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Zhang G, Sun H, Qian T, An J, Shi B, Zhou H, Liu Y, Peng X, Liu Y, Chen L, Jin Z. Diffusion-weighted imaging of the kidney: comparison between simultaneous multi-slice and integrated slice-by-slice shimming echo planar sequence. Clin Radiol 2019; 74:325.e1-325.e8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2018.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Jin Z, You J, Wang HT. [The role of the balance between Th17 and Treg in liver disease]. ZHONGHUA GAN ZANG BING ZA ZHI = ZHONGHUA GANZANGBING ZAZHI = CHINESE JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY 2019; 25:637-640. [PMID: 29056018 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-3418.2017.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Naïve CD4+T cell differentiates into either Th17 or Treg in the microenvironment of various cytokines, among that, Th17 is induced by TGF-β and IL-6, while differentiates into Treg when there is only TGF-β. As the mainly transcription factors of Th17 and Treg respectively, RORγt and Foxp3 have important role in maintaining balance of Th17/Treg. Th17 and Treg are function antagonistically, so the balance of Th17/Treg means a lot for human body. Liver-a metabolic organof the body, it is susceptible to factors in vivo and in vitro. From basal hepatis to end-stage malignancy, common liver diseases are mainly including viral hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, autoimmune liver disease, hepatocellualr carcinoma and parasitic disease of liver, besides, the occurrence and development of all the diseases are correlated to the balance of Th17/Treg.
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Xu X, Sui X, Zhong W, Xu Y, Wang Z, Jiang J, Ge Y, Song L, Du Q, Wang X, Song W, Jin Z. Clinical utility of quantitative dual-energy CT iodine maps and CT morphological features in distinguishing small-cell from non-small-cell lung cancer. Clin Radiol 2019; 74:268-277. [PMID: 30691731 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2018.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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AIM To evaluate the clinical usefulness of quantitative dual-energy (DE) computed tomography (CT) iodine enhancement metrics combined with morphological CT features in distinguishing small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) from non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred and six untreated lung cancer patients who underwent DECT before biopsy or surgery were prospectively enrolled. Twenty-seven routine CT descriptors, including tumour location, size, shape, margin, enhancement heterogeneity, and internal and surrounding structures, and associated findings were assessed and DECT parameters were measured in all patients. Multiple logistic regression analyses were applied to identify independent predictors of SCLC. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was compared between CT features combined with DECT metrics and CT features alone for distinguishing SCLC from NSCLC. RESULTS Histology revealed NSCLC in 80 and SCLC in 26 patients. In univariate analysis, 12 morphological CT features and two DECT metrics differed significantly between NSCLC and SCLC. When DECT parameters were combined with CT features for multivariate analysis, the independent predictors of SCLC were large tumour size, central location, confluent mediastinal lymphadenopathy, homogeneous enhancement, absence of coarse spiculation, and lower iodine density and iodine ratio (all p<0.05). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was improved from 0.908 to 0.981 after adding DECT metrics compared with CT features alone (p=0.007). CONCLUSION The combination of DECT measures and CT morphological features can be used to distinguish SCLC from NSCLC, with higher diagnostic performance compared with CT morphological features alone.
