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Liu J, Zheng D, Deng J, Xiao S, Liu S, Shi Y. Immunoreactive growth hormone in human peripheral T lymphocytes: encoding sequence of cDNA identical to that of the pituitary human growth hormone. Chin Med J (Engl) 1997; 110:362-5. [PMID: 9594304] [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: 02/07/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To detect the cDNA sequence of immunoreactive growth hormone (irGH) in human lymphocytes and to compare it with that of human growth hormone (hGH) in the pituitary. METHODS The mRNA of irGH in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) was detected by Northern blot analysis. The cDNA of irGH was obtained by reverse-transcriptase and polymerase chain reaction amplification and obtained by screening from a cDNA library of human T lymphocytes. The sequence of irGH cDNA was determined and compared with that of the pituitary hGH. RESULTS Very low level of irGH mRNA was detected in human PBMCs by Northern blot analysis. The cDNA sequence of the entire open reading frame of human irGH was 651 bp, which is identical to that of pituitary hGH. CONCLUSIONS The same hGH molecule can be produced by human pituitary somatotrophic cells and human peripheral lymphocytes.
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- J Liu
- Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), Beijing
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PURPOSE Depression is the most common psychiatric illness affecting adults. Despite the importance of a potential link between major depression and mortality, research has been surprisingly sparse. METHODS Information on 57,897 white adults aged 25 years and older who were included in the mental health supplement of the 1989 National Health Interview Survey was linked with the National Death Index to examine the relationship of major depression to mortality. Death status was obtained through December 1991. Sex-specific hazard rate ratios for mortality were calculated by Cox proportional hazards regression and Poisson regression to adjust for potential confounders (age, education, marital status, body mass index, and whether the target subject or a family member completed the survey about the subject). RESULTS Major depression was reported for 223 (0.8%) of 27,345 men and 392 (1.3%) of 30,552 women. During the 2.5-year follow-up, death certificate data were obtained for 848 (3.1%) men and 651 (2.1%) women. The adjusted hazard rate ratios for all-cause mortality associated with major depression were 3.1 (95% confidence interval; 2.0-4.9) for men and 1.7 (95% confidence interval; 0.9-3.1) for women. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that major depression increases risk of all-cause mortality, particularly among men. Further research is needed to explain the mechanism.
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- D Zheng
- Prevention Center, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
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Zheng D, Ferguson JE, Macera CA, Boateng Y, Temple SP, Wheeler FC. Self-reported prevalence of diabetes and preventive health care practices among people with diabetes in South Carolina. J S C Med Assoc 1997; 93:93-8. [PMID: 9077053] [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: 02/04/2023]
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In conclusion, South Carolina has a higher prevalence of diabetes compared to the national average. Age is a major factor associated with increased prevalence. African Americans had a disproportionately higher prevalence of diabetes relative to white Americans in South Carolina. Compared to the standards of diabetes care recommended by the ADA, health care practice by people with diabetes and health professionals still needs to be improved. Diabetes communication programs, including diabetes education for people with diabetes and health professional education, continue to be necessary for the improvement of diabetes care.
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- D Zheng
- Center for Health Promotion, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, USA
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Zheng D, Shen L, Wu G, Jiang Y, Zhou Y, Wang W. [Spectral analysis of R-R intervals in adolesent persons during mental stress]. Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi 1997; 14:38-41. [PMID: 9817663] [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: 02/09/2023]
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In this study, power spectrum analysis of the autoregressive model was used to quantitatively estimate the power spectrum of R-R intervals in adolesent during the state of the mental stress. The power spectrum density of the lower frequency (HF: 0.05-0.15 Hz) and the high frequency (HF: 0.15-0.5 Hz) component were acquired. The results showed that during the mental stress the HF component decreased significantly (P < 0.001) while the LF component increased relatively and the center frequency of the HF increased remarkably (P < 0.001). This suggests that the spectral analysis of heart rate variability (R-R interval) offers an efficient non-invasive method to assess the autonomic nerve activity of cardiovascular system during the stress condition.
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- D Zheng
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Medical University
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Zheng J, Chen P, Sheng L, Zheng D. [Influences of terraazaindene on absorption spec tra and fluorescence spectra of sensitizing dyes]. Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi 1997; 17:118-122. [PMID: 15810429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This study is about the influences of tetraazaindene (TAI) on absorption spectra and the fluorescence spectra of three kinds of sensitizing dyes. The absorption of all peaks of the dyes enhance with increasing TAI, among which the absorption of J-aggregate has even marked enhancement. At certain value of TAI, the absorption of monomolecule of dye enhances much more rapidly as well as the absorption of H-aggegte decreasing because of H-aggregate dissociating into monomolecules. The results obtained also show that the fluorescence emissions of the dyes enhance with increasing TAI. The mechnisms of the observed phenomena are discussed in detail.
