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Gui Z, Zhang Q, Liu J, Ali U, Li L, Wang Y, Wang T, Chen L, Hou C, Fan L. In vivo modulation of the firing activity of putative slow- and fast-spiking interneurons in the medial prefrontal cortex by 5-HT3 receptors in 6-hydroxydopamine-induced Parkinsonian rats. Neuroscience 2010; 169:1315-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.05.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2010] [Revised: 05/17/2010] [Accepted: 05/24/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Lin H, Hou C, Chen A, Xu Z. Long-term outcome of division of the C8 nerve root for spasticity of the hand in cerebral palsy. J Hand Surg Eur Vol 2010; 35:558-62. [PMID: 20348269 DOI: 10.1177/1753193410368200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Division of the C8 nerve root results in short-term relief of spasticity in the hands of cerebral palsy patients. In the present study, we assessed the long-term outcome of C8 nerve root division. Between March 1997 and January 2002, this procedure was done in 13 patients. All received consistent postoperative functional rehabilitation training. The hands were assessed before operation and at follow-up using the Lazareff grading system. The average follow-up time was 8.6 years. Two hands showed excellent improvement, three limbs showed good improvement and eight hands showed no improvement. No long-term complications occurred in any patient. These results indicate that the long-term outcome of C8 nerve root rhizotomy for the treatment of hand spasticity in CP is generally poor.
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Hou C, Palomares M, Norcia A. Texture-defined Figure/Ground Segmentation In Human Visual Development: A High-Density Electrical Mapping Study. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/10.7.491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Glass HC, Berman JI, Norcia AM, Rogers EE, Henry RG, Hou C, Barkovich AJ, Good WV. Quantitative fiber tracking of the optic radiation is correlated with visual-evoked potential amplitude in preterm infants. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2010; 31:1424-9. [PMID: 20448011 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a2110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Children born preterm are at risk for adverse outcome, including visual impairment. We examined the relationship between neonatal DTI and sVEP in children born preterm to determine whether visual outcomes are related to early measurements of brain microstructure. MATERIALS AND METHODS Subjects were born at <34 weeks gestation and imaged before term-equivalent age. DTI fiber tracking was used to delineate the optic radiations and measure tract-specific average FA, D(av), and parallel and transverse diffusivity. Visual-evoked response amplitudes were measured as a function of spatial frequency, contrast, and vernier offset size with sVEP at 6-20 months after birth. The association between DTI and sVEP was assessed by using the Spearman correlation coefficient and linear regression for repeated measures. RESULTS Nine children with 15 scans were included. The peak response amplitudes for spatial frequency sweeps were associated with increasing FA and decreasing D(av) and transverse diffusivity (P ≤ .006) but not with parallel diffusivity (P = 1). There was only modest association with the swept contrast condition and no detectable association with the vernier offset sweeps. CONCLUSIONS Microstructure of the optic radiations measured shortly after birth is associated with quantitatively measured responses elicited by moderate-to-high contrast spatiotemporal gratings in infancy. These findings are in keeping with studies showing a relationship between brain microstructure and function. While the clinical impact is not known, quantitative neuroimaging of white matter may ultimately be important for predicting outcome in preterm neonates.