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Tang Y, Qiao S, Su X, Chen Y, Jin Z, Chen H, Xu B, Kong X, Pang W, Liu Y, Yu Z, Li X, Li H, Zhao Y, Wang Y, Li W, Tian J, Guan C, Xu B, Gao R, Gao R, Qiao S, Gao R, Xu B, Tang Y, Qiao S, Su X, Zeng Y, Yang Q, Zhang J, Gao R, Qiao S, Xu B, Tang Y, Guan C, Tian J, Chen J, Wu Y, Yan H, Yang Y, Su X, Wang M, Wang J, Xu W, Chen Y, Jin Q, Jin Z, Yang D, Meng S, Chen H, Liang S, Yao D, Li D, Xu B, Song J, Dai Q, Wang K, Kang L, Wang L, Kong X, Wang H, Wang L, Pang W, Wan J, Liu Y, Wei L, He F, Xing X, Yu Z, Wang D, Jin R, Li X, Xue Y, Wang B, Li H, Wang M, Wang J. Drug-Coated Balloon Versus Drug-Eluting Stent for Small-Vessel Disease. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2018; 11:2381-2392. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2018.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Chen Y, Gao L, Qin Q, Chen S, Zhang J, Chen H, Wang L, Jin Z, Zheng Y, Zhang Z, Li H, Li X, Fu G, Chen L, Sun Z, Wang Y, Jin Q, Cao F, Guo J, Zhao Y, Guan C, Li W, Xu B, Chen Y, Chen Y, Chen S, Xu B, Zeng Y, Yang Q, Zhang J, Chen Y, Gao L, Chen L, Sun Z, Wang Y, Jin Q, Cao F, Guo J, Qin Q, Yang J, Chen S, Li X, Zhang JJ, San S, Ge Z, Chen L, You W, Wu Z, Tian N, Zhang J, Wang J, Fu J, Niu H, Chen H, Liang S, Zhao H, Li D, Jin Z, Yang D, Meng S, Wang L, Zhang Z, Zheng Y, Hao S, Zhang Z, Bai M, Zhao C, Li H, Wang M, Wang J, Li X, Xue Y, Wang B, Fu G, Qiu F, Zhao Y, Jin C, Xu S, Wu L. Comparison of 2 Different Drug-Coated Balloons in In-Stent Restenosis. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2018; 11:2368-2377. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2018.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 09/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Wang Y, Yi Y, Lin L, Xu C, Wu W, Shen Z, Li Y, Zhang H, Wang Y, Litt H, Jin Z. 3285Low-dose one-stop cardiac CT: stress dynamic myocardial CT perfusion with derived single-phase coronary CT angiography: validation by fractional flow reserve. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.3285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Jin H, Wu HS, Ding CH, Jin Z, Huang Y, Zhou CJ, Zhang WH, Lyu JL, Dai LF, Ren XT, Ge M, Fang F. [Clinical features and diagnosis of childhood leukoencephalopathy with cerebral calcifications and cysts in four cases]. ZHONGHUA ER KE ZA ZHI = CHINESE JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS 2018; 56:539-544. [PMID: 29996189 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1310.2018.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the clinical features and diagnostic bases of childhood leukoencephalopathy with cerebral calcifications and cysts (LCC). Methods: The clinical data involving manifestations and laboratory examinations of 4 children with LCC admitted to Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University from 2012 to 2017 were retrospectively summarized. Each patient had a follow-up visit ranging from 4 months to 5 years and 9 months after initial examination. Results: Patients consisted of 2 males and 2 females, whose age of onset was respectively 2 years and 9 months, 6 years and 2 months, 7 years and 10 months, and 5 years and 1 month. The main clinical symptoms of these cases included headache, dizziness, partial seizure and claudication, and two of these cases had insidious onset. Cerebral calcifications and cysts with leukoencephalopathy were detected by neuroimaging in all patients. In addition, multifocal microhemorrhages and calcifications were observed by magnetic susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) series in 3 patients. Brain biopsy performed on 1 case disclosed a neuronal reduction in the cerebral cortex, loosening of focal white matter, multifocal lymphocyte infiltration, fresh hemorrhages, and gliosis, as well as angiomatous changes of blood vessels with hyalinized thicken-wall, stenotic or occlusive lumina and calcification deposits. The compound heterozygous mutations of n.*10G>A and n.82A>G in SNORD118 were identified in 1 case by target-capture next-generation sequencing. Sanger sequencing verified that the variant n.*10G>A was a novel mutation and it was of paternal-origin, while the variant n.82A>G was of maternal-origin, which had already been reported to be pathogenic to LCC. Follow-up study had shown continued partial seizure in 1 case and remissive claudication in another, while the remaining 2 cases had a relatively favorable outcome without obvious neurological symptoms at present time. Conclusions: The clinical manifestations of LCC are nonspecific, and the onset of the disease tends to be insidious. The triad neuroimaging findings of cerebral calcifications, cysts and leukoencephalopathy are essential to the diagnosis of the disease, and the signals of microhemorrhages revealed by SWI series provide another eloquent reference for the diagnosis. As biopsy is invasive and usually unavailable in the early stage, gene assessment, instead of pathological data, should be the gold standard in the diagnosis of LCC.
