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Wu C, Gao XJ, Zhao YY, Yang JG, Yang YJ, Xu HY, Yan RH, Wu Y, Qiao SB, Wang Y, Li W, Sun Y, Jin C, Chun YS. [Prognostic value of TIMI and GRACE risk scores for in-hospital mortality in Chinese patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2019; 47:297-304. [PMID: 31060189 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3758.2019.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To evaluate the prognostic value of the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) and global registry of acute coronary events (GRACE) risk scores for in-hospital mortality in Chinese non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) patients. Methods: Data of present study derived from the prospective, multi-center registry trial of Chinese AMI (CAMI). Among 31 provinces, municipalities or autonomous districts in China, at least one tertiary and secondary hospital was selected. From January 2013 to September 2014, 5 896 consecutive non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients who were admitted to 107 hospitals within 7 days of symptom onset were enrolled. For each patient, TIMI and GRACE risk scores were calculated using specific variables collected at admission. Their prognostic value was evaluated by the endpoint of in-hospital mortality. Results: Among 5 896 NSTEMI patients (age was (65.4±12.1) years old), 68.2% (n=4 020) were males. The in-hospital mortality was 6.0% (n=353) and the median length of hospital stay was 10.0 (7.0, 13.0) days. The incidence of pre-hospital cardiac arrest was 3.6% (n=213) among 5 896 NSTEMI patients. Six hundreds and forty five patients (10.9%) received primary percutaneous coronary intervention, and 6 patients underwent emergent coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (0.1%), and the median time of reperfusion was 529.5 (256.0, 1 065.0) minutes. The prescription percentage of statins, β-blocker, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin Ⅱ receptor blockers, and aldosterone antagonists were 94.8% (n=5 587), 71.7% (n=4 228), 65.5% (n=3 864) and 26.0% (n=1 533) respectively. The area under the curve of GRACE risk score for in-hospital mortality (0.7930 (95%CI 0.767-0.818)) was better than that of TIMI risk score (0.5588 (95%CI 0.532-0.586), P<0.001). Conclusion: GRACE risk score demonstrates better predictive accuracy than TIMI risk score for in-hospital mortality in NSTEMI patients in this patient cohort.
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- Coronary Heart Disease Center, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
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Zhang L, Jin C, Jiang Z, Tang T, Jiang Y, Pan PL. [Comparison of commercial HIV-1 viral load tests by using proficiency test results in China, 2013- 2015]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2019; 38:1231-1235. [PMID: 28910938 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2017.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To compare the bio-equivalence among commercial HIV-1 viral load tests, including EasyQ HIV-1 v2.0 (EasyQ) from bioMerieux NucliSens of France; VERSANT HIV-1 RNA 3.0 assay (bDNA) from Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics of USA; COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 test (Taqman) from Roche Molecular Diagnosis of USA; Abbott Real Time HIV-1 Kit (M2000) from Abbott Molecular of USA and two domestic HIV-1 viral load test kits (domestic kit) from DaAn Gene Company of Sun Yat-Sen University and Liaoning Bio-Pharmaceutical company of Northeast pharmaceutical group, by using proficiency test results in China from 2013 to 2015. Methods: A total of 2 954 proficiency test results, obtained from 22 positive samples of 6 proficiency tests in 155 laboratories conducted by China CDC were analyzed during 2013-2015. The results from each sample were first logarithmic transformed and then grouped according to the method used, the mean value of logarithmic results was calculated. Subsequently, 22 clusters of mean values were analyzed by Bland-Altman analysis for the consistency, and linear regression analysis for the interdependency. Results: The results indicated that, by taking Taqman as the reference, EasyQ, M2000, bDNA and domestic kit had good consistency (90%-100%) and interdependency. Conclusion: All the viral load tests were bio-equivalent. Moreover, according to the conversion formula derived from domestic proficiency test results, all the viral load results could be converted, which is critical for epidemiological analysis.
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- National AIDS/STD Reference Laboratory, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention
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- National AIDS/STD Reference Laboratory, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention
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- Division of Prevention and Intervention, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- National AIDS/STD Reference Laboratory, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention
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- National AIDS/STD Reference Laboratory, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention
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- National AIDS/STD Reference Laboratory, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention
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Zhang J, Wang J, Zheng L, Wang M, Lu Y, Li Z, Lian C, Mao S, Hou X, Li S, Xu J, Tian H, Jin C, Gao F, Zhang J, Wang F, Li W, Lu L, Xu GT. miR-25 Mediates Retinal Degeneration Via Inhibiting ITGAV and PEDF in Rat. Curr Mol Med 2019; 17:359-374. [PMID: 29210651 DOI: 10.2174/1566524018666171205122540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Revised: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the main cause of irreversible blindness in the elderly. Oxidative stress in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is deemed to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of AMD. miR-25 functions as an essential modulator in response to oxidative-stress in several cell types, but its function in RPE cells is poorly understood. OBJECTIVE To explore the roles of miR-25 in RPE cells and in the development of AMD. METHODS A rat model of retinal degeneration was induced by sodium iodate (SI). Subretinal injection of antagomiR-25 was performed for the intervention while the scramble as control. Visual responses were recorded with Electroretinogram (ERG). TUNEL assay was performed to detect apoptosis. Phagosome quantification in vivo was performed to evaluate RPE cell function. Oxygen-glucose deprivation treatment was performed to mimic in vitro oxidative stress. Gene expression at mRNA level and protein level were performed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and Western Blot, respectively. The pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) level in the cultured medium was measured by Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The interaction between miR-25 and integrin αV (IGTAV) / PEDF 3'UTR was examined by dual luciferase assay. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay was performed to examine its transcriptional regulation of miR-25. RESULTS Oxidative stress up-regulated miR-25 in RPE cells in very early stage, accompanied by decreased phagocytosis and reduced growth factor secretion in those cells. Such changes preceded RPE cell apoptosis and visual impairment in the SItreated rats. Furthermore, antagomiR-25 intervention effectively rescued RPE cells from degeneration in such model. The increased miR-25 was confirmed to mediate RPE degeneration through direct targeting IGTAV and PEDF. On the other hand, upstream, miR-25 was found to be up-regulated by STAT3 signaling under oxidative stress in both in vivo and in vitro models. CONCLUSION Our findings demonstrate that, in SI-treated rats, oxidative stress activates STAT3 signaling which up-regulates miR-25 expression, in a very early stage. The increased miR-25 then inhibits ITGAV and PEDF expressions, resulting in RPE phagocytosis dysfunction and then RPE apoptosis and visual impairment as observed in patients with AMD. These findings lead us to a better understanding of AMD pathogenesis, and suggest that miR-25 could be a potential therapeutic target for oxidative stress related RPE diseases, like AMD.
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- Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Visual Science, Department of Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Visual Science, Department of Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Visual Science, Department of Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Visual Science, Department of Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Visual Science, Department of Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Visual Science, Department of Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Visual Science, Department of Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Visual Science, Department of Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Visual Science, Department of Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Visual Science, Department of Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Visual Science, Department of Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Visual Science, Department of Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Visual Science, Department of Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Visual Science, Department of Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. United States
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- Laboratory of Clinical Visual Science, Department of Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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- Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, and Tongji Eye Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai. China
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El-Neemany D, O'Shaughnessy D, Grande D, Sajjan S, Jin C, Kohn N, Shalom D, Lind L, Winkler H. 24: Histological and biomechanical characteristics of permanent and absorbable sling mesh in a rabbit model: 3-month time point. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.01.204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Jin C, Yu L, Fang S. Effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 on autophagy of islet β cells in type 2 diabetic mice with high fat diet. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2019; 33:133-138. [PMID: 30656925] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhuji People's Hospital, Zhuji City, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhuji People's Hospital, Zhuji City, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhuji People's Hospital, Zhuji City, China
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Jiang H, Li X, Jin C, Wang M, Liu C, Chan KC, Yang J. Early Diagnosis of Spastic Cerebral Palsy in Infants with Periventricular White Matter Injury Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2018; 40:162-168. [PMID: 30545838 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Periventricular white matter injury is the common cause of spastic cerebral palsy. However, the early diagnosis of spastic cerebral palsy still remains a challenge. Our aim was to investigate whether infants with periventricular white matter injury with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy have unique lesions different from those in infants without cerebral palsy and to evaluate the efficiency of DTI in the early diagnosis of spastic cerebral palsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Infants with periventricular white matter injury and controls underwent MR imaging at 6-18 months of age. Fractional anisotropy was calculated from DTI. Cerebral palsy was diagnosed by 24-30 months of age. Subjects were divided into 3 groups: infants with periventricular white matter injury with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy, infants with periventricular white matter injury without cerebral palsy, and controls. Tract-Based Spatial Statistics and Automated Fiber Quantification were used to investigate intergroup differences. Receiver operating characteristic curves were used to assess the diagnostic accuracy of spastic cerebral palsy. Correlations between motor function scores and fractional anisotropy were evaluated along white matter tracts. RESULTS There were 20, 19, and 33 subjects in periventricular white matter injury with spastic cerebral palsy, periventricular white matter injury without cerebral palsy, and control groups, respectively. Decreased fractional anisotropy in the corticospinal tract was only observed in infants with periventricular white matter injury with spastic cerebral palsy, whereas decreased fractional anisotropy in the posterior thalamic radiation and genu and splenium of the corpus callosum was seen in both periventricular white matter injury subgroups. Fractional anisotropy in the corticospinal tract at the internal capsule level was effective in differentiating infants with periventricular white matter injury with spastic cerebral palsy from those without cerebral palsy by a threshold of 0.53, and it had strong correlations with motor function scores. CONCLUSIONS Corticospinal tract lesions play a crucial role in motor impairment related to spastic cerebral palsy in infants with periventricular white matter injury. Fractional anisotropy in the corticospinal tract at the internal capsule level could aid in the early diagnosis of spastic cerebral palsy with high diagnostic accuracy.
