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Liu L, Chen Y, Zhang T, Cui G, Wang W, Zhang G, Li J, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Zou Y, Ren Z, Xue W, Sun R. YBX1 Promotes Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Progression via m5C‐Dependent SMOX mRNA Stabilization. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2024:e2302379. [PMID: 38566431 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202302379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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The modification and recognition of 5-methylcytosine (m5C) are involved in the initiation and progression of various tumor types. However, the precise role and potential mechanism of Y-box-binding protein 1 (YBX1) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains unclear. Here, it is found that YBX1 is frequently upregulated in ESCC compared with matched nontumor tissues. Gain- and loss-of-function assays show that YBX1 promoted the proliferation and metastasis of ESCC cells both in vitro and in vivo. Functional studies revealed that NOP2/Sun RNA methyltransferase family member 2 (NSUN2) is a critical RNA methyltransferase that facilitates YBX1-mediated ESCC progression. Mechanistically, integrated analysis based on RNA immunoprecipitation sequencing (RIP-seq) and m5C methylated RNA immunoprecipitation and sequencing (MeRIP-seq) assays identified spermine oxidase (SMOX) as a target gene containing an m5C site in its coding sequence (CDS) region, which coincided well with the binding site of YBX1. Overexpression of SMOX-WT but not SMOX-Mut partially restored the proliferation and invasion ability of ESCC cells curbed by YBX1 knockdown. Moreover, YBX1 activated the mTORC1 signaling pathway by stabilizing SMOX mRNA. The study reveals that YBX1 promotes ESCC development by stabilizing SMOX mRNA in an m5C-dependent manner, thus providing a valuable therapeutic target for ESCC.
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- Liwen Liu
- Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
- Academy of Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
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- Academy of Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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- Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
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- Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
- Academy of Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
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- Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
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- Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
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- Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
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- Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
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- Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
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- Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
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Li K, Xue W, Lu Z, Wang S, Zheng J, Lu K, Li M, Zong Y, Xu F, Dai J, Yang Y, Sun J. Tumor-derived exosomal ADAM17 promotes pre-metastatic niche formation by enhancing vascular permeability in colorectal cancer. J Exp Clin Cancer Res 2024; 43:59. [PMID: 38413999 PMCID: PMC10898123 DOI: 10.1186/s13046-024-02991-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Hematological metastasis has been recognized as a crucial factor contributing to the high rates of metastasis and mortality observed in colorectal cancer (CRC). Notably, exosomes derived from cancer cells participate in the formation of CRC pre-metastatic niches; however, the mechanisms underlying their effects are largely unknown. While our preliminary research revealed the role of exosome-derived disintegrin and metalloproteinase 17 (ADAM17) in the early stages of CRC metastasis, the role of exosomal ADAM17 in CRC hematogenous metastasis remains unclear. METHODS In the present study, we isolated and purified exosomes using ultracentrifugation and identified exosomal proteins through quantitative mass spectrometry. In vitro, co-culture assays were conducted to evaluate the impact of exosomal ADAM17 on the permeability of the blood vessel endothelium. Vascular endothelial cell resistance, the cell index, membrane protein separation, flow cytometry, and immunofluorescence were employed to investigate the mechanisms underlying exosomal ADAM17-induced vascular permeability. Additionally, a mouse model was established to elucidate the role of exosomal ADAM17 in the modulation of blood vessel permeability and pre-metastatic niche formation in vivo. RESULTS Our clinical data indicated that ADAM17 derived from the circulating exosomes of patients with CRC could serve as a blood-based biomarker for predicting metastasis. The CRC-derived exosomal ADAM17 targeted vascular endothelial cells, thus enhancing vascular permeability by influencing vascular endothelial cadherin cell membrane localization. Moreover, exosomal ADAM17 mediated the formation of a pre-metastatic niche in nude mice by inducing vascular leakage, thereby promoting CRC metastasis. Nonetheless, ADAM17 selective inhibitors effectively reduced CRC metastasis in vivo. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that exosomal ADAM17 plays a pivotal role in the hematogenous metastasis of CRC. Thus, this protein may serve as a valuable blood-based biomarker and potential drug target for CRC metastasis intervention.
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- Keyu Li
- Department of General Surgery, Changshu No. 1 People's Hospital, Affiliated Changshu Hospital of Soochow University, No. 1 Shuyuan Street, Changshu, 215500, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Dushu Lake Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Medical Center of Soochow University, Suzhou Dushu Lake Hospital, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Changshu No. 1 People's Hospital, Affiliated Changshu Hospital of Soochow University, No. 1 Shuyuan Street, Changshu, 215500, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Changshu No. 1 People's Hospital, Affiliated Changshu Hospital of Soochow University, No. 1 Shuyuan Street, Changshu, 215500, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Changshu No. 1 People's Hospital, Affiliated Changshu Hospital of Soochow University, No. 1 Shuyuan Street, Changshu, 215500, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Changshu No. 1 People's Hospital, Affiliated Changshu Hospital of Soochow University, No. 1 Shuyuan Street, Changshu, 215500, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Changshu No. 1 People's Hospital, Affiliated Changshu Hospital of Soochow University, No. 1 Shuyuan Street, Changshu, 215500, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Changshu No. 1 People's Hospital, Affiliated Changshu Hospital of Soochow University, No. 1 Shuyuan Street, Changshu, 215500, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Changshu No. 1 People's Hospital, Affiliated Changshu Hospital of Soochow University, No. 1 Shuyuan Street, Changshu, 215500, Jiangsu, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210028, Jiangsu, China.
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- Department of General Surgery, Changshu No. 1 People's Hospital, Affiliated Changshu Hospital of Soochow University, No. 1 Shuyuan Street, Changshu, 215500, Jiangsu, China.
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Xue W, Yang L, Chen C, Ashrafizadeh M, Tian Y, Sun R. Wnt/β-catenin-driven EMT regulation in human cancers. Cell Mol Life Sci 2024; 81:79. [PMID: 38334836 PMCID: PMC10857981 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-023-05099-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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Metastasis accounts for 90% of cancer-related deaths among the patients. The transformation of epithelial cells into mesenchymal cells with molecular alterations can occur during epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). The EMT mechanism accelerates the cancer metastasis and drug resistance ability in human cancers. Among the different regulators of EMT, Wnt/β-catenin axis has been emerged as a versatile modulator. Wnt is in active form in physiological condition due to the function of GSK-3β that destructs β-catenin, while ligand-receptor interaction impairs GSK-3β function to increase β-catenin stability and promote its nuclear transfer. Regarding the oncogenic function of Wnt/β-catenin, its upregulation occurs in human cancers and it can accelerate EMT-mediated metastasis and drug resistance. The stimulation of Wnt by binding Wnt ligands into Frizzled receptors can enhance β-catenin accumulation in cytoplasm that stimulates EMT and related genes upon nuclear translocation. Wnt/β-catenin/EMT axis has been implicated in augmenting metastasis of both solid and hematological tumors. The Wnt/EMT-mediated cancer metastasis promotes the malignant behavior of tumor cells, causing therapy resistance. The Wnt/β-catenin/EMT axis can be modulated by upstream mediators in which non-coding RNAs are main regulators. Moreover, pharmacological intervention, mainly using phytochemicals, suppresses Wnt/EMT axis in metastasis suppression.
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- Wenhua Xue
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xianyang Central Hospital, Xianyang, 712000, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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- School of Public Health, Benedictine University, Lisle, USA.
