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Liu DD, Pan P, Fu J, Ouyang XZ. Spatiotemporal variation and driving factor of vegetation coverage from 2000 to 2020 in southern Jiangxi Province, China. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2023; 34:2919-2928. [PMID: 37997402 DOI: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.202311.023] [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: 11/25/2023]
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Vegetation plays a critical role in the water and carbon cycling and energy flow, serving as an indicator for regulating land carbon balance and reflecting climate change and human activities. We analyzed the spatiotemporal variations of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) during the growing season in southern Jiangxi from 2000 to 2020, using statistical methods, including the Mann-Kendall test, Theil-Sen Median analysis, Hurst index, and coefficient of variation. We employed the geodetector model to comprehensively assess the impacts of climate, topography, soil and human factors on spatial differentiation of vegetation NDVI. The results showed NDVI exhibited an upward fluctuating trend with a rate of 0.003 per year from 2000 to 2020. The proportion of high-grade and medium-high-grade NDVI areas were 55.8% and 41.9%, respectively, while the areas with low and relatively low fluctuations accounted for 92.3%. The proportions of areas showing extremely significant improvement and significant improvement were 40.4% and 19.4%, respectively. In contrast, the combined proportion of areas displaying extremely significant degradation and significant degradation was only 2.2%. The proportions of areas demonstrating continuous improvement and future improvement were 28.0% and 60.2%, respectively. Elevation, precipitation, relative humidity, temperature, landform type, land use type, population density, and nighttime light were identified as the major factors for the vairations of NDVI in the study area, followed by slope, soil type, and GDP, while slope aspect and vegetation type had indirect influence. Throughout the study period, NDVI in southern Jiangxi was overall stable, with future changes primarily indicating improvement. Notably, human factors such as land use type, population density, and nighttime light index exhibited an upward trend in their impacts on NDVI.
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- Dong-Dong Liu
- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for the Protection and Restoration of Forest Ecosystem in Poyang Lake Basin, College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for the Protection and Restoration of Forest Ecosystem in Poyang Lake Basin, College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for the Protection and Restoration of Forest Ecosystem in Poyang Lake Basin, College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for the Protection and Restoration of Forest Ecosystem in Poyang Lake Basin, College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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Li X, Liu XL, Li X, Zhao YC, Wang QQ, Zhong HY, Liu DD, Yuan C, Zheng TF, Zhang M. Dickkopf1 (Dkk1) Alleviates Vascular Calcification by Regulating the Degradation of Phospholipase D1 (PLD1). J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2022; 15:1327-1339. [PMID: 35426038 DOI: 10.1007/s12265-022-10251-y] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Vascular calcification (VC) is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in patients with atherosclerosis (AS), chronic kidney disease, and diabetes. Dickkopf1 (Dkk1) is a multifunctional secreted glycoprotein that has been explored as a novel potential antitumor target. Recently, Dkk1 was shown to be closely associated with AS development. However, the role of Dkk1 in VC remains elusive. In this study, we explored the role and molecular mechanisms of Dkk1 in VC based on a smooth muscle-specific Dkk1-knockout (Dkk1SMKO) mouse model. Our data indicated that Dkk1 expression was decreased under calcifying conditions and that Dkk1 overexpression alleviated high phosphate-induced vascular calcification. In vivo, smooth muscle Dkk1-specific knockout aggravated vascular calcification in mice. However, phospholipase D1 (PLD1) overexpression partially weakened the protective effect of Dkk1 against vascular calcification. Mechanistically, Dkk1 slowed vascular calcification by promoting the degradation of PLD1 via the regulating autophagosome formation and maturation. In conclusion, we found that Dkk1 could alleviate vascular calcification by regulating the degradation of PLD1.
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- Xuan Li
- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107, Wen Hua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107, Wen Hua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107, Wen Hua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107, Wen Hua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107, Wen Hua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107, Wen Hua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107, Wen Hua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107, Wen Hua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107, Wen Hua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107, Wen Hua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.
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Tang KR, Mo XW, Zhou XY, Chen YY, Liu DD, He LL, Ma QY, Li XJ, Chen JX. Xiaoyao San, a Chinese herbal formula, ameliorates depression-like behavior in mice through the AdipoR1/AMPK/ACC pathway in hypothalamus. J Integr Med 2022; 20:442-452. [PMID: 35906133 DOI: 10.1016/j.joim.2022.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Depression and metabolic disorders have overlapping psychosocial and pathophysiological causes. Current research is focused on the possible role of adiponectin in regulating common biological mechanisms. Xiaoyao San (XYS), a classic Chinese medicine compound, has been widely used in the treatment of depression and can alleviate metabolic disorders such as lipid or glucose metabolism disorders. However, the ability of XYS to ameliorate depression-like behavior as well as metabolic dysfunction in mice and the underlying mechanisms are unclear. METHODS An in vivo animal model of depression was established by chronic social defeat stress (CSDS). XYS and fluoxetine were administered by gavage to the drug intervention group. Depression-like behaviors were analyzed by the social interaction test, open field test, forced swim test, and elevated plus maze test. Glucose levels were measured using the oral glucose tolerance test. The involvement of certain molecules was validated by immunofluorescence, histopathology, and Western blotting. In vitro, hypothalamic primary neurons were exposed to high glucose to induce neuronal damage, and the neuroprotective effect of XYS was evaluated by cell counting kit-8 assay. Immunofluorescence and Western blotting were used to evaluate the influences of XYS on adiponectin receptor 1 (AdipoR1), adenosine 5'-monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK), acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACC) and other related proteins. RESULTS XYS ameliorated CSDS-induced depression-like behaviors and glucose tolerance impairment in mice and increased the level of serum adiponectin. XYS also restored Nissl bodies in hypothalamic neurons in mice that exhibited depression-like behaviors and decreased the degree of neuronal morphological damage. In vivo and in vitro studies indicated that XYS increased the expression of AdipoR1 in hypothalamic neurons. CONCLUSION Adiponectin may be a key regulator linking depression and metabolic disorders; regulation of the hypothalamic AdipoR1/AMPK/ACC pathway plays an important role in treatment of depression by XYS.
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- Kai-Rui Tang
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Formula-Pattern of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Formula-Pattern of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Formula-Pattern of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Formula-Pattern of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Formula-Pattern of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Formula-Pattern of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Formula-Pattern of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China.
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Formula-Pattern of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China.
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Zhong HY, Yuan C, Liu XL, Wang QQ, Li X, Zhao YC, Li X, Liu DD, Zheng TF, Zhang M. Mechanical stretch aggravates vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis and vascular remodeling by downregulating EZH2. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2022; 151:106278. [PMID: 35985452 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2022.106278] [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: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) was recently found to play an important role in cardiovascular disease. However, the role of EZH2 in vascular remodeling induced by mechanical stretch is poorly understood. The aim of the present work was to investigate the role of EZH2 in regulating smooth muscle cell function through mechanical stretch assays and to explore the underlying mechanisms. METHODS WT C57BL/6 J mice underwent sham surgery or abdominal aortic constriction. The level of EZH2 expression was determined by Western blotting and immunohistochemical staining. We demonstrated the thickness of vascular remodeling by HE staining. JASPAR was used to predict transcription factors that could affect EZH2. Chromatin immunoprecipitation was used to substantiate the DNAprotein interactions. Promoter luciferase assays were performed to demonstrate the activity of the transcription factors. RESULTS We found that in vivo, AAC significantly reduced EZH2 protein levels in the thoracic aorta. Smooth muscle-specific overexpression of EZH2 was sufficient to attenuate the AAC-induced reduction in trimethylation of Lys-27 in histone 3 and thickening of the arterial media. Administration of GSK-J4 (an inhibitor of H3K27me3 demethylase) induced the same effects. In addition, we found that mechanical stretch regulated the expression of EZH2 through the Yes-associated protein (YAP)- transcriptional factor TEA domain 1 (TEAD) pathway. TEAD1 bound directly to the promoter of EZH2, and blocking the YAP-TEAD1 interaction inhibited EZH2 downregulation due to mechanical stretch. CONCLUSION This study reveals that mechanical stretch downregulates EZH2 through the YAP-TEAD1 pathway, thereby aggravating smooth muscle cell apoptosis and vascular remodeling.
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- Hong-Yu Zhong
- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China.
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Zhang HY, Mu Y, Chen P, Liu DD, Chen KH, Yu Q, He J, Sun F, Xing JP, Tang KF. Metabolic enzyme gene polymorphisms predict the effects of antioxidant treatment on idiopathic male infertility. Asian J Androl 2021; 24:430-435. [PMID: 34806654 PMCID: PMC9295464 DOI: 10.4103/aja202180] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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To explore the relationship between genetic polymorphisms of metabolic enzymes such as CYP1A1, CYP2D6, GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 and idiopathic male infertility. By observing the efficacy of antioxidants in the treatment of idiopathic male infertility, the effect of metabolic enzyme gene polymorphisms on antioxidant therapy in patients with idiopathic male infertility was prospectively studied. This case–control study included 310 men with idiopathic infertility and 170 healthy controls. The cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1), cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6), glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1), glutathione S-transferase T1 (GSTT1), and glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1) genotypes in peripheral blood samples were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). The idiopathic male infertility group was treated with vitamin C, vitamin E, and coenzyme Q10 for 3 months and followed up for 6 months. GSTM1(−), GSTT1(−), and GSTM1/T1(−/−) in the idiopathic male infertility groups were more common than those in the control group. The sperm concentration, motility, viability, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), and seminal plasma total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC) level in patients with GSTM1(−), GSTT1(−), and GSTM1/T1(−/−) were lower than those in wild-type carriers, and the sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI), 8-hydroxy-2’-deoxyguanosine (8-OH-dG), and malondialdehyde (MDA) and nitric oxide (NO) levels were higher. Therefore, oxidative damage may play an important role in the occurrence and development of idiopathic male infertility, but antioxidant therapy is not effective in male infertility patients with GSTM1 and GSTT1 gene deletions.
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- Hong-Yan Zhang
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China.,Department of Urology, The Sixth's Hospital of Guiyang of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550005, China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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- Department of Urology, People's Hospital of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550002, China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China.,Institute of Medical Science of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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Pan MX, Zheng CY, Deng YJ, Tang KR, Nie H, Xie JQ, Liu DD, Tu GF, Yang QH, Zhang YP. Hepatic protective effects of Shenling Baizhu powder, a herbal compound, against inflammatory damage via TLR4/NLRP3 signalling pathway in rats with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. J Integr Med 2021; 19:428-438. [PMID: 34426178 DOI: 10.1016/j.joim.2021.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE High-fat diet (HFD) and inflammation are two key contributors to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Shenling Baizhu powder (SLBZP), a classical herbal compound, has been successfully used to alleviate NAFLD. However, its specific mechanisms are not fully understood. In this study, we assessed the anti-NAFLD effect of SLBZP in vivo. METHODS Rats were fed an HFD with or without SLBZP or with probiotics. At the end of week 16, an echo magnetic resonance imaging (EchoMRI) body composition analyser was used to quantitatively analyse body composition; a micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) imaging system was used to evaluate whole body and liver fat; and the Moor full-field laser perfusion imager 2 was used to assess liver microcirculation, after which, all rats were sacrificed. Then, biochemical indicators in the blood and the ultrastructure of rat livers were evaluated. Protein expression related to the liver Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)/Nod-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) signalling pathway was assessed using Western blot analysis. Further, high-throughput screening of 29 related inflammatory factors in liver tissue was performed using a cytokine array. RESULTS SLBZP supplementation reduced body weight, serum free fatty acid, and insulin resistance index (P < 0.05). It also ameliorated liver microcirculation and ultrastructural abnormalities. EchoMRI and micro-CT quantitative analyses showed that treatment with SLBZP reduced fat mass and visceral fat (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively). In addition, SLBZP decreased the expression of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated TLR4/NLRP3 signalling pathway-related proteins and altered the expression levels of some inflammatory cytokines in liver tissues. CONCLUSION SLBZP can inhibit NLRP3 inflammasome activation and interleukin-1β release by suppressing LPS-induced TLR4 expression in rats with HFD-induced NAFLD. Thus, SLBZP may be beneficial for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory damage and associated diseases.
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- Mao-Xing Pan
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China.
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China.
