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Xu T, Hua YM, Zeng DL, Liao CS. [Research advancements of two-dimensional black phosphorus in dentistry]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 57:202-207. [PMID: 35152660 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112144-20211113-00502] [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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Two-dimensional black phosphorus (BP) has unique layered structure, excellent photothermal properties, good biocompatibility and high biodegradability. In recent years, it has been found that BP has stable drug loading and light controlled sustained-release drug functions, excellent antibacterial properties and the ability to promote vascular and nerve regeneration in the medicine field, which has a broad application prospect in dentistry. This review elaborates the biological properties of two-dimensional BP and its application progress in dentistry, so as to provide new ideas for the further research and application of two-dimensional BP.
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- T Xu
- Department of Orthodontics, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Tongji University, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Tooth Restoration and Regeneration, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Orthodontics, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Tongji University, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Tooth Restoration and Regeneration, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine & College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai 200011, China
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- Department of Orthodontics, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Tongji University, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Tooth Restoration and Regeneration, Shanghai 200072, China
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Chen CP, Lin YC, Chen TC, Tseng TY, Wong HL, Kuo CY, Lin WP, Huang SR, Wang WY, Liao JH, Liao CS, Hung YP, Lin TH, Chang TY, Hsiao CF, Huang YW, Chung WS, Cheng CY, Cheng SH. A multicenter, randomized, open-label, controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of hydroxychloroquine and a retrospective study in adult patients with mild to moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). PLoS One 2020; 15:e0242763. [PMID: 33264337 PMCID: PMC7710068 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Objective In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) via a randomized controlled trial (RCT) and a retrospective study. Methods Subjects admitted to 11 designated public hospitals in Taiwan between April 1 and May 31, 2020, with COVID-19 diagnosis confirmed by pharyngeal real-time RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2, were randomized at a 2:1 ratio and stratified by mild or moderate illness. HCQ (400 mg twice for 1 d or HCQ 200 mg twice daily for 6 days) was administered. Both the study and control group received standard of care (SOC). Pharyngeal swabs and sputum were collected every other day. The proportion and time to negative viral PCR were assessed on day 14. In the retrospective study, medical records were reviewed for patients admitted before March 31, 2020. Results There were 33 and 37 cases in the RCT and retrospective study, respectively. In the RCT, the median times to negative rRT-PCR from randomization to hospital day 14 were 5 days (95% CI; 1, 9 days) and 10 days (95% CI; 2, 12 days) for the HCQ and SOC groups, respectively (p = 0.40). On day 14, 81.0% (17/21) and 75.0% (9/12) of the subjects in the HCQ and SOC groups, respectively, had undetected virus (p = 0.36). In the retrospective study, 12 (42.9%) in the HCQ group and 5 (55.6%) in the control group had negative rRT-PCR results on hospital day 14 (p = 0.70). Conclusions Neither study demonstrated that HCQ shortened viral shedding in mild to moderate COVID-19 subjects.
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- Cheng-Pin Chen
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Keelung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Keelung City, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Pingtung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Miaoli General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Miaoli, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Feng Yuan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nantou Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Nantou, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chia Yi Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Hua Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Changhua, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Hua Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Changhua, Taiwan
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- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Hua Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Changhua, Taiwan
- Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Health Service Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Healthcare Administration, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- School of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- School of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Renal transplant is the only curative treatment for end-stage renal disease. As diabetes and obesity are the major causes of graft failure and post-transplant complication, it is important to manage obesity in patients with renal transplant. Herein, we report a case of a morbidly obese renal-transplant patient with poorly controlled diabetes who received bariatric surgery. A 34-year-old obese Taiwanese man with type 2 diabetes had end-stage renal disease that had progressed since 2008, when he had commenced hemodialysis (January 2008) and had a renal transplant (July 2008). Because of persistent obesity and poorly controlled diabetes, he received LRYGB at Chiayi Christian hospital on 18 August 2010. In the month that followed, he lost 10 kg. His serum creatinine decreased to 1.11 mg/dL (1.4 mg/dL, preoperative) and his hemoglobin A1c decreased to 8.5% (10.4%, preoperative). These results indicate that, in obese renal transplant patients, LRYGB may be employed to treat obesity, control diabetes and stabilize or improve the renal function.
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- T C Sung
- Department of General Surgery, Chiayi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan.
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Chang BV, Liao CS, Yuan SY. Anaerobic degradation of diethyl phthalate, di-n-butyl phthalate, and di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate from river sediment in Taiwan. Chemosphere 2005; 58:1601-1607. [PMID: 15694480 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2003] [Revised: 11/12/2004] [Accepted: 11/16/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We investigated anaerobic degradation rates for three phthalate esters (PAEs), diethyl phthalate (DEP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), and di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), from river sediment in Taiwan. The respective anaerobic degradation rate constants for DEP, DBP, and DEHP were observed as 0.045, 0.074, and 0.027 1/day, with respective half-lives of 15.4, 9.4, and 25.7 days under optimal conditions of 30 degrees C and pH7.0. Anaerobic degradation rates were enhanced by the addition of the surfactants brij 35 and triton N101 at a concentration of 1 critical micelle concentration (CMC), and by the addition of yeast extract. Degradation rates were inhibited by the addition of acetate, pyruvate, lactate, FeCl3, MnO2, NaCl, heavy metals, and nonylphenol. Our results indicate that methanogen, sulfate-reducing bacteria, and eubacteria are involved in the degradation of PAEs.