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- Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
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Xue W, Wu K, Guo X, Chen C, Huang T, Li L, Liu B, Chang H, Zhao J. The pan-cancer landscape of glutamate and glutamine metabolism: A comprehensive bioinformatic analysis across 32 solid cancer types. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2024; 1870:166982. [PMID: 38065270 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2023.166982] [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: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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Glutamine metabolism is a hallmark of cancer metabolism, which matters in the progression of the tumor. This synthetic study conducted a large-scale systematic analysis at the pan-cancer level on the glutamate and glutamine metabolism (GGM) across 32 solid tumors from the TCGA database. The glutamine metabolism activity was quantified through a scoring system. This study revealed that the GGM score in tumor tissues was up-regulated in 13 cancer types (BCLA, BRCA, COAD, KICH, KIRP, LUAD, LUSC, PAAD, PRAD, READ, STAD, THYM, UCEC) and down-regulated in 4 cancer types (CHOL, GBM, LIHC, THCA), exhibiting tissue specificity. The mRNA expression levels of glutamine metabolism-related genes were relatively high, and GLUL exhibited the highest expression level. The expression levels were up-regulated with copy number amplification. ALDH18A1, PYCR1, and PYCR2 show a significant upregulation in protein levels in cancer tissues compared to normal tissues, making them potential pan-cancer therapeutic targets. For the TME related to glutamine metabolism, the GGM score exhibited significant immune and stromal environment inhibitory effects in all involved tumors. Up-regulated GGM score indicated the widespread promotion of drug resistance at the pan-cancer level. GGM score and glutamine metabolism-related genes signature tended to be risk factors for the overall survival of cancer patients.
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- Wenhua Xue
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China; Medical School, Huanghe Science and Technology University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Medical School, Huanghe Science and Technology University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China; Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Medical School, Huanghe Science and Technology University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China; Cancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, College of Pharmacy, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China
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- Department of Cancer Research, Hanyu Biomed Center Beijing, Beijing 102488, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China; Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
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Wei P, Lamont B, He T, Xue W, Wang PC, Song W, Zhang R, Keyhani AB, Zhao S, Lu W, Dong F, Gao R, Yu J, Huang Y, Tang L, Lu K, Ma J, Xiong Z, Chen L, Wan N, Wang B, He W, Teng M, Dian Y, Wang Y, Zeng L, Lin C, Dai M, Zhou Z, Xiao W, Yan Z. Vegetation-fire feedbacks increase subtropical wildfire risk in scrubland and reduce it in forests. J Environ Manage 2024; 351:119726. [PMID: 38052142 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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Climate dictates wildfire activity around the world. But East and Southeast Asia are an apparent exception as fire-activity variation there is unrelated to climatic variables. In subtropical China, fire activity decreased by 80% between 2003 and 2020 amid increased fire risks globally. Here, we assessed the fire regime, vegetation structure, fuel flammability and their interactions across subtropical Hubei, China. We show that tree basal area (TBA) and fuel flammability explained 60% of fire-frequency variance. Fire frequency and fuel flammability, in turn, explained 90% of TBA variance. These results reveal a novel system of scrubland-forest stabilized by vegetation-fire feedbacks. Frequent fires promote the persistence of derelict scrubland through positive vegetation-fire feedbacks; in forest, vegetation-fire feedbacks are negative and suppress fire. Thus, we attribute the decrease in wildfire activity to reforestation programs that concurrently increase forest coverage and foster negative vegetation-fire feedbacks that suppress wildfire.
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- P Wei
- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Ecology Section, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.
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- College of Science Engineering & Education, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, Xianyang, 712100, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Hubei Forestry Survey and Design Institute, East Lake Science and Technology, District, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China.
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- Hubei Forestry Survey and Design Institute, East Lake Science and Technology, District, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China.
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- Hubei Forestry Survey and Design Institute, East Lake Science and Technology, District, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China.
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- Hubei Forestry Survey and Design Institute, East Lake Science and Technology, District, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China.
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- Department of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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Wei Y, Guo X, Li L, Xue W, Wang L, Chen C, Sun S, Yang Y, Yao W, Wang W, Zhao J, Duan X. The role of N6-methyladenosine methylation in PAHs-induced cancers. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:118078-118101. [PMID: 37924411 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30710-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are a wide range of environmental toxicants, may act on humans through inhalation, ingestion, and skin contact, resulting in a range of toxic reactions. Epidemiological studies showed that long-term exposure to PAHs in the occupational and living environment results in a substantial rise in the incidence rate of many cancers in the population, so the prevention and treatment of these diseases have become a major worldwide public health problem. N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification greatly affects the metabolism of RNA and is implicated in the etiopathogenesis of many kinds of diseases. In addition, m6A-binding proteins have an important role in disease development. The abnormal expression of these can cause the malignant proliferation, migration, invasion, and metastasis of cancers. Furthermore, a growing number of studies revealed that environmental toxicants are one of the cancer risk factors and are related to m6A modifications. Exposure to environmental toxicants can alter the methylation level of m6A and the expression of the m6A-binding protein, thus promoting the occurrence and development of cancers through diverse mechanisms. m6A may serve as a biomarker for early environmental exposure. Through the study of m6A, we can find the health injury early, thus providing a new sight for preventing and curing environmental health-related diseases.
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- Yujie Wei
- National Engineering Laboratory for Internet Medical Systems and Applications, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Road, Erqi District, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Medical School, Huanghe Science and Technology University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Internet Medical Systems and Applications, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Road, Erqi District, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Internet Medical Systems and Applications, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Road, Erqi District, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Internet Medical Systems and Applications, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Road, Erqi District, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Internet Medical Systems and Applications, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Road, Erqi District, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Internet Medical Systems and Applications, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Road, Erqi District, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Internet Medical Systems and Applications, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Road, Erqi District, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Internet Medical Systems and Applications, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Road, Erqi District, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China.
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
- Medical School, Huanghe Science and Technology University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
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Wang Z, Wang Y, Li Z, Xue W, Hu S, Kong X. Lipid metabolism as a target for cancer drug resistance: progress and prospects. Front Pharmacol 2023; 14:1274335. [PMID: 37841917 PMCID: PMC10571713 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1274335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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Cancer is the world's leading cause of human death today, and the treatment process of cancer is highly complex. Chemotherapy and targeted therapy are commonly used in cancer treatment, and the emergence of drug resistance is a significant problem in cancer treatment. Therefore, the mechanism of drug resistance during cancer treatment has become a hot issue in current research. A series of studies have found that lipid metabolism is closely related to cancer drug resistance. This paper details the changes of lipid metabolism in drug resistance and how lipid metabolism affects drug resistance. More importantly, most studies have reported that combination therapy may lead to changes in lipid-related metabolic pathways, which may reverse the development of cancer drug resistance and enhance or rescue the sensitivity to therapeutic drugs. This paper summarizes the progress of drug design targeting lipid metabolism in improving drug resistance, and providing new ideas and strategies for future tumor treatment. Therefore, this paper reviews the issues of combining medications with lipid metabolism and drug resistance.
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- Zi’an Wang
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Precision Clinical Pharmacy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Precision Clinical Pharmacy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Precision Clinical Pharmacy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Precision Clinical Pharmacy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Precision Clinical Pharmacy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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Ren W, Xue W, Guo S, He R, Deng L, Song S, Sotnikov A, Nielsch K, van den Brink J, Gao G, Chen S, Han Y, Wu J, Chu CW, Wang Z, Wang Y, Ren Z. Vacancy-mediated anomalous phononic and electronic transport in defective half-Heusler ZrNiBi. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4722. [PMID: 37543679 PMCID: PMC10404254 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40492-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/07/2023] Open
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Studies of vacancy-mediated anomalous transport properties have flourished in diverse fields since these properties endow solid materials with fascinating photoelectric, ferroelectric, and spin-electric behaviors. Although phononic and electronic transport underpin the physical origin of thermoelectrics, vacancy has only played a stereotyped role as a scattering center. Here we reveal the multifunctionality of vacancy in tailoring the transport properties of an emerging thermoelectric material, defective n-type ZrNiBi. The phonon kinetic process is mediated in both propagating velocity and relaxation time: vacancy-induced local soft bonds lower the phonon velocity while acoustic-optical phonon coupling, anisotropic vibrations, and point-defect scattering induced by vacancy shorten the relaxation time. Consequently, defective ZrNiBi exhibits the lowest lattice thermal conductivity among the half-Heusler family. In addition, a vacancy-induced flat band features prominently in its electronic band structure, which is not only desirable for electron-sufficient thermoelectric materials but also interesting for driving other novel physical phenomena. Finally, better thermoelectric performance is established in a ZrNiBi-based compound. Our findings not only demonstrate a promising thermoelectric material but also promote the fascinating vacancy-mediated anomalous transport properties for multidisciplinary explorations.