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- From the Department of Radiology (H.J., X.L., C.J., M.W., C.L., J.Y.), First Affiliated Hospital.,Department of Biomedical Engineering (H.J., J.Y.), Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- From the Department of Radiology (H.J., X.L., C.J., M.W., C.L., J.Y.), First Affiliated Hospital
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- From the Department of Radiology (H.J., X.L., C.J., M.W., C.L., J.Y.), First Affiliated Hospital
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- From the Department of Radiology (H.J., X.L., C.J., M.W., C.L., J.Y.), First Affiliated Hospital
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- From the Department of Radiology (H.J., X.L., C.J., M.W., C.L., J.Y.), First Affiliated Hospital
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Radiology (K.C.C.), School of Medicine, New York University, New York, New York
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- From the Department of Radiology (H.J., X.L., C.J., M.W., C.L., J.Y.), First Affiliated Hospital .,Department of Biomedical Engineering (H.J., J.Y.), Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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Jin C, Gao C, Zhang Z, Yan H, Wang X. PSII-6 Lysine-induced stimulation of proliferation, differentiation and migration in swine satellite cells is mediated by the mTORC1 and FAK pathways. J Anim Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/jas/sky404.170] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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- South China Agricultural University,China (People’s Republic)
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University,Guangzhou, China (People’s Republic)
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University,Guangzhou, China (People’s Republic)
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University,Guangzhou, China (People’s Republic)
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University,Guangzhou, China (People’s Republic)
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Jin C, Gao C, Wang Q, Yan H, Wang X. PSIX-11 Pioglitazone Hydrochloride Combined with Vitamin E or Chromium-Methionine Improves Meat Quality and Muscle Antioxidant Ability in Finishing Pigs. J Anim Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/jas/sky404.610] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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- South China Agricultural University,Guangzhou, China (People’s Republic)
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University,Guangzhou, China (People’s Republic)
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University,Guangzhou, China (People’s Republic)
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University,Guangzhou, China (People’s Republic)
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University,Guangzhou, China (People’s Republic)
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Lin B, Yang QB, Yu YC, Wang YF, Li SY, Jin C. [The effect of nutrition intervention on the body composition and blood glucose in newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with overweight and obesity]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 52:1276-1280. [PMID: 30522230 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2018.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To study the effect of nutrition intervention on the body composition and blood glucose in newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with overweight and obesity. Methods: A total of 84 newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with overweight and obesity were selected from the department of endocrinology in China-Japan Friendship Hospital from April 2015 to December 2016. Basic information and body composition of these patients were collected and measured. Also the food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was used to investigate the dietary status in the past month, and calculate the intake of energy, three major nutrients and dietary fiber. All patients received nutrition intervention by nutritionist for three months as requested by Diabetes guidelines. After 3-month intervention, blood glucose, body composition and dietary status were examined again. Relevant indicators of patients were compared before and after the intervention. All patients were divided into three groups according to the degree of body mass index (BMI)'s change: <5%, 5%-10% and >10%. The differences of body weight, muscle, body fat rate, visceral fat index and blood glucose level among three groups were quantified. Results: There were 53 male patients with age (41.5±8.9) years and HbA1c (7.5±0.4)%, and 31 female patients with age (40.1±8.5) years with HbA1c (7.6±0.5)%. The intake of energy, carbohydrate and fat of patients were significantly decreased (P<0.05) and dietary fiber was significantly increased (P<0.05) after nutrition intervention. The body weight, muscle mass, fat mass and visceral fat index were also significantly decreased (P<0.05). The average decrease of fat was about 2.8 kg accounting for 73.7% (2.8 kg/3.8 kg) of the total weight loss. The body fat rate decreased from (31.2±3.1)% to (28.8±3.2)% (P<0.05). The fasting blood glucose and postprandial blood glucose were both decreased significantly after intervention (P<0.05). Among three BMI decreased groups, there was no significant difference in body weight and muscle mass (P>0.05), but a significant difference in body fat rate and visceral fat index (P<0.05). The body fat rate, visceral fat index, fasting blood glucose and postprandial blood glucose had more decreases with the greater amount of weight loss (P<0.05). Conclusion: The three-month nutrition intervention could change the dietary habit and components of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by reducing the blood glucose, body fat rate and visceral fat index significantly. The degree of reduced BMI is positively related to the decrease of fasting blood glucose and postprandial blood glucose.
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China
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Kato T, Jin C, Ujiie H, Fujino K, Lee D, Wada H, Hu H, Wu L, Weersink R, Chen J, Kanno H, Hatanaka Y, Hatanaka K, Matsuno Y, De Perrot M, Wilson B, Zheng G, Yasufuku K. MA12.09 Preclinical Investigations of Folate Receptor Targeted Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. J Thorac Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.08.418] [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: 11/27/2022]
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Zheng Y, Narwal R, Jin C, Baverel P, Gupta A, Mukhopadhyay P, Higgs B, Roskos L. Identification of prognostic and predictive factors for durvalumab efficacy by modeling of tumor response and overall survival (OS) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy288.061] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Matte-Breton C, Chen H, Fontaine NK, Ryf R, Essiambre RJ, Kelly C, Jin C, Messaddeq Y, LaRochelle S. Demonstration of an erbium-doped fiber with annular doping for low gain compression in cladding-pumped amplifiers. Opt Express 2018; 26:26633-26645. [PMID: 30469746 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.026633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We present the design and characterization of a cladding-pumped amplifier with erbium doping located in an annular region near the core. This erbium-doped fiber is proposed to reduce gain saturation, leading to smaller gain compression when compared to uniform core doping. Through numerical simulations, we first compare the performance of three fibers with different erbium doping profiles in the core or the cladding. When the doped fibers are operated at the optimum length, results show that the smaller overlap of the signal mode field with the annular erbium doping region leads to higher gain and lower saturation of the amplifier. A single-core erbium-doped fiber with an annular doping and a D-shaped cladding was fabricated. Measurements demonstrate less than 4 dB of gain compression over the C-band for input power ranging from -40 dBm to 3 dBm. Small gain compression EDFAs are of interest for applications that require input channel reconfiguration. Higher gain and saturation output power are also key issues in cladding-pumped multi-core amplifiers.
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Gao GQ, Jin C, Zheng WC, Pang X, Zheng DX, Bai HL. Strain-mediated magnetic properties of epitaxial cobalt ferrite thin films on flexible muscovite. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/123/17002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Wang M, Liu H, Wei X, Liu C, Liang T, Zhang X, Jin C, Li X, Sun Q, Jiang H, Yang J. Application of Reduced-FOV Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Evaluation of Normal Pituitary Glands and Pituitary Macroadenomas. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2018; 39:1499-1504. [PMID: 30026383 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE FOV optimized and constrained undistorted single-shot imaging provides relatively high-resolution images with few artifacts. This study evaluated the image quality and value of FOV optimized and constrained undistorted single-shot DWI in the evaluation of normal pituitary glands and pituitary macroadenomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS Subjects with normal pituitary glands and patients with pituitary macroadenomas underwent FOV optimized and constrained undistorted single-shot and EPI DWI. Two neuroradiologists graded the image quality based on visualization of the pituitary stalk, pituitary gland, and pituitary macroadenoma. Intra- and interobserver agreements were assessed by κ statistics. Image quality and ADCs were compared between the 2 methods by the paired Wilcoxon signed rank test and t test. Differences in ADC between normal pituitary glands and macroadenomas were analyzed by the independent-samples t test. RESULTS Twenty-eight subjects with normal pituitary glands and 16 patients with macroadenomas were enrolled. Intra- and interobserver agreements for image-quality assessment were moderate to substantial. Relative to EPI DWI, FOV optimized and constrained undistorted single-shot DWI exhibited obviously better image quality both in normal pituitary glands and macroadenomas. There was no significant difference in ADCs of macroadenomas between the 2 methods. Macroadenomas with soft consistency (0.75 ± 0.14 × 10-3 mm2/s) had significantly lower mean ADC than normal pituitary glands (1.18 ± 0.19 × 10-3 mm2/s; P < .001). CONCLUSIONS FOV optimized and constrained undistorted single-shot DWI helps acquire high-resolution images of normal pituitary glands and pituitary macroadenomas with relatively few susceptibility artifacts in a clinically feasible scan time. This sequence might be helpful for evaluating the consistency of pituitary macroadenomas.