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- B V Chang
- Department of Microbiology, Soochow University, Shin Lin, Taipei, Taiwan 111, China.
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This work examined how adding one of three polyelectrolyte flocculants (T3052: cationic, T2000: non-ionic, and T1052: anionic) affected the anaerobic digestion of wastewater sludge. Methane production, floc characteristics (morphology and zeta-potential) and process parameters (soluble chemical oxygen demands (SCODs) and reductive potentials) were monitored along the digestion tests. The digestion rates of T2000- and T1052-conditioned sludge resembled that for original sludge. The T3052-flocculated sludge generated methane at a higher rate during the first 6 days of digestion than did the original one. In the following stage, the digestion rate of sludge flocculated with T3052 at dosage exceeding 15 g/kg dried solids declined. For example, at 40 days of digestion the methane production amounts for original, 15 g/kg DS flocculated, and 40 g/kg flocculated sludge were of 136, 105, and 85 g/kg DS, respectively. The role of flocculants could change in different stages of digestion. The dosed polymers had no apparent toxicity to the inoculum used. The changes in SCOD, adenosintriphosphate concentrations, oxidative and reductive potential, and zeta-potentials did not correlate with the noted hindered digestion for T3052-conditioned sludge. Microphotographic observation revealed that the flocs of T3052-conditioned sludge were not only of a large size, but also were resistant to structural deterioration during digestion. Therefore, mass transfer resistance was proposed to account for the hindered digestion efficiency observed for T3052-conditioned sludge.
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- C P Chu
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Wang CC, Chang CW, Chu CP, Lee DJ, Chang BV, Liao CS. Hydrogen production from wastewater sludge using a Clostridium strain. J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng 2003; 38:1867-1875. [PMID: 12940488 DOI: 10.1081/ese-120022885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Limited data in literature revealed a relatively low hydrogen yield from wastewater sludge, ca. 0.16 mg/g-dried solids, using anaerobic fermentation. We demonstrated in this work a much higher hydrogen yield, around 1.1 mg-H2/g-dried solids using a clostridium strain isolated from the sludge sample. The formed hydrogen would be consumed after passing the peak value at around 30-36 h of fermentation. We examined the effects of employing five different pre-treatments on substrate sludge, but noted no appreciable enhancement in hydrogen yield as commonly expected for methane production. Since a vast amount of organic matters had been released to water after hydrogen fermentation, we externally dosed methanogenic bacteria to the fermented liquor to produce methane. The fermented liquor could produce more methane than the non-fermented sample, indicating that the dosed methanogenic bacteria readily utilized the organic matters derived from the fermentation test.
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- C C Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wang CC, Chang CW, Chu CP, Lee DJ, Chang BV, Liao CS, Tay JH. Using filtrate of waste biosolids to effectively produce bio-hydrogen by anaerobic fermentation. Water Res 2003; 37:2789-2793. [PMID: 12753858 DOI: 10.1016/s0043-1354(03)00004-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Waste biosolids collected from sewage works is a biomass containing a vast amount of polysaccharides and proteins, and thus is considered a potential substrate for producing hydrogen using anaerobic fermentation. This work demonstrated, contrary to the common assumption, that the solids phase in waste activated biosolids presents extra nutrients for anaerobes; it in fact prohibits effective bio-hydrogen production. Using filtrate after removal of solids from biosolids produces more hydrogen than using the whole biosolids, with the former reaching a level an order of magnitude higher than the literature results.
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- C C Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Excess wastewater sludge collected from the recycling stream of an activated sludge process is biomass that contains large quantities of polysaccharides and proteins. However, relevant literature indicates that the bio-conversion of wastewater sludge to hydrogen is limited and therefore not economically feasible. This work examined the anaerobic digestion of wastewater sludge using a clostridium strain isolated from the sludge as inoculum. A much higher hydrogen yield than presented in the literature was obtained. Also, the effects of five pre-treatments-ultrasonication, acidification, sterilization, freezing/thawing and adding methanogenic inhibitor-on the production of hydrogen were examined. Freezing and thawing and sterilization increased the specific hydrogen yield by 1.5-2.5 times to that of untreated sludge, while adding an inhibitor and ultrasonication reduced the hydrogen yield.
