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Frew JW, Singh N, Jiang CS, Vaughan R, Krueger JG. The Impact of Body Mass Index Upon the Efficacy of Adalimumab in Hidradenitis Suppurativa. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021; 8:603281. [PMID: 34239882 PMCID: PMC8257943 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.603281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 09/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Elevated BMI in Hidradenitis Suppurativa is associated with decreased response to Adalimumab therapy. BMI is proposed to segregate distinct disease subtypes. It remains unresolved whether a threshold BMI exists above which increased dosages may provide clinical benefit. Individual patient data from 578 PIONEER Phase 3 participants were analyzed. Descriptive, multivariable regression analysis and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were calculated to assess the relationship between BMI and clinical outcome measures using R v3.5.3. Participants in the overweight and obese BMI category had reduced odds (58 and 67%, respectively) of achieving HiSCR [OR = 0.42 (95%CI −0.19, 0.91) p = 0.03], [OR = 0.33 (95%CI 0.16, 0.67) p = 0.002] compared to participants with BMI < 25. Reduction in AN count and IHS4 score was not significantly associated. ROC analysis did not reveal any cut off value predictive of treatment outcome. No correlation between BMI and baseline disease activity or covariate interactions were identified. These findings suggest BMI is a significant covariate in the setting of lower baseline disease activity, supporting the concept of disease heterogeneity and differential therapeutic response to Adalimumab.
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- John W Frew
- Laboratory of Investigative Dermatology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States
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- Laboratory of Investigative Dermatology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States
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Frew JW, Jiang CS, Singh N, Grand D, Navrazhina K, Vaughan R, Krueger JG. Dermal tunnels influence time to clinical response and family history influences time to loss of clinical response in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa treated with adalimumab. Clin Exp Dermatol 2020; 46:306-313. [PMID: 32931599 DOI: 10.1111/ced.14448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Clinical response in hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is most commonly assessed using the Hidradenitis Suppurativa Clinical Response (HiSCR) measure. Dermal tunnels, increased body mass index, smoking and antibiotic use significantly decrease the odds of achieving HiSCR. However, there are few data exploring if clinical features are also associated with length of time to achieve clinical response and/or time to lose clinical response. AIM To explore whether variables associated with achievement of HiSCR are associated with time to achieve HiSCR and time to loss of HiSCR in patients with HS treated with adalimumab 40 mg weekly in the PIONEER open-label extension study. METHODS Time-to-event analyses were performed to estimate time to achieve HiSCR and time to loss of HiSCR. The log rank test was used to compare cumulative incidence curves for a priori patient- and disease-associated factors. Cox regression analysis was performed to compare time-to-event outcomes in the presence of a priori variables. All statistical analyses were completed with R software (V3.5.3). RESULTS Presence of dermal tunnels significantly increased the time to achieve HiSCR (median 32.6 vs. 14.3 weeks, P = 0.02) and the hazard ratio (HR) was significant after controlling for patient and disease factors (HR = 0.70, 95% CI 0.51-0.96, P = 0.03). A positive family history of HS significantly decreased the time to loss of HiSCR (median 11.4 vs. 18 weeks, P < 0.001) and remained significant in Cox regression analysis (HR = 2.01, 95% CI 1.40-2.88, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION The presence of dermal tunnels significantly influences the odds of achieving HiSCR and the time to achieve HiSCR, while family history influences time to loss of HiSCR.
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- J W Frew
- Laboratory of Investigative Dermatology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Investigative Dermatology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.,Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Investigative Dermatology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.,Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, Weill Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Investigative Dermatology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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Hei YY, Guo YX, Jiang CS, Wang S, Lu SM, Zhang SQ. The dual luciferase reporter system and RT-qPCR strategies for screening of MicroRNA-21 small-molecule inhibitors. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2019; 66:755-762. [PMID: 31021480 DOI: 10.1002/bab.1756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The therapeutic potential of microRNA-21 (miR-21) small-molecule inhibitors has been of particular interest to medicinal chemists. Moreover, the development of more facile screening methods is lacking. In the present study, two potential screening strategies for miR-21 small-molecule inhibitor including the stem-loop reverse transcription-quantitative PCR and dual luciferase reporter assay system were demonstrated and discussed in detail. A pmirGLO-miR21cswt plasmid and its two different mutants were constructed for dual luciferase reporter assay system. In addition, the sensitivity and specificity of these two methods were validated. Our results demonstrated that both strategies are decent choices for the screening of small-molecule inhibitors for miR-21 and possibly other miRNAs. Eventually, we applied our optimized strategy to discover and characterize several promising compounds such as azobenzene derivate A, enoxacin, and norfloxacin for their potential impact on intracellular miR-21 concentration.