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- From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (M.M.W., H.L., X.C.W., C.C.L., T.L., X.H.Z., C.J., X.J.L., Q.L.S., H.X.J., J.Y.), the First Affiliated Hospital
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- From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (M.M.W., H.L., X.C.W., C.C.L., T.L., X.H.Z., C.J., X.J.L., Q.L.S., H.X.J., J.Y.), the First Affiliated Hospital.,Department of Biomedical Engineering (H.L., T.L., Q.L.S., H.X.J., J.Y.), the Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (M.M.W., H.L., X.C.W., C.C.L., T.L., X.H.Z., C.J., X.J.L., Q.L.S., H.X.J., J.Y.), the First Affiliated Hospital
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- From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (M.M.W., H.L., X.C.W., C.C.L., T.L., X.H.Z., C.J., X.J.L., Q.L.S., H.X.J., J.Y.), the First Affiliated Hospital
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- From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (M.M.W., H.L., X.C.W., C.C.L., T.L., X.H.Z., C.J., X.J.L., Q.L.S., H.X.J., J.Y.), the First Affiliated Hospital.,Department of Biomedical Engineering (H.L., T.L., Q.L.S., H.X.J., J.Y.), the Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (M.M.W., H.L., X.C.W., C.C.L., T.L., X.H.Z., C.J., X.J.L., Q.L.S., H.X.J., J.Y.), the First Affiliated Hospital
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- From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (M.M.W., H.L., X.C.W., C.C.L., T.L., X.H.Z., C.J., X.J.L., Q.L.S., H.X.J., J.Y.), the First Affiliated Hospital
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- From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (M.M.W., H.L., X.C.W., C.C.L., T.L., X.H.Z., C.J., X.J.L., Q.L.S., H.X.J., J.Y.), the First Affiliated Hospital
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- From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (M.M.W., H.L., X.C.W., C.C.L., T.L., X.H.Z., C.J., X.J.L., Q.L.S., H.X.J., J.Y.), the First Affiliated Hospital.,Department of Biomedical Engineering (H.L., T.L., Q.L.S., H.X.J., J.Y.), the Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (M.M.W., H.L., X.C.W., C.C.L., T.L., X.H.Z., C.J., X.J.L., Q.L.S., H.X.J., J.Y.), the First Affiliated Hospital.,Department of Biomedical Engineering (H.L., T.L., Q.L.S., H.X.J., J.Y.), the Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (M.M.W., H.L., X.C.W., C.C.L., T.L., X.H.Z., C.J., X.J.L., Q.L.S., H.X.J., J.Y.), the First Affiliated Hospital .,Department of Biomedical Engineering (H.L., T.L., Q.L.S., H.X.J., J.Y.), the Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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Jin D, Jin S, Yu Y, Lee C, Chen J, Jin C. Classification of Cannabis Cultivars Marketed in Canada for Medical Purposes and Growth Trends of the North American Medical Cannabis Industry. Am J Transl Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1644959] [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: 10/28/2022]
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- D Jin
- Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Labs-Mart Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Labs-Mart Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Labs-Mart Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Labs-Mart Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Labs-Mart Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Xu Z, Liu Z, Zhang Y, Jin C, Shen F, Yu Y, Cheek T, Onuoha O, Liang G, Month R, Atkins J, Tran KM, Wei H. S100β in newborns after C-section with general vs. epidural anesthesia: a prospective observational study. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2018; 62:293-303. [PMID: 29159929 DOI: 10.1111/aas.13038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Preclinical evidence suggests that general anesthetics can dose dependently induce neurodegeneration in the developing brains of animals which can be reliably determined by measurement of blood S100β, but this correlation remains unclear in humans. We hypothesized that S100β would not be increased in cord arterial blood of fetuses exposed briefly to general anesthetics during a C-section, compared with epidural anesthesia. METHODS A prospective observational clinical study comparatively measured changes of brain damage biomarker S100β ratio of umbilical artery over vein (changes after fetus circulation) immediately after delivery under C-section with either epidural or general anesthesia. Newborn blood gas measurements, APGAR scores, and maternal well-being were also compared. RESULTS Compared with epidural anesthesia, general anesthesia resulted in the lower S100β ratio of umbilical artery over the vein (medium 2.64 [quartiles 1.39, 3.45] vs. medium 1.59 [quartiles 0.88, 2.01], P = 0.031), without changing the S100β level in the vein of the mother. There was no significant difference between general and epidural anesthesia when comparing other maternal and newborn parameters. CONCLUSION S100β levels in newborn after C-section is lower with general anesthesia than epidural anesthesia, with unclear mechanisms.
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- Department of Anesthesiology; Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital; Tongji University School of Medicine; Shanghai China
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- Department of Anesthesiology; Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital; Tongji University School of Medicine; Shanghai China
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- Department of Anesthesiology; Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital; Tongji University School of Medicine; Shanghai China
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- Department of Anesthesiology; Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital; Tongji University School of Medicine; Shanghai China
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- Department of Anesthesiology; Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital; Tongji University School of Medicine; Shanghai China
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- Department of Anesthesiology; Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital; Tongji University School of Medicine; Shanghai China
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care; Perelman School of Medicine; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care; Perelman School of Medicine; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care; Perelman School of Medicine; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care; Perelman School of Medicine; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care; Perelman School of Medicine; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care; Children Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia PA USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care; Perelman School of Medicine; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA USA
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Gao C, Guo Y, Wang J, Li D, Liu K, Qi S, Jin C, Duan S, Gong J, Li Z, Chen M. Brassica napusGLABRA3-1 promotes anthocyanin biosynthesis and trichome formation in true leaves when expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2018; 20:3-9. [PMID: 28940939 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Previous studies have shown that GLABRA3 (AtGL3), a bHLH transcription factor, plays essential roles in anthocyanin biosynthesis and trichome formation in Arabidopsis thaliana. However, there have been no such studies of a homologue, BnGL3, from the closely related crop, Brassica napus. Here, we analysed the BnGL3-1 coding domain sequence from the B. napus cultivar QINYOU Seven, identified conserved protein domains and performed a phylogenetic analysis to elucidate its relationship with homologues form a range of plant species. When expressed in tobacco leaves as a fusion protein with green fluorescent protein, BnGL3-1 accumulated in the nucleus, consistent with its predicted function as a transcription factor. Ectopic expression of the BnGL3-1 gene in the A. thaliana gl3-3 mutant resulted in levels of anthocyanins and numbers of trichomes in true leaves that were higher than in wild-type plants. Moreover, overexpression of BnGL3-1 in gl3-3 compensated for the promotion and repression of genes involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis and trichome formation, respectively, that has been reported in gl3-3 young shoots and expanding true leaves. This study provides new insights into GL3 function in anthocyanin biosynthesis and trichome formation in crucifers, and represents a promising target for genetic manipulation of B. napus.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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Jiang J, Zhang Y, Jin C, Ding J. PS01.07 The Clinical Necessity of Extended Thymectomy for Thymic Squamous Cell Carcinomas Revealed by Exome Sequencing. J Thorac Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.09.038] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Kato T, Jin C, Ujiie H, Lee D, Kosuke F, Wada H, Hu H, Weersink R, Chen J, Kaji M, Wilson B, Zheng G, Kaga K, Matsui Y, Yasufuku K. P1.12-002 Nanoparticle Targeted Folate Receptor 1 Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy for Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.09.1000] [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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Gao XJ, Yang JG, Yang YJ, Li W, Xu HY, Wu Y, Yan RH, Jin C. [Age-related coronary risk factors in Chinese patients with acute myocardial infarction]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2017; 96:3251-3256. [PMID: 27852395 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2016.40.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To determine the age-related coronary risk factors in Chinese patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods: Among 31 provinces, municipalities or autonomous districts in China, from January 1st 2013 to September 30th 2014, 24 394 consecutive AMI patients who were admitted to 107 hospitals were divided into five groups according to age. Cardiovascular risk factors of groupⅠ (<45 years, n=2 307), group Ⅱ (45-54 years, n=4 448), group Ⅲ (55-64 years, n=7 029), group Ⅳ (65-74 years, n=6 147) and group Ⅴ (≥75 years, n=4 463) patients were compared. Results: Among 24 394 AMI patients [with a mean age of (62.2±13.8) years, 18 162 males], 24.7% patients had three and more conventional modifiable cardiovascular risk factors. ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) was diagnosed in 18 209 (74.6%) patients. The ratios of female, hypertension and diabetes tended to increase with the increase of age. Young AMI patients were predisposed to smoking, overweight/obesity and hyperglycemia. Nearly 90% patients in group Ⅰ and group Ⅱ were male. The ratio of male patients (92.3% to 58.0%), overweight/obesity (63.9% to 37.4%), current smoking (68.7% to 19.8%), dyslipidemia (9.1% to 4.5%), family history of premature coronary artery disease (CAD) (6.2% to 1.2%) and eating greasy food (86.1% to 66.2%) decreased markedly from group Ⅰ to Ⅴ patients. Proportion of hypertension gradually increased from 34.3% in group Ⅰ patients to 57.9% in group Ⅴ patients. Diabetes was most common to group Ⅳ (65-74 years) patients. Conclusion: There were different risk factors for AMI patients in different age groups, and young AMI patients were predisposed to live an unhealthy lifestyle.