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- C C Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Concentrations and microbial degradation rates were measured for eight phthalate esters (PAEs) found in 14 surface water and six sediment samples taken from rivers in Taiwan. The tested PAEs were diethyl phthalate (DEP), dipropyl phthalate (DPP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), diphenyl phthalate (DPhP), benzylbutyl phthalate (BBP), dihexyl phthalate (DHP), dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCP), and di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP). In all samples, concentrations of DEHP and DBP were found to be higher than the other six PAEs. DEHP concentrations in the water and sediment samples ranged from ND to 18.5 microg/l and 0.5 to 23.9 microg/g, respectively; for DBP the concentration ranges were 1.0-13.5 microg/l and 0.3-30.3 microg/g, respectively. Concentrations of DHP, BBP, DCP and DPhP were below detection limits. Under aerobic conditions, average degradation half-lives for DEP, DPP, DBP, DPhP, BBP, DHP, DCP and DEHP were measured as 2.5, 2.8, 2.9, 2.6, 3.1, 9.7, 11.1 and 14.8 days, respectively; under anaerobic conditions, respective average half-lives were measured as 33.6, 25.7, 14.4, 14.6, 19.3, 24.1, 26.4 and 34.7 days. In other words, under aerobic conditions we found that DEP, DPP, DBP, DPhP and BBP were easily degraded, but DEHP was difficult to degrade; under anaerobic conditions, DBP, DPhP and BBP were easily degraded, but DEP and DEHP were difficult to degrade. Aerobic degradation rates were up to 10 times faster than anaerobic degradation rates.
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- S Y Yuan
- National Institute of Environmental Analysis, Environmental Protection Administration, Chungli, Taiwan, ROC
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This study demonstrates, for the first time, that the presence of suspended solids in waste-activated sludge interferes with adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence tests. The sludge subject to acid/alkaline treatment represented the test sample. Without consideration of the effect of solid concentrations, one would erroneously estimate the density levels of heterotrophic bacteria in the sludge using ATP data. A light blockage model was proposed to evaluate the luminescence reading without the interference of suspended solids.
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- C P Chu
- Chemical Engineering Department, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Lai CL, Chao YC, Chen YC, Liao CS, Chen MC, Liu YC, Yin SJ. No sex and age influence on the expression pattern and activities of human gastric alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2001. [PMID: 11104109 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb01963.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) are the principal enzymes responsible for ethanol metabolism in humans. The stomach is involved in the metabolism of alcohol during absorption. Conflicting reports exist with regard to the influence of sex and age on the activity of ADH in the human gastric mucosa. The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of age and sex on the expression pattern and activities of stomach ADH and ALDH. METHODS A total of 115 endoscopic gastric biopsy specimens were investigated from Han Chinese men (n = 70) and women (n = 45) aged 20-79 years with approximately even distribution among 10-year age intervals. The expression patterns of ADH and ALDH were identified by isoelectric focusing, and the activities were assayed spectrophotometrically. RESULTS The expression patterns of gastric ADH and ALDH remained unchanged with respect to sex and age. At 33 mM or 500 mM ethanol, pH 7.5, the ADH activities did not differ significantly among the various age groups or between men and women. At 200 microM or 20 mM acetaldehyde, the ALDH activities did not differ significantly in relation to sex and age. No correlations were found between the ADH or ALDH activities at both the high and low substrate concentrations and the ages in men and women. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that there is no significant effect of either sex or age on the expression pattern and activity of ADH and ALDH in the human gastric mucosa. The stomach ADH seems unlikely to account for possible variations in the first-pass metabolism of alcohol with regard to sex and age.
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- C L Lai
- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Lin SJ, Hou LT, Liu CM, Liao CS, Wong MY, Ho JY, Chang WK. Bacterial morphotypes and early cellular responses in clinically infected and non-infected sites after combination therapy of guided tissue regeneration and allograft. J Dent 2000; 28:199-206. [PMID: 10709342 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-5712(99)00067-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 11/26/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To compare the bacterial morphotypes and early cellular responses in periodontally treated sites with and without pus formation after a combination of guided tissue regeneration (GTR) and allograft therapy. METHODS 45 subjects with 80 sites having periodontal lesions with moderate to deep pockets and angular bone defects participated. 28 treated sites in 25 patients were included in the studies. 14 sites suffered from symptoms and signs of infection with pus formation during the healing period were assigned to the pus (P) group. Another 14 sites had asymptomatic healing and were assigned to the non-pus (NP) group. The GTR membranes were retrieved 4-6 weeks after surgery and processed for SEM examination. The bacterial morphotypes on the membranes were observed and photographed. Bacterial adhesion score (BAS, 0-5) and the presence of leukocytes and fibroblasts were estimated from photographs. RESULTS The results showed that large numbers of bacteria (high BAS) were present on both sides of the coronal 2/3 of the membrane in both groups, irrespective of clinical conditions. At the apical 1/3 of the membrane, moderate numbers of bacteria were still found on the outer side in the P group. The BAS of rod-shaped bacteria were significantly higher in the P group than that of the NP group on the outer coronal 2/3 of the membrane. The frequency of the presence of fibroblasts (18.5%) at the apical 1/3 of the inner (tooth facing) side of the P group was much lower than that of the same location (28.6-29.6%) in the NP group. The presence of leukocytes and fewer numbers of fibroblasts on the GTR membrane were associated with greater BAS for rod- and filament-shaped bacteria. CONCLUSIONS GTR membranes are commonly colonized by oral bacteria during retention, even on uncomplicated and tissue covered portions. The overt infection clinically (pus group) of the membrane-allograft treated sites is associated with a significantly elevated BAS of rod-shaped bacteria, and may be closely related to the occurrence of its adverse early healing responses (inflammation, pus formation, fewer fibroblasts and greater accumulation of leukocytes).
