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Zhou Y, de Wit CA, Yin G, Du X, Yuan B. Shorter than short-chain: Very short-chain chlorinated paraffins (vSCCPs) found in wildlife from the Yangtze River Delta. Environ Int 2019; 130:104955. [PMID: 31260927 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.104955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [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: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 06/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Very short-chain chlorinated paraffins (vSCCPs, C6-9) occurred in 94% of wildlife samples from the Yangtze River Delta (YRD), China, with CnClm comparable to that of a local CP product, CP-52. Therefore, we determined the content of vSCCPs in CP-52 using a mathematical deconvolution technique. Then with CP-52 and several other reference standards, vSCCPs together with short-, medium-, and long-chain CPs were quantified in 21 wildlife species from an artificial wetland ecosystem and a freshwater ecosystem in the YRD. Concentrations of vSCCPs ranged from 2.6 to 8400 ng/g lipid. These concentrations were 1.2-380 fold lower than SCCPs, but were significantly correlated with those of SCCPs. vSCCP concentrations were comparable to or higher than reported for brominated flame retardants in the same samples. Bioaccumulation tendency of vSCCPs was identified in two benthic species, indicating congener-specific accumulation of vSCCPs in the environment.
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- Yihui Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden; Shimadzu (China) Co. LTD., Shanghai 200233, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Yang K, Zhao SH, Lu MJ, Song YY, Li L, Chen XY, Yin G, Wei MD. [Clinical and cardiac magnetic resonance features of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients complicating with left ventricular apical aneurysm]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2019; 47:534-538. [PMID: 31365993 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3758.2019.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To evaluate the clinical and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) features of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (ApHCM) patients complicating with left ventricular apical aneurysm (LVAA). Methods: CMR confirmed 25 ApHCM patients complicating with LVAA from January 2010 to December 2017 in Fuwai hospital were included in this study, and the baseline clinical data and CMR characteristics were retrospectively analyzed. There were 14 pure ApHCM (hypertrophy limited at the apical segments) complicating with LVAA patients and 11 mixed ApHCM (predominantly apical hypertrophy along with thickening of contiguous non-apical left ventricular region) with LVAA patients. Results: In this patient cohort,age of 84% (21/25) patients ranged between 20-70 years old, and 68% (17/25) were male. There were 68% (17/25) patients with complaint of chest distress symptom, 56% (14/25) with complaint of chest pain, 32% (8/25) with complaint of palpitation,16% (4/25) with complaint of dyspnea, and 12% (3/25) presented as syncope. ST-T segment changes of electrocardiogram were observed in all patients, and giant negative T waves were detected in 80% patients (20/25). The rate of missed diagnosis by echocardiography for detecting ApHCM and LVAA was 16% (4/25) and 68% (17/25), respectively. CMR showed discrete thin-walled dyskinetic or akinetic segment of the most distal portion of the left ventricular chamber in ApHCM patients with LVAA. Transmural late gadolinium enhancement of the aneurysmal rim was detected in 76% (19/25) patients, and the maximum transverse dimension of aneurysm was bigger in patients with transmural late gadolinium enhancement than in patients without transmural late gadolinium enhancement ((22.0±10.8)mm vs. (11.7±4.0) mm, P=0.033). Conclusion: ApHCM with LVAA patients have distinct cardiac clinical features, and CMR is the most useful tool for the accurate and objective evaluation of this disease.
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- Department of Radiology, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100144, China
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Du X, Yuan B, Zhou Y, Zheng Z, Wu Y, Qiu Y, Zhao J, Yin G. Tissue-Specific Accumulation, Sexual Difference, and Maternal Transfer of Chlorinated Paraffins in Black-Spotted Frogs. Environ Sci Technol 2019; 53:4739-4746. [PMID: 30977643 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b06350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The restriction on usage of short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) under Stockholm Convention may promote the production and application of medium chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs) and long chain chlorinated paraffins (LCCPs) as substitutes. This study focused on the tissue-specific exposure to SCCPs, MCCPs, and LCCPs in black-spotted frog, a prevalent amphibian species in the Yangtze River Delta, China. The total CP concentrations in frog liver, muscle, and egg samples ranged of 35-1200, 6.3-97, and 6.8-300 ng/g wet weight (ww), respectively. Livers and eggs contained primary SCCPs (on average 78%) while MCCPs (43%) together with SCCPs (41%) were dominant in muscles. A significantly negative correlation was observed between hepatosomatic index and CPs concentration in liver ( p < 0.01), indicating that CP exposure may lower survival rates of frogs by suppressing the energy storage in liver. Additionally, maternal transfer, an important uptake pathway for CPs, was evaluated for the first time by calculating the ratios of CP levels in eggs to those in their paired liver tissues. The ratio of egg to liver for CP congener groups raised with the increasing of log Kow values, indicating mother to egg transport of CPs was related to the lipophilicity of the chemicals.
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- Xinyu Du
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering , Tongji University , Shanghai 200092 , P. R. China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry , Stockholm University , SE-10691 Stockholm , Sweden
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering , Tongji University , Shanghai 200092 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , Umeå University , SE-901 87 Umeå , Sweden
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- School of Public and Environmental Affairs , Indiana University , Bloomington , Indiana 47405 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering , Tongji University , Shanghai 200092 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering , Tongji University , Shanghai 200092 , P. R. China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry , Stockholm University , SE-10691 Stockholm , Sweden
- Shimadzu (China) Company, Limited , Shanghai 200233 , P. R. China
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Yin G, Tian Y, Wang P, Cao L, Lang J. Radiation-Induced Changes in Small World Network of brain in Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Structure MRI Imaging Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.07.1566] [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: 10/28/2022]
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Osako K, Matsuzaki K, Susaki T, Ueda S, Yin G, Yamaguchi A, Hosono H, Miyauchi M. Direct Observation of Interfacial Charge Transfer between Rutile TiO2
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Film by Visible-Light Illumination and Its Application for Efficient Photocatalysis. ChemCatChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201800669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Kazutaka Osako
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering School of Materials and Chemical Technology; Tokyo Institute of Technology; 2-12-1 Ookayama Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552 Japan
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- Materials Research Center for Element Strategy; Tokyo Institute of Technology; 4259 Nagatsuta Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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- Secure Materials Center Materials and Structures Laboratory; Tokyo Institute of Technology; 4259 Nagatsuta Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
- Present Affiliation: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
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- Synchrotron X-ray Station at SPring-8; National Institute for Materials Science; 1-1-1 Kouto Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148 Japan
- Research Center for Advanced Measurement and Characterization; National Institute for Materials Science; 1-2-1 Sengen Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047 Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering School of Materials and Chemical Technology; Tokyo Institute of Technology; 2-12-1 Ookayama Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552 Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering School of Materials and Chemical Technology; Tokyo Institute of Technology; 2-12-1 Ookayama Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552 Japan
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- Materials Research Center for Element Strategy; Tokyo Institute of Technology; 4259 Nagatsuta Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
- Laboratory for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research; Tokyo Institute of Technology; 4259 Nagatsuta Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering School of Materials and Chemical Technology; Tokyo Institute of Technology; 2-12-1 Ookayama Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552 Japan
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Fan H, Li S, Lu M, Yin G, Yang X, Lan T, Dai L, Chen X, Li J, Zhang Y, Sirajuddin A, Kellman P, Arai AE, Zhao S. Myocardial late gadolinium enhancement: a head-to-head comparison of motion-corrected balanced steady-state free precession with segmented turbo fast low angle shot. Clin Radiol 2018; 73:593.e1-593.e9. [PMID: 29548551 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2018.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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AIM To evaluate the image quality and diagnostic agreement with a head-to-head comparison of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) images acquired by the motion-corrected (MOCO) balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) phase sensitivity inversion recovery (PSIR) and conventional segmented fast low angle shot (FLASH) PSIR methods15,16 in a patient cohort with a wide spectrum of cardiovascular disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS In 59 consecutive patients, signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs), contrast-to-noise ratios (CNRs) of the normal myocardium (NM), LGE, and blood pool (BP) were pair-wise compared between the two different sequences. A further semi-qualitative score system (graded 1 -4) was used to compare the overall image quality (OIQ). The diagnostic agreement of the two techniques were evaluated by both transmural severity and absolutely quantitative size of LGE. RESULTS The SNRs of the NM, LGE, and BP of MOCO bSSFP were 4.8±3.4, 53.6±35.6 and 43.2±29.3, compared with 3.9±3.6 (p=0.126), 27.7±18.5 (p<0.001) and 24.3±13.4 (p<0.001) of FLASH LGE, respectively. The CNRs of LGE to NM, LGE to BP, and BP to NM were 48.3±33.1 versus 23.8±16.7 (p<0.001), 6.5±21.6 versus 3.8±10.8 (p<0.001), and 38.3±27.2 versus 20.3±10.7 (p=0.448), respectively. The OIQ of MOCO bSSFP was higher than that of segmented FLASH (median 4 versus median 3, p<0.001). For quantification of LGE size, there is good agreement and high correlation (r=0.992, p<0.001) between the two methods. CONCLUSIONS MOCO bSSFP is a feasible, robust sequence for LGE imaging, especially for patients with arrhythmia and those incapable of breath-holding due to severe heart failure.
