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Liu X, Chi Y, Dong G, Wu E, Qiao Y, Zeng H, Qiu J. Optical gain at 1550 nm from colloidal solution of Er3+-Yb3+ codoped NaYF4 nanocubes. Opt Express 2009; 17:5885-5890. [PMID: 19333358 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.005885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We demonstrated optical amplification at 1550 nm with a carbon tetrachloride solution of Er(3+)-Yb(3+) codoped NaYF(4) nanocubes synthesized with solvo-thermal route. Upon excitation with a 980 nm laser diode, the nanocube solution exhibited strong near-infrared emission by the (4)I(13/2)-->(4)I(15/2) transition of Er(3+) ions due to energy transfer from Yb(3+) ions. We obtained the highest optical gain coefficient at 1550 nm of 0.58 cm(-1) for the solution with the pumping power of 200 mW. This colloidal solution might be a promising candidate as a liquid medium for optical amplifier and laser at the optical communication wavelength.
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- Xiaofeng Liu
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China
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Li Y, Gu X, Yan M, Wu E, Zeng H. Square nanosecond mode-locked Er-fiber laser synchronized to a picosecond Yb-fiber laser. Opt Express 2009; 17:4526-4532. [PMID: 19293881 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.004526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser was triggered to synchronize with a separate ultrashort picosecond Yb-doped fiber laser by cross phase modulation. Square nanosecond pulses were generated in the long-cavity Er-fiber laser by the peak intensity clamp effect while the synchronization maintained. At the maximum pump power of 450 mW, a synchronous laser pulse duration of 5.5 ns has been achieved. This synchronous nanosecond and picosecond system has shown a large length mismatch tolerance of 2.6 mm and can work stably for days.
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- Yao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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Zhou S, Lei W, Jiang N, Hao J, Wu E, Zeng H, Qiu J. Space-selective control of luminescence inside the Bi-doped mesoporous silica glass by a femtosecond laser. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1039/b900045c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Challand C, Wu E, Hosie K. How Do You Measure Performance As A Colonoscopist? Eur J Surg Oncol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2008.06.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Jacques V, Wu E, Grosshans F, Treussart F, Grangier P, Aspect A, Roch JF. Delayed-choice test of quantum complementarity with interfering single photons. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 100:220402. [PMID: 18643406 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.220402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We report an experimental test of quantum complementarity with single-photon pulses sent into a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with an output beam splitter of adjustable reflection coefficient R. In addition, the experiment is realized in Wheeler's delayed-choice regime. Each randomly set value of R allows us to observe interference with visibility V and to obtain incomplete which-path information characterized by the distinguishability parameter D. Measured values of V and D are found to fulfill the complementarity relation V2+D2 < or =1.
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- Vincent Jacques
- Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique et Moléculaire, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, UMR CNRS 8537, Cachan, France
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BACKGROUND Conventional treatment for primary dysmenorrhoea has a failure rate of 20% to 25% and may be contraindicated or not tolerated by some women. Chinese herbal medicine may be a suitable alternative. OBJECTIVES To determine the efficacy and safety of Chinese herbal medicine for primary dysmenorrhoea when compared with placebo, no treatment, and other treatment. SEARCH STRATEGY The Cochrane Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group Trials Register (to 2006), MEDLINE (1950 to January 2007), EMBASE (1980 to January 2007), CINAHL (1982 to January 2007), AMED (1985 to January 2007), CENTRAL (The Cochrane Library issue 4, 2006), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI, 1990 to January 2007), Traditional Chinese Medicine Database System (TCMDS, 1990 to December 2006), and the Chinese BioMedicine Database (CBM, 1990 to December 2006) were searched. Citation lists of included trials were also reviewed. SELECTION CRITERIA Any randomised controlled trials involving Chinese herbal medicine versus placebo, no treatment, conventional therapy, heat compression, another type of Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture or massage. Exclusion criteria were identifiable pelvic pathology and dysmenorrhoea resulting from the use of an intra-uterine contraceptive device. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Quality assessment, data extraction and data translation were performed independently by two review authors. Attempts were made to contact study authors for additional information and data. Data were combined for meta-analysis using either Peto odds ratios or relative risk (RR) for dichotomous data or weighted mean difference for continuous data. A fixed-effect statistical model was used, where suitable. If data were not suitable for meta-analysis, any available data from the trial were extracted and presented as descriptive data. MAIN RESULTS Thirty-nine randomised controlled trials involving a total of 3475 women were included in the review. A number of the trials were of small sample size and poor methodological quality. Results for Chinese herbal medicine compared to placebo were unclear as data could not be combined (3 RCTs). Chinese herbal medicine resulted in significant improvements in pain relief (14 RCTs; RR 1.99, 95% CI 1.52 to 2.60), overall symptoms (6 RCTs; RR 2.17, 95% CI 1.73 to 2.73) and use of additional medication (2 RCTs; RR 1.58, 95% CI 1.30 to 1.93) when compared to use of pharmaceutical drugs. Self-designed Chinese herbal formulae resulted in significant improvements in pain relief (18 RCTs; RR 2.06, 95% CI 1.80 to 2.36), overall symptoms (14 RCTs; RR 1.99, 95% CI 1.65 to 2.40) and use of additional medication (5 RCTs; RR 1.58, 95% CI 1.34 to 1.87) after up to three months of follow-up when compared to commonly used Chinese herbal health products. Chinese herbal medicine also resulted in better pain relief than acupuncture (2 RCTs; RR 1.75, 95% CI 1.09 to 2.82) and heat compression (1 RCT; RR 2.08, 95% CI 2.06 to 499.18). AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS The review found promising evidence supporting the use of Chinese herbal medicine for primary dysmenorrhoea; however, results are limited by the poor methodological quality of the included trials.
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- X Zhu
- Chinese Medicine Program, University of Western Sydney, Center for Complementary Medicine Research, Bldg 3, Bankstown Campus, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2750.
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Frontonasal dysplasia [FND; OMIM 136760] results from abnormal morphogenesis of the frontonasal process with disruption of the formation of the facial midline. Craniofacial anomalies in FND include anterior cranium bifidum, ocular hypertelorism, orofacial clefting and notching or clefting of the alae nasi. The majority of FND cases are sporadic and discordance has been demonstrated in monozygotic twin pairs, arguing against a strong inherited component in pathogenesis. However, pedigrees with Mendelian inheritance and non-recurrent chromosome aberrations in FND patients demonstrate that gene mutations or cytogenetic imbalance can also be important in the etiology of this phenotype. We classified 101 reported cases of FND from the medical literature and three new cases into seven separate FND phenotypic subtypes in addition to isolated FND. Our aim was to evaluate FND patients for distinct phenotypes within the FND spectrum and to determine the evidence for a genetic etiology in each of the different subtypes. Our analysis showed significant differences in the severity of the accompanying malformations and the rates of learning disabilities in the FND subtypes, although the small patient numbers and method of patient ascertainment may have influenced the data. The results suggest that cases with FND should be evaluated for additional anomalies, as these may help to determine prognosis.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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Chen J, Wu G, Li Y, Wu E, Zeng H. Active polarization stabilization in optical fibers suitable for quantum key distribution. Opt Express 2007; 15:17928-17936. [PMID: 19551088 DOI: 10.1364/oe.15.017928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Polarization feedback control of single-photon pulses has been achieved in long-distance fibers for more than 10 hours, which facilitated "one-way" polarization-encoded quantum key distribution with long-term stabilities. Experimental test of polarization encoding in 75 km fibers demonstrated that the single-photon polarization transformation in long-distance fibers could be controlled to provide a typical QBER of (3.9+/-1.5)% within a long-term operation of 620 minutes.