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- S J Lin
- Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Han CL, Liao CS, Wu CW, Hwong CL, Lee AR, Yin SJ. Contribution to first-pass metabolism of ethanol and inhibition by ethanol for retinol oxidation in human alcohol dehydrogenase family--implications for etiology of fetal alcohol syndrome and alcohol-related diseases. Eur J Biochem 1998; 254:25-31. [PMID: 9652389 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2540025.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) family is involved in the metabolism of both ethanol and retinoids. To quantitatively assess the potential contributions to first-pass metabolism of ethanol and the ethanol interference with retinoid homeostasis, saturation kinetics for ethanol oxidation as well as inhibition kinetics by ethanol for all-trans-retinol oxidation of human class I alpha alpha, beta1beta1, beta2beta2, gamma1gamma1, class II pi pi, class III chi chi, and class IV mu mu were evaluated and compared. Class I and class II ADHs exhibited substrate inhibition with inhibition constants ranging over 250-720 mM (except gamma1gamma1) ethanol. Class IV ADH displayed no appreciable inhibition up to 1 M ethanol. Activity of the class III enzyme (190 nM subunit) was undetectable at 250 mM ethanol. The kinetic simulations indicate that the hepatic pi pi and the gastric mu mu can most effectively contribute to first-pass metabolism of alcohol. The Michaelis constant (Km), turnover number (k(cat)), and catalytic efficiency (k(cat)/Km) for retinol oxidation relative to that for ethanol oxidation in class I, class II, and class IV ADHs ranged over 0.00022-1.3, 0.071-0.48, and 0.24-650, respectively. Ethanol was a competitive inhibitor against retinol for class I, II, and IV ADHs with apparent inhibition constants ranging over 0.037-11 mM, indicating that retinoic acid synthesis through the ADH pathways can be tremendously blocked during social/heavy drinking. These findings support the notion that first-pass metabolism of alcohol may occur mainly in the liver through class II pi pi and that cellular retinoid signaling may be perturbed by ethanol via ADH pathways.
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- C L Han
- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Yao CT, Liao CS, Yin SJ. Human hepatic alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases: genetic polymorphism and activities. Proc Natl Sci Counc Repub China B 1997; 21:106-11. [PMID: 9309874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) are the major enzymes responsible for the metabolism of ethanol in the body. Both exhibit genetic polymorphism in racial populations. To determine hepatic ethanol metabolizing activities in relation to genetic polymorphism, a total of 23 surgical specimens were investigated. The expression patterns of ADH and ALDH isoenzymes were identified by means of agarose isoelectric focusing, and the activities were assayed spectrophotometrically. At 33 mM ethanol, pH 7.5, the activities in the liver with the homozygous phenotype ADH2 1-1 and ADH2 2-2 and the heterozygous phenotype ADH2 1-2 were determined to be 2.9 +/- 0.7, 16.0 +/- 2.5, and 13.6 +/- 1.0 U/g tissue, respectively. The activities of the ALDH2-active and ALDH2-inactive phenotypes at 200 microM acetaldehyde were determined to be 1.06 +/- 0.13 and 0.71 +/- 0.07 U/g tissue, respectively. These findings indicate that human hepatic ethanol-metabolizing activities differ significantly with respect to polymorphism at both the ADH2 and ALDH2 loci. The results suggest that this genetically determined differential hepatic activity may influence drinking behavior and the development of alcoholism among Orientals.
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- C T Yao
- Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Yin SJ, Liao CS, Wu CW, Li TT, Chen LL, Lai CL, Tsao TY. Human stomach alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases: comparison of expression pattern and activities in alimentary tract. Gastroenterology 1997; 112:766-75. [PMID: 9041238 DOI: 10.1053/gast.1997.v112.pm9041238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) are the major enzymes responsible for ethanol metabolism in humans. The human stomach has been documented to be involved in the metabolism of first-passed alcohol. The aim of this study was to determine ethanol-metabolizing activities in the stomach with regard to sex, age, enzyme pattern, and polymorphism. METHODS A total of 209 surgical gastric mucosal specimens were investigated. The expression patterns of ADH and ALDH were identified by isoelectric focusing, and the activities were assayed spectrophotometrically. RESULTS At 33 or 500 mmol/L ethanol, pH 7.5, the activities in the ADH3 1-1 phenotypic and mu-ADH-expressing mucosal specimens were significantly greater than that in the ADH3 1-2 phenotypic and mu-ADH absent mucosal specimens, respectively. The activities of the ALDH2-inactive phenotypes were significantly lower than that of the ALDH2-active phenotypes at 200 micromol/L acetaldehyde. The gastric ADH and ALDH activities were not significantly different between men and women with respect to age and genetic polymorphism. CONCLUSIONS The stomach may contribute only a small portion of the alcohol metabolism observed in humans, and the liver may be the major site for first-pass metabolism. Differential expression patterns of ADH and ALDH in the alimentary tract suggest that different vulnerabilities to ethanol-induced mucosal injury may exist.
