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Zhou LZ, Zhou EH, Liu SR, Yi HL. [Clinical characteristics and management of cervical necrotizing fasciitis]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2019; 33:545-548. [PMID: 31163532 DOI: 10.13201/j.issn.1001-1781.2019.06.017] [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] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective:To investigate the clinical characteristics and treatment of cervical necrotizing fasciitis. Method:Clinical data of 61 patients were analyzed retrospectively. All patients were underwent surgical debridement and treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics after diagnose. Result:Complications occurred in 14 patients. Fifty-nine patients were cured while 2 patients died. After 3 months or more follow-up, 3 patients accompanied with sequelae of vocal hoarseness, and no patient recurred or died. Conclusion:Early surgical debridement and the use of antibiotics should be taken as soon as possible after diagnosis of cervical necrotizing fasciitis, as well as control of comorbidities and systemic support treatment in order to prevent complications and deaths.
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- L Z Zhou
- Department of Otolaryngology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Anhui Province, Bengbu, 233004, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Gongli Hospital, Navy Military Medical University
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Otolaryngology Institute of Shanghai Jiaotong University
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Otolaryngology Institute of Shanghai Jiaotong University
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Zhou EH, Li BH, Zhong HR, Zeng HD, Zhang JX, Liu JQ, Luo MM, Wang YY, Jin JC. Ferromagnetic Behavior of an Uncommon Trinuclearcopper(II) Coordination Polymer Based on Tartarate and 1,2-bis(4-Pyridyl)ethane Linker. RUSS J COORD CHEM+ 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s1070328418070072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Zhou EH, Jia JL, Wu BW, Luo ZD, Liu JQ, Li BH, Jin JC. Multifunctional Gas Adsorption and Photocatalytic Degradation Based on a Porous Metal-Organic Framework Material. RUSS J COORD CHEM+ 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s1070328418030077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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H. Zhou E, Wang R, Wu J, W. Qiu S, Q. Liu J, R. Zhong H, D. Zeng H, W. Xu J, C. Jin J. A 3D polyhedral metal–organic framework as drug carrier for controllable release. B CHEM SOC ETHIOPIA 2018. [DOI: 10.4314/bcse.v31i3.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Zhou EH, Xu F, Quek ST, Lim CT. A power-law rheology-based finite element model for single cell deformation. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2012; 11:1075-84. [PMID: 22307682 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-012-0374-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2011] [Accepted: 01/14/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Physical forces can elicit complex time- and space-dependent deformations in living cells. These deformations at the subcellular level are difficult to measure but can be estimated using computational approaches such as finite element (FE) simulation. Existing FE models predominantly treat cells as spring-dashpot viscoelastic materials, while broad experimental data are now lending support to the power-law rheology (PLR) model. Here, we developed a large deformation FE model that incorporated PLR and experimentally verified this model by performing micropipette aspiration on fibroblasts under various mechanical loadings. With a single set of rheological properties, this model recapitulated the diverse micropipette aspiration data obtained using three protocols and with a range of micropipette sizes. More intriguingly, our analysis revealed that decreased pipette size leads to increased pressure gradient, potentially explaining our previous counterintuitive finding that decreased pipette size leads to increased incidence of cell blebbing and injury. Taken together, our work leads to more accurate rheological interpretation of micropipette aspiration experiments than previous models and suggests pressure gradient as a potential determinant of cell injury.
