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Wu CL, Liao JS, Wang JM, Qi JR. Gelation behavior and mechanism of low methoxyl pectin in the presence of erythritol and sucrose: The role of co-solutes. Int J Biol Macromol 2024:132261. [PMID: 38744367 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.132261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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Co-solutes such as sucrose and sugar alcohol play a significant part in low methoxyl pectin (LMP) gelation. To explore their gelation mechanism, we investigated the gelation behavior of LMP in the presence of erythritol and sucrose with Ca2+. Results revealed that the introduction of erythritol and sucrose improved the hardness of the gels, fixed more free water, accelerated the rate of gel structuring, and enhanced the gel strength. FT-IR confirmed the reinforced hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic forces between the pectin chains after introducing co-solutes. And it could be observed clearly by SEM that the cross-linking density gel network enhanced with co-solutes. Furthermore, gel disruption experiments suggested the presence of ionic interaction, hydrogen bonding, and hydrophobic forces in LMP gels. Finally, we concluded that the egg-box regions cross-linked only by LMP and Ca2+ were too weak to form a stable gel network structure. Adding co-solutes could increase the amount of cross-linking between pectin chains and enlarge the cross-linking zones, which favored the formation of a dense gel network by more hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic forces. Sucrose gels had superior physicochemical properties and microstructure than erythritol gels due to excellent hydration capacity and chemical structure characteristics.
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- Chun-Lin Wu
- National Engineering Research Center of Wheat and Corn Further Processing, School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, PR China
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- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Lemon (Guangzhou City) Biotechnology Co. Ltd., Guangzhou 510640, PR China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Wheat and Corn Further Processing, School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, PR China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Wheat and Corn Further Processing, School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, PR China.
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Li GY, Wang C, Wang JZ, Wu CL, Zhang JY, Zou J, Xue JF, Su Y, Mei GH, Shi ZM, Ma X. [Application of three dimensional printed personalized guide plate assisted arthroscopic ankle arthrodesis in the treatment of ankle arthritis]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2024; 62:572-580. [PMID: 38682629 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112139-20240229-00096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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Objective: To compare the efficacy of conventional open ankle fusion and three dimensional(3D) printed guide plate assisted arthroscopic ankle fusion. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed on 256 patients with advanced traumatic ankle arthritis, who were admitted to the Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine from May 2018 to February 2023 and underwent ankle fusion procedures. The study cohort comprised 119 males and 137 females, with an age of (59.6±9.5) years (range: 37 to 83 years). Among them, 175 cases underwent internal fixation with plates and screws (58 cases through the combined medial and lateral approach, and 117 cases through the simple lateral approach), 48 cases underwent internal fixation with screws through the anterior approach (conventional open group), and 33 cases underwent minimally invasive arthroscopic ankle fusion assisted by 3D printed guide plate (3D printed guide plate arthroscopy group). Propensity score matching was employed to achieve a 1∶1 match(caliper value=0.02) between the baseline characteristics of patients in the 3D printed guide plate arthroscopy group and the conventional open group. Perioperative and follow-up data between the two groups were compared using the t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, Wilcoxon signed rank test,χ² test, or Fisher's exact probability method, as appropriate. Results: Matching was successfully achieved with 20 cases in both the 3D printed guide plate arthroscopy group and the conventional open group, and there were no statistically significant differences in baseline characteristics between the two groups (all P>0.05). The operation time in the 3D printed guide plate arthroscopy group was significantly longer than that in the conventional open group ((88.9±5.6) minutes vs. (77.9±11.7) minutes;t=-2.392, P=0.022), while the frequency of intraoperative fluoroscopies ((1.7±0.8) times vs. (5.2±1.2) times; t=10.604, P<0.01) and length of hospitalization ((5.5±0.9) days vs. (6.4±1.5) days;t=2.480, P=0.018) were significantly lower in the 3D printed guide plate arthroscopy group compared to the conventional open group. The fusion rate was 95.0% (19/20) in the 3D printed guide plate arthroscopy group and 85.0% (17/20) in the conventional open group, with no statistically significant difference between the two groups (χ²=1.111,P=0.605). The fusion time was (12.1±2.0) weeks in the conventional open group and (11.1±1.7) weeks in the 3D printed guide plate arthroscopy group, with no statistically significant difference between the two groups (t=1.607, P=0.116). At the final follow-up, the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society ankle hindfoot scale was (72.6±5.5)points in the 3D printed guide plate arthroscopy group and (70.5±5.8)points in the conventional open group, with no statistically significant difference between the two groups (t=-1.003, P=0.322). The VAS score of the 3D printed guide plate arthroscopy group was (M(IQR)) 1.50 (1.00) points, lower than that of the conventional open group by 3.00 (1.00) points, with statistically significant differences (Z=-3.937, P<0.01). The complication rate was significantly higher in the conventional open group (25.0%(5/20) vs. 5.0%(1/20), P=0.182). Conclusion: 3D printed guide plate assisted arthroscopic ankle fusion exhibited several advantages, including reduced frequency of fluoroscopies, alleviation of postoperative pain, and decreased complications and length of hospitalization.
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- G Y Li
- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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Wu CL, Liu ZW, Liao JS, Qi JR. Effect of enzymatic de-esterification and RG-I degradation of high methoxyl pectin (HMP) on sugar-acid gel properties. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 265:130724. [PMID: 38479656 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 03/03/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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The influence of RG-I domains on high methoxyl pectin (HMP) sugar-acid gel properties has rarely been reported. In our work, HMP was modified by enzymatic de-esterification and degradation of RG-I domains to compare and analyze the relationship between the structure and final sugar-acid gel properties. The results showed that the degree of esterification (DE) of REP (pectin degraded by rhamnosidase) and GEP (pectin debranched by galactosidase) was the same as that of untreated HMP, whereas the DE of PMEP (pectin de-esterified by pectin methyl esterase) decreased from 59.63 % to 54.69 %. The monosaccharide composition suggested no significant changes in the HG and RG-I structural domains of PMEP. In contrast, the percentage of RG-I structural domains of REP and GEP dropped from 37 % to about 28 %, accompanied by a reduction in the proportion of the RG-I backbones and side chains. The rheological characterization of sugar-acid gels demonstrated an enhanced gel grade for PMEP and a weakened one for REP and GEP. Moreover, we constructed a correlation relationship between the fine structure of pectin and the properties of the sugar-acid gels, confirming the critical contribution of the RG-I region (especially the neutral sugar side chains) to the HMP sugar-acid gels.
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- Chun-Lin Wu
- National Engineering Research Center of Wheat and Corn Further Processing, School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, PR China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Wheat and Corn Further Processing, School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, PR China
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- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Lemon (Guangzhou City) Biotechnology Co. Ltd., Guangzhou 510640, PR China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Wheat and Corn Further Processing, School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, PR China.
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Ma QM, Tang WB, Li XJ, Chang F, Yin X, Chen ZH, Wu GH, Xia CD, Li XL, Wang DY, Chu ZG, Zhang Y, Wang L, Wu CL, Tong YL, Cui P, Guo GH, Zhu ZH, Huang SY, Chang L, Liu R, Liu YJ, Wang YS, Liu XB, Shen T, Zhu F. [Multicenter retrospect analysis of early clinical features and analysis of risk factors on prognosis of elderly patients with severe burns]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Yu Chuang Mian Xiu Fu Za Zhi 2024; 40:249-257. [PMID: 38548395 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20230808-00042] [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] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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Objective: To investigate the early clinical characteristics of elderly patients with severe burns and the risk factors on prognosis. Methods: This study was a retrospective case series study. Clinical data of 124 elderly patients with severe burns who met the inclusion criteria and were admitted to the 12 hospitals from January 2015 to December 2020 were collected, including 4 patients from the Fourth People's Hospital of Dalian, 5 patients from Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, 22 patients from Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital of Jinan University, 5 patients from Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital, 27 patients from the First Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, 9 patients from the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, 10 patients from Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 9 patients from Tongren Hospital of Wuhan University & Wuhan Third Hospital, 12 patients from the 924th Hospital of PLA, 6 patients from Zhangjiagang First People's Hospital, 4 patients from Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, and 11 patients from Zhengzhou First People's Hospital. The patients' overall clinical characteristics, such as gender, age, body mass index, total burn area, full-thickness burn area, inhalation injury, causative factors, whether combined with underlying medical diseases, and admission time after injury were recorded. According to the survival outcome within 28 days after injury, the patients were divided into survival group (89 cases) and death group (35 cases). The following data of patients were compared between the two groups, including the basic data and injuries (the same as the overall clinical characteristics ahead); the coagulation indexes within the first 24 hours of injury such as prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), thrombin time, D-dimer, fibrinogen degradation product (FDP), international normalized ratio (INR), and fibrinogen; the blood routine indexes within the first 24 hours of injury such as white blood cell count, platelet count, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, monocyte count, red blood cell count, hemoglobin, and hematocrit; the organ function indexes within the first 24 hours of injury such as direct bilirubin, total bilirubin, urea, serum creatinine, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, total protein, albumin, globulin, blood glucose, triglyceride, total cholesterol, alkaline phosphatase, creatine kinase, electrolyte indexes (potassium, sodium, chlorine, calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus in blood), uric acid, myoglobin, and brain natriuretic peptide; the infection and blood gas indexes within the first 24 hours of injury such as procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, pH value, oxygenation index, base excess, and lactate; treatment such as whether conducted with mechanical ventilation, whether conducted with continuous renal replacement therapy, whether conducted with anticoagulation therapy, whether applied with vasoactive drugs, and fluid resuscitation. The analysis was conducted to screen the independent risk factors for the mortality within 28 days after injury in elderly patients with severe burns. Results: Among 124 patients, there were 82 males and 42 females, aged 60-97 years, with body mass index of 23.44 (21.09, 25.95) kg/m2, total burn area of 54.00% (42.00%, 75.00%) total body surface area (TBSA), and full-thickness burn area of 25.00% (10.00%, 40.00%) TBSA. The patients were mainly combined with moderate to severe inhalation injury and caused by flame burns. There were 43 cases with underlying medical diseases. The majority of patients were admitted to the hospital within 8 hours after injury. There were statistically significant differences between patients in the 2 groups in terms of age, total burn area, full-thickness burn area, and inhalation injury, and PT, APTT, D-dimer, FDP, INR, white blood cell count, platelet count, urea, serum creatinine, blood glucose, blood sodium, uric acid, myoglobin, and urine volume within the first 24 hours of injury (with Z values of 2.37, 5.49, 5.26, 5.97, 2.18, 1.95, 2.68, 2.68, 2.51, 2.82, 2.14, 3.40, 5.31, 3.41, 2.35, 3.81, 2.16, and -3.82, respectively, P<0.05); there were statistically significant differences between two groups of patients in whether conducted with mechanical ventilation and whether applied with vasoactive drugs (with χ2 values of 9.44 and 28.50, respectively, P<0.05). Age, total burn area, full-thickness burn area, serum creatinine within the first 24 hours of injury, and APTT within the first 24 hours of injury were the independent risk factors for the mortality within 28 days after injury in elderly patients with severe burns (with odds ratios of 1.17, 1.10, 1.10, 1.09, and 1.27, 95% confidence intervals of 1.03-1.40, 1.04-1.21, 1.05-1.19, 1.05-1.17, and 1.07-1.69, respectively, P<0.05). Conclusions: The elderly patients with severe burns had the injuries mainly from flame burns, often accompanied by moderate to severe inhalation injury and enhanced inflammatory response, elevated blood glucose levels, activated fibrinolysis, and impaired organ function in the early stage, which are associated with their prognosis. Age, total burn area, full-thickness burn area, and serum creatinine and APTT within the first 24 hours of injury are the independent risk factors for death within 28 days after injury in this population.