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Palomares M, Pettet M, Vildavski V, Hou C, Norcia A. Visual evoked potentials for dynamic Glass pattern perception in 4- month old infants. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/8.6.690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Norcia A, Hou C. Motion-grouping deficits in both eyes of patients with strabismic amblyopia. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/9.8.642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Gilmore RO, Hou C, Norcia AM, Pettet M. Evoked brain activity distinguishes looming from other optic flow patterns. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/6.6.911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pei F, Hou C, Norcia AM. Texture thresholds in aults and infants. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/3.9.617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Hou C, Gilmore RO, Pettet MW, Norcia AM. Spatio-temporal tuning of coherent motion evoked responses in 4-6 month old infants and adults. Vision Res 2009; 49:2509-17. [PMID: 19679146 DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2009] [Revised: 08/05/2009] [Accepted: 08/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Motion cues provide a rich source of information about translations of the observer through the environment as well as the movements of objects and surfaces. While the direction of motion can be extracted locally these local measurements are, in general, insufficient for determining object and surface motions. To study the development of local and global motion processing mechanisms, we recorded Visual Evoked Potentials (VEPs) in response to dynamic random dot displays that alternated between coherent rotational motion and random motion at 0.8 Hz. We compared the spatio-temporal tuning of the evoked response in 4-6 months old infants to that of adults by recording over a range of dot displacements and temporal update rates. Responses recorded at the frequency of the coherent motion modulation were tuned for displacement at the occipital midline in both adults in infants. Responses at lateral electrodes were tuned for speed in adults, but not in infants. Infant responses were maximal at a larger range of spatial displacement than that of adults. In contrast, responses recorded at the dot-update rate showed a more similar parametric displacement tuning and scalp topography in infants and adults. Taken together, our results suggest that while local motion processing is relatively mature at 4-6 months, global integration mechanisms exhibit significant immaturities at this age.
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Ackland G, Agrawal R, Hou C, Patterson A. Strain-specific and pathogen-specific physiologic and genomic differences in murine inflammatory cardiac dysfunction. Crit Care 2009. [PMCID: PMC4084256 DOI: 10.1186/cc7534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Hou C, Wu X, Jin X. Autologous Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Transplantation for the Treatment of Secondary Arm Lymphedema: A Prospective Controlled Study in Patients with Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2008; 38:670-4. [DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyn090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Wang W, Hou C, Mai M, Ouyang N, Chen J, Yang D. Relationship between triploidy and the numbers of oocytes, age and the pregnancy rate after intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Fertil Steril 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hou C, Zhang Y. Expression of Reversion-inducing Cysteine-rich Protein with Kazal Motifs in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Links to Disease Activity, Damage Accrual and Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Secretion. J Int Med Res 2008; 36:704-13. [PMID: 18652766 DOI: 10.1177/147323000803600412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We studied the expression of reversion-inducing cysteine-rich protein with Kazal motifs (RECK) on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), the serum concentration of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) and the MMP-9 secretion ability of PBMCs in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and clinical features were assessed. Compared with PBMCs from healthy donors, PBMCs from SLE patients expressed less RECK protein and mRNA but secreted more MMP-9. The serum concentration of MMP-9 was, however, lower in SLE patients than in healthy donors. The level of RECK protein was inversely associated with the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) Damage Index (SDI) and MMP-9 secretion in SLE, but no relationship was found between serum MMP-9 concentration and the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI). In conclusion, the level of RECK protein expressed in PBMCs could be used to predict organ or system damage in SLE and this might help in developing new therapies for SLE targeted at MMP-9.