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Yue K, Wan LX, Zhang CH, Jin Z, Shang Y, Ma HY. [Experimental observation of hyperbaric oxygen combined with radioactive seed implantation in the treatment of nude mice bearing esophageal squamous cell carcinoma]. ZHONGHUA YI XUE ZA ZHI 2018; 97:3821-3824. [PMID: 29325344 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2017.48.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the effect and mechanism of hyperbaric oxygen combined with radioactive seed implantation in the treatment of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods: Subcutaneous tumor model of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma using TE-8 cells was established. Tumor bearing Balb/c(nu/nu) mice (60 mice) were divided into four groups, Cont group that treated with normal oxygen level, HBO group that treated with hyperbaric oxygen, RSI group that treated with radioactive seed implantation, and HBO+ RSI group that treated with hyperbaric oxygen combined with radioactive seed implantation. Tumor volume ratio and mean survival time of tumor bearing mice were observed. Pathological changes of tumor tissue after treatment were observed by hematoxylin eosin (HE) staining. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay kit was used to detect oxidative stress. Apoptosis related proteins were detected by Western blot. Results: After treatment, the tumor volume ratio of HBO+ RSI group was 3.51±0.80 and was significantly lower than that of Cont group, HBO group, and RSI group (P<0.05). The mean survival time of HBO+ RSI group tumor bearing mice was 62 d and was significantly longer than that in Cont group, HBO group, and RSI group (P<0.05). HE staining showed that the pathological changes of tumor tissues were most obvious in HBO+ RSI group. After treatment, the MDA and Bax levels in nude mice of HBO+ RSI group were significantly higher than those in Cont group, HBO group and RSI group, but the levels of GSH, SOD and Bcl-2 were significantly lower than those of Cont group, HBO group and RSI group (P<0.05). Conclusion: Hyperbaric oxygen combined with radioactive seed implantation could slow tumor growth and increase survival time of tumor bearing mice. The possible mechanism is that hyperbaric oxygen combined with radioactive seed implantation can improve the oxidative stress response and the expression of apoptosis protein in tumor bearing nude mice.
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Wang X, Hu Y, Que CL, Zhang H, Huang JJ, Cao J, Jin Z, Wang GF, Zhang W. [Efficacy of extended-infusion of carbapenem plus sulbactam for ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by extensive drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii]. ZHONGHUA YI XUE ZA ZHI 2018; 97:2996-3000. [PMID: 29061006 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2017.38.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of extended-infusion of carbapenem plus sulbactam for ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by extensive drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (XDRAB). Methods: Clinical data of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by XDRAB who were treated with extended-infusion carbapenem plus sulbactam or tigecycline-based therapy in Peking University First Hospital from January 2015 to December 2016 were collected and reviewed in this retrospective study. Twenty-one patients were treated with extended-infusion carbapenem plus sulbactam, and 20 other patients received tigecycline combined with other antibiotics. The general status of the patient, microbiological eradication rate, superinfection rate, new microorganism colonization rate, clinical resolution rate on the third day, clinical cure rate and mortality during treatment were compared between the two groups. Results: The two groups shared similar characteristics except that patients in the carbapenem group were younger. Microbiological eradication was not observed. Superinfections occurred in 1 patients (4.8%) in the carbapenem group and 0 patients in the tigecycline group (P=1.000), the occurrences of new microorganisms colonization were 14.3% and 25.0% respectively (P=0.638). Clinical cure were achieved in 57.1% of the patients in the carbapenem group and 50.0% of the patients in the tigecycline group (P=0.647), the clinical resolution rates on the third day were 52.4% and 45.0% respectively (P=0.636). The mortality during treatment was 9.5% in carbapenem group, and 20.0% in tigecycline group (P=0.612). No serious adverse drug reactions occurred. Conclusions: Ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by XDRAB treated with either extended-infusion carbapenem plus sulbactam or tigecycline-based therapy has a similar clinical outcome.