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- X J Gao
- Coronary Heart Disease Center, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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Zhao T, Zhang H, Jin C, Qiu F, Wu Y, Shi L. Melatonin mediates vasodilation through both direct and indirect activation of BK Ca channels. J Mol Endocrinol 2017; 59:219-233. [PMID: 28676563 DOI: 10.1530/jme-17-0028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Melatonin, synthesized primarily by the pineal gland, is a neuroendocrine hormone with high membrane permeability. The vascular effects of melatonin, including vasoconstriction and vasodilation, have been demonstrated in numerous studies. However, the mechanisms underlying these effects are not fully understood. Large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (BKCa) channels are expressed broadly on smooth muscle cells and play an important role in vascular tone regulation. This study explored the mechanisms of myocyte BKCa channels and endothelial factors underlying the action of melatonin on the mesenteric arteries (MAs). Vascular contractility and patch-clamp studies were performed on myocytes of MAs from Wistar rats. Melatonin induced significant vasodilation on MAs. In the presence of Nω-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME), a potent endothelial oxide synthase (eNOS) inhibitor, melatonin elicited concentration-dependent relaxation, with lowered pIC50 The effect of melatonin was significantly attenuated in the presence of BKCa channel blocker iberiotoxin or MT1/MT2 receptor antagonist luzindole in both (+) l-NAME and (-) l-NAME groups. In the (+) l-NAME group, iberiotoxin caused a parallel rightward shift of the melatonin concentration-relaxation curve, with pIC50 lower than that of luzindole. Both inside-out and cell-attached patch-clamp recordings showed that melatonin significantly increased the open probability, mean open time and voltage sensitivity of BKCa channels. In a cell-attached patch-clamp configuration, the melatonin-induced enhancement of BKCa channel activity was significantly suppressed by luzindole. These findings indicate that in addition to the activation of eNOS, melatonin-induced vasorelaxation of MAs is partially attributable to its direct (passing through the cell membrane) and indirect (via MT1/MT2 receptors) activation of the BKCa channels on mesenteric arterial myocytes.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Gene Expression
- Ion Channel Gating/drug effects
- Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits/agonists
- Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits/genetics
- Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits/metabolism
- Male
- Melatonin/metabolism
- Melatonin/pharmacology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/drug effects
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism
- Rats
- Receptor, Melatonin, MT1/genetics
- Receptor, Melatonin, MT1/metabolism
- Receptor, Melatonin, MT2/genetics
- Receptor, Melatonin, MT2/metabolism
- Vasodilation/drug effects
- Vasodilation/genetics
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- Department of Exercise PhysiologyBeijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Exercise PhysiologyBeijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Exercise PhysiologyBeijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Exercise PhysiologyBeijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Exercise PhysiologyBeijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Exercise PhysiologyBeijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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Yazawa I, Jin C, Sasaki A, Iwase T. Mouse models contribute to develop a therapeutic strategy for multiple system atrophy. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.214] [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: 12/01/2022]
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Flowers SA, Kalamajski S, Ali L, Björkman LI, Raj JR, Aspberg A, Karlsson NG, Jin C. Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein forms protein complexes with synovial lubricin via non-covalent and covalent interactions. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2017; 25:1496-1504. [PMID: 28373131 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2017.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2016] [Revised: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Understanding the cartilage surface structure, lost in arthritic disease, is essential for developing strategies to effectively restore it. Given that adherence of the lubricating protein, lubricin, to the cartilage surface is critical for boundary lubrication, an interaction with cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) was investigated. COMP, an abundant cartilage protein, is known to be important for matrix formation. DESIGN Synovial fluid (SF) from arthritic patients was used to detect possible COMP-lubricin complexes by immunological methods. Recombinant (RC) COMP and lubricin fragments were expressed to characterize this bonding and mass spectrometry employed to specifically identify the cysteines involved in inter-protein disulfide bonds. RESULTS COMP-lubricin complexes were identified in the SF of arthritic patients by Western blot, co-immunoprecipitation and sandwich ELISA. RC fragment solid-phase binding assays showed that the C-terminal (amino acids (AA) 518-757) of COMP bound non-covalently to the N-terminal of lubricin (AA 105-202). Mass spectrometry determined that although cysteines throughout COMP were involved in binding with lubricin, the cysteines in lubricin were primarily focused to an N-terminal region (AA 64-86). The close proximity of the non-covalent and disulfide binding domains on lubricin suggest a two-step mechanism to strongly bind lubricin to COMP. CONCLUSION These data demonstrate that lubricin forms a complex network with COMP involving both non-covalent and covalent bonds. This complex between lubricin and the cartilage protein COMP can be identified in the SF of patients with arthritis conditions including osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Division of Rheumatology and Molecular Skeletal Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Division of Rheumatology and Molecular Skeletal Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Gao C, Jin C, Yan H, Wang X. 361 Focal adhesion kinase–mammalian target of rapamycin pathway–mediated different proliferation, migration, and differentiation abilities of satellite cells in Lantang and Landrace piglets. J Anim Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.2527/asasann.2017.361] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Huang Y, Sun P, Zhang Z, Jin C. Numerical method based on transfer function for eliminating water vapor noise from terahertz spectra. Appl Opt 2017; 56:5698-5704. [PMID: 29047713 DOI: 10.1364/ao.56.005698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 06/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Water vapor noise in the air affects the accuracy of optical parameters extracted from terahertz (THz) time-domain spectroscopy. In this paper, a numerical method was proposed to eliminate water vapor noise from the THz spectra. According to the Van Vleck-Weisskopf function and the linear absorption spectrum of water molecules in the HITRAN database, we simulated the water vapor absorption spectrum and real refractive index spectrum with a particular line width. The continuum effect of water vapor molecules was also considered. Theoretical transfer function of a different humidity was constructed through the theoretical calculation of the water vapor absorption coefficient and the real refractive index. The THz signal of the Lacidipine sample containing water vapor background noise in the continuous frequency domain of 0.5-1.8 THz was denoised by use of the method. The results show that the optical parameters extracted from the denoised signal are closer to the optical parameters in the dry nitrogen environment.
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Lu X, Chen W, Xia H, Zheng K, Jin C, Ng DSC, Chen H. Atrophy of retinal inner layers is associated with poor vision after endophthalmitis: a spectral domain optical coherence tomography study. Eye (Lond) 2017; 31:1488-1495. [PMID: 28574491 DOI: 10.1038/eye.2017.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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PurposeTo investigate the retinal structural changes in endophthalmitis and their association with visual outcome.Patients and methodsForty-five eyes of 45 patients diagnosed with endophthalmitis were included. Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) was performed after inflammation was controlled. The relationship between SD-OCT features and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) at the last follow-up was analyzed.ResultsThe structural changes included inner segment ellipsoid (ISe) disruption (49%), atrophy of retinal inner layers (24%), epimacular membrane (24%), and macular edema (24%). BCVA was worse in patients with ISe disruption (P=0.005) and retinal inner layers' atrophy (P=0.004) compared with those without. There was no significant difference of BCVA between the patients with and without epimacular membrane, or intraretinal cysts. Multivariate regression showed that atrophy of retinal inner layers (b=0.41±0.17, P=0.022) was the only independent factor associated with BCVA.ConclusionAtrophy of retinal inner layers is associated with visual impairment in endophthalmitis, despite successful management.