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- Q M Ma
- Department of Burn Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200120, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510220, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510220, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Zhangjiagang First People's Hospital, Zhangjiagang 215600, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Zhangjiagang First People's Hospital, Zhangjiagang 215600, China
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- Department of Burns, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Burns, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Burns, Zhengzhou First People's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450004, China
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- Department of Burns, Zhengzhou First People's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450004, China
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- Department of Burns, Tongren Hospital of Wuhan University & Wuhan Third Hospital, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Burns, Tongren Hospital of Wuhan University & Wuhan Third Hospital, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
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- Department of Burns, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Linhai 317000, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, the 924th Hospital of PLA, Guilin 541002, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, the 924th Hospital of PLA, Guilin 541002, China
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- Medical Center of Burn Plastic and Wound Repair, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Medical Center of Burn Plastic and Wound Repair, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Medical Center of Burn Plastic and Wound Repair, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, the Fourth People's Hospital of Dalian, Dalian 116031, China
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- Department of Burns, Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital, Harbin 150036, China
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- Department of Burns, Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital, Harbin 150036, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200120, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200120, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200120, China
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Wu CL, Li ZJ, Zhou TN, Zhang L, Zhang QY, Wang XZ. [Clinical study on the classification of renal artery involvement and comparison of renal function and prognosis of Stanford type B aortic dissection after thoracic aortic endovascular repair]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2023; 62:297-303. [PMID: 36822856 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20220308-00159] [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: 02/25/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the different types of renal artery involvement in Stanford type B aortic dissection (TBAD) and the comparison of clinical effecacy after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR). Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study included 330 patients with TBAD and renal artery involvement treated with TEVAR from June 2002 to September 2021 in General Hospital of Northern Theater Command of the PLA. According to aortic CTA image, unilateral renal artery involvement conditions were divided into 5 types: the true lumen type (renal artery opening completely from the true lumen), false lumen type (renal artery opening completely from the false lumen), double lumen type (renal artery opening from the true and false double lumen), compression type (renal artery opening connected with the true lumen, but the renal artery opening was extremely squeezed by the inner membrane), open type (renal artery opening with intimal tear). There were seven types of bilateral renal artery involvement: true-true type (true lumen-true lumen type), true and false type (true lumen-false lumen type), true-double type (true lumen-double lumen type), true-opening type (true lumen-opening type), false-false type (false lumen-false lumen type), false-compression type (false lumen-compression type), double-double type (double lumen-double lumen type). The primary observation index of this study was the comparison of postoperative renal function and the incidence of clinical adverse events of different types of renal artery involvement. One-way ANOVA test, Kruskal-Wallis H test and paired sample rank sum test were used to compare postoperative renal function between different types of bilateral renal artery involvement. The Chi-square test or Fisher's exact probability test were used to compare the near and long term adverse events between different types of bilateral renal artery involvement. Kaplan-Meier method was used to compare the all-cause mortality of patients with severe renal functional injury and non-severe renal functional injury before surgery. Results: The average age of the patients included in this study was (53±11) years, including 276 males (83.6%) and 54 females (16.4%). There were statistical difference in the level of serum creatinine (preoperative:H=18.686, P=0.005, postoperative:H=18.101, P=0.006) and cystatin C (preoperative:H=17.566, P=0.007, postoperative:H=10.433, P=0.016), pre-and post-operative, between the seven groups of TBAD patients with different renal artery involvement types (P<0.05), and the false-false type group shown the worst kidney function. However, no statistically significant differences were shown when comparing their pre- and post-operative change values (P>0.05). The 30-day follow-up result showed that there were statistically significant differences in the incidence of postoperative acute kidney injury (χ2=15.623, P=0.007), aorta-related adverse events (χ2=15.523, P=0.010), and intraoperative endoleak (χ2=17.935, P=0.004) among the seven groups, and the false-false group was the highest (2/9, 5/9 and 5/9, respectively). In terms of long-term follow-up results, there were statistically significant differences in all-cause death (χ2=14.772, P=0.011) and non-aortic death (χ2=15.589,P=0.008) among the seven groups. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that patients with worse pre-operative renal function showed higher long-term all cause death (17.7% vs. 4.8%, P=0.009). Conclusions: For TBAD patients with renal artery involvement, there were differences in renal function among different types, and TEVAR showed no significant effect on renal function in TBAD patients. The long-term all cause death was higher in patients with worse renal function pre-operative.
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- C L Wu
- Postgraduate Training Base of General Hospital of Northern Theater Command of Jinzhou Medical University, Shenyang 110016, China Department of Cardiovascular, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang 110016, China
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Yang MM, Wu H, Tan L, Ma Y, Zhao YN, Liu Y, Yang FR, Wu CL, Liu XL, Liang BL, Li XL. Helicity-resolved Raman scattering of MoS 2 bulk crystal. Opt Lett 2023; 48:888-891. [PMID: 36790967 DOI: 10.1364/ol.478299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Helicity-resolved Raman spectroscopy (HRRS) can effectively distinguish the Raman modes of two-dimensional (2D) layered materials by phonon symmetry. In this paper, we systematically investigated the phonon helicity selection of basal and edge planes of MoS2 bulk by HRRS. We find that the symmetry of the crystal structure changes the helicity selection of the E1g, E1 2g, and A1g modes in the edge plane. The theoretical calculation results confirm that the E1 2g and A1g modes of the basal plane exhibit a perfect helicity exchange, and the helicity selections of the E1 2g and A1g modes of the edge plane are eliminated or weakened. Our study provides references for phonon helicity selection of 2D layered materials represented by MoS2.
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Brown ZD, Flaherty R, Donahue A, Verdi G, Wu J, Wu CL. Eyes, brain, or both: acute encephalopathy from an unexpected source. Am J Med Sci 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9629(23)00379-8] [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: 01/28/2023]
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Obremskey N, Carpenter A, Wu CL. A paralysis poser: a growing COVID concern. Am J Med Sci 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9629(23)00411-1] [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: 01/28/2023]
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Strange K, Cooley A, Monroe K, Shaughnessy E, Wu CL. It’s not the shunt: an atypical cause of fever in an infant with hydrocephalus. Am J Med Sci 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9629(23)00055-1] [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: 01/28/2023]
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Wu CL, Li HG, Xiong CL, Tan HP. [Delivery of epididymis-specific mRNAs from mouse epididymosomes into N2a and TM4 cells]. Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 2023; 29:99-105. [PMID: 37847080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether mouse epididymis-specific mRNAs Adam7 and Crisp1 can be delivered into N2a and TM4 cells, and to provide an experimental basis for exploring the function of epididymal mRNAs. METHODS Using RT-PCR, we detected the presence of epididymis-specific genes (Adam7, Crisp1, Defb22, Wfdc2, and Wfdc9) in the testis, epididymis, epididymosome and sperm of adult male BALB/c mice as well as in the human testis, seminal vesicles and sperm. We isolated epididymosomes of BALB/c mice by low-speed centrifugation, filtration and ultracentrifugation, fluorescently labeled them by PKH26, co-incubated them for 1 hour with the N2a and TM4 cells after 24 hours of starvation culture, and observed whether they were fused with the N2a and TM4 cells and ingested using the epididymosomes without PKH26 labeling, PKH26 dye without epididymosomes, and non- epididymosome or -PKH26 dye as controls. Then we detected the epididymis-specific genes in the N2a and TM4 cells after 1-hour co-incubation by RT-PCR. RESULTS Adam7 and Crisp1 were present in the mouse epididymis, epididymosomes and sperm, and in the human seminal vesicles and sperm as well, but not in the testes of either the mice or men. PKH26 and Hoechst33258 fluorescence double-labeling showed that the mouse epididymosomes were fused with the N2a and TM4 cells and ingested; RT-PCR revealed the mRNAs of Adam7 and Crisp1 in the N2a and TM4 cells after 1-hour co-incubation; and Western blot exhibited the CRISP1 protein in the N2a and TM4 cells incubated with epididymosomes. CONCLUSION Epididymosomes can deliver epididymis-specific mRNAs Adam7 and Crisp1 into N2a and TM4 cells, where Crisp1 may be translated into proteins, though their function and significance need to be further studied.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wuhan First Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, China
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- Research Institute of Reproductive Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
- Wuhan Huake Hospital of Reproduction, Wuhan, Hubei 430013, China
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- Research Institute of Reproductive Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
- Wuhan Huake Hospital of Reproduction, Wuhan, Hubei 430013, China
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- Center of Reproductive Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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Flaherty R, Casey E, Wu CL. Avoiding premature closure of the larynx and differential: an atypical case of paroxysmal laryngospasms. Am J Med Sci 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9629(23)00393-2] [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: 01/28/2023]
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Liu C, Wu CL, Qi XL, Sun HW, Li TH, Guo SW, Zhang P. [Clinical effect of endoscopic transnasal sphenoidal approach with simple muscle packing for intrasellar arachnoid cyst]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2022; 60:169-173. [PMID: 35012278 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112139-20210804-00353] [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: 06/14/2023]
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Objective: To examine the clinical effect of simple muscle packing through transnasal sphenoid approach in the treatment of intrasellar arachnoid cyst. Methods: The clinical data of 11 patients with intrasellar arachnoid cyst treated by transnasal sphenoidal approach with simple muscle packing at the Neurosurgery Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2014 to February 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. There were 5 males and 6 females, with a median age of 48 years (range: 23 to 75 years). The clinical manifestations included headache in 6 cases, dizziness in 4 cases, hypo-libido in 1 case, disturbance of consciousness in 1 case, visual impairment in 7 cases and mixed pituitary dysfunction in 5 cases. The enlargement of the sellar fossa was seen in the preoperative MRI images. The enhanced MRI images showed that the cyst wall of the intrasellar arachnoid cyst was not enhanced, and the compression and thinning of the sellar base was seen in the CT images. In 9 cases, the cyst extended suprasellar and the sellar septum was "arched". In 7 cases, the cyst compressed the optic chiasm upward. The cyst walls of all patients were incised through the nasal sphenoid approach under the endoscope, and the muscle was packed after sufficient drainage. The postoperative symptoms, pituitary endocrine function and recurrence of patients were followed up. Results: MRI images of the sellar region in all patients showed significant reduction or disappearance of cysts. Intracranial infection occurred in 1 case and electrolyte disorder in 2 cases, which were relieved after symptomatic treatment. No cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea occurred. Postoperative clinical symptoms were completely relieved in 6 cases and partially relieved in 5 cases. Pituitary endocrine function recovered completely in 2 cases and improved significantly in 4 cases. All patients were followed up for 10 to 40 months. One patient found to have a partial recurrence of the cyst 3 months after surgery. Because there were no new symptoms appeared, the follow-up was continued without second operation. Conclusion: Transnasal sphenoidal approach is a feasible method for the treatment of intrasellar arachnoid cyst.