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Qin H, Han C, Jin Z, Wu L, Deng H, Zhu G, Zhong W. Vertical distribution and community composition of anammox bacteria in sediments of a eutrophic shallow lake. J Appl Microbiol 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.13758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Leoce NM, Terry MB, Jin Z, Kushi LH, Roh JM, Laurent CA. Abstract P3-09-06: Predicting cardiovascular versus cancer mortality in a cohort of breast cancer survivors. Cancer Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs17-p3-09-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Given improved survival after breast cancer diagnosis for women with non-metastatic disease, many will likely survive their disease and ultimately die from causes other than breast cancer, the most frequent being cardiovascular disease. There are numerous risk prediction models, such as the Framingham risk score, to identify persons who are at high risk for a cardiovascular event or death. However, these models have been developed for use in the general population and have not been validated in any cohorts of cancer survivors, who are at increased risk for competing causes of death. We evaluated commonly used risk models for cardiovascular events on a contemporary cohort of breast cancer survivors, and developed a new risk model to simultaneously predict the likelihood of death from breast cancer or cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Methods: We included all women diagnosed with stage I-III breast cancer between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2010 in Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) with follow-up through April 30, 2015. Specifically, we extracted from KPNC clinical and other databases: breast cancer characteristics, cardiovascular risk factors (cholesterol, blood pressure (BP), diabetes, BP lowering medication, smoking status), cardiovascular events, and cause of death. We assessed discrimination for the Framingham, CORE and SCOREOP cardiovascular risk models using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), and calibration by comparing the observed to the expected events. We used a multi-state model based on Cox cause specific hazards (CSH) to jointly model the risk of cardiovascular death and breast cancer death, while accounting for all other causes.
Results: In this population of 20,462 KPNC breast cancer survivors with a median follow-up of 7.5 years, there were 695 cardiovascular and 842 breast cancer deaths. The existing cardiovascular risk models discriminated adequately (AUCs ranging 0.64 – 0.78), though models predicting cardiovascular mortality tended to over-predict, while those predicting non-fatal events tended to under-predict. Models developed to predict in a shorter time frame (<5 years), performed slightly better (E/O ratios of 1.08 and 1.18 for Framingham predicting events in the next 2 and 4 years, respectively). In our multi-state model, many of the traditional cardiovascular risk factors were no longer statistically significant (diabetes, BP) in predicting cardiovascular mortality, while the breast cancer characteristics (grade, tumor size, nodal involvement), as well as a prior history of CVD, were most useful in predicting cause of death. The model performed well, with AUCs of 0.85 (95% CI 0.83, 0.86) for 5-year risk of cardiovascular death and 0.85 (95% CI 0.84, 0.87) for breast cancer death.
Conclusion: If replicated in an independent cohort, our model suggests that breast cancer characteristics can help predict overall mortality as well as cardiovascular death. Given the risk of cardiovascular death in the population of breast cancer survivors, joint modeling of breast and cardiovascular mortality is warranted.
Citation Format: Leoce NM, Terry MB, Jin Z, Kushi LH, Roh JM, Laurent CA. Predicting cardiovascular versus cancer mortality in a cohort of breast cancer survivors [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2017 Dec 5-9; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P3-09-06.