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- Joint Shantou International Eye Center, Shantou University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China
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- Joint Shantou International Eye Center, Shantou University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China
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- Joint Shantou International Eye Center, Shantou University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China
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- Joint Shantou International Eye Center, Shantou University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China
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- Joint Shantou International Eye Center, Shantou University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Joint Shantou International Eye Center, Shantou University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China
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Tu C, Zhu Y, Jiang B, He W, Jin C. Correlation between circulating tumor cells EGFR expression and T cell subsets in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients after tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment. Neoplasma 2017; 64:619-625. [PMID: 28485170 DOI: 10.4149/neo_2017_418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Research indicates that after EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), patient immune function significantly improved, and that circulating tumor cells (CTCs) measurements and peripheral blood epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation data can guide TKIs treatment. Sixty-six advanced NSCLC patients treated with TKIs were enrolled and CTCs, EGFR expression, T cell subsets and natural killer (NK) cells in peripheral blood were measured using flow cytometry before and after treatment and assessed with respect to patient prognosis. CTCs and EGFR expression were negatively correlated with cellular immune function and immune recovery after EGFR-TKI treatment. Thus, CD4+/ CD8+ ratios and NK cells may be useful prognostic indicators for advanced NSCLC patients who receive TKIs treatment.
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Dong D, Jin C, Yang L, Pan Z. 326 Analysis of thyroid function in 46 hospitalized patients with severe allergic dermatosis. J Invest Dermatol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.02.342] [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: 10/19/2022]
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Bouillez A, Rajabi H, Jin C, Samur M, Tagde A, Alam M, Hiraki M, Maeda T, Hu X, Adeegbe D, Kharbanda S, Wong KK, Kufe D. MUC1-C integrates PD-L1 induction with repression of immune effectors in non-small-cell lung cancer. Oncogene 2017; 36:4037-4046. [PMID: 28288138 PMCID: PMC5509481 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2017.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Revised: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Immunotherapeutic approaches, particularly PD-1/PD-L1 blockade, have improved the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), supporting the premise that evasion of immune destruction is of importance for NSCLC progression. However, the signals responsible for upregulation of PD-L1 in NSCLC cells and whether they are integrated with the regulation of other immune-related genes are not known. Mucin 1 (MUC1) is aberrantly overexpressed in NSCLC, activates the NF-κB p65→ZEB1 pathway and confers a poor prognosis. The present studies demonstrate that MUC1-C activates PD-L1 expression in NSCLC cells. We show that MUC1-C increases NF-κB p65 occupancy on the CD274/PD-L1 promoter and thereby drives CD274 transcription. Moreover, we demonstrate that MUC1-C-induced activation of NF-κB→ZEB1 signaling represses the TLR9, IFNG, MCP-1 and GM-CSF genes, and that this signature is associated with decreases in overall survival. In concert with these results, targeting MUC1-C in NSCLC tumors suppresses PD-L1 and induces these effectors of innate and adaptive immunity. These findings support a previously unrecognized central role for MUC1-C in integrating PD-L1 activation with suppression of immune effectors and poor clinical outcome.
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- A Bouillez
- Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Su P, Ding H, Zhang W, Duan G, Yang Y, Long J, Du L, Xie C, Jin C, Hu C, Sun Z, Duan Z, Gong L, Tian W. Joint Association of Obesity and Hypertension with Disability in the Elderly-- A Community-Based Study of Residents in Shanghai, China. J Nutr Health Aging 2017; 21:362-369. [PMID: 28346562 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-016-0777-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although both obesity and hypertension are known risk factors for disability, the joint association of obesity and hypertension with risk of disability is unknown. This paper is aim to examine the joint association of obesity and hypertension with risk of disability. METHODS Cross-sectional study with 8060 elderly community-dwelling individuals participating in the survey initiated by Shanghai Health and Family Planning Commission from March to September 2013. Obesity was measured using the body mass index (BMI) in World Health Organization (WHO) Asia criteria. Hypertension, based on the doctor's diagnosis, was obtained through face-to-face interview. Disability was measured using the self-reported physical self-maintenance scale (PSMS) and the instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) scale developed by Lawton and Brody. RESULTS A total of 8.97% of participants reported ADL disability, and 15.18% for IADL disability. After adjusting social demographics and chronic conditions, the risk of ADL disability was progressively greater in obese persons with hypertension (OR=1.40, 95% CI=1.05-1.89), underweight persons without hypertension (OR=2.05, 95% CI=1.29-3.25), and underweight persons with hypertension (OR=2.14, 95% CI=1.36-3.36). For IADL disability, only underweight persons with hypertension were significantly associated (OR=1.65, 95% CI=1.23-2.21). CONCLUSIONS Low or extremely high BMI, independent of its metabolic consequences, is a risk factor for disability among the elderly. Simple hypertension wasn't significantly associated with disability. In addition, having hypertension significantly increased the risk of ADL disability in obese individuals and IADL disability in underweight individuals.
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- Wenhua Tian, PhD, Department of Health Services Management, the Second Military Medical University, No.800 Xiangyin Rd, Shanghai, 200433, China; Tel: +86-21-8187-1428; Fax: +86-21-8187-1428; Email address:
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Jin C, Cheng L, Höxtermann S, Xie T, Lu X, Wu H, Skaletz-Rorowski A, Brockmeyer NH, Wu N. MicroRNA-155 is a biomarker of T-cell activation and immune dysfunction in HIV-1-infected patients. HIV Med 2016; 18:354-362. [PMID: 27981723 DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES MicroRNA-155 (miR-155) regulates T-cell differentiation and activation. It has also been associated with HIV infection. However, it remains unclear whether miR-155 is related to the T-cell response in HIV-infected individuals (e.g. T-cell activation and exhaustion). METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study involving 121 HIV-1-infected patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and 43 HAART-naïve patients. MiR-155 levels in the peripheral blood were determined by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR). T-cell immune activation, exhaustion, and homeostasis were measured by determining the expression of CD38, programmed death 1 (PD-1) and CD127 via flow cytometry. RESULTS The levels of miR-155 in total peripheral blood mononuclear cells, CD4 T cells and CD8 T cells from HIV-1-infected patients were increased (P < 0.01). Nonresponders and HAART-naïve patients also exhibited a higher percentage of CD8+ CD38+ T cells and a lower percentage of CD4+ CD127+ and CD8+ CD127+ T cells (P < 0.05). We also found higher levels of PD-1 expression on the CD4+ and CD8+ T cells of HIV-1-infected patients (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that miR-155 levels in the peripheral blood of HIV-1-infected patients are increased and associated with T-cell activation. Therefore, miR-155 is a potential biomarker of the immune response following HIV-1 infection.
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Center for Sexual Health and Medicine, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Center for Sexual Health and Medicine, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Competence Network for HIV/AIDS, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Center for Sexual Health and Medicine, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Competence Network for HIV/AIDS, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Dizon M, Linos E, Arron S, Abuabara K, Ruiz de Luzuriaga A, Jin C, Boscardin W, Chren M. Comparisons of patients’ satisfaction should take expectations into account. Br J Dermatol 2016; 176:252-254. [DOI: 10.1111/bjd.14755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- University of California San Francisco School of Medicine San Francisco CA U.S.A
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- Program for Clinical Research Department of Dermatology San Francisco CA U.S.A
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- Program for Clinical Research Department of Dermatology San Francisco CA U.S.A
- San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center San Francisco CA U.S.A
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- Program for Clinical Research Department of Dermatology San Francisco CA U.S.A
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics University of California San Francisco San Francisco CA U.S.A
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- Department of Medicine Division of Geriatrics University of California San Francisco San Francisco CA U.S.A
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- Program for Clinical Research Department of Dermatology San Francisco CA U.S.A
- San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center San Francisco CA U.S.A
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Wu LM, Bai ZY, Liu XJ, Jin C, Yin H, Li JL. Comparative analysis of shell color variety and genetic structure among five high-quality freshwater pearl mussel populations. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr-15-04-gmr.15048390. [PMID: 27966734 DOI: 10.4238/gmr15048390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Four Hyriopsis cumingii populations, a breeding population (BP), a cultured population (FP), two wild populations from Poyang Lake (PY) and Dongting Lake (DT), and an H. schlegelii population were collected (JX), and the first filial generations (F1) were bred synchronously. The shell nacre polymorphisms, population genetic diversity, and genetic structures of the F1 of each population were analyzed and compared using CIELAB colorimetric measurements and microsatellite markers. The color parameters of the shell nacre (L*, a*, dE*) in the BP were significantly different from those in the FP, PY, and JX populations (P < 0.05), whereas the shell nacre color did not differ significantly between the left and right sides of the shells within the same population (P > 0.05). The BP had relatively darker nacre at the posterior end of the shell, and the color parameters (L*, a*, b*, and dE*) differed significantly from those at the front end (P < 0.05). The five populations showed relatively high levels of genetic diversity (HO = 0.733-0.829). The genetic distance between the H. cumingii populations and H. schlegelii was the greatest, whereas that within the H. cumingii populations and between the FP and the PY population was the smallest. All the individuals tested in this study were optimally grouped into four theoretical populations. In conclusion, the BP was significantly different from the base populations of PY and DT in terms of genetic background and phenotypic parameters of shell nacre color, with potential for further genetic improvement.