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Sun Y, Hu F, Liu D, Sang C, Mei M, Gou B. Energy levels and radiative transitions of Mg VII and Si IX. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Liu S, Que LP, Huang K, Fang JP, Wang KM, Zhan LP, Liu DD, Xu HG. [Eltrombopag for thrombocytopenia in 24 children after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation]. Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2021; 59:311-315. [PMID: 33775051 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112140-20200715-00727] [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 evaluate the efficacy and safety of eltrombopag for children with thrombocytopenia after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Methods: Clinical data of 24 patients with thrombocytopenia after HSCT,who were treated with eltrombopag in the Department of Pediatrics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University from August 1, 2018 to April 1, 2019 were analyzed retrospectively. The response rate and adverse reactions of eltrombopag were evaluated. Patients were divided into groups by source of hematopoietic stem cells (umbilical cord blood group and peripheral stem cell group) and type of disease (malignant and non-malignant disease group) and the clinical outcomes between groups were compared. Rank Sum test was used for comparisons between groups. Results: Among 24 cases, 15 were males and 9 females, the age of starting eltrombopag was 7.7 (2.6-13.7) years, the time of eltrombopag treatment after HSCT was 27.5 (8.0-125.0) days, the time from treatment to complete response (CR) was 23.5 (6.0-83.0) days, with the treatment course 36.5 (8.0-90.0) days. The total dose of eltrombopag was 1 400(200-5 900) mg. Complete response rate was 92% (22/24),without eltrombopag related adverse reactions. Comparing with peripheral stem cell group (n=8), the course and total dose of eltrombopag in umbilical cord blood group (n=16) were significantly reduced(24.5 (8.0-81.0) vs. 65.5 (35.0-90.0) d, Z=-3.004, P=0.002; 900.0 (200.0-3 850.0) vs. 2 862.5 (1 175.0-5 900.0) mg, Z=-2.604, P=0.007), but no significant differences were found in the time from treatment to complete response, platelet count after 2 weeks of eltrombopag withdrawal or platelet count at the end point of follow-up (all P>0.05). Comparing malignant patients (n=12) and non-malignant patients (n=12), no significant differences were found in the time from treatment to complete response, course, total dose, platelet count after 2 weeks of eltrombopag withdrawal, and platelet count at the end point of follow-up in non-malignant patients (all P>0.05). Conclusion: Eltrombopag is safe and maybe effective for thrombocytopenia after HSCT, especially for umbilical cord blood transplantation.
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- S Liu
- Department of Pediatrics,Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital,Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou 510120,China
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- Department of Pediatrics,Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital,Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou 510120,China
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- Department of Pediatrics,Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital,Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou 510120,China
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- Department of Pediatrics,Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital,Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou 510120,China
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- Department of Pediatrics,Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital,Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou 510120,China
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- Department of Pediatrics,Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital,Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou 510120,China
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- Department of Pediatrics,Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital,Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou 510120,China
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- Department of Pediatrics,Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital,Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou 510120,China
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Cai WB, Liu DD, Chen Y, Zhang L, Tan JB. Enzyme-assisted Photoinitiated Polymerization-induced Self-assembly in Continuous Flow Reactors with Oxygen Tolerance. Chin J Polym Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-021-2533-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Liu HJ, He TZ, Zhang JL, Wu Q, Tan LJ, Liu DD. [Systematic review and screening of basic Chinese herbs for traditional Chinese medicine compounds combined with levodopa medicine in treatment of Parkinson's disease]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2021; 45:6043-6052. [PMID: 33496146 DOI: 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20200717.501] [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: 11/18/2022]
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To systematically evaluate the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) compounds combined with levodopa medicine in the treatment of Parkinson's disease(PD), and screen basic herbs to provide certain evidence-based medical proof and program for better guidance on clinical drug use. Six databases were searched to screen out the randomized controlled trial on the TCM compounds combined with levodopa medicine in the treatment of PD. Literature quality of the included studies was evaluated by improved Jadad rating scale, and the Meta-analysis was performed by RevMan 5.3 software. After the data of the basic TCM compounds involved were sorted out, the strong association rules were found by using Apriori algorithm of SPSS Modeler 18.0 software, and then the basic herbs for the treatment of PD could be picked out. A total of 20 studies were eventually included, involving 1 784 patients. Ten studies were of high-quality literature, Jadad score≥4 points. Meta-analysis showed that efficacy of TCM combined with levodopa medicine was better than levodopa medicine alone in lowering Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale(UPDRS) score: UPDRS Ⅰ(MD=-0.43, 95%CI[-0.62,-0.24], P<0.000 1), UPDRS Ⅱ(MD=-2.72, 95%CI[-3.24,-2.21], P<0.000 01), UPDRS Ⅲ(MD =-1.97, 95%CI[-2.69,-1.25], P<0.000 01), UPDRS Ⅳ(MD=-0.28, 95%CI[-0.46,-0.11], P=0.002). And the improvement in UPDRS score reduction rate of TCM combined with levodopa medicine was better than that in levodopa medicine alone: effective rate(OR=4.81, 95%CI[3.50, 6.62], P<0.000 01). Data mining results showed that the basic prescription for treating PD consisted of Paeoniae Radix Alba-Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata-Gastrodiae Rhizoma in general. According to each part of UPDRS, the basic prescription for treating mentation, behavior and mood(UPDRS Ⅰ) consists of Paeoniae Radix Alba-Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata-Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata Cum Melle, Among which Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata Cum Melle might have unique efficacy. The basic prescriptions for treating UPDRS Ⅱ and UPDRS Ⅲ consisted of Paeoniae Radix Alba-Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, or Chuanxiong Rhizoma-Angelicae Sinensis Radix(two drug combinations). However, in the treatment of UPDRS Ⅳ, the drugs were scattered. But due to the limitations in the quantity and quality of clinical studies, the results obtained still need further research and clinical confirmation of its efficacy.
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- Hong-Jie Liu
- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ji'nan University Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ji'nan University Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ji'nan University Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ji'nan University Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ji'nan University Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ji'nan University Guangzhou 510632, China
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Zou Z, Dong YS, Liu DD, Li G, Hao GZ, Gao X, Pan PY, Liang GB. MAP4K4 induces early blood-brain barrier damage in a murine subarachnoid hemorrhage model. Neural Regen Res 2021; 16:325-332. [PMID: 32859792 PMCID: PMC7896238 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.290904] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Sterile-20-like mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 4 (MAP4K4) is expressed in endothelial cells and activates inflammatory vascular damage. Endothelial cells are important components of the blood-brain barrier. To investigate whether MAP4K4 plays a role in the pathophysiology of subarachnoid hemorrhage, we evaluated the time-course expression of MAP4K4 after subarachnoid hemorrhage. A subarachnoid hemorrhage model was established using the intravascular perforation method. The model mice were assigned to four groups: MAP4K4 recombinant protein, scramble small interfering RNA, and MAP4K4 small interfering RNA were delivered by intracerebroventricular injection, while PF-06260933, a small-molecule inhibitor of MAP4K4, was administrated orally. Neurological score assessments, brain water assessments, Evans blue extravasation, immunofluorescence, western blot assay, and gelatin zymography were performed to analyze neurological outcomes and mechanisms of vascular damage. MAP4K4 expression was elevated in the cortex at 24 hours after subarachnoid hemorrhage, and colocalized with endothelial markers. MAP4K4 recombinant protein aggravated neurological impairment, brain edema, and blood-brain barrier damage; upregulated the expression of phosphorylated nuclear factor kappa B (p-p65) and matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9); and degraded tight junction proteins (ZO-1 and claudin 5). Injection with MAP4K4 small interfering RNA reversed these effects. Furthermore, administration of the MAP4K4 inhibitor PF-06260933 reduced blood-brain barrier damage in mice, promoted the recovery of neurological function, and reduced p-p65 and MMP9 protein expression. Taken together, the results further illustrate that MAP4K4 causes early blood-brain barrier damage after subarachnoid hemorrhage. The mechanism can be confirmed by inhibiting the MAP4K4/NF-κB/MMP9 pathway. All experimental procedures and protocols were approved by the Experimental Animal Ethics Committee of General Hospital of Northern Theater Command (No. 2018002) on January 15, 2018.
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- Zheng Zou
- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command (General Hospital of Shenyang Military Command), The Graduate Training Base of Liaoning Medical College; Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command (General Hospital of Shenyang Military Command), Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command (General Hospital of Shenyang Military Command), Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command (General Hospital of Shenyang Military Command), Shenyang; Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning Proivnce, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command (General Hospital of Shenyang Military Command), Shenyang; Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning Proivnce, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command (General Hospital of Shenyang Military Command), Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command (General Hospital of Shenyang Military Command), Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command (General Hospital of Shenyang Military Command), Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command (General Hospital of Shenyang Military Command), Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
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Yang C, Xi Y, Chen WY, Sang L, Liu DD, Zhang R, Chen SB, Zhang J, Pan JY, Xv YH, Nong LB, Li YM, Liu XQ. Conversion ratio of tacrolimus switching from intravenous infusion to oral administration after lung transplantation. J Thorac Dis 2020; 12:4292-4298. [PMID: 32944341 PMCID: PMC7475590 DOI: 10.21037/jtd-20-1191] [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] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Background To investigate the conversion ratio of tacrolimus switching from intravenous infusion to oral administration in patients after lung transplantation. Methods We retrospectively recruited patients received lung transplantation in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical Hospital from January 2015 to June 2019. The blood concentration of tacrolimus administrated through intravenous infusion and oral administration were collected. The blood concentration, concentration/dose ratio (C/D), and (C/Dpo)/(C/Div) ratio were analyzed to explore the conversion ratio of tacrolimus switching from intravenous infusion to oral administration, as combined medication of tacrolimus and caspofungin were used. Results The concentration of intravenously administered tacrolimus was significantly higher than that of oral administration; the C/D ratio of intravenously administrated tacrolimus (C/Div) was significantly higher than that of the oral administration (C/Dpo). There was a significant correlation between C/Dpo and C/Div (R2 =0.774, P<0.001). The conversion ratio of tacrolimus from intravenous administration to oral administration was 1:7.4, as combined medication of tacrolimus and caspofungin were used. Conclusions The conversion ratio of tacrolimus switching from intravenous to oral administration is 1:7.4 in the combination treatment of tacrolimus and caspofungin after lung transplantation.
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- Chun Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Liu DD, Cao XB, Li HL, Lu XC, Shou BQ, Lei MT, Wang CH, Xue H. [Effect of comprehensive AIDS intervention among men aged 50 or over who had non-marital sexual behavior]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2020; 40:1595-1600. [PMID: 32062922 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2019.12.017] [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 evaluate the effectiveness of AIDS intervention programs on men aged 50 or over and having had non-marital sexual behavior. Methods: A community-based intervention/experimental and based on individual level study was adopted. Stratified sampling method was used. 12 townships/streets in Fuyang district of Hangzhou were identified as intervention or control group (six research sites each). All of the subjects in the township (street) were included. The inclusion criteria of study objects would include men aged 50 or older who reported having unmarried sex in the last year. Estimated sample size was 290, with each 145 in the intervention group and the control group. All the intervention group participants were provided with a total of 4 intervention-related items (knowledge and education on AIDS prevention, information radiation and behavioral change, broadcast expert lectures), every 3 months, for 12 month, the main evaluation indicators would include: incidence of non-marital sex and commercial sex in the last year, condom use when having non-marital sex in the last episode. Results: A total of 312 subjects were recruited. 300 of them completed the baseline study while 284 of them completed the follow-up survey. Among the subjects who had undergone the baseline study, the average age was (65.58±7.89), 71.33% were married or cohabiting with someone, 52.00% having had primary school education. After the implementation of intervention programs, the incidence of non-marital sex dropped to 59.42% (82/138) and the incidence of commercial sex dropped from 79.73% (118/148) to 55.07% (76/138). Condom use rate in the last non-marital sexual contact increased from 19.59% (29/148) to 51.22% (42/82). In the control group, the incidence of non-marital sex in the year before dropped to 74.66% (109/146) and the incidence of commercial sex dropped from 91.45% (139/152) to 72.60% (106/146). Rates of condom use during the last non-marital sexual contact dropped from 32.89% (50/152) to 31.19% (34/109). Statistically, there were significant differences appeared between the two groups on the incidence of non-marital sex in the past year (χ(2)=7.48, P=0.008), the incidence of commercial sex in the last year (χ(2)=9.47, P=0.003) and the rate of condom use in the last sex experience (χ(2)=7.83, P=0.007). Conclusions: Results from this intervention study showed that: in the intervention group, both the incidence rates of non-marital or commercial sex had reduced, together with the increase of condom use in non-marital sex in the last sexual experience. Intervention strategies that involving knowledge and education on AIDS prevention, information radiation and behavioral change, broadcasting lectures by experts etc. were all proved effective.