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Wang JP, Zhou ZG, Lin J, Huang G, Zhang C, Yang L, Yuan Y, Zhou HF, Zhou M, Hou C, Zhou WD, Peng H, Hagopian WA. Islet autoantibodies are associated with HLA-DQ genotypes in Han Chinese patients with type 1 diabetes and their relatives. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 70:369-75. [PMID: 17919266 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00916.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between islet autoantibodies of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADA), islet antigen-2A (IA-2A), insulin autoantibody (IAA), and human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ genotypes in type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients and their first-degree relatives (FDRs). Cross-sectional and case-control study. Four hundred and ninety-five T1D patients, 419 FDRs, and 376 control subjects in Han Chinese populations were recruited and tested for GADA and IA-2A, while 71 cases, all FDRs and 300 controls were tested for IAA. The 338 T1D patients (including 187 antibody-positive and 151 antibody-negative patients), 173 FDRs and 278 controls were genotyped for HLA-DQ with polymerase chain reaction sequencing-based method. Compared with the control, the frequency of DQA1*03-DQB1*0303, DQA1*05-DQB1*0201, and DQA1*03-DQB1*0401 haplotypes was higher (P < 0.05-0.01) but DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602 haplotype was lower (P < 0.01) in T1D patients. DQA1*03 allele was less in the FDRs than in their probands (P < 0.05). GADA was more prevalent in T1D patients carrying DQA1*05-DQB1*0201 or DQA1*03-DQB1*0401 haplotype (55.8% vs 41.0%, 65.5% vs 40.3%, P < 0.05-0.01), whereas IA-2A presented more in the patients carrying DQA1*03-DQB1*0303 haplotype (27.0% vs 7.9%, P < 0.05-0.01), both GADA and IA-2A showed frequently in the patients with DQA1*03-DQB1*0303/DQA1*05-DQB1*0201 haplotypes (34.5% vs 9.7%, P < 0.01). GADA positivity was lower in the patients with DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602 haplotype (16.7% vs 45.9%, P < 0.05). The frequency of IAA was not different between patients with and without susceptible DQ haplotypes (P > 0.05). GADA, IA-2A or IAA presented frequently in FDRs with DQA1*03-DQB1*0303 haplotype. The findings in the study indicate that some of specific HLA-DQA1/-DQB1 genotypes and haplotypes not only confer susceptibility to T1D but also are associated with the presence of the islet autoantibodies in the Han Chinese population.
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Hilker BL, Fukushige H, Hou C, Hildebrand D. Comparison of Bacillus monooxygenase genes for unique fatty acid production. Prog Lipid Res 2007; 47:1-14. [PMID: 17964298 DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2007.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2007] [Revised: 09/05/2007] [Accepted: 09/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This paper reviews Bacillus genes encoding monooxygenase enzymes producing unique fatty acid metabolites. Specifically, it examines standard monooxygenase electron transfer schemes and related domain structures of these fused domain enzymes on route to understanding the observed oxygenase activities. A few crystallographic analyses of the standard bearer enzyme P450(BM-3) are discussed to try to rationalize the common chemistries of this important enzyme family. Detailed P450(BM-3) enzyme activities toward different substrates and the unique substrate-specific primary oxidation products are examined. A few orthologs to the recurring P450(BM-3) enzyme as well as related small single-to-triple nucleotides changed mutants are also discussed. Finally, preliminary data characterizing unique in vivo-based primary and secondary products of a novel ortholog, the ALA2 strain, are presented. This later strain synthesizes several unique multi-oxidized reaction products that require additional study to further understand. It is hoped that a better understanding of these oxygenase reactions, particularly the ALA2 strain, will allow for realistically priced production of target multiple-oxygenated compounds with potential uses as specialty chemicals or as therapeutic agents.