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquaculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquaculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China .,Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquaculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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Zheng XM, Li CH, Wu YT, Zhao HY, Jin C, Song L, Zhao HL, Liu J, Zhang RY, Li W, Chen SH, Wu SL. [Association between the office, visit-to-visit and 24-hour ambulatory systolic blood pressure and vascular damages in the elderly]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2016; 44:621-7. [PMID: 27530949 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3758.2016.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between different kinds of systolic blood pressure (SBP, including office, visit-to-visit, 24-hour ambulatory) and vascular damages (represented by carotid intima-media thickness, CIMT; brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, baPWV) in the elderly. METHODS A total of 2 814 participants aged of ≥60 years old and retired employees were selected with random sampling method from the individuals who took part in 2006-2007, 2008-2009, 2010-2011 health examination in Tangshan Kailuan Hospital, Kailuan Linxi Hospital, Kailuan Zhaogezhuang Hospital and with 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring data, CIMT and baPWV.Finally, 2 146 participants (1 438 males, average age (67.3±6.0) years old) were included to the analysis.Multivariable regression analysis was used to analyze association between the office, visit-to-visit, 24-hour, day-time, night-time SBP and CIMT and baPWV, respectively. RESULTS (1) The average SBP, DBP, CIMT and baPWV were (137.0±20.4) mmHg(1 mmHg=0.133 kPa), (83.5±11.0) mmHg, (0.92±0.18)mm and (1 781.7±353.2)cm/s.(2) The participants were divided into high and low level groups according to the median of different SBPs, respectively.The results indicated that CIMT and baPWV were significantly higher in high level groups than in low level groups (all P<0.01). (3) After adjusting for gender and age, the partial correlate analysis showed that the office, visit-to-visit, 24-hour, day-time, night-time SBP positively associated with CIMT and baPWV (all P<0.01). (4) After adjusting for confounding factors, multivariable regression analysis showed that the office, visit-to-visit, 24-hour, day-time, night-time SBP were positively and linearly associated with CIMT and baPWV in total cohort, and standard regression coefficients were 0.157, 0.208, 0.175, 0.169, 0.163, 0.479, 0.420, 0.401, 0.389 and 0.354, respectively.In addition, similar results were observed in male and female participants but there was no significance between night-time SBP and CIMT in female participants. CONCLUSIONS Office, visit-to-visit, 24-hour, day-time, night-time SBP are associated with vascular damages, and the best associations are observed between visit-to-visit SBP and vascular function damage. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRY Chinese CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRY, ChiCTR-TNC-1100 1489.
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- Department of Cardiology, Kailuan Hospital, Tangshan 063000, China
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Sun H, Yang YJ, Xu HY, Yang JG, Gao XJ, Wu Y, Li W, Wang Y, Liu J, Jin C, Song L. [Survey of medical care resources of acute myocardial infarction in different regions and levels of hospitals in China]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2016; 44:565-9. [PMID: 27530939 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3758.2016.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the medical care resources of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Chinese hospitals of different regions and levels. METHODS We selected 115 hospitals in China, including 61 northern hospitals, 54 southern hospitals, 52 eastern hospitals, 26 central hospitals, 37 western hospitals, 79 tertiary hospitals, 36 secondary hospitals, 34 pro vincial-level hospitals, 46 prefectural-level hospitals and 35 county hospitals. From November 2012 to August 2013, we sent questionnaire to the cardiologists in each hospital, to collect related information. RESULTS (1) The number of AMI admitted each year of northern hospital was more than the number of southern hospital (220 (120, 400) cases vs. 220 (80, 350) cases, P=0.033), while number of coronary care unit (CCU), thrombolytic therapy, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), primary PCI and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) were similar (all P> 0.05). (2) The number of AMI admitted each year of eastern, central and western hospital was 295(150, 501) cases, 175(75, 300) cases and 170(50, 250) cases respectively(P=0.007), with no significant difference among them for setting CCU, carrying out thrombolytic therapy, PCI, primary PCI and CABG (all P>0.05). (3) The total number of the in-patient beds and AMI admitted each year of tertiary hospitals were significantly higher than that in the secondary hospitals(104(70, 152)vs. 47(30, 52), P<0.001) and (300(200, 460)cases vs.80(47, 135)cases, P<0.001) respectively. There was a significant difference between tertiary and secondary hospitals for the number of CCU (97.5% (77/79)and 75.0%(27/36)), PCI (98.7%(78/79)and 27.8%(10/36)), primary PCI (96.2%(76/79)and 22.2%(8/36)), CABG (81.0%(64/79)and 11.1%(4/36)), intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) (91.1%(72/79) and 13.9%(5/36)) respectively (all P<0.001). (4) There were obvious differences among provincial-level, prefectural-level and country-level hospitals for the admitted AMI patient numbers annually which was 400(250, 600), 232(100, 380)and 80(50, 162)cases, CCU proportion which was 100 %(34/34), 95.7%(44/46) and 74.3%(26/35), thrombolytic therapy proportion which was 88.2%(30/34), 100%(46/46)and 91.4%(32/35), PCI proportion which was 100%(34/34), 89.1%(41/46)and 37.1%(13/35), primary PCI proportion which was 100%(34/34), 84.8%(39/46)and 31.4%(11/35), CABG proportion which was 97.1%(33/34), 67.4%(31/46) and 11.4%(4/35)respectively (P<0.01 or 0.05) . CONCLUSIONS Different regional hospitals have no significant difference in number of CCU and reperfusion therapies, while there is a big difference on medical care resources of AMI between different-level hospitals, which may affect the diagnosis and treatment effect of patients with AMI. Clinical Trail Registry: National Institutes of Health, NCT01874691.
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- Coronary Heart Disease Center, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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Li P, Tian H, Li Z, Wang L, Gao F, Ou Q, Lian C, Li W, Jin C, Zhang J, Xu JY, Wang J, Wang F, Lu L, Xu GT. Subpopulations of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Exhibit Differential Effects in Delaying Retinal Degeneration. Curr Mol Med 2016; 16:567-81. [DOI: 10.2174/1566524016666160607090953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2016] [Revised: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 05/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ye YM, Wang FM, Jin C, Zhou LL, Chen DQ. [Hospital costs and related influencing factors in patients with acute poisoning]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2016; 34:528-530. [PMID: 27682491 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-9391.2016.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the hospital costs and related influencing factors in patients with acute poisoning. Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed for the general status and hospital costs of 373 patients with acute poisoning who were admitted to The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College from January 2009 to March 2015. The questionnaires were completed, the data were entered into Excel forms, and SPSS 18.0 was used to perform statistical analysis. Results: Among the 373 patients, 44.8% committed suicide and 31.1% were poisoned by accidental contact; 42.6% were poisoned by pesticides, and 32.7% were poisoned by drugs. After treatment, 64.1% achieved improvements, whereas 1.3% died. The highest hospital cost reached 62 710.26 RMB, and the lowest was 64.64 RMB (median 4 328 RMB) . The patients with an older age and a longer length of hospital stay tended to have higher hospital costs; the patients who underwent catharsis, mechanical ventilation, and blood purification and were admitted to the intensive care unit had relatively high hospital costs. Conclusion: The patients with acute poisoning have high hospital costs. Poisoning caused by pesticides and drugs should be prevented and treated with priority, so as to reduce the heavy economic burden caused by acute poisoning.
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- The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, China
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Lee D, Jin C, Kim M, Lee M, Kim Y, Chung J, Cho S. 719 Pleiotrophin is downregulated in human keloids. J Invest Dermatol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2016.02.762] [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: 10/21/2022]
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This paper reports the design and safety analysis results of the helium cooled solid breeder blanket of the Chinese Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR). Materials selection and basic structure of the blanket have been presented. Performance analysis including neutronics analysis and thermo-mechanical analysis has shown good results. And the safety analysis of the blanket under Loss Of Coolant Accident (LOCA) conditions has been described. Results showed the current design can deal well with the selected accident scenarios.