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- C Liu
- Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University,Zhengzhou 450052,China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University,Zhengzhou 450052,China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University,Zhengzhou 450052,China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University,Zhengzhou 450052,China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University,Zhengzhou 450052,China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University,Zhengzhou 450052,China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University,Zhengzhou 450052,China
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Liao XH, An J, Su GL, Li YF, Dong Y, Yin T, Wu CL, Wang H, Han XH, Mei HB. [ Efficacy analysis of retroperitoneal laparoscopic selective renal artery branch occlusion and nephron sparing surgery for ≥ T1b stage renal carcinoma]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 101:3961-3965. [PMID: 34954999 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20210630-01479] [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: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the safety and efficacy of retroperitoneal laparoscopic selective renal artery branch occlusion with nephron sparing surgery in patients with renal carcinoma of stage ≥ T1b. Methods: From July 2016 to September 2020, 35 patients with renal cancer ≥T1b underwent retroperitoneoscopic nephron sparing surgery in the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University. The surgical methods were retroperitoneoscopic nephron sparing surgery with total renal artery occlusion (group A) or selective renal artery branch occlusion (group B). Operation time, heat ischemia time, blood transfusion rate, positive margin rate, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative complications and length of hospital stay were compared between the two groups, and the total glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and the single-nephron glomerular filtration rate (sGFR) of the offected kidneys were compared between the two groups before, 3 months after and 12 months after surgery. Results: Among the 35 patients, 19 were male and 16 were female, aged (55.7±8.4) years and the body mass index is (24.6±3.1) kg/m2. The tumor diameter was (54.7±10.3) mm. The difference was statistically significant of operative time between group A and B [(103.5±14.3) vs (123.2±14.1) min,P=0.003]. There were no significant differences in thermal ischemia time, blood transfusion rate, positive margin, intraoperative blood loss, incidence of postoperative complications and length of hospital stay between the two groups (all P>0.05). The decrease of renal sGFR in the group A was significantly higher than group B at 3 months and 12 months after surgery [(23.1±3.6) vs (29.1±7.1) ml/min;(25.9±4.7) vs (30.7±7.2),both P<0.05]. Conclusion: Retroperitoneal laparoscopic selective renal artery branch occlusion and neon-sparing surgery for patients with ≥ T1b stage renal carcinoma is a safe and effective surgical method, which can well protect the renal function of patients in the early postoperative stage without increasing intraoperative blood loss and postoperative complications.
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- X H Liao
- Department of Urology, the Second People' s Hospital of Shenzhen, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518035, China
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- Department of Urology, the Second People' s Hospital of Shenzhen, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518035, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology for Urogenital Tumors, Shenzhen 518035, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology for Urogenital Tumors, Shenzhen 518035, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Genitourinary Tumor, Shenzhen 518035, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Genitourinary Tumor, Shenzhen 518035, China
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- Department of Urology, the Second People' s Hospital of Shenzhen, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518035, China
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- Department of Urology, the Second People' s Hospital of Shenzhen, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518035, China
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- Department of Urology, the Second People' s Hospital of Shenzhen, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518035, China
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- Department of Urology, the Second People' s Hospital of Shenzhen, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518035, China
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Zhang T, Zheng YY, Yang ZR, Shi Q, Wang XS, Zhao J, Yang M, Wu CL, Wang GR. Translation and validation of the Chinese version of the MD Anderson symptom inventory for measuring perioperative symptom burden in patients with gynecologic cancer. BMC Womens Health 2021; 21:276. [PMID: 34325677 PMCID: PMC8320042 DOI: 10.1186/s12905-021-01415-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Background Gynecologic cancers are among the most prevalent malignancies in China. Cervical and uterine cancer respectively account for the sixth and eighth highest incidence of cancer among Chinese women. Abdominal surgery is one of the important treatment methods for gynecological tumors. However, the tumor- and surgery-related symptom burden are not well studied owing to a lack of a standardized and validated assessment tool in the Chinese population. The study aimed to translate and validate the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory for measuring perioperative symptom burden in gynecologic cancer patients (MDASI-PeriOp-GYN) and examine the utility of the Chinese version of MDASI-PeriOp-GYN. Methods The MDASI-PeriOp-GYN was translated in a stepwise manner. First, two native speakers independently translated the 9 PeriOp-GYN symptom items. Then the nine items were translated back into English by two different bilingual translators. After discussion and revision, the four translators reached an agreement. Finally, the finalized Chinese version was administered to women with three common gynecologic cancer types (cervical, ovarian, and endometrial cancers) recruited from the gynecological oncology department of Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute between July and October 2019. The reliability and validity of the translated version were assessed. Results Overall, 324 women with gynecologic cancers were enrolled. Cronbach’s α values were 0.826 and 0.735 for the symptom severity and interference scales, respectively. Test–retest reliability values were 0.885, 0.873, and 0.914 for symptom severity, PeriOp-GYN, and interference scales. Significant correlations were found between the MDASI-PeriOp-GYN-C and EORTC QLQ-C30 along with the QLQ-OV28 module (− 0.608–0.871, P < 0.001). Known-group validity was supported by significant differences in the scores of the four scales grouped by time intervals, surgery type, and functional status (all P < 0.01). Conclusions The MDASI-PeriOp-GYN-C is a valid and reliable tool for measuring symptoms in Chinese patients undergoing surgery for gynecologic cancers. The tool could be used in clinical practice and clinical trials to instantly gather patients’ health and quality of life data. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12905-021-01415-0.
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- Ting Zhang
- Gynecological Oncology Department of Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- School of Nursing, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Gynecological Oncology Department of Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Gynecological Oncology Department of Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.,School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Symptom Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Gynecological Oncology Department of Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Gynecological Oncology Department of Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Hospital Infection Department of Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Nursing Study Center, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No. 55, 4Th Section of Renmin South Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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Gao XY, Li SS, Wu WT, Du JY, Wu CL, Jiang X, Zhang BY, Mi BB, Zeng LX, Dang SN, Yan H. [The association between calcium supplementation in antenatal childbearing aged women and risk of small for gestational age among neonatal singleton in Shaanxi province]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2021; 42:651-655. [PMID: 34814445 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20200623-00877] [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: 06/13/2023]
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Objective: This study explored the association between antenatal calcium supplementation in the childbearing aged women and risk of small for gestational age infant (SGA) among singleton in Shaanxi province,China. Methods: Multi-stage random cluster sampling method was employed to collect information about pregnant women, who were pregnant and had definite outcomes, and their infants, from 30 districts (counties) in 2010 to 2013. Information was collected by face-to-face questionnaire survey. Generalized linear mixed models were employed after adjusting covariates. Dependent variable was whether single-birth neonate was SGA, and independent variable was calcium supplementation of childbearing aged women in different pregnant periods. Results: A total of 28 357 childbearing aged women was recruited in this study. The age of these women was (28.08±4.74) years old, of which, 79.28% were rural residents and 60.90% had calcium supplementation intake. There was a number of 12 810 female in singleton neonates. The neonatal birth weight and gestational age were (3.27±0.16) kg and (277.44±8.80) day, respectively. The prevalence of SGA was 11.35% in total, and 10.48% in mothers with maternal calcium supplementation and 12.70% in mothers without maternal calcium supplementation in whole antenatal period. There were statistically significant differences seen in antenatal calcium supplementation within the subgroups of maternal age (whether the mother was an advanced maternal woman), residential area, maternal occupation, maternal parity, maternal education level, and household incomes (P<0.05). After adjusting these covariates, the risk of SGA among childbearing aged women with antenatal calcium supplementation showed 16% decreased risk (OR=0.84, 95%CI: 0.77-0.92). Further analysis of the different antenatal periods showed that calcium supplementation during the second and third trimester had a statistically significant difference in reducing the risk of neonatal SGA (P<0.05). Besides, subgroup analysis showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the perinatal calcium supplementation and the single-born neonates with SGA Significance (P<0.05) in non-advanced women, those who had a low education level and moderate household economic status groups. Conclusion: The risk reduction of SGA among singleton neonates is related to calcium supplementation during antenatal period in Shaanxi province.