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- S J Yin
- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yin SJ, Han CL, Liao CS, Wu CW. Expression, activities, and kinetic mechanism of human stomach alcohol dehydrogenase. Inference for first-pass metabolism of ethanol in mammals. Adv Exp Med Biol 1997; 414:347-55. [PMID: 9059639 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5871-2_40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- S J Yin
- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Liao CS, Liu CM, Wong MY, Hou LT, Chang WK. Guided tissue regeneration demineralized freeze-dried bone allograft: treatment of furcation defects in mandibular molars. J Formos Med Assoc 1995; 94:406-13. [PMID: 7549565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The present study evaluated the effects of combined guided tissue regeneration (GTR) and demineralized freeze-dried bone allograft (DFDBA) therapy on the healing of grade III furcation lesions in mandibular molars of seven periodontitis patients. De novo surgical debridement of furcation roofs by fine diamond bur was introduced. Routine presurgical preparation of teeth and a strict plaque control program were performed for at least six weeks before surgery. A papillary conserved full thickness mucoperiosteal flap was used in all cases. In addition to conventional debridement, odontoplasty was performed on the furcation areas with a diamond bur to eradicate inaccessible fissures or grooves and ensure calculus-free root surfaces. Following debridement, the bony defects were filled with DFDBA and covered with polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) membranes. The flaps were then closed by interproximal sutures coronally positioned through the contact point. The ePTFE membranes were removed 6 to 7 weeks after operation. Clinical parameters such as probing depth (PD), gingival recession (GR), probing attachment level (PAL), tooth mobility (TM), and periapical x-ray were recorded at the baseline and 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after removal of the ePTFE membrane. The results showed a significant increase in the probing attachment level and radiographic evidence of bone fill at the furcation sites. Thus, the addition of fine diamond bur debridement on the furcation in the GTR procedure with DFDBA grafting may be effective in the treatment of grade III furcation involvement.
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- C S Liao
- Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, ROC
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Zhang ZF, Graham S, Yu SZ, Marshall J, Zielezny M, Chen YX, Sun M, Tang SL, Liao CS, Xu JL. Trichomonas vaginalis and cervical cancer. A prospective study in China. Ann Epidemiol 1995; 5:325-32. [PMID: 8520717 DOI: 10.1016/1047-2797(94)00101-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The relationship between Trichomonas vaginalis infection and cervical cancer was investigated prospectively in a cohort of 16,797 women aged 25 years or more who were followed from 1974 to 1985 within the framework of a cervical screening program in Jingan, China. Personal interviews were conducted by trained interviewers when the women first entered the screening program. At initial screening, 421 (2.51%) women had a positive cytologic diagnosis of T. vaginalis infection. Ninety-nine incident cases of pathologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma were identified from the cohort, with a total of 140,018 person-years of observation. T. vaginalis infection was found to contribute to the risk of cervical cancer, as determined by crude estimates and after adjustment for potential confounding effects. In a multiple proportional hazards model, the relative risk for cervical cancer was 3.3 (95% confidence interval: 1.5 to 7.4) among women with T. vaginalis infection. Furthermore, in the multivariate analysis, increased risk of cervical cancer was associated with the following factors: number of extramarital sexual partners of both the subjects and their spouses, cigarette smoking, and irregular menstruation. Having a large number of negative Pap smears was associated with lower risk. This study suggests that there might be an association between T. vaginalis infection and the risk of cervical cancer, but only 4 to 5% of cervical cancer in Chinese women may be attributable to T. vaginalis infection.