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology , University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui , China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology , University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui , China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology , University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui , China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology , University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui , China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology , University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui , China
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Fu R, Yang YJ, Dou KF, Yang JG, Gao XJ, Xu HY, Wu Y, Li W, Wang Y, Jia YL, Jin C. [Age-related differences in the clinical symptoms and triggering factors among Chinese patients with acute myocardial infarction]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2016; 44:298-302. [PMID: 27112606 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3758.2016.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the age-related differences in the clinical symptoms and triggering factors among Chinese patients with acute myocardial infarction. METHODS Acute myocardial infarction Patients (n=14 854) registered in the China Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry from January 2013 to March 2014 were included in this study. Patients were divided into 4 groups: <55 years old group (3 950 patients), 55-64 years old group (4 361 patients), 65-74 years old group ( 3 759 patients), and ≥75 years old group (2 784 patients). Demographic features, medical history, clinical presentation and triggering factors were obtained via electronic data capture system. RESULTS (1)Persistent chest pain and sweat were the major typical symptoms 66.4%(9 863/14 854) and 63.8%(9 471/14 854)) in the whole cohort. Prevalence of persistent chest pain among four groups were 73.8%(2 915/3 950), 69.2%(3 016/4 361), 63.6%(2 394/3 759) and 55.2%(1 538/2 784), and radiating pain among four groups were 36.2%(1 428/3 950), 34.1%(1 487/4 361), 30.9%(1 160/3 759)and 25.9%(722/2 784), and sweat among four groups were 70.0%(2 765/3 950), 66.5%(2 898/4 361), 61.8%%(2 323/3 759)and 53.3%(1 485/2 784), and there were statistical significance for all above symptoms among groups (all P<0.001). (2)triggering factors before acute myocardial infarction could be found in 19.4%(2 879/14 854) of the patients. Prevalence of existed triggering factors among four groups were 23.8%(941/3 950), 21.0%(914/4 361), 16.6%(625/3 759) and 14.3%(399/2 784, P<0.001). Recent excessive unhealthy lifestyles among four groups were 20.8%(196/3 950), 11.9%(109/4 361), 10.1%(63/3 759) and 9.0%(36/2 784) among the 4 groups (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS Persistent chest pain and sweat are absent in nearly half of Chinese patients in ≥75 years old group. Triggering factors prior to acute myocardial infarction could be evidenced in about twenty percent patients, and which are more often in young patients. Clinical Trail Registry: National Institutes of Health,NCT018746.
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- Coronary Heart Disease Center, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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Zheng XM, Li ZF, Wu YT, Zhao XH, Zhao HY, Jin C, Liu HM, Chen SH, An SS, Wang Y, Wu SL. [Influencing factors of orthostatism brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and ankle brachial index in the elderly]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2016; 44:161-9. [PMID: 26926511 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3758.2016.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the distribution and influencing factors of orthostatism brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity(baPWV) and ankle brachial index(ABI) in the elderly. METHODS Participants were selected with random sampling from ≥60 years old retired workers, who underwent 2010 to 2011 health check-up in the Tangshan Kailuan Hospital, Kailuan Linxi Hospital, Kailuan Zhaogezhuang Hospital. Multivariate linear regression analysis was used to analyze the influencing factors of orthostatism and supine baPWV and ABI in the elderly. RESULTS (1) A total of 2 464 participants were included, and 1 601 participants (1 065 males(66.5%) and (67.5±6.1) years old) with integral data were analyzed. Orthostatism baPWV was (3 885.4±1 503.5)cm/s and Supine baPWV was (1 761.2±371.4)cm/s.Orthostatism ABI was 1.54±0.21 and supine ABI was 1.10±0.12. Orthostatism baPWV increased with increasing age, while orthostatism ABI decreased with aging(trend test, both P<0.01)in <65, 65-69, 70-74, and ≥75 years old participants.(2) Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the age(β=0.19, P<0.01), lower limbs orthostatism systolic blood pressure(β=0.18, P<0.01), lower limbs supine systolic blood pressure (β=0.14, P<0.01), orthostatism heart rate (β=0.30, P<0.01), supine heart rate (β=0.23, P<0.01), body mass index (β=-0.18, P<0.01) were associated with orthostatism baPWV, and female(β=-0.055, P=0.01), upper limb orthostatism systolic blood pressure (β=-0.834, P<0.01), lower limbs orthostatism systolic blood pressure (β=0.708, P<0.01), lower limbs supine systolic blood pressure (β=0.099, P<0.01) and fasting blood glucose(β=-0.085, P<0.01) were associated with orthostatism ABI. CONCLUSIONS Orthostatism baPWV and ABI were significantly higher than those of supine's. Age, lower limbs orthostatism and supine systolic blood pressure, orthostatism and supine heart rate, body mass index were associated with orthostatism baPWV. Female, upper limb orthostatism systolic blood pressure, lower limbs orthostatism, supine systolic blood pressure and fasting blood glucose were associated with orthostatism ABI in the elderly.
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- Department of Cardiology, Kailuan Hospital, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China
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Jin C, Langston PA, Pavlovskaya GE, Hall MR, Rigby SP. Statistics of highly heterogeneous flow fields confined to three-dimensional random porous media. Phys Rev E 2016; 93:013122. [PMID: 26871169 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.93.013122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We present a strong relationship between the microstructural characteristics of, and the fluid velocity fields confined to, three-dimensional random porous materials. The relationship is revealed through simultaneously extracting correlation functions R_{uu}(r) of the spatial (Eulerian) velocity fields and microstructural two-point correlation functions S_{2}(r) of the random porous heterogeneous materials. This demonstrates that the effective physical transport properties depend on the characteristics of complex pore structure owing to the relationship between R_{uu}(r) and S_{2}(r) revealed in this study. Further, the mean excess plot was used to investigate the right tail of the streamwise velocity component that was found to obey light-tail distributions. Based on the mean excess plot, a generalized Pareto distribution can be used to approximate the positive streamwise velocity distribution.
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- C Jin
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.,GeoEnergy Research Centre (GERC), University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.,British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- GeoEnergy Research Centre (GERC), University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.,British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.,GeoEnergy Research Centre (GERC), University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.,British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, United Kingdom
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Lu Y, Rong G, Yu SP, Sun Z, Duan X, Dong Z, Xia H, Zhan N, Jin C, Ji J, Duan H. Chinese military medical teams in the Ebola outbreak of Sierra Leone. J ROY ARMY MED CORPS 2016; 162:198-202. [PMID: 26744190 PMCID: PMC4893094 DOI: 10.1136/jramc-2015-000562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The 2014-2015 Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in West Africa was the largest in history. The three most affected countries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, have faced enormous challenges in controlling transmission and providing clinical care for patients with EVD. The Chinese government, in response to the requests of the WHO and the governments of the affected countries, responded rapidly by deploying Chinese military medical teams (CMMTs) to the areas struck by the deadly epidemic. A total of three CMMTs, comprising 115 military medical professionals, were rotationally deployed to Freetown, Sierra Leone to assist with infection prevention and control, clinical care and health promotion and training. Between 1 October 2014 and 22 March 2015, the CMMTs in Sierra Leone admitted and treated a total of 773 suspected and 285 confirmed EVD cases. Among the 285 confirmed cases, 146 (51.2%) patients survived after treatment. In addition, the CMMTs maintained the record of zero infections among healthcare workers and zero cross-infections between quarantined patients. In this manuscript, we aim to give an overview of the mission, and share our best practices experience on predeployment preparedness, EVD holding and treatment centre building and EVD case management.