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- H Fan
- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention Center, Fuwai Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China; Department of Radiology, Air Force General Hospital, People's Liberation Army, Beijing, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention Center, Fuwai Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention Center, Fuwai Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention Center, Fuwai Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention Center, Fuwai Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention Center, Fuwai Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention Center, Fuwai Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention Center, Fuwai Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention Center, Fuwai Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention Center, Fuwai Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, USA
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- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention Center, Fuwai Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
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Zhou Y, Yin G, Du X, Xu M, Qiu Y, Ahlqvist P, Chen Q, Zhao J. Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) in a freshwater food web from Dianshan Lake: Occurrence level, congener pattern and trophic transfer. Sci Total Environ 2018; 615:1010-1018. [PMID: 29751405 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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: 07/13/2017] [Revised: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) are new group of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) listed in the Stockholm Convention. The Yangtze River Delta is among the industrially most developed areas in China, supporting a large production and consumption of chlorinated paraffins (CPs). Despite this, there is very limited data on the environmental exposure of SCCPs from the region. This study analyzed SCCPs in 14 wild aquatic organisms from Dianshan Lake, Shanghai, China. The concentrations of total SCCPs ranged from 10 to 1300μgg-1 lipid weight, with significantly higher levels (p<0.05) in benthic (benthic fish and invertebrates) than in non-benthic species (pelagic and mesopelagic fish). The abundance of C10 congeners was much higher in the benthic species compared to in the non-benthic species. The calculated trophic magnification factors (TMFs) of SCCP congeners varied from 1.19 (C10H12Cl10) to 1.57 (C13H20Cl8). The TMFs were significantly correlated (p<0.01) with carbon-chain length in a positive linear relationship and with Log Kow in a parabolic curve relationship. Considering the high concentrations of SCCPs in wild aquatic organisms and the trophic magnification observed in the freshwater food web, further studies should be undertaken to assess the environmental fate of SCCPs and the public health risk in the Yangtze River Delta.
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- Yihui Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Tongji Zhejiang College, Jiaxing 314051, China
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- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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Du X, Yuan B, Zhou Y, Benskin JP, Qiu Y, Yin G, Zhao J. Short-, Medium-, and Long-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Wildlife from Paddy Fields in the Yangtze River Delta. Environ Sci Technol 2018; 52:1072-1080. [PMID: 29320169 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) were added to Annex A of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in April, 2017. As a consequence of this regulation, increasing production and usage of alternatives, such as medium- and long-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs and LCCPs, respectively), is expected. Little is known about the environmental fate and behavior of MCCPs and LCCPs. In the present study, SCCPs, MCCPs, and LCCPs were analyzed in nine wildlife species from paddy fields in the Yangtze River Delta, China, using atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. SCCPs, MCCPs, and LCCPs were detected in all samples at concentrations ranging from <91-43 000, 96-33 000, and 14-10 000 ng/g lipid, respectively. Most species contained primarily MCCPs (on average 44%), with the exception of collared scops owl and common cuckoo, in which SCCPs (43%) accumulated to a significantly (i.e., p < 0.05) greater extent than MCCPs (40%). Cl6 groups were dominant in most species except for yellow weasel and short-tailed mamushi, which contained primarily Cl7 groups. Principal components analysis, together with CP concentrations and carbon stable isotope analysis showed that habitat and feeding habits were key factors driving CP accumulation and congener group patterns in wildlife. This is the first report of LCCP exposure in wildlife and highlights the need for data on risks associated with CP usage.
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- Xinyu Du
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University , Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University , SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University , Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University , SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University , Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University , SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University , Shanghai 200092, China
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Yin G, Sako H, Gubbala RV, Ueda S, Yamaguchi A, Abe H, Miyauchi M. A Cu–Zn nanoparticle promoter for selective carbon dioxide reduction and its application in visible-light-active Z-scheme systems using water as an electron donor. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:3947-3950. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc00535d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Selected HCOOH generation was promoted by Cu–Zn nanoparticles as a co-catalyst in a Z-scheme visible light harvester system.
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- Ge Yin
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Materials and Chemical Technology
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Tokyo 152-8552
- Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Materials and Chemical Technology
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Tokyo 152-8552
- Japan
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- Advanced Electronic Materials Center
- National Institute of Materials Science
- Tsukuba 305-004
- Japan
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- Synchrotron X-ray Station at SPring-8
- National Institute for Materials Science
- Sayo
- Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Materials and Chemical Technology
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Tokyo 152-8552
- Japan
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- Advanced Electronic Materials Center
- National Institute of Materials Science
- Tsukuba 305-004
- Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Materials and Chemical Technology
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Tokyo 152-8552
- Japan
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Yin G, Danielsson S, Dahlberg AK, Zhou Y, Qiu Y, Nyberg E, Bignert A. Sampling designs for contaminant temporal trend analyses using sedentary species exemplified by the snails Bellamya aeruginosa and Viviparus viviparus. Chemosphere 2017; 185:431-438. [PMID: 28711794 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.07.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Revised: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Environmental monitoring typically assumes samples and sampling activities to be representative of the population being studied. Given a limited budget, an appropriate sampling strategy is essential to support detecting temporal trends of contaminants. In the present study, based on real chemical analysis data on polybrominated diphenyl ethers in snails collected from five subsites in Tianmu Lake, computer simulation is performed to evaluate three sampling strategies by the estimation of required sample size, to reach a detection of an annual change of 5% with a statistical power of 80% and 90% with a significant level of 5%. The results showed that sampling from an arbitrarily selected sampling spot is the worst strategy, requiring much more individual analyses to achieve the above mentioned criteria compared with the other two approaches. A fixed sampling site requires the lowest sample size but may not be representative for the intended study object e.g. a lake and is also sensitive to changes of that particular sampling site. In contrast, sampling at multiple sites along the shore each year, and using pooled samples when the cost to collect and prepare individual specimens are much lower than the cost for chemical analysis, would be the most robust and cost efficient strategy in the long run. Using statistical power as criterion, the results demonstrated quantitatively the consequences of various sampling strategies, and could guide users with respect of required sample sizes depending on sampling design for long term monitoring programs.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-10405, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-10405, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-10405, Stockholm, Sweden; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