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- Wuyang Ren
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, People's Republic of China
- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden, 01069, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden, 01069, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden, 01069, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden, 01069, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden, 01069, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Nano-Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Nano-Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, People's Republic of China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), Houston, TX, 77204, USA.
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Zhang G, Liu L, Li J, Chen Y, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Dong Z, Xue W, Sun R, Cui G. NSUN2 stimulates tumor progression via enhancing TIAM2 mRNA stability in pancreatic cancer. Cell Death Discov 2023; 9:219. [PMID: 37393317 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-023-01521-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023] Open
Abstract
NSUN2 is a nuclear RNA methyltransferase which catalyzes 5-methylcytosine (m5C), a posttranscriptional RNA modification. Aberrant m5C modification has been implicated in the development of multiple malignancies. However, its function in pancreatic cancer (PC) needs to be elucidated. Herein, we determined that NSUN2 was overexpressed in PC tissues and related to aggressive clinical features. Silence of NSUN2 by lentivirus weakened the capability of proliferation, migration and invasion of PC cells in vitro and inhibited the growth and metastasis of xenograft tumors in vivo. Contrarily, overexpression of NSUN2 stimulated PC growth and metastasis. Mechanistically, m5C-sequencing (m5C-seq) and RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) were carried out to identify downstream targets of NSUN2 and results showed that loss of NSUN2 led to decreased m5C modification level concomitant with reduced TIAM2 mRNA expression. Further validation experiments proved that NSUN2 silence accelerated the decay of TIAM2 mRNA in a YBX1-dependent manner. Additionally, NSUN2 exerted its oncogenic function partially through enhancing TIAM2 transcription. More importantly, disruption of the NSUN2/TIAM2 axis repressed the malignant phenotype of PC cells through blocking epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Collectively, our study highlighted the critical function of NSUN2 in PC and provided novel mechanistic insights into NSUN2/TIAM2 axis as promising therapeutic targets against PC.
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- Guizhen Zhang
- Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China
- Gene Hospital of Henan Province, Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China
- Academy of Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China
- Gene Hospital of Henan Province, Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China
- Academy of Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China
- Gene Hospital of Henan Province, Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China
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- Gene Hospital of Henan Province, Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China
- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China
- Gene Hospital of Henan Province, Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China
- Gene Hospital of Henan Province, Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China
- Gene Hospital of Henan Province, Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P.R. China.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China.
- Gene Hospital of Henan Province, Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China.
- Gene Hospital of Henan Province, Precision Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052, Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China.
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Chin G, Leung J, Xue W. To see is to have a future: an interview with Dr Jason Cheuk-sing Yam. Hong Kong Med J 2023; 29:275-277. [PMID: 37349145 DOI: 10.12809/hkmj-hc202306] [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: 06/24/2023] Open
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- G Chin
- Year 5, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Year 6, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- MB, ChB, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Li S, Chen Y, Xue W, Wang Q, Huai Z, An C, Wang Y. Proteomics profiles reveal the potential roles of proteins involved in chicken macrophages stimulated by Lipopolysaccharide. Pol J Vet Sci 2023; 26:265-274. [PMID: 37389436 DOI: 10.24425/pjvs.2023.145032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a core part of gram-negative bacteria, is crucial for inducing an inflammatory response in living things. In the current study, we used LPS from Salmonella to stimulate chicken macrophages (HD11). Proteomics was used to investigate immune-related proteins and their roles further. Proteomics investigation revealed 31 differential expression proteins (DEPs) after 4 hours of LPS infection. 24 DEPs expressions were up-regulated, while seven were down-regulated. In this investigation, ten DEPs were mainly enriched in S. aureus infection, complement, and coagulation cascades, which were all implicated in the inflammatory response and clearance of foreign pathogens. Notably, complement C3 was shown to be up-regulated in all immune-related pathways, indicating that it is a potential protein in this study. This work contributes to a better understanding and clarification of the processes of Salmonella infection in chickens. It might bring up new possibilities for treating and breeding Salmonella-infected chickens.
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- S Li
- School of Life Science, Bengbu Medical College, Donghai street No.2600, Bengbu, Anhui, China
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- School of Life Science, Bengbu Medical College, Donghai street No.2600, Bengbu, Anhui, China
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- School of Life Science, Bengbu Medical College, Donghai street No.2600, Bengbu, Anhui, China
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- School of Life Science, Bengbu Medical College, Donghai street No.2600, Bengbu, Anhui, China
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- School of Life Science, Bengbu Medical College, Donghai street No.2600, Bengbu, Anhui, China
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- School of Life Science, Bengbu Medical College, Donghai street No.2600, Bengbu, Anhui, China
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- School of Life Science, Bengbu Medical College, Donghai street No.2600, Bengbu, Anhui, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Translational Cancer Research, Donghai street No.2600, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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Bai X, She M, Ji Y, Zhang Z, Xue W, Liu E, Wan K, Liu P, Zhang S, Li J. Photocatalytic Cascade Reaction Driven by Directed Charge Transfer over V S -Zn 0.5 Cd 0.5 S/GO for Controllable Benzyl Oxidation. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023:e2207250. [PMID: 37127899 PMCID: PMC10369240 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202207250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Photocatalysis is an important technique for synthetic transformations. However, little attention has been paid to light-driven synergistic redox reactions for directed synthesis. Herein, the authors report tunable oxidation of benzyl to phenylcarbinol with the modest yield (47%) in 5 h via singlet oxygen (1 O2 ) and proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) over the photocatalyst Zn0.5 Cd0.5 S (ZCS)/graphene oxide (GO) under exceptionally mild conditions. Theoretical calculations indicate that the presence of S vacancies on the surface of ZCS/GO photocatalyst is crucial for the adsorption and activation of O2 , successively generating the superoxide radical (• O2 - ) and 1 O2 , attributing to the regulation of local electron density on the surface of ZCS/GO and photogenerated holes (h+ ). Meanwhile, accelerated transfer of photogenerated electrons (e- ) to GO caused by the π-π stacking effect is conducive to the subsequent aldehyde hydrogenation to benzyl alcohol rather than non-selective oxidation of aldehyde to carboxylic acid. Anisotropic charge transport driven by the built-in electric field can further promote the separation of e- and h+ for multistep reactions. Promisingly, one-pot photocatalytic conversion of p-xylene to 4-methylbenzyl alcohol is beneficial for reducing the harmful effects of aromatics on human health. Furthermore, this study provides novel insights into the design of photocatalysts for cascade reactions.
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- Xue Bai
- Chemistry Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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- Chemistry Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Biomedicine Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province, Lab of Tissue Engineering, the College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, P. R. China
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- Chemistry Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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- Chemistry Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Catalytic Materials and Technology of Shaanxi Province, Kaili Catalyst & New Materials Co., Ltd., Xi'an, 710201, P. R. China
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- Chemistry Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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- Chemistry Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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- Chemistry Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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Xue W, Li S, He H, Zhi S, Li X, Bai F, Chen C, Mao J, Wang Y, Zhang Q. Insight into the intrinsic microstructures of polycrystalline SnSe based compounds. Nanotechnology 2023; 34:245704. [PMID: 36974672 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/acc40b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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SnSe based compounds have attracted much attention due to the ultra-low lattice thermal conductivity and excellent thermoelectric properties. The origin of the low thermal conductivity has been ascribed to the strong phonon anharmonicity. Generally, the microstructures are also effective in scattering the phonons and further reducing the lattice thermal conductivity. In this work, the microstructures of undoped SnSe and Bi-doped Sn0.97SeBi0.03have been investigated by transmission electron microscopy. A characteristic microstructure of lath-like grains has been observed in SnSe based compounds from perpendicular to the pressure direction. In addition, there exist a large quantity of low-angle grain boundaries and a high concentration of edge dislocations and stacking faults in the grains. All these microstructures result in lattice mismatch and distortion and can act as the phonon scattering centers, which broaden the understanding of the low thermal conductivity of SnSe based compounds.