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Liao JP, Hu Y, Qiu JX, Jin Z, Zhang H, Ma J, Wang GF. [Clinical characteristics and prognosis of mediastinal fibrosis]. ZHONGHUA JIE HE HE HU XI ZA ZHI = ZHONGHUA JIEHE HE HUXI ZAZHI = CHINESE JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 2017; 40:199-204. [PMID: 28297815 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2017.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics and prognosis of mediastinal fibrosis. Methods: Twelve patients with mediastinal fibrosis diagnosed between 2008 and 2015 in our hospital were studied retrospectively. Clinical manifestations, radiological characteristics, endoscopic features, treatment and prognosis were analyzed. Results: There were 3 males and 9 females, with a mean age of 68.8 years.Six patients had previous tuberculosis infection. The most common clinical symptoms were dyspnea on exertion (11 cases), cough (7 cases), and wheezing (6 cases). Chest CT scans revealed an infiltrative mediastinal process, with a discrete mass, enlargement of mediastinal lymph nodes, mediastinal lymph node calcification (9 case). Twelve patients had bronchial and pulmonary artery compression at lobar or segmental levels, 7 cases had localized pulmonary edema, and 6 cases had pulmonary atelectasis. The principal findings of bronchoscopy were distortion of bronchus with stenosis, multiple pigmentation of bronchial mucosa, and bronchial mucosal edema. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) was the main severe complication. One patients suffered from sudden death after bronchoscopy. Eleven patients were followed for 3 month to 7 years, and 5 patients got progression. Anti-tuberculosis therapy with or without corticosteroid was not beneficial. Conclusion: Tuberculosis was the leading cause of mediastinal fibrosis in our study, which was characterized with diffuse bronchial and pulmonary artery compression at lobar or segmental levels, and multiple pigmentation of bronchial mucosa.Anti-tuberculosis therapy with or without corticosteroids was not beneficial.
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Hua Y, Jin Z, Zhou F, Zhang YQ, Zhuang Y. The expression significance of serum MiR-21 in patients with osteosarcoma and its relationship with chemosensitivity. EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2017; 21:2989-2994. [PMID: 28742209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the expression level of serum microRNA-21 (miR-21) in 69 patients with osteosarcoma, to analyze the changes in miR-21 expression in the serum and tumor tissues before and after chemotherapy in patients with osteosarcoma, and to investigate the relationship between the expression of serum miR-21 in patients with osteosarcoma and chemosensitivity. PATIENTS AND METHODS Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to detect the expression level of serum miR-21 in 69 patients with osteosarcoma before and after chemotherapy, and analyze the relationship between the expression of miR-21 with tumor necrosis grading and chemosensitivity. The expression level of programmed cell death protein 4 (PDCD4) in tumor tissues of patients with osteosarcoma before and after chemotherapy was detected by Western blot. RESULTS The expression level of serum miR-21 in patients with osteosarcoma was significantly higher than that in normal control subjects. The expression of serum miR-21 before and after chemotherapy was positively correlated with the expression of miR-21 in the corresponding tissues. In the group where chemotherapy was effective (the effective group), expression levels of miR-21 in patients with osteosarcoma before and after chemotherapy were significantly different. After chemotherapy, the expression level of target genes of miR-21 was increased, and the follow-up results showed that the 5-year survival rate was relatively higher after surgery. CONCLUSIONS The expression level of serum miR-21 in patients with osteosarcoma is closely related to the therapeutic effects of osteosarcoma, which can be used as one of the potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets for the diagnosis and prediction of osteosarcoma.
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Sands L, Jin Z, Pruchno R, Roberto K, Hong Y. DECLINE IN MEDICAID WAIVER SERVICES AFTER HURRICANE SANDY INCREASES RISK-ADJUSTED HOSPITALIZATION. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.4455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Wang Z, Li X, Pan J, Chen J, Shi H, Zhang X, Liu W, Yang N, Jin Z, Xiang Y. Bleeding from gestational trophoblastic neoplasia: embolotherapy efficacy and tumour response to chemotherapy. Clin Radiol 2017; 72:992.e7-992.e11. [PMID: 28673447 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2017.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Revised: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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AIM To evaluate retrospectively the impact of selective arterial embolisation (SAE) on the prognosis of patients with gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN). MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis of the records of all patients with GTN between January 2005 and January 2015 was performed. Forty-one patients (mean age, 28.9 ± 7.6 years) with massive vaginal haemorrhage from GTN (including 27 cases of choriocarcinoma and 14 cases of invasive mole) were treated with SAE. The complications, control of haemorrhage, and outcome of chemotherapy were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS SAE successfully controlled the haemorrhage for 38 patients (92.7%). All patients with successful SAE received systemic chemotherapy without recurrent massive bleeding during the period of chemotherapy. The average number of chemotherapy cycles was 9.8 for every patient. Complete remission (CR) was achieved in 34 patients (89.5%), two patients had partial remission, and two patients died. Two patients with CR required repeated embolisation for recurrence of massive bleeding 30 and 47 months after the first embolisation procedure due to uterine arteriovenous malformation (AVM). CONCLUSIONS SAE can effectively control haemorrhage from GTN and these patients had good response to systemic chemotherapy following successful SAE. Uterine bleeding may recur due to uterine AVMs, even following complete embolisation and CR of GTN.