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- Yuan-Yuan Hei
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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Liu G, Li DZ, Jiang CS, Wang W. Transduction motif analysis of gastric cancer based on a human signaling network. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 47:369-75. [PMID: 24838641 PMCID: PMC4075304 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20143527] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2013] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To investigate signal regulation models of gastric cancer, databases and literature were used to construct the signaling network in humans. Topological characteristics of the network were analyzed by CytoScape. After marking gastric cancer-related genes extracted from the CancerResource, GeneRIF, and COSMIC databases, the FANMOD software was used for the mining of gastric cancer-related motifs in a network with three vertices. The significant motif difference method was adopted to identify significantly different motifs in the normal and cancer states. Finally, we conducted a series of analyses of the significantly different motifs, including gene ontology, function annotation of genes, and model classification. A human signaling network was constructed, with 1643 nodes and 5089 regulating interactions. The network was configured to have the characteristics of other biological networks. There were 57,942 motifs marked with gastric cancer-related genes out of a total of 69,492 motifs, and 264 motifs were selected as significantly different motifs by calculating the significant motif difference (SMD) scores. Genes in significantly different motifs were mainly enriched in functions associated with cancer genesis, such as regulation of cell death, amino acid phosphorylation of proteins, and intracellular signaling cascades. The top five significantly different motifs were mainly cascade and positive feedback types. Almost all genes in the five motifs were cancer related, including EPOR, MAPK14, BCL2L1, KRT18, PTPN6, CASP3, TGFBR2, AR, and CASP7. The development of cancer might be curbed by inhibiting signal transductions upstream and downstream of the selected motifs.
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- G Liu
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Command, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Command, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Command, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Command, Fuzhou, China
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Chang L, Andres M, Sadino J, Jiang CS, Nakama H, Miller E, Ernst T. Impact of apolipoprotein E ε4 and HIV on cognition and brain atrophy: antagonistic pleiotropy and premature brain aging. Neuroimage 2011; 58:1017-27. [PMID: 21803164 PMCID: PMC3171637 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2011] [Revised: 06/20/2011] [Accepted: 07/04/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele may accelerate the progression of HIV disease, and increase the risk for developing HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND). Whether APOEε4 allele(s) and age may influence brain atrophy in HIV patients is unknown and was evaluated. METHODS Automated morphometry on magnetic resonance images, using FreeSurfer analyses, neuropsychological testing and APOE genotyping were performed in 139 subjects [70 seronegative controls (SN); 69 clinically-stable HIV subjects]. RESULTS Compared to SN, HIV subjects had smaller volumes throughout the brain regardless of their HAND status. Compared to APOEε4- subjects, SN controls with APOEε4 had better memory and larger global brain volumes (cerebral white matter and cortex) while HIV subjects with the APOEε4 allele(s) had poorer cognition (verbal fluency, learning, executive function and memory) and smaller cerebral and cerebellar white matter and subcortical structures. Further stratification of age showed that younger (<50 years) APOEε4+SN subjects had larger putamen and cerebral white matter, while younger APOEε4+HIV subjects had poorer performance on verbal fluency and smaller brain volumes [3-way (HIV-status×APOEε4×Age) interaction-p-values=0.005 to 0.03]. INTERPRETATION These findings suggest that APOEε4 allele(s) may show antagonistic pleiotropy on cognition and brain atrophy in SN controls, but may lead to premature aging with neurodegeneration in younger HIV patients prior to the development of HAND. Potential mechanisms for such interactions may include stronger neuro-inflammation or greater amyloid deposition in younger HIV subjects with APOEε4 allele(s). Early screening for the APOEε4 allele and brain atrophy with morphometry may guide neuroprotective intervention of cognitively normal HIV subjects prior to the development of HAND. Longitudinal follow-up studies and larger sample sizes are needed to validate these cross-sectional results.
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- L Chang
- Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA.
