were performed again. The patient declined further therapy such as radiotherapy or chemotherapy and died one month later. A total of 14 literatures including 15 cases were retrieved from databases. In addition of this case, a total of 16 cases were analyzed, including 9 males, 7 females. Age of onset ranged from 9 to 74 years, and the average age was 49 years. These patients' chest CT showed airway mass or lung space occupying lesions, and the clinical manifestations were nonspecific. Conclusions: Primary MGT in trachea, bronchus or lung is a rare disease, which is easy to be misdiagnosed or to miss diagnosis. The final diagnosis depends on pathological morphology, and the main treatment is lobectomy or tracheal segment resection surgery. Due to its high invasiveness, local recurrence and metastasis may occur easily. The primary MGT in trachea, bronchus or lung is of poor prognosis.
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- B Huang
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Affiliated Shantou Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shantou 515000, China
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Wang YM, Ma YQ, Bi SC, Ma XD, Guan R, Wang SH, Lu MQ, Shi FS, Hu SH. Therapeutic effect of ginsenoside Rg1 on mastitis experimentally induced by lipopolysaccharide in lactating goats. J Dairy Sci 2019; 102:2443-2452. [PMID: 30612791 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2018-15280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Escherichia coli is a cause of subclinical and clinical mastitis in dairy cattle and goats, and sometimes causes severe clinical disease that may result in death of the animal. Previous investigation showed that ginsenoside Rg1 extracted from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer (Araliaceae) has an anti-inflammatory effect on the sepsis induced by E. coli lipopolysaccharide via competitive binding to toll-like receptor 4. We hypothesized that intravenous injection of Rg1 had therapeutic effect on mastitis experimentally induced by intramammary infusion of lipopolysaccharide in lactating goats. In this study, 9 lactating goats were randomly assigned to 1 of the 3 groups: (1) lipopolysaccharide intramammary infusion + saline intravenous injection, (2) lipopolysaccharide intramammary infusion + Rg1 intravenous injection, and (3) saline intramammary administration + saline intravenous injection. Because no adverse clinical signs were observed after intramammary infusion of saline and intravenous injection of Rg1 in a preliminary experiment, and available qualified goats were limited in this study, this treatment was not included in this study. One udder half of each goat received intramammary infusion of lipopolysaccharide (50 μg/kg of body weight; groups 1 and 2) or saline solution (group 3), and the other half was infused with 2 mL of saline solution at h 0. Afterward, intravenous injections of saline solution (groups 1 and 3) or Rg1 (2.5 mg/kg of body weight; group 2) were administered at h 2 and 4 post-lipopolysaccharide challenge. Blood and milk samples were collected 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 48, and 72 h post-lipopolysaccharide challenge, and clinical signs were monitored hourly after lipopolysaccharide challenge within the first 10 h and at the same time points as blood samples. The results showed that Rg1 treatment downregulated rectal temperature, udder skin temperature, udder girth, milk somatic cell count, and N-acetyl-β-d-glucosaminidase and upregulated milk production, lactose, and recovered blood components, such as white blood cells, neutrophils, lymphocytes, total proteins, albumin, and globulin. Considering the positive therapeutic effect on lipopolysaccharide-induced mastitis in goats presented in this study as well as the anti-inflammatory activity found previously, the botanical Rg1 deserves further study as a therapeutic agent in the treatment of E. coli mastitis in dairy animals.
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- Y M Wang
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China.