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Jia R, Jin Z, Li H, Han J. Re-crossing the distal cell in bifurcation verified by using an enhanced stent visualization system and optical coherence tomography: a report of two cases. J Thorac Dis 2017; 9:E197-E201. [PMID: 28449503 DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2017.03.08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The coronary guidewire re-crossing position before the final kissing balloon post-dilation is important to reduce the incidence of incomplete stent apposition in bifurcation lesions. Angiography and intravascular ultrasonography are unreliable at detecting the site of wire re-crossing. The high resolution of optical coherence tomography (OCT) offers the advantage of precise assessment of construction in bifurcation. However, the OCT technique still has some limitations, including the requirement for additional contrast and expense. We present two cases where the ClearStent Live system technique was used to estimate the wire location, which was verified by using OCT. In conclusion, ClearStent can be used with or to replace the intracoronary imaging technique in selected cases.
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Li H, Jin Z, Li X, Wu L, Jin J. Associations between single-nucleotide polymorphisms and inflammatory bowel disease-associated colorectal cancers in inflammatory bowel disease patients: a meta-analysis. Clin Transl Oncol 2017; 19:1018-1027. [PMID: 28243990 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-017-1634-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess the correlation between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-associated colorectal cancer (CRC) in IBD patients. METHODS A systematic search of PubMed, EmBase, and Cochrane databases was performed. Five genetic models (allelic, dominant, recessive, heterozygous and homozygous models) were used to analyze the associations, and trial sequential analysis was used to analyze the robustness of the results. RESULTS We collected and analyzed the results of seven trials including a total of 2287 patients in our meta-analysis. A total of 8 SNPs were tested in IBD patients. For rs1800629 of TNF-α, the allelic model showed that polymorphism at this locus significantly increased the risk of IBD-associated CRC in IBD patients (OR 4.45, 95% CI 3.18-6.21, P < 0.001). The results also showed a significant association between rs1800629 and an IBD-associated CRC population (heterozygous model: OR 4.335, 95% CI 2.329-8.069, P < 0.001; homozygous model: OR 11.5, 95% CI 2.498-52.592, P = 0.002; dominant model: OR 4.986, 95% CI 2.754-9.026, P < 0.001; recessive model: OR 7.208, 95% CI 1.588-32.72, P = 0.01). Other studies have found that mutation of rs1143627 of IL1B (allelic model: OR 2.97; 95% CI 1.74-5.05, P < 0.001) and rs1050152 of OCTN1 (allelic model: OR 1.637, 95% CI 1.078-2.485, P = 0.021) increased the proportion of IBD-associated CRC in the population. Moreover, there were significant associations between IBD-associated CRC and ITLN rs2274910, gene desert rs1551398 and rs4871611, FCGR2A rs1801274, and S100-Z rs7712957 in the allelic model. CONCLUSION Associations between SNPs and the proportion of IBD-associated CRC in IBD patients were examined, and further investigation of additional SNPs and their association with the risk of morbidity is needed.
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Chang JF, Isobe M, Ogawa K, Huang J, Wu CR, Xu Z, Jin Z, Lin SY, Hu LQ. Scintillator-based fast ion loss measurements in the EAST. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2016; 87:11E728. [PMID: 27910330 DOI: 10.1063/1.4962245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A new scintillator-based fast ion loss detector (FILD) has been installed on Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) to investigate the fast ion loss behavior in high performance plasma with neutral beam injection (NBI) and ion cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH). A two dimensional 40 mm × 40 mm scintillator-coated (ZnS:Ag) stainless plate is mounted in the front of the detector, capturing the escaping fast ions. Photons from the scintillator plate are imaged with a Phantom V2010 CCD camera. The lost fast ions can be measured with the pitch angle from 60° to 120° and the gyroradius from 10 mm to 180 mm. This paper will describe the details of FILD diagnostic on EAST and describe preliminary measurements during NBI and ICRH heating.