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- Jie Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, People's Republic of China
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Wu E, Ortiz JT, Tejedor P, Lee DC, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Kansal P, Carr JC, Holly TA, Lloyd-Jones D, Klocke FJ, Bonow RO. Infarct size by contrast enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance is a stronger predictor of outcomes than left ventricular ejection fraction or end-systolic volume index: prospective cohort study. Heart 2007; 94:730-6. [PMID: 18070953 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.122622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 324] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [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: 11/03/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Ejection fraction (EF) and end-systolic volume index (ESVI) are established predictors of outcomes following ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We sought to assess the relative impact of infarct size, EF and ESVI on clinical outcomes and left ventricular (LV) remodelling. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Academic hospital in Chicago, USA. PATIENTS 122 patients with STEMI following acute percutaneous reperfusion. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Death, recurrent myocardial infarction (MI) and heart failure. METHODS Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was obtained within 1 week following STEMI in 122 subjects. ESVI, EF and infarct size were tested for the association with outcomes over 2 years in 113 subjects, and a repeat study was obtained 4 months later to assess LV remodelling in 91 subjects. RESULTS Acute infarct size correlated linearly with the initial ESVI (r = 0.69, p<0.001), end-diastolic volume index (EDVI) (r = 0.42, p<0.001) and EF (r = -0.75, p<0.001). All were independently associated with outcomes (one death, one recurrent MI and 16 heart failure admissions). However, infarct size was the only significant predictor of adverse outcomes (p<0.05) by multivariate analysis. The smallest infarct size tertile had an increased EF (49% (SD 8%) to 53% (6%); p = 0.002) and unchanged EDVI (p = 0.7). In contrast, subjects with the largest infarct tertile also had improved EF (32% (9%) to 36% (11%); p = 0.002) at the expense of a dramatic increase in EDVI (86 (19) to 95 (21) ml/m(2); p = 0.005). CONCLUSIONS Infarct size, EF and ESVI can predict the development of future cardiac events. Acute infarct size, which is independent of LV stunning and loading, directly relates to LV remodelling and is a stronger predictor of future events than measures of LV systolic performance.
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- Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 201 East Huron, Galter 10-240, Chicago, IL 60611-2908, USA.
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BACKGROUND Conventional treatment for primary dysmenorrhoea (PD) has a failure rate of 20% to 25% and may be contraindicated or not tolerated by some women. Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) may be a suitable alternative. OBJECTIVES To determine the efficacy and safety of CHM for PD when compared with placebo, no treatment, and other treatment. SEARCH STRATEGY The Cochrane Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group Trials Register (to 2006), MEDLINE (1950 to January 2007), EMBASE (1980 to January 2007), CINAHL (1982 to January 2007), AMED (1985 to January 2007), CENTRAL (The Cochrane Library issue 4, 2006), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI, 1990 to January 2007), Traditional Chinese Medicine Database System (TCMDS, 1990 to Dec 2006), and the Chinese BioMedicine Database (CBM, 1990 to Dec 2006) were searched. Citation lists of included trials were also reviewed. SELECTION CRITERIA Any randomised controlled trials (RCTs) involving CHM versus placebo, no treatment, conventional therapy, heat compression, another type of CHM, acupuncture or massage. Exclusion criteria were identifiable pelvic pathology and dysmenorrhoea resulting from the use of an intra-uterine contraceptive device (IUD). DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Quality assessment, data extraction and data translation were performed independently by two review authors. Attempts were made to contact study authors for additional information and data. Data were combined for meta-analysis using either Peto odds ratios or relative risk (RR) for dichotomous data or weighted mean difference for continuous data. A fixed-effect statistical model was used, where suitable. If data were not suitable for meta-analysis, any available data from the trial were extracted and presented as descriptive data. MAIN RESULTS Thirty-nine RCTs involving a total of 3475 women were included in the review. A number of the trials were of small sample size and poor methodological quality. Results for CHM compared to placebo were unclear as data could not be combined (3 RCTs). CHM resulted in significant improvements in pain relief (14 RCTs; RR 1.99, 95% CI 1.52 to 2.60), overall symptoms (6 RCTs; RR 2.17, 95% CI 1.73 to 2.73) and use of additional medication (2 RCTs; RR 1.58, 95% CI 1.30 to 1.93) when compared to use of pharmaceutical drugs. Self-designed CHM resulted in significant improvements in pain relief (18 RCTs; RR 2.06, 95% CI 1.80 to 2.36), overall symptoms (14 RCTs; RR 1.99, 95% CI 1.65 to 2.40) and use of additional medication (5 RCTs; RR 1.58, 95% CI 1.34 to 1.87) after up to three months follow up when compared to commonly used Chinese herbal health products. CHM also resulted in better pain relief than acupuncture (2 RCTs; RR 1.75, 95% CI 1.09 to 2.82) and heat compression (1 RCT; RR 2.08, 95% CI 2.06 to 499.18). AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS The review found promising evidence supporting the use of CHM for primary dysmenorrhoea; however, results are limited by the poor methodological quality of the included trials.
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- Chinese Medicine Program, University of Western Sydney, Center for Complementary Medicine Research, Bldg 3, Bankstown Campus, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2750.
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OBJECTIVE To describe a case of a fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery presented as a pontine infarct and 2 days later as a subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by the rupture of the same aneurysm. DESIGN Case report. SETTING Tertiary-care hospital. BACKGROUND Fusiform aneurysm of cerebral vessels is a rare pathology that presents with ischemic stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, or mass effect. Ischemia and subarachnoid hemorrhage in the same patient 2 days apart, to our knowledge, was not reported before. SUBJECT A 55-year-old Hispanic man with history of untreated hypertension and alcohol abuse presented with acute onset of right hemiparesis and dysarthria. On day 2 of his hospital admission, he developed arrhythmia and loss of consciousness. The patient expired from cardiac arrest on day 4 of his hospitalization. Initial head computed tomography scan showed dolichoectatic basilar artery and marked calcification of internal carotid arteries (ICA) and middle cerebral arteries (MCA). Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed left upper pons infarct 2 cm in diameter. Magnetic resonance angiography confirmed presence of a fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery. Head computed tomography scan at the time of clinical deterioration on day 2 of hospital admission showed subarachnoid bleeding and significant brain edema. Autopsy revealed a ruptured basilar artery aneurysm with thrombus in the lumen and left pontine infarct. Microscopic examination of fusiform aneurysm showed atherosclerosis of the aneurysmal wall and attenuation and inflammation at the rupture site. CONCLUSIONS We hypothesize that in our case, pontine infarct had developed because of occlusion of pontine perforators by a thrombus within an aneurysm, and subarachnoid hemorrhage had developed secondary to a rupture of weakened by inflammatory changes aneurysmal wall. We also hypothesize that in our case, ischemic stroke and subsequent subarachnoid hemorrhage may represent different stages of the same process of atherosclerosis and inflammation in an aneurysmal wall confirmed by autopsy. Origin as well as management of fusiform cerebral aneurysms are unclear. Antiplatelet agents and anticoagulation are recommended by some for stroke prophylaxis in patients with unruptured fusiform cerebral aneurysms. Our case shows that caution should be exercised in prescribing anticoagulants or even antiplatelet agents to a patient with fusiform aneurysm of cerebral arteries due to a possibility of rupture of an aneurysm. Randomized prospective study may be necessary to clarify this issue.