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Cheng S, Cui C, Yin G, Li L, Zhao S. P3325Prognostic value of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for end-stage phase of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with or without adverse ventricular remodeling. Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx504.p3325] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Zhou Y, Yin G, Asplund L, Stewart K, Rantakokko P, Bignert A, Ruokojärvi P, Kiviranta H, Qiu Y, Ma Z, Bergman Å. Human exposure to PCDDs and their precursors from heron and tern eggs in the Yangtze River Delta indicate PCP origin. Environ Pollut 2017; 225:184-192. [PMID: 28371733 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.03.052] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2016] [Revised: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) are highly toxic to humans and wildlife. In the present study, PCDD/Fs were analyzed in the eggs of whiskered terns (Chlidonias hybrida), and genetically identified eggs from black-crowned night herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) sampled from two lakes in the Yangtze River Delta area, China. The median toxic equivalent (TEQ) of PCDD/Fs were 280 (range: 95-1500) and 400 (range: 220-1100) pg TEQ g-1 lw (WHO, 1998 for birds) in the eggs of black-crowned night heron and whiskered tern, respectively. Compared to known sources, concentrations of PCDDs relative to the sum of PCDD/Fs in bird eggs, demonstrated high abundance of octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (OCDD), 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-heptaCDD and 1,2,3,6,7,8-hexaCDD indicating pentachlorophenol (PCP), and/or sodium pentachlorophenolate (Na-PCP) as significant sources of the PCDD/Fs. The presence of polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PCDEs), hydroxylated and methoxylated polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (OH- and MeO-PCDEs, known impurities in PCP products), corroborates this hypothesis. Further, significant correlations were found between the predominant congener CDE-206, 3'-OH-CDE-207, 2'-MeO-CDE-206 and OCDD, indicating a common origin. Eggs from the two lakes are sometimes used for human consumption. The WHO health-based tolerable intake of PCDD/Fs is exceeded if eggs from the two lakes are consumed regularly on a weekly basis, particularly for children. The TEQs extensively exceed maximum levels for PCDD/Fs in hen eggs and egg products according to EU legislation (2.5 pg TEQ g-1lw). The results suggest immediate action should be taken to manage the contamination, and further studies evaluating the impacts of egg consumption from wild birds in China. Likewise, studies on dioxins and other POPs in common eggs need to be initiated around China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, P.O. Box95, 70701 Kuopio, Finland
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- Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-10405 Stockholm, Sweden; Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, P.O. Box95, 70701 Kuopio, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, P.O. Box95, 70701 Kuopio, Finland
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- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Biodiversity Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden; Swetox, Karolinska Institute, Unit of Toxicology Sciences, Forskargatan 20, SE-15136 Södertälje, Sweden
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Yin G, Athanassiadis I, Bergman Å, Zhou Y, Qiu Y, Asplund L. A refined method for analysis of 4,4'-dicofol and 4,4'-dichlorobenzophenone. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2017; 24:13307-13314. [PMID: 28386885 PMCID: PMC5434158 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8956-y] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The acaricide, dicofol, is a well-known pesticide and partly a substitute for dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). Only few reports on environmental occurrence and concentrations have been reported calling for improvements. Hence, an analytical method was further developed for dicofol and dichlorobenzophenone (DCBP) to enable assessments of their environmental occurrence. Concentrated sulfuric acid was used to remove lipids and to separate dicofol from DCBP. On-column injection was used as an alternative to splitless injection to protect dicofol from thermal decomposition. By the method presented herein, it is possible to quantify dicofol and DCBP in the same samples. Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) were spiked at two dose levels and the recoveries were determined. The mean recovery for dicofol was 65% at the low dose (1 ng) and 77% at the high dose (10 ng). The mean recovery for DCBP was 99% at the low dose (9.2 ng) and 146% at the high dose (46 ng). The method may be further improved by use of another lipid removal method, e.g., gel permeation chromatography. The method implies a step forward in dicofol environmental assessments.
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- Ge Yin
- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
- Swedish Toxicology Sciences Research Center, Forskargatan 20, SE-15136, Södertälje, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden.
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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Zhao G, Yin G, Inamdar AA, Luo J, Zhang N, Yang I, Buckley B, Bennett JW. Volatile organic compounds emitted by filamentous fungi isolated from flooded homes after Hurricane Sandy show toxicity in a Drosophila bioassay. Indoor Air 2017; 27:518-528. [PMID: 27748984 DOI: 10.1111/ina.12350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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: 03/10/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Superstorm Sandy provided an opportunity to study filamentous fungi (molds) associated with winter storm damage. We collected 36 morphologically distinct fungal isolates from flooded buildings. By combining traditional morphological and cultural characters with an analysis of ITS sequences (the fungal DNA barcode), we identified 24 fungal species that belong to eight genera: Penicillium (11 species), Fusarium (four species), Aspergillus (three species), Trichoderma (two species), and one species each of Metarhizium, Mucor, Pestalotiopsis, and Umbelopsis. Then, we used a Drosophila larval assay to assess possible toxicity of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by these molds. When cultured in a shared atmosphere with growing cultures of molds isolated after Hurricane Sandy, larval toxicity ranged from 15 to 80%. VOCs from Aspergillus niger 129B were the most toxic yielding 80% mortality to Drosophila after 12 days. The VOCs from Trichoderma longibrachiatum 117, Mucor racemosus 138a, and Metarhizium anisopliae 124 were relatively non-toxigenic. A preliminary analysis of VOCs was conducted using solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry from two of the most toxic, two of the least toxic, and two species of intermediate toxicity. The more toxic molds produced higher concentrations of 1-octen-3-ol, 3-octanone, 3-octanol, 2-octen-1-ol, and 2-nonanone; while the less toxic molds produced more 3-methyl-1-butanol and 2-methyl-1-propanol, or an overall lower amount of volatiles. Our data support the hypothesis that at certain concentrations, some VOCs emitted by indoor molds are toxigenic.
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- College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Imran S, Yuan J, Yin G, Ma Y, He S. Influence of metal electrodes onc-axis orientation of AlN thin films deposited by DC magnetron sputtering. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.6237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Shahid Imran
- ZJU-SCNU Joint Research Centre of Photonics, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics; South China Normal University; 510006 Guangzhou China
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- State Key Lab of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; 310058 Hangzhou China
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- State Key Lab of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; 310058 Hangzhou China
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- State Key Lab of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; 310058 Hangzhou China
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- ZJU-SCNU Joint Research Centre of Photonics, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics; South China Normal University; 510006 Guangzhou China
- State Key Lab of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; 310058 Hangzhou China
- Department of Electromagnetic Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering; Royal Institute of Technology; S-100 44 Stockholm Sweden
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Yin G, Zhou Y, Strid A, Zheng Z, Bignert A, Ma T, Athanassiadis I, Qiu Y. Spatial distribution and bioaccumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in snails (Bellamya aeruginosa) and sediments from Taihu Lake area, China. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2017; 24:7740-7751. [PMID: 28127688 PMCID: PMC5383689 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8467-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Taihu Lake area is one of the densest metropolitan areas in the world including diverse industrial activity. In the present study, the snail (Bellamya aeruginosa) and sediment were collected from the Taihu Lake area to investigate the contamination status, congener pattern, spatial distribution, and bioaccumulation effect of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). The samples underwent liquid extraction, lipid removal by sulfuric acid, and acidic silica gel column, and subsequently analyzed by gas chromatography-electron capture detector (GC-ECD) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Concentration of ∑22PCBs ranged between 90 and 680 ng g-1 lipid weight in the snails and between 0.018 and 0.82 ng g-1 dry weight in the sediments. Concentration of ∑24PBDEs varied from 25 to 200 ng g-1 lipid weight in the snails and from 0.62 to 67 ng g-1 dry weight in the sediments. The levels of PCBs and PBDEs observed were in the medium to low range compared with other studies in the world. CB-153 was the predominant PCB congener in both snails and sediments whereas BDE-209 showed a low bioavailability in the snails, even if it contributed up to 70% of ∑24PBDEs in the sediments. The spatial distribution showed that the highest concentration of PCBs and PBDEs were detected in samples from Zhushan Lake. East Taihu Lake and Dianshan Lake showed lower concentration of PCBs and PBDEs than the other sampling sites. Biota-sediment accumulation was found between snails and sediments of most of PCB and PBDE congeners except for the highly brominated BDEs (i.e., BDE-209). Therefore, sediment is suggested to be an appropriate matrix to monitor BDE-209 while aquatic species such as the snail could be good for monitoring of PCBs and lower brominated BDE congeners. No significant correlation (Spearman correlation test, two-tailed) of CB-153 (r = 0.54, p = 0.27) or BDE-47 (r = 0.60, p = 0.21) was found between snails and sediments.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, 11418, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, 11418, Stockholm, Sweden.