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- D D Liu
- National Center for STD/AIDS Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China; Fuyang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Hangzhou, Hangzhou 311400, China
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- National Center for STD/AIDS Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Fuyang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Hangzhou, Hangzhou 311400, China
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- Fuyang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Hangzhou, Hangzhou 311400, China
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- Fuyang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Hangzhou, Hangzhou 311400, China
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- Fuyang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Hangzhou, Hangzhou 311400, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Beijing Lanchengyouning Health Management Limited Company, Beijing 100022, China
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Wu J, Wen ZH, Liu DD, Wu CF, Zhang Y, Zhang L, Xu YL, Yang G, Jing CX. [Safety evaluation on different ventilation strategies set for neonatal respiratory distress syndrome: a network Meta-analysis]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2020; 41:249-260. [PMID: 32164138 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2020.02.020] [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: 06/10/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the relative safety of different ventilation methods regarding mortality and rates of complication, on neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS). Methods: Network Meta-analysis was used to collect data on randomized controlled trials of pulmonary ventilation strategies in preterm infants with a mean gestational age of less than 32 weeks. Diagnostic criteria on NRDS were published in the PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, EBSCO, and Springer Link databases from January 1986 to June 2018. Revman 5.3 software was used to evaluate the quality of studies, based on the Cochrane quality assessment tool. Data were analyzed by Bayesian and frequency methods, using both Win BUGS 1.4.3 and STATA 13.0 software. Safety of different ventilation strategies for NRDS mortality and complications would include intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and were evaluated. Counted data was displayed by OR and 95%CI. Results: A total of 31 RCTs were included in this paper, including 5 827 preterm infants and 11 ventilation strategies. There were no statistically significant differences appearing in 11 ventilation strategies on mortality, PDA or ROP. IVH results were reported in 28 studies. Compared with nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV), both high- frequency oscillation ventilation (HFOV) (OR=3.33, 95%CI: 1.08-16.67, P<0.05) and synchronized intermittent mechanical ventilation (SIMV) (OR=8.22, 95%CI: 1.25-29.44, P<0.05) schemes seemed to have increased the risk of IVH in preterm infants with NRDS. NIPPV appeared the optimal ventilation strategy in the rankings of cumulative probability. Results on clustering showed that NIPPV was probably the best ventilation strategy for children with NRDS after considering the orders of IVH, PDA and ROP on mortality, respectively. However, HFOV, IMV, and SIMV did not seem to be the ideal ventilated strategies. Conclusions: Most of the clinical decision makers might prefer using NIPPV in the treatment of children with NRDS through mechanical ventilation systems to reduce both the incidence and death caused by IVH, PDA and ROP. It was not recommended to use HFOV, SIMV and IMV in treating NRDS with gestational less than 32 weeks. We suggested that larger numbers of multi-center RCTs ba carried out to make the above conclusions more convincing.
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- J Wu
- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; Department of Pathogenic Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- School of Medicine, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Dongguan Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Dongguan 523000, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Dongguan Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Dongguan 523000, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Dongguan Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Dongguan 523000, China
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- Department of Pathogenic Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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Gao LL, Lin XL, Liu DD, Chen L, Zhang CQ, Gao H. Depth-dependent ratcheting strains of young and adult articular cartilages by experiments and predictions. Biomed Eng Online 2019; 18:85. [PMID: 31362738 PMCID: PMC6668180 DOI: 10.1186/s12938-019-0705-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 04/22/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Ratcheting strain is produced due to the repeated accumulation of compressive strain in cartilage and may be a precursor to osteoarthritis. The aim of this study was to investigate the ratcheting behaviors of young and adult articular cartilages under cyclic compression by experiments and theoretical predictions. Methods A series of uniaxial cyclic compression tests were conducted for young and adult cartilage, and the effects of different loading conditions on their ratcheting behaviors were probed. A theoretical ratcheting model was constructed and applied to predict the ratcheting strains of young and adult cartilages with different loading conditions. Results Ratcheting strains of young and adult cartilages rapidly increased at the initial stage, followed by a slower increase in subsequent stages. The strain accumulation value and its rate for young cartilage were greater than them for adult cartilage. The ratcheting strains of the two groups of cartilage samples decreased with increasing stress rate, while they increased with increasing stress amplitude. As the stress amplitude increased, the gap between the ratcheting strains of young and adult cartilages increased gradually. The ratcheting strains of young and adult cartilages decreased along the cartilage depth from the surface to the deep layer. The ratcheting strains of different layers increased with the compressive cycle, and the difference among the three layers was noticeable. Additionally, the theoretical predictions agreed with the experimental data. Conclusions Overall, the ratcheting behavior of articular cartilage is affected by the degree of articular cartilage maturation.
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- Li-Lan Gao
- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Advanced Mechatronic System Design and Intelligent Control, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China. .,National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Education (Tianjin University of Technology), Tianjin, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Advanced Mechatronic System Design and Intelligent Control, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China.,National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Education (Tianjin University of Technology), Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Advanced Mechatronic System Design and Intelligent Control, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China.,National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Education (Tianjin University of Technology), Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Advanced Mechatronic System Design and Intelligent Control, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China. .,National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Education (Tianjin University of Technology), Tianjin, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Advanced Mechatronic System Design and Intelligent Control, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China.,National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Education (Tianjin University of Technology), Tianjin, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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Shen L, Zhu H, Li XX, Liu DD, Chen XY, Liu H. [The influence factors of quality-of-life in patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy]. Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2019; 53:575-582. [PMID: 28851197 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0412-4081.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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 assess the risk factors associated with decreased quality-of-life in patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO). Methods: Cross-sectional study. One hundred and twelve patients with TAO and 68 controls were recruited to answer the Graves' ophthalmopathy quality-of-life questionnaire (GO-QOL) from January 2014 to April 2016. The GO-QOL included two subscales: the visual functioning and the psychosocial consequences. The differences in the GO-QOL scores between TAO patients and controls were analyzed. The influences of multiple factors on the GO-QOL scores among TAO patients were explored. Results: Among 112 TAO patients, 63 were male and 49 were female, with an average age of (45.4±13.1) years. Among 68 controls, 36 were male and 32 were female, with an average age of (39.5±10.8) years. Independent sample t test showed that TAO patients had significantly lower scores than controls in the visual functioning subscale and the psychosocial consequences subscale (55.63±29.02 vs 97.48±6.96, t=-14.58, P<0.01; 57.61±29.97 vs100±0.00, t=-14.97, P<0.01). Among TAO patients, smokers were associated with significantly lower psychological subscale scores than non-smokers (t=-2.284, P=0.024). Patients with abnormal primary position of eye scored significantly lower than those with normal alignment in functional (t=-3.979, P<0.001) and psychological subscales (t=-2.154, P=0.034) Patients with abnormal eye movement had significantly lower functional scores than those without (t=-2.975, P=0.004). One-way analysis of variance showed that higher CAS scores were significantly related to lower psychological subscale scores (F=3.178, P=0.018). Patients with upper eyelid retraction had significantly lower psychological subscale scores than those without (F=3.562, P=0.032). Pearson correlation analysis showed that age was negatively correlated with functional subscale scores (r=-0.366; P<0.01). TAO course was negatively correlated with functional (r=-0.235, P<0.05) and psychological subscale scores (r=-0.320, P<0.01). The degree of exophthalmos was negatively correlated with psychological subscale scores (r=-0.209, P<0.01). Multivariable linear regression analysis showed that only primary position of eye (P=0.013) and TAO course (P=0.007) were negatively correlated with functional subscale scores and only CAS scores (P=0.022) and TAO course (P=0.024) were negatively correlated with psychological subscale scores. Conclusion: Risk factors associated with lower quality-of-life among TAO patients included abnormal primary position of eye, higher CAS scores, and longer TAO course.(Chin J Ophthalmol,2017,53: 575-582).
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- Depantment of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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Li Z, Li J, Liu XL, Liu DD, Li H, Li ZJ, Han RL, Wang YB, Liu XJ, Kang XT, Yan FB, Tian YD. Effects of different starch sources on glucose and fat metabolism in broiler chickens. Br Poult Sci 2019; 60:449-456. [PMID: 30957519 DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2019.1605150] [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] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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1. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of different starch sources (corn, wheat, and rice) on the blood glucose level, glycogen content of liver and muscle, expression of GSK-3β and FAS mRNA, abdominal fat weight and abdominal fat deposition in broiler chickens. 2. A total of 360, one-day-old AA (Arbor Acres) broiler chickens were randomly assigned to three treatment groups, each with six replicates, consisting of 20 chickens per replicate, and fed either a corn-, wheat- or rice-based diet for 21 days. The chickens were then subdivided into groups A and B, and the chickens in these two subgroups were processed or sampled for 28 days, respectively. 3. The results indicated that post-prandial time significantly affected the glucose concentration, glycogen content in the liver and breast muscle and expression of GSK-3β and FAS mRNAs (P < 0.05). The expression of the GSK-3β gene in the chicken liver of the corn-based diet group was higher (P < 0.05) than that in the wheat-based diet group, and the expression of the FAS gene in the corn-based diet group was lower (P < 0.05) than that in the wheat-based and rice-based diet groups. Abdominal fat weight and deposition in the corn-based diet group were lower than those of the wheat-based and rice-based diet groups, but these differences were not significant (P > 0.05). 4. The results suggested that the efficiency of glucose absorption in animals might have an effect on the fat deposition efficiency in the liver and that diets with different starch sources might affect fat deposition in chickens.
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- Z Li
- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China.,b Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China.,b Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China.,b Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China.,b Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China.,b Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China.,b Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China.,b Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China.,b Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Henan Agricultural University , Zhengzhou , China
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Liu DD, Zhou W, Li PL, Zhang JL, Chen W, Gu WJ, Pei Y, Du J, Zang L, Ba JM, Lü ZH, Mu YM, Shan BC, Zhang YL, Ma L, Dou JT. [Differences of brain functional alterations between subtypes of Cushing's syndrome patients]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 99:593-598. [PMID: 30818928 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2019.08.006] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Objective: To compare the differences of brain functional damage of subtypes of patients with Cushing's syndrome (CS). Methods: A total of 11 adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-dependent CS patients and 29 ACTH-independent CS patients were recruited from Chinese PLA General Hospital between September 2015 and March 2017 with confirmed CS. The psychiatric scales and brain task functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) were evaluated. Results: A total of 40 patients (34 females, 6 males) with a mean age of (39.20±12.10) years and a median education level of 12 (9, 16) years were enrolled. ACTH-dependent patients had significantly worse performance than the ACTH-independent patients in response to the depression evaluation (64.6±6.1 vs 56.2±12.8, P=0.008), positive emotion (17.8±4.2 vs 24.3±7.2, P=0.008) and CS life quality [31(29,33) vs 42(29,51), P=0.040]. In the reaction to positive target pictures, ACTH-dependent CS patients showed stronger activation in left superior temporal gyrus compared with patients in ACTH-independent group, while the activation degree of their bilateral dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, bilateralsuperior frontal gyrus and left middle frontal gyrus was much worse. In the reactions to negative target pictures, ACTH-dependent CS patients had weaker activation in bilateral cerebellum, left superior frontal gyrus, left middle frontal gyrus, left precuneus and right postcentral gyrus, compared with patients in the ACTH-independent CS group (P<0.01, AlphaSim corrected). The activation degree of some regions whose brain function was different between the two groups was correlated to the cortisol level, ACTH level, 24 h urinary free cortisol (UFC) level, depression evaluation and negative emotion assessment (all P<0.05). Conclusions: The severity of the depression and the life quality of patients in ACTH-dependent group are worse than ACTH-independent CS patients. The brain function of ACTH-dependent CS patients is much weaker.
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- D D Liu
- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism of PLA, Beijing 100853, China( is working in the Department of Endocrinology, Baoding First Central Hospital, Baoding 071000, China)
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- Department of Radiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Division of Nuclear Technology and Applications, Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Pharmacology School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism of PLA, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism of PLA, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism of PLA, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism of PLA, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism of PLA, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism of PLA, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism of PLA, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism of PLA, Beijing 100853, China
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- Division of Nuclear Technology and Applications, Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Baoding First Central Hospital, Baoding 071000, China
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- Department of Radiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism of PLA, Beijing 100853, China
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Thomas PS, Patel AB, Contreras A, Liu DD, Lee JJ, Khan S, Vornik LA, Dimond EP, Perloff M, Heckman-Stoddard BM, Brown PH. Abstract OT2-09-02: A phase I dose escalation study of topical bexarotene in women at high risk for breast cancer. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-ot2-09-02] [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] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Breast cancer prevention with anti-estrogens, including tamoxifen, raloxifene, and exemestane, has been shown to reduce the incidence of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. However, agents that can reduce the incidence of hormone receptor negative breast cancer are currently lacking. Rexinoids such as bexarotene are vitamin A analogues that have been shown to be involved in cell differentiation, growth, and apoptosis. In preclinical mouse models that develop ER-negative breast cancers, bexarotene showed a significant reduction in mammary tumor development. Oral bexarotene has been evaluated in BRCA mutation carriers and significant decreases in cyclin D1 were noted in breast cells suggesting biological activity of bexarotene on breast tissue. Systemic side effects of hyperlipidemia and hypothyroidism were also found. Data from chemoprevention studies with topical 4-hydroxytamoxifen support the concept of topical agents penetrating into the breast tissue and exhibiting biological activity in the tissue. We hypothesize that topical bexarotene can be applied to the breast as a chemoprevention agent with penetration to the breast tissue without subsequent systemic side effects and toxicity as seen with oral bexarotene.