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- Department of Neurology, Nassau University Medical Center, Campus of State University of New York at Stony Brook Medical School, East Meadow, NY 11554, USA
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Jacques V, Wu E, Grosshans F, Treussart F, Grangier P, Aspect A, Roch JF. Experimental realization of Wheeler's delayed-choice gedanken experiment. Science 2007; 315:966-8. [PMID: 17303748 DOI: 10.1126/science.1136303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Wave-particle duality is strikingly illustrated by Wheeler's delayed-choice gedanken experiment, where the configuration of a two-path interferometer is chosen after a single-photon pulse has entered it: Either the interferometer is closed (that is, the two paths are recombined) and the interference is observed, or the interferometer remains open and the path followed by the photon is measured. We report an almost ideal realization of that gedanken experiment with single photons allowing unambiguous which-way measurements. The choice between open and closed configurations, made by a quantum random number generator, is relativistically separated from the entry of the photon into the interferometer.
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- Vincent Jacques
- Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique et Moléculaire, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, UMR CNRS 8537, 94235 Cachan, France
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In clinical first-pass myocardial perfusion studies, physiological and patient motions are inevitable. Such motions impair the sensitivity and reliability in assessing myocardial perfusion abnormalities. The current study aims to correct the misregistration of myocardium during first-pass perfusion imaging by using a normalized mutual information approach. Multi-slice registrations were performed in 15 sets of clinical data sets. The proposed registration procedure was found to be fairly robust. With such registration, ROI time courses from normal myocardium and infarcted myocardium were improved, offering potential to quantify myocardial perfusion parameters in a more reliable manner.
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- HCNR Center of Bioinformatics and Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Wu E, Carlson RM. Thiolsulfonate functionalized polystyrene resin: preparation and application in the isolation and identification of electrophilic mutagens. J Environ Sci (China) 2007; 19:1520-1527. [PMID: 18277660 DOI: 10.1016/s1001-0742(07)60248-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A new approach for isolation and identification of elecrtophilic mutagens from complex matrix was developed. Thiosulfonic anion was immobilized onto polystyrene beads and used as separation media. Potassium polystyryl-thiosulfonate, prepared from polystyrylsulfonyl chloride and KHS, was observed to selectively react with model electrophilic mutagens such as alkyl halides, a-chloroketones and alpha-chloroesters to produce polystyryl-thiosulfonic esters. After separation from other nonreactive organic compounds, the beads then reacted with ethanethiol to produce unsymmetrical ethyl disulfides which are easily detected by GC/MS. For one mutagenic compound, only one unsymmetrical disulfide was found to contain its structure part. Thus, the structure of the parent mutagens could be deduced from that of the unsymmetrical disulfides. The degree of functionalization of the potassium polystyryl-thiosulfonate resin was 1.11 mmol/g. Its reactivity was discussed and its recycling method was reported here.
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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Wong CY, Wu E, Wong TY. Examining the effect of publishing of bill sizes to reduce information asymmetry on healthcare costs. Singapore Med J 2007; 48:16-24. [PMID: 17245511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Information asymmetry has been offered as a reason for unnecessarily high costs in certain industries where significant information asymmetry traditionally exists between providers and consumers, such as healthcare. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the introduction of publishing of bill size as a means to reduce healthcare costs. Specifically, we aim to examine if this initiative to decrease information asymmetry on healthcare prices between healthcare providers and patients, and between healthcare providers themselves, will lead to lower prices for patients. METHODS Bill size data of 29 commonly occurring diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) for two ward classes (B2 and C) over a 16- month period were studied. Each ward class was studied separately, i.e. involving 58 DRG data sets. The mean bill size data as well as that of 50th and 90th percentile bill sizes were examined. The study involved some 46,000 inpatient episodes which occurred in the five public sector acute general hospitals of Singapore. RESULTS Mean prices dropped by 4.14 percent and 9.64 percent for B2 and C classes, respectively. 50 out of 58 DRG data sets showed a drop in prices. Bill sizes at the 50th percentile dropped by 7.95 percent and 10.12 percent for B2 and C classes, respectively; while at the 90th percentile, the corresponding figures were decreases of 8.01 percent and 11.4 percent for the two ward classes. CONCLUSION The act of publishing bill sizes has led to less information asymmetry among providers, thereby facilitating more competitive behaviour among hospitals and lower bill sizes.
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- C Y Wong
- Changi General Hospital, 2 Simei Street 3, Singapore 529889.
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Wu E, Jacques V, Zeng H, Grangier P, Treussart F, Roch JF. Narrow-band single-photon emission in the near infrared for quantum key distribution. Opt Express 2006; 14:1296-303. [PMID: 19503453 DOI: 10.1364/oe.14.001296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 05/13/2023]
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We present a detailed study of photophysical properties of single color centers in natural diamond samples emitting in the near infrared under optical excitation. Photoluminescence of these single emitters has several striking features, including narrow-band (FWHM 2 nm) fully polarized emission around 780 nm, a short excited-state lifetime of about 2 ns, and perfect photostability at room temperature under our excitation conditions. Development of a triggered single-photon source relying on this single color center is discussed for application to quantum key distribution.