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- Wenhua Xue
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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Jia J, Zhou Y, Chen X, Xue W, Yu H, Li J, Zhi S, Chen C, Wang J, Hou S, Liu X, Wang Y, Cao F, Chen Y, Mao J, Zhang Q. Revealing the Defect-Dominated Electron Scattering in Mg 3Sb 2-Based Thermoelectric Materials. Research (Wash D C) 2022; 2022:9875329. [DOI: 10.34133/2022/9875329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The thermoelectric parameters are essentially governed by electron and phonon transport. Since the carrier scattering mechanism plays a decisive role in electron transport, it is of great significance for the electrical properties of thermoelectric materials. As a typical example, the defect-dominated carrier scattering mechanism can significantly impact the room-temperature electron mobility of n-type Mg3Sb2-based materials. However, the origin of such a defect scattering mechanism is still controversial. Herein, the existence of the Mg vacancies and Mg interstitials has been identified by synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction. The relationship among the point defects, chemical compositions, and synthesis conditions in Mg3Sb2-based materials has been revealed. By further introducing the point defects without affecting the grain size via neutron irradiation, the thermally activated electrical conductivity can be reproduced. Our results demonstrate that the point defects scattering of electrons is important in the n-type Mg3Sb2-based materials.
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- Jucai Jia
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Center for Device Thermography and Reliability (CDTR), H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, China
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- School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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Fasching P, Huang M, Haiderali A, Xue W, Pan W, Karantza V, Yang F, Truscott J, Xin Y, O'Shaughnessy J. 186P Evaluation of event-free survival as a surrogate for overall survival in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer following neoadjuvant therapy. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Zhu C, Wang Y, Xie Y, Dong B, Xue W, Chen S, Shimada M, Dong Q, Cao J. 8P The TTYH3/MK5 positive feedback loop via GSK3-β/β-catenin signaling regulates hepatocellular carcinoma progression. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Erectile dysfunction and COVID-19 share similar risk factors, including vascular disruption of integrity, cytokine release, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between erectile dysfunction and COVID-19 patients. METHODS Odds ratio for erectile dysfunction in patients with a history of COVID-19 with and without comorbidities were calculated using a patients' registry platform i2b2. ICD-10 diagnoses codes were accessed for queries and data were analyzed using logistic regression. RESULTS Patients with COVID-19 were 3.3 times more likely to have erectile dysfunction with 95% CI (2.8, 3.8). The association became stronger with odds ratio 4.8 (95% CI (4.1, 5.7)) after adjusting for age groups. The odds ratio remained the same after adjusting for smoking status with 3.5 (95% CI (3.0, 4.1)). After adjusting for race, COVID-19 patients were 2.6 (95% CI (2.2, 3.1)) times more likely to have erectile dysfunction. The odds ratio were 1.6, 1.8, 1.9 and 2.3 after adjusting for respiratory disease, obesity, circulatory disease and diabetes, respectively. CONCLUSION COVID-19 and erectile dysfunction are strongly associated even after adjustment for known risk factors and demographics.
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- J Katz
- Department of Oral and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Florida College of Dentistry, POB 100414-0414, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
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Xie X, Xue W, Hu X, Lv H, Fan J, Chen B, Liu E. Synthesis of a Cu2−xSe/g-C3N4 heterojunction photocatalyst for efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.128103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Huang J, Wang Y, Zhang C, Hu X, Wang P, Shi G, Dong L, Zhang J, Kong W, Chen Y, Ye D, Xia D, Guo J, Xue W, Huang Y, He Z. Surgical management and oncologic outcomes for local recurrence of renal cell carcinoma after radical nephrectomy. Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)00460-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tian J, Xue W, Li M, Sun T, Hu X, Fan J, Liu E. Amorphous CoS x decorated Cd 0.5Zn 0.5S with a bulk-twinned homojunction for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cy00174h] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Amorphous CoSx was combined with Twinned-Cd0.5Zn0.5S to construct homo-heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution. This work provides new ideas for constructing noble metal-free photocatalyst with homo-heterojunction.
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- Jingzhuo Tian
- School of Chemical Engineering/Xi'an Key Laboratory of Special Energy Materials, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering/Xi'an Key Laboratory of Special Energy Materials, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering/Xi'an Key Laboratory of Special Energy Materials, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering/Xi'an Key Laboratory of Special Energy Materials, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, P. R. China
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- School of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering/Xi'an Key Laboratory of Special Energy Materials, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering/Xi'an Key Laboratory of Special Energy Materials, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, P. R. China
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Chin G, Leung J, Xue W. Growth in times of crisis: an interview with Professor Ivan Fan-ngai Hung. Hong Kong Med J 2021; 27:464-465. [PMID: 34949737 DOI: 10.12809/hkmj-hc202112] [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: 11/05/2022] Open
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- G Chin
- Year 4 MB, ChB, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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- Year 5, MB, ChB, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Shen Z, Xue W, Zheng Y, Geng Q, Wang L, Fan Z, Wang W, Yue Y, Zhai Y, Li L, Zhao J. Correction to: Molecular mechanism study of HGF/c-MET pathway activation and immune regulation for a tumor diagnosis model. Cancer Cell Int 2021; 21:672. [PMID: 34906135 PMCID: PMC8672628 DOI: 10.1186/s12935-021-02359-z] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Zhibo Shen
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.,Cancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.,Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.,Cancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.,Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.,Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.,Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The No.7. People's Hospital of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou, 450016, Henan, China
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- Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China. .,Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China. .,Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, China.
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Zhang G, Mou Z, Xue W, Liu H. Phosphorylated protein modification analysis on normal liver and Exo-celiac liver of Glyptosternum maculatum. J Fish Biol 2021; 99:1696-1707. [PMID: 34392541 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to reveal the biological function and molecular mechanism of phosphorylated proteins in the normal liver (NG) and Exo-celiac liver (WG) of Glyptosternum maculatum and potential plateau-adaption mechanisms of G. maculatum. METHODS A multivariate analysis was performed on proteomic quantitative data (label-free group) and phosphorylated proteome data (phosphorylation group) to reveal protein characteristics. The differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) between NG and WG in the two groups were analysed. Enrichment analysis of these DEPs was performed prior to the protein-protein interaction (PPI) analysis. Finally, an integrated interaction network was constructed to reveal the biological mechanism of the DEP-mediated signal transduction process. RESULT The NG and WG samples in the phosphorylation group were well distinguished compared to the label-free group. A total of 49 and 313 DEPs were identified in the label-free and phosphorylation groups, respectively. These DEPs, including LIM and calponin homology domains-containing protein 1 (LIMCH1) and DEAD(Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp)-Box Helicase 51 (DDX51), were mainly assembled in functions such as cell adhesion. Two PPI networks were constructed using DEPs in the two groups. Finally, an integrated interaction network was constructed using co-DEP Ferredoxin 1 (FDX1) and associated pathways, including RNA transport. CONCLUSION LIMCH1 and DDX51 might play important roles in the organogenesis of normal liver and Exo-celiac liver in G. maculatum via the cell adhesion function. Moreover, FXD1 might be associated with the plateau-adaption mechanisms of G. maculatum via participation in the RNA transport pathway.
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- Guoqiang Zhang
- College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, China
- Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa, China
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- Institute of Fisheries Science, Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa, China
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- College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, China
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- Institute of Fisheries Science, Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa, China
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Geng Q, Wei Q, Shen Z, Zheng Y, Wang L, Xue W, Li L, Zhao J. Comprehensive Analysis of the Prognostic Value and Immune Infiltrates of the Three-m5C Signature in Colon Carcinoma. Cancer Manag Res 2021; 13:7989-8002. [PMID: 34707405 PMCID: PMC8542737 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s331549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background The 5-methylcytosine (m5C) is one of the important forms of RNA post modification, and its regulatory mechanism in tumors has received increasing attention. However, its potential role in colorectal cancer remains unclear. Materials and Methods Here, we systematically investigated the genetic variation and prognostic value of the 14 m5c RNA methylation regulators in colon cancer. The prognostic risk score was constructed using three m5C regulators, which was verified in the GSE17536 (N=177), GSE41258 (N=248) and GSE38832 (N=122) datasets. Results The risk score developed from the three-m5C signature represents an independent prognostic factor, which can accurately predict the prognosis of patients with colon cancer in multiple datasets. The cytokine–cytokine receptor interaction and chemokine signaling pathway were significantly enriched in the low-risk score group. Further analysis showed that the three-m5C signature was related to tumor immune microenvironment (TIME), affecting the abundance of tumor-infiltrating immune cells. Especially, patients with low risk score had higher immune score than those with high risk score. In addition, gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) confirmed that all three regulatory factors are associated with the MAPK/p38 signaling pathway. Conclusion In conclusion, our study illustrates that the three-m5C signature may be involved in the regulation of colon cancer immune microenvironment in synergy with the MAPK signaling pathway. Therefore, further studying the three-m5C signature regulatory mechanisms might provide promising targets for improving the responsiveness of colon cancer to immunotherapy.