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- J Zheng
- Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Academia Sinica, 100101 Beijing
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Zheng D, Alm EW, Stahl DA, Raskin L. Characterization of universal small-subunit rRNA hybridization probes for quantitative molecular microbial ecology studies. Appl Environ Microbiol 1996; 62:4504-13. [PMID: 8953722 PMCID: PMC168277 DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.12.4504-4513.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 234] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [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: 02/03/2023] Open
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Universal oligonucleotide hybridization probes targeting the small-subunit rRNA are commonly used to quantify total microbial representation in environmental samples. Universal probes also serve to normalize results obtained with probes targeting specific phylogenetic groups of microorganisms. In this study, six universal probes were evaluated for stability of probe-target duplexes by using rRNA from nine organisms representing the three domains of Bacteria, Archaea, and Eucarya. Domain-specific variations in dissociation temperatures were observed for all probes. This could lead to a significant bias when these probes are used to quantify microbial populations in environmental samples. We suggest lowering the posthybridization wash stringency for two of the universal probes (S-*-Univ-1390-a-A-18 and S-*-Univ-1392-a-A-15) examined. These two probes were evaluated with traditional and modified hybridization conditions to characterize defined mixtures of rRNAs extracted from pure cultures and rRNA samples obtained from anaerobic digester samples. Probe S-*-Univ-1390-a-A-18 provided excellent estimations of domain-level community composition of these samples and is recommended for future use in microbial ecology studies.
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- D Zheng
- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 61801, USA
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Liu J, Zheng D, Deng J, Shi Y. [Detecting immunoreactive GH mRNA in human peripheral blood lymphocytes]. Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao 1996; 18:370-4. [PMID: 9388964] [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: 02/05/2023]
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The present study demonstrats that immunoreactive GH mRNA is expressed at low level in normal human peripheral blood lymphocytes by RT-PCR amplification and hybridization. Northern blot analysis of total RNA from lymphocytes with a pituitary hGH cDNA probe revealed a faint transcript migrating almost coincident with pituitary hGH menssenger RNA. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction from total RNA of lymphocytes by using hGH specific primers generated a predicted 702 base pair band with almost the same size as pituitary and also hybridized with pituitary hGH cDNA probe specifically in Southern blot analysis, which indicates a low level expression of GH-like mRNA in human peripheral blood lymphocytes.
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- J Liu
- PUMC Hospital, CAMS, Beijing
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Expression of the ob gene is subject to nutritional as well as hormonal regulation to control fat storage. In the present study we investigated the effect of acute exercise and long-term exercise training on ob mRNA levels in rat adipose tissue. Northern blot analysis showed that a single bout of exercise significantly decreased ob mRNA levels approximately 30% immediately and 3 hr after exercise. After 4 weeks of exercise training the ob mRNA level was significantly decreased approximately 48% at 2 hr after the last training session compared to the control group. These data demonstrated that exercise has a transient effect on ob gene expression and suggest that regulation of ob gene expression may help control energy balance following exercise.
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- D Zheng
- Department of Biochemistry, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA
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Zheng D, Zhang J, Song Y, Song D. [Preparation of beta-1,3-glucan synthase and its application to the screening of antifungal antibiotics]. Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao 1996; 36:73-5. [PMID: 8762475] [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: 02/02/2023]
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beta-1,3-glucan synthase was obtained as a particulate fraction from cell-free extracts prepared after mechanical breakage cells of Candida albicans. Some properties of the glucan synthase were investigated. Using it as a target for screening for novel antifungal compounds, we obtained strains whose products showed differential enzyme inhibition.
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- D Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Academia Sinica, Beijing
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The recently cloned obese (ob) gene encodes a fat-specific mRNA and a protein which is believed to regulate satiety and metabolic rate so as to control fat storage. In the present study we investigated rat ob mRNA levels in different fat depots and the effects of insulin infusion on ob mRNA expression. Northern blot analysis showed the abdominal fat (epididymal and perirenal fat pads) had higher ob mRNA levels than subcutaneous fat. After a 2.5-hr infusion of insulin into fasted rats, ob mRNA levels were increased by 3.0 and 1.9-fold in epididymal and perirenal fat pads, respectively. However, no change of ob mRNA level was observed in the subcutaneous fat depot. These data demonstrate adipose depot site-specific expression of ob mRNA and support the hypothesis that insulin plays an important role in the expression of ob mRNA.
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- D Zheng
- Department of Biochemistry, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA
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Zhang Z, Xu C, Liu S, Zheng D, Li S. [The mRNA expression of CD2, CD4 and CD8 in peripheral blood lymphocytes from the patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]. Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao 1995; 17:403-6. [PMID: 9208563] [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: 02/04/2023]
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The paper for the first time reports the detection of the levels of CD2, CD4 and CD8 mRNA expression in peripheral blood lymphocytes from 9 cases with T-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and 10 cases with T-non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) by using RNA dot blotting technique. It was found that the levels of CD2 mRNA in the two groups of patients were significantly higher than those in the normals. The ratios of the CD4 to CD8 mRNA were also increased in patients with NHL. The significance of this study was discussed.