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- Z F Zhang
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Yin SJ, Liao CS, Lee YC, Wu CW, Jao SW. Genetic polymorphism and activities of human colon alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases: no gender and age differences. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1994; 18:1256-60. [PMID: 7847616 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1994.tb00115.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 01/27/2023]
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Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) isoenzyme patterns from 69 (men, 47; women, 22) surgical colon mucosal specimens were identified by agarose isoelectric focusing. gamma-ADH was found to be the predominant form in the mucosa, whereas only beta-ADH was detectable in the muscle layer. ALDH1, ALDH2, and ALDH3 were detectable in the mucosa, with cytosolic ALDH1 being the major form. At pH 7.5, the ADH activities in the colon mucosae with the homozygous phenotype (exhibiting gamma 1 gamma 1) and the heterozygous phenotype (exhibiting gamma 1 gamma 1, gamma 1, gamma 2, gamma 2, gamma 2) were determined to be 183 +/- 13 and 156 +/- 30 nmol/min/g tissue, respectively. The ALDH activities in the ALDH2-active and ALDH2-inactive phenotypes were determined to be 40.2 +/- 2.3 and 34.6 +/- 2.0 nmol/min/g tissue, respectively. The lack of significant difference in the ALDH activities between these two phenotypic groups can be attributed to the very low expression of the mitochondrial ALDH2 in the colon mucosa. No significant differences in the ADH or the ALDH activities were found between the men and women studied and between the three age groups (20-40, 49-70, and 72-83 years). The ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid colons exhibited similar ADH and ALDH activities. The isoenzyme patterns of ADH and ALDH remained unaltered in colon carcinomas, except that a significant reduction of the enzyme activities was found in the cancer tissue as compared with the adjacent normal portions. it is concluded that human colon mucosa exhibits significant amounts of ethanol- and acetaldehyde-oxidizing activities.
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- S J Yin
- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Yin SJ, Chou FJ, Chao SF, Tsai SF, Liao CS, Wang SL, Wu CW, Lee SC. Alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases in human esophagus: comparison with the stomach enzyme activities. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1993; 17:376-81. [PMID: 8488982 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1993.tb00779.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 01/31/2023]
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Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) isoenzymes from surgical esophageal and gastric mucosa were compared by agarose isoelectric focusing. Two prominent ADH forms, designated mu 1 (equivalent to the recently reported mu-form) and mu 2, were expressed in all the 15 esophagus specimens studied, whereas only four of seven examined gastric specimens exhibited a weak to moderately strong mu 1-ADH activity band on the isoelectric focusing gels. pI values of the esophageal mu 1-ADH and mu 2-ADH, and the liver pi-ADH were determined to be 8.61, 8.13, and 8.90, respectively. mu-ADHs exhibited high Km for ethanol (12 mM) and low sensitivity to 4-methylpyrazole inhibition. ALDH3 (BB form) and ALDH1 were the major high- and low-Km aldehyde dehydrogenase in the esophagus, respectively. The ADH and ALDH activities were determined at pH 7.5 to be 751 +/- 78 and 29.9 +/- 3.0 nmol/min/g tissue, respectively (measured at 500 mM ethanol or at 200 microM acetaldehyde; mean +/- SEM; N = 15). The esophageal ADH activity was approximately 4-fold and the ALDH activity 20% that of the stomach enzyme. Because the presence of high activity and high Km mu-ADHs as well as low-activity ALDH1 were found in human esophageal mucosa, it is suggested that there may exist an accumulation of intracellular acetaldehyde during alcohol ingestion. This reactive and toxic metabolite may be involved in the pathogenesis of alcohol-induced esophageal disorders.
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- S J Yin
- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Yin SJ, Wang SL, Liao CS, Jörnvall H. Human high-Km aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH3): molecular, kinetic and structural features. Adv Exp Med Biol 1993; 328:87-98. [PMID: 8493944 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2904-0_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- S J Yin
- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Yin SJ, Liao CS, Chen CM, Fan FT, Lee SC. Genetic polymorphism and activities of human lung alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases: implications for ethanol metabolism and cytotoxicity. Biochem Genet 1992; 30:203-15. [PMID: 1590750 DOI: 10.1007/bf02399709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) exhibit genetic polymorphism and tissue specificity. ADH and ALDH isozyme phenotypes from 39 surgical Chinese lung specimens were identified by agarose isoelectric focusing. The identity of the lung beta-ADHs was further demonstrated by their characteristic pH-activity profiles for ethanol oxidation, Km values for NAD and ethanol, and inhibition by 4-methylpyrazole or 1,10-phenanthroline. The beta 2 allele, coding for beta 2 polypeptide, was found to be predominant in the lung specimens studied. The ADH activities in the lungs with the homozygous phenotype ADH2 2-2 (exhibiting beta 2 beta 2) and ADH2 1-1 (exhibiting beta 1 beta 1) and the heterozygous phenotype ADH2 2-1 (exhibiting beta 2 beta 2, beta 2 beta 1, and beta 1 beta 1) were determined to be 999 +/- 77, 48 +/- 17, and 494 +/- 61 nmol/min/g tissue, respectively. Fifty-one percent of the specimens studied lacked the ALDH2 activity band on the isoelectric focusing gels. The activities in the lung tissues with the ALDH2-active phenotype and the inactive phenotype were determined to be 30 +/- 3 and 17 +/- 1 nmol/min/g tissue, respectively. These findings indicate that human pulmonary ethanol-metabolizing activities differ significantly with respect to genetic polymorphism at both the ADH2 and the ALDH2 loci. The results suggest that individuals with high Vmax beta 2-ADH and deficient in low-Km mitochondrial ALDH2, accounting for approximately 45% of the Chinese population, may end up with acetaldehyde accumulation during alcohol consumption, rendering them vulnerable to tissue injury caused by this highly reactive and toxic metabolite.