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- Qishun Geng
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China.,Engineering Laboratory for Digital Telemedicine Service, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Engineering Laboratory for Digital Telemedicine Service, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Engineering Laboratory for Digital Telemedicine Service, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Engineering Laboratory for Digital Telemedicine Service, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Engineering Laboratory for Digital Telemedicine Service, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Engineering Laboratory for Digital Telemedicine Service, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Engineering Laboratory for Digital Telemedicine Service, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China.,Engineering Laboratory for Digital Telemedicine Service, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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Wang X, Xue W, Zhang Z, Li X, Yin L, Chen C, Yu B, Sui J, Cao F, Liu X, Mao J, Wang Y, Lin X, Zhang Q. Stabilizing the Optimal Carrier Concentration in Al/Sb-Codoped GeTe for High Thermoelectric Performance. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:45717-45725. [PMID: 34541842 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c12282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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GeTe is a promising thermoelectric material and has attracted growing research interest recently. In this study, the effect of Al doping and Al&Sb codoping on the thermoelectric properties of GeTe was investigated. Due to the presence of a high concentration of intrinsic Ge vacancies, pristine GeTe exhibited a very high hole concentration and unpromising thermoelectric performance. By Sb doping in GeTe, the hole concentration can be effectively reduced, thus improving the thermoelectric performance. Aluminum, as a p-type dopant in GeTe, will increase the hole concentration and lattice thermal conductivity; thus, it has long been considered as an unfavorable dopant for the optimization of GeTe-based materials. However, when Al and Sb were codoped into GeTe, the hole concentration was effectively suppressed, and the lattice thermal conductivity can be reduced. Eventually, a maximum zT of ∼2.0 at 773 K was achieved in Al&Sb-codoped Al0.01Sb0.1Ge0.89Te.
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- Xinyu Wang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- Ningbo Fengcheng Advanced Energy Materials Research Institute, Fenghua District, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315500, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P. R. China
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- School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P. R. China
- Blockchain Development and Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P. R. China
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Zhu Y, Zhang S, Yang C, Xue W, Zhang J, Li J, Zhao J, Xu J, Huang W. [Quantitative analysis of differential proteins in liver tissues of patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis using iTRAQ technology]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2021; 41:1381-1387. [PMID: 34658353 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2021.09.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To screen differentially expressed proteins (DSPs) in the liver tissues of patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) using proteomic technologies to identify potential therapeutic targets of NASH. METHODS Liver tissue specimens were obtained from 3 patients with pathologically confirmed NASH and 3 normal control subjects. The total proteins were extracted from the specimens, and iTRAQ reagent was used to label the peptides for liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) detection. The DSPs were identified by comparing the data against UniProt protein database using Mascot2.3.02 software and were annotated and enriched using GO database; KEGG database was used for enrichment of the pathways involving these proteins. Real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR (qPCR) was performed to detect the mRNA expressions of the significant DSPs in NASH. RESULTS By the criteria that a DSP has >1.2 or < 0.8 fold difference between NASH group and the control group and with P < 0.05 as the threshold, a total of 648 significant DSPs in NASH were identified, including 246 up-regulated and 402 down-regulated proteins. GO functional enrichment analysis showed that the DSPs were involved mainly in small molecule metabolism, organic acid metabolism, oxygen acid metabolism and other biological processes, and were enriched in KEGG pathways including the metabolic pathways, complement coagulation cascades, and ribosomes. Among the 25 DEPs with a fold difference >2.0 or < 0.5 (P < 0.05), 6 proteins showed consistent results between qPCR verification and proteomic analysis, including 5 down-regulated proteins: Jumonji protein (JARID2), Lebasillinlike protein (LCA5L), synaptophysin 1 (SYN1) and collagen α-1 (XIII) chain (COL13A1), FYVE, RhoGEF and PH domain protein 5 (FGD5), and 1 upregulated protein glutathione S-transferase Mu 4 (GSTM4). CONCLUSION We identified 648 DEPs inthe liver tissue of patients NASH using iTRAQ technology and bioinformatics methods, and among them JARID2, SYN1, COL13A1, FGD5, and GSTM4 may serve as the key target proteins of NASH.
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- Y Zhu
- Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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Feng K, Xue W, Hu X, Fan J, Liu E. Z-scheme CdSe/ZnSe heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Shen Z, Xue W, Zheng Y, Geng Q, Wang L, Fan Z, Wang W, Yue Y, Zhai Y, Li L, Zhao J. Molecular mechanism study of HGF/c-MET pathway activation and immune regulation for a tumor diagnosis model. Cancer Cell Int 2021; 21:374. [PMID: 34261467 PMCID: PMC8278741 DOI: 10.1186/s12935-021-02051-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) binds to the c-mesenchymal-epithelial transition (C-MET) receptor and activates downstream signaling pathways, playing an essential role in the development of various cancers. Given the role of this signaling pathway, the primary therapeutic direction focuses on identifying and designing HGF inhibitors, antagonists and other molecules to block the binding of HGF to C-MET, thereby limiting the abnormal state of other downstream genes. Methods This study focuses on the analysis of immune-related genes and corresponding immune functions that are significantly associated with the HGF/c-MET pathway using transcriptome data from 11 solid tumors. Results We systematically analyzed 11 different cancers, including expression correlation, immune infiltration, tumor diagnosis and survival prognosis from HGF/c-MET pathway and immune regulation, two biological mechanisms having received extensive attention in cancer analysis. Conclusion We found that the HGF/c-MET pathway affected the tumor microenvironment mainly by interfering with expression levels of other genes. Immune infiltration is another critical factor involved in changes to the tumor microenvironment. The downstream immune-related genes activated by the HGF/c-MET pathway regulate immune-related pathways, which in turn affect the degree of infiltration of immune cells. Immune infiltration is significantly associated with cancer development and prognosis. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12935-021-02051-2.
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- Zhibo Shen
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.,Cancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.,Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.,Cancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.,Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.,Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.,Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of clinical laboratory, The No.7.People's Hospital of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou, 450016, Henan, China
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- Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China. .,Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China. .,Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, China.
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Wang F, Xue W, Dai HY, Huang L, He Q, Xie BM. Relationship between electrocardiographic changes and EPO level in stable CAD patients with autonomic nerve functional damage. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 24:11227-11232. [PMID: 33215441 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202011_23611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between electrocardiographic changes and erythropoietin (EPO) level in stable coronary artery disease (CAD) patients with autonomic nerve functional damage. PATIENTS AND METHODS Clinical data of 96 stable CAD patients who were treated in our hospital from January 2017 to December 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. All patients were grouped according to whether autonomic nerve function damage was combined; the baseline characteristic data and the morphological characteristics of ECG scattergram were compared between 2 groups, and the relationship between ECG scattergram and EPO level & autonomic nerve function was analyzed. RESULTS The levels of EPO and red cell volume distributing width (RDW) in stable CAD patients with autonomic nerve dysfunction were significantly higher than that of CAD patients without autonomic nerve dysfunction (p<0.05). The length of scattergram in stable CAD patients with autonomic nerve dysfunction was significantly shorter than that of those without autonomic nerve dysfunction (p<0.05). The cometary sign proportion of ECG scattergram in stable CAD patients with autonomic nerve dysfunction was significantly lower than that of stable CAD patients without autonomic nerve dysfunction (p<0.05). There was negative correlation between EPO levels and scattergram length in stable CAD patients with and without autonomic nerve dysfunction (r=0.44, p=0.02). There was no correlation between EPO levels and scatter width in stable CAD patients with and without autonomic nerve dysfunction (r=0.10, p=0.58). The results of binary logistic regression analysis showed that EPO level was the independent risk factor for the occurrence of autonomic dysfunction in patients with stable CAD (p<0.05). The length of scattergram was the independent protective factor of autonomic nerve function impairment in patients with stable CAD (p<0.05). The AUC of EPO level and scattergram was 0.74 and 0.72 respectively, both of which have similar prediction value. CONCLUSIONS The level of EPO in stable CAD patients with autonomic nerve dysfunction was related to the change of ECG; and the EPO level and scattergram length can be used to predict the occurrence risk of autonomic nerve dysfunction.