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- E H Zhou
- Program in Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Zhou EH, Krishnan R, Stamer WD, Perkumas KM, Rajendran K, Nabhan JF, Lu Q, Fredberg JJ, Johnson M. Mechanical responsiveness of the endothelial cell of Schlemm's canal: scope, variability and its potential role in controlling aqueous humour outflow. J R Soc Interface 2011; 9:1144-55. [PMID: 22171066 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Primary open-angle glaucoma is associated with elevated intraocular pressure, which in turn is believed to result from impaired outflow of aqueous humour. Aqueous humour outflow passes mainly through the trabecular meshwork (TM) and then through pores formed in the endothelium of Schlemm's canal (SC), which experiences a basal-to-apical pressure gradient. This gradient dramatically deforms the SC endothelial cell and potentially contributes to the formation of those pores. However, mechanical properties of the SC cell are poorly defined. Using optical magnetic twisting cytometry and traction force microscopy, here we characterize the mechanical properties of primary cultures of the human SC cell, and for the first time, the scope of their changes in response to pharmacological agents that are known to modulate outflow resistance. Lysophosphatidic acid, sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) and thrombin caused an increase in cell stiffness by up to 200 per cent, whereas in most cell strains, exposure to latrunculin A, isoproterenol, dibutryl cyclic-AMP or Y-27632 caused a decrease in cell stiffness by up to 80 per cent, highlighting that SC cells possess a remarkably wide contractile scope. Drug responses were variable across donors. S1P, for example, caused 200 per cent stiffening in one donor strain but only 20 per cent stiffening in another. Isoproterenol caused dose-dependent softening in three donor strains but little or no response in two others, a finding mirrored by changes in traction forces and consistent with the level of expression of β(2)-adrenergic receptors. Despite donor variability, those drugs that typically increase outflow resistance systematically caused cell stiffness to increase, while in most cases, those drugs that typically decrease outflow resistance caused cell stiffness to decrease. These findings establish the endothelial cell of SC as a reactive but variable mechanical component of the aqueous humour outflow pathway. Although the mechanism and locus of increased outflow resistance remain unclear, these data suggest the SC endothelial cell to be a modulator of outflow resistance.
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- E H Zhou
- Program in Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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Berntsen P, Park CY, Rothen-Rutishauser B, Tsuda A, Sager TM, Molina RM, Donaghey TC, Alencar AM, Kasahara DI, Ericsson T, Millet EJ, Swenson J, Tschumperlin DJ, Butler JP, Brain JD, Fredberg JJ, Gehr P, Zhou EH. Biomechanical effects of environmental and engineered particles on human airway smooth muscle cells. J R Soc Interface 2010; 7 Suppl 3:S331-40. [PMID: 20356875 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0068.focus] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The past decade has seen significant increases in combustion-generated ambient particles, which contain a nanosized fraction (less than 100 nm), and even greater increases have occurred in engineered nanoparticles (NPs) propelled by the booming nanotechnology industry. Although inhalation of these particulates has become a public health concern, human health effects and mechanisms of action for NPs are not well understood. Focusing on the human airway smooth muscle cell, here we show that the cellular mechanical function is altered by particulate exposure in a manner that is dependent upon particle material, size and dose. We used Alamar Blue assay to measure cell viability and optical magnetic twisting cytometry to measure cell stiffness and agonist-induced contractility. The eight particle species fell into four categories, based on their respective effect on cell viability and on mechanical function. Cell viability was impaired and cell contractility was decreased by (i) zinc oxide (40-100 nm and less than 44 microm) and copper(II) oxide (less than 50 nm); cell contractility was decreased by (ii) fluorescent polystyrene spheres (40 nm), increased by (iii) welding fumes and unchanged by (iv) diesel exhaust particles, titanium dioxide (25 nm) and copper(II) oxide (less than 5 microm), although in none of these cases was cell viability impaired. Treatment with hydrogen peroxide up to 500 microM did not alter viability or cell mechanics, suggesting that the particle effects are unlikely to be mediated by particle-generated reactive oxygen species. Our results highlight the susceptibility of cellular mechanical function to particulate exposures and suggest that direct exposure of the airway smooth muscle cells to particulates may initiate or aggravate respiratory diseases.