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- S J Yin
- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Liao CS, Lin JS, Chang CP, Chao TJ, Chao YC, Cheng TC, Wu CW, Yin SJ. Stomach and duodenal alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenase isozymes in Chinese. Proc Natl Sci Counc Repub China B 1991; 15:92-6. [PMID: 1946823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) isozyme phenotypes were determined in surgical and endoscopic biopsies of the stomach and duodenum by agarose isoelectric focusing. gamma-ADH was found to be the predominant form in the mucosal layer whereas beta-ADH was predominant in the muscular layer. Low-Km ALDH1 and ALDH2 were found in the stomach and duodenum. High-Km ALDH3 isozymes occurred only in the stomach but not in the duodenum. The isozyme patterns of gastric mucosal ALDH2 and ALDH3 remained unchanged in the fundus, corpus, and antrum. The stomach ALDH3 isozymes exhibited a Km value for acetaldehyde of 75 mM, and an optimum for acetaldehyde oxidation at pH 8.5. Since the Km value was high, ALDH3 contributed very little, if any, to gastric ethanol metabolism. The activities of ALDH in the gastric mucosa deficient in ALDH2 were 60-70% of that of the ALDH2-active phenotypes. These results indicate that Chinese lacking ALDH2 activity may have a lower acetaldehyde oxidation rate in the stomach during alcohol consumption.
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- C S Liao
- Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chan-Liao M, Liao J, Wu YW, Liao CS. [Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for the treatment of abdominal zoster paresis]. Ma Zui Xue Za Zhi 1991; 29:559-63. [PMID: 1836823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Yin SJ, Wang MF, Liao CS, Chen CM, Wu CW. Identification of a human stomach alcohol dehydrogenase with distinctive kinetic properties. Biochem Int 1990; 22:829-35. [PMID: 2099148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A new form of alcohol dehydrogenase, designated mu-alcohol dehydrogenase, was identified in surgical human stomach mucosa by isoelectric focusing and kinetic determinations. This enzyme was anodic to class I (alpha, beta, gamma) and class II (pi) alcohol dehydrogenases on agarose isoelectric focusing gels. The partially purified mu-alcohol dehydrogenase, specifically using NAD+ as cofactor, catalyzed the oxidation of aliphatic and aromatic alcohols with long chain alcohols being better substrates, indicating a barrel-shape hydrophobic binding pocket for substrate. mu-Alcohol dehydrogenase stood out in high Km values for both ethanol (18 mM) and NAD+ (340 microM) as well as in high Ki value (320 microM) for 4-methylpyrazole, a competitive inhibitor for ethanol. mu-Alcohol dehydrogenase may account for up to 50% of total stomach alcohol dehydrogenase activity and appeared to play a significant role in first-pass metabolism of ethanol in human.
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- S J Yin
- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chen YX, Liao CS, Yang XZ, Zhang SJ, Xu JL, Jiao BG, Yu SZ, Zhang ZF, Ren QF. An analysis of epidemic factors in cervical cancer by conditional logistic regression model. Chin Med J (Engl) 1990; 103:55-60. [PMID: 2112444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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- Y X Chen
- Jiangxi Provincial Women's Hospital
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Yin SJ, Liao CS, Wang SL, Chen YJ, Wu CW. Kinetic evidence for human liver and stomach aldehyde dehydrogenase-3 representing an unique class of isozymes. Biochem Genet 1989; 27:321-31. [PMID: 2803227 DOI: 10.1007/bf00554167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 01/02/2023]
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Substrate and coenzyme specificities of human liver and stomach aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) isozymes were compared by staining with various aldehydes including propionaldehyde, heptaldehyde, decaldehyde, 2-furaldehyde, succinic semialdehyde, and glutamic gamma-semialdehyde and with NAD+ or NADP+ on agarose isoelectric focusing gels. ALDH3 isozyme was isolated from a liver via carboxymethyl-Sephadex and blue Sepharose chromatographies and its kinetic constants for various substrates and coenzymes were determined. Consistent with the previously proposed genetic model for human ALDH3 isozymes (Yin et al., Biochem. Genet. 26:343, 1988), a single liver form and multiple stomach forms exhibited similar kinetic properties, which were strikingly distinct from those of ALDH1, ALDH2, and ALDH4 (glutamic gamma-semialdehyde dehydrogenase). A set of activity assays using various substrates, coenzymes, and an inhibitor to distinguish ALDH1, ALDH2, ALDH3, and ALDH4 is presented. As previously reported in ALDH1 and ALDH2, a higher catalytic efficiency (Vmax/Km) for oxidation of long-chain aliphatic aldehydes was found in ALDH3, suggesting that these enzymes have a hydrophobic barrel-shape substrate binding pocket. Since the Km value for acetaldehyde for liver ALDH3, 83 mM, is very much higher than those of ALDH1 and ALDH2, ALDH3 thus represents an unique class of human ALDH isozymes and it appears not to be involved in ethanol metabolism.