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- X Y Gao
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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Wang N, Dong SS, Wu CL, Wang Y, Meng L, Ren Y, Cui XB, Li M, Qi Y. Rare Primary Pulmonary Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor: A Case Report and Literature Review. Onco Targets Ther 2021; 14:139-144. [PMID: 33447055 PMCID: PMC7802914 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s283967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) arising from the lung without thoracic wall involvement are extremely rare and particularly aggressive neoplasms. Herein, we present the case of a 41-year-old woman with pulmonary PNET diagnosed following histopathological, immunohistochemical, and molecular pathological examination of a surgical biopsy specimen. The case report is accompanied by a literature review of primary pulmonary PNETs.
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- Ning Wang
- Department of Pathology, Shihezi University School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital to Shihezi University School of Medicine, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832002, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Shihezi University School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital to Shihezi University School of Medicine, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832002, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832002, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Stomatology, Shihezi University School of Medicine, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832002, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Shihezi University School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital to Shihezi University School of Medicine, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832002, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Shihezi University School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital to Shihezi University School of Medicine, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832002, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Shihezi University School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital to Shihezi University School of Medicine, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832002, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Shihezi University School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital to Shihezi University School of Medicine, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832002, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Shihezi University School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital to Shihezi University School of Medicine, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832002, People's Republic of China.,Department of Pathology, Certral People's Hospital of Zhanjiang & Zhanjiang Central Hospital, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, People's Republic of China
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Pan SB, Wu CL, Hou H, Zhou DC, Cui X, He L, Gu J, Wang L, Yu ZF, Dong GY, Xie SX, Xiong QR, Geng XP. [Open hepatectomy versus laparoscopic in the treatment of primary left-sided hepatolithiasis: a propensity, long-term follow-up analysis at a single center]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2020; 58:530-538. [PMID: 32610424 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112139-20191114-00561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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To compare short-term and long-term efficacy after laparoscopic left hepatectomy(LLR) to open left hepatectomy(OLH) for primary left-sided hepatolithiasis. Methods: Clinical data of 187 patients with left-sided hepatolithiasis and underwent laparoscopically or open left-sided hepatectomy from October 2014 to October 2019 at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University were retrospectively analyzed in this propensity score matching (PSM) study and were matched in terms of age, sex, body mass index, liver function, ASA score, comorbidities, history of biliary surgery, and smoking history on the ratio of 1∶1.There were 47 cases in each group and the mean age were (54.7±12.3)years old(range:34 to 75 years old) and (53.2±12.6) years old (range: 34 to 75 years old) in open and laparoscopically group respectively. The data of operation time, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative hospital-stay, complication rate, biliary fistula rate, stone clearance rate, and stone recurrence rate were compared. The quantitative data were compared using t-test or rank-sum test. Count data were analyzed with χ(2) test or Fisher test. Results: No significant difference was observed in the clinical characteristics of included 94 patients in this study(all P>0.05).The length of the postoperative hospital-stay after OLH was significantly higher than that in the LLH group((10.8±3.1) days vs.(8.5±2.2)days, t=4.085, P=0.000). LLR significantly decreased the incidence of postoperative biliary fistula compared with the OLH (6.3% vs.21.2%, χ(2)=4.374, P=0.036) and the rates of postoperative complications in the OLH group was significantly higher than that in the LLH group (48.9% vs.27.6%, χ(2)=4.502, P=0.034). Moreover, the stone recurrence rates in the LLH group was significantly lower than that after OLR (4.2% vs. 17.0%, χ(2)=4.029, P=0.045). OLH (95% CI: 1.55 to 10.75, P=0.004) and postoperative complications (95% CI: 1.29 to 9.52, P=0.013) were independent risk factors for prolonged hospital stay. OLH (95% CI: 1.428 to 44.080, P=0.018) and residual stones (95% CI: 1.580 to 62.379, P=0.014) were independent risk factors for the occurrence of postoperative biliary fistula. Biliary fistula (95% CI: 1.078 to 24.517, P=0.040) was an independent risk factor for the recurrence of stones. Conclusion: Compared with OLH, LLH is safe and effective for the treatment of the primary left-sided hepatolithiasis with the clinical benefits of shorter hospital stay, fewer morbidity and biliary fistula occurrence, and lower stone recurrence rates.
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- S B Pan
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China
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Fan DG, Wu CL, Huang HJ, Wu L, Chen H, Cai SS, Lin N, Lin SY. [Paraganglioma of urinary bladder: a clinicopathological features analysis of 23 cases]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2020; 49:311-316. [PMID: 32268666 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20190928-00535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the clinicopathological features, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and immunohistochemical (IHC) characteristics of paraganglioma of urinary bladder (PUB). Methods: The clinical and pathological data of 23 cases of PUB were collected at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University (7 cases); Fujian Provincial Hospital (8 cases); Fujian Medical University Union Hospital (6 cases); and First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University (2 cases) from May 2010 to November 2018. IHC staining for CK, GATA3, CD56, Syn, CgA, S-100 protein, HMB45, SDHB, OCT3/4 and Ki-67 was done using EliVision method; and the relevant literature was reviewed. Results: There were 14 women and 9 men, aged ranged from 21 to 73 years (median 51 years). Clinically, patients presented with headache, vertigo, palpitation, hypertensive crisis during micturition, hypertension, blurred vision, gross hematuria and paroxysmal pallor. The tumor sizes ranged from 0.9 to 6 cm (mean2.5 cm). Macroscopically, most tumors were exophytic and well delineated within the lamina propria or muscularis propria. The tumors were firm and nodular and showed grayish-tan cut surface. Histologically,the tumor growth pattern was expansive or showed interpenetrating infiltrative growth within the lamina propria or muscularis propria; the tumor cells were typically arranged in distinctive nests (Zellballen) with organoid arrangement; pseudo-rosette were seen in some cases. The cells were rounded or polygonal and had rich, acidophilic or amphophilic cytoplasm and may contain pigmented granules and vacuoles; the nuclei were central or eccentric, with small nucleoli, although occasionally some nuclei were pleomorphic and hyperchromatic. Spindled sustentacular cells could be seen around the nests of tumor cells in some cases. There were abundant vessels that were fissure-like, hemangioma-like or dilated. By IHC, the tumor cells were positive for GATA3 (2/23), OCT3/4 (2/23), CD56 (22/23), Syn (23/23), CgA (22/23), S-100 (sustentacular cell, 23/23) and SDHB (23/23); and negative for CK and HMB45; Ki-67 index was 1%-5%. At follow-up, there was no recurrence or metastasis in 18 cases. Conclusions: The diagnosis of PUB relies on the morphologic and IHC features; but there may be histomorphologic heterogeneity. The most important differential diagnosis is invasive urothelial carcinoma. The tumor cells may show aberrant cytoplasmic expression of OCT3/4; there is no clear correlation between SDHB and OCT3/4 expression in the group.
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- D G Fan
- Department of Pathology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- Department of Pathology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Provincial Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Pathology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Pathology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- Department of Pathology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Provincial Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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Zhang BY, Li MM, Liu AM, Wu WT, Guo HY, Gao XY, Wu CL, Shang SH, Yan H, Dang SN. [The association between the frequency of prenatal care in childbearing aged women and risk of small for gestational age among neonatal twins in Shaanxi Province]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 54:129-132. [PMID: 32074697 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2020.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the association between the frequency of prenatal care in childbearing aged women and risk of small for gestational age (SGA) among neonatal twins in Shaanxi Province. Methods: From July to December 2013, a total of 30 027 childbearing aged women, who were pregnant from January 2010 to November 2013 and had definite outcomes, were selected from 30 districts (counties) of Shaanxi Province by using the multi-stage random sampling method. The questionnaires with a face-to-face survey method were used to retrospectively collect demographic information, pregnancy history, lifestyle during pregnancy, disease history, nutritional supplements, and health care during pregnancy. Information on the gestational age and birth weight of the newborn were obtained by consulting the medical certificate of birth and were registered as twin A and twin B by birth order. Finally, 356 childbearing aged women and their twin babies with complete data were included in the analysis. A generalized estimation equation model was used to analyze the association between the frequency of prenatal care and the risk of SGA among neonatal twins. Results: The age of childbearing aged women was (27.44±4.68) years old, of which 79.49% (283 women) were rural residents and 44.38% (158 women) had seven or more times prenatal care. The gestational age and birth weight were (37.64±2.51) weeks and (2 510±497) g, respectively. The prevalence of SGA was 51.40% (183/356) for twin A and 53.37% (190/356) for twin B, respectively. The prevalence of SGA was 44.30% (70/158) for twin A with seven or more times prenatal care and 42.41% (67/158) for twin B with seven or more times prenatal care, which was lower than that for twins with less than seven times prenatal care, respectively [57.07% (113/198) and 62.12% (123/198)] (P values were 0.017 and <0.001). The results of generalized estimation equation model suggested that compared to those with less than seven times prenatal care, after adjusting for parity, birth order, place of residence, maternal age, occupation, education, family wealth index, passive smoking, pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome, folic acid, and iron supplement during perinatal period, and gender of the newborn, the OR (95%CI) of risk of SGA among childbearing aged women with seven or more times prenatal care was 0.60 (0.40-0.91). Conclusion: Seven or more times prenatal care could reduce the risk of SGA among neonatal twins in Shanxi Province.
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- B Y Zhang
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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Cao H, Salazar-García L, Gao F, Wahlestedt T, Wu CL, Han X, Cai Y, Xu D, Wang F, Tang L, Ricciardi N, Cai D, Wang H, Chin MPS, Timmons JA, Wahlestedt C, Kapranov P. Novel approach reveals genomic landscapes of single-strand DNA breaks with nucleotide resolution in human cells. Nat Commun 2019; 10:5799. [PMID: 31862872 PMCID: PMC6925131 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13602-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Single-strand breaks (SSBs) represent the major form of DNA damage, yet techniques to map these lesions genome-wide with nucleotide-level precision are limited. Here, we present a method, termed SSiNGLe, and demonstrate its utility to explore the distribution and dynamic changes in genome-wide SSBs in response to different biological and environmental stimuli. We validate SSiNGLe using two very distinct sequencing techniques and apply it to derive global profiles of SSBs in different biological states. Strikingly, we show that patterns of SSBs in the genome are non-random, specific to different biological states, enriched in regulatory elements, exons, introns, specific types of repeats and exhibit differential preference for the template strand between exons and introns. Furthermore, we show that breaks likely contribute to naturally occurring sequence variants. Finally, we demonstrate strong links between SSB patterns and age. Overall, SSiNGLe provides access to unexplored realms of cellular biology, not obtainable with current approaches.