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- Department of Electrocardiographic Room, Huanggang Central Hospital, Huanggang, Hubei, PR China.
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Lian X, Xue W, Dong S, Liu E, Li H, Xu K. Construction of S-scheme Bi 2WO 6/g-C 3N 4 heterostructure nanosheets with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic degradation for ammonium dinitramide. J Hazard Mater 2021; 412:125217. [PMID: 33517062 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Photocatalysis technology is considered as a promising environmental remediation strategy. Herein, photocatalytic degradation of ammonium dinitramide (ADN, main component of propellant) was investigated over Bi2WO6/g-C3N4 (BWO/CN) heterostructure nanosheets prepared by a one-step in-situ hydrothermal method. The operating conditions including ADN initial concentration, catalyst dosage, initial pH, temperature and green oxidizer (hydrogen peroxide) were optimized systematically. Under optimal conditions, the photocatalytic degradation rate of ADN over BWO/CN can reach 98.93% after 80 min visible-light irradiation. Besides, the composite has excellent stability for ADN treatment and nitrate ions are the major degradation products. Furthermore, S-scheme heterojunction mechanism was proposed to explain the extremely high REDOX performance of BWO/CN composite.
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- Xiaoyan Lian
- School of Chemical Engineering/Xi'an Key Laboratory of Special Energy Materials, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Baoji University of Arts and Sciences, Baoji 721013, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering/Xi'an Key Laboratory of Special Energy Materials, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering/Xi'an Key Laboratory of Special Energy Materials, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering/Xi'an Key Laboratory of Special Energy Materials, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an 710065, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering/Xi'an Key Laboratory of Special Energy Materials, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
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Fan L, Fei X, Zhu Y, Chi C, Pan J, Sha J, Xin Z, Gong Y, Du X, Wang Y, Dong B, Xue W. Distinct response to platinum-based chemotherapy among patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer harboring alterations in genes involved in homologous recombination. Eur Urol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(21)01228-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Gong Y, Fei X, Fan L, Zhu Y, Du X, Pan J, Dong B, Xue W. Heterogenous Genomic Features in Viscerally-Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(21)00815-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Huang J, Cai X, Yao X, Qian H, Zhang J, Kong W, Huang Y, Wu X, Chen Y, Xue W. Cognitive function after cardiopulmonary bypass and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in the management of renal cell carcinoma with IVC tumor thrombus. Eur Urol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(21)01006-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Zhai W, Wang J, He N, Zhou J, Wang J, Xue Y, Yang Z, Chen Y, Hui J, Haung J, Kong W, Haung Y, Xue W. DNA Damage Repair (DDR) gene and VHL concurrent alterations in advanced clear cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (ccRCC) are association with good progression free survival with tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy. Eur Urol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(21)00923-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Chen J, Xue W, Chen C, Li H, Cai C, Zhang Q, Wang Y. All-Scale Hierarchical Structure Contributing to Ultralow Thermal Conductivity of Zintl Phase CaAg 0.2Zn 0.4Sb. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2021; 8:2100109. [PMID: 34141525 PMCID: PMC8188219 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202100109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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TiNiSi-type Zintl phase CaAgSb can transform into LiGaGe-type Zintl phase CaAg x Zn(1- x )/2Sb when some of the Ag atoms are substituted by Zn atoms, leading to an ultralow thermal conductivity of ≈0.4 W m-1 K-1 in the whole measured temperature range of CaAg0.2Zn0.4Sb. The microstructure is then investigated by spherical aberration-corrected electron microscopy on an atomic scale, which reveals an all-scale hierarchical structure that can scatter the phonons in a wide frequency range. There exist a large quantity of CaAgSb nanometer precipitates as well as quite a lot of edge dislocations close to these nanometer precipitates, thus releasing the stress caused by the mismatch between the precipitates and the parent phase. Many twin boundaries also exist around the CaAgSb precipitates. High-density point defects contain the randomly dispersed Ag vacancies and Zn atoms substituted for the Ag atoms. All these widely distributed multidimensional defects contribute to the decrease of lattice thermal conductivity in a wide temperature range.
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- Jie Chen
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter PhysicsInstitute of PhysicsChinese Academy of ScienceBeijing100190P. R. China
- School of Physics and OptoelectronicsXiangtan UniversityXiangtan411105P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter PhysicsInstitute of PhysicsChinese Academy of ScienceBeijing100190P. R. China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute of Materials Genome & Big DataHarbin Institute of TechnologyShenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute of Materials Genome & Big DataHarbin Institute of TechnologyShenzhen518055P. R. China
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- School of Physics and OptoelectronicsXiangtan UniversityXiangtan411105P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringXiangtan UniversityXiangtan411105P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute of Materials Genome & Big DataHarbin Institute of TechnologyShenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter PhysicsInstitute of PhysicsChinese Academy of ScienceBeijing100190P. R. China
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Xue W, Zhang T, Bi N, Wang L. P18.01 Prognostic Value of the LIPI in Patients with LA-NSCLC Receiving Definitive RT: A Retrospective Study of 1079 Patients. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Xue W, Zheng Y, Shen Z, Li L, Fan Z, Wang W, Zhu Z, Zhai Y, Zhao J, Kan Q. Involvement of long non-coding RNAs in the progression of esophageal cancer. Cancer Commun (Lond) 2021; 41:371-388. [PMID: 33605567 PMCID: PMC8118593 DOI: 10.1002/cac2.12146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Revised: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Esophageal cancer (EC) is one of the most common malignant tumors of the digestive system with high incidence and mortality rate worldwide. Therefore, exploring the pathogenesis of EC and searching for new targeted therapies are the current research hotspot for EC treatment. Long non‐coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are endogenous RNAs with more than 200 nucleotides, but without protein‐coding function. In recent years, lncRNAs have gradually become the focuses in the field of non‐coding RNA. Some lncRNAs have been proved to be closely related to the pathogenesis of EC. Many lncRNAs are abnormally expressed in EC and participate in many biological processes including cell proliferation, apoptosis, and metastasis by inhibiting or promoting target gene expression. LncRNAs can also regulate the progression of EC through epithelial‐mesenchymal transformation (EMT), which is closely related to the occurrence, development, and prognosis of EC. In this article, we review and discuss the involvement of lncRNAs in the progression of EC.
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- Wenhua Xue
- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China.,Henan Key Laboratory of Precision Clinical Pharmacy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China.,Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China.,Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China.,Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China
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- Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China.,Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China
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- Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China
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- Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China.,Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China.,Henan Key Laboratory of Precision Clinical Pharmacy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, P. R. China
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Yao H, Chen C, Xue W, Bai F, Cao F, Lan Y, Liu X, Wang Y, Singh DJ, Lin X, Zhang Q. Vacancy ordering induced topological electronic transition in bulk Eu 2ZnSb 2. Sci Adv 2021; 7:7/6/eabd6162. [PMID: 33547075 PMCID: PMC7864570 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd6162] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Metal-semiconductor transitions from changes in edge chirality from zigzag to armchair were observed in many nanoribbon materials, especially those based on honeycomb lattices. Here, this is generalized to bulk complex Zintl semiconductors, exemplified by Eu2ZnSb2 where the Zn vacancy ordering plays an essential role. Five Eu2ZnSb2 structural models are proposed to guide transmission electron microscopy imaging. Zigzag vacancy ordering models show clear metallicity, while the armchair models are semiconducting with indirect bandgaps that monotonously increase with the relative distances between neighboring ZnSb2 chains. Topological electronic structure changes based on cation ordering in a Zintl compound point toward tunable and possibly switchable topological behavior, since cations in these are often mobile. Thus, their orderings can often be adjusted by temperature, minor alloying, and other approaches. We explain the electronic structure of an interesting thermoelectric and point the way to previously unidentified types of topological electronic transitions in Zintl compounds.