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Wu E, Stout C, Obenaus A. 385 CREATION OF AN IN VITRO MODEL FOR PROTON TARGETING IN GENE THERAPY USING HSV1-TK AND HSV1-SR39TK. J Investig Med 2006. [DOI: 10.2310/6650.2005.x0004.384] [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: 11/18/2022]
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Wu E, Devarakonda R, Burns S, Frohlich J. W02-P-015 Novel cardiovascular risk factors in individuals with family history of premature atherosclerotic disease. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(05)80042-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bilbao R, Reay DP, Wu E, Zheng H, Biermann V, Kochanek S, Clemens PR. Comparison of high-capacity and first-generation adenoviral vector gene delivery to murine muscle in utero. Gene Ther 2005; 12:39-47. [PMID: 15483668 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In utero gene delivery could offer the advantage of treatment at an early stage for genetic disorders such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in which the inevitable process of muscle degeneration is already initiated at birth. Furthermore, treatment of fetal muscle with adenoviral (Ad) vectors is attractive because of a high density of Ad receptors, easy vector accessibility due to immaturity of the basal lamina and the possibility of treating stem cells. Previously, we demonstrated the efficient transduction of fetal muscle by high-capacity Ad (HC-Ad) vectors. In this study, we compared HC-Ad and first-generation Ad (FG-Ad) vectors for longevity of lacZ transgene expression, toxicity and induction of immunity after direct vector-mediated in utero gene delivery to fetal C57BL/6 mice muscle 16 days after conception (E-16). The total amount of beta-galactosidase (betagal) expressed from the HC-Ad vector remained stable for the 5 months of the study, although the concentration of betagal decreased due to muscle growth. Higher survival rates that reflect lower levels of toxicity were observed in those mice transduced with an HC-Ad vector as compared to an FG-Ad vector. The toxicity induced by FG-Ad vector gene delivery was dependent on mouse strain and vector dose. Animals treated with either HC-Ad and FG-Ad vectors developed non-neutralizing antibodies against Ad capsid and antibodies against betagal, but these antibodies did not cause loss of vector genomes from transduced muscle. In a mouse model of DMD, dystrophin gene transfer to muscle in utero using an HC-Ad vector restored the dystrophin-associated glycoproteins. Our results demonstrate that long-term transgene expression can be achieved by HC-Ad vector-mediated gene delivery to fetal muscle, although strategies of vector integration may need to be considered to accommodate muscle growth.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Kansal P, Zhang Q, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Simonetti OP, Tejedor P, Holly T, Carr J, Wu E. 48 MARKED REDUCTION IN ACQUISITION TIMES FOR VELOCITY QUANTIFICATION USING IPAT. J Investig Med 2005. [DOI: 10.2310/6650.2005.00206.47] [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: 11/18/2022]
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Kansal P, Tejedor P, Wu E, Maganti K, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Lee DC, Carr JC, Holly TA, Bonow RO. 49 AORTIC VALVE AREA CALCULATION USING THE CONTINUITY EQUATION AND PLANIMETRY: A PHASE-CONTRAST CINE FLOW QUANTIFICATION COMPARISON WITH ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY. J Investig Med 2005. [DOI: 10.2310/6650.2005.00206.48] [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: 11/18/2022]
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Vidovich MI, Lee DC, Wu E, Myers BD, Dravid VP, Davidson CJ. 70 EFFECTS OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND BALLOON INFLATION ON STABILITY OF DRUG-ELUTING STENT POLYMER: AN IN VITRO STUDY. J Investig Med 2005. [DOI: 10.2310/6650.2005.00206.69] [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: 11/18/2022]
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Zeng H, Wu J, Xu H, Wu K, Wu E. Colored conical emission by means of second harmonic generation in a quadratically nonlinear medium. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 92:143903. [PMID: 15089538 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.143903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2003] [Revised: 12/09/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Colored conical emission was observed experimentally in a thick beta-barium borate crystal as a result of spatiotemporal modulational instability. In the presence of both dispersion and diffraction, colored conical emission showed specific features that were characteristic of the nonlinear dynamics of the strongly coupled fundamental and harmonic fields. Experimental observation directly demonstrated that beam angular spectra were substantially modified as a result of exponential growth of perturbations by means of parametric wave mixing. Seeded amplification of colored conical emission was demonstrated to support ultrabroadband up-conversion.
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- Heping Zeng
- Key Laboratory of Optical and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, and Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, People's Republic of China
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Wu E, Campbell SJ, Kaczmarek WA, Hofmann M, Kennedy SJ. Nanostructured (CoxFe1–x)3–yO4spinel – mechanochemical synthesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.3139/146.031127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A robust solid-state saturable absorber was developed with cobalt-ion-doped tellurite glasses that has a broad saturable-absorption band in the near-infrared. A nonlinear optical absorber was measured by the Z-scan technique. Numerically fitting the Z-scan experimental data yields excited-state absorption cross sections at a 1064-nm laser wavelength of sigma(es) = 1.45 x 10(-20) and sigma(es) = 1.15 x 10(-20) cm2 for 1.0- and 2.5-at. % Co2+-doped glasses, respectively.
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- Key Laboratory of Optical and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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Desrosiers P, Carlson E, Chandler W, Chau H, Cong P, Doolen R, Freitag C, Lin S, Masui C, Wu E, Crevier T, Mullins D, Song L, Lou R, Zhan J, Tangkilisan A, Ung Q, Phan K. High throughput screening techniques for pre-formulation: salt selection and polymorph studies. Acta Crystallogr A 2002. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767302085446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Pan P, Wu E, Chen Q. [Relation between Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and acute attack of asthma]. Hunan Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2002; 24:209-10. [PMID: 11938796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Khan IM, Yuan Y, Fish D, Wu E, Smid J. Comblike polysiloxanes with oligo(oxyethylene) side chains. Synthesis and properties. Macromolecules 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/ma00187a006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chen N, Ma WY, She QB, Wu E, Liu G, Bode AM, Dong Z. Transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor is involved in 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced signal transduction. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:46722-8. [PMID: 11592962 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m107156200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The mechanism of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced tumor promotion is still not well understood even though it is thought to be related to the protein kinase C/mitogen-activated protein kinase/AP-1 pathway. Recently, TPA was also found to induce epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activity. Here, we investigated whether the EGFR is a necessary component for TPA-induced signal transduction associated with tumor promotion. We demonstrated that potent inhibitors of the EGFR, PD153035 and AG1478, blocked TPA-induced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs), AP-1 activity, and cell transformation. Egfr gene deficiency blocked TPA-induced ERK activity and AP-1 binding activity. The blocking of the ectodomain of the EGFR by a monoclonal antibody depressed TPA-induced ERK activity and AP-1 DNA binding activity. The use of a neutralizing antibody for heparin-binding EGF, one of the ligands of EGFR, blocked TPA-induced phosphorylation of ERKs. BB-94, a potent inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases, which are activators of ectodomain shedding of EGFR ligands, also blocked TPA-induced ERK activity, AP-1 DNA binding, and cell transformation but had no effect on EGF-induced signal transduction. Anti-EGFR, anti-heparin-binding EGF, and BB-94 each blocked TPA-induced EGFR phosphorylation, but only anti-EGFR could block EGF-induced EGFR phosphorylation. Based on these results, we conclude that the EGFR is required for mediating TPA-induced signal transduction. EGFR transactivation induced by TPA is a mechanism by which the EGFR mediates TPA-induced tumor promotion-related signal transduction.
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, 801 16th Ave. NE, Austin, MN 55912, USA
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Stromelysin-3 (STR-3) is a matrix metalloproteinase with a unique pattern of expression and substrate specificity. During embryogenesis and remodeling of normal adult tissues, STR-3 is produced by stromal cells in direct contact with epithelial cells undergoing regional apoptosis and selective cell survival. STR-3 is also overexpressed by interdigitating stromal cells in primary epithelial malignancies. Although STR-3 does not degrade classic extracellular matrix components, the enzyme promotes the establishment of local tumors in nude mice by as yet undefined mechanisms. STR-3 is induced when malignant epithelial cells come into contact with surrounding stromal elements; the active stromal cell-derived 45 kDa enzyme is subsequently processed to a 35 kDa protein without enzymatic activity. We have generated MCF-7 transfectants expressing wild type or catalytically inactive 45 kDa STR-3 (STR-3wt and STR-3cat-) or secreted 35 kDa STR-3 (35 kDa STR-3sec) and evaluated their implantation and survival in nude mice. Tumors developed significantly more rapidly in animals receiving STR-3wt, rather than vector-only, STR-3cat- or 35 kDa STR-3sec transfectants. Most importantly, STR-3wt tumors had a significantly lower percentage of apoptotic cells than tumors derived from vector-only, STR-3cat- or 35 kDa STR-3sec transfectants. Taken together, these studies suggest that the active STR-3 enzyme may increase tumor take by suppressing tumor cell apoptosis and that 45 kDa to 35 kDa STR-3 processing limits STR-3 activity at the tumor/stromal interface. Because STR-3 is secreted as an active enzyme rather than a proform, subsequent 45 kDa to 35 kDa STR-3 processing may represent a novel mechanism for regulating enzymatic activity.