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- Huifen Cao
- Institute of Genomics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Institute of Genomics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Institute of Genomics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Institute of Genomics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Department of Pathology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, 362000, China
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- Institute of Genomics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Institute of Genomics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Institute of Genomics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Institute of Genomics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Institute of Genomics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Center for Therapeutic Innovation and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Institute of Genomics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Institute of Genomics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Institute of Genomics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Augur Precision Medicine LTD, Scion House, Stirling University Innovation Park, Stirling, FK9 4NF, UK
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- Center for Therapeutic Innovation and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
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- Institute of Genomics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China.
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Qiu XY, Dai H, Yu XT, Wu CL, Qiu YB. [Analysis on current status and influential factors of occupational stress among couriers]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2019; 37:446-449. [PMID: 31256528 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-9391.2019.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the current status and influencing factors of occupational stress among couriers. Methods: Couriers (n=925) were selected on this study used cluster sampling method from January to March 2018. They were from SF and Zhongtong Express Co., Ltd., on the Wechat platform, and surveyed by a job stress questionnaire based on a job demand-control model.Valid questionnaires(n=617) were obtained. Results: A total of 418 workers were occupational stress positive (67.7%). The results of Chi-square analysis showed that there were significant differences in occupational stress among workers categorized by job position, working years, mealtime, sleeping time, and weekly work time (P<0.05). The multivariate logistic analysis indicated that non-regular meals, short-term sleep and less than 0.5 working years were risk factors for occupational stress(P<0.05). Conclusion: Couriers generally have occupational stress. The main influencing factors are job position, working years mealtime, sleeping time, and weekly work time. It is necessary to guide healthy lifestyle, rationally organize labor and assign tasks, and improve working environment to relieve their occupational stress.
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- X Y Qiu
- Occupational health section of Shajing Institute of Disease Prevention and Health Care, Shenzhen 518104, China
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HOTAIR has been reported to be associated with development and metastasis in different types of cancer. This meta- analysis collected all relevant articles and explored the correlation of HOTAIR with lymph node metastasis (LNM) and distant metastasis (DM). A literature collection was conducted by searching PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar and Cochrane Library (up to Sep 11, 2016). The odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (95% CI) was calculated to assess the association with strength. Nineteen studies were included in this study, with a total of 1874 patients. The study objects were all Asians. We found high HOTAIR expression in tumor tissues was significantly correlated with LNM and DM, and analysis showed a pooled OR of 3.18 (95% CI: 2.10-4.81, p<0.00001) and 3.93 (95% CI: 2.39-6.47, p<0.00001), respectively. HOTAIR may serve as a novel diagnostic biomarker for cancer metastasis.
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Wu CL, Zhou LC, Pan JT. [Bilateral internal jugular vein thrombosis in a patient with severe burn]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi 2019; 35:227-228. [PMID: 30897872 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1009-2587.2019.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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A 33 years old male patient who suffered from a flame burn of 88% total body surface area was admitted to our hospital on November 28th, 2016. During his hospitalization, we repeatedly performed central vein catheterization in internal jugular veins, subclavian veins, or femoral veins for fluid transfusion. We incidentally found bilateral internal jugular vein thrombosis by performing a point-of-care ultrasound examination before catheterizing sometime. We treated the patient by avoiding catheterization in the affected internal jugular veins, anticoagulating with low molecular weight heparin, closing the wounds with skin autografting, and guiding the patient to practice functional exercise. The thrombus disappeared in the end. The patient was cured and discharged 3 months post burn.
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- C L Wu
- Department of Burns, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Linhai 317000, China
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Li WZ, Cai FQ, Wu CL, Peng P, Huang JA. [A case report of liver actinomycosis]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2018; 26:786-787. [PMID: 30481889 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-3418.2018.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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- W Z Li
- Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China
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Song YF, Xu ZB, Zhu XJ, Tao X, Liu JL, Gao FL, Wu CL, Song B, Lin Q. Serum Cyr61 as a potential biomarker for diagnosis of colorectal cancer. Clin Transl Oncol 2016; 19:519-524. [PMID: 27743169 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-016-1560-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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PURPOSE To determine the sensitivity and specificity of serum Cyr61 as a potential biomarker for the diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) and to assess the association between serum Cyr61 level and CRC clinicopathological status. METHODS We used an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to measure serum Cyr61 in patients with CRC, patients with colorectal adenomas, and healthy controls. We also analyzed the relationship between serum Cyr61 and clinicopathological features of CRC patients. The levels of serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) were quantified using the Roche Cobas 6000 Analyzer. The sensitivity and specificity of Cyr61, CEA, CA19-9 and CEA + CA19-9 were evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. RESULTS The serum level of Cyr61 was significantly increased in CRC patients compared with colorectal adenoma patients and healthy controls (p < 0.001). Furthermore, the area under the ROC curve for Cyr61 was 0.935 (95 % confidence interval 0.902-0.968), higher than that for CEA + CA19-9 (0.827, 95 % confidence interval: 0.783-0.871). Use of a Cyr61 cutoff value of 92.0 pg/mL allowed distinguishing CRC patients and healthy controls with a sensitivity of 83 % and a specificity of 97 %. Among CRC patients, an elevated level of serum Cyr61 was significantly associated with more advanced TNM stage (p < 0.0042), lymph node metastasis (p < 0.0088), and vascular invasion (p = 0.0027). CONCLUSION Cyr61 has potential as a serum biomarker for the diagnosis of CRC and for assessment of the clinicopathological status of CRC.
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- Y F Song
- Clinical Laboratory, People's Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 602 Bayiqi Road, Fuzhou, 350001, China
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- Medical Oncology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, 29 Xinquan Road, Fuzhou, 350001, China
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- Medical Oncology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, 29 Xinquan Road, Fuzhou, 350001, China
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- Public Health Medicine, People's Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 602 Bayiqi Road, Fuzhou, 350001, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, People's Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 602 Bayiqi Road, Fuzhou, 350001, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, People's Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 602 Bayiqi Road, Fuzhou, 350001, China
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- Medical Oncology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, 29 Xinquan Road, Fuzhou, 350001, China
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- Respiratory Medicine, The Affiliated Mindong Hospital of Fujian Medical University, 89 Heshan Road, Fuan, 355000, China.
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- Clinical Laboratory, People's Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 602 Bayiqi Road, Fuzhou, 350001, China.
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Zhao J, Fu YX, Yang T, Shen ZY, Wu CL. Prediction of Complement-Binding Capacity of HLA Antibodies Based on Mean Fluorescence Intensity. Transplant Proc 2016; 48:2235-40. [PMID: 27569975 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2016] [Revised: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies estimated by Luminex single-antigen beads, especially those that fix complement, are associated with antibody-mediated rejection and graft failure. However, the relationship between HLA antibody strength and complement-binding ability is controversial. METHODS Serum samples of 31 sensitized renal patients waiting for renal transplantation were retrospectively analyzed by IgG-Luminex to identify HLA antibodies and in parallel by C1q-Luminex to determine the complement binding of HLA antibodies. RESULTS The percentage of HLA class I antibodies binding with C1q was lower than that of HLA class II antibodies (43.2% vs. 51.3%, P = .006). The mean fluorescence intensities (MFI) of IgG-Luminex correlated with the MFI of C1q-Luminex for the same antibodies (Spearman correlation; class I, r = 0.665, P < .01; class II, r = 0.761, P < .01). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that the MFIs of HLA antibodies by IgG-Luminex predicted their C1q-binding abilities (area under the curve [AUC] class I = 0.917; AUC class II = 0.927). Using MFI cutoff values of 8238 and 6754 in IgG-Luminex for HLA class I and class II antibodies, respectively, the sensitivity and specificity for C1q binding were 82.4% and 87.4% for class I antibodies and 90.9% and 82% for class II antibodies. CONCLUSIONS The MFI of HLA antibodies by IgG-Luminex predicts the complement-binding capability to a certain extent before transplantation.
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- J Zhao
- Department of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China; Department of Transplant Surgery, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Transplant Surgery, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Transplant Surgery, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Transplant Surgery, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
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Gui XH, Wang LP, Wu CL, Sun XF. [Comparison of naming impairment among patients with Parkinson's disease without dementia, Parkinson's disease dementia and Alzheimer's disease]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2016; 96:1664-1667. [PMID: 27290706 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2016.21.010] [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: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the characteristics of naming impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD) without dementia, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS All participants came from outpatient clinic or inpatients of our hospital during 2011-2013. Object and action naming tests were evaluated among patients with PD without dementia (n=60), PDD (n=60), AD (n=60) and healthy control group (n=60). RESULTS The object naming score of PD without dementia group was 40.2±2.8, PDD group was 36.0±3.1, AD group was 31.6±4.0 and healthy control group was 44.1±2.2, while the action naming score of PD without dementia group was 27.3±2.6, PDD group was 20.5±4.0, AD group was 22.5±2.7 and healthy control group was 31.6±1.4. The object and action naming were both impaired in PD without dementia, PDD and AD patients compared with healthy control group (P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS PD patients without dementia have slight object and action naming impairments with more impairments in action naming. Action naming is more impaired in PDD patients, while object naming is more impaired in AD patients.