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, 11418, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, 11418, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, 90187, Umeå, Sweden
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- Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 10405, Stockholm, Sweden
- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou, 416000, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, 11418, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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Guo K, Yin G, Zi XH, Zhu HX, Pan Q. Effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on expression of 5-HT1AR and neurotransmitters in rats with vascular dementia. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr-15-04-gmr.15049031. [PMID: 27966748 DOI: 10.4238/gmr15049031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 1A (5-HT1AR) is closely associated with cognitive functions. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) can protect individuals from brain damage following ischemia/hypoxia. To investigate the function of SSRIs in vascular dementia (VD), we established a rat model of VD, and observed the effect of SSRIs on the expression of 5-HT1AR mRNA and neurotransmitters. Male SD rats (6 months) were randomly assigned into sham, model, and SSRI groups (N = 30). VD was achieved by permanent ligation of the bilateral common carotid artery. Escitalopram, a highly selective 5-HT reabsorption inhibitor, was ip injected into the rats for three consecutive weeks. The Morris water-maze was used to test learning and memory. H&E staining for neuronal injury was conducted on cortical and hippocampal tissues. HPLC was used to determine the levels of dopamine (DA), 5-HT, and norepinephrine (NE). RT-PCR was used to determine expression of 5-HT1AR mRNA. As compared to control rats, model animals demonstrated elongated escape latency, lower platform crossing times, and significant injuries to hippocampal CA1 neurons. This was accompanied by reductions in DA, 5-HT, and NE levels in hippocampal tissues, as well as reduced cortical 5-HT and decreased 5-HT1AR mRNA expression (P < 0.05). Escitalopram treatments reduced escape latency, elevated platform crossing times, improved CA1 neuronal damage, increased DA and 5-HT levels in hippocampal and cortical neurons, as well as elevated expression of 5-HT1AR mRNA (P < 0.05). Therefore, SSRIs may improve cognitive dysfunction of VD rats, possibly by stimulating expression of neurotransmitters and protecting neurons.
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- Department of Neurology, the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Medical School, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Zhou Y, Chen Q, Du X, Yin G, Qiu Y, Ye L, Zhu Z, Zhao J. Occurrence and trophic magnification of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and their methoxylated derivatives in freshwater fish from Dianshan Lake, Shanghai, China. Environ Pollut 2016; 219:932-938. [PMID: 27707599 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 05/31/2016] [Revised: 09/11/2016] [Accepted: 09/14/2016] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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In this study, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers (MeO-PBDEs) were analyzed in eleven freshwater fish species from Dianshan Lake, Shanghai, China. The highest concentrations of PBDEs and MeO-PBDEs were found in snakehead, with mean values of 38 ng g-1 lw and 4.2 ng g-1 lw, respectively. BDE-47 was the predominant congener of PBDEs, followed by BDE-154. Congener pattern variation of PBDEs was observed among different fish species, implying differences in biotransformation potential among fish. Yellow catfish showed highest concentrations of BDE-99, -153 and -183, suggesting that it is more resistant to debromination than any other fish analyzed in the present study. Trophic magnification factors were in the range of 1.35-1.81 for all the PBDE congeners, but not for 2'-MeO-BDE-68. Negative relationship was observed between PBDEs concentration and sample size (length and weight), indicating fish size dilution effect.
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- Yihui Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- Jiading District Environmental Monitoring Station, Shanghai 201822, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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Wang X, Wang P, Li J, Yuan K, Yin G, Wan B, Lang J. Image Guided Radiation Therapy Boost in Combination With High-Dose-Rate Intracavitary Brachytherapy for the Treatment of Cervical Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.06.1393] [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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Shoji S, Yin G, Nishikawa M, Atarashi D, Sakai E, Miyauchi M. Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 by Cu O nanocluster loaded SrTiO3 nanorod thin film. Chem Phys Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2016.06.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [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 work is concerned with a class of mean-field models given by a switching diffusion with a continuous-state-dependent switching process. Focusing on asymptotic properties, the regularity or nonexplosiveness, Feller continuity, and strong Feller continuity are established by means of introducing certain auxiliary processes and by making use of the truncations. Based on these results, exponential ergodicity is obtained under the Foster–Lyapunov drift conditions. By virtue of the coupling methods, the strong ergodicity or uniform ergodicity in the sense of convergence in the variation norm is established for the mean-field model with a Markovian switching process. Besides this, several examples are presented for demonstration and illustration.
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Motivated by various applications in queueing systems, this work is devoted to continuous-time Markov chains with countable state spaces that involve both fast-time scale and slow-time scale with the aim of approximating the time-varying queueing systems by their quasistationary counterparts. Under smoothness conditions on the generators, asymptotic expansions of probability vectors and transition probability matrices are constructed. Uniform error bounds are obtained, and then sequences of occupation measures and their functionals are examined. Mean square error estimates of a sequence of occupation measures are obtained; a scaled sequence of functionals of occupation measures is shown to converge to a Gaussian process with zero mean. The representation of the variance of the limit process is also explicitly given. The results obtained are then applied to treat Mt/Mt/1 queues and Markov-modulated fluid buffer models.
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Zhou Y, Asplund L, Yin G, Athanassiadis I, Wideqvist U, Bignert A, Qiu Y, Zhu Z, Zhao J, Bergman Å. Extensive organohalogen contamination in wildlife from a site in the Yangtze River Delta. Sci Total Environ 2016; 554-555:320-8. [PMID: 26956179 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Revised: 02/06/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The environmental and human health concerns for organohalogen contaminants (OHCs) extend beyond the 23 persistent organic pollutants (POPs) regulated by the Stockholm Convention. The current, intense industrial production and use of chemicals in China and their bioaccumulation makes Chinese wildlife highly suitable for the assessment of legacy, novel and emerging environmental pollutants. In the present study, six species of amphibians, fish and birds were sampled from paddy fields in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) were screened for OHCs. Some extensive contamination was found, both regarding number and concentrations of the analytes, among the species assessed. High concentrations of chlorinated paraffins were found in the snake, Short-tailed mamushi (range of 200-340 μg g(-)(1)lw), Peregrine falcon (8-59 μg g(-1)lw) and Asiatic toad (97 μg g(-)(1)lw). Novel contaminants and patterns were observed; octaCBs to decaCB made up 20% of the total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) content in the samples and new OHCs, substituted with 5-8 chlorines, were found but are not yet structurally confirmed. In addition, Dechlorane 602 (DDC-DBF) and numerous other OHCs (DDTs, hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), hexbromocyclododecane (HBCDD), chlordane, heptachlor, endosulfan and Mirex) were found in all species analyzed. These data show extensive chemical contamination of wildlife in the YRD with a suite of OHCs with both known and unknown toxicities, calling for further in-depth studies.