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- Z Zhang
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, CAMS, Beijing
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Qing X, Zheng D, Wang L. [Clinical and angiographic characteristics of renovascular hypertension]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 1995; 34:757-60. [PMID: 8731848] [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: 02/01/2023]
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Clinical and angiographic characteristics of renovascular hypertension were studied in 95 patients. The patients were divided into 3 groups: 55 cases with aortic arteritis (group AA), 27 with fibromuscular dysplasia (group FMD) and 9 with atherosclerosis (group AS). The patients in group AS were significantly older in age and had longer history of hypertension. Abdominal bruit was heard significantly more often in group AA and serum potassium was significantly lower in group FMD. Angiographic data showed that in group AA lesions in thoracic aorta and abdominal aorta was found in 81.4% and those involving both renal arteries in 52.5%. In group FMD, 82.5% of patients had lesion in renal artery on one side and none had lesion in thoracic and abdominal aorta. In group AS, lesions were found mainly in thoracic and abdominal aorta, accounting for 77.7% and lesions in renal arteries were mainly unilateral. In group AA, lesions were found in 90 renal arteries altogether. Among them, 58.9% was in the proximal part of the renal artery; the lesion was either localized stenosis (67.8%) or obstruction (17.7%). In group FMD, lesions were found in 33 renal arteries altogether. Among them, 48.5% was in the middle or distal part of the renal artery and 27.3% resembled string of beads. In group AS, a total of 10 renal arteries were involved with 4 (40%) of ostial stenosis and 4 (40%) total obstruction.
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- X Qing
- Cardiovascular Institute, Beijing
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Raskin L, Zheng D, Griffin ME, Stroot PG, Misra P. Characterization of microbial communities in anaerobic bioreactors using molecular probes. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1995; 68:297-308. [PMID: 8821785 DOI: 10.1007/bf00874140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 02/02/2023]
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The microbial community structure of twenty-one single-phase and one two-phase full-scale anaerobic sewage sludge digesters was evaluated using oligonucleotide probes complementary to conserved tracts of the 16S rRNAs of phylogenetically defined groups of methanogens and sulfate-reducing bacteria. These probe results were interpreted in combination with results from traditional chemical analyses and metabolic activity assays. It was determined that methanogens in "healthy" mesophilic, single-phase sewage sludge digesters accounted for approximately 8-12% of the total community and that Methanosarcinales and Methanomicrobiales constituted the majority of the total methanogen population. Methanobacteriales and Methanococcales played a relatively minor role in the digesters. Phylogenetic groups of mesophilic, Gram-negative sulfate-reducing bacteria were consistently present at significant levels: Desulfovibrio and Desulfobulbus spp. were the dominant sulfate-reducing populations, Desulfobacter and Desulfobacterium spp. were present at lower levels, and Desulfosarcina, Desulfococcus, and Desulfobotulus spp. were absent. Sulfate reduction by one or more of these populations played a significant role in all digesters evaluated in this study. In addition, sulfate-reducing bacteria played a role in favoring methanogenesis by providing their substrates. The analysis of the two-phase digester indicated that true phase separation was not accomplished: significant levels of active methanogens were present in the first phase. It was determined that the dominant populations in the second phase were different from those in the single-phase digesters.
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- L Raskin
- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 61801, USA
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Hortobágyi T, Zheng D, Weidner M, Lambert NJ, Westbrook S, Houmard JA. The influence of aging on muscle strength and muscle fiber characteristics with special reference to eccentric strength. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 1995; 50:B399-406. [PMID: 7583797 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/50a.6.b399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [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: 01/26/2023] Open
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It is well established that aging seriously reduces isometric and concentric muscle strength due to atrophy, deterioration of mechanical properties, and motor unit loss. However, there is limited information on the impact of aging on eccentric strength despite the fact that such forces play an equally important role during daily activities. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of aging on three expressions of muscle strength (isometric, concentric, and eccentric) in relation to muscle fiber characteristics, with special emphasis on eccentric force. Sedentary but healthy men (age range 18-80 years, n = 60) and women (20-74 years, n = 30) were tested for maximal effort isometric, concentric, and eccentric (1.05, 2.09, 3.14 rads.s-1) quadriceps strength, body composition, and muscle fiber characteristics of the vastus lateralis (men only). There was a significant (p < .05) approximately 30 N per decade decline in isometric and concentric forces, but only 9 N per decade reduction in eccentric strength. There was a significant reduction in Type II muscle fiber area with aging (p < .05). Isometric, eccentric, and concentric force correlated r = .33, r = .32 (p < .05), and r = .12 (p > .05) with Type II muscle fiber area, respectively. The correlation between age and fat-free mass/force ratio ranged from r = .39 to .43 in men and r = .27 to .50 in women. The data suggest a relative preservation of eccentric strength with aging in men and women that seems to be independent of muscle mass or muscle fiber type or size.
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- T Hortobágyi
- Biomechanics Laboratory, School of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, USA
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Li L, Chin LS, Shupliakov O, Brodin L, Sihra TS, Hvalby O, Jensen V, Zheng D, McNamara JO, Greengard P. Impairment of synaptic vesicle clustering and of synaptic transmission, and increased seizure propensity, in synapsin I-deficient mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:9235-9. [PMID: 7568108 PMCID: PMC40959 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.20.9235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 284] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [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: 01/26/2023] Open
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Synapsin I has been proposed to be involved in the modulation of neurotransmitter release by controlling the availability of synaptic vesicles for exocytosis. To further understand the role of synapsin I in the function of adult nerve terminals, we studied synapsin I-deficient mice generated by homologous recombination. The organization of synaptic vesicles at presynaptic terminals of synapsin I-deficient mice was markedly altered: densely packed vesicles were only present in a narrow rim at active zones, whereas the majority of vesicles were dispersed throughout the terminal area. This was in contrast to the organized vesicle clusters present in terminals of wild-type animals. Release of glutamate from nerve endings, induced by K+,4-aminopyridine, or a Ca2+ ionophore, was markedly decreased in synapsin I mutant mice. The recovery of synaptic transmission after depletion of neurotransmitter by high-frequency stimulation was greatly delayed. Finally, synapsin I-deficient mice exhibited a strikingly increased response to electrical stimulation, as measured by electrographic and behavioral seizures. These results provide strong support for the hypothesis that synapsin I plays a key role in the regulation of nerve terminal function in mature synapses.