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- Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Zhao B, Xia X, Yin J, Zhang X, Wu E, Shi Y, Tong M, Sun S, Gui X, Zhao Z, Feng X. Epidemiological investigation of Histoplasma capsulatum infection in China. Chin Med J (Engl) 2001; 114:743-6. [PMID: 11780341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To provide reliable information concerning the presence or the absence of Histoplasma capsulatum (H. capsulatum) infection in China, and data concerning this respect. METHODS Three hundred normal people and 435 hospitalized patients, who lived in Hunan and Jiangsu provinces, and the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, were tested with yeast-phase histoplasmin (ALK/Berkerley Biologicals Laboratories, USA) and human pure protein derivative of tuberculin (PPD) on the volar surface of the forearm. Any reaction to the antigens over 5.0 mm in diameter of induration at 48-72 hours was considered positive. RESULTS A total of 138 subjects (18.8%) in 735 patients reacted to histoplasmin with 5.0-45.0 (9.1 +/- 4.3) mm indurations. Significant differences of positive skin reaction rates in normal subjects were found in Hunan, Jiangsu and Xinjiang (8.9% vs 15.1% vs 2.1%). The overall positive rate of patients was 25.5%. Patients with tuberculosis [31.7% (78/246)] had a significantly higher positive skin reaction rate in comparison with those suffering from pneumonia [17.7% (11/62)], lung cancer [20.9% (9/43)], chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [17.3% (9/52)] and other diseases [12.5% (4/32)] (P < 0.01). Of 562 cases, 292 cases (52.0%) reacted to PPD with indurations of 5-50 (13.7 +/- 4.9) mm in diameter, 63 cases (11.2%) reacted to both histoplasmin and PPD, while 38 cases (6.9%) reacted to histoplasmin but not to PPD. CONCLUSIONS The data suggest that there is H. capsulatum herd infection in China. The infection rate in Southeast China is higher than that in the Northwest, and the infection rate of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis is higher than that of normal persons and other pneumonopathy patients.
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- B Zhao
- Respiratory Department, Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Area Command PLA, Nanjing 210002, China.
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Ricciardi MJ, Wu E, Davidson CJ, Choi KM, Klocke FJ, Bonow RO, Judd RM, Kim RJ. Visualization of discrete microinfarction after percutaneous coronary intervention associated with mild creatine kinase-MB elevation. Circulation 2001; 103:2780-3. [PMID: 11401931 DOI: 10.1161/hc2301.092121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 336] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mild elevations in creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) are common after successful percutaneous coronary interventions and are associated with future adverse cardiac events. The mechanism for CK-MB release remains unclear. A new contrast-enhanced MRI technique allows direct visualization of myonecrosis. METHODS AND RESULTS Fourteen patients without prior infarction underwent cine and contrast-enhanced MRI after successful coronary stenting; 9 patients had procedure-related CK-MB elevation, and 5 did not (negative controls). The mean age of all patients was 61 years, 36% had diabetes, 43% had multivessel coronary artery disease, and all had a normal ejection fraction. Twelve patients (86%) received an intravenous glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor; none underwent atherectomy, and all had final TIMI 3 flow. Of the 9 patients with CK-MB elevation, 5 had a minor side branch occlusion during stenting, 2 had transient ECG changes, and none developed Q-waves. The median CK-MB was 21 ng/mL (range, 12 to 93 ng/mL), which is 2.3x the upper limit of normal. Contrast-enhanced MRI demonstrated discrete regions of hyperenhancement within the target vessel perfusion territory in all 9 patients. Only one developed a new wall motion abnormality. The median estimated mass of myonecrosis was 2.0 g (range, 0.7 to 12.2 g), or 1.5% of left ventricular mass (range, 0.4% to 6.0%). Hyperenhancement persisted in 5 of the 6 who underwent a repeat MRI at 3 to 12 months. No control patient had hyperenhancement. CONCLUSIONS Contrast-enhanced MRI provides an anatomical correlate to biochemical evidence of procedure-related myocardial injury, despite the lack of ECG changes or wall motion abnormalities. Mild elevation of CK-MB after percutaneous coronary intervention is the result of discrete microinfarction.
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- M J Ricciardi
- Feinberg Cardiovascular Institute and the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Simonetti OP, Kim RJ, Fieno DS, Hillenbrand HB, Wu E, Bundy JM, Finn JP, Judd RM. An improved MR imaging technique for the visualization of myocardial infarction. Radiology 2001. [PMID: 11152805 DOI: 10.1148/radiology.218.1.r01ja50 215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PURPOSE To design a segmented inversion-recovery turbo fast low-angle shot (turboFLASH) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging pulse sequence for the visualization of myocardial infarction, compare this technique with other MR imaging approaches in a canine model of ischemic injury, and evaluate its utility in patients with coronary artery disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS Six dogs and 18 patients were examined. In dogs, infarction was produced and images were acquired by using 10 different pulse sequences. In patients, the segmented turboFLASH technique was used to acquire contrast material-enhanced images 19 days +/- 7 (SD) after myocardial infarction. RESULTS Myocardial regions of increased signal intensity were observed in all animals and patients at imaging. With the postcontrast segmented turboFLASH sequence, the signal intensity of the infarcted myocardium was 1,080% +/- 214 higher than that of the normal myocardium in dogs-nearly twice that of the next best sequence tested and approximately 10-fold greater than that in previous reports. All 18 patients with myocardial infarction demonstrated high signal intensity at imaging. On average, the signal intensity of the high-signal-intensity regions in patients was 485% +/- 43 higher than that of the normal myocardium. CONCLUSION The segmented inversion-recovery turboFLASH sequence produced the greatest differences in regional myocardial signal intensity in animals. Application of this technique in patients with infarction substantially improved differentiation between injured and normal regions.
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- O P Simonetti
- Siemens Medical Systems, 448 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Chiu CY, Wu E, Brown SL, Von Seggern DJ, Nemerow GR, Stewart PL. Structural analysis of a fiber-pseudotyped adenovirus with ocular tropism suggests differential modes of cell receptor interactions. J Virol 2001; 75:5375-80. [PMID: 11333920 PMCID: PMC114944 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.11.5375-5380.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [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: 11/01/2000] [Accepted: 02/26/2001] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Adenovirus (Ad) entry into cells is initiated by the binding of the fiber knob to a cell surface receptor. The coxsackie- and adenovirus receptor (CAR) functions as the attachment receptor for many, but not all, Ad serotypes. Ad type 37 (Ad37), a subgroup D virus that causes keratoconjunctivitis in humans, does not infect cells via CAR despite demonstrated binding of the Ad37 knob to CAR. We have pseudotyped a fiber deletion Ad5 vector with the Ad37 fiber (Ad37f), and this vector retains the ocular tropism of Ad37. Here we present a cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction of Ad37f that shows the entire Ad37 fiber, including the shaft and knob domains. We have previously proposed that Ad37 may not utilize CAR for cell entry because of the geometric constraints imposed by a rigid fiber (E. Wu, J. Fernandez, S. K. Fleck, D. Von Seggern, S. Huang, and G. R. Nemerow, Virology 279:78-89, 2001). Consistent with this hypothesis, our structural results show that the Ad37 fiber is straight and rigid. Modeling of the interaction between Ad37f and host cell receptors indicates that fiber flexibility or rigidity, as well as length, can affect receptor usage and cellular tropism.