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- P Berntsen
- Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Zhou EH, Quek ST, Lim CT. Power-law rheology analysis of cells undergoing micropipette aspiration. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2010; 9:563-72. [PMID: 20179987 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-010-0197-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2009] [Accepted: 02/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Accurate quantification of the mechanical properties of living cells requires the combined use of experimental techniques and theoretical models. In this paper, we investigate the viscoelastic response of suspended NIH 3T3 fibroblasts undergoing micropipette aspiration using power-law rheology model. As an important first step, we examine the pipette size effect on cell deformation and find that pipettes larger than ~7 μm are more suitable for bulk rheological measurements than smaller ones and the cell can be treated as effectively continuum. When the large pipettes are used to apply a constant pressure to a cell, the creep deformation is better fitted with the power-law rheology model than with the liquid drop or spring-dashpot models; magnetic twisting cytometry measurement on the rounded cell confirms the power-law behavior. This finding is further extended to suspended cells treated with drugs targeting their cytoskeleton. As such, our results suggest that the application of relatively large pipettes can provide more effective assessment of the bulk material properties as well as support application of power-law rheology to cells in suspension.
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- E H Zhou
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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Ellis RJ, Zhou EH, Fu P, Kaminsky DA, Sodee DB, Faulhaber PF, Bodner D, Resnick MI. Single photon emission computerized tomography with capromab pendetide plus computerized tomography image set co-registration independently predicts biochemical failure. J Urol 2008; 179:1768-73; discussion 1773-4. [PMID: 18343445 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE We evaluate the usefulness of pretreatment (111)Indium capromab pendetide (ProstaScint) planar imaging (immunoscintigraphy) plus single photon emission tomography co-registration with computerized tomography scans to detect occult metastatic disease and predict for biochemical failure, in a cohort of patients with a clinical diagnosis of localized adenocarcinoma of the prostate referred for primary radiotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients were followed after radiotherapy for evidence of biochemical failure using 2 criteria of prostate specific antigen clinical nadir +2 ng/ml and American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Consensus definitions. Median followup was 58.8 months (mean 64.8). Clinical risk factors defined 3 risk groups of high (51), intermediate (72) and low (116). RESULTS Overall biochemical failure was 18.3% vs 11.8% by the 2-BFC at 8-year actuarial analysis with 58.8 months median followup. By the CN +2 definition the control date for the cohort is 34.8 months. Pretreatment SPECT/CT suggested prostate cancer metastasis (22), seminal vesicle extension (20) and organ confined disease (197). Biochemical failure in patients having extra-periprostatic metastatic prostate cancer, seminal vesicle extension and organ confined disease uptake on SPECT/CT was 43.2%, 16.0% vs 14.7% (p = 0.0006); and 33.3%, 15.0% vs 8.7% (p = 0.0017) by the 2-BFC, respectively. Cox multiple regression analysis demonstrated that a finding of extra-periprostatic metastatic prostate on SPECT/CT significantly predicted a 4.2-fold greater risk (p = 0.0012) and a 4.5-fold greater risk (p = 0.0011) of failure by the 2-BFC than organ confined disease adjusting for treatment and risk group. CONCLUSIONS Unconfirmed findings of extra-periprostatic metastatic prostate cancer on SPECT/CT immunoscintigraphy independently and significantly predicted an increased risk of biochemical failure in patients presenting for radiotherapy with a clinical diagnosis of localized prostate cancer.
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- R J Ellis
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Aultman Hospital, Canton, Ohio, USA.
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As physical entities, living cells possess structural and physical properties that enable them to withstand the physiological environment as well as mechanical stimuli occurring within and outside the body. Any deviation from these properties will not only undermine the physical integrity of the cells, but also their biological functions. As such, a quantitative study in single cell mechanics needs to be conducted. In this review, we will examine some mechanical models that have been developed to characterize mechanical responses of living cells when subjected to both transient and dynamic loads. The mechanical models include the cortical shell-liquid core (or liquid drop) models which are widely applied to suspended cells; the solid model which is generally used for adherent cells; the power-law structural damping model which is more suited for studying the dynamic behavior of adherent cells; and finally, the biphasic model which has been widely used to study musculoskeletal cell mechanics. Based upon these models, future attempts can be made to develop even more detailed and accurate mechanical models of living cells once these three factors are adequately addressed: structural heterogeneity, appropriate constitutive relations for each of the distinct subcellular regions and components, and active forces acting within the cell. More realistic mechanical models of living cells can further contribute towards the study of mechanotransduction in cells.
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- C T Lim
- Nano Biomechanics Laboratory, Division of Bioengineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117576, Singapore.
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