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- L Li
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Hickey MS, Weidner MD, Gavigan KE, Zheng D, Tyndall GL, Houmard JA. The insulin action-fiber type relationship in humans is muscle group specific. Am J Physiol 1995; 269:E150-4. [PMID: 7631770 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1995.269.1.e150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The purpose of the present investigation was to determine the relationship between skeletal muscle characteristics, adiposity, and in vivo insulin action. Percutaneous muscle biopsies of the vastus lateralis (VL) and gastrocnemius (G) muscles were obtained from twenty-two sedentary male subjects. Insulin sensitivity (SI) and glucose effectiveness (SG) were determined from minimal model analysis, and indexes of regional and overall adiposity were obtained. SI was positively related to the citrate synthase activity from the VL (r = 0.50, P < 0.01) but unrelated to the citrate synthase activity from the G (r = 0.28). Similarly, SI was inversely related to the percentage of type IIb fibers in the VL (r = -0.47, P < 0.01) but unrelated to the percentage of type IIb fibers in the G (r = 0.06). SG was unrelated to fiber type, oxidative capacity, or adiposity. These data suggest that oxidative capacity and other characteristics related to VL skeletal muscle fiber type are determinants of in vivo insulin action but that this relationship cannot be extended to all muscle groups. Finally, neither skeletal muscle characteristics nor adiposity appears to be a determinant of SG in sedentary males.
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- M S Hickey
- Human Performance Laboratory, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA
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Zheng D, Lin Z. [Reason and management of posterior capsular breaks during cataract extraction and lens implantation]. Yan Ke Xue Bao 1995; 11:95-7. [PMID: 9208662] [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: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE To study the reason and management of posterior capsular bresks during cataract extraction and lens implantation. METHODS The authors analyse the reasons of posterior capsular brseaks during cataract extraction and lens implantation on 55 eyes and discuss the management according to the different situations. RESULTS The posterior capsular disruption occurred most frequently during cortical cleanup on 21 eyes (38.2%) and lens implantation on 21 eyes (38.2%). The diameter of the tears was about 3 mm on 39 eyes (70.9%), about 5 mm on 13 eyes (23.6%) and larger than 6 mm on 3 eyes (5.5%). The tears with central defined borders were on 12 eyes (21.8%), with peripheral defined border in one side on 39 eyes (71%), with pooly defined borders on 3 eyes (5.5%). Final visual acuity of 0.5 or better was achieved on 35 eyes (63.6%). CONCLUSIONS When the complication occurs during the operation, we should use the suitable management according to the different situations in order to reduce the loss of the complication.
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- D Zheng
- Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, China
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Hickey MS, Weidner MD, Gavigan KE, Zheng D, Tyndall GL, Houmard JA. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INSULIN SENSITIVITY, FAT DISTRIBUTION AND SKELETAL MUSCLE CHARACTERISTICS IS MUSCLE GROUP-SPECIFIC. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1995. [DOI: 10.1249/00005768-199505001-00218] [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: 11/21/2022]
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Houmard JA, Weidner MD, Dolan PL, Leggett-Frazier N, Gavigan KE, Hickey MS, Tyndall GL, Zheng D, Alshami A, Dohm GL. Skeletal muscle GLUT4 protein concentration and aging in humans. Diabetes 1995; 44:555-60. [PMID: 7729615 DOI: 10.2337/diab.44.5.555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The insulin resistance of aging has been attributed to a postreceptor defect in skeletal muscle. The present study examined whether a reduction in the concentration of the insulin-stimulated glucose transporter (GLUT4) in skeletal muscle was associated with advancing age in men (n = 55) and women (n = 29). Insulin sensitivity (minimal model) was negatively associated (P < 0.001) with age (range, 18-80 years) in men (r = -0.44) and women (r = -0.58). GLUT4 protein concentration in the vastus lateralis was also negatively associated (P < 0.05) with age (men, r = -0.28; women, r = -0.51). There was no relation (P > 0.15) between GLUT4 content in the gastrocnemius and age. GLUT4 concentration in the vastus lateralis was positively associated (P < 0.01) with insulin sensitivity in both sexes (r = 0.42); this relationship persisted in the men after adjusting for overall adiposity, regional adiposity, and cardiorespiratory fitness. These findings suggest that a decrement in GLUT4 protein concentration in skeletal muscle may at least partially contribute to the insulin resistance of aging in humans.