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- C Y Chiu
- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology and Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Singh M, Wu E, Shroyer KR. Macrophage-rich reaction in lymph nodes as a mimic of metastatic renal cell carcinoma on fine needle aspiration. A case report. Acta Cytol 2001; 45:454-8. [PMID: 11393085 DOI: 10.1159/000327649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Renal cell carcinomas have a high metastatic potential. Many of them are occult at initial presentation and mimic a primary neoplasm of the metastatic site. However, not all lymph node enlargements in a patient with a history of renal cell carcinoma are due to metastasis. Foamy macrophages can mimic metastatic renal cell carcinoma cells. CASE A 60-year-old male with a known diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma of clear cell type developed enlarged neck nodes 44 months after the diagnosis. These were aspirated to yield cystic fluid that, on smears, showed numerous clear cells with low nuclear grade. Immunohistochemical stains revealed these cells to be foamy macrophages (CD68 immunoreactive) and not metastatic renal cell carcinoma, as had been suspected on initial examination of Diff-Quik and Papanicolaou-stained smears. CONCLUSION Immunohistochemistry is a valuable adjunct in avoiding a false diagnosis of metastatic carcinoma in macrophage-rich nodal reactions in patients with a history of renal cell carcinoma.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, CD/analysis
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/analysis
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/immunology
- Biopsy, Needle
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell/pathology
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell/secondary
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Foam Cells/chemistry
- Foam Cells/pathology
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Kidney Neoplasms/pathology
- Lymph Nodes/pathology
- Lymphadenitis/pathology
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Male
- Middle Aged
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- M Singh
- Department of Pathology, B216, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East 9th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
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Zhang KE, Wu E, Patick AK, Kerr B, Zorbas M, Lankford A, Kobayashi T, Maeda Y, Shetty B, Webber S. Circulating metabolites of the human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitor nelfinavir in humans: structural identification, levels in plasma, and antiviral activities. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2001; 45:1086-93. [PMID: 11257019 PMCID: PMC90428 DOI: 10.1128/aac.45.4.1086-1093.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nelfinavir mesylate (Viracept, formally AG1343) is a potent and orally bioavailable human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 (HIV-1) protease inhibitor (K(i) = 2 nM) and is being widely prescribed in combination with HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors for the treatment of HIV infection. The current studies evaluated the presence of metabolites circulating in plasma following the oral administration of nelfinavir to healthy volunteers and HIV-infected patients, as well as the levels in plasma and antiviral activities of these metabolites. The results showed that the parent drug was the major circulating chemical species, followed in decreasing abundance by its hydroxy-t-butylamide metabolite (M8) and 3'-methoxy-4'-hydroxynelfinavir (M1). Antiviral assays with HIV-1 strain RF-infected CEM-SS cells showed that the 50% effective concentrations (EC50) of nelfinavir, M8, and M1 were 30, 34, and 151 nM, respectively, and that the corresponding EC50 against another HIV-1 strain, IIIB, in MT-2 cells were 60, 86, and 653 nM. Therefore, apparently similar in vitro antiviral activities were demonstrated for nelfinavir and M8, whereas an approximately 5- to 11-fold-lower level of antiviral activity was observed for M1. The active metabolite, M8, showed a degree of binding to human plasma proteins similar to that of nelfinavir (ca. 98%). Concentrations in plasma of nelfinavir and its metabolites in 10 HIV-positive patients receiving nelfinavir therapy (750 mg three times per day) were determined by a liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry assay. At steady state (day 28), the mean plasma nelfinavir concentrations ranged from 1.73 to 4.96 microM and the M8 concentrations ranged from 0.55 to 1.96 microM, whereas the M1 concentrations were low and ranged from 0.09 to 0.19 microM. In conclusion, the findings from the current studies suggest that, in humans, nelfinavir forms an active metabolite circulating at appreciable levels in plasma. The active metabolite M8 may account for some of the antiviral activity associated with nelfinavir in the treatment of HIV disease.
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- K E Zhang
- Pfizer Global Research and Development, La Jolla, California, USA.
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We report a case of acute monoblastic leukemia with t(8;16) in a 71-year-old man who had rapid rise of leukocyte counts from 20.3 x 10(9)/l to 62.7 x 10(9)/l in two weeks. The peripheral blood showed many granular promonocytes that led to the consideration of acute promyelocytic leukemia of the hypogranular variant. The bone marrow, however, revealed mainly monoblasts with erythrophagocytosis. Cytogenetic study finally confirmed the diagnosis of acute monoblastic leukemia with t(8;16). The patient died three days after admission. The demonstration of these two characteristic features of this subtype, granular promonocytes and erythrophagocytosis by monoblasts, separately, in the peripheral blood and bone marrow is unusual and misleading. This cytogenetic abnormality can be demonstrated only in M5 and M4 with characteristic clinical features of disseminated intravascular coagulation, extramedullary involvement, and poor prognosis. Although it is not a common disease, this specific subtype of acute myelogenous leukemia is consistently associated with a specific cytogenetic marker, thus it should be considered a distinct clinicopathologic entity.
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- T Sun
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado 80220, USA.
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Fleischer AB, Feldman SR, Barlow JO, Zheng B, Hahn HB, Chuang TY, Draft KS, Golitz LE, Wu E, Katz AS, Maize JC, Knapp T, Leshin B. The specialty of the treating physician affects the likelihood of tumor-free resection margins for basal cell carcinoma: results from a multi-institutional retrospective study. J Am Acad Dermatol 2001; 44:224-30. [PMID: 11174379 DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2001.110396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common cutaneous malignancy. Surgical experience and physician specialty may affect the outcome quality of surgical excision of BCC. METHODS We performed a multicenter retrospective study of BCC excisions submitted to the respective Departments of Pathology at 4 major university medical centers. Our outcome measure was presence of histologic evidence of tumor present in surgical margins of excision specimens (incomplete excision). Clinician experience was defined as the number of excisions that a clinician performed during the study interval. The analytic sample pool included 1459 tumors that met all inclusion and exclusion criteria. Analyses included univariate and multivariate techniques involving the entire sample and separate subsample analyses that excluded 2 outlying dermatologists. RESULTS Tumor was present at the surgical margins in 243 (16.6%) of 1459 specimens. A patient's sex, age, and tumor size were not significantly related to the presence of tumor in the surgical margin. Physician experience did not demonstrate a significant difference either in the entire sample (P <.09) or in the subsample analysis (P >.30). Tumors of the head and neck were more likely to be incompletely excised than truncal tumors in all the analyses (P <.03). Compared with dermatologists, otolaryngologists (P <.02) and plastic surgeons (P <.008) were more likely to incompletely excise tumors; however, subsample analysis for plastic surgeons found only a trend toward significance (P <.10). Dermatologists and general surgeons did not differ in the likelihood of performing an incomplete excision (P >.4). CONCLUSION The physician specialty may affect the quality of care in the surgical management of BCC.