Trial Design: Women at high risk for breast cancer will be recruited and assigned to one of three different dose levels: 10mg (1ml) every other day, 10mg (1ml) daily, 20mg (2ml) daily to one unaffected breast for 4 weeks. The primary endpoint of the study is to determine the recommended phase II dose of topical bexarotene 1% gel for evaluation in healthy at-risk women. Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT) is defined as a grade 2 skin adverse event that persists for at least 6 days or any grade 3 or greater adverse event related to the study drug. A grade 2 skin adverse event that recurs and persists for at least 3 days is also a DLT. The Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) will be defined as the highest dose level at which no more than 2 participants experience a DLT among 10 participants treated. A conservative modification of the standard “3+3” design will be applied. The first three participants will be assigned to the lowest dose level. New cohorts of 3-4 participants will not be treated until toxicity has been fully evaluated for all current participants through 4 weeks. Once the MTD has been determined, an expansion cohort of an additional 10 patients will be recruited at the MTD to further evaluate safety and toxicity at this dose level as well bexarotene concentration in the breast tissue. Secondary endpoints include serum bexarotene level, tissue bexarotene levels, and changes in thyroid function tests, lipid profile, and calcium. The planned accrual for this study if maximally accrued to all dose levels and the dose expansion cohort will be 40 participants.
Citation Format: Thomas PS, Patel AB, Contreras A, Liu DD, Lee JJ, Khan S, Vornik LA, Dimond EP, Perloff M, Heckman-Stoddard BM, Brown PH. A phase I dose escalation study of topical bexarotene in women at high risk for breast cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr OT2-09-02.
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- University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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Al-Awadhi A, Liu DD, Gutierrez-Barrera AM, Strong LC, Arun BK. Abstract P5-09-02: Clinical and pathological characteristics and screening outcome for secondary cancers of women with breast cancer and Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p5-09-02] [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] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Germline TP53 mutations predispose to early onset breast cancer in women and are associated with Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Published data on the clinical and pathological characteristics and screening outcome for secondary cancers among women with breast cancer and TP53 mutations is limited. To the best of our knowledge this is the largest cohort of breast cancer associated with Li-Fraumeni syndrome.
Methods: Patients with breast cancer and Li-Fraumeni Syndrome were identified from a prospective research database from 2001 to 2017. Patients had genetic counselling and testing at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and confirmed to have TP53 mutations associated with Li-Fraumeni syndrome. We reviewed the patient's charts to identify the clinical and pathological characteristics of their breast cancer. Data for secondary cancers are obtained only for patients with breast cancer as their initial cancer diagnosis and who are followed at The MD Anderson's Li-Fraumeni Education and Early Detection (LEAD) clinic which conducts comprehensive cancer screening for these patient's per the NCCN guidelines, including yearly whole body MRIs.
Results: Fifty-nine patients confirmed to have Li-Fraumeni syndrome and breast cancer (100% female, median age 30 years). 94% of the patients were pre-menopausal at the time of breast cancer diagnosis and 6% were post-menopausal due to bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. 61% were diagnosed after abnormal self or clinical breast exam and 26% based on abnormal screening mammography or ultrasound. In terms of the histologic subtype of breast cancer: 69% had invasive ductal carcinoma, 5% mucinous carcinoma, 5% mixed ductal and lobular, 5% sarcoma, 3% phylloides tumor and 13% with missing data. Pathologic stage per the 7th edition of AJCC cancer staging system was as follows: 23% stage I, 26% stage II, 23% stage III, 28% remaining with unknown pathologic stage. Pathologic markers include: 70% with positive estrogen receptor expression, 64% with positive progesterone receptor expression, 57% with HER-2 amplification defined per the ASCO-CAP HER-2 test guidelines and 7% with triple negative disease. Forty three patients were followed at LEAD clinic. Of the 43 patients, 40% (N=17) were diagnosed with 1 primary cancer other than breast cancer, 7% (N=7) with 2 primary cancers other than breast cancer and 44% (N=19) with breast cancer only. Out of the 43 patients, 5 were diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia, 4 with leiomyosarcoma, 3 osteosarcoma, 4 with other types of sarcoma, 4 with central nervous cell tumors (astrocytoma or glioblastoma multiforme), 3 with papillary thyroid carcinoma, 1 with pancreatic cancer, 1 with renal cell carcinoma, 1 adrenocortical carcinoma, 1 with uterine cancer, 1 with melanoma and 1 with cervical cancer.
Conclusion: This study to our knowledge is the largest cohort of patient's with Li-Fraumeni syndrome and associated breast cancer that is followed in a dedicated clinic for patients with Li Fraumeni Syndrome. This cohort highlights the characteristics of patients with Li-Fraumeni syndrome and associated diagnosis of breast cancer as well as other primary cancers.
Citation Format: Al-Awadhi A, Liu DD, Gutierrez-Barrera AM, Strong LC, Arun BK. Clinical and pathological characteristics and screening outcome for secondary cancers of women with breast cancer and Li-Fraumeni syndrome [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P5-09-02.
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- A Al-Awadhi
- Cancer Medicine Fellowship Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Cancer Medicine Fellowship Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Cancer Medicine Fellowship Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Cancer Medicine Fellowship Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Cancer Medicine Fellowship Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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Ueno NT, Tahara RK, Reuben JM, Gao H, Saigal B, Fujii T, Lucci A, Ibrahim NK, Damodaran S, Shen Y, Liu DD, Hortobagyi GN, Tripathy D, Lim B, Chasen BA. Abstract P1-18-04: CTCs and SUV to predict the efficacy of the bone-specific radiopharmaceutical agent radium-223 dichloride combined with hormonal therapy for hormone receptor-positive bone-dominant breast cancer metastasis. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p1-18-04] [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] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Radium-223 dichloride (Ra-223) is a targeted alpha particle-based radiotherapeutic that has a localized cytotoxic effect on bone metastases. We sought to determine whether the circulating tumor cell (CTC) count and the presence of CTCs in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT-CTCs) along with the standardized uptake value (SUV) on positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) scans predict the efficacy of combined Ra-223 and hormonal therapy in patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive bone-dominant metastatic breast cancer.
Patients and Methods: In this single-center phase 2 study (NCT02366130), 36 patients received Ra-223 (55 kBq/kg intravenously) on day 1 and then every 4 weeks for six cycles. Patients also received a standard care endocrine monotherapy. One non-bone metastatic site was allowed. The number of prior endocrine therapies was not limited and one prior chemotherapy was allowed for metastasis. Response was evaluated using the PET Response Criteria in Solid Tumors (PERCIST) with PET/CT at baseline, 6 and 9 months (mo) later. The CTC count (CellSearch) and the presence of EMT-CTCs (AdnaTest) was determined at baseline, 6 and 9 mo later. Progression-free survival (PFS) time was calculated to evaluate efficacy.
Results: Seven patients (20%) had a non-bone metastatic site. The median number of prior therapies for metastasis was 1 (range, 0-4). Six patients (17%) received chemotherapy. The median CTC count at baseline was 4 (range, 0-306). Only four patients (11%) were positive for EMT-CTCs at baseline. The median follow-up time was 14.7 mo (95% confidence interval [CI], 13.2 mo-not reached [NR]). The disease control rate at 9 mo was 46% in 33 patients who reached 9 mo or progressed up to 9 mo. The tumor response rate at 6 mo was 52% (complete/partialresponse rate; 22/30 %) in 27 patients whose disease was evaluable using PERCIST. The SUV on PET/CT decreased significantly at 6 and 9 mo after baseline (average decreases of 1.5 (p=0.0004) and 2.5 (p=0.0054), respectively). The median PFS duration was 7.4 mo (95% CI, 4.8 mo-NR). The median bone PFS was 16 mo (95% CI, 7.3 mo-NR). Patients with bone-only metastasis (N=28, 80%) had a significantly longer median PFS duration than did patients with non-bone metastases at baseline (N=7, 20%) (13.8 mo versus 4.5 mo; p=0.017). Patients without prior treatment (N=12, 34%) tended to have longer median PFS durations than did those who underwent prior treatment (N=23, 66%) (16.8 mo versus 4.8 mo; p=0.1865). Also, patients with <5 CTCs at baseline (N=19, 54%) tended to have longer median PFS durations than did those with ≥5 CTCs (N=16, 46%) (13.8 mo versus 4.8 mo; p=0.1277). EMT-CTCs status did not predict efficacy.
Conclusions: Bone-only metastatic breast cancer and SUV suppression by Ra-223 are predictive of efficacy. Patients with baseline <5 CTC count tended to have better outcomes than did those with ≥5 CTCs. Combined treatment with Ra-223 and a hormonal agent is especially effective at controlling bone metastasis in patients with HR-positive breast cancer. Bone-only metastatic disease and CTC count should be factored in future clinical trial designs.
Citation Format: Ueno NT, Tahara RK, Reuben JM, Gao H, Saigal B, Fujii T, Lucci A, Ibrahim NK, Damodaran S, Shen Y, Liu DD, Hortobagyi GN, Tripathy D, Lim B, Chasen BA. CTCs and SUV to predict the efficacy of the bone-specific radiopharmaceutical agent radium-223 dichloride combined with hormonal therapy for hormone receptor-positive bone-dominant breast cancer metastasis [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P1-18-04.
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- NT Ueno
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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Xu J, Lv TT, Zhou XF, Huang Y, Liu DD, Yuan GL. Efficacy of common salvage chemotherapy regimens in patients with refractory or relapsed acute myeloid leukemia: A retrospective cohort study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e12102. [PMID: 30278488 PMCID: PMC6181529 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000012102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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To assess treatment response and overall survival (OS) in refractory or relapsed acute myeloid leukemia (R/R AML) patients treated by different common salvage chemotherapy regimens.Medical records data from 142 R/R AML patients were reviewed in this retrospective study. Patients were treated with regimens based on the following drugs: cytarabine, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), and fludarabine (FLAG) (n = 46); cytarabine and G-CSF in addition to aclarubicin or daunorubicin (CAG/DAG) (n = 30); cytarabine, G-CSF, and cladribine (CLAG) (n = 27); cytarabine, etoposide, and mitoxantrone (MEA) (n = 17); cytarabine plus idarubicin, daunorubicin, or mitoxantrone (IA/DA/MA) (n = 12); and homoharringtonine, cytarabine, and aclarubicin or daunorubicin (HAA/HAD) (n = 10).A total of 43 (35.2%) patients achieved complete remission (CR), 60 (49.2%) patients achieved overall remission rate (ORR), and 18 (14.8%) patients received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) after CR. Median OS was 8.0 (95% CI 6.6-9.4) months with a 1-year OS rate of (29.9 ± 3.9)% and 3-year OS rate of (11.1 ± 3.6)%. No difference of CR (P = .621), ORR (P = .385), and allo-HSCT (P = .537) achievement was observed among different chemotherapy regimens. Interestingly, we observed that the CLAG-based regimen did not affect CR (P = .165), while it achieved a numerically higher ORR (P = .093) and was an independent factor for prolonged OS (P = .016). No other regimens were determined to be correlated with CR, ORR, or OS.FLAG-, CAG/DAG-, CLAG-, MEA-, IA/DA/MA- and HAA/HAD-based regimens were found to achieve similar CR rates, while the CLAG-based regimen achieved numerically higher ORR rates and significant favorable OS. Therefore, CLAG-based regimens should be a prioritized treatment option for R/R AML patients.