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- J A Houmard
- Human Performance Laboratory, School of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
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Hortobágyi T, Zheng D, Weidner M, Houmard J, Lambert N, Westbrook S. THE EFFECTS OF AGING ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SKELETAL MUSCLE. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1995. [DOI: 10.1249/00005768-199505001-01144] [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: 11/21/2022]
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Zheng D, Hou C, Zhao Q, Zhao M, Wang P. [Isolation, purification and characterization of human proteinase inhibitor, alpha 2-macroglobulin]. Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao 1995; 17:148-50. [PMID: 7544696] [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: 01/25/2023]
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A study of the isolation, purification and characterization of human proteinase inhibitor, alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2-M) is presented. The alpha 2-M, with a purity of more than 90% and subunit molecular weight of 185kDa, was isolated by ammonium sulfate fractionated precipitation from human blood plasma and purified by DEAE cellulose DE52 column chromatography. It was found to be the same as the standard counterpart provided by sigma company. This purification procedure of alpha 2-M can be done with low cost, high efficiency and in large scale preparation.
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- D Zheng
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing
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We have measured the effects of regionally increased metabolic activity--and by inference electrical activity--on cortical growth in the developing rat brain. Cortical growth is significantly and specifically greater in regions of chronically increased activity. This effect of activity on cortical growth may help explain the permanent storage of early experience in the developing nervous system.
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- D Zheng
- Duke University Medical Center, Department of Neurobiology, Durham, NC 27710
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An in vitro DNA replication system from maize mitochondria has been isolated and characterized. Maize mtDNA polymerase activity was purified about 1100-fold through DEAE cellulose and Heparin-Sepharose columns. In addition to the DNA polymerase activity, this in vitro replication system also contained topoisomerase I, DNA primase and RNA polymerase activities. Optimal conditions for enzyme activity, preferred templates and inhibitors were determined in order to further characterize this in vitro replication system; this system was devoid of any detectable extramitochondrial activity as determined by: a) the mt origin of the DNA polymerase activity as evidenced by studies using different templates and inhibitors, b) absence of chloroplast or nuclear DNA, glucose -6-P-dehydrogenase (known to be present only in the cytosol and chloroplasts) and photosynthetic pigments in the mitochondrial fraction and c) the ability of maize mt topoisomerase I to relax positively supercoiled DNA.
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- H Daniell
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Auburn University, AL 36849-5407
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Wang B, Levelt C, Salio M, Zheng D, Sancho J, Liu CP, She J, Huang M, Higgins K, Sunshine MJ. Over-expression of CD3 epsilon transgenes blocks T lymphocyte development. Int Immunol 1995; 7:435-48. [PMID: 7794823 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/7.3.435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 01/27/2023] Open
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We have reported previously that mice carrying > 30 copies of the human CD3 epsilon transgene completely lose their T lymphocytes and NK cells (36). Here we demonstrate by immunohistology that in the most severely immunodeficient mouse, tg epsilon 26, the thymus is very small, has sizeable vacuoles and does not contain recognizable T lymphocytes except for a small percentage of Thy-1+ cells and B cells. Cell surface phenotyping and TCR alpha and -beta rearrangement studies confirm that the arrest in T lymphocyte development precedes the arrest in rag-1null, rag-2null and TCR beta nuli mice. Since the T cell progenitors in which the arrest occurred were absent in the transgenic mice, indirect approaches were taken to examine the causes of the block in T cell development. Analyses of 12 independently established mutant mouse lines, generated with five different transgenic constructs, revealed that the severity of the abrogation in T cell development was dependent on the number of copies of transgenes. Since the number of transgene copies generally correlated with the levels of expression of the transgenic CD3 epsilon proteins, we concluded that over-expression of the CD3 epsilon protein was the likely cause of the block in T lymphocyte development. The T cell immunodeficiency was caused by either the human or the murine CD3 epsilon protein. Since transgene coded mRNAs were found in significantly higher quantities than endogenous CD3 epsilon mRNAs in fetal thymi on days 13 and 14 of gestation, over-expression took place very early in development, probably prematurely. Over-expression of the CD3 epsilon transgene in thymocyte precursors may therefore affect T lymphocyte development in the absence of TCR and possibly in the absence of the other CD3 proteins. More importantly, over-expression of the CD3 epsilon protein in thymocytes of mice with a low copy number of transgenes had a significant effect on late thymic development. Over-expression of the CD3 epsilon protein in immature thymocytes mimicked the effects caused by exposure of CD4- CD8- thymocytes to anti-CD3 epsilon treatment: apoptosis and lack of TCR beta expression. We therefore speculate that in the homozygous tg epsilon 26 animals the arrest in T cell development was caused by excessive signal transduction events rather than by a toxic effect of the transgenic protein.
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- B Wang
- Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Riddle DR, Gutierrez G, Zheng D, White LE, Richards A, Purves D. Differential metabolic and electrical activity in the somatic sensory cortex of juvenile and adult rats. J Neurosci 1993; 13:4193-213. [PMID: 8410183 PMCID: PMC6576381] [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: 01/30/2023] Open
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We have examined relative levels of metabolic and electrical activity across layer IV in the primary somatic sensory cortex (S1) of the rat in relation to regions of differential postnatal cortical growth. Each of several indices used--mitochondrial enzyme histochemistry, microvessel density, Na+/K+ pump activity, action potential frequency, and deoxyglucose uptake--indicate regional variations of metabolic and electrical activity in this part of the brain in both juvenile (1-week-old) and adult (10-12-week-old) animals. At both ages, areas of the somatic sensory map related to special sensors such as whiskers and digital pads showed evidence of the most intense activity. Thus, mitochondrial enzyme staining, blood vessel density, and Na+/K+ ATPase activity were all greatest in the barrels and barrel-like structures within S1, and least in the adjacent interbarrel cortex and the cortex surrounding S1. Multiunit recordings in and around the posteromedial barrel subfield of anesthetized animals also showed that the average ratio of evoked to spontaneous activity was greater in barrels than in the surrounding, metabolically less active cortex. Furthermore, autoradiograms of labeled deoxyglucose accumulation in awake behaving animals indicated systematic differences in neural activity across S1 barrels and barrel-like structures showed more deoxyglucose accumulation than interbarrel, nonbarrel, or peri-S1 cortex. These regional differences in neural activity correspond to regional differences in neocortical growth (Riddle et al., 1992). The correlation of greater electrical activity, increased metabolism, and enhanced cortical growth during postnatal maturation suggests that neural activity foments the elaboration of circuitry in the developing brain.