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- A B Fleischer
- Westwood-Squibb Center for Dermatology Research and the Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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BACKGROUND A technical advance in contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has significantly improved image quality. We investigated whether healed myocardial infarction can be visualised as hyperenhanced regions with this new technique, and whether assessment of the transmural extent of infarction yields new physiological data. METHODS 82 MRI examinations were carried out in three groups: patients with healed myocardial infarction; patients with non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy; and healthy volunteers. Patients with healed myocardial infarction were prospectively enrolled after enyzmatically proven necrosis and imaged 3 months (SD 1) or 14 months (7) later. The MRI procedure used a segmented inversion-recovery gradient-echo sequence after gadolinium administration. Findings were compared with those of coronary angiography, electrocardiography, cine MRI, and creatine kinase measurements. FINDINGS 29 (91%) of 32 patients with infarcts imaged at 3 months (13 non-Q-wave) and all of 19 imaged at 14 months (eight non-Q-wave) showed hyperenhancement. In patients in whom the infarct-related-artery was identified by angiography, 24 of 25 imaged at 3 months and all of 14 imaged at 14 months had hyperenhancement in the appropriate territory. None of the 20 patients with non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy or the 11 healthy volunteers showed hyperenhancement. Irrespective of the presence or absence of Q waves, the majority of patients with hyperenhancement had only non-transmural involvement. Normal left-ventricular contraction was shown in seven patients examined at 3 months and three examined at 14 months, but in these cases hyperenhancement was limited to the subendocardium. INTERPRETATION The presence, location, and transmural extent of healed Q-wave and non-Q-wave myocardial infarction can be accurately determined by contrast-enhanced MRI.
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- Department of Medicine, Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611-3008, USA
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Wu E, Fernandez J, Fleck SK, Huang S, Nemerow GR. A 50-kDa membrane protein mediates sialic acid-independent binding and infection of conjunctival cells by adenovirus type 37. Virology 2001; 279:78-89. [PMID: 11145891 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The ocular tropism of adenovirus type 37 (Ad37) does not correlate with the wide distribution of the 46-kDa coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CAR), the major receptor for most adenovirus serotypes. We previously found that Ad37 infects and binds well to conjunctival cells (Chang C), but poorly to lung epithelial (A549) cells that express CAR and hypothesized that this serotype uses a distinct receptor that is selectively expressed on conjunctival cells. To test this, we produced particles of a fiber-deleted Ad5 vector containing the Ad37 fiber protein. The "pseudotyped" vector infected Chang C cells better than A549 cells using a CAR-independent pathway. Ad37 binding was calcium-dependent and was abolished by protease digestion of cell surface proteins. Using a virus overlay protein blot assay (VOPBA), we detected calcium-dependent Ad37 binding to 50- and 60-kDa membrane proteins on permissive Chang C cells. In contrast, calcium-dependent binding was detected with only the 60-kDa protein on nonpermissive A549 cells. Ad19p, a closely related serotype that failed to bind to conjunctival cells, recognized the 60-kDa, but not the 50-kDa, protein. Ad37 has been reported to use sialic acid instead of CAR as a cell receptor on A549 cells. Pretreatment of Chang C cells with neuraminidase abolished Ad37 binding to only the 60-kDa protein, suggesting that sialic acid mediates Ad37 binding to the 60-kDa protein. The pseudotyped Ad37 vector was also able to infect neuraminidase-treated Chang C cells. Thus, subgroup D adenoviral binding to the 50-kDa protein is calcium-dependent and cell type- and serotype-specific, whereas binding to the 60-kDa protein is not necessary for infection of conjunctival cells. Together, these data suggest that the 50-kDa protein is the major receptor for Ad37 on conjunctival cells.
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- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, 92037
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PURPOSE To design a segmented inversion-recovery turbo fast low-angle shot (turboFLASH) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging pulse sequence for the visualization of myocardial infarction, compare this technique with other MR imaging approaches in a canine model of ischemic injury, and evaluate its utility in patients with coronary artery disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS Six dogs and 18 patients were examined. In dogs, infarction was produced and images were acquired by using 10 different pulse sequences. In patients, the segmented turboFLASH technique was used to acquire contrast material-enhanced images 19 days +/- 7 (SD) after myocardial infarction. RESULTS Myocardial regions of increased signal intensity were observed in all animals and patients at imaging. With the postcontrast segmented turboFLASH sequence, the signal intensity of the infarcted myocardium was 1,080% +/- 214 higher than that of the normal myocardium in dogs-nearly twice that of the next best sequence tested and approximately 10-fold greater than that in previous reports. All 18 patients with myocardial infarction demonstrated high signal intensity at imaging. On average, the signal intensity of the high-signal-intensity regions in patients was 485% +/- 43 higher than that of the normal myocardium. CONCLUSION The segmented inversion-recovery turboFLASH sequence produced the greatest differences in regional myocardial signal intensity in animals. Application of this technique in patients with infarction substantially improved differentiation between injured and normal regions.
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- O P Simonetti
- Siemens Medical Systems, 448 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Wu Z, Zhang C, Yang C, Zhang X, Wu E. Simultaneous quantitative determination of norgestrel and progesterone in human serum by high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization. Analyst 2000; 125:2201-5. [PMID: 11219053 DOI: 10.1039/b005631f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A selective, reliable and rapid method for the simultaneous determination of progesterone and norgestrel concentrations in human serum after taking oral contraceptive tablet has been developed using high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS-MS) with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) interface. The norethisterone was used as the internal standard. Selected transitions of m/z 313/245 for norgestrel, m/z 315/97 for progesterone and m/z 299/109 for norethisterone were monitored using multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode for quantitation. The assay was linear over the concentration range of 0.2-50 ng mL-1 for norgestrel and progesterone. The lower level of quantitation in human serum was obtained at 0.2 ng mL-1 for both norgestrel and progesterone using optimum tuning parameters. The intra-assay precision and inter-assay precision do not exceed 10 and 9%, respectively. The method has been applied to the determination of norgestrel and progesterone in serum of female volunteers.
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- Z Wu
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Wu E, Golitz LE. Primary noncutaneous melanoma. Clin Lab Med 2000; 20:731-44. [PMID: 11221512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Primary noncutaneous melanomas are rare neoplasms that affect patients in an older age group than primary cutaneous melanomas. The prognosis is worse than primary cutaneous melanomas because of the advanced stage at the time of diagnosis, the rich vascular and lymphatic supply of mucosal sites, and the lack of clinical suspicion of the tumor because of its rarity. The initial treatment is surgical resection but the location may make it technically difficult to obtain complete tumor removal. Unlike cutaneous melanoma, sun exposure is not a risk factor for noncutaneous melanomas. Darker-skinned individuals may have a higher incidence of some noncutaneous melanomas, such as anorectal melanomas. It is important for clinicians and pathologists to recognize primary noncutaneous melanomas to provide early detection and optimum management.
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- E Wu
- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA
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Kim RJ, Wu E, Rafael A, Chen EL, Parker MA, Simonetti O, Klocke FJ, Bonow RO, Judd RM. The use of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to identify reversible myocardial dysfunction. N Engl J Med 2000; 343:1445-53. [PMID: 11078769 DOI: 10.1056/nejm200011163432003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2144] [Impact Index Per Article: 89.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent studies indicate that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after the administration of contrast material can be used to distinguish between reversible and irreversible myocardial ischemic injury regardless of the extent of wall motion or the age of the infarct. We hypothesized that the results of contrast-enhanced MRI can be used to predict whether regions of abnormal ventricular contraction will improve after revascularization in patients with coronary artery disease. METHODS Gadolinium-enhanced MRI was performed in 50 patients with ventricular dysfunction before they underwent surgical or percutaneous revascularization. The transmural extent of hyperenhanced regions was postulated to represent the transmural extent of nonviable myocardium. The extent of regional contractility at the same locations was determined by cine MRI before and after revascularization in 41 patients. RESULTS Contrast-enhanced MRI showed hyperenhancement of myocardial tissue in 40 of 50 patients before revascularization. In all patients with hyperenhancement the difference in image intensity between hyperenhanced regions and regions without hyperenhancement was more than 6 SD. Before revascularization, 804 of the 2093 myocardial segments analyzed (38 percent) had abnormal contractility, and 694 segments (33 percent) had some areas of hyperenhancement. In an analysis of all 804 dysfunctional segments, the likelihood of improvement in regional contractility after revascularization decreased progressively as the transmural extent of hyperenhancement before revascularization increased (P<0.001). For instance, contractility increased in 256 of 329 segments (78 percent) with no hyperenhancement before revascularization, but in only 1 of 58 segments with hyperenhancement of more than 75 percent of tissue. The percentage of the left ventricle that was both dysfunctional and not hyperenhanced before revascularization was strongly related to the degree of improvement in the global mean wall-motion score (P<0.001) and the ejection fraction (P<0.001) after revascularization. CONCLUSIONS Reversible myocardial dysfunction can be identified by contrast-enhanced MRI before coronary revascularization.