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Chang L, Cloak C, Jiang CS, Farnham S, Tokeshi B, Buchthal S, Hedemark B, Smith LM, Ernst T. Altered neurometabolites and motor integration in children exposed to methamphetamine in utero. Neuroimage 2009; 48:391-7. [PMID: 19576287 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.06.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2009] [Revised: 06/17/2009] [Accepted: 06/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Methamphetamine (METH) is a neurotoxic drug. This study aimed to evaluate brain metabolite levels and cognitive function in young children with prenatal METH exposure. 101 children ages 3-4 years were evaluated with neuropsychological tests and underwent proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) without sedation. Complete datasets from 49 METH-exposed and 49 controls who completed the neuropsychological test battery, and 38 METH-exposed and 37 controls with high-quality MR spectra are reported here. Despite similar physical characteristics (including head circumference), global cognitive function (on Stanford-Binet), parental education, intelligence, mood, and socioeconomic status, METH-exposed children had higher total creatine (tCr: +7%, p=0.003), N-acetyl compounds (NA: +4.3%, p=0.004) and glutamate+glutamine (GLX: +9.6%, p=0.02) concentrations in the frontal white matter, but lower myoinositol (MI: -7%, p=0.01) and MI/tCr (-7.5%, p=0.03) in the thalamus, than control children. The higher frontal white matter NA in the METH-exposed children was due to the higher NA in the METH-exposed girls (+10.2%, p=0.003), but not the boys (+0.8%) compared to sex-matched controls. Furthermore, the METH-exposed children had poorer performance on a visual motor integration (VMI) task, which correlated with lower MI in the thalamus (r=0.26, p=0.03). The higher NA, tCr and GLX concentrations suggest higher neuronal density or cellular compactness in the white matter, especially in the girls, whereas the lower MI suggests lower glial content in the thalamus of these METH-expose children. These findings combined with their poorer performance on VMI also suggest accelerated but aberrant neuronal and glial development in these brain regions.
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- L Chang
- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Queen's University Tower, 1356 Lusitana Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
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Smith HO, Jiang CS, Weiss GR, Hallum AV, Liu PY, Robinson WR, Cheng PC, Scudder SA, Markman M, Alberts DS. Tirapazamine plus cisplatin in advanced or recurrent carcinoma of the uterine cervix: a Southwest Oncology Group study. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2006; 16:298-305. [PMID: 16445649 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00339.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to determine objective response and overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) following cisplatin plus tirapazamine treatment in eligible consenting patients with metastatic or recurrent squamous or adenosquamous carcinoma of the cervix. Treatment consisted of intravenous tirapazamine, 260 mg/m(2), followed by cisplatin, 75 mg/m(2), every 21 days for six cycles. Of 56 registered cases, 52 were evaluable for toxicity. There were six grade 4 toxicities (anemia [three], dyspnea [one], neutropenia/granulocytopenia [one], and dehydration [one]). Fifty-three patients were evaluable for response, OS, and PFS. The 6-month OS rate was 56.6% (95% CI 43.3-69.9%). The objective response rate was 32.1% (4 complete [2 confirmed and 2 unconfirmed] and 13 partial [8 confirmed and 5 unconfirmed]). Higher response rates (16/34 [47.1%] vs 1/19 [5.3%], P= 0.0018) were observed in patients who had not previously received radiation-sensitizing chemotherapy, as were OS and PFS (13.9 vs 4.0 months, P < 0.0001; 5.3 vs 1.8 months, P= 0.01). The OS was considered too low to warrant further testing in this disease setting. Despite this, tirapazamine plus cisplatin was active in patients who had not received cisplatin previously. Prior use of radiosensitizing chemotherapy impacted response and survival significantly and should be considered in future clinical trials.
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- H O Smith
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1 University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, MSC 10 5580, Albuquerque, NM 87131-5286, USA.
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Tian HK, Xia T, Jiang CS, Zhang HM, Wang K, Li XJ. [TFAR19 enhances the opening of permeability transition pore in the mitochondrial membrane of mice liver]. Sheng Wu Hua Xue Yu Sheng Wu Wu Li Xue Bao (Shanghai) 2002; 34:279-84. [PMID: 12019438] [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: 02/25/2023]
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TFAR19 TF-1 cell apoptosis related gene 19 is a novel apoptosis-related gene cloned from human leukemia cell line TF-1 cells undergoing apoptosis in 1999 (accession number AF014955 in GenBank). The human TFAR19 encodes a protein which shares significant homology to the corresponding proteins of species ranging from yeast to mice. TFAR19 exhibits a ubiquitous expression pattern and its expression is upregulated in tumor cells undergoing apoptosis. Overexpression of TFAR19 could enhance apoptosis of some tumor cells induced by growth factor withdrawal or serum deprivation. But the exact mechanism of TFAR19 is unclear. Mitochondria not only provides energy for the cell, but also plays a critical role on cell death or survival. The release of apoptosis promoting factor, such as cytochrome c from mitochondria, resulted by the damage of mitochondrial membrane integrity, is the key factor controlling apoptosis. The permeability transition pore (PTP) of mitochondria is a protein complex located between the mitochondrial membranes, and it plays an important role in regulating the integrity of mitochondrial membrane. In this study, the effect of recombinant TFAR19 on isolated mitochondrial PTP, membrane potential, and release of cytochrome c was investigated in vitro. The results indicated that recombinant TFAR19 facilitated the isolated mitochondrial PTP opening, decreased the membrane potential, and promoted the release of cytochrome c. The effect of TFAR19 on mitochondria is implemented by opening the mitochondrial PTP. Experimental results implicate that TFAR19 may positively feedback apoptosis signal of mitochondria, forming a positive loop to promote apoptosis.