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- Honghao Yao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21254, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute of Materials Genome and Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China.
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Song X, Zheng Y, Xue W, Li L, Shen Z, Ding X, Zhai Y, Zhao J. Identification of risk genes related to myocardial infarction and the construction of early SVM diagnostic model. Int J Cardiol 2020; 328:182-190. [PMID: 33352151 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Myocardial Infarction (MI) is a fatal cardiovascular system disease. At present, the diagnosis of MI patients is mainly based on the patient's clinical manifestations, dynamic changes in electrocardiogram (ECG), and changes in myocardial enzymes. ECG is insufficient to diagnose an acute coronary syndrome or acute myocardial infarction, since ST-segment deviation might be also present in other conditions, such as acute pericarditis and early repolarization patterns. Given the low specificity and effectiveness of the current diagnostic strategies, an accurate diagnostic approach based on the level of gene expression is urgently needed in the clinic. METHODS AND RESULTS We compared the gene's expression between MI patients and normal samples. The RNAseq data were downloaded from the GEO database. Differentially expressed genes underwent a feature selection process, and the signatures were selected to train a machine-learning model. In this study, we identified the risk genes associated with MI as signatures and uses the SVM to establish a diagnostic model. The accuracy of the model on discovery data is 0.87, which significantly improves the diagnostic efficiency of early detection of MI patients (MIPs). Two independent datasets were applied to verify the diagnostic model. Our model can effectively distinguish the control group from the disease group. CONCLUSIONS We used risk genes to construct a diagnostic model for MI diagnosis, which can effectively distinguish MIPs from normal samples in the both of the discovery data and validation data. In the validation data, we found that percutaneous coronary intervention could indeed reverse MI to a certain extent, and the gene expression level of patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was closer to the normal state.
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- Xiaoqin Song
- Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, Henan, China; Depatment of Physical Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, Henan, China; Cancer center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, Henan, China; Cancer center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, Henan, China; Cancer center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- General ICU, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
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- Internet Medical and System Applications of National Engineering Laboratory, Zhengzhou, Henan, China; Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
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Liu M, Zhang J, Dong L, Xue W, He Q, Liang W, Liu X, Zhang J, Gu L, Feng Y, Yang J, Wang H, Wang Y, Li K, Li Y, Kong W, Zhang X, Yao M, Wang K, Ma P, Zhang W. Detection of sivelestat and its metabolite in small volumes of plasma from Chinese ALI/ARDS patients with SIRS via high-throughput UPLC-MS/MS: A pharmacokinetic study. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2020; 195:113876. [PMID: 33429252 PMCID: PMC7833710 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2020.113876] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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In this study, we developed a sensitive and efficient analytical approach combining a 96-well plate-based protein precipitation strategy with ultra-performance liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) in order to assess the pharmacokinetic (PK) properties of sivelestat and its metabolite XW-IMP-A in samples of plasma from ALI/ARDS patients with SIRS. The samples were separated via gradient elution with a C18 column (Phenomenex Kinetex, C18, 2.6 μm, 100 Å, 50 × 2.1 mm) using 0.1 % formic acid aqueous solution (A) and acetonitrile-methanol (1:1, V:V) (B) as a mobile phase at a 0.6 mL/min flow rate. UPLC-MS/MS spectra were generated in positive ion mode, and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) was used to detect the following transitions: m/z 435.1 → 360.0 for sivelestat, m/z 469.0 → 394.0 for sivelestat-IS, m/z 351.0 → 276.0 for XW-IMP-A, and m/z 384.9 → 310.0 for XW-IMP-A-IS. This assay was run for 2.5 min in total, and achieved lowest limit of quantitation values of 2.0 ng/mL and 0.5 ng/mL for sivelestat and XW-IMP-A, respectively, while remaining highly linear from 2-500 ng/mL for sivelestat (r2 ≥ 0.9900) and from 0.5-125 ng/mL for XW-IMP-A (r2 ≥ 0.9900). These validated data were consistent with US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) acceptance criteria. In addition, this method was successfully applied to the steady-state PK evaluation of ALI/ARDS patients with SIRS.
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- Mingzhou Liu
- Department of Pharmacy, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China.
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- WuXi AppTec (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China
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- Umins (Wuhan) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Wuhan, Hubei, 430000, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China.
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Chin G, Leung J, Xue W. Visionary in the field of pharmacy: an interview with Mr William Chun-ming Chui. Hong Kong Med J 2020; 26:553-555. [PMID: 33350977 DOI: 10.12809/hkmj-hc202012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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- G Chin
- Year 3, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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- Year 4, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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- Year 6, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Sun R, Yang S, Yang X, Kumar A, Vetter E, Xue W, Li Y, Li N, Li Y, Zhang S, Ge B, Zhang XQ, He W, Kemper AF, Sun D, Cheng ZH. Visualizing Tailored Spin Phenomena in a Reduced-Dimensional Topological Superlattice. Adv Mater 2020; 32:e2005315. [PMID: 33145825 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202005315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Emergent topological insulators (TIs) and their design are in high demand for manipulating and transmitting spin information toward ultralow-power-consumption spintronic applications. Here, distinct topological states with tailored spin properties can be achieved in a single reduced-dimensional TI-superlattice, (Bi2 /Bi2 Se3 )-(Bi2 /Bi2 Se3 )N or (□/Bi2 Se3 )-(Bi2 /Bi2 Se3 )N (N is the repeating unit, □ represents an empty layer) by controlling the termination via molecular beam epitaxy. The Bi2 -terminated superlattice exhibits a single Dirac cone with a spin momentum splitting ≈0.5 Å-1 , producing a pronounced inverse Edelstein effect with a coherence length up to 1.26 nm. In contrast, the Bi2 Se3 -terminated superlattice is identified as a dual TI protected by coexisting time reversal and mirror symmetries, showing an unexpectedly long spin lifetime up to 1 ns. The work elucidates the key role of dimensionality and dual topological phases in selecting desired spin properties, suggesting a promise route for engineering topological superlattices for high-performance TI-spintronic devices.
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- Rui Sun
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Organic and Carbon Electronics Lab (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, 523808, China
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Liu Z, Wang T, Zhang K, Wang Y, Wei L, Dai L, Liu B, Wang J, Shi F, Su J, Ma J, Wang R, Yuan W, Li Y, Yuan H, Xue W, Gao C, Liu L. Radiation-induced Vaginal Injury After Treatment for Cervical Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.2609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Chen P, Liu Y, Duan C, Fan H, Zeng L, Guo W, Jiang L, Xue W, He W, Tao S, Guo Z, Chen J, Tan N, He P. The effect of in-hospital high-dose vs. low-dose intensive statin in patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.3335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Statins remain a standard treatment for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. We aimed to determine the association between different dosages of in-hospital statins and the prognoses among patients receiving percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Methods
NSTE-ACS patients were retrospectively enrolled from January 2010 to December 2014 from five centres in China. Patients receiving either atorvastatin or rosuvastatin during their hospitalizations were included. All the patients were categorized into high-dose statin group (40mg atorvastatin or 20mg rosuvastatin) or low-dose statin group (20mg atorvastatin or 10mg rosuvastatin). In-hospital events and long-term all-cause death was recorded.
Results
Of the 7,008 patients included in the study, 5,248 received low-dose intensive statin (mean age: 64.28±10.39; female: 25.2%), and 1,760 received high-dose intensive statin (mean age: 63.68±10.59; female: 23.1%). There was no significant difference in in-hospital all-cause death between the two groups (adjusted OR, 1.27; P=0.665). All-cause death was similar between the two groups during the long-term follow-up period (30-day: adjusted HR, 1.28; P=0.571; 3-year: adjusted HR, 0.83; P=0.082). However, there was a robust association between the high-dose statin and the reduction in in-hospital dialysis (adjusted OR, 0.11; P=0.030).
Conclusions
The in-hospital high-dose intensive statin is not associated with lower risks of in-hospital or follow-up all-cause death in NSTE-ACS patients undergoing PCI. Considering the robust beneficial effect of in-hospital dialysis, an individualized high-dose intensive statin can be rational in specified populations.