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Attiyeh EF, Mosse YP, Diskin S, Hou C, Attiyeh MA, Baker D, Strother D, Schmidt M, London WB, Maris JM. Identification of genomic DNA signatures predicting relapse in low- and intermediate-risk neuroblastoma using a case control design and high-density SNP genotyping: A Children's Oncology Group (COG) study. J Clin Oncol 2007. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.9500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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9500 Background: Neuroblastoma (NB) is a childhood malignancy with a heterogeneous clinical course. Clinical and genomic markers are powerful predictors of outcome and are used to stratify cases for treatment intensity, but imprecision remains. Methods: We identified all disease recurrences from the recently closed COG low- (P9641: 903 eligible, 63 events) and intermediate-risk (A3961: 467 eligible, 40 events) NB phase III trials. To date, tumor DNA from 35 cases and 90 controls (P9641/A3961 patients without event) was used for whole genome copy number and genotype evaluation on the Illumina HumanHap550 (550K SNPs) array. An in-house algorithm was developed to assign genomic copy number and loss of heterozygosity based on probe intensity (log R ratio) and degree of allelic imbalance (B allele frequency). Results: A total of 988 chromosomal aberrations were identified; 231 (23.4%) were whole chromosome (WC) copy number aberrations (CNA). Unsupervised hierarchical clustering identified 10 tumor subsets, with 2 highly enriched with cases showing progression events (13/21; 61%), and 2 dominated by WC gains (chromosomes 2, 6, 7 and 18) with only 2/20 events. Regional aberrations most highly associated with EFS included loss of 11q14-qter (p=0.036), and gain of 11p (p=0.003), 11q13 (p=0.020), and 17q23-qter (p=0.005). Other regional CNAs at borderline univariate significance for EFS included partial gain at 2p, 2q, 6q, 7q, 12q and 13q. The pattern 11p and proximal 11q gain associated with loss of distal 11q was associated with relapse and death (p=0.006 and p=0.023). Conclusion: Whole genome SNP genotyping detects patterns of chromosomal CNAs predictive of EFS, even in situations where events are rare such as low- and intermediate- risk NB. These data support chromosomal 11 and 17 structural CNAs as being most highly predictive of relapse in otherwise favorable NBs, but also suggest that other CNAs likely cooperate and may improve precisions for risk prediction. These data can be used to identify patients eligible for chemotherapy reduction/elimination, and perhaps others for intensification. Ongoing analyses of the remaining samples will extend these conclusions. No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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Norcia AMM, Hou C. Random-dot stereopis is highly immature in infants. J Vis 2005. [DOI: 10.1167/5.8.771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Sanders AR, Rusu I, Duan J, Vander Molen JE, Hou C, Schwab SG, Wildenauer DB, Martinez M, Gejman PV. Haplotypic association spanning the 22q11.21 genes COMT and ARVCF with schizophrenia. Mol Psychiatry 2005; 10:353-65. [PMID: 15340358 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) has been implicated in schizophrenia by its function through its roles in monoamine neurotransmitter metabolism and its impact on prefrontal cognition, and also by its position through linkage scans and a strong cytogenetic association. Further support comes from association studies, especially family-based ones examining the COMT variant, Val(108/158)Met. We have studied eight markers spanning COMT and including portions of the two immediately adjacent genes, thioredoxin reductase 2 and armadillo repeat deleted in velocardiofacial syndrome (ARVCF), using association testing in 136 schizophrenia families. We found nominal evidence for association of illness to rs165849 (P=0.051) in ARVCF, and a stronger signal (global P=0.0019-0.0036) from three-marker haplotypes spanning the 3' portions of COMT and ARVCF, including Val(108/158)Met with Val(108/158) being the overtransmitted allele, consistent with previous studies. We also find Val(108/158)Met to be in linkage disequilibrium with the markers in ARVCF. These findings support previous association signals of schizophrenia to COMT markers, and suggest that ARVCF might contribute to this signal. ARVCF, a member of the catenin family, besides being a positional candidate, is also one due to its function, that is, its potential role in neurodevelopment, which is implicated in schizophrenia pathogenesis by several lines of evidence.
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Xu Z, Wang L, Zhang N, Ling X, Hou C, Zhou X. Chemical ablation of the gallbladder: clinical application and long-term observations. Surg Endosc 2005; 19:693-6. [PMID: 15776213 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-004-8221-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2004] [Accepted: 12/02/2004] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND We investigated whether minicholecystostomy followed by chemical ablation of the gallbladder could be used as a alternative to cholecystectomy in patients at high risk for complications of surgery. METHODS From January 1990 through January 2003, 34 patients at high risk underwent minicholecystostomy. Six weeks after the operation, microwave irradiation was provided to burn the mucosa of the cystic duct at locations at 3, 6, 9, and 12 o'clock around the orifice. Each location was treated eight times at 50 mA for 10 sec. Then chemical ablation of the gallbladder was performed by infusing 95% ethanol into the gallbladder cavity for 30 min. For each sclerosis course, the procedure was repeated every 4 h for a total of eight times. Approximately 2 weeks later, the drainage tube was removed from the gallbladder after cholecystography showed that no cavity other than the lumen of the tube remained in the gallbladder. RESULTS Patients tolerated the procedure well and were followed with ultrasonography for 2-14 years (mean, 9). Twenty-nine patients had no complications or side effects, and five patients developed a 1.5- to 3- cm mucocele in the gallbladder. The long-term success rate of sclerotherapy was 85.3% (29/34). No recurrent cholecystitis, new stone or formation, canceration were encountered at the site of the gallbladder. CONCLUSIONS Minicholecystostomy followed by chemical ablation of the gallbladder was a safe, effective, and simple procedure for treating high-risk patients with acute cholecystitis and/or cholelithiasis.