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Hou YM, Wu CR, Huang J, Heidbrink WW, von Hellermann MG, Xu Z, Jin Z, Chang JF, Zhu YB, Gao W, Chen YJ, Lyu B, Hu RJ, Zhang PF, Zhang L, Gao W, Wu ZW, Yu Y, Ye MY. Fast-ion D α spectrum diagnostic in the EAST. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2016; 87:11E552. [PMID: 27910605 DOI: 10.1063/1.4960598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In toroidal magnetic fusion devices, fast-ion D-alpha diagnostic (FIDA) is a powerful method to study the fast-ion feature. The fast-ion characteristics can be inferred from the Doppler shifted spectrum of Dα light according to charge exchange recombination process between fast ions and probe beam. Since conceptual design presented in the last HTPD conference, significant progress has been made to apply FIDA systems on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). Both co-current and counter-current neutral beam injectors are available, and each can deliver 2-4 MW beam power with 50-80 keV beam energy. Presently, two sets of high throughput spectrometer systems have been installed on EAST, allowing to capture passing and trapped fast-ion characteristics simultaneously, using Kaiser HoloSpec transmission grating spectrometer and Bunkoukeiki FLP-200 volume phase holographic spectrometer coupled with Princeton Instruments ProEM 1024B eXcelon and Andor DU-888 iXon3 1024 CCD camera, respectively. This paper will present the details of the hardware descriptions and experimental spectrum.
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Huang J, Heidbrink WW, von Hellermann MG, Stagner L, Wu CR, Hou YM, Chang JF, Ding SY, Chen YJ, Zhu YB, Jin Z, Xu Z, Gao W, Wang JF, Lyu B, Zang Q, Zhong GQ, Hu L, Wan B. Validation of fast-ion D-alpha spectrum measurements during EAST neutral-beam heated plasmas. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2016; 87:11E542. [PMID: 27910390 DOI: 10.1063/1.4960308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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To investigate the fast ion behavior, a fast ion D-alpha (FIDA) diagnostic system has been installed on EAST. Fast ion features can be inferred from the Doppler shifted spectrum of Balmer-alpha light from energetic hydrogenic atoms. This paper will focus on the validation of FIDA measurements performed using MHD-quiescent discharges in 2015 campaign. Two codes have been applied to calculate the Dα spectrum: one is a Monte Carlo code, Fortran 90 version FIDASIM, and the other is an analytical code, Simulation of Spectra (SOS). The predicted SOS fast-ion spectrum agrees well with the measurement; however, the level of fast-ion part from FIDASIM is lower. The discrepancy is possibly due to the difference between FIDASIM and SOS velocity distribution function. The details will be presented in the paper to primarily address comparisons of predicted and observed spectrum shapes/amplitudes.
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Wu CR, Huang J, Gao W, Gao W, Xu Z, Chang JF, Hou YM, Jin Z, Xu JC, Duan YM, Zhang PF, Chen YJ, Zhang L, Wu ZW, Li JG. Measurement of the deuterium Balmer series line emission on EAST. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2016; 87:11D616. [PMID: 27910316 DOI: 10.1063/1.4961293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Volume recombination plays an important role towards plasma detachment for magnetically confined fusion devices. High quantum number states of the Balmer series of deuterium are used to study recombination. On EAST (Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak), two visible spectroscopic measurements are applied for the upper/lower divertor with 13 channels, respectively. Both systems are coupled with Princeton Instruments ProEM EMCCD 1024B camera: one is equipped on an Acton SP2750 spectrometer, which has a high spectral resolution ∼0.0049 nm with 2400 gr/mm grating to measure the Dα(Hα) spectral line and with 1200 gr/mm grating to measure deuterium molecular Fulcher band emissions and another is equipped on IsoPlane SCT320 using 600 gr/mm to measure high-n Balmer series emission lines, allowing us to study volume recombination on EAST and to obtain the related line averaged plasma parameters (Te, ne) during EAST detached phases. This paper will present the details of the measurements and the characteristics of deuterium Balmer series line emissions during density ramp-up L-mode USN plasma on EAST.