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- Department of Neurology, Shaoxing People's Hospital (Zhejiang University Shaoxing Hospital), Zhejiang Province, Shaoxing 312000, China
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Lü WD, Liu YZ, Liu ZG, Wu CL, Lei GY, Zhang X, Gao W, Hu YR. Effect of Lyophilization Technique and Gamma-Ray Sterilization on Structural, Mechanical and Biological Properties of Acellular Tumor Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds. J BIOMATER TISS ENG 2016. [DOI: 10.1166/jbt.2016.1435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Chen YH, Li J, Hao YB, Qi JX, Dong NG, Wu CL, Wang Q. Preparation and characterization of composite hydrogels based on crosslinked hyaluronic acid and sodium alginate. J Appl Polym Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/app.41898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Yong-Hao Chen
- Institute of Forestry and Pomology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science; Beijing 100093 China
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- Beijing Institute of Landscape Architecture; Beijing 100102 China
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- Institute of Forestry and Pomology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science; Beijing 100093 China
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- Institute of Forestry and Pomology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science; Beijing 100093 China
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- Institute of Forestry and Pomology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science; Beijing 100093 China
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- Institute of Forestry and Pomology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science; Beijing 100093 China
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- Institute of Agrofood Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Beijing 100193 China
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Chu Y, Guimarães LA, Wu CL, Timper P, Holbrook CC, Ozias-Akins P. A Technique to Study Meloidogyne arenaria Resistance in Agrobacterium rhizogenes-Transformed Peanut. Plant Dis 2014; 98:1292-1299. [PMID: 30703931 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-12-13-1241-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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A reliable peanut root transformation system would be useful to study the functions of genes involved in root biology and disease resistance. The objective of this study was to establish an effective protocol to produce composite plants mediated by Agrobacterium rhizogenes transformation. In total, 75% of transformed peanut seedlings produced an average of 2.83 transgenic roots per plant. Peanut seed had the highest germination rate after treatment in a chlorine gas chamber for 8 h compared with 16 h in chlorine gas or Clorox and mercuric chloride immersion treatments. High transformation efficiency was achieved when the wound site for A. rhizogenes inoculation was covered with vermiculite instead of enclosing the whole plant in a high humidity chamber. On average, 2.5 galls from Meloidogyne arenaria infection were formed per transgenic root from susceptible genotype TifGP-2. These data indicate that A. rhizogenes-transformed roots can be used to phenotype the host response to nematode challenge. Transformation of RLP-2, a candidate resistance gene for M. arenaria integrated into a silencing construct, did not alter the resistance response of Tifguard, even though downregulation of endogenous RLP-2 expression was detected in transformed roots. It is likely that RLP-2 is not the gene conditioning M. arenaria resistance in peanut.
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- Department of Horticulture, The University of Georgia Tifton Campus, Tifton 31793-5766
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- Department of Horticulture, The University of Georgia Tifton Campus, Tifton 31793-5766
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- Department of Horticulture, The University of Georgia Tifton Campus, Tifton 31793-5766
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Tifton, GA 31793; and
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Tifton, GA 31793; and
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- Department of Horticulture, The University of Georgia Tifton Campus
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Lü WD, Zhang L, Wu CL, Liu ZG, Lei GY, Liu J, Gao W, Hu YR. Development of an acellular tumor extracellular matrix as a three-dimensional scaffold for tumor engineering. PLoS One 2014; 9:e103672. [PMID: 25072252 PMCID: PMC4114977 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Tumor engineering is defined as the construction of three-dimensional (3D) tumors in vitro with tissue engineering approaches. The present 3D scaffolds for tumor engineering have several limitations in terms of structure and function. To get an ideal 3D scaffold for tumor culture, A549 human pulmonary adenocarcinoma cells were implanted into immunodeficient mice to establish xenotransplatation models. Tumors were retrieved at 30-day implantation and sliced into sheets. They were subsequently decellularized by four procedures. Two decellularization methods, Tris-Trypsin-Triton multi-step treatment and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) treatment, achieved complete cellular removal and thus were chosen for evaluation of histological and biochemical properties. Native tumor tissues were used as controls. Human breast cancer MCF-7 cells were cultured onto the two 3D scaffolds for further cell growth and growth factor secretion investigations, with the two-dimensional (2D) culture and cells cultured onto the Matrigel scaffolds used as controls. Results showed that Tris-Trypsin-Triton multi-step treated tumor sheets had well-preserved extracellular matrix structures and components. Their porosity was increased but elastic modulus was decreased compared with the native tumor samples. They supported MCF-7 cell repopulation and proliferation, as well as expression of growth factors. When cultured within the Tris-Trypsin-Triton treated scaffold, A549 cells and human colorectal adenocarcinoma cells (SW-480) had similar behaviors to MCF-7 cells, but human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells (KYSE-510) had a relatively slow cell repopulation rate. This study provides evidence that Tris-Trypsin-Triton treated acellular tumor extracellular matrices are promising 3D scaffolds with ideal spatial arrangement, biomechanical properties and biocompatibility for improved modeling of 3D tumor microenvironments.
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- Wei-Dong Lü
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tumor Hospital of Shaanxi Province, Affiliated to the Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, PR China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin Lung Cancer Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, PR China
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, PR China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tumor Hospital of Shaanxi Province, Affiliated to the Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, PR China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tumor Hospital of Shaanxi Province, Affiliated to the Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, PR China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tumor Hospital of Shaanxi Province, Affiliated to the Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, PR China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tumor Hospital of Shaanxi Province, Affiliated to the Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, PR China
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, PR China
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Ziziphus jujuba Mill. (Rhamanaceae), commonly known as Chinese jujube, is a plant that is native to China and widely distributed in China and South Korea. Chinese jujube is a traditional Chinese medicine and food that has been used for thousands of years. From spring 2011 to spring 2012, Chinese jujube trees (<4 years old) from commercial orchards in Kashi and Akzo developed symptoms of severe wilting, chlorosis, and stunting. The taproot and lateral roots exhibited black, sunken, necrotic lesions, and progression of these symptoms eventually caused mortality of infected trees. In April 2011 and 2012, 15 trees with root rot symptoms were collected from different orchards, and a fungus was recovered consistently from symptomatic rhizome samples that had been surface-sterilized with 0.1% mercuric chloride and plated onto potato dextrose agar (PDA). Thirteen isolates were obtained. Colony growth on PDA was initially white but gradually turned grayish yellow-brown, with the lower side of the plate turning a deep yellow-brown. Colony texture was felty and slightly raised with no concentric growth zones. Pycnidia formed abundantly after 30 days, and each exuded a dull orange cirrhus containing conidia. The conidiomatal stromata were immersed in the bark, erumpent, discoid, convex to conical, and 1.53 ± 0.13 mm in diameter. Discs were dark brown or grey, nearly flat, circular, and up to 0.6 mm in diameter, with one to eight lateral ostioles. Ostioles were brown, 40 to 80 mm in diameter, and located above the disc surface. Locules were globose, with four to eight in a stroma, undivided, and did not share common walls. Conidia were hyaline, eguttulate, and allantoid, with sizes of 12 to 20 × 1.0 to 1.5 μm. The agar culture and conidiomatal stromata morphology were in accordance with descriptions of Cytospora sacculus (1,4). PCR amplification of the internal transcribed (ITS) spacer region of rDNA (using primers ITS1/4), combined with amplification of the β-tubulin gene (using primers BT1a/BT1b) (2,3), followed by sequencing of the amplified DNA, led to identification of isolate 6T-17 as Valsa ceratosperma (anamorph C. sacculus). The sequence of the ITS1-5.8s-ITS2 region of rDNA (GenBank Accession No. JX560175) matched the ITS sequence of V. ceratosperma Accession AB369475 with 99% similarity, and the β-tubulin gene sequence (KC840674) resulted in a 99% match with that of V. ceratosperma Accession EU219136. Mycelial plugs of a culture of each fungal isolate on PDA were inoculated onto 10 rhizomes of 2-month-old seedlings of Z. jujube, and maintained in a greenhouse at 25 to 30°C. Ten rhizomes of 2-month-old seedlings of Z. jujuba were inoculated with non-colonized PDA plugs as the control treatment. After 2 months, all inoculated seedlings showed chlorotic leaves and root rot symptoms similar to those observed in the original commercial orchards. No symptoms were observed on the control plants. The pathogen was reisolated successfully from symptomatic plants but not from the control plants, fulfilling Koch's postulates. To our knowledge, this is the first report of C. sacculus causing a root rot of Z. jujuba trees in China. References: (1) G. C. Adams et al. Stud. Mycol. 52:83, 2005. (2) G. M. Arruda et al. Plant Pathol. 54:53, 2005. (3) J. Baskarathevan et al. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 132:549, 2012. (4) J. B. Kepley et al. J. Arbor. 26:326, 2000.
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- The Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Oasis Crop Disease, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, 832003, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Oasis Crop Disease, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, 832003, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Oasis Crop Disease, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, 832003, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Oasis Crop Disease, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, 832003, China
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- Institute of Agriculture Science and Technology of Division No. 2 of Xinjiang Production and Construction Group, Korla, Xinjiang, 841000, China
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Guan HT, Lü JM, Wu CL, Li HG, Zhu CH, Xiong CL. [Detecting testis- and epididymis-specific methylated promoters in human cell-free seminal DNA by MeDIP-qPCR]. Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 2013; 19:977-983. [PMID: 24341089] [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: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To establish a method of methyl-DNA immunoprecipitation (MeDIP)-real time quantitative PCR (qPCR) for detecting the promoter methylation level in cell-free seminal DNA (cfsDNA). METHODS We obtained cfsDNA samples from 6 normozoospermia men (the NZ group) and 6 post-vasectomy patients (the PV group), and mixed the samples from different individuals of each group, respectively. Then we made DNA fragments by ultrasonication, separated the methylated DNA fragments by MeDIP, and determined the methylation level of the promoters in cfsDNA by qPCR. RESULTS The methylation levels of the promoters PRAME, PEG10, MORC1, GML, HOXA5, DNMT3L, SNURF, MSH4, DAZ1 and CLPB were 14.93, 2.64, 0.69, 2.66, 17.50, 21.10, 5.98, 2.28, 13.50 and 3.86%, respectively, in the NZ group, obviously lower than 121.25, 73.62, 16.25, 42.90, 76.74, 112.40, 59.79, 25.85, 91.90 and 64.53% in the PV group. The results of MeDIP-qPCR for the methylation of PRAME, MORC1, GML, HOXA5, DNMT3L, SNURF, MSH4 and DAZ1 were coincident with the results of genome-wide promoter methylation microarray. CONCLUSION MeDIP-qPCR can quantitatively measure the promoter methylation level in cfsDNA, and effectively determine the testis- and epididymis-specific methylated promoters in human semen.