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Norcia AM, Hou C. Non-linear analysis of the contrast paradox for vernier acuity. J Vis 2002. [DOI: 10.1167/2.10.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pei F, Bonneh Y, Sampath V, Hou C, Norcia AM. Texture detection in infants. J Vis 2002. [DOI: 10.1167/2.10.88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Good WV, Hou C, Norcia AM. Sweep VEP vernier acuity for the detection of amblyopia. J Vis 2002. [DOI: 10.1167/2.10.51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Dai CY, Yu ML, Chang WY, Tseng CH, Hou C, Lin ZY, Chen SC, Hsieh MY, Wang LY, Tsai JF, Chuang WL. The prevalence of TT virus and GB virus C/hepatitis G virus infection in individuals with raised liver enzymes but without HBV or HCV infection in Taiwan. Epidemiol Infect 2002; 129:307-13. [PMID: 12403107 PMCID: PMC2869890 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268802007264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The prevalence of TT virus (TTV) and GB virus-C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) infection and the association with raised liver function tests in 546 Taiwanese with negative HBsAg, anti-HCV and HCV RNA was elucidated. They were tested for serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), GBV-C/HGV RNA, anti-envelope protein 2 antibody (anti-E2) and TTV DNA. Direct sequencing and phylogenetic analyses were performed on 58 isolates for TTV genotype determination. The prevalence of TTV DNA, GBV-C/HGV RNA, anti-E2 and over all GBV-C/HGV exposure was 24.9, 3.4, 8.2 and 11.1%, respectively. Using uni- and multi-variate analyses, male gender and TTV viremia were associated significantly with raised ALT values. Sixty-nine percent of TTV isolates were deduced to be TTV genotype 1 and they had significantly lower mean age than genotype non-1 isolates. In the population, raised ALT may be related to male gender and be attributable to TTV infection but not to GBV-C/HGV among individuals with no evidence of current HBV and HCV infection. TTV genotype 1 is the most prevalent genotype and associated with younger age.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Alanine Transaminase/blood
- Antigens, Viral/blood
- DNA Virus Infections/blood
- DNA Virus Infections/epidemiology
- DNA Virus Infections/virology
- DNA, Viral/blood
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- Flaviviridae Infections/blood
- Flaviviridae Infections/epidemiology
- Flaviviridae Infections/virology
- GB virus C/isolation & purification
- Hepacivirus/isolation & purification
- Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/blood
- Hepatitis, Chronic/blood
- Hepatitis, Chronic/epidemiology
- Hepatitis, Chronic/virology
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human/blood
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human/epidemiology
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human/virology
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prevalence
- RNA, Viral/blood
- Retrospective Studies
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sex Factors
- Taiwan/epidemiology
- Torque teno virus/genetics
- Torque teno virus/isolation & purification
- Viral Envelope Proteins/blood
- Viral Envelope Proteins/immunology
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Kung HF, Lee CW, Zhuang ZP, Kung MP, Hou C, Plössl K. Novel stilbenes as probes for amyloid plaques. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:12740-1. [PMID: 11741464 DOI: 10.1021/ja0167147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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