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- D R Riddle
- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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Saibil HR, Zheng D, Roseman AM, Hunter AS, Watson GM, Chen S, Auf Der Mauer A, O'Hara BP, Wood SP, Mann NH, Barnett LK, Ellis RJ. ATP induces large quaternary rearrangements in a cage-like chaperonin structure. Curr Biol 1993; 3:265-73. [PMID: 15335746 DOI: 10.1016/0960-9822(93)90176-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/1993] [Revised: 03/17/1993] [Accepted: 03/18/1993] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The chaperonins, a family of molecular chaperones, are large oligomeric proteins that bind nonnative intermediates of protein folding. They couple the release and correct folding of their ligands to the binding and hydrolysis of ATP. Chaperonin 60 (cpn60) is a decatetramer (14-mer) of 60 kD subunits. Folding of some ligands also requires the cooperation of cpn10, a heptamer of 10 kD subunits. RESULTS We have determined the three-dimensional arrangements of subunits in Rhodobacter sphaeroides cpn60 in the nucleotide-free and ATP-bound forms. Negative stain electron microscopy and tilt reconstruction show the cylindrical structure of the decatetramer comprising two rings of seven subunits. The decatetramer consists of two cages joined base-to-base without a continuous central channel. These cages appear to contain bound polypeptide with an asymmetric distribution between the two rings. The two major domains of each subunit are connected on the exterior of the cylinder by a narrower bridge of density that could be a hinge region. Binding of ATP to cpn60 causes a major rearrangement of the protein density, which is reversed upon the hydrolysis of the ATP. Cpn10 binds to only one end of the cpn60 structure and is visible as an additional layer of density forming a cap on one end of the cpn60 cylinder. CONCLUSIONS The observed rearrangement is consistent with an inward 5-10 degrees rotation of subunits, pivoting about the subunit contacts between the two heptamers, and thus bringing cpn60 domains towards the position occupied by the bound polypeptide. This change could explain the stimulation of ATPase activity by ligands, and the effects of ATP on lowering the affinity of cpn60 for ligands and on triggering the release of folding polypeptides.
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- H R Saibil
- Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, Malet St, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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Deng W, Wang S, Liu Y, Zheng D, Zou N. Electronic properties of a one-dimensional three-tile quasilattice. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1993; 47:5653-5659. [PMID: 10004512 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.47.5653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Zhao Y, Zheng D, Zhang H, Fu M, Pan X, Zhu J. [A study of accuracy of multiple-unit one-piece castings of fixed bridge]. Hua Xi Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 1993; 24:78-81. [PMID: 8340098] [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: 01/30/2023]
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We studied how the accuracy of the three-unit and four-unit bridges is affected by the three different sprue programmes and heat-treatment. The results of experiments are as follows. 1. In the two types of fixed bridge the accuracy of the lateral pouring sprue programme is greater than that of the top-pouring and bottom-pouring sprue programmes. 2. After the heat-treatment of the casting, the stresses are distributed again, so the accuracy of the casting becomes lesser. 3. The change in the measurement of the total and pontic lengths of multiple-unit fixed bridges generally causes a "fork shape" deformity.
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- Y Zhao
- School of Stomatology, Chengdu University of Science and Technology
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Xu SX, Zheng D, Sun YM, Wang SH, Shao LQ, Huang QY, Xiang DL. Subchronic toxicity studies of fenbendazole in rats. Vet Hum Toxicol 1992; 34:411-3. [PMID: 1455606] [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: 12/27/2022]
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The effects of prolonged exposure of rats to fenbendazole were investigated. Fenbendazole was given daily by gavage for 14 consecutive days. These dosages (3000, 500 or 50 mg/kg/d) produced reductions in body weight gains. Renal tubular hyperemia or hemorrhage and glomerular capsule dilation, increased serum creatinine and hepatocellular granular degeneration occurred at dosages of 500 and 3000 mg/kg/d. Renal tubular epithelial cell granular degeneration and tubular dilation, increased serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase, cardiac hemorrhage and granular degeneration also occurred at 3000 mg/kg/d.