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- H K Tian
- Department of Pharmacology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100083, China
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Yu H, Jiang CS, Ebert P, Wang XD, White JM, Niu Q, Zhang Z, Shih CK. Quantitative determination of the metastability of flat Ag overlayers on GaAs(110). Phys Rev Lett 2002; 88:016102. [PMID: 11800970 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.016102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Atomically flat ultrathin Ag films on GaAs(110) can be formed through a kinetic pathway. However, such films are metastable and will transform to 3D islands upon high temperature annealing. Using scanning tunneling microscopy, we have measured quantitatively the layer-resolved metastability of flat Ag overlayers as they evolve toward their stable state, and deduced the corresponding kinetic barrier the system has to overcome in reaching the stable state. These results indicate that the metastability of the Ag overlayer is defined by the quantum nature of the conduction electrons confined within the overlayer.
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- Hongbin Yu
- Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Gibson JB, Reed D, Wilks AV, Jiang CS. Molecular similarity of Drosophila melanogaster alcohol dehydrogenase thermostable alleles from populations on different continents. Heredity (Edinb) 1990; 65 ( Pt 1):1-6. [PMID: 2120152 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1990.62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Allele specific oligonucleotide probes have been used to show that DNA, amplified by the polymerase chain reaction, from eleven thermostable Adh alleles extracted from populations on different continents contains the triplet TCC, which distinguishes AdhFChD (Fast Chateau Douglas) from AdhF (Fast). The molecular similarity of Adh thermostable alleles suggests that they had a common origin, and it is argued that the mutation probably occurred in China where high frequencies of AdhFChD are found.
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- J B Gibson
- Molecular and Population Genetics Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra City
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Jiang CS, Gibson JB, Chen HZ. Genetic differentiation in populations of Drosophila melanogaster from the Peoples' Republic of China: comparison with patterns on other continents. Heredity (Edinb) 1989; 62 ( Pt 2):193-8. [PMID: 2524456 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1989.28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [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: 01/01/2023] Open
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Geographic variation at eight allozyme loci in eight natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster from the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) was collated with data from Japanese populations and compared with previous reports for other continents. G6pdF, Est-6(1.00) and AdhS were significantly correlated with latitude. Whilst the variation in Est6(1.00) was opposite to that previously reported, AdhS showed latitudinal clines consistent with data from the northern and southern hemispheres. A thermostable variant, AdhFChD, was found at high frequency in the southern P.R.C. populations and it is suggested that the mutation occurred in this region and was then dispersed to other continents.
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- C S Jiang
- Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra City
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Jiang CS, Gibson JB, Wilks AV, Freeth AL. Restriction endonucleases variation in the region of the alcohol dehydrogenase gene: a comparison of null and normal alleles from natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity (Edinb) 1988; 60 ( Pt 1):101-7. [PMID: 2895077 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1988.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The restriction endonuclease variation in the 12 kb region surrounding twelve Adh null alleles extracted from three Tasmanian populations has been compared with normal alleles from the same populations. Each of the null alleles had the same haplotype as revealed by digestions with eight hexanucleotide restriction enzymes. This haplotype also occurred in 4 of the 46 chromosomes bearing normal alleles which were tested; these four chromosomes with the null allele haplotype carried the AdhS allele. The data suggest that the Adh null alleles from geographically separate populations share a common ancestry and are derived from the same mutation in an AdhS allele.
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- C S Jiang
- Population Genetics Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra City, A.C.T
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Jiang CS, Kilfeather SA, Pearson RM, Turner P. The stimulatory effects of caffeine, theophylline, lysine-theophylline and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine on human sperm motility. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1984; 18:258-62. [PMID: 6207849 PMCID: PMC1463533 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1984.tb02466.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The potencies of caffeine, theophylline, lysine-theophylline and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) in stimulating sperm motility have been compared, and we have found IBMX to be significantly more potent than the other three compounds, which did not exhibit significant differences in potency from each other.
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