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- Yihui Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Contaminant Research Group, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 104 15 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden; Swedish Toxicology Sciences Research Center (Swetox), Forskargatan 20, SE-152 57 Södertälje, Sweden
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Zhou Y, Yin G, Asplund L, Qiu Y, Bignert A, Zhu Z, Zhao J, Bergman Å. A novel pollution pattern: Highly chlorinated biphenyls retained in Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) and Whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida) from the Yangtze River Delta. Chemosphere 2016; 150:491-498. [PMID: 26705146 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.11.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Revised: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 11/26/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Contamination of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated diphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers (OH-PBDEs) and their methylated counterparts (MeO-PBDEs) were determined in Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) and Whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida) from two drinking water sources, e.g. Tianmu lake and East Tai lake in Yangtze River Delta, China. A novel PCBs contamination pattern was detected, including 11% and 6.9% highly chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs with eight to ten chlorines) in relation to total PCB concentrations in the Black-crowned night heron and Whiskered tern eggs, respectively. The predominating OCPs detected in the present study were 4,4'-DDE, with concentration range 280-650 ng g(-1) lw in Black-crowned night heron and 240-480 ng g(-1) lw in Whiskered tern, followed by β-HCH and Mirex. 6-MeO-BDE-90 and 6-MeO-BDE-99 are the two predominant congeners of MeO-PBDEs whereas 6-OH-BDE-47 contributes mostly to the OH-PBDEs in both species. Contamination level was considered as median or low level compared global data.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Analytical and Toxicology Chemistry Unit, Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Analytical and Toxicology Chemistry Unit, Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Analytical and Toxicology Chemistry Unit, Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-10405 Stockholm, Sweden
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Analytical and Toxicology Chemistry Unit, Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden; Swedish Toxicology Sciences Research Center, Forskargatan 20, SE-15136 Södertälje, Sweden
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Yin G, Barrett SCH, Luo YB, Bai WN. Seasonal variation in the mating system of a selfing annual with large floral displays. Ann Bot 2016; 117:391-400. [PMID: 26721904 PMCID: PMC4765542 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Flowering plants display considerable variation in mating system, specifically the relative frequency of cross- and self-fertilization. The majority of estimates of outcrossing rate do not account for temporal variation, particularly during the flowering season. Here, we investigated seasonal variation in mating and fertility in Incarvillea sinensis (Bignoniaceae), an annual with showy, insect-pollinated, 'one-day' flowers capable of delayed selfing. We examined the influence of several biotic and abiotic environmental factors on day-to-day variation in fruit set, seed set and patterns of mating. METHODS We recorded daily flower number and pollinator abundance in nine 3 × 3-m patches in a population at Mu Us Sand land, Inner Mongolia, China. From marked flowers we collected data on daily fruit and seed set and estimated outcrossing rate and biparental inbreeding using six microsatellite loci and 172 open-pollinated families throughout the flowering period. KEY RESULTS Flower density increased significantly over most of the 50-d flowering season, but was associated with a decline in levels of pollinator service by bees, particularly on windy days. Fruit and seed set declined over time, especially during the latter third of the flowering period. Multilocus estimates of outcrossing rate were obtained using two methods (the programs MLTR and BORICE) and both indicated high selfing rates of ∼80 %. There was evidence for a significant increase in levels of selfing as the flowering season progressed and pollinator visitation declined. Biparental inbreeding also declined significantly as the flowering season progressed. CONCLUSIONS Temporal variation in outcrossing rates may be a common feature of the mating biology of annual, insect-pollinated plants of harsh environments but our study is the first to examine seasonal mating-system dynamics in this context. Despite having large flowers and showy floral displays, I. sinensis attracted relatively few pollinators. Delayed selfing by corolla dragging largely explains the occurrence of mixed mating in I. sinensis, and this mode of self-fertilization probably functions to promote reproductive assurance when pollinator service is limited by windy environmental conditions and competition from co-occurring flowering plants.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B2
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China,
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Yin G, Zhang Q, Badowski G. Discrete-time singularly perturbed Markov chains: aggregation, occupation measures, and switching diffusion limit. ADV APPL PROBAB 2016. [DOI: 10.1239/aap/1051201656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This work is devoted to asymptotic properties of singularly perturbed Markov chains in discrete time. The motivation stems from applications in discrete-time control and optimization problems, manufacturing and production planning, stochastic networks, and communication systems, in which finite-state Markov chains are used to model large-scale and complex systems. To reduce the complexity of the underlying system, the states in each recurrent class are aggregated into a single state. Although the aggregated process may not be Markovian, its continuous-time interpolation converges to a continuous-time Markov chain whose generator is a function determined by the invariant measures of the recurrent states. Sequences of occupation measures are defined. A mean square estimate on a sequence of unscaled occupation measures is obtained. Furthermore, it is proved that a suitably scaled sequence of occupation measures converges to a switching diffusion.
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This work develops a class of stochastic global optimization algorithms that are Kiefer-Wolfowitz (KW) type procedures with an added perturbing noise and partial step size restarting. The motivation stems from the use of KW-type procedures and Monte Carlo versions of simulated annealing algorithms in a wide range of applications. Using weak convergence approaches, our effort is directed to proving the convergence of the underlying algorithms under general noise processes.
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Sasakabe T, Yin G, Naito M, Morita E, Kawai S, Okada R, Tamura T, Nakagawa H, Suma S, Fukuda N, Sugimoto Y, Wakai K, Hamajima N, Study Group JM. The Association of Alcohol Intake with Serum Lipid Profile and its Modification by ADH1B and ALDH2 Polymorphisms: J-MICC Study. Int J Epidemiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv096.105] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Kondo A, Yin G, Srinivasan N, Atarashi D, Sakai E, Miyauchi M. Kelvin probe imaging of photo-injected electrons in metal oxide nanosheets from metal sulfide quantum dots under remote photochromic coloration. Nanoscale 2015; 7:12510-12515. [PMID: 26139287 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr02405f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Metal oxide and quantum dot (QD) heterostructures have attracted considerable recent attention as materials for developing efficient solar cells, photocatalysts, and display devices, thus nanoscale imaging of trapped electrons in these heterostructures provides important insight for developing efficient devices. In the present study, Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) of CdS quantum dot (QD)-grafted Cs4W11O36(2-) nanosheets was performed before and after visible-light irradiation. After visible-light excitation of the CdS QDs, the Cs4W11O36(2-) nanosheet surface exhibited a decreased work function in the vicinity of the junction with CdS QDs, even though the Cs4W11O36(2-) nanosheet did not absorb visible light. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy revealed that W(5+) species were formed in the nanosheet after visible-light irradiation. These results demonstrated that excited electrons in the CdS QDs were injected and trapped in the Cs4W11O36(2-) nanosheet to form color centers. Further, the CdS QDs and Cs4W11O36(2-) nanosheet composite films exhibited efficient remote photochromic coloration, which was attributed to the quantum nanostructure of the film. Notably, the responsive wavelength of the material is tunable by adjusting the size of QDs, and the decoloration rate is highly efficient, as the required length for trapped electrons to diffuse into the nanosheet surface is very short owing to its nanoscale thickness. The unique properties of this photochromic device make it suitable for display or memory applications. In addition, the methodology described in the present study for nanoscale imaging is expected to aid in the understanding of electron transport and trapping processes in metal oxide and metal chalcogenide heterostructure, which are crucial phenomena in QD-based solar cells and/or photocatalytic water-splitting systems.
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- Department of Metallurgy and Ceramics Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan.