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- S J Yin
- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Yan JH, Liao CS, Hu YH. Pregnancy and nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a prognostic evaluation of 27 patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1984; 10:851-5. [PMID: 6735768] [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: 01/21/2023]
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In order to study the influence of pregnancy on the prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), we have retrospectively studied 27 patients who either were discovered to be pregnant during radiotherapy (9 patients, herein abbreviated as concurrent group) or became pregnant after treatment (18 patients, herein abbreviated as subsequent group). This material was collected from the 811 NPC patients treated in our hospital from March 1958 to 1972. The results obtained are presented as follows: Concurrent pregnancy had a disastrous effect on the prognosis of NPC patients giving a five year survival of only 11% (1/9). Of the eight patients who died, six did so within one year of the treatment, five of whom died of distant metastases. This fatal outcome was not altered by any measure we instituted. This adverse influence was not observed in the subsequent group, yet the time of gestation seemed to be relevant to the prognosis. Two of the three patients who became pregnant within one year of the treatment died of disease, those who became pregnant beyond the second year after irradiation had the best prognosis. All seven patients who became pregnant after the second year of treatment survived. The frequency of pregnancy did not influence the prognosis of patients if the conception occurred beyond the second year in the subsequent group. All the five patients who gave birth to two, three or even four children survived for more than five years without any evidence of tumor. A total of 21 children were born to the patients of these two groups. They have been followed regularly for 10 to 20 years. No deformity, or retardation in growth or mentality was discovered, nor was there any evidence of radiation tumor or leukemia observed.
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Muthukumaraswamy N, Day AR, Pinon D, Liao CS, Freer RJ. Selective ligands for opioid receptors. beta-Cyclopropylalanyl containing analogs of enkephalin. Int J Pept Protein Res 1983; 22:305-12. [PMID: 6313538 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1983.tb02096.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Freer RJ, Day AR, Liao CS. Evidence for a single opioid receptor type on the rat deferens. NIDA Res Monogr 1982; 41:172-7. [PMID: 6289116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Day AR, Freer RJ, Liao CS. Morphiceptin ( beta-casomorphin (1-4) amide): a peptide opioid antagonist in the field stimulated rat vas deferens. Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol 1981; 34:543-546. [PMID: 6275472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The effect of Morphiceptin (H-Tyr-Pro-Phe-Pro-NH2) on opioid inhibition of field stimulated rat vas deferens (RVD) was studied. The morphiceptin was found to produce a weak inhibition of the twitch response of the RVD. In addition morphiceptin antagonized full agonists acting on the same receptor system (i.e. beta-endorphin selective antagonist for the delta receptor system of RVD by virtue of being a weak partial agonist.
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Liao CS, Day AR, Freer RJ. Inhibitory histamine receptors in the rat vas deferens. Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol 1981; 31:173-6. [PMID: 7255870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The effect of histamine on the field stimulated rat vas deferens preparation was studied and compared to mouse vas deferens. Histamine produced a concentration dependent inhibition of rat vas deferens (ID50 14 microM) similar to that seen with mouse vas deferens (ID50 2.4 microM). Unlike mouse however, where only H2 receptors are observed, the histamine inhibition of rat vas deferens was attenuated by both H1, (diphenhydramine) and H2 (cimetidine) antagonists. It is concluded that rat vas deferens contains both H1 and H2 receptor types.
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Rubin RP, Sink LE, Schrey MP, Day AR, Liao CS, Freer RJ. Secretagogues for lysosomal enzyme release as stimulants of arachidonyl phosphatidylinositol turnover in rabbit neutrophils. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1979; 90:1364-70. [PMID: 391231 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(79)91186-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Liao CS, Lin SH, Su CW, Su CY. External calcium ions and the inhibitory action of dibenamine and phenoxybenzamine. Effects on histamine-, 5-hydroxytryptamine-, potassium- and barium-induced contractions in the guinea-pig taenia caecum and the rat uterus. Taiwan Yi Xue Hui Za Zhi 1979; 78:706-14. [PMID: 291694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Takayanagi I, Liao CS, Takagi K. Effects of calcium ions and magnesium ions on 5-hydroxytryptamine-receptor interaction. Jpn J Pharmacol 1976; 26:382-4. [PMID: 978853 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.26.382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Takayanagi I, Liao CS, Takagi K. Effects of Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions on the interaction between 3H-histamine and the histamine receptor-rich microsomal fraction. Eur J Pharmacol 1974; 28:230-2. [PMID: 4430327 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(74)90138-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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: 01/10/2023]
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Liao CS, Takayanagi I, Takagi K. The effects of external divalent cations on histamine-receptor interaction. Jpn J Pharmacol 1973; 23:77-82. [PMID: 4541620 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.23.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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