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Xu Z, Wu ZW, Gao W, Chen YJ, Wu CR, Zhang L, Huang J, Chang JF, Yao XJ, Gao W, Zhang PF, Jin Z, Hou YM, Guo HY. Filterscope diagnostic system on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2016; 87:11D429. [PMID: 27910502 DOI: 10.1063/1.4961294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A filterscope diagnostic system has been mounted to observe the line emission and visible bremsstrahlung emission from plasma on the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak during the 2014 campaign. By this diagnostic system, multiple wavelengths including Dα (656.1 nm), Dγ (433.9 nm), He ii (468.5 nm), Li i (670.8 nm), Li ii (548.3 nm), C iii (465.0 nm), O ii (441.5 nm), Mo i (386.4 nm), W i (400.9 nm), and visible bremsstrahlung radiation (538.0 nm) are monitored with corresponding wavelength filters. All these multi-channel signals are digitized at up to 200 kHz simultaneously. This diagnostic plays a crucial role in studying edge localized modes and H-mode plasmas, due to the high temporal resolution and spatial resolution that have been designed into it.
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Jin Z, Zhuo HB, Nakazawa T, Shin JH, Wakamatsu S, Yugami N, Hosokai T, Zou DB, Yu MY, Sheng ZM, Kodama R. Highly efficient terahertz radiation from a thin foil irradiated by a high-contrast laser pulse. Phys Rev E 2016; 94:033206. [PMID: 27739720 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.94.033206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Radially polarized intense terahertz (THz) radiation behind a thin foil irradiated by ultrahigh-contrast ultrashort relativistic laser pulse is recorded by a single-shot THz time-domain spectroscopy system. As the thickness of the target is reduced from 30 to 2 µm, the duration of the THz emission increases from 5 to over 20 ps and the radiation energy increases dramatically, reaching ∼10.5mJ per pulse, corresponding to a laser-to-THz radiation energy conversion efficiency of 1.7%. The efficient THz emission can be attributed to reflection (deceleration and acceleration) of the laser-driven hot electrons by the target-rear sheath electric field. The experimental results are consistent with that of a simple model as well as particle-in-cell simulation.
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Jin Z, Liu X. Comparative analysis of perinatal clinical problems in early and late preterm infants. CLIN EXP OBSTET GYN 2016. [DOI: 10.12891/ceog3285.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Jin Z, Xia ZC, Wei M, Yang JH, Chen B, Huang S, Shang C, Wu H, Zhang XX, Huang JW, Ouyang ZW. 3D spin-flop transition in enhanced 2D layered structure single crystalline TlCo2Se2. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2016; 28:396002. [PMID: 27485370 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/39/396002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The enhanced 2D layered structure single crystalline TlCo2Se2 has been successfully fabricated, which exhibits field-induced 3D spin-flop phase transitions. In the case of the magnetic field parallel to the c-axis (B//c), the applied magnetic field induces the evolution of the noncollinear helical magnetic coupling into a ferromagnetic (FM) state with all the magnetization of the Co ion parallel to the c-axis. A striking variation of the field-induced strain within the ab-plane is noticed in the magnetic field region of 20-30 T. In the case of the magnetic field perpendicular to the c-axis (B ⊥ c), the inter-layer helical antiferromagnetic (AFM) coupling may transform to an initial canted AFM coupling, and then part of it transforms to an intermediate metamagnetic phase with the alignment of two-up-one-down Co magnetic moments and finally to an ultimate FM coupling in higher magnetic fields. The robust noncollinear AFM magnetic coupling is completely destroyed above 30 T. In combination with the measurements of magnetization, magnetoresistance and field-induced strain, a complete magnetic phase diagram of the TlCo2Se2 single crystal has been depicted, demonstrating complex magnetic structures even though the crystal geometry itself gives no indication of the magnetic frustration.
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