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Wang Y, Li Y, He Y, Sun Y, Sun W, Xie Q, Yin G, Du Y, Wang L, Shi G. Expression of G protein αq Subunit is Decreased in Lymphocytes from Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and is Correlated with Disease Activity. Scand J Immunol 2015; 75:203-9. [PMID: 21923740 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2011.02635.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Gαq, the alpha subunit of Gq, a member of the Gq/11 sub-family, was reported to inhibit phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase (PI3K) activation and prevent the activation of Akt. Previous studies demonstrated that mice losing Gαq in their immune system could spontaneously develop inflammatory arthritis. In this study, we showed that the Gαq expressions at mRNA and protein levels in the peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were significantly decreased in comparison of which in healthy individuals. The expression levels of Gαq mRNA in PBLs from patients with RA were correlated with RA disease activity (DAS28), anti-cyclic citrullinated protein antibodies, C-reactive protein and rheumatoid factor. We also demonstrated that Gαq controlled the apoptosis of RA PBLs through regulating the activity of Mcl-1 and caspase-3. These data suggested that Gαq might be involved in the pathogenesis of RA by regulating PBLs apoptosis.
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- Division of Rheumatology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaGLP Center, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaGLP Center, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaGLP Center, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaGLP Center, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaGLP Center, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaGLP Center, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaGLP Center, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaGLP Center, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaGLP Center, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaGLP Center, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Huang LK, Yan HD, Zhao XX, Zhang XQ, Wang J, Frazier T, Yin G, Huang X, Yan DF, Zang WJ, Ma X, Peng Y, Yan YH, Liu W. Identifying differentially expressed genes under heat stress and developing molecular markers in orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerataL.) through transcriptome analysis. Mol Ecol Resour 2015; 15:1497-509. [DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2014] [Revised: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Department of Grassland Science, Animal Science and Technology College; Sichuan Agricultural University; Ya'an Sichuan 625014 China
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- Department of Grassland Science, Animal Science and Technology College; Sichuan Agricultural University; Ya'an Sichuan 625014 China
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- Department of Grassland Science, Animal Science and Technology College; Sichuan Agricultural University; Ya'an Sichuan 625014 China
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- Department of Grassland Science, Animal Science and Technology College; Sichuan Agricultural University; Ya'an Sichuan 625014 China
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- Agronomy Department; University of Florida; Gainesville FL 32611 USA
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- Department of Horticulture; Virginia Tech; Blacksburg VA 24061 USA
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- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences; University of Arkansas; Fayetteville AR 72704 USA
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- Department of Grassland Science, Animal Science and Technology College; Sichuan Agricultural University; Ya'an Sichuan 625014 China
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- Department of Grassland Science, Animal Science and Technology College; Sichuan Agricultural University; Ya'an Sichuan 625014 China
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- Department of Grassland Science, Animal Science and Technology College; Sichuan Agricultural University; Ya'an Sichuan 625014 China
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- Department of Grassland Science, Animal Science and Technology College; Sichuan Agricultural University; Ya'an Sichuan 625014 China
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- Department of Grassland Science, Animal Science and Technology College; Sichuan Agricultural University; Ya'an Sichuan 625014 China
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- Department of Grassland Science, Animal Science and Technology College; Sichuan Agricultural University; Ya'an Sichuan 625014 China
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- Department of Grassland Science, Animal Science and Technology College; Sichuan Agricultural University; Ya'an Sichuan 625014 China
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Yin G, Chen J, Wei S, Wang H, Chen Q, Lin Y, Hu J, Luo E. Adenoviral vector-mediated overexpression of osteoprotegerin accelerates osteointegration of titanium implants in ovariectomized rats. Gene Ther 2015; 22:636-44. [PMID: 25871826 DOI: 10.1038/gt.2015.34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 10/16/2014] [Revised: 02/27/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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This study investigated the efficacy of human osteoprotegerin (hOPG) transgene to accelerate osteointegration of titanium implant in ovariectomized (OVX) rats. Bone marrow stromal cells transduced with Ad-hOPG-EGFP could sustainedly express hOPG. Osteoclast precursor RAW264.7 cells treated by the hOPG were examined by tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) staining and bone slice resorption assay. The results showed differentiation and function of osteoclasts were significantly suppressed by hOPG in vitro. Ad-hOPG-EGFP was locally administered to the bone defect prior to implant placement in OVX and sham rats. After 3, 7, 28 days of implantation, the femurs were harvested for molecular and histological analyses. Successful transgene expression was confirmed by western blot and cryosectioning. A significant reduction in TRAP+ numbers was detected in Ad-hOPG-EGFP group. Real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR examination revealed that hOPG transgene markedly diminished the expression of cathepsin K and receptor activator for nuclear factor-κ B ligand in vivo. The transgene hOPG modification revealed a marked increasing osteointegration and restored implant stability in OVX rats (P<0.01), compared with the control groups (Ad-EGFP or sterilized phosphate-buffered saline) 28 days after implantation. In conclusion, hOPG via direct adenovirus-mediated gene transfer could accelerate osteointegration of titanium implants in OVX rats. Osteoprotegerin gene therapy may be an effective strategy to osteointegration of implants under osteoporotic conditions.
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Division of Oral Biology, Department of General Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Studies, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- 1] State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China [2] Division of Oral Biology, Department of General Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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Li X, Li J, Wang L, Niu X, Hou R, Liu R, Hao Z, Wang C, Yin G, Zhang K. Transmission of psoriasis by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation and blood transfusion. Blood Cancer J 2015; 5:e288. [PMID: 25768402 PMCID: PMC4382657 DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2015.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- Institute of Dermatology, Taiyuan City Centre Hospital, Taiyuan, China
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- Institute of Dermatology, Taiyuan City Centre Hospital, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan, China
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- Institute of Dermatology, Taiyuan City Centre Hospital, Taiyuan, China
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- Institute of Dermatology, Taiyuan City Centre Hospital, Taiyuan, China
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- Institute of Dermatology, Taiyuan City Centre Hospital, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Dermatology, General Hospital of TISCO, Taiyuan, China
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- Laboratory Animal Center, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Institute of Dermatology, Taiyuan City Centre Hospital, Taiyuan, China
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- Institute of Dermatology, Taiyuan City Centre Hospital, Taiyuan, China
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Yin G, Nishikawa M, Nosaka Y, Srinivasan N, Atarashi D, Sakai E, Miyauchi M. Photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction by copper oxide nanocluster-grafted niobate nanosheets. ACS Nano 2015; 9:2111-9. [PMID: 25629438 DOI: 10.1021/nn507429e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Amorphous copper oxide (Cu(II)) nanoclusters function as efficient electrocatalysts for the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbon monoxide (CO). In addition to promoting electrocatalytic activity, Cu(II) nanoclusters act as efficient cocatalyts for CO2 photoreduction when grafted onto the surface of a semiconductor (light harvester), such as niobate (Nb3O8(-)) nanosheets. Here, the photocatalytic activity and reaction pathway of Cu(II)-grafted Nb3O8(-) nanosheets was investigated using electron spin resonance (ESR) analysis and isotope-labeled molecules (H2(18)O and (13)CO2). The results of the labeling experiments demonstrated that under UV irradiation, electrons are extracted from water to produce oxygen ((18)O2) and then reduce CO2 to produce (13)CO. ESR analysis confirmed that excited holes in the valence band of Nb3O8(-) nanosheets react with water, and that excited electrons in the conduction band of Nb3O8(-) nanosheets are injected into the Cu(II) nanoclusters through the interface and are involved in the reduction of CO2 into CO. The Cu(II) nanocluster-grafted Nb3O8(-) nanosheets are composed of nontoxic and abundant elements and can be facilely synthesized by a wet chemical method. The nanocluster grafting technique described here can be applied for the surface activation of various semiconductor light harvesters, such as metal oxide and/or metal chalcogenides, and is expected to aid in the development of efficient CO2 photoreduction systems.