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Zhang L, Yang J, Li L, Liu D, Xie X, Dong P, Lin Y. Comparison of amlodipine versus other calcium channel blockers on blood pressure variability in hypertensive patients in China: a retrospective propensity score-matched analysis. J Comp Eff Res 2018; 7:651-660. [PMID: 29888950 DOI: 10.2217/cer-2017-0063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Aim: Reducing the fluctuation of blood pressure has recently been recognized as a potential target for improving management of hypertension to prevent cardiovascular events, particularly for strokes. Some randomized controlled trials demonstrated that amlodipine can effectively reduce blood pressure as a well-established, long-acting calcium channel blocker (CCB). However, few data are available for amlodipine on blood pressure variability (BPV) in China in a real-world setting. This study aimed to assess the effect of amlodipine versus other CCB antihypertensive agents on BPV. Materials & methods: A retrospective propensity score-matched analysis was conducted, which retrieved the encounter data from 5582 hypertensive inpatients (with a median age of 69, female percentage of 48%, diastolic blood pressure ≥40 and <150 mmHg; systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥70 mmHg and <260 mmHg), who had taken at least one antihypertensive agent and completed at least three SBP measurements during the visit. International Classification of Diseases was used to identify the hypertensive patients. BPV was calculated with standard deviation (SD) and coefficient of variation (CV) of SBP during a single inpatient visit. The Propensity Score Matching was used to balance the cohort of patients prescribed amlodipine or other CCBs. A series of appropriate statistical tests were applied to the propensity score-matched samples to examine the different effects on BPV. Additionally, the hypertensive patients with comorbidity such as coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, myocardial infarction, heart failure and chronic kidney disease were analyzed. Results: For the hypertensive patients (n = 1756, for each cohort), patients prescribed amlodipine showed lower BPV than patients prescribed other CCBs (12.90 vs 13.76 mmHg, p < 0.05 [SD] and 9.47 vs 10.06, p < 0.05 [CV]). For the hypertensive patients with comorbidity (n = 1080, for each cohort), patients prescribed amlodipine had lower BPV than patients prescribed other CCBs as well (13.24 vs 14.23 mmHg, p < 0.05 [SD] and 9.66 vs 10.28, p < 0.05 [CV]). Conclusion: amlodipine was associated with lower BPV than other CCBs for both hypertensive patients and hypertensive patients with comorbidity.
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- Lin Zhang
- Department of Endocrinology, Beijing TongRen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Beijing TongRen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China
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- Shanghai Palan DataRx Co. Ltd, Shanghai, PR China
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- Pfizer Investment Co. Ltd, Beijing, PR China
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- Shanghai Palan DataRx Co. Ltd, Shanghai, PR China
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Wang KY, Liu DD, Sun TW, Lu Y, Zhang SL, Li YH, Han YX, Liu HY, Peng C, Wang QY, Chen JH, Yang Z. Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Lancifodilactone G Acetate. 2. Final Phase and Completion of the Total Synthesis. J Org Chem 2018; 83:6907-6923. [PMID: 29508620 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The asymmetric total synthesis of lancifodilactone G acetate was accomplished in 28 steps. The key steps in this synthesis include (i) an asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction for formation of the scaffold of the BC ring; (ii) an intramolecular ring-closing metathesis reaction for the formation of the trisubstituted cyclooctene using a Hoveyda-Grubbs II catalyst; (iii) an intramolecular Pauson-Khand reaction for construction of the sterically congested F ring; (iv) sequential cross-metathesis, hydrogenation, and lactonization reactions for installation of the anomerically stabilized bis-spiro ketal fragment of lancifodilactone G; and (v) a Dieckmann-type condensation reaction for installation of the A ring. The strategy and chemistry developed for the total synthesis will be useful in the synthesis of other natural products and complex molecules.
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- Kuang-Yu Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS) , College of Chemistry and the Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS) , College of Chemistry and the Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS) , College of Chemistry and the Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS) , College of Chemistry and the Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS) , College of Chemistry and the Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS) , College of Chemistry and the Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS) , College of Chemistry and the Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS) , College of Chemistry and the Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS) , College of Chemistry and the Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS) , College of Chemistry and the Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS) , College of Chemistry and the Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS) , College of Chemistry and the Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China.,Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology , Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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Sun TW, Liu DD, Wang KY, Tong BQ, Xie JX, Jiang YL, Li Y, Zhang B, Liu YF, Wang YX, Zhang JJ, Chen JH, Yang Z. Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Lancifodilactone G Acetate. 1. Diastereoselective Synthesis of CDEFGH Ring System. J Org Chem 2018; 83:6893-6906. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Tian-Wen Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and the Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and the Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and the Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and the Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and the Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and the Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and the Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and the Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and the Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and the Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and the Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and the Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and the Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Willey JS, Parker CA, Valero V, Lim B, Reuben JM, Krishnamurthy S, Gong Y, Scoggins ME, Dryden MJ, Liu DD, Woodward WA, Ueno NT. Abstract OT1-02-01: A phase II study of anti-PD-1 (MK-3475) therapy in patients with metastatic inflammatory breast cancer (MIBC) or non-IBC triple negative breast cancer (non-IBC TNBC) who have achieved clinical response or stable disease to prior chemotherapy. Cancer Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs17-ot1-02-01] [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] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Primary Objective: To assess the efficacy of MK-3475 as a single agent in patients with MIBC and non-IBC TNBC. The primary endpoint is disease control rate at the end of 4 months after receiving the treatment. We will also investigate the association between biomarkers in the peripheral blood and tumor tissue, safety and efficacy.
Background: The extensive invasion of lymphatic vessels by tumor emboli in patients with IBC suggests that the host immune surveillance system is suboptimal or that the tumor cells have decreased immunogenicity through immune editing to avoid detection by the host. In the immune-competent host, tumor cells must overcome both innate and adaptive immunologic defenses of the host. The PD-1 receptor-ligand interaction is a major pathway hijacked by tumors to suppress immune control. MK-3475 is a potent and highly selective humanized mAb designed to block the interaction between PD-1 and its ligands, PD-L1 and PD-L2. MK-3475 strongly enhances T lymphocyte immune responses in cultured blood cells from healthy human donors, cancer patients, and primates. Mouse anti-PD-1, as a monotherapy, demonstrated efficacy in several syngeneic mouse tumor models. To date, no specific targeted therapeutic options exist for the treatment of MIBC and TNBC. After patients achieving a clinical response to systemic therapy, the maintenance of disease control is not guaranteed. Further, our recent publication suggests that IBC has immune dysfunction. Chemotherapies can debulk the disease volume but cannot be used for maintenance due to their toxicities. Using an anti PD-1 monoclonal antibody is a promising approach for this patient population.
Study Design and Treatment Plan: This is a single arm phase II study. Up to 35 patients with HER2 negative MIBC or metastatic TN-IBC (MTNBC) who have achieved clinical response or stable disease after receiving any prior systemic therapy for metastatic/recurrent disease, and meet all other criteria will be eligible. Patients will receive MK-3475 200 mg IV every 3 weeks for up to 2 years.
Statistical Considerations: The trial will be conducted using Simon's optimal two-stage design and the rate of disease control will be estimated accordingly. It is assumed that the MK-3475 single agent will have a disease control rate of 30%. A disease control rate of 10% or lower will be considered treatment failure and the regimen will be rejected under this circumstance.
Status of the study:
Activation Date: June 2015. 13 patients have been enrolled. Enrollment continues.
Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
State of Texas appropriation for rare and aggressive breast cancer research.
Citation Format: Willey JS, Parker CA, Valero V, Lim B, Reuben JM, Krishnamurthy S, Gong Y, Scoggins ME, Dryden MJ, Liu DD, Woodward WA, Ueno NT. A phase II study of anti-PD-1 (MK-3475) therapy in patients with metastatic inflammatory breast cancer (MIBC) or non-IBC triple negative breast cancer (non-IBC TNBC) who have achieved clinical response or stable disease to prior chemotherapy [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2017 Dec 5-9; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(4 Suppl):Abstract nr OT1-02-01.
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- JS Willey
- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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Willey JS, Marx AN, Lim B, Ibrahim NK, Valero V, Mittendorf EA, Reuben JM, Le-Petross HT, Whitman GJ, Krishnamurthy S, Woodward WA, Lucci A, Liu DD, Shen Y, Ueno NT. Abstract OT1-01-05: A phase II study using talimogene laherparepvec as a single agent for inflammatory breast cancer or non-inflammatory breast cancer patients with inoperable local recurrence. Cancer Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs17-ot1-01-05] [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] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Objective: The primary purpose of the study is to determine the local and systemic antitumor efficacy of talimogene laherparepvec in locally recurrent breast cancer patients with or without distant metastases, as evidenced by improved overall response rates. This will be the first study to use biopsy of distant disease to demonstrate whether systemic immune modulation has antitumor efficacy in breast cancer patients.
BACKGROUND: Patients with locally recurrent breast disease frequently undergo multimodal treatment at the first occurrence of breast cancer, and because local treatment modalities such as surgical intervention and radiation are difficult to add, they subsequently receive systemic therapy. Talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) was developed to eliminate solid tumors and has since been considered as a potential treatment option for body surface tumors. In addition to T-VECinjected area, this agent is capable of modifying the immune response with the potential of inhibiting distant metastases. Hence, locally recurrent breast disease could benefit from T-VECregardless of concomitant distant metastases, and may offer a new local treatment option.
Study Design and Treatment Plan: This is a single agent phase II study. Patients with breast cancer who have recurrence of chest wall disease with or without distant metastasis, have at least 1 injectable lesion ≥5 mm in longest diameter or multiple injectable lesions that in aggregate have a longest diameter of ≥ 5 mm, and meet inclusion and exclusion criteria will be eligible to participate in the study. Patient will receive T-VEC via intra-tumoral injection every 2 weeks after the first initial injection (3 weeks).
STATISTICAL METHODS:
Up to 35 patients will be enrolled in the study. The trial will be conducted using a two-stage design and the overall response rate will be estimated accordingly. It is assumed that the talimogene laherparepvec single agent will have a response rate of 20%. A response rate of 5% or lower will be considered treatment failure and the regimen will be rejected under this circumstance.
Status of the study:
Activation Date: Aug 2016. 6 patients have been treated. Enrollment continues.
Sponsor: Amgen
State of Texas appropriation for rare and aggressive breast cancer research.
Citation Format: Willey JS, Marx AN, Lim B, Ibrahim NK, Valero V, Mittendorf EA, Reuben JM, Le-Petross HT, Whitman GJ, Krishnamurthy S, Woodward WA, Lucci A, Liu DD, Shen Y, Ueno NT. A phase II study using talimogene laherparepvec as a single agent for inflammatory breast cancer or non-inflammatory breast cancer patients with inoperable local recurrence [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2017 Dec 5-9; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(4 Suppl):Abstract nr OT1-01-05.
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- JS Willey
- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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Tahara RK, Fujii T, Saigal B, Ibrahim NK, Damodaran S, Barcenas CH, Murray JL, Chasen BA, Shen Y, Liu DD, Hortobagyi GN, Tripathy D, Ueno NT. Abstract P1-16-02: Phase II study of the feasibility and safety of radium-223 dichloride in combination with hormonal therapy and denosumab for the treatment of patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer with bone-dominant metastasis. Cancer Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs17-p1-16-02] [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] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background
Radium-223 dichloride (Ra-223) is a therapeutic alpha particle-emitting radiopharmaceutical compound which have antitumor effect targeted on bone metastases. Alpha particles induces double strand DNA breaks and localized cytotoxic effect to cancer cells with limiting harm on normal tissues. We are conducting a phase II clinical trial of combination of Ra-223, hormonal therapy, and denosumab treatment in patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive bone-dominant metastatic breast cancer (NCT02366130). In this preliminary analysis of the study, we aimed to evaluate the feasibility and safety of this combination therapy.
Methods
This single-center phase II study seeks to determine the efficacy and safety of Ra-223 in combination with hormonal therapy and denosumab. Major eligibility criteria include HR-positive breast cancer with bone and/or marrow predominant metastases. Patients with two or more visceral metastases were not eligible. There was no limit in the number of prior hormonal therapies in the metastatic setting. Patients received Ra-223 injection (55 kBq/kg intravenously) on day 1 of the study and then every 4 weeks thereafter for 6 cycles. Patients were also administered a single hormonal agent (i.e., tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitor, or fulvestrant at standard doses) daily and denosumab (120 mg subcutaneously) every 4 weeks. For this analysis, adverse events (AEs) were summarized using descriptive statistics.