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- Yinying Lu
- The 302 Hospital of Chinese Army, Beijing, China
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- The 302 Hospital of Chinese Army, Beijing, China
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- Health Services Center, Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The 302 Hospital of Chinese Army, Beijing, China
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- The 302 Hospital of Chinese Army, Beijing, China
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- The 302 Hospital of Chinese Army, Beijing, China
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- The 302 Hospital of Chinese Army, Beijing, China
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- The 302 Hospital of Chinese Army, Beijing, China
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- The 302 Hospital of Chinese Army, Beijing, China
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- The 302 Hospital of Chinese Army, Beijing, China
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- The 302 Hospital of Chinese Army, Beijing, China
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Liu X, Jin C, Wu L, Dong S, Zeng S, Li J. Isolation and characterization of a novel acidic matrix protein hic22 from the nacreous layer of the freshwater mussel, Hyriopsis cumingii. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr8656. [DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15038656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Svala E, Jin C, Rüetschi U, Ekman S, Lindahl A, Karlsson NG, Skiöldebrand E. Characterisation of lubricin in synovial fluid from horses with osteoarthritis. Equine Vet J 2015; 49:116-123. [PMID: 26507102 DOI: 10.1111/evj.12521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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REASON FOR PERFORMING STUDY The glycoprotein lubricin contributes to the boundary lubrication of the articular cartilage surface. The early events of osteoarthritis involve the superficial layer where lubricin is synthesised. OBJECTIVES To characterise the glycosylation profile of lubricin in synovial fluid from horses with osteoarthritis and study secretion and degradation of lubricin in an in vitro inflammation cartilage model. STUDY DESIGN In vitro study. METHODS Synovial fluid samples collected from horses with joints with normal articular cartilage and structural osteoarthritic lesions; with and without osteochondral fragments, were analysed for the lubricin glycosylation profiles. Articular cartilage explants were stimulated with or without interleukin-1β for 25 days. Media samples collected at 3-day intervals were analysed by quantitative proteomics, western blot and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS O-glycosylation profiles in synovial fluid revealed both Core 1 and 2 O-glycans, with Core 1 O-glycans predominating. Synovial fluid from normal joints (49.5 ± 1.9%) contained significantly lower amounts of monosialylated Core 1 O-glycans compared with joints with osteoarthritis (53.8 ± 7.8%, P = 0.03) or joints with osteochondral fragments (57.3 ± 8.8%, P = 0.001). Additionally, synovial fluid from normal joints (26.7 ± 6.7%) showed higher amounts of disialylated Core 1 O-glycan than from joints with osteochondral fragments (21.2 ± 4.9%, P = 0.03). A C-terminal proteolytic cleavage site in lubricin was found in synovial fluid from normal and osteochondral fragment joints and in media from interleukin-1β stimulated and unstimulated articular cartilage explants. CONCLUSIONS This is the first demonstration of a change in the glycosylation profile of lubricin in synovial fluid from diseased equine joints compared with that from normal joints. We demonstrate an identical proteolytic cleavage site of lubricin both in vitro and in vivo. The reduced sialation of lubricin in synovial fluid from diseased joints may affect the boundary lubricating ability of the superficial layer of articular cartilage and could be one of the early events in the progression of osteoarthritis.
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg University, Sweden.,Section of Pathology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg University, Sweden
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- Section of Pathology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg University, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg University, Sweden.,Section of Pathology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Xu W, Jin C, Dai X, Lv X. A meta-analysis of erlotinib versus docetaxel for advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer with poor prognosis. Indian J Cancer 2015; 52 Suppl 1:e12-6. [PMID: 26548932 DOI: 10.4103/0019-509x.168957] [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: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND The extent of the benefit of erlotinib in the treatment of advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is still controversial when compared with docetaxel. This meta-analysis was performed to compare the efficacy of erlotinib with docetaxel for different patients with advanced NSCLC. MATERIALS AND METHODS We searched Cochrane Library, PubMed, CNKI, and identified 23 randomized controlled clinical trials from 2008 to 2015. According to our further full-text screening, 6 clinical trials were included in the final meta-analysis. RESULTS Six papers were included in this study. The progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), objective response rate (ORR), and toxicity were included in our outcomes. The pooled hazard ratio (HR) of PFS was 1.57 (95% confidential index [CI] = 1.47-1.69). The pooled HR of OS was 1.66 (95% CI = 1.43-1.92). The pooled risk ratio of ORR was 0.56 (95% CI = 0.35-0.91). The toxicity analysis showed odds ratio = 1.79 (95% CI = 1.20-2.69). CONCLUSIONS In terms of PFS, OS, and toxicity the effect of erlotinib in the treatment of advanced NSCLC patients is superior to docetaxel.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China
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Zhou J, Kong C, Jia Y, Wang L, Jin C, Wang X. The Skewness of Alpha Beta T Cell Receptors in Peripheral Blood of the Patients with Type 1 Diabetes. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2015; 124:1-4. [PMID: 26479550 DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1564179] [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: 10/22/2022]
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AIM To detect the skewness of TCR Vα and TCR Vβ of patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D). METHODS The heparinized venous blood was collected from ten patients with T1D. The peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) were isolated and used to extract mRNA. Reverse amplyfication was performed for cDNA synthesis. The skewness of TCR Vα and Vβ was detected with real-time florescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RQ-PCR) and analyzed by DNA melting-curve analysis technique, respectively. RESULTS Among the TCR Vα genes, the skewness frequency rate (SFR) of Vα22 was 30%; both of Vα5 and Vα24 were 20%; Vα28 was the only restricted-clone gene with the SFR of 10%. In all the Vβ genes, Vβ7 and Vβ17 were the the highest expression genes, and their SFRs were both 60%. Vβ11 was near them with the SFR of 40%; the restricted clonal genes were Vβ18 and Vβ20, their SFRs were 10% and 20%, respectivley. CONCLUSION There are skewd genes in TCR Vα and TCR Vβ, which are probably relative to the onset of T1D.
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- Medical Laboratory, Affilated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Nursing Department, Affilated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Medical Laboratory, Affilated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, The First People's Hospital of Jining City, Jining, China
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- Medical Laboratory, Affilated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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Jin C, Peng X, Xie T, Lu X, Liu F, Wu H, Yang Z, Wang J, Cheng L, Wu N. Detection of the long noncoding RNAs nuclear-enriched autosomal transcript 1 (NEAT1) and metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 in the peripheral blood of HIV-1-infected patients. HIV Med 2015; 17:68-72. [PMID: 26139386 DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in HIV-1 infection have not been extensively studied. Here we detected two lncRNAs, nuclear-enriched autosomal transcript 1 (NEAT1) and metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1), in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and plasma of HIV-1-infected patients. METHODS Fifty-nine HIV-1-infected patients and 21 healthy controls were recruited for the study, of whom 31 patients were highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)-naïve and 28 patients had been receiving HAART for more than 1 year with undetectable viral loads. Total RNA was extracted from PBMCs and plasma, and levels of NEAT1 and MALAT1 were determined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS We found that the levels of NEAT1 and MALAT1 in PBMCs were up-regulated in HAART-naïve patients and were reduced in patients receiving HAART. NEAT1 was down-regulated in the plasma of infected patients and expression was correlated with CD4 T-cell count. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that NEAT1 and MALAT1 may interact with HIV-1 in vivo and that the presence of NEAT1 in plasma is a potential biomarker of HIV-1 infection.
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- C Jin
- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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Peng X, Dong M, Ma L, Jia XE, Mao J, Jin C, Chen Y, Gao L, Liu X, Ma K, Wang L, Du T, Jin Y, Huang Q, Li K, Zon LI, Liu T, Deng M, Zhou Y, Xi X, Zhou Y, Chen S. A point mutation of zebrafish c-cbl gene in the ring finger domain produces a phenotype mimicking human myeloproliferative disease. Leukemia 2015; 29:2355-65. [PMID: 26104663 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2015.154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2015] [Revised: 05/09/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Controlled self-renewal and differentiation of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) are critical for vertebrate development and survival. These processes are tightly regulated by the transcription factors, signaling molecules and epigenetic factors. Impaired regulations of their function could result in hematological malignancies. Using a large-scale zebrafish N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea mutagenesis screening, we identified a line named LDD731, which presented significantly increased HSPCs in hematopoietic organs. Further analysis revealed that the cells of erythroid/myeloid lineages in definitive hematopoiesis were increased while the primitive hematopoiesis was not affected. The homozygous mutation was lethal with a median survival time around 14-15 days post fertilization. The causal mutation was located by positional cloning in the c-cbl gene, the human ortholog of which, c-CBL, is found frequently mutated in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) or acute leukemia. Sequence analysis showed the mutation in LDD731 caused a histidine-to-tyrosine substitution of the amino acid codon 382 within the RING finger domain of c-Cbl. Moreover, the myeloproliferative phenotype in zebrafish seemed dependent on the Flt3 (fms-like tyrosine kinase 3) signaling, consistent with that observed in both mice and humans. Our study may shed new light on the pathogenesis of MPN and provide a useful in vivo vertebrate model of this syndrome for screening drugs.
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital, Hematology/Oncology Program at Children's Hospital and Dana Faber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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- Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital, Hematology/Oncology Program at Children's Hospital and Dana Faber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) School of Medicine, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Systems Biomedicine, SJTU, Shanghai, China
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Nguyen DT, Bhaskaran A, Chik W, Barry MA, Pouliopoulos J, Kosobrodov R, Jin C, Oh TI, Thiagalingam A, McEwan AL. Perfusion redistribution after a pulmonary-embolism-like event with contrast enhanced EIT. Physiol Meas 2015; 36:1297-309. [DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/36/6/1297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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