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- Department of Metallurgy and Ceramics Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology , 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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Ma KI, Du M, Liao M, Chen S, Yin G, Liu Q, Wei Q, Qin G. Evaluation of Wound Healing Effect of Punica granatum L Peel Extract on Deep Second-Degree Burns in Rats. TROP J PHARM RES 2015. [DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v14i1.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Yin G, Asplund L, Qiu Y, Zhou Y, Wang H, Yao Z, Jiang J, Bergman Å. Chlorinated and brominated organic pollutants in shellfish from the Yellow Sea and East China Sea. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2015; 22:1713-22. [PMID: 24958534 PMCID: PMC6684575 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3198-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 02/15/2014] [Accepted: 06/11/2014] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The global contamination with persistent organic pollutants (POPs), or compounds with similar characteristics, is well known. Still there are data gaps for POP concentrations from many areas in the world. The aim of the present study is to assess several legacies POPs and also hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) and methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers (MeO-PBDEs) in shellfish from three locations in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea. The sources of the contaminants are discussed. Pooled samples were treated by liquid-liquid extraction and acid and column cleanup prior to analysis by gas chromatogram equipped with electron capture detector (GC-ECD) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The by far most abundant environmental contaminant originates from dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), independent of species analyzed or sampling site. The results indicate ongoing or at least recent discharges of DDT. The second highest concentrations were reported for HBCDD (21-40 ng/g fat) in the shellfish, independent of sampling sites. The two natural products, 6-MeO-BDE-47 and 2'-MeO-BDE-68, were also present in the shellfish (1.3-22 and 1-14 ng/g fat, respectively). The polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congener CB-153 (0.8-6.5 ng/g fat), hexachlorobenzene (HCB) (1.1-3.6 ng/g fat), and β-hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH) (2.3-4.9 ng/g fat) were all higher than the concentrations of other HCH isomers, β-endosulfan, PBDE congeners, and mirex. Apart from the DDTs and HBCDDs, it is evident that the pollution of shellfish was similar to, or lower than, the contamination of shellfish in other parts of the world.
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden,
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Yang Z, Yin G, Wang LY, Zhang H. A mean-variance control framework for platoon control problems: Weak convergence results and applications on reduction of complexity. Communications in Information and Systems 2015. [DOI: 10.4310/cis.2015.v15.n1.a5] [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: 11/22/2022]
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Wisc., U.S.A
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- Department of Mathematics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A
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- Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A
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Jiang F, Yang Y, Li J, Li W, Luo Y, Li Y, Zhao H, Wang X, Yin G, Wu G. Partial least squares-based gene expression analysis in preeclampsia. Genet Mol Res 2015; 14:6598-604. [DOI: 10.4238/2015.june.18.2] [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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Ott A, Ring S, Yin G, Calvet W, Stannowski B, Schlatmann R, Ballauff M. Efficient plasmonic scattering of colloidal silver particles through annealing-induced changes. Nanotechnology 2014; 25:455706. [PMID: 25338823 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/45/455706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We present an experimental study on the influence of annealing temperature on morphological changes of colloidal silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) and their optical response. Monodisperse colloidal Ag NPs with diameter of 164 nm ± 15 nm have been fabricated by a facile two-step synthesis approach. The annealing effects on the Ag NPs have been investigated by means of optical measurements, scanning electron microscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction. By annealing up to 440 °C morphology and chemical compositions of the Ag NPs changed. These changes affect the particle size and distribution, surface morphology, crystallinity and, most importantly, the oxidation state of the surface layer. The removal of an oxide layer leads to stronger light scattering from the nanoparticles and decreases parasitic light absorption at wavelengths above 400 nm. Strong light trapping has been observed for a silicon thin film with embedded annealed Ag NPs. This study demonstrates that colloidal Ag NPs for plasmonic solar cells need to be carefully processed and that they can potentially achieve high scatter efficiencies.
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Mei F, Lang J, Li Z, Yin G, Tan Y, Fu B, Tan Z, Wang B, Wang P. Prognostic Factors for Toxicity and Survival in Advanced Cervical Cancer Patients Treated With High-Dose-Rate (HDR)-Intracavitary Brachytherapy (ICBT) Combined With Complementary Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.1505] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Qu M, Jiang J, Liu XP, Tian Q, Chen LM, Yin G, Liu D, Wang JZ, Zhu LQ. Reduction and the intracellular translocation of EphB2 in Tg2576 mice and the effects of β-amyloid. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2014; 39:612-22. [PMID: 23336960 DOI: 10.1111/nan.12019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2012] [Accepted: 12/19/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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AIMS EphB2 is a member of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) family that is essential for the cell adhesion, neural crest migration, axon guidance and synaptogenesis in the nervous system. Recent studies show that preservation of EphB2 in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD) rescues the cognitive deficit, suggesting a crucial role of EphB2 in AD. However, the expression and distribution profiles of EphB2 in the early stage of AD have not been reported. METHODS Immunohistochemistry, immunoblot and immunofluorescence were used to analyse the level of EphB2 in Tg2576 mice at different ages and in cultured neurones with Aβ treatment at different times. RESULTS EphB2 was reduced in an age-dependent manner in the olfactory bulb and the hippocampus of Tg2576 mice. The decrease of EphB2 appeared earlier in the olfactory bulb than the hippocampus, and reduction of EphB2 appeared earlier than that of MAP2, a dendritic cytoskeleton marker. In the cortex, EphB2 displayed a significant translocation from the neuronal processes to the cell bodies with ageing. In primary hippocampal neuronal cultures, Aβ42 treatment also induced the decrement of EphB2 that was prior to the decline of MAP2. CONCLUSIONS Our findings provide the first evidence for an age- and region-dependent reduction and intracellular translocation of EphB2 in Tg2576 mice, and the foremost decrement of EphB2 in the olfactory bulb may represent an early sign of AD.
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China
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Yin G, Talafha Y, Xi F. Stochastic Liénard Equations with Random Switching and Two-time Scales. COMMUN STAT-THEOR M 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2012.741741] [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: 10/25/2022]
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Yin G, Zhang S, Yan L, Wu M, Xu M, Li F, Cheng H. One-hour upright posture is an ideal position for serum aldosterone concentration and plasma renin activity measuring on primary aldosteronism screening. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2012; 120:388-94. [PMID: 22689101 DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1301894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The serum aldosterone concentration (SAC) to plasma renin activity (PRA) ratio (ARR) is considered a useful screening test in the differential diagnosis of essential hypertension (EH) and primary aldosteronism (PA). The purpose of this study is to investigate the variation of ARR and compare the screening efficiency of it under different postures.37 patients with PA and 92 patients with EH were recruited in this study. Blood was sampled for measuring SAC and PRA under conditions of overnight recumbency, keeping upright posture for 1 h, 2 h and 4 h. The variation and screening efficiency of ARR under these conditions were compared according to repeated measured ANOVA and ROC curve analysis.In the EH group, ARR measured under recumbency posture was higher than those measured under keeping upright posture for 1 h and 2 h. In the PA group, there is no statistical difference for ARR between any 2 postures. AUCs of ARR measured under 4 conditions were 0.976, 0.995, 0.988, and 0.974 respectively. Cutoff values were ranging from 24.75 ng/dl per ng/ml/h under keeping upright for 2 h to 69.19 ng/dl per ng/ml/h under overnight recumbercy. ARR measured under keeping upright posture for 1 h produced the best characteristic of screening efficiency.Keeping upright posture for 1 h was the ideal position for ARR measuring and using a cutoff value of 35.90 ng/dl per ng/ml/h will have a sensitivity and specificity of 100.00% and 92.30% respectively.