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- R J Kim
- Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, and Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611-3008, USA.
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Mullen G, Napier J, Balestra M, DeCory T, Hale G, Macor J, Mack R, Loch J, Wu E, Kover A, Verhoest P, Sampognaro A, Phillips E, Zhu Y, Murray R, Griffith R, Blosser J, Gurley D, Machulskis A, Zongrone J, Rosen A, Gordon J. (-)-Spiro[1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane-3,5'-oxazolidin-2'-one], a conformationally restricted analogue of acetylcholine, is a highly selective full agonist at the alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. J Med Chem 2000; 43:4045-50. [PMID: 11063601 DOI: 10.1021/jm000249r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are members of the ligand-gated ion channel receptor superfamily and may play important roles in modulating neurotransmission, cognition, sensory gating, and anxiety. Because of its distribution and abundance in the CNS, the alpha 7 nicotinic receptor is a strong candidate to be involved in some of these functions. In this paper we describe the synthesis and in vitro profile of AR-R17779, (-)-spiro[1-azabicyclo[2.2. 2]octane-3,5'-oxazolidin-2'-one] (4a), a potent full agonist at the rat alpha 7 nicotinic receptor, which is highly selective for the rat alpha 7 nicotinic receptor over the alpha 4 beta 2 subtype. Preliminary SAR of AR-R17779 presented here indicate that there is little scope for modification of this rigid molecule as even minor changes result in significant loss of the alpha 7 nicotinic receptor affinity.
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- G Mullen
- Department of Chemistry, AstraZeneca R&D Boston, 3 Biotech, One Innovation Drive, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA.
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Pan P, Wu E, Chen Q, Yin B, Hu C, Chen Q. [Multi-peptides growth factor expression in asthma model rats and effect of dexamethasone on its expressions]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2000; 23:696-7, 27. [PMID: 11225040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Wang Q, Wu Z, Wang Y, Luo G, Wu E, Gao X. Determination of gestrinone in human serum by liquid chromatography--electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl 2000; 746:151-9. [PMID: 11076067 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(00)00302-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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A rapid, sensitive and specific high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometric method has been developed for the determination of gestrinone (R 2323) in human serum using mifepristone (RU 486) as an internal standard. R 2323 was extracted from human serum by an ether extraction procedure. Multiple reaction monitoring was used to detect R 2323 and RU 486. The calibration curve was linear over the range of 3.5-177 ng/ml (r2 > or =0.99) with the limitation of detection of 0.8 ng/ml. The intra-day precision and accuracy, expressed as C.V. and RE, ranged from 2.3-13.7 to -4.8-3.0%. The inter-day precision and accuracy ranged from 5.5-14.8 to -6.7-3.1%. The mean recovery was 91.0% for R 2323, and 90.6% for the internal standard. The method was successfully applied to the pharmacokinetic study of R 2323.
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- Q Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China
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Cytokeratin 7 (CK 7) and cytokeratin 20 (CK 20) are low molecular weight cytokeratins. Their anatomic distribution is generally restricted to epithelia and their neoplasms. We surveyed 435 epithelial neoplasms from various organ systems by immunohistochemistry using CK 7 and CK 20 monoclonal antibodies. Expression of CK 7 was seen in the majority of cases of carcinoma, with the exception of those carcinomas arising from the colon, prostate, kidney, and thymus; carcinoid tumors of the lung and gastrointestinal tract origin; and Merkel cell tumor of the skin. The majority of cases of squamous cell carcinoma of various origins were negative for CK 7, except cervical squamous cell carcinoma, in which 87% of cases were positive. Approximately two thirds of cases of malignant mesothelioma were CK 7-positive. CK 20 positivity was seen in virtually all cases of colorectal carcinomas and Merkel cell tumors. CK 20-positive staining was also observed in cases of pancreatic carcinomas (62%), gastric carcinoma (50%), cholangiocarcinomas (43%), and transitional cell carcinomas (29%). The expression of CK 20 was virtually absent in carcinomas from other organ systems and in malignant mesothelioma. CK 7- and CK 20-negative epithelial neoplasms included adrenal cortical carcinoma, germ cell tumor, prostate carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, and hepatocellular carcinoma.
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- P Chu
- Division of Pathology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California 91010, USA
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has potential as an instrument to measure body composition because it can discriminate various soft tissues in vivo. These soft tissues include adipose tissue, muscle, organs, and brain. We report on preliminary studies using a 4.2-tesla MRI for measuring body composition in the mouse and rat. We employed image segmentation methods that include an image correction method, a necessary requirement when the images are taken in the presence of nonuniform radio-frequency (RF) coil response. The software for 3-D data segmentation, quantification, correction, image manipulation, and visualization has been developed as a research tool. This method currently is being validated.
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- H Tang
- Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University, New York, New York 10025, USA.
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Hu C, Li G, Wu E. [A study on the activity of nitric oxide in alveolar macrophages from patients with lung cancer]. Hunan Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2000; 23:157-60. [PMID: 10681832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Nitrite and nitrate (NO2-/NO2-) in the bronchus alveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and the supernatants of incubated alveolar macrophages (AMs) from patients with primary lung cancer were measured by copper-coated cadmium reduction and Griess method. Mrna expression of AM induced nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) were analyzed by RT-PCR. There was NO2-/NO2- in BALF either from lung cancer patients or from control subjects. When compared with control group and the nontumor-bearing lung, the level of NO2-/NO2-was lower in BALF from the tumor-bearing lung [5.18+/-1.1 vs 2.47+/-0.67nmol x mg protein-1 (P< 0.01); 4.65+/- 2.46 vs 2.47+/- 0.67nmol x mg protein-1(P< 0.01)]. We also found a lower level of NO2-/NO2- in the supernatants of incubated AMs from the lung of cancer patients than from control and nontumor-bearing lung [95.03+/- 21.76 vs 63.37+/- 17.58nmol (P< 0.01); 85.61+/- 16.70 vs 63.37+/- 17.58nmol (P< 0.05)]. No significant difference existed between the MRNA expression of AM iNOS in lung cancer patients (69%) and that of control subjects (91%). After the AMs were stimulated with granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), the level of NO2-/NO2- in the supernatants was significantly increased (P< 0.01); while the mRNA expression of AM iNOS from patients with lung cancer resulted in an increase of 16.85+/- 7.58% vs 33.38+/- 8.21% of control group (P< 0.05). These observation suggest that some defects of antitumor function occur in the AMs at the tumor region. GM-CSF can stimulate AMs and thus potentiate their NO activity.
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- C Hu
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Hunan Medical University, Changsha
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