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- Huang-Tao Guan
- Family Planning Research Institute/Center of Reproductive Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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- Family Planning Service Station of Qichun County, Huanggang, Hubei 435300, China
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- Family Planning Research Institute/Center of Reproductive Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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- Family Planning Research Institute/Center of Reproductive Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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- Family Planning Research Institute/Center of Reproductive Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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- Family Planning Research Institute/Center of Reproductive Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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Wu CL, Li HG, Zhu CH. [Advances in the studies of cell-free seminal DNA]. Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 2013; 19:652-656. [PMID: 23926686] [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: 06/02/2023]
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Cell-free DNA, also referred to as extracellular DNA, has been detected in many kinds of human body fluids, including blood plasma, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, amniotic fluid, and seminal plasma. At present, cell-free DNA has been reported widely as promising noninvasive biomarkers for disease diagnosis and research. Recent years have witnessed some progress in the studies of the general characteristics of cell-free DNA, such as its concentration, extent of molecular weight, origin and existing forms, as well as in its clinical application. Cell-free seminal DNA has been proposed as promising noninvasive biomarkers for the studies and diagnosis of male idiopathic infertility, and the early diagnosis, treatment evaluation and outcome prediction of testicular germ cell tumors and prostatic cancer. This review summarizes the general characteristics and biological functions of cell-free DNA, and outlines the research status and application perspective of cell-free seminal DNA.
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- Chun-Lin Wu
- Family Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wu-han, Hubei 430030, China
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Wu YL, Chen LC, Sheu MH, Chen TH, Wu SC, Wu CL, Li SY, Yang WC, Ng YY. Peritoneal-uterine communication: a complication of prolonged embedding of a peritoneal catheter. ARCH ESP UROL 2012; 32:481-3. [PMID: 22859846 DOI: 10.3747/pdi.2011.00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND It is energetically expensive to synthesize certain amino acids. The proteins (spidroins) of spider major ampullate (MA) silk, MaSp1 and MaSp2, differ in amino acid composition. Glutamine and proline are prevalent in MaSp2 and are expensive to synthesize. Since most orb web spiders express high proline silk they might preferentially attain the amino acids needed for silk from food and shift toward expressing more MaSp1 in their MA silk when starved. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We fed three spiders; Argiope aetherea, Cyrtophora moluccensis and Leucauge blanda, high protein, low protein or no protein solutions. A. aetherea and L. blanda MA silks are high in proline, while C. moluccesnsis MA silks are low in proline. After 10 days of feeding we determined the amino acid compositions and mechanical properties of each species' MA silk and compared them between species and treatments with pre-treatment samples, accounting for ancestry. We found that the proline and glutamine of A. aetherea and L. blanda silks were affected by protein intake; significantly decreasing under the low and no protein intake treatments. Glutmaine composition in C. moluccensis silk was likewise affected by protein intake. However, the composition of proline in their MA silk was not significantly affected by protein intake. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that protein limitation induces a shift toward different silk proteins with lower glutamine and/or proline content. Contradictions to the MaSp model lie in the findings that C. moluccensis MA silks did not experience a significant reduction in proline and A. aetherea did not experience a significant reduction in serine on low/no protein. The mechanical properties of the silks could not be explained by a MaSp1 expressional shift. Factors other than MaSp expression, such as the expression of spidroin-like orthologues, may impact on silk amino acid composition and spinning and glandular processes may impact mechanics.
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- Sean J. Blamires
- Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Center for Measurement Standards, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Life Science, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Wu C, Zhang Y, Li Q, Guo Z, Gao X. An environmental database and temporal and spatial distribution of Chinese paleoanthropological sites. Chin Sci Bull 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4669-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zakharova NI, Sokolov VV, Suvorova AA, Shiau AI, Wu CL, Efstaf'eva AG. [Prothymosin alpha interacts with C-terminal domain of histone H1 and dissociates p53-histone H1 complex]. Mol Biol (Mosk) 2011; 45:679-688. [PMID: 21954601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A novel mode of the tumor suppressor protein p53 regulation, mediated by recruitment of the linker histone H1 to the promoters of p53 target genes leading to specific repression of p53-dependent transcription, has recently been uncovered. Yet, how this repression could be relieved is not clear. Previously, a histone-binding nuclear protein prothymosin alpha (ProTa) was shown to trigger a p53 response. The histone-binding region of ProTa was found to be essential for this effect, raising a possibility that ProTa stimulates p53-dependent transcription by dissociating the p53-histone H1 repressive complex. Here, we have shown that ProTa interacts with the same C-terminal domain of histone H1 as p53 does and, therefore, ProTa and p53 could compete for binding to histone H1. Furthermore, ProTa, when competent for histone H1 binding, is able to liberate p53 from the histone H1-p53 complex in vitro. In vivo, stimulation of p53-dependent transcription by ProTa correlates with ability of ProTa to interact with histone H1. Ectopic expression of histone H1 or its C-terminal ProTa-binding domain specifically suppresses the stimulating effect of ProTa on transcription of the p53-responsive reporter gene in cultured cells. These results are consistent with the model that ProTa may enhance p53 transcription activity by displacement of histone H1 from p53-H1 repressive complex.
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Feng JB, Wu CL, Ma KY, Ding HY, Hua XM, Li JL. [Genetic structure of wild Macrobrachium nipponense populations in Taihu Lake based on microsatellite analysis]. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2011; 22:1606-1614. [PMID: 21941766] [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: 05/31/2023]
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By using eight highly polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci, this paper analyzed the genetic structure of wild Macrobrachium nipponense populations in Taihu Lake. For the 15 M. nipponense populations in the Lake, there were at least three of the loci presenting heterozygosity deficiency and obvious deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium after Bonferroni correction. The observed heterozygosity values of the 15 populations were all above 0. 683, displaying a high genetic diversity, but the diversity varied obviously with site. For example, the genetic diversity of the eastern and southern populations at Dukou and Luxiang was higher than that of the western and northern populations at Huazhuang and Yangzhu. For the 15 populations, parts of the loci showed heterozygote excess and departure from mutation-drift equilibrium, suggesting that the population structure had experienced bottleneck effect and the population amount had declined. The AMOVA analysis across all the populations and loci showed that the genetic divergence among the 15 populations was at a lower level (F(ST) = 0.011 ). 98.9% of the genetic variation came from intra-population, and 1.1% came from inter-population, suggesting that all the M. nipponense populations in the Lake could be protected and managed as a single unit in genetic resource. However, the genetic distance between Huazhuang and Wutangmen populations reached 0.206, being close to the delimitation of species identification. Further studies would be needed for the sustainable utilization of the genetic resource of M. nipponense in Taihu Lake.
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- Jian-Bin Feng
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
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Wu CL, Yang Y, Wong SL, Lai ACK. A new mathematical model for irradiance field prediction of upper-room ultraviolet germicidal systems. J Hazard Mater 2011; 189:173-185. [PMID: 21377783 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2010] [Revised: 02/04/2011] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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There has been an increasing interest in the use of upper-room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) system because of its proven disinfection effect for airborne microorganisms. To better design and explore further potential applications of UVGI systems, it is of critical importance to predict the spatial UV intensity in enclosures. In this paper, we developed a new mathematical model to predict spatial radiation intensity for upper-room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation systems. The detail geometries of the lamp and the reflector were removed and replaced by introducing a fictitious irradiation surface near louver slots. The view factor approach was applied to evaluate the UV irradiance in a three-dimensional space with different louver configurations. With this approach no detail meshing of the fixture is required and this leads to significant simplification of the entire systems from modeling perspectives. To validate the model, experiments were performed in a full-scale environmental controlled chamber in which one UVGI fixture was mounted on a sidewall. The UV irradiance was measured by a radiometer. The results predicted by the present model agree very well with the experimental measurements. Factors affect the accuracy of the model was also discussed.
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- C L Wu
- Engineering College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, PR China.
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Wan CH, Wu CL, Lin MT, Shih C. New electrocatalysts for unitized regenerative fuel cell: Pt-Ir alloy deposited on the proton exchange membrane surface by impregnation-reduction method. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2010; 10:4612-4618. [PMID: 21128466 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2010.1711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In this paper, a modified technique to prepare Pt-Ir catalyst layer on the proton exchange membrane (PEM) surface using the impregnation-reduction (IR) method is proposed to improve the electrocatalytic activity as well as the life cycle of the bifunctional oxygen electrode (BOE). The resulted electrocatalysts were characterized by the Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Electron Probe Micro-Analysis (EPMA), and Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). The electrocatalytic properties of the Pt-Ir layer on PEM surface for the oxygen reduction and water oxidation reactions as well as the life cycle of MEA were investigated. Experimental results showed that the Ir particles were dispersed densely in the platinum layer through the modified IR technique. The atomic ratio of Pt over Ir elements was 9:1, and the resulted thickness of the obtained Pt-Ir catalyst layer was about 1.0 microm. The Pt-Ir catalyst layer was composed of Pt layer doped with Ir nano-particles comprising nano Pt-Ir alloy phase. The large surface area of Ir core with Pt shell particles and the presence of nano Pt-Ir alloy phase led to a higher electrocatalytic activity of BOE. Due to the good binding between the Nafion membrane and the Pt-Ir alloy catalyst, as well as the composite structure of the resulted Pt-Ir, the life cycle of Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell (URFC) is improved through this novel BOE.
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- Chieh-Hao Wan
- Department of Electro-Optical and Energy Engineering, MingDao University, Changhua 52345, Taiwan
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Huang C, Lin JL, Wu CL, Chu CP. Recycling of spent filter backwash water using coagulation-assisted membrane filtration: effects of submicrometre particles on membrane flux. Water Sci Technol 2010; 61:1923-1929. [PMID: 20388988 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Membrane separation technology has been widely used for recycling of spent filter backwash water (SFBW) in water treatment plant. Membrane filtration performance is subject to characteristics of the particles in the SFBW. A bench-scale microfiltration (MF) coupled with pre-coagulation was set up to evaluate the recovery efficiency of SFBW. Effect of particle size distribution and zeta potential of the coagulated SFBW on the membrane filtration as well as the coagulation strategies were investigated. Pore clogging was more severe on the membrane with 1.0 mum pore size than on the membrane with 0.5 mum pore size due to the fact that submicrometre particles are dominant and their diameters are exactly closed to the pore size of the MF membrane. Pre-settling induced more severe irreversible fouling because only the submicrometre particles in the water become predominant after settling, resulting in the occurrence of more acute pore blocking of membrane. By contrast, pre-coagulation mitigates membrane fouling and improves membrane flux via enlarging particle size on membrane surface. The variations of zeta potential in response to coagulant dosing as well as fractal dimension were also compared with the performance of the subsequent filtration. The result showed that pre-coagulation induced by charge neutralization at the optimum dosage where the zeta potential is around zero leads to the optimal performance of the subsequent membrane filtration for SFBW recycling. At such condition, the fractal dimension of coagulated flocs reached minimum.