Results
A total of 25 patients were enrolled and 22 were evaluable between March 2015 and December 2016. Median age was 58.5 years (range 31-79), and 59% of patients were postmenopausal. ECOG performance status was 0 in 16 patients (73%), and 1 in six patients (27%). HER2/neu was positive in only one patient. Four patients (18%) were de novo metastasis, no patients had visceral metastasis, and multiple bone metastases in 20 patients (91%) vs. focal metastasis in 2 (9%). Median time from diagnosis of bone metastasis was 4.8 months (range 0.5-96.6). Prior therapy for metastatic disease consisted of hormonal therapy in 50% of the patients (eight patients with one line and three patients with two lines), chemotherapy (9%), palbociclib (14%), radiation to bone metastasis (50%), and bone-supportive therapy (27% with zoledronic acid, 27% with denosumab). The median number of cycles of Ra-223 administered was 6 (range 4-6).
The median follow-up time was 4 months (range 2-8). There were no grade 3 or 4 AEs. Major non-hematological grade 1 and 2 AEs were bone pain (77%), fatigue (45%), nausea (36%), diarrhea (32%), AST/ALT elevation (23%), hot flashes (23%), and headache (18%). The most common hematological AEs were grade 1 or 2 neutropenia (23%), anemia (14%), and thrombocytopenia (18%). There was no treatment delay or discontinuation due to AEs.
Conclusion
Our results suggest that the addition of Ra-223 to hormonal therapy and denosumab is a feasible and safe combination therapy in patients with HR-positive breast cancer with bone-dominant metastasis. We continue to enroll patients in the phase II trial to evaluate the efficacy of the treatment.
Citation Format: Tahara RK, Fujii T, Saigal B, Ibrahim NK, Damodaran S, Barcenas CH, Murray JL, Chasen BA, Shen Y, Liu DD, Hortobagyi GN, Tripathy D, Ueno NT. Phase II study of the feasibility and safety of radium-223 dichloride in combination with hormonal therapy and denosumab for the treatment of patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer with bone-dominant metastasis [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2017 Dec 5-9; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P1-16-02.
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- RK Tahara
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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Song PP, Qian XY, Zhou H, Shen XH, Liu DD, Feng AN, Gao X. [Expression of E-cadherin, N-cadherin, β-catenin and their clinical significance in laryngeal carcinoma]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2017; 51:440-5. [PMID: 27345880 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-0860.2016.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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 expression of E-cadherin(E-cad), N-cadherin(N-cad), β-catenin(β-cat), which are the markers of Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and analyze their relationships with the clinicopathological features and the prognosis of the laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. METHODS The expression levels of E-cad, N-cad, β-cat in 76 tumor tissues and their corresponding adjacent normal laryngeal tissues were determined by immunohistochemistry method. Relationships between the proteins' expression and clinicopathological features were analyzed. Survival curves were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Differences in the survival rates were analyzed by the log-rank test among different expression groups. Cox's regression model was used to examine the independent predictor of the prognosis of the laryngeal cancer. RESULTS The expression levels of E-cad, N-cad, β-cat in tumor tissues and adjacent normal tissues were statistically significant(P<0.001). The expression level of E-cad and β-cat in the laryngeal carcinoma was related to lymph node metastasis, clinical pathological stage and differentiation degree (P<0.05), while N-cad expression level was associated with clinical stage and differentiation degree (P<0.05). The expression of E-cad was correlated with the expression of β-cat (P=0.001), and the expression of N-cad was correlated with β-cat (P=0.02), but the expression of E-cad was not correlated with N-cad. There were four subgroups of patterns of E-cad and N-cad expression: E-cad (+ )/N-cad (-), E-cad (+ ) /N-cad (+ ), E-cad (-) /N-cad (-), E-cad (-) /N-cad (+ ). The expression level of each group was related to the clinical pathological stage and differentiation degree (P<0.05). The expression level of E-cad/β-cat was associated with lymph node metastasis, clinical pathological stage and differentiation degree (P<0.01). Log-rank analysis showed that the prognosis of negative and positive groups was statistically different (P<0.05), and the combined analysis showed that the prognosis of E-cad/N-cad or E-cad/β-cat group was significantly different (P<0.01). Cox's regression model analysis showed that the clinical stage and β-cat were independent predictors of the prognosis of laryngeal carcinoma. CONCLUSIONS The low expression of E-cad, high abnormal expression of N-cad and β-cat played an important role in the occurrence and development of laryngeal carcinoma. It can provide a reference for evaluating clinical prognosis. The clinical pathological stage and β-cat can be used as independent predictors for the prognosis of laryngeal carcinoma.
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- P P Song
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Pathology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China
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Lu JM, Liu DD, Li ZY, Ling C, Mei YA. Neuritin Enhances Synaptic Transmission in Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Mice by Increasing CaV3.3 Surface Expression. Cereb Cortex 2017; 27:3842-3855. [DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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- Jun-Mei Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and School of Life Sciences, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and School of Life Sciences, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and School of Life Sciences, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and School of Life Sciences, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Liu DD, Sun TW, Wang KY, Lu Y, Zhang SL, Li YH, Jiang YL, Chen JH, Yang Z. Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Lancifodilactone G Acetate. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:5732-5735. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b02561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Dong-Dong Liu
- Key
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry
of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science
(BNLMS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, and Peking-Tsinghua
Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry
of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science
(BNLMS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, and Peking-Tsinghua
Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry
of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science
(BNLMS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, and Peking-Tsinghua
Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry
of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science
(BNLMS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, and Peking-Tsinghua
Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry
of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science
(BNLMS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, and Peking-Tsinghua
Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry
of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science
(BNLMS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, and Peking-Tsinghua
Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry
of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science
(BNLMS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, and Peking-Tsinghua
Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry
of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science
(BNLMS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, and Peking-Tsinghua
Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry
of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science
(BNLMS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, and Peking-Tsinghua
Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Laboratory
of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Liu DD, Mei YA. [Effects of growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) on neurological systems, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer progression]. Sheng Li Xue Bao 2017; 69:109-121. [PMID: 28217814] [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]
Abstract
Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) is a member of the transforming growth factor beta superfamily. GDF-15 expression is dramatically upregulated during acute brain injury, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and inflammation, suggesting its potential value as a disease biomarker. It has been suggested that GDF-15 has neurotropic effects in the nervous system. Our studies showed that GDF-15 modulated the expression of neuronal K+ and Ca2+ ion channels and increased the release of excitatory transmitter in the medial prefrontal cortex of mice. GDF-15 is also involved in the complex modulation of cancer and cardiovascular disease. Here, we reviewed studies involving the modulation of GDF-15 expression and its mechanisms, the primary pathological and physiological functions of GDF-15 in neurological and cardiovascular systems, and its role in cancer progression. The biological effects and the values of GDF-15 in basic research and clinical applications were also addressed.
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- Dong-Dong Liu
- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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Qiu SY, Liu DD, Zhong JW, Luo X, Liu SF. [A child with palate fistula after coblation adenotonsillectomy]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2017; 52:113-114. [PMID: 28219172 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-0860.2017.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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- S Y Qiu
- Otorhinolaryngology Department of Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Otorhinolaryngology Department of Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Otorhinolaryngology Department of Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Otorhinolaryngology Department of Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Otorhinolaryngology Department of Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Yao JJ, Zhao QR, Liu DD, Chow CW, Mei YA. Neuritin Up-regulates Kv4.2 α-Subunit of Potassium Channel Expression and Affects Neuronal Excitability by Regulating the Calcium-Calcineurin-NFATc4 Signaling Pathway. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:17369-81. [PMID: 27307045 PMCID: PMC5016134 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.708883] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Neuritin is an important neurotrophin that regulates neural development, synaptic plasticity, and neuronal survival. Elucidating the downstream molecular signaling is important for potential therapeutic applications of neuritin in neuronal dysfunctions. We previously showed that neuritin up-regulates transient potassium outward current (IA) subunit Kv4.2 expression and increases IA densities, in part by activating the insulin receptor signaling pathway. Molecular mechanisms of neuritin-induced Kv4.2 expression remain elusive. Here, we report that the Ca(2+)/calcineurin (CaN)/nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT) c4 axis is required for neuritin-induced Kv4.2 transcriptional expression and potentiation of IA densities in cerebellum granule neurons. We found that neuritin elevates intracellular Ca(2+) and increases Kv4.2 expression and IA densities; this effect was sensitive to CaN inhibition and was eliminated in Nfatc4(-/-) mice but not in Nfatc2(-/-) mice. Stimulation with neuritin significantly increased nuclear accumulation of NFATc4 in cerebellum granule cells and HeLa cells, which expressed IR. Furthermore, NFATc4 was recruited to the Kv4.2 gene promoter loci detected by luciferase reporter and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays. More importantly, data obtained from cortical neurons following adeno-associated virus-mediated overexpression of neuritin indicated that reduced neuronal excitability and increased formation of dendritic spines were abrogated in the Nfatc4(-/-) mice. Together, these data demonstrate an indispensable role for the CaN/NFATc4 signaling pathway in neuritin-regulated neuronal functions.
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- Jin-Jing Yao
- From the Institutes of Brain Science, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China and
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- From the Institutes of Brain Science, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China and
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- From the Institutes of Brain Science, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China and
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- the Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York 10461
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- From the Institutes of Brain Science, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China and
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Gu H, Fang YJ, Liu DD, Chen P, Mei YA. cAMP/PKA Pathways and S56 Phosphorylation Are Involved in AA/PGE2-Induced Increases in rNaV1.4 Current. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0140715. [PMID: 26485043 PMCID: PMC4618696 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Arachidonic acid (AA) and its metabolites are important second messengers for ion channel modulation. The effects of extracellular application of AA and its non-metabolized analogue on muscle rNaV1.4 Na+ current has been studied, but little is known about the effects of intracellular application of AA on this channel isoform. Here, we report that intracellular application of AA significantly augmented the rNaV1.4 current peak without modulating the steady-state activation and inactivation properties of the rNaV1.4 channel. These results differed from the effects of extracellular application of AA on rNaV1.4 current. The effects of intracellular AA were mimicked by prostaglandin E2 but not eicosatetraynoic acid (ETYA), the non-metabolized analogue of AA, and were eliminated by treatment with cyclooxygenase inhibitors, flufenamic acid, or indomethacin. AA/PGE2-induced activation of rNaV1.4 channels was mimicked by a cAMP analogue (db-cAMP) and eliminated by a PKA inhibitor, PKAi. Furthermore, inhibition of EP2 and EP4 (PGE2 receptors) with AH6809 and AH23848 reduced the intracellular AA/PGE2-induced increase of rNaV1.4 current. Two mutated channels, rNaV1.4S56A and rNaV1.4T21A, were designed to investigate the role of predicted phosphorylation sites in the AA/PGE2–mediated regulation of rNaV1.4 currents. In rNaV1.4S56A, the effects of intracellular db-cAMP, AA, and PGE2 were significantly reduced. The results of the present study suggest that intracellular AA augments rNaV1.4 current by PGE2/EP receptor-mediated activation of the cAMP/PKA pathway, and that the S56 residue on the channel protein is important for this process.
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- Hua Gu
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, PR China
- * E-mail: (HG); (YAM)
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- School of Life Sciences, Institute of Brain Science and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China
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- School of Life Sciences, Institute of Brain Science and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, PR China
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- School of Life Sciences, Institute of Brain Science and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China
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Biomedical engineering has been one of the hottest fields in biology and engineering. As an important branch, the medical device has achieved significant progress in the past decades. As a useful method in evaluative bibliometrics, mapping knowledge has been used to explore the trend of one field. In the present study, we retrieve literatures about the medical device from the Web of Science™ (2004-2013), and acquire 26,793 related records, then analyze time range, region distribution, and main research directions of the literatures, and try to use keywords combined with mapping knowledge to explore the main trends of the medical device, and then aim to provide more information for medical device research. Through the study, we discover: 1) the publications regarding medical devices show an upward trend over the past decade in general; 2) the percentage of publications in the USA (38.49%) is the highest all over the world; 3) engineering (20.64%) is the hottest research direction, and takes up about one-fifth of the total publications; 4) the Journal of the American Medical Association and The New England Journal of Medicine are among the two journals that are the most highly cited, followed by Science and The Lancet; and 5) keywords of the medical device include in vitro, quality-of-life, outcomes, management, mortality, depression, and so on. With the help of mapping knowledge, we dig out some hot topics of medical devices and provide more information through trend analysis, and we discover that our findings are related to previous research and further research can enlarge the number of records and optimize the algorithm. We provide a systematic approach for researchers to keep abreast of the development and state of the research of medical devices.