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- S X Xu
- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Control Institute of Veterinary Bioproducts and Pharmaceuticals, Beijing, China
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Xu B, Zheng D, Qian Y, Wu K. [Effects of zinc deficiency and vitamin D deficiency on bone calcification and development of rats]. Hua Xi Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 1992; 23:288-92. [PMID: 1298719] [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: 12/26/2022]
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Zinc deficiency rat model was made by feeding zinc deficiency diet. The level of bone calcium of the zinc deficiency rats was significantly lower than that of the control rats. Their bone cortex was thinner and bone density decreased. The counts of their cartilage cells and hypertrophic cells of epiphyseal plate were less frequent, and the diameter of their hypertrophic cells was smaller than that of the controls. It suggested that zinc deficiency caused defective bone calcification which was similar to that in vitamin D deficiency. Zinc deficiency seemed to hinder the linear growth of long bone and might be the cause of dwarf.
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- B Xu
- Department of Pediatrics, Second Affiliated Hospital
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The murine t-complex encodes t-complex polypeptide-1 (TCP1), which is constitutively expressed in almost all cells, and upregulated during spermatogenesis. Mammalian sequences have greater than 96% identity with each other, and greater than 60% identity with Drosophila melanogaster and yeast orthologues. TCP1 is essential in yeast, and is postulated to be the cytosolic mammalian equivalent of groEL. We report here that, in the native state, murine and human TCP1 is distributed throughout the cytosol as an 800K-950K hetero-oligomeric particle in association with four to six unidentified proteins and two Hsp70 heat-shock proteins. Negative-stain electron microscopy indicates that the structure is two stacked rings, 12-16 nm in diameter. Therefore, despite similarities with the chaperonin 60 proteins, these data indicate that TCP1 is biochemically and structurally unique. We suggest that TCP1 may represent one of a family of molecules in the eukaryotic cytosol involved in protein folding and regulated in part by their heteromeric associations.
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- V A Lewis
- Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, London, UK
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Zheng D, Chen HS, Hu DY. Cardiovascular mechanisms of thyrotropin-releasing hormone against experimental hemorrhagic shock. Circ Shock 1992; 36:169-73. [PMID: 1611701] [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: 12/27/2022]
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Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) improved mean arterial pressure (MAP) and myocardial contractility (dp/dtmax, -dp/dtmax, Vpm, and Vmax) and increased plasma epinephrine levels significantly at 10 min after TRH treatment in rabbits following shock, but the effects of TRH on MAP and myocardial contractility disappeared in reserpinized rabbits (4 mg/kg, 24 hr pre-treatment, iv). TRH had no effect on myocardial contractility and MAP at 20 and 30 min post-treatment in rabbits pre-treated with the beta adrenergic blocker propranolol (1 mg/kg, 1 hr before TRH treatment, iv), but the alpha adrenergic blocker phenoxybenzamine did not affect these responses to TRH. Experiments in vitro show that although TRH (10(-3) to 10(-8) M) had no direct effects on the isolated heart, left atrium, and aortic strip, it did potentiate the inotropic effects of isoprenaline and dopamine on the left atrium. These results suggest that the antishock effects of TRH are related to adrenergic systems, perhaps acting on the sympathomedullary system to secrete epinephrine and sensitize the beta receptors, but not alpha receptors. Thus, TRH improves cardiac contractility, cardiac output, and hemodynamics during hemorrhagic shock. The sensitization of the beta adrenergic and dopamine receptors may play an important role in the direct peripheral cardiovascular mechanism of TRH effects.
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- D Zheng
- Center of Traumatic Surgery, 43rd Hospital, Kunming Yunnan, People's Republic of China
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A total of 530 patients with Takayasu arteritis were studied. Among 346 patients who were diagnosed by aortography, the female to male ratio was 2.9 to 1, and the age of onset ranged from 5 to 45 years. Three hundred and eighteen (60%) patients with secondary hypertension, including renovascular hypertension in 281, and 197 (37.2%) with pulseless extremities were found in the series. All the patients were treated with medical or surgical procedures. Surgical treatment is preferred if clinical status of the patient permits. The patients were followed for 1-29 years (average 7.8 years). There were 55 deaths (10.4%) in this series. Cerebral hemorrhage was found as a common cause of death. Five-year and ten-year survival rates were 93.1% and 91.1%, respectively.
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- D Zheng
- Cardiovascular Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing
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Zeng B, Qian Y, Zheng D, Wu K, Zhou M, Gong Q. [Change of T lymphocyte subsets in peripherial blood of children with malnutrition and zinc deficiency]. Hua Xi Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 1991; 22:337-9. [PMID: 1748424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Sixty children with malnutrition were investigated in this study. The results showed a reduction of serum zinc in moderate and severe cases compared with the mild and normal groups. OKT3+, OKT4+ and OKT8+ cells in peripheral blood of mild malnutrition were significantly decreased in contrast to normal control. The reductive degree of OKT8+ and OKT4+ cells correlated with the severity of malnutrition. OKT8+, OKT4+ and OKT4+/OKT8+ ratio of moderate and severe malnutrition with infection were much lower than those without infection. Our findings suggested that main effective and regulative cells of cell-mediated immunity were impaired. OKT3+ and OKT4+ cells might be used as a sensitive index for early assessment of the immune function in malnutrition children.