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- G Yin
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
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Lin M, Li J, Koren S, Fan J, Wang L, Yin G, Ma C. TU-E-BRB-06: Best in Physics (Therapy) - Development and Experimental Validation of EPID-Based 4D Dose Reconstruction. Med Phys 2012; 39:3909. [PMID: 28518692 DOI: 10.1118/1.4735955] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To develop and validate an EPID-based 4D patient dose reconstruction framework accounting for linac delivery uncertainties, interfractional and intrafractional motions, and interplay effect. METHODS Patients with fiducial markers were scanned with 4D-CT for SBRT planning. Before treatment, in-room 4D-CT was performed. Both the MLC and the tumor movements were tracked by continuously acquiring EPID images during treatment. Instead of directly using the heterogeneous transit photon fluence measured by the EPID, this method reconstructed the incident beam fluence based on the MLC apertures measured by the EPID and the delivered MU recorded by the linac. To account for the time-dependent-geometry, the incident fluence distributions were sorted into their corresponding phases based on the tumor motion pattern detected by the EPID and accumulated as the incident fluence map for each phase. Together with 4D-CT, it was then used for Monte Carlo dose calculation. Deformable registration was performed to sum up the phase doses for treatment assessment. The feasibility of using the transit EPID images for incident fluence reconstruction was evaluated against EPID in-air measurements. The accuracy of 3D- and 4D-dose reconstruction was validated by a motordriven cylindrical diode array for six clinical SBRT plans. RESULTS The average difference between the measured and reconstructed fluence maps is within 0.16%. The reconstructed 3D-dose shows 1.4% agreement in the CAX-dose and >98.5% gamma-passing-rate (2%/2mm) in the peripheral-dose. A distorted dose distribution is observed in the measurement for the moving ArcCheck-phantom. The comparison between the measured and the reconstructed 4D-dose without considering interplay fails the gammaevaluation (59%-88.9% gamma-passing-rate). In contrast, when the interplay is considered, the dose distortion phenomena is successfully represented in the reconstructed dose (>97.6% gamma-passing-rate). CONCLUSIONS The experimental validation demonstrates that the proposed method provides a practical way to reconstruct the fractional 4D-doses received by the patient and enables adaptive SBRT strategy.
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA.,Sichuan Cancer Hospital, ChengDu, Sichuan
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA.,Sichuan Cancer Hospital, ChengDu, Sichuan
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA.,Sichuan Cancer Hospital, ChengDu, Sichuan
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA.,Sichuan Cancer Hospital, ChengDu, Sichuan
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA.,Sichuan Cancer Hospital, ChengDu, Sichuan
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA.,Sichuan Cancer Hospital, ChengDu, Sichuan
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA.,Sichuan Cancer Hospital, ChengDu, Sichuan
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Yin G, Koren S, Lin M, Chen L, Ma C. SU-E-T-594: Dosimetric Evaluation of Different Treatment Techniques for Prostate Cancer. Med Phys 2012; 39:3842. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4735683] [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: 11/07/2022] Open
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Yin G, Alvero AB, Craveiro V, Holmberg JC, Fu HH, Montagna MK, Yang Y, Chefetz-Menaker I, Nuti S, Rossi M, Silasi DA, Rutherford T, Mor G. Constitutive proteasomal degradation of TWIST-1 in epithelial-ovarian cancer stem cells impacts differentiation and metastatic potential. Oncogene 2012; 32:39-49. [PMID: 22349827 PMCID: PMC3703656 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2012.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [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] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a critical process for embryogenesis but is abnormally activated during cancer metastasis and recurrence. This process enables epithelial cancer cells to acquire mobility and traits associated with stemness. It is unknown whether epithelial stem cells or epithelial cancer stem cells are able to undergo EMT, and what molecular mechanism regulates this process in these specific cell types. We found that Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Stem cells (EOC stem cells) are the source of metastatic progenitor cells through a differentiation process involving EMT and Mesenchymal-Epithelial Transition (MET). We demonstrate both in vivo and in vitro the differentiation of EOC stem cells into mesenchymal spheroid-forming cells (MSFCs) and their capacity to initiate an active carcinomatosis. Furthermore, we demonstrate that human EOC stem cells injected i.p in mice are able to form ovarian tumors, suggesting that the EOC stem cells have the ability to “home” to the ovaries and establish tumors. Most interestingly, we found that TWIST1 is constitutively degraded in EOC stem cells, and that the acquisition of TWIST1 requires additional signals that will trigger the differentiation process. These findings are relevant for understanding the differentiation and metastasis process in EOC stem cells.
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Reproductive Immunology Unit, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Wang H, Yin G, Rogers K, Miralles C, De Blas AL, Rubio ME. Monaural conductive hearing loss alters the expression of the GluA3 AMPA and glycine receptor α1 subunits in bushy and fusiform cells of the cochlear nucleus. Neuroscience 2011; 199:438-51. [PMID: 22044924 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2011] [Revised: 10/11/2011] [Accepted: 10/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The impact of conductive hearing loss (CHL), the second most common form of hearing loss, on neuronal plasticity in the central auditory pathway is unknown. After short-term (1 day) monaural earplugging, the GluA3 subunits of the AMPA receptor (AMPAR) are upregulated at auditory nerve synapses on the projection neurons of the cochlear nucleus; glycine receptor α1 (GlyRα1) subunits are downregulated at inhibitory synapses in the same neuronal population. These data suggest that CHL affects receptor trafficking at synapses. We examined the impact of 7 days of CHL on the general expression of excitatory and inhibitory receptors by quantitative biochemistry and immunohistochemistry, using specific antibodies to detect AMPAR subunits (GluA1, GluA2, GluA2/3, and GluA4), GlyRα1, and the GABA(A) receptor subunits β2/3. Following monaural earplugging and an elevation of the hearing threshold by approximately 35 dB, the immunolabeling of the antibody for the GluA2/3 subunits but not the GluA2 subunit increased on bushy cells (BCs) and fusiform cells (FCs) of the ipsilateral ventral and dorsal cochlear nuclei. These same cell types showed a downregulation of the GlyRα1 subunit. Similar results were observed in the contralateral nuclei. The expression levels of GABA(A) β2/3 were unchanged. These findings suggest that, following longer periods of monaural conductive hearing loss, the synthesis and subsequent composition of specific glutamate and glycine receptors in projection neurons and their synapses are altered; these changes may contribute to abnormal auditory processing.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 5th Avenue BST3 10015, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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Cheng H, Zhao S, Jiang S, Lu M, Yan C, Ling J, Zhang Y, Liu Q, Ma N, Yin G, Wan J, Yang Y, Li L, Jerecic R, He Z. Comparison of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging features of isolated left ventricular non-compaction in adults versus dilated cardiomyopathy in adults. Clin Radiol 2011; 66:853-60. [PMID: 21684533 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2011.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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: 08/16/2010] [Revised: 02/20/2011] [Accepted: 04/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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AIM To compare cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features between isolated left ventricular non-compaction (IVNC) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS A consecutive series of 50 patients with IVNC from a single institution were reviewed. During the same period, 50 patients with DCM who had prominent trabeculations, who were matched for age, gender, and body surface area, were prospectively included. Left ventricular (LV) morphology and function were assessed using cardiac MRI. RESULTS Compared with patients with DCM, patients with IVNC had a significantly lower LV sphericity index and end-diastolic volume index (LVEDVI) and a greater LV ejection fraction (LVEF), number of trabeculated segments, and ratio of non-compacted to compacted myocardium (NC/C ratio). There were no significant differences in stroke volume index, cardiac output, and cardiac index between the two patient groups. In patients with IVNC, the number of trabeculated segments and the NC/C ratio correlated positively with LVEDVI (r=0.626 and r=0.559, respectively) and negatively with LVEF (r=-0.647 and r=-0.521, respectively, p<0.001 for all). In patients with DCM, the number of non-compacted segments and the NC/C ratio had no correlation with either the LVEDVI (r=-0.082 and r=-0.135, respectively) or the LVEF (r=0.097 and r=0.205, respectively). CONCLUSION There are demonstrable morphological and functional differences between IVNC and DCM at LV assessment using cardiac MRI. The occurrence of trabeculated myocardium might be due to a different pathophysiological mechanism.
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- H Cheng
- Department of Radiology, Cardiovascular Institute and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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