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- Dong-Dong Liu
- Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China
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- Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China
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- Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China
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Liu DD, Ren Z, Yang G, Zhao QR, Mei YA. Melatonin protects rat cerebellar granule cells against electromagnetic field-induced increases in Na(+) currents through intracellular Ca(2+) release. J Cell Mol Med 2014; 18:1060-70. [PMID: 24548607 PMCID: PMC4508145 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 01/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Although melatonin (MT) has been reported to protect cells against oxidative damage induced by electromagnetic radiation, few reports have addressed whether there are other protective mechanisms. Here, we investigated the effects of MT on extremely low-frequency electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF)-induced Nav activity in rat cerebellar granule cells (GCs). Exposing cerebellar GCs to ELF-EMF for 60 min. significantly increased the Nav current (INa ) densities by 62.5%. MT (5 μM) inhibited the ELF-EMF-induced INa increase. This inhibitory effect of MT is mimicked by an MT2 receptor agonist and was eliminated by an MT2 receptor antagonist. The Nav channel steady-state activation curve was significantly shifted towards hyperpolarization by ELF-EMF stimulation but remained unchanged by MT in cerebellar GC that were either exposed or not exposed to ELF-EMF. ELF-EMF exposure significantly increased the intracellular levels of phosphorylated PKA in cerebellar GCs, and both MT and IIK-7 did not reduce the ELF-EMF-induced increase in phosphorylated PKA. The inhibitory effects of MT on ELF-EMF-induced Nav activity was greatly reduced by the calmodulin inhibitor KN93. Calcium imaging showed that MT did not increase the basal intracellular Ca(2+) level, but it significantly elevated the intracellular Ca(2+) level evoked by the high K(+) stimulation in cerebellar GC that were either exposed or not exposed to ELF-EMF. In the presence of ruthenium red, a ryanodine-sensitive receptor blocker, the MT-induced increase in intracellular calcium levels was reduced. Our data show for the first time that MT protects against neuronal INa that result from ELF-EMF exposure through Ca(2+) influx-induced Ca(2+) release.
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- Dong-Dong Liu
- School of Life Sciences, Institutes of Brain Science and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Masuda H, Brewer TM, Liu DD, Iwamoto T, Shen Y, Hsu L, Willey JS, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Chavez-MacGregor M, Fouad TM, Woodward WA, Reuben JM, Valero V, Alvarez RH, Hortobagyi GN, Ueno NT. Long-term treatment efficacy in primary inflammatory breast cancer by hormonal receptor- and HER2-defined subtypes. Ann Oncol 2013; 25:384-91. [PMID: 24351399 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Subtypes defined by hormonal receptor (HR) and HER2 status have not been well studied in inflammatory breast cancer (IBC). We characterized clinical parameters and long-term outcomes, and compared pathological complete response (pCR) rates by HR/HER2 subtype in a large IBC patient population. We also compared disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) between IBC patients who received targeted therapies (anti-hormonal, anti-HER2) and those who did not. PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of patients diagnosed with IBC and treated at MD Anderson Cancer Center from January 1989 to January 2011. Of those, 527 patients had received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and had available information on estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and HER2 status. HR status was considered positive if either ER or PR status was positive. Using the Kaplan-Meier method, we estimated median DFS and OS durations from the time of definitive surgery. Using the Cox proportional hazards regression model, we determined the effect of prognostic factors on DFS and OS. Results were compared by subtype. RESULTS The overall pCR rate in stage III IBC was 15.2%, with the HR-positive/HER2-negative subtype showing the lowest rate (7.5%) and the HR-negative/HER2-positive subtype, the highest (30.6%). The HR-negative, HER2-negative subtype (triple-negative breast cancer, TNBC) had the worst survival rate. HR-positive disease, irrespective of HER2 status, had poor prognosis that did not differ from that of the HR-negative/HER2-positive subtype with regard to OS or DFS. Achieving pCR, no evidence of vascular invasion, non-TNBC, adjuvant hormonal therapy, and radiotherapy were associated with longer DFS and OS. CONCLUSIONS Hormone receptor and HER2 molecular subtypes had limited predictive and prognostic power in our IBC population. All molecular subtypes of IBC had a poor prognosis. HR-positive status did not necessarily confer a good prognosis. For all IBC subtypes, novel, specific treatment strategies are needed in the neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings.
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- Department of Breast Medical Oncology
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Fouad TM, Kogawa T, Liu DD, Shen Y, Masuda H, El-Zein R, Woodward WA, Arun B, Chavez-Macgregor M, Alvarez RH, Lucci A, Krishnamurthy S, Hortobagyi GN, Valero V, Ueno NT. Abstract P6-12-02: Survival differences between patients with metastatic inflammatory and non-inflammatory breast cancer. Cancer Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs13-p6-12-02] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Very little is known about the survival of patients with inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) and distant metastasis. Furthermore, the American Joint Committee on Cancer classification of breast cancer does not recognize metastatic IBC as a distinct entity within stage IV. We hypothesized that the survival of patients with IBC and distant metastasis is worse than the survival of patients with stage-matched non-IBC.
Patients and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 5314 consecutive patients with stage III or IV breast cancer (IBC or non-IBC) who were treated at our institution between 1986 and 2012. A total of 1079 patients presented with IBC (stage III: 861; stage IV: 218) and 4235 non-IBC (stage III: 2781; stage IV: 1454). We compared the time to distant metastasis from initial diagnosis, distant metastasis–free survival (DMFS), and overall survival (OS) in stage-matched patients with IBC or non-IBC.
Results: The median follow-up periods were 3.3 years for patients with stage III disease (range, 0-32.2 years) and 1.8 years for patients with stage IV disease (range, 0-19.9 years). The total number of recorded events (metastasis/death) was 1657 for stage III, while the numbers of deaths for stage III and IV were 1337 and 973, respectively. In patients with stage III, the time to distant metastasis was shorter in IBC than in non-IBC (median 1.3 vs. 1.7 years, P < .001). DMFS and OS were shorter in patients with stage III IBC than in those with stage III non-IBC (2.5 vs. 6.9 years, P < .001; and 4.7 vs. 8.9 years, P < .001; respectively). However, there was no significant difference in OS after development of distant metastasis between stage III IBC and non-IBC (median for both 1.3 years, P = .83). In multivariate analysis, the diagnosis of IBC remained significantly associated with mortality after adjusting for potential confounders. De novo stage IV IBC presented more frequently with multiple sites of metastasis than de novo stage IV non-IBC (P = .02). In patients with de novo stage IV disease, OS was shorter in IBC than in non-IBC (2.3 vs. 3.4 years, P = .004). In the multicovariate Cox model, while ethnicity, tumor grade, hormone receptor status and HER2 status, site of metastasis, number of sites of metastasis, and definitive breast surgery by 1 year were all significant factors in OS for stage IV breast cancer, the diagnosis of IBC conferred a hazard ratio of 1.33 (95% confidence interval: 1.05 - 1.69) in multivariate analysis.
Conclusion: Our findings suggest that IBC patients with metastasis at diagnosis have worse outcomes than stage-matched non-IBC patients. IBC patients presenting with de novo stage IV disease should be considered as a separate subcategory of stage IV in the tumor-node-metastasis classification because their clinical course and prognosis are different from those of patients with stage IV non-IBC.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2013;73(24 Suppl): Abstract nr P6-12-02.
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; The National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Zhan XQ, Yao JJ, Liu DD, Ma Q, Mei YA. Aβ40 modulates GABA(A) receptor α6 subunit expression and rat cerebellar granule neuron maturation through the ERK/mTOR pathway. J Neurochem 2013; 128:350-62. [PMID: 24118019 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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: 03/28/2013] [Revised: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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In addition to their neurotoxic role in Alzheimer's disease (AD), β-amyloid peptides (Aβs) are also known to play physiological roles. Here, we show that recombinant Aβ40 significantly increased the outward current of the GABA(A) receptor containing (GABA(A)α6) in rat cerebellar granule neurons (CGNs). The Aβ40-mediated increase in GABA(A)α6 current was mediated by an increase in GABA(A)α6 protein expression at the translational rather than the transcriptional level. The exposure of CGNs to Aβ40 markedly induced the phosphorylation of ERK (pERK) and mammalian target of rapamycin (pmTOR). The increase in GABA(A)α6 current and expression was attenuated by specific inhibitors of ERK or mTOR, suggesting that the ERK and mTOR signaling pathways are required for the effect of Aβ40 on GABA(A)α6 current and expression in CGNs. A pharmacological blockade of the p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75(NTR)), but not the insulin or α7-nAChR receptors, abrogated the effect of Aβ40 on GABA(A)α6 protein expression and current. Furthermore, the expression of GABA(A)α6 was lower in CGNs from APP(-/-) mice than in CGNs from wild-type mice. Moreover, the internal granule layer (IGL) in APP(-/-) mice was thinner than the IGL in wild-type mice. The injection of Aβ40 into the cerebellum reversed this effect, and the application of p75(NTR) blocking antibody abolished the effects of Aβ40 on cerebellum morphology in APP(-/-) mice. Our results suggest that low concentrations of Aβ40 play a role in regulating CGN maturation through p75(NTR).
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- School of Life Sciences, Institutes of Brain Science and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Ji XR, Yang ZD, Yang XH, Liu DD, Ni HJ, Li M. Change of selenium in environment and risk of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a retrospective cohort study. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2013; 17:2499-2503. [PMID: 24089230] [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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OBJECTIVES Scoliosis is the disease which has a long history over one century. However, the pathogenesis remains unclear at present. To demonstrate the effect of different selenium content in environment on the morbidity of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). METHODS Retrospective cohort study (follow-up from 1997 to 2009): compare the difference morbidity between high selenium group and the normal selenium group of AIS. PATIENTS 9998 cases from three areas in China were participated in this study. There is different selenium content in these three areas. RESULTS High selenium levels were significant associated with the AIS morbidity. While low selenium level had no significant correlation with the AIS morbidity. CONCLUSIONS This study confirmed that high selenium content in the environment was one of risk factors for idiopathic scoliosis. We speculated that the excessive growth of the spine and the spinal cord asynchronous growth effect were key factors that high selenium content in the environment leads to scoliosis.
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- Department of Orthopedics, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
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He YL, Liu DD, Fang YJ, Zhan XQ, Yao JJ, Mei YA. Exposure to extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields modulates Na+ currents in rat cerebellar granule cells through increase of AA/PGE2 and EP receptor-mediated cAMP/PKA pathway. PLoS One 2013; 8:e54376. [PMID: 23349866 PMCID: PMC3551899 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2012] [Accepted: 12/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Although the modulation of Ca2+ channel activity by extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF) has been studied previously, few reports have addressed the effects of such fields on the activity of voltage-activated Na+ channels (Nav). Here, we investigated the effects of ELF-EMF on Nav activity in rat cerebellar granule cells (GCs). Our results reveal that exposing cerebellar GCs to ELF-EMF for 10–60 min significantly increased Nav currents (INa) by 30–125% in a time- and intensity-dependent manner. The Nav channel steady-state activation curve, but not the steady-state inactivation curve, was significantly shifted (by 5.2 mV) towards hyperpolarization by ELF-EMF stimulation. This phenomenon is similar to the effect of intracellular application of arachidonic acid (AA) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) on INa in cerebellar GCs. Increases in intracellular AA, PGE2 and phosphorylated PKA levels in cerebellar GCs were observed following ELF-EMF exposure. Western blottings indicated that the NaV 1.2 protein on the cerebellar GCs membrane was increased, the total expression levels of NaV 1.2 protein were not affected after exposure to ELF-EMF. Cyclooxygenase inhibitors and PGE2 receptor (EP) antagonists were able to eliminate this ELF-EMF-induced increase in phosphorylated PKA and INa. In addition, ELF-EMF exposure significantly enhanced the activity of PLA2 in cerebellar GCs but did not affect COX-1 or COX-2 activity. Together, these data demonstrate for the first time that neuronal INa is significantly increased by ELF-EMF exposure via a cPLA2 AA PGE2 EP receptors PKA signaling pathway.