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Zheng D, LaMantia AS, Purves D. Specialized vascularization of the primate visual cortex. J Neurosci 1991; 11:2622-9. [PMID: 1714496 PMCID: PMC6575503] [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: 12/28/2022] Open
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We have analyzed blood vessel distribution in the primary and secondary visual cortices of the squirrel monkey in relation to cortical modules, laminae, and cytoarchitectonic areas. Measurements of microvessel length in tangential sections through the primary visual cortex showed that blobs are more richly vascularized than intervening cortical regions. Thus, the mean total length of microvessel profiles per unit was 42% greater within these cortical modules than within adjacent (interblob) areas. Total microvessel length per unit area in another class of module, the stripes in the secondary visual cortex, was 27% greater than in interstripe regions. Microvessel distribution also varied systematically from layer to layer in the primary visual cortex, being greatest in lamina IVc. Finally, the overall microvessel length per unit area in sections of the primary visual cortex was 26% greater than that in the secondary visual cortex. These observations indicate that the modular, laminar, and regional organization of the primate visual cortex is reflected in the underlying distribution of cortical microvessels. These vascular patterns should be discernable in living animals with vascular contrast agents and appropriate imaging techniques.
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- D Zheng
- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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Yang W, Qian Y, Zheng D. [A micromethod for determination of serum zinc and copper concentration in infants aged 1-3 months in Chengdu]. Hua Xi Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 1991; 22:201-3. [PMID: 1786961] [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: 12/28/2022]
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A micromethod for the measurement of serum zinc and copper concentration of peripheral blood by wave-oscillopolarography is introduced in this article. The method is superior to the commonly used flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) in its simplicity in sampling and operating and in its inexpensiveness. Yet the results are identical with those obtained by ASS, the method is good enough to replace ASS in clinical work, especially in the field of pediatrics. Serum zinc and copper concentrations in 243 infants aged 1-3 months in Chengdu were detected by this method. The data were found to be slowly distributed without age and sex differences. For the infants of 1-3 months in Chengdu, the reference values of serum zinc and copper concentration are 6.69-25.46 mumol/L and 8.70-28.07 mumol/L respectively.
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- W Yang
- Department of Pediatrics, Second Affiliated Hospital
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Fu X, Liu Y, Cheng B, Zheng D. Spectral structure of two-dimensional Fibonacci quasilattices. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1991; 43:10808-10814. [PMID: 9996813 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.43.10808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Zheng D. [Clinical analysis of 500 cases of great arteritis]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 1991; 19:35. [PMID: 1676362] [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: 12/28/2022]
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Zheng D, Gray N, Stevens G. COMPARISON OF NAPHTHENIC ACID, VERSATIC ACID AND D2EHPA FOR THE SEPARATION OF RARE EARTHS. Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange 1991. [DOI: 10.1080/07366299108918044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Schroeder JE, Fischbach PS, Zheng D, McCleskey EW. Activation of mu opioid receptors inhibits transient high- and low-threshold Ca2+ currents, but spares a sustained current. Neuron 1991; 6:13-20. [PMID: 1846076 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(91)90117-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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: 12/29/2022]
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Opioids and opiates decrease the duration of action potentials and the amount of neurotransmitter released from sensory neurons. The mu-type opioid receptor, the binding site for morphine, is thought to act exclusively on K+ channels. Here, we show that activation of the mu receptor inhibits Ca2+ channels in rat sensory neurons; the effect is blocked by a mu antagonist and is not mimicked by kappa or delta receptor agonists. Both low-threshold (T-type) and high-threshold Ca2+ currents are partially suppressed. omega-Conotoxin-sensitive and omega-conotoxin-insensitive, high-threshold Ca2+ currents are inhibited. The kinetic effect on high-threshold current is like that caused by diminished rest potential: the transient component is selectively lost, whereas the sustained component is spared.
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MESH Headings
- 3,4-Dichloro-N-methyl-N-(2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl)-benzeneacetamide, (trans)-Isomer
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Calcium Channels/drug effects
- Calcium Channels/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Electric Conductivity
- Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-
- Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-
- Enkephalins/pharmacology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mollusk Venoms/pharmacology
- Naltrexone/analogs & derivatives
- Naltrexone/pharmacology
- Narcotic Antagonists
- Pyrrolidines/pharmacology
- Rats
- Receptors, Opioid/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid/physiology
- Receptors, Opioid, delta
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa
- Receptors, Opioid, mu
- omega-Conotoxin GVIA
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- J E Schroeder
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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Zou N, Zheng D, Liu Y. Low-temperature expansions of fractal Ising models. Phys Rev A 1990; 42:3259-3266. [PMID: 9904405 DOI: 10.1103/physreva.42.3259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The vaccine type (HPV77 strain) of rubella virus replicates slower and manifests a delayed appearance of cytopathic effect in Vero-76 cells as compared to wild-type virus (M33). The change in cytopathic effect coincides with the delayed appearance of both genomic and subgenomic RNA as well as viral structural proteins in the cell. The delay in the appearance of the viral proteins in the cells was also evident when the cells infected with the vaccine-type virus were treated with the lysosomotropic agent such as chloroquine. Binding studies using [35S]methionine-labeled virus showed that the vaccine-type virus bound to the cells poorly and the binding was not completely competed out with the cold virus.
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- H L Nakhasi
- Division of Biochemistry and Biophysics, CBER, FDA, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Tan L, Sang R, Chen Z, Zheng X, Zheng D, Yang G. Transfer of dairy cow demi-embryos to yellow cows. Theriogenology 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/0093-691x(89)90672-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Zheng D. [American immigration policy and population]. Renkou Yanjiu 1983:58-61. [PMID: 12312940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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