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Gorham PW, Rotter B, Allison P, Banerjee O, Batten L, Beatty JJ, Bechtol K, Belov K, Besson DZ, Binns WR, Bugaev V, Cao P, Chen CC, Chen CH, Chen P, Clem JM, Connolly A, Cremonesi L, Dailey B, Deaconu C, Dowkontt PF, Fox BD, Gordon JWH, Hast C, Hill B, Hughes K, Huang JJ, Hupe R, Israel MH, Javaid A, Lam J, Liewer KM, Lin SY, Liu TC, Ludwig A, Macchiarulo L, Matsuno S, Miki C, Mulrey K, Nam J, Naudet CJ, Nichol RJ, Novikov A, Oberla E, Olmedo M, Prechelt R, Prohira S, Rauch BF, Roberts JM, Romero-Wolf A, Russell JW, Saltzberg D, Seckel D, Schoorlemmer H, Shiao J, Stafford S, Stockham J, Stockham M, Strutt B, Varner GS, Vieregg AG, Wang SH, Wissel SA. Observation of an Unusual Upward-Going Cosmic-Ray-like Event in the Third Flight of ANITA. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:161102. [PMID: 30387639 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.161102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Revised: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We report on an upward traveling, radio-detected cosmic-ray-like impulsive event with characteristics closely matching an extensive air shower. This event, observed in the third flight of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA), a NASA-sponsored long-duration balloon payload, is consistent with a similar event reported in a previous flight. These events could be produced by the atmospheric decay of an upward-propagating τ lepton produced by a ν_{τ} interaction, although their relatively steep arrival angles create tension with the standard model neutrino cross section. Each of the two events have a posteriori background estimates of ≲10^{-2} events. If these are generated by τ-lepton decay, then either the charged-current ν_{τ} cross section is suppressed at EeV energies, or the events arise at moments when the peak flux of a transient neutrino source was much larger than the typical expected cosmogenic background neutrinos.
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- P W Gorham
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
- National Research Nuclear University, MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoe shosse 31, Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics & McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Physics & McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute. of Astrophysics, & Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute. of Astrophysics, & Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute. of Astrophysics, & Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics & McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute. of Astrophysics, & Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics & McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute. of Astrophysics, & Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute. of Astrophysics, & Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute. of Astrophysics, & Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
- National Research Nuclear University, MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoe shosse 31, Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Department of Physics & McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute. of Astrophysics, & Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Institute. of Astrophysics, & Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Physics Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California 93407, USA
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Guo B, Wang SH, Wu ZX, Wang ZX, Wang DH, Huang H, Zhang F, Ge YQ, Zhang H. Sub-200 fs soliton mode-locked fiber laser based on bismuthene saturable absorber. Opt Express 2018; 26:22750-22760. [PMID: 30184930 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.022750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Few-layer bismuthene is an emerging two-dimensional material in the fields of physics, chemistry, and material science. However, its nonlinear optical property and the related photonics device have been seldom studied so far. Here, we demonstrate a sub-200 fs soliton mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) using a microfiber-based bismuthene saturable absorber for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. The bismuthene nanosheets are synthesized by the sonochemical exfoliation method and transferred onto the taper region of a microfiber by the optical deposition method. Stable soliton pulses centered at 1561 nm with the shortest pulse duration of about 193 fs were obtained. Our findings unambiguously imply that apart from its fantastic electric and thermal properties, few-layer bismuthene may also possess attractive optoelectronic properties for nonlinear photonics, such as mode-lockers, Q-switchers, optical modulators and so on.
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Chen CM, Wang SH. Advancing Malware Classification With an Evolving Clustering Method. International Journal of Applied Metaheuristic Computing 2018. [DOI: 10.4018/ijamc.2018070101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This article describes how honeypots and intrusion detection systems serve as major mechanisms for security administrators to collect a variety of sample viruses and malware for further analysis, classification, and system protection. However, increased variety and complexity of malware makes the analysis and classification challenging, especially when efficiency and timely response are two contradictory yet equally significant criteria in malware classification. Besides, similarity-based classifications exhibit insufficiency because the mutation and fuzzification of malware exacerbate classification difficulties. In order to improve malware classification speed and attend to mutation, this research proposes the ameliorated progressive classification that integrates static analysis and improved k-means algorithm. This proposed classification aims at assisting network administrators to have a malware classification preprocess and make efficient malware classifications upon the capture of new malware, thus enhancing the defense against malware.
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- Chia-Mei Chen
- Department of Information Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Information Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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