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Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): The Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangzhou City athe China Youth Research Funding
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- P Chen
- Guangdong General Hospital's Nanhai Hospital, cardiology, Foshan, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China
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- Southern Medical University, Biostatistics, guangzhou, China
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- South China University of Technology, guangzhou, China
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- The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong General Hospital's Nanhai Hospital, cardiology, Foshan, China
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- Guangdong General Hospital's Nanhai Hospital, cardiology, Foshan, China
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- Guangdong General Hospital's Nanhai Hospital, cardiology, Foshan, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China
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Zhang G, Yang K, Xue W, Zeng X, Xu Q, Wang Y, Yuan H, Zhang Y, Nyima T. Comparative proteomic analysis of hulless barley cultivars (Hordeum vulgare L.) differing distinctly in β-glucan content. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2020.110085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Lanceta J, Xue W, Hurford M, Wu H. Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma, NOS With Epstein-Barr Virus Positivity in an Elderly Patient With Myelodysplastic Syndrome: An Autopsy Case Report. Am J Clin Pathol 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa161.178] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Casestudy
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated peripheral T-cell lymphomas are a group of aggressive neoplasms with a geographic predilection for South America and Asia, but are very rare in Western populations.
Results
We report a case of a 74-year-old Caucasian female who presented with pancytopenia and B symptoms with EBV-IgG detected on admission. Past medical history included: ITP, chronic urticaria, and recently diagnosed myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) on bone marrow biopsy one month prior to admission. Excisional biopsies of an enlarged right neck lymph node (repeated within 6 months) and right axillary lymph node five years ago were negative for a lymphoproliferative disorder at the time. Repeated bone marrow biopsy, performed during the current admission, confirmed the diagnosis of MDS, with scattered T-cells without aberrant immunophenotype. Despite aggressive treatment from multiple specialties, the patient deteriorated and expired four weeks later from complications of MDS. At autopsy, there was diffuse lymphadenopathy involving the mediastinum, axilla, pelvis and peripancreatic fat. Lymph node sections demonstrated nodal architecture effacement by diffuse, vaguely nodular lymphoid infiltrates.
Histologically, the infiltrates were composed of medium to large lymphocytes with round to slight irregular nuclei, rare Reed-Sternberg-like multinucleated cells, clumped chromatin, and indistinct nucleoli. Individual cell necrosis was abundant with mitotic figures readily identifiable. Immunohistochemistry revealed CD2+ CD3+ neoplastic T-cells that co-express MUM1 and a subset of CD30, while negative for CD4, CD5, CD8, CD56, ALK1, and TDT. EBV-encoded RNA in-situ hybridization was focally positive. The final postmortem diagnosis was peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (NOS), with focal EBV positivity.
Conclusion
Co-existence of a de-novo MDS and non-Hodgkin lymphoma without any prior chemotherapeutic exposure is a highly unusual finding, although MDS-like presentations can occur with EBV-associated lymphomas. Peripheral T-cell lymphoma, NOS is an aggressive lymphoma and EBV positivity has been found correlated with a poor prognosis. This case demonstrates how postmortem examination remains an important tool in clinical- pathological correlation and highlights the potential pathogenetic role EBV plays in MDS and T-cell lymphoma.
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- J Lanceta
- Pathology, Northwell Health-Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, UNITED STATES
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- Pathology, Northwell Health-Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, UNITED STATES
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- Pathology, Northwell Health-Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, UNITED STATES
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- Pathology, Northwell Health-Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, UNITED STATES
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Bai X, Du Y, Xue W, Hu X, Fan J, Li J, Liu E. Enhancement of the photocatalytic synchronous removal of Cr(vi) and RhB over RP-modified flower-like SnS 2. Nanoscale Adv 2020; 2:4220-4228. [PMID: 36132779 PMCID: PMC9418700 DOI: 10.1039/d0na00489h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Although photocatalysis is frequently employed to remove various pollutants in water, it still suffers from low efficiency due to the rapid recombination of photogenerated electrons and holes. In this study, a red phosphorus/tin disulfide (RP/SnS2) composite photocatalyst is fabricated by loading nano-sized RP on flower-like SnS2 films with a facile hydrothermal method. It is noteworthy that the 2D heterojunction formed between SnS2 and RP provided channels for the rapid transfer of photon-generated carriers and their effective separation. Furthermore, the separated electrons can react with absorbed O2 for the generation of superoxide radicals (˙O2 -), thereby impacting the photocatalytic degradation oxidation reaction. The application of photocatalytic synchronous removal of Cr(vi) and RhB over RP/SnS2 was implemented first. Compared with pristine SnS2, the photocatalytic degradation activity of Cr(vi) and RhB over the RP/SnS2 composite was significantly enhanced and the kinetic rate constant reached 8.2, which is 10.8 times that of pristine SnS2. Moreover, the hybrid photocatalysts exhibited prominent reusability and stability. Therefore, a photocatalytic degradation mechanism and pathway of carriers are proposed in the study. Furthermore, it is considered that the present study is a promising method in the treatment of wastewater by photocatalysis.
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- Xue Bai
- School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University Xi'an 710069 P. R. China
- Chemistry and Material Science College, Northwest University Xi'an 710127 P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University Xi'an 710069 P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University Xi'an 710069 P. R. China
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- School of Physics, Northwest University Xi'an 710069 P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University Xi'an 710069 P. R. China
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- Chemistry and Material Science College, Northwest University Xi'an 710127 P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University Xi'an 710069 P. R. China
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Wang Z, Liu T, Xue W, Fang Y, Chen X, Xu L, Zhang L, Guan K, Pan J, Zheng L, Qin G, Wang T. ARNTL2 promotes pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression through TGF/BETA pathway and is regulated by miR-26a-5p. Cell Death Dis 2020; 11:692. [PMID: 32826856 PMCID: PMC7443143 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-020-02839-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [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: 12/01/2019] [Revised: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most aggressive malignancies and the therapeutic outcomes remain undesirable. Increasing evidence shows that aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator like 2 (ARNTL2) plays crucial roles in tumorigenesis of multiple tumors. However, the expression status and functions of ARNTL2 in PDAC remain elusive. Here we showed that ARNTL2 expression was markedly upregulated in PDAC tissues and cell lines. elevated expression of ARNTL2 was positively related to unfavorable prognosis. Knockdown of ARNTL2 could suppress motility and invasive ability of PDAC cells in vitro, as well as tumor development in vivo. In addition, microRNA-26a-5p (miR-26a-5p) was identified as the crucial specific arbitrator for ARNTL2 expression and the expression of miR-26a-5p was inversely correlated with ARNTL2 expression in PDAC tissues. Functionally, elevated expression of miR-26a-5p was found to inhibit the proliferation, migration, and invasion of PDAC cells in vitro, while ARNTL2 increased expression could partially abolish the suppressive effect of miR-26a-5p. Mechanism study indicated that elevated expression of miR-26a-5p suppressed TGF/BETA signaling pathway by targeting ARNTL2 in PDAC cells. In conclusion, our data suggested that ARNTL2 acted as an oncogene to regulate PDAC growth. MiR-26a-5p/ARNTL2 axis may be a novel therapeutic candidate target in PDAC treatment.
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- Zhifang Wang
- Endocrinology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Key Laboratory of Clinical Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Key Laboratory of Clinical Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Endocrinology Department, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Clinical Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Endocrinology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Endocrinology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Key Laboratory of Clinical Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Key Laboratory of Clinical Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Endocrinology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Endocrinology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- General Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
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Chin G, Leung J, Shen OP, Xue W. A mind that builds; a heart that serves-An interview with Dr Ben Fong. Hong Kong Med J 2020; 26:355-357. [PMID: 32807745 DOI: 10.12809/hkmj-hc202008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023] Open
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- G Chin
- Year 3, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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- Year 4, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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- Year 4, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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- Year 6, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Huang J, Cai W, Chen S, Kong W, Zhang J, Chen Y, Huang Y, Xue W. Comprehensive genomic landscape in Chinese clear cell renal cell carcinoma patients. EUR UROL SUPPL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(20)33905-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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