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- Institutes of Brain Science, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institutes of Brain Science, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institutes of Brain Science, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institutes of Brain Science, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institutes of Brain Science, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institutes of Brain Science, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Xu JJ, Ren CZ, Wang SS, Liu DD, Cao LQ, Tao JP. Protection Efficacy of Multivalent Egg Yolk Immunoglobulin against Eimeria tenella Infection in Chickens. Iran J Parasitol 2013; 8:449-58. [PMID: 24454440 PMCID: PMC3887248] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 05/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND To control avian coccidiosis with drug-independent strategy effectively and safely, multivalent hyperimmune egg yolk immunoglobulin (IgY) was prepared and its ability to protect against Eimeria tenella infection was evaluated. METHODS Hens were orally immunized with live oocysts of 5 species of Eimeria for six times, antibody titers in serum and yolk were monitored by indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The specific IgY was isolated, purified and lyophilized. IgY powder was orally administrated as dietary supplement in newly hatched chicks at various dosages. Birds were orally challenged with 10000 sporulated oocysts of E. tenella at 10 days of age, weighed and killed at 8 days post challenge, and the protective effect was assessed. RESULTS The averge yeid of IgY was 9.2 mg/ml yolk, the antibody titer of IgY reached to 1:163840 per mg with the purity up to 98%. Chickens fed IgY resulted in reduced mortality, increased body weight gain (BWG), reduced oocyst shedding, reduced caecal lesion score and increased anti-coccidial index. In terms of BWG and caecal lesion, IgY significantly enhanced the resistance of bird at ≥ 0.05% of IgY in the diet when compared with the challenged control group (P<0.05). No significant difference was observed at dosage ≥ 0.5% and 1.0% when BWG and caecal lesion were compared with the sodium salinomycin control group, respectively (P>0.05). CONCLUSION Supplementing newly hatched chicks with Eimeria-specific IgY represents a promising strategy to prevent avian coccidiosis.
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Brewer TM, Masuda H, Iwamoto T, Liu P, Shen Y, Liu DD, Kai K, Barnett CM, Woodward WA, Reuben JM, Yang P, Hortobagyi GN, Ueno NT. Abstract PD03-08: Statin use and improved outcome in primary inflammatory breast cancer: retrospective cohort study. Cancer Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs12-pd03-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most aggressive type of breast cancer. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) are cholesterol reducing agents with pleiotropic effects, including antitumorigenic and anti-inflammatory properties. We hypothesized that statins reduce the metastatic potential in primary IBC.
Methods We retrospectively reviewed 724 patients diagnosed with and treated for primary IBC at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center between Jan. 12, 1995 and Jan. 27, 2011. Patients with records indicating statin use at the time of IBC diagnosis on the electronic medical record were compared with those without. We further compared outcomes stratified by statin type (hydrophilic [H] versus lipophilic [L]). We used the Kaplan-Meier method to estimate the median disease-free survival (DFS) after surgery, overall survival (OS), and disease specific survival (DSS), followed by Cox proportional hazards regression model to test statistical significance of several potential prognostic factors.
Results For primary IBC patients who had information on their statin use status at IBC diagnosis, the median DFS time were 4.88 years, 2.47 years and 1.76 years (P= 0.04); the median OS time 5.05 years, 3.79 years and 4.32 years (P= 0.35); and the median DSS time 5.10 years, 3.79 years and 4.52 years (P= 0.37), for patients who took “ H”, “L” and no statin, respectively. In multivariable Cox model stratified by radiation therapy, ER/PR status and HER2 status, statin “H” use was associated with significantly improved DFS compared to no statin use (HR=0.49; 95% CI: 0.28–0.84; p<0.01), adjusted for lymphatic/vascular invasion. Although there is a trend that patients who used statin “H” had a longer time to death compared to patients who did not take statin, it did not reach statistical significance for OS (HR=0.80; 95% CI: 0.43–1.49; p=0.49) and DSS (HR=0.85; 95% CI: 0.46–1.57, p=0.59) after adjustment for lymphatic/vascular invasion, nuclear grade and surgery status within one year.
Conclusions Hydrophilic statin use was associated with improved DFS. There was a trend for reduced HR in OS and DSS among primary IBC patient who used hydrophilic statins. A prospective randomized study to evaluate the potential survival benefits of statins in primary IBC population is warranted.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2012;72(24 Suppl):Abstract nr PD03-08.
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- TM Brewer
- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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William WN, Kim JS, Liu DD, Solis L, Behrens C, Lee JJ, Lippman SM, Kim ES, Hong WK, Wistuba II, Lee HY. The impact of phosphorylated AMP-activated protein kinase expression on lung cancer survival. Ann Oncol 2012; 23:78-85. [PMID: 21430184 PMCID: PMC3276321 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdr036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [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: 11/11/2010] [Revised: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 01/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to investigate the prognostic role of phosphorylated AMP-activated protein kinase (pAMPK) in surgically resected non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS Immunohistochemical staining of pAMPK was carried out on tissue microarrays containing 463 samples obtained from patients with NSCLC and correlated with clinicopathological characteristics and survival. RESULTS pAMPK expression levels were significantly higher in never smokers versus former smokers versus current smokers (P=0.045). A positive pAMPK expression was associated with increased overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) (P=0.0009 and P=0.0007, respectively). OS and RFS were statistically superior in pAMPK-positive than in pAMPK-negative patients with adenocarcinoma (ADC; median OS: 5.6 and 4.2 years, respectively, P=0.0001; median RFS: 5.0 and 2.4 years, respectively, P=0.001), whereas they were similar in those patients with squamous cell carcinoma. Multivariate analysis confirmed that pAMPK positivity was associated with OS [hazard ratio (HR)=0.574, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.418-0.789, P=0.0006) and RFS (HR=0.608, 95% CI 0.459-0.807, and P=0.0006), independent of clinical covariates. CONCLUSIONS High pAMPK expression levels are associated with increased survival in patients with NSCLC, especially those with ADC. Our results support further evaluation of AMP-activated protein kinase as a potential prognostic and therapeutic target for lung cancer.
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- Departments of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology
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- Departments of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology
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- Departments of Biostatistics
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- Departments of Biostatistics Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
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- Departments of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology
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- Departments of Biostatistics
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- Departments of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology
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- Departments of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology
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- Departments of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology
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- Departments of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology; Departments of Biostatistics Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
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- Departments of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology; Departments of College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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He YD, Liu DD, Xi DM, Yang LY, Tan YW, Liu Q, Mao HM, Deng WD. Isolation, sequence identification and expression profile of three novel genes Rab2A, Rab3A and Rab7A from Black-boned sheep (Ovis aries). Mol Biol (Mosk) 2010; 44:20-27. [PMID: 20198855] [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: 05/28/2023]
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Complete coding sequences of three Black-boned sheep (Ovis aries) genes Rab2A, Rab3A and Rab7A were amplified using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) based on the conserved sequence information of cattle or other mammals known to be highly homologous to sheep ESTs. The Black-boned sheep Rab2A gene encodes a protein of 226 amino acids which contains the conserved putative RabL2 domain and is highly homologous to the Rab2A proteins of seven other species--cattle (96%), human (83%), Sumatran orangutan (82%), rat (81%), mouse (80%), African clawed frog (72%) and zebrafish (71%). The Black-boned sheep Rab3A gene encodes a protein of 220 amino acids that contains the conserved putative Rab3 domain and is very similar to the Rab3A proteins of four species--cattle (99%), African clawed frog (99%), Western clawed frog (98%) and zebrafish (95%). And the Black-boned sheep Rab7A gene encodes a protein of 207 amino acids that contains the conserved putative Rab7 domain and has high homology with the Rab7A proteins of six other species--human (99%), dog (99%), Sumatran orangutan (99%), zebrafish (97%), rabbit (97%) and African clawed frog (96%). Analysis of the phylogenetic tree has demonstrated that the Black-boned sheep Rab2A, Rab3A and Rab7A proteins share a common ancestor and the tissue expression analysis has shown that the corresponding genes are expressed in a range of tissues including leg muscle, kidney, skin, longissimus dorsi muscle, spleen, heart and liver. Our experiment is the first to provide the primary foundation for a further insight into these three sheep genes.
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- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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Poly (ADP-ribose) synthase or polymerase (PARS and PARP, respectively) is a cytotoxic enzyme which causes cellular damage. Nicotinamide, a compound of vitamin B complex, has been reported to exert an inhibitory effect on PARS or PARP. The present study tests the effects of nicotinamide on acute lung injury and associated alterations following ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) of the isolated perfused rat's lung. I/R increased the lung weight (LW) to body weight ratio, LW gain, protein and dye tracer leakage, pulmonary arterial pressure and capillary permeability. The insult also increased nitrate/nitrite, methyl guanidine, tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1beta in lung perfusate, while it decreased adenosine triphosphate content with an increase in PARP activity in lung tissue. Most of the I/R-induced changes were abrogated by post-treatment (30 min after I/R) with nicotinamide (100 mg.kg(-1) body weight). However, the increase in pulmonary arterial pressure was enhanced by nicotinamide post-treatment. Following I/R, the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) mRNA expression was enhanced. Nicotinamide reduced the iNOS expression. The results suggest that nicotinamide exerted a protective effect on the acute lung injury caused by ischaemia/reperfusion. The mechanisms may be mediated through the inhibition on the poly (adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase activity, inducible nitric oxide synthase expression and the subsequent suppression of nitric oxide, free radicals and pro-inflammatory cytokines with restoration of adenosine triphosphate.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tzu Chi Hospital and University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Stem cell therapies are an important strategy for the treatment of stroke. Bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMSCs) may promote structural and functional repair in several organs via stem cell plasticity. The tissue damage could stimulate the stem cells migration, and they track into the site of damage and then undergo differentiation. The plasticity functions of BMSCs in an injuries tissue are dependent on the specific signals present in the local environment of the damaged tissue. Recent studies have also identified the specific molecular signals, such as SDF-1/CXCR4, required for the interaction of BMSCs and damaged host tissues. This review summarizes the current understanding of how BMSCs reach and function in cerebral ischemic tissues.
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- Department of Dentistry, Tzu-Chi Buddhist General Hospital, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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Massarelli E, Andre F, Liu DD, Lee JJ, Wolf M, Fandi A, Ochs J, Le Chevalier T, Fossella F, Herbst RS. A retrospective analysis of the outcome of patients who have received two prior chemotherapy regimens including platinum and docetaxel for recurrent non-small-cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer 2003; 39:55-61. [PMID: 12499095 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(02)00308-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [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: 11/19/2022]
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With the availability of chemotherapy agents for first- and second-line treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the patient population that requires subsequent chemotherapy is increasing. This retrospective analysis was performed to describe the clinical course after two standard or approved chemotherapy agents in patients with good overall performance status. Data were selected from patients with advanced NSCLC who had received third- or fourth-line chemotherapy after two prior chemotherapy regimens that included platinum and docetaxel given concurrently or sequentially. Prior regiments had failed due to discase progression within 90 days of chemotherapy, or unacceptable toxicity. Examination of over 700 patient records between January 1993 and January 2000 at one US and one European cancer centre revealed 43 patients that fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Response rates decreased with each line of treatment: first line, 20.9%; second line, 16.3%; third line, 2.3%; and fourth line, 0%. The disease control rate (response plus stable disease) also decreased dramatically from first- to fourth-line treatment, although it was higher for second-line treatment (74.4%) than for first-line treatment (62.8%). The median overall survival time from diagnosis was 16.4 months. The median overall survival time from the start of the last treatment (either third or fourth line) was 4 months. Patients with stage III disease at diagnosis had a longer overall survival from diagnosis than patients with stage IV disease (P=0.02). This review highlights the need for novel therapy approaches for patients with recurrent NSCLC who have failed second-line therapy and provides a baseline for the statistical design of such studies.
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, P O Box 432, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Lee JI, Soria JC, Hassan KA, El-Naggar AK, Tang X, Liu DD, Hong WK, Mao L. Loss of PTEN expression as a prognostic marker for tongue cancer. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2001; 127:1441-5. [PMID: 11735811 DOI: 10.1001/archotol.127.12.1441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Abnormalities of PTEN, a candidate tumor suppressor gene located at 10q23.3, play an important role in the tumorigenesis of multiple tumor types. OBJECTIVES To investigate the expression of PTEN and its clinical implication in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of PTEN protein expression in archived primary oral tongue tumor samples. SETTING Academic center. PATIENTS AND METHODS PTEN expression was determined by immunohistochemical analysis in tissue samples from 41 patients with stage II, III, and IV squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. All the patients underwent curative surgical treatment with a median follow-up of 81 months. The Kaplan-Meier method was used for survival analysis. Multivariate analysis was performed according to the Cox proportional hazards model. RESULTS Lack of staining for PTEN was demonstrated in 12 (29%) of the 41 tumors. Patients whose tumors lacked PTEN expression had a significantly shorter overall survival time (P = .03) and event-free survival time (P = .01) than those patients with positive PTEN expression. Multivariate regression analysis demonstrated that PTEN expression is an independent predictor of poor outcome when compared with tumor stage and nodal status. CONCLUSIONS Although genetic alterations of the PTEN gene are rare in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, loss of PTEN is not an uncommon event in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. Lack of PTEN expression may be an independent prognostic indicator for clinical outcome in patients with this tumor type.
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- Bobby R. Alford Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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