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- Chihpin Huang
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Chinese Taiwan.
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Wang RJ, Cheng CL, Chang CC, Wu CL, Su TM, Chaw SM. Dynamics and evolution of the inverted repeat-large single copy junctions in the chloroplast genomes of monocots. BMC Evol Biol 2008; 8:36. [PMID: 18237435 PMCID: PMC2275221 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2007] [Accepted: 01/31/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Various expansions or contractions of inverted repeats (IRs) in chloroplast genomes led to fluxes in the IR-LSC (large single copy) junctions. Previous studies revealed that some monocot IRs contain a trnH-rps19 gene cluster, and it has been speculated that this may be an evidence of a duplication event prior to the divergence of monocot lineages. Therefore, we compared the organizations of genes flanking two IR-LSC junctions in 123 angiosperm representatives to uncover the evolutionary dynamics of IR-LSC junctions in basal angiosperms and monocots. Results The organizations of genes flanking IR-LSC junctions in angiosperms can be classified into three types. Generally each IR of monocots contains a trnH-rps19 gene cluster near the IR-LSC junctions, which differs from those in non-monocot angiosperms. Moreover, IRs expanded more progressively in monocots than in non-monocot angiosperms. IR-LSC junctions commonly occurred at polyA tract or A-rich regions in angiosperms. Our RT-PCR assays indicate that in monocot IRA the trnH-rps19 gene cluster is regulated by two opposing promoters, S10A and psbA. Conclusion Two hypotheses are proposed to account for the evolution of IR expansions in monocots. Based on our observations, the inclusion of a trnH-rps19 cluster in majority of monocot IRs could be reasonably explained by the hypothesis that a DSB event first occurred at IRB and led to the expansion of IRs to trnH, followed by a successive DSB event within IRA and lead to the expansion of IRs to rps19 or to rpl22 so far. This implies that the duplication of trnH-rps19 gene cluster was prior to the diversification of extant monocot lineages. The duplicated trnH genes in the IRB of most monocots and non-monocot angiosperms have distinct fates, which are likely regulated by different expression levels of S10A and S10B promoters. Further study is needed to unravel the evolutionary significance of IR expansion in more recently diverged monocots.
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- South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China.
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Xu HW, Liu GZ, Dai GF, Wu CL, Liu HM. Modification of 15-akylidene andrographolide derivatives as alpha-glucosidase inhibitor. Drug Discov Ther 2007; 1:73-77. [PMID: 22504367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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15-Alkylidene andrographolide derivatives were specific alpha-glucosidase inhibitors. Semi-synthetic studies of these derivatives led to new alpha-glucosidase inhibitors. Their alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activity was evaluated. Bioactivity results indicated that most of the derivatives were excellent alpha-glucosidase inhibitors. Among them, 6c displayed the best alpha-glucosidase inhibitory bioactivity with an <span lang="EN-US">IC(50) value of 8.3 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Symbol;">m</span><span lang="EN-US">M.</span>
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- New Drug Research & Development Center, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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Jiang Z, Wu CL, Woda BA, Iczkowski KA, Chu PG, Tretiakova MS, Young RH, Weiss LM, Blute RD, Brendler CB, Krausz T, Xu JC, Rock KL, Amin MB, Yang XJ. Alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase: a multi-institutional study of a new prostate cancer marker. Histopathology 2004; 45:218-25. [PMID: 15330799 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2004.01930.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM To test whether alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR) is a sensitive and specific marker of prostate cancer. METHODS AND RESULTS The expression levels of AMACR mRNA were measured by real-time polymerase chain reaction. A total of 807 prostatic specimens were further examined by immunohistochemistry specific for AMACR. Quantitative immunostaining analyses were carried out by using the ChromaVision Automated Cellular Imaging System and the Ariol SL-50 Imaging System, respectively. AMACR mRNA levels measured in prostatic adenocarcinoma were 55 times higher than those in benign prostate tissue. Of 454 cases of prostatic adenocarcinoma, 441 were positive for AMACR, while 254 of 277 cases of benign prostate were negative for AMACR. The sensitivity and specificity of AMACR immunodetection of prostatic adenocarcinomas were 97% and 92%, respectively. Both positive and negative predictive values were 95%. By automatic imaging analyses, the AMACR immunostaining intensity and percentage in prostatic adenocarcinomas were also significantly higher than those in benign prostatic tissue (105.9 versus 16.1 for intensity, 45.7% versus 0.02% and 35.03% versus 4.64% for percentage, respectively). CONCLUSIONS We have demonstrated the promising features of AMACR as a biomarker for prostate cancer in this large series and the potential to develop automated quantitative diagnostic tests.
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- University of Massachusetts medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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Chakravarti A, Heydon K, Wu CL, Hammond E, Pollack A, Roach M, Wolkov H, Okunieff P, Cox J, Fontanesi J, Abrams R, Pilepich M, Shipley W. Loss of p16 expression is of prognostic significance in locally advanced prostate cancer: an analysis from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group protocol 86-10. J Clin Oncol 2003; 21:3328-34. [PMID: 12947069 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2003.12.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The retinoblastoma (RB) cell cycle regulatory pathway is known to be deregulated in virtually all known human tumors. The protein product of the RB gene, pRB, and its upstream regulator, p16, are among the most commonly affected members of this pathway. We investigated the prognostic significance of both pRB and p16 expression in locally advanced prostate cancers, from patients treated on the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) protocol 86-10. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty-seven cases from RTOG 86-10 had immunohistochemically stained slides, judged interpretable for both p16 and pRB, available for analysis. Median follow-up was 8.9 years (range, 6.0 to 11.8 years) for surviving patients. Staining for each marker was then correlated with overall survival, local progression, distant metastasis, and disease-specific survival. RESULTS Loss of p16 expression, as defined by expression was significantly associated with reduced overall survival (P =.039), disease-specific survival (P =.006), and higher risk of local progression (P =.0007) and distant metastasis (P =.026) in the univariate analysis. In the multivariate analysis, loss of p16 was significantly associated with reduced disease-specific survival (P =.0078) and increased risk of local failure (P =.0035) and distant metastasis (P =.026). A borderline association with reduced overall survival (P =.07) was also evident. Loss of pRB was associated with improved disease-specific survival on univariate (P =.028) and multivariate analysis (P =.043), but carried no other significant outcome associations. CONCLUSION Loss of p16 is significantly associated with adverse clinical outcome in cases of locally advanced prostate cancer.
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- Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Genitourinary Translational Research Program.
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Wu CL, Hung CR, Chang FY, Pau KYF, Wang PS. Involvement of cholecystokinin receptor in the inhibition of gastrointestinal motility by estradiol in ovariectomized rats. Scand J Gastroenterol 2002; 37:1133-9. [PMID: 12408516 DOI: 10.1080/003655202760373326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND The effects of estradiol benzoate (EB) on gastric emptying, gastrointestinal transit and plasma levels of cholecystokinin (CCK) were studied in ovariectomized rats. METHODS Gastrointestinal motility was assessed in rats 15 min after intragastric instillation of a test meal containing charcoal and Na2 51CrO4. Gastric emptying was determined by measuring the amount of radiolabeled chromium contained in the small intestine as a percentage of the initial amount received. Gastrointestinal transit was evaluated by calculating the geometric center of distribution of the radiolabeled marker. Blood samples were collected for E2 and CCK radioimmunoassay. RESULTS After treatment of EB (4-25 microg/kg), gastric emptying and gastrointestinal transit were inhibited, whereas plasma concentrations of E2 and CCK were increased in a dose-dependent manner. The selective CCK(A) receptor antagonists, devazepide and lorglumide, effectively attenuated the EB-induced inhibition of gastric emptying and gastrointestinal transit. L-365,260, a selective CCK(B) receptor antagonist, did not alter the EB-induced inhibition of gastric emptying and gastrointestinal transit. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that EB inhibits gastric emptying and gastrointestinal transit in ovariectomized rats via a mechanism involving CCK stimulation and CCK(A) receptor activation.
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- C L Wu
- Dept of Physiology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Mohyuddin A, Neary WJ, Wallace A, Wu CL, Purcell S, Reid H, Ramsden RT, Read A, Black G, Evans DGR. Molecular genetic analysis of the NF2 gene in young patients with unilateral vestibular schwannomas. J Med Genet 2002; 39:315-22. [PMID: 12011146 PMCID: PMC1735110 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.39.5.315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) must be suspected in patients presenting with a unilateral vestibular schwannoma at a young age who are therefore at theoretical risk of developing bilateral disease. We identified 45 patients aged 30 years or less at the onset of symptoms of a unilateral vestibular schwannoma. Molecular genetic analysis of the NF2 gene was completed on peripheral blood samples in all 45 and on 28 tumour samples. No pathogenic NF2 mutations were identified in any of the blood samples. NF2 point mutations were identified in 21/28 (75%) tumour samples and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in 21/28 (75%) tumour samples. Both mutational hits were identified in 18/28 (65%) tumour samples. In one multilobular tumour, one (presumably first hit) mutation was confirmed which was common to different foci of the tumour, while the second mutational event differed between foci. The molecular findings in this patient were consistent with somatic mosaicism for NF2 and the clinical diagnosis was confirmed with the presence of two meningiomas on a follow up MRI scan. A further patient developed a contralateral vestibular schwannoma on a follow up MRI scan in whom neither of the truncating mutations in the vestibular schwannoma were present in blood. It is important when counselling patients with unilateral vestibular schwannomas to identify (1) those at risk of bilateral disease, (2) those at risk of developing other tumours, and (3) other family members at risk of developing NF2. Comparing tumour and blood DNA cannot exclude mosaicism in the index case and cannot, therefore, be used to predict those at risk of developing further tumours. However, identification of both mutations or one mutation plus LOH in the tumour and exclusion of those mutations in the blood samples of the sibs or offspring of the affected case may be sufficient to render further screening unnecessary in these relatives.
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- A Mohyuddin
- University Department of Medical Genetics and Regional Genetic Services, St